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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · 1d

Chili’s?

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Nature Art by Gibson @azgibsonz.bsky.social · 4d

Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder & joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily & I must return the gift.
~Robin W. Kimmerer

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#StunDay
#ClassicMono
#Mammals 🌿

In monochrome portrait is the lovely "Daisy" the Mule Deer fawn, resting backlit in the dappled afternoon light on a hillside above me so we're just about at eye level with her and those long lashes and enormous ears. I would also call this her 'fluffy' coat, IYKYK. Zen in black and white.

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A half-clever Tapir @amelia.codes · 18d

An image of a bluesky post:
Alex Blechman

Senator: (posting on bluesky) The president told his supporters to prepare for the "Night Of One Thousand Screams." Might I suggest he instead hold the Night Of One Thousand Bipartisan Discussions Of Job Creation
Opportunities

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · 23d

Google’s AI overview for the search “kodiak bear size” features a diagram that compares it to the abominable snowman

Google search results featuring the AI blurb and picture of a bear next to a hand drawn abominable snowman.

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Sweet Daniel @dansheehan.bsky.social · 29d

Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · Sep 12

My dad first signed up for Twitter to follow live sports and he’s a freak about U of I. One day he said to me “Twitter is abuzz about Illini golf,” and I was like dude you only follow Illini sports accounts. And that’s how every reporter feels Charlie Kirk was the most important person in the world.

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Sep 9

Also, @brandyjensen.bsky.social, they way I enthusiastically nodded when you mentioned the teeth episode. I somehow think about that one like once a month!

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Sep 9

Great write up on the piece of media that has consistently fed my curiosity more than any other.There’s no better way to learn something than to find in it that contagious joy of discovery, and no better way to live than to seek discovery in the way this show exemplified.

Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · Sep 8

wrote a little bit about the greatest to ever do it

Thank You, Melvyn Bragg | Defector

Melvyn Bragg, host of the BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time since its very first episode back in 1998, has greeted me in the same delightfully brusque manner hundreds and hundreds of times. Hello. In ...

defector.com

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Sep 6

Update: they are technically still covering them (maybe?), but won’t cover covid shots specifically at CVS. They will still cover flu shots there though, so this is just some pre-compliance bullshit

Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Sep 6

As of this morning, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is not covering Covid vaccines.

Had one of the new ones scheduled with CVS, who just called me to say they couldn’t do it. I’m even one of the approved risk groups listed by the vichy CDC, but it seems they don’t care. @bluecrossmn.bsky.social

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Sep 6

Everyone involved in this decision is a coward who will directly cause death and suffering.

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Sep 6

As of this morning, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is not covering Covid vaccines.

Had one of the new ones scheduled with CVS, who just called me to say they couldn’t do it. I’m even one of the approved risk groups listed by the vichy CDC, but it seems they don’t care. @bluecrossmn.bsky.social

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Aug 31

One of my little moments of joy today: the dragonflies are migrating overhead, and the nighthawks have followed.

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Son Thou @sonthou.bsky.social · Aug 28

Yes, but it doesn’t matter. Even if we get a competent and trustworthy government again for some period, everyone should know that it can’t last unless structural and constitutional reforms are made. The fascists are among us and unless they are structurally disempowered, they’ll be back.

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Aug 24

Early harvests. Pomme, pomme de terre

A medium sized apple on an apple corer, which is attached to a kitchen counter. This picture smells tart amd maybe slightly over-ripe

An overgrown potato garden. Sam is leaning into the picture with a goofy grin on his face and a freshly pulled potato plant in his hand. There are at least 8 red potatoes of various sizes that have come up with the plant

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · Jun 30

The integrity of the midterm elections is the last big test of the system’s ability to restrain a dictator. Don’t ask what comes after that.

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/cross-the-...

Cross the Courts Off the List

We have enough information to conclude that the law won't save us.

www.hamiltonnolan.com

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Jun 26

I follow the NBA, but intentionally do not follow the draft or offseason trades because getting GM-brained about my team can really sap the enjoyment out it for me. Plus it’s so fun every season to be like “who the heck is this guy!” and “Kevin Durant is a Piston now??”

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Apr 15

Damn only 4 short of MVP consideration

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Apr 13

Berlin is the most enthused, but Greenland has the better form. Bern is not making weight

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Apr 10

Former L&B employees, please live out my fantasy of being asked to scab one day just so I can do thing from Braveheart where I am walking into work, stop at the picket line, and take of my work uniform to reveal a union shirt underneath

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Apr 8

If you are making it a blocklist, I’d be interested in subscribing to it.

Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Feb 20

Zero respect for the federal department head resigning in the face of doge attacks. If you actually believed in the mission you would use your power to throw sand in the gears, fight for it while you can. Stepping away keeps your hands clean while stranding everyone else. Pure cowardice.

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Feb 13

Congrats!

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Jan 30

I mean, literally, the answer to this is "I am federally prohibited from telling you anything about my students without a subpoena or judicial warrant; if you have a subpoena or judicial warrant, please submit it to [Legal Officer/Office] to ensure it is in compliance with all relevant federal laws"

✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · Jan 30

If you have students who are trans no you don’t. If you have students of color who may be affected by ICE no you don’t. If anyone asks you gender or racial the makeup of your class you don’t have to tell them.

Protect your class and protect your students by not complying in advance. They trust you.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jan 29

1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them.

It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.

I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.

Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Brianna Nicole Pail 🎃 @pailbn.bsky.social · Jan 27

There’s been a pretty deafening silence from Dems so I don’t really expect much, but on an opposition level, people really need to start getting over the fact that “that’s not legal” is not a defense against fascism. And that stopping the tides of fascism often involves the doing “illegal” things.

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Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social · Jan 27

Andy Reid, wearing a slightly stained sweatshirt that just says "empathy"