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Taste Accountant

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NYC based birder, musician, and product executive. Chronicling my inevitable mental decline. #LesserAlper posts are music fandom made stupid Everyday a new low.

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Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · Nov 9

Every day a new low.

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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 4d

Hanging onto every bit of good news

The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.

This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.

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One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

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Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 3h

Have a good night!

Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 3h

Trump’s Mirror applies here: Donald Trump tends to accuse others of the very things he himself does.

Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 3h

I should have, but my consort gets distressed when I start conversations on the subway.

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Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 3h

Cool. Cool.

Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 3h

It “begs the question“ of how much the GOP pays to plant their agents at protests.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 3h

illiterate use of “begs the question” for the win.

Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 3h

Brown and tan herringbone three-piece suit, light brown brogue shoes. I think you were holding a copy of the New York Review of Architecture.

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Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 3h

I guess we’re pretty determined to drown ourselves in a slop-filled abyss.

Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 5h

“The deal with Broadcom would use as much power as 8 million US households…

A 2024 Department of Energy report on data center energy usage found that data centers are expected to consume about ***6.7% to 12%*** of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.”

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

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Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 3h

I was on a C train headed uptown. If it was you, you exited at 59th Street.

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Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t want to see people playing fucking frisbee.

Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 4h

Besides it being a bad movie, “Tron” irritated the shit out of me because adults were saying “you like video games, you must love this.” And I did not because I have taste.

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Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 4h

You don’t think that’s intentional?

Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 5h

Rejected Beastie Boys album title.

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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 5h

Solar energy is one of the least costly and environmentally sound way to produce electricity. Donald Trump is deliberately sabotaging our energy future and raising costs for everyone.

An Immense Solar Project Just Got Canceled Under Trump

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Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 7h

Stolen Valor

Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 7h

Shut the fuck up.

Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 7h

Truth! Kirk was talking shit the moment the bullet hit him.

Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 7h

I was on the fence, but now that I’m on Antifa’s payroll, it’s mandatory fun.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

You know I was unsure about whether I'd be able to make the October 18th "No Kings" rally, but I'm sure as hell going now.

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Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 8h

Jack Somack

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 20h

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 8h

Fuck this little pervert.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 9h

It's weird that the guy who made the spyware app that Mike Johnson uses to spy on his son's porn-watching, and vice versa, was found to have a stash of CSAM and that just blipped right out of the news.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10h

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history.

Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history.

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Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social · 8h

I only read books with great covers.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 20h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 8h

the epistolary format feels to me like the writer was told to do a job but then decided they didn’t want to do all of the job when they heard it was for me. i don’t want to last mile any of this dear diary horse shit

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 20h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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