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@bakerblue.bsky.social
Ne’er do well-no really. Witty once in a blue moon..sometimes obtuse. Believe in freedom to get in your own way when necessary. There’s still magic in the world if we look closely and quietly..
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@bakerblue.bsky.social
· Mar 12
On the lighter side, enjoy this Norwegian weather reporter’s travails.
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A rare view of an Irish rainforest: from high up in the canopy.
One of so many things I love about these places is their wonderful 3-D complexity.
Such a sheer contrast to the flat, sterile livestock pasture that has replaced around 99% of cover.
One of so many things I love about these places is their wonderful 3-D complexity.
Such a sheer contrast to the flat, sterile livestock pasture that has replaced around 99% of cover.
February 5, 2026 at 5:31 AM
A rare view of an Irish rainforest: from high up in the canopy.
One of so many things I love about these places is their wonderful 3-D complexity.
Such a sheer contrast to the flat, sterile livestock pasture that has replaced around 99% of cover.
One of so many things I love about these places is their wonderful 3-D complexity.
Such a sheer contrast to the flat, sterile livestock pasture that has replaced around 99% of cover.
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New: The Trump admin has disclosed to select lawmakers a classified whistleblower complaint against spy chief Tulsi Gabbard, but significant portions were redacted due to claims of executive privilege, according to people familiar with the matter www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Congress Receives Redacted Version of Whistleblower Complaint Against Gabbard
Significant portions of the document had been blacked out for executive privilege.
www.wsj.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:45 PM
New: The Trump admin has disclosed to select lawmakers a classified whistleblower complaint against spy chief Tulsi Gabbard, but significant portions were redacted due to claims of executive privilege, according to people familiar with the matter www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Ancient 'Dial-a-Poem' Service Rises From the Grave, Lets You Use Your Phone as a Phone
Ancient 'Dial-a-Poem' Service Rises From the Grave, Lets You Use Your Phone as a Phone
There's something rather poetic about a service designed to breathe life back into poetry getting resurrected after all these years.
gizmodo.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Ancient 'Dial-a-Poem' Service Rises From the Grave, Lets You Use Your Phone as a Phone
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Joe Menn is a powerhouse of cybersecurity and tech reporting. His work has been nominated for Pulitzers, Loebs, and Sabew prizes in journalism.
Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.
February 4, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Joe Menn is a powerhouse of cybersecurity and tech reporting. His work has been nominated for Pulitzers, Loebs, and Sabew prizes in journalism.
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Barry Loudermilk retiring in an R+12 district should absolutely freak the hell out of Mike Johnson and House Republicans. He’s only 62—and if he’s worried about re-election, a reckoning is coming this November.
February 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Barry Loudermilk retiring in an R+12 district should absolutely freak the hell out of Mike Johnson and House Republicans. He’s only 62—and if he’s worried about re-election, a reckoning is coming this November.
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How much longer?
a crowd of people watching a fireworks display in front of a large building
ALT: a crowd of people watching a fireworks display in front of a large building
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:51 PM
How much longer?
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The president can’t nationalize elections, @seanmorales-doyle.bsky.social tells ABC News Live. The Constitution gives the states & Congress the power to set the rules governing our elections, and states & Congress in turn gave that power to run elections to state and local election officials.
Video Why Trump is calling for greater federal control of elections
ABC News' White House correspondent Karen Travers explains Trump’s push to shift election authority from states to the federal government and the backlash from both Republicans and Democrats.
abcnews.go.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
The president can’t nationalize elections, @seanmorales-doyle.bsky.social tells ABC News Live. The Constitution gives the states & Congress the power to set the rules governing our elections, and states & Congress in turn gave that power to run elections to state and local election officials.
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Just bought these and I am so thrilled
February 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Just bought these and I am so thrilled
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No need for a factbook if you have no need for facts.
It'd be ironic if it was because of this (which is actually really bad!)
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell - CIA
www.cia.gov
February 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
No need for a factbook if you have no need for facts.
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I have never shown a video of Trump being reasonable, and I doubt I will again. But here he is correctly explaining what would have happened had Podcast Jay gotten his way in 2020.
February 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I have never shown a video of Trump being reasonable, and I doubt I will again. But here he is correctly explaining what would have happened had Podcast Jay gotten his way in 2020.
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Not gullibility, not exactly. Nor personal agreement.
A deep psychological need and professional incentive for normality, with both sides equal, where we share basic values but disagree about how.
Because if it really is this bad, good people would be biased against it, not neutral and “balanced.”
A deep psychological need and professional incentive for normality, with both sides equal, where we share basic values but disagree about how.
Because if it really is this bad, good people would be biased against it, not neutral and “balanced.”
After Trump tells NBC News he could maybe use a "softer touch" on immigration, we immediately get the "different tone" narrative from CNN.
Brianna Keilar: "A change of tone for the president. Softer touch."
David Chalian: "He acknowledged learning something that this requires a softer touch."
Brianna Keilar: "A change of tone for the president. Softer touch."
David Chalian: "He acknowledged learning something that this requires a softer touch."
February 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Not gullibility, not exactly. Nor personal agreement.
A deep psychological need and professional incentive for normality, with both sides equal, where we share basic values but disagree about how.
Because if it really is this bad, good people would be biased against it, not neutral and “balanced.”
A deep psychological need and professional incentive for normality, with both sides equal, where we share basic values but disagree about how.
Because if it really is this bad, good people would be biased against it, not neutral and “balanced.”
Outrageous.
February 4, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Outrageous.
That phrasing must make the British feel warm inside.
Donald Trump is set to approve Keir Starmer's Chagos Islands deal tonight
Starmer offered Trump "additional security guarantees" which appear to have won him over.-The Telegraph
Starmer offered Trump "additional security guarantees" which appear to have won him over.-The Telegraph
February 4, 2026 at 11:40 PM
That phrasing must make the British feel warm inside.
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This was the “grill pilled” dream going into the Biden years but it turned out that following politics on one’s phone and feeling the pulse of anxiety and catastrophe that was learned and normalized during Trump 1.0 couldn’t be given up. There was a need to find those pulses that transcended reason.
February 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM
This was the “grill pilled” dream going into the Biden years but it turned out that following politics on one’s phone and feeling the pulse of anxiety and catastrophe that was learned and normalized during Trump 1.0 couldn’t be given up. There was a need to find those pulses that transcended reason.
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Remember, ruining the ability of our democracy to fund itself is the point, not a mistake
'Setting this agency up for failure': Amid staffing crunch, IRS taps employees with no relevant experience to assist during filing season
The tax agency is taking unusual steps to prepare for its busy season after watchdog finds it is severely underprepared.
www.govexec.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Remember, ruining the ability of our democracy to fund itself is the point, not a mistake
Truly becoming a banana republic..
The announcement that the CIA has killed its long running World Factbook rightfully glows about its usefulness. So why kill it?
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell - CIA
www.cia.gov
February 4, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Truly becoming a banana republic..
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A whole belief system to justify child abuse
Iowa legislators have just passed a bill out of committee that would end childhood vaccine requirements for school entry.
A state legislator said vaccine exemptions aren’t enough—the whole system must go—because to have to claim a medical or religious exemption is against parental rights.
A state legislator said vaccine exemptions aren’t enough—the whole system must go—because to have to claim a medical or religious exemption is against parental rights.
February 4, 2026 at 11:14 PM
A whole belief system to justify child abuse
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damn, what did this cost, about 10 minutes of Trump's grifting? It really was a great collection of data.
February 4, 2026 at 11:08 PM
damn, what did this cost, about 10 minutes of Trump's grifting? It really was a great collection of data.
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put on your red shoes and
DANCE LIKE THE ALGORITHM ISN'T WATCHING
artologica.etsy.com/listing/4447...
Original, not a print, there's only one and it can be yours
artologica.etsy.com/listing/4447...
Original, not a print, there's only one and it can be yours
February 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM
put on your red shoes and
Here’s Why a War Might Break Out Between Iran and the United States
YouTube video by William Spaniel
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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In the ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina that has infected more than 800 people, some children have developed a rare but serious complication called encephalitis. www.wired.com/story/measle...
Measles Is Causing Brain Swelling in Children in South Carolina
In the ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina that has infected more than 800 people, some children have developed a rare but serious complication called encephalitis.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
In the ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina that has infected more than 800 people, some children have developed a rare but serious complication called encephalitis. www.wired.com/story/measle...
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"Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty."
-- Stanislaw J. Lec, Unkempt Thoughts
#BookSky #ReadingPledge
-- Stanislaw J. Lec, Unkempt Thoughts
#BookSky #ReadingPledge
February 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM
"Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty."
-- Stanislaw J. Lec, Unkempt Thoughts
#BookSky #ReadingPledge
-- Stanislaw J. Lec, Unkempt Thoughts
#BookSky #ReadingPledge
“Secret insurgency” stuff..Stancil brought an an active view of action in Minneapolis to a large audience. Now it’s hardly covered. The nation needs a mass protest movement-not some secret Che Guevara club…any coverage or guidance about how to spread it should be applauded. Openness is protection.
Honestly a lot of this is cosplaying insurgency because it feels cool when what you are actually participating in is traditional mass mobilization protest.
February 4, 2026 at 8:11 PM
“Secret insurgency” stuff..Stancil brought an an active view of action in Minneapolis to a large audience. Now it’s hardly covered. The nation needs a mass protest movement-not some secret Che Guevara club…any coverage or guidance about how to spread it should be applauded. Openness is protection.