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Your basic Bay Area boy: flâneur, film buff, hiker, foodie, culture vulture, PhD dropout. Underemployed and over-caffeinated. Liberté, Egalité, Flâneurité!
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gobble gobble-smacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 2h
Apps depressing you, driving you nuts? There's an app that can help

Or, you know, you could just put the phone away and go for a walk, do some knitting, go bowling
The best meditation apps to quit doomscrolling and find peace instead
You can’t control this chaotic world, but the best meditation apps can help you control how you react to it, one deep breath at a time
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 8h
A total and utter hero
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gobble gobble-smacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 3h
Remember: Dick Cheney won’t see all the mean things you say about him, but other war criminals will.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h
san francisco has been a national synecdoche for "the loony left" for longer than most americans have been alive. why is that a burden *now* when it wasn't 10 years ago, or 20 years ago or 30 years ago?
simonlester.com Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 7h
I don't think it helps the debate about what Democrats should do to pick an obscure thing that some Democrat somewhere may have said -- like on teaching eighth grade algebra -- and then attribute it to Democrats generally.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 15h
Almost 120 flying foxes hospitalised after giant hail smashes Queensland colony
Almost 120 flying foxes hospitalised after giant hail smashes Queensland colony
Rescued bats taken to RSPCA wildlife hospital in Brisbane’s south-west with injuries including ‘faces that were smashed and broken wings’ * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast When a severe hailstorm hit the tiny Queensland township of Esk on the weekend, it wasn’t just people ducking for cover. Almost 120 flying foxes were injured, some critically, before being rescued by volunteers and admitted to the RSPCA wildlife hospital in Wacol, in Brisbane’s south-west. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19h
I could not disagree more. There are many reasons that MMR is given as one shot. Separating it out means:

-Babies more vulnerable to preventable disease for no reason
-Three times as many doc visits
-Three times more shitty days for baby
-Three times more copays
-Three times more work absences
literateliberal.bsky.social ArizonaDemocrat 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini 🇨🇦 Elbows Up @literateliberal.bsky.social · 19h
Better 3 monovalent vaccines than no vaccines at all.

Perfect is the enemy of the good.
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gobble gobble-smacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 15h
I watched that video every time in appears in my feed. I love it so much.
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sf-emergency.sf.gov @sf-emergency.sf.gov · 16h
Wind Advisory in effect for San Francisco from 10PM tomorrow to 4PM Wednesday. Strong winds may cause fallen branches, debris, or other hazards. Secure loose items, stay alert, and avoid areas with lots of trees.
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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 16h
It's @pbs's birthday!

Formed on November 3, 1969, @pbs is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network. PBS is a nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educational programs to public television stations in the United States.
PBS - Wikipedia
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gobble gobble-smacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 16h
Pratt, a conservation leader and wildlife advocate, has spent more than a decade observing the tiny mammals and the other inhabitants of these serene granite domes and the alpine meadows they overlook
Hiking with the wildlife author who studies Yosemite’s high peaks: ‘These animals are equal to us’
Inspired by childhood encyclopedias and Jane Goodall, Beth Pratt writes about the more than 150 species in the national park – and transports readers to a rarefied world
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gobble gobble-smacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 17h
[Who goes Nazi:] "a new kind of human being with an imbalance in his nature... He has been treated to forms of education which have released him from inhibitions. His body is vigorous. His mind is childish. His soul has been almost completely neglected."
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gobble gobble-smacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 17h
"Nazism has nothing to do with race and nationality. It appeals to a certain type of mind.

It is also, to an immense extent, the disease of a generation—the generation which was either young or unborn at the end of the last war."
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
Donald Trump calls for a ban on Muslims entering the United States; Dorothy Thompson wonders who is most susceptible to Nazism.
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Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social · 1d
Hopes and dreams from India's World Cup victory.

Me for The Guardian:
India’s World Cup win can set a new world order in women’s cricket – if it spends money wisely
India would do well to remember that Australia’s domination was based on building from the grassroots up
www.theguardian.com
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gobble gobble-smacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 18h
People on social media smdh
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 21h
New York is a-changin'.
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gobble gobble-smacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 19h
I just don’t leave the house. It’s the only way to be safe.
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Cheese Queen @ratczarina.bsky.social · 1d
"Immigrant women have always been the quiet architects of change in NYC. Jewish and Italian garment workers led strikes... Chinese immigrant women organized tenant associations ... Puerto Rican and Dominican mothers built tenant unions ...Caribbean women transformed the city's care economy"
Meet the Aunties Behind Zohran Mamdani's Historic Campaign
The mayoral candidate's meteoric rise was fueled by older immigrant women—long-time, experienced organizers who are often overlooked
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gobble gobble-smacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 19h
That’s the bunny
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d
The Democratic establishment's ugly reaction to Zohran Mamdani reveals an unpleasant truth.

They would rather lose elections than change.

The addiction to rich donors and consultants is killing the party. But Mamdani shows a path out. An analysis.

www.salon.com/2025/11/03/z...
Zohran Mamdani knows how to win
Not just in New York — Mamdani's campaign shows how to inspire voters nationwide
www.salon.com
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d
I’m doing research for a project and found out about the “don’t buy where you can’t work” movement during the depression, where Black people boycotted and picketed places that wouldn’t hire us. Shout out to everyone who’s not going back to Target!
"Don't Buy Where You Can't Work" | National Museum of African American History & Culture.
<p>“Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work” campaigns of the 1930s used effective direct-action tactics, such as boycotts and picketing. </p>
www.searchablemuseum.com
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d
Mariner, our Queen of Carefree Black Girls From the Future
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gobble gobble-smacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 20h
HOW HAVE I NOT KNOWN OF THIS MOVIE?!?
screenmedia.bsky.social 🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 1d
Charles Bronson, Alain Delon, Ursula Andress and Toshirō Mifune photographed on location in Almería, Spain on the set of “RED SUN” (1971) dir. Terence Young

🎬 Les Films Corona 🇫🇷
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gobble gobble-smacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 20h
And I’m having Brussels sprouts, too, and you can’t stop me.
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gobble gobble-smacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 20h
Turkey, roast potatoes, stuffing, cranberries, sweet potato pie, gravy.
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Jeff Liszt @liszt.bsky.social · 21h
The richest guy on earth has the politics of P.W. Botha
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