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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · Dec 2

I am a technically savvy guy with knowledge on science, tech, math type stuff. If you need or want something explained to you at a level you are comfortable with; no judgement; let me know here or in DMs.

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 4h

They have been waiting for this moment 🙏🏼

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 4h

The SHOES

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 5h

It’s amazing how attracted shitbirds are to AI garbage.

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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · 5h

as a bird artist, in honor of tonight’s game i have attempted to draw the gorgeous blue jay as accurately as possible. as always please let me know if you have any constructive criticism

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Adam Blake @ajblake05.bsky.social · 7h

This one is for the Children of Time fans (scale should be about right)! Enjoy this jumping spider (Pancorius sp.) Jack-O'-lantern!! Thanks to @nickybay.bsky.social for the reference image (www.flickr.com/photos/nicka...).

#halloween #jackolantern #arachtober #jumpingspiders #salticidae

A lit jack-o'-lantern with a jumping spider design in a dark room with an orange glow.

Adam holding the a lit jack-o'-lantern with a jumping spider design

A unlit jack-o'-lantern with a jumping spider design.

A lit jack-o'-lantern with a jumping spider design in a dark room with an orange glow from a string of pumpkin lights.

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 10h

This week's comic now up on @contrariannews.org
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contrarian.substack.com/p/tom-the-da...

Tom the Dancing Bug

The Writers Room

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

I already knew, but the Nazi tattoo thing really hammers home that a lot of folks that identify as democrats just don’t have a will or enough common sense to fight racism. Y’all, you don’t accidentally get and keep a Nazi tattoo you dingbats.

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

This is the greatest thing since Sliced Bread 2!

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

Today's winner of the "Please STFU" Award is Kat Abughazaleh.

She was right to hang up! Don't talk about the facts of your federal indictment on a podcast! Or anywhere except your lawyer's office!

Sincerely,

Every Lawyer, Literally All Of Us, Heed Our Counsel And Shut The Fuck Up

Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh Walked Off My Interview — Here’s What Happened

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

Mmm and what’s your character’s level? Ah, well, OK. {throws eight books in the trash}

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 1d

I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world.

If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely can't stop laughing at this Colin Farrell story

Farrell had requested not to work on his birthday, 31 May, but instead had been issued with a 6am pickup time. “I got up to all sorts of nonsense the night before,” Farrell told Colbert. “I remember getting into bed, and as soon as I turned off the light, the phone rang and it was the driver outside saying, ‘It’s 10 past six,’ and I went, ‘Oh shit.’”

Even after an assistant director told Farrell that he couldn’t work in his condition, the actor remained optimistic, saying: “Just get me six Pacifico Cervezas and a pack of 20 Marlboro Reds.”

Fortified by more beer, Farrell went on set. “But it was terrible. I will never forget the line that I had, but I couldn’t get it out. It was: ‘I’m sure you’ve all grasped the fundamental paradox of precrime methodology.’ That was the line that started the scene.

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

🎶 Here comes Jeanie with her new boyfriend 🎵

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

And this is how you can have situationally kind, sometimes even normal-seeming people explain to you in very calm tones why thousands or hundreds of thousands or millions of people not only have to suffer and die, but should. They've joined a supremacist human spirit—one might say an evil spirit.

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Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 1d

The Dodgers told me Yesavage keeps striking out their batters so I asked how many batters they have and they said they just go to the dugout and get a new batter afterwards so I said it sounds like they're just feeding batters to Yesavage and then Jason Bateman started crying.

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone acting like this isn’t baseball and the Dodgers can’t put up 9 with two outs. This game is ridiculous. That’s why you can’t leave. Your football team down 42-7 with 10 minutes left? Pack up. But this is -baseball-. It’s insane on purpose.

An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

Given we could really actually 100% die in a nuclear holocaust because we’d rather be racist than happy, I just want to say I love you all. And I love my wife and my kids and my family and friends. I wish I could have done more and been a better friend, husband, and son. I think I was a good dad.♥️

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Breaking news: President Trump says he will direct the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China.

The announcement signals a reversal of decades of United States nuclear policy.

Trump announces plans to test nuclear weapons, just before meeting with China’s Xi

The president said he wanted testing to occur “on an equal basis” with Russia and China, raising the pressure on Beijing as he prepared to meet his Chinese counterpart.

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

LOL what the fuck!!! That’s amazing.

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 15d

Nice shirt. For a clown to wear. To the toilet store

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

Hey you guys, he has a Hitler tattoo. It’s not harder than that. That is the beginning and end of his political career for me. I don’t need to forgive him or see how he’s changed or whatever. Hitler tattoo. The kind of person that gets a Hitler tattoo is not the kind I want in charge of anything.

An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Velvet Goldmine and it’s a trip! What was I on this thing?

An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

Shows why you have to ignore stats that are only from the COVID era. They are likely wild outliers.

Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 2d

Maternal deaths have more than halved in the last forty years

The global number of maternal deaths has more than halved. Line chart titled "Estimated annual number of women who die from maternal conditions," showing a steady decline in estimated annual maternal deaths worldwide from about 625,000 in 1985 to about 260,000 in 2023, with a small uptick around 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic before falling again. Data source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2025). Chart licensed CC BY to Our World in Data.

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Rhian Davies @statsrhian.bsky.social · 2d

Needed to hide the bar on a #Shiny numeric slider. Shiny sliders are ion.rangeSlider under the hood, so you can target the bar directly with .irs-bar.

github.com/The-Strategy...

The more I play with Inspect Element, the more comfortable I get tweaking little things to improve #UIUX

#RStats #CSS

https://github.com/The-Strategy-Unit/elicitation_hsa_2025_11/commit/8f31370ab6874647e1a11d1e0102d053337b2b61

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E.F. Fluff: Finland vs EU Law (Art. 82) Road to EU Commission @hatf.cryptoanarchy.network · 2d

There's a song for that, there's a few songs for that:
youtu.be/LT3cERVRoQo?...

David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans (Official Music Video) [4K Upgrade]

YouTube video by David Bowie

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