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Travis Mason-Bushman

@snarkranger.bsky.social

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furloughed park ranger-bureaucrat in Darkest Nevada, telling stories about America's public lands. Volunteer EMT, wildfire PIO, Draymond stan, erstwhile racing flack, forever believing in the better angels of our nature. opinions are mine. 🏳️‍🌈

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 23m

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Cave lights failed again.

Viola Smart 🦇 @smartvpants.bsky.social · 32m

You're administering the ACT.

badly-drawn boo! 👻 @soapachu.bsky.social · 3h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"I've added some notes"

Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 44m

The immigrants being rounded up and deported are the American working class, but Trump voters see them as untermenschen.

Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 47m

Because we do not have Marxist class politics in this country and you're ignoring the impacts of widespread racism and xenophobia.

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 7h

The good border patrol - keeping invasive species out 🫡

Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 7h

stock trading on margin is highly regulated for exactly this reason. you have to pay at least 50% cash - so margin is limited to 2x.

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Charles Schwab

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 7h

at this point, everyone investing in crypto should know it's a greater fools scam, so I have zero sympathy whatsoever for anyone who lost their life savings to this.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 20h

The scale of this week’s crypto crash is stunning. $16.6B in losses due to margin calls on 1.6M accounts averages to $10,000 lost per person betting on crypto always going up.

A lesson for many on the downside of borrowing money to gamble.

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 14h

I'm sorry y'all had to run into the second good Indiana football team in recorded history.

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 14h

"oops our bad sry, misclick"

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 15h

Pretty sure “by mistake” here means “we were screamed at by various Republican Senators and other officials and we take it back.”

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15h

we've moved past "awwwwwww Indiana what a cute underdog story" and onto "Indiana can win the national championship"

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Ben @vtben.bsky.social · 15h

How is every ESPN SEC homer going to spin this IU win huh? Did we not beat them by enough? Is Oregon suddenly not good? Look forward to the excuses

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 15h

HOO HOO HOO HOOOOOOOOSIERS

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 15h

TIP DRILLLLLLLLLLL

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Andy @andyjretro.bsky.social · 16h

Now that they’re calling PI, the Hoosiers are moving right down the field. Shocking. #iufb

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Chris “BOO! 👻 DISASTER! WHAT A SCARY IDEA 🎃!” Dobbertean @bracketdobber.net · 16h

I see you, Hoosiers

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 17h

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH HAS ENORMOUS POWER AND IF YOU GIVE IT TO TRUMP HE WILL USE IT TO DESTROY EVERYTHING GOOD AND DECENT ABOUT THIS COUNTRY, I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO GODDAMNIT

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 17h

Trump and RFK Jr. killed the MMWR.

I am so fucking mad at every single one of the dipshits who said it doesn't matter if Harris loses. Every single media hack who credulously published Trump's lies about Project 2025. Not one of these people should ever show their face in public again.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18h

Policy, comms, ethics, and science management (the people who clear science docs — determine whether they meet scientific standards) heavily hit.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report staff are gone.

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 17h

you have to fucking call that. what total bullshit.

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 19h

The only way to stop it is to elect Democrats.

I screamed my lungs off in 2024 that people had no understanding of how many levers of executive power the president can wield if they don't care about the consequences. Not enough people listened.

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 19h

$640 for gaudy plated bullshit that costs $25 on Temu and they couldn't even spell "Trump." God bless America.

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PPP Grifter @pppgrifter.bsky.social · 19h

These people agreed to be embarrassed on TV. You couldn’t waterboard this out of me

Hachmama.Slava_Ukrani.eth🌻 @hachbiz.bsky.social · 19h

These people are allowed to vote

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 19h

That is true. But it's certainly not worse now than it was in, say, 1998. Or 1958. Or 1928.

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 19h

They're not worse, though. You can't possibly be arguing that now is worse than any other time in American history.

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 21h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 20h

My taxes are going to go up, doctors' taxes are going to go up, HVAC managers' taxes are going to go up. I am fine with that. I believe that is the price of living in a decent society. The Trump tax cuts have been a financial disaster and have to be reversed in their entirety,