Amy Cogan
@coganosity2.bsky.social
Married grandma, constant reader, loves cats, animals, gardens and Halloween.
No Religion here.
No Religion here.
Okay im just gonna rant for a moment, nothing personal guys but…My children and grandchildren are coming for an early xmas celebration and I needed some blankets & comforters taken to the cleaners so my family could be warm but also we have cats and there’s dander, dust etc Lotta Allergens
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Okay im just gonna rant for a moment, nothing personal guys but…My children and grandchildren are coming for an early xmas celebration and I needed some blankets & comforters taken to the cleaners so my family could be warm but also we have cats and there’s dander, dust etc Lotta Allergens
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I suppose you could made a decent argument he already has
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I suppose you could made a decent argument he already has
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This is very cool. The manipulation-busters of the future will be hacks like this one: reengineering the system to expose the algorithms beneath and how they trick us...
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This is very cool. The manipulation-busters of the future will be hacks like this one: reengineering the system to expose the algorithms beneath and how they trick us...
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Pitch in to join the fight: secure.actblue.com/donate/lande...
Donate to Brad Lander
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secure.actblue.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Pitch in to join the fight: secure.actblue.com/donate/lande...
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I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
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HELL YEAH BRAD LANDER HELL YEAH
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
HELL YEAH BRAD LANDER HELL YEAH
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Right wing freaks continually pretend that some group they hate can magically manifest much more influence by voting harder, or repeatedly, or that their votes count more, etc.
December 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Right wing freaks continually pretend that some group they hate can magically manifest much more influence by voting harder, or repeatedly, or that their votes count more, etc.
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Here’s the demographic breakdown of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s district.
Elon Musk says Omar was “literally voted into Congress by a large group of people from Somalia.”
Omar’s district is 2.9% Somali-American.
Elon Musk says Omar was “literally voted into Congress by a large group of people from Somalia.”
Omar’s district is 2.9% Somali-American.
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Here’s the demographic breakdown of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s district.
Elon Musk says Omar was “literally voted into Congress by a large group of people from Somalia.”
Omar’s district is 2.9% Somali-American.
Elon Musk says Omar was “literally voted into Congress by a large group of people from Somalia.”
Omar’s district is 2.9% Somali-American.
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Can we please have interviewers call these assholes out on their bullshit?
Elon Musk says Rep. Ilhan Omar was “literally voted into Congress by a large group of people from Somalia.”
Somali-Americans make up just 2.9% of Omar’s district.
Somali-Americans make up just 2.9% of Omar’s district.
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Can we please have interviewers call these assholes out on their bullshit?
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And now Linktree is wanting to copy and exploit our content. 🙄
Obviously they can’t own the stuff on the websites you link to, but the new T&Cs mean that any content - embedded videos, photos, music, etc. - that you have on your Linktree profile, they can copy and sell on without paying you.
Obviously they can’t own the stuff on the websites you link to, but the new T&Cs mean that any content - embedded videos, photos, music, etc. - that you have on your Linktree profile, they can copy and sell on without paying you.
December 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
And now Linktree is wanting to copy and exploit our content. 🙄
Obviously they can’t own the stuff on the websites you link to, but the new T&Cs mean that any content - embedded videos, photos, music, etc. - that you have on your Linktree profile, they can copy and sell on without paying you.
Obviously they can’t own the stuff on the websites you link to, but the new T&Cs mean that any content - embedded videos, photos, music, etc. - that you have on your Linktree profile, they can copy and sell on without paying you.
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cc Jake Tapper
I guess the president just announced he recently took his latest in a series of cognitive tests, this one in front of a room full of medical personnel observing him?
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
cc Jake Tapper
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Happily for me I already had no intention of visiting the US at least until Trump is gone (thankfully no longer married to a USian so not obliged to). Unhappily, as shit like this *never* gets reversed, only ratcheted up, I suspect this means I will never be able to travel there again.
U.S. plans to ask visitors to disclose 5 years of social media history www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
U.S. plans to ask visitors to disclose 5 years of social media history
The proposal would affect travelers from countries on the visa waiver program, including Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Israel, Japan and South Korea.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Happily for me I already had no intention of visiting the US at least until Trump is gone (thankfully no longer married to a USian so not obliged to). Unhappily, as shit like this *never* gets reversed, only ratcheted up, I suspect this means I will never be able to travel there again.
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Trump is playing in our face.
The fact that this was what Trump came up with when folks are experience higher prices because of his tariff policy and inaction to bring down prices is peak gaslighting.
He raised the prices and then handed out signs pretending he didn’t.
The fact that this was what Trump came up with when folks are experience higher prices because of his tariff policy and inaction to bring down prices is peak gaslighting.
He raised the prices and then handed out signs pretending he didn’t.
December 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Trump is playing in our face.
The fact that this was what Trump came up with when folks are experience higher prices because of his tariff policy and inaction to bring down prices is peak gaslighting.
He raised the prices and then handed out signs pretending he didn’t.
The fact that this was what Trump came up with when folks are experience higher prices because of his tariff policy and inaction to bring down prices is peak gaslighting.
He raised the prices and then handed out signs pretending he didn’t.
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BS has added this wording to my Mute Words settings. "We recommend avoiding common words that appear in many posts, since it can result in no posts being shown". Which raises the question 'and the problem with this is?'
December 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
BS has added this wording to my Mute Words settings. "We recommend avoiding common words that appear in many posts, since it can result in no posts being shown". Which raises the question 'and the problem with this is?'
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Someone from Dublin trying to navigate the London Underground for the first time.
Feggin Oysters
United States, Census, 1910
United States, Census, 1910
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Someone from Dublin trying to navigate the London Underground for the first time.
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Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
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Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
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Confessions and reflections on the maddest of years…. I really AM sorry about the bed rotting 😳
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Confessions and reflections on the maddest of years…. I really AM sorry about the bed rotting 😳
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And now it is! This really is a killer year for dinosaur science, sauropod color patterns a wonderful surprise right at the end.
December 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
And now it is! This really is a killer year for dinosaur science, sauropod color patterns a wonderful surprise right at the end.
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".. A measles outbreak that began in South Carolina at the start of October is showing no signs of slowing as officials on Tuesday reported 27 new cases since Friday. Those cases bring the outbreak total to 111."
@arstechnica.com @aaronsojourner.org
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
@arstechnica.com @aaronsojourner.org
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
".. A measles outbreak that began in South Carolina at the start of October is showing no signs of slowing as officials on Tuesday reported 27 new cases since Friday. Those cases bring the outbreak total to 111."
@arstechnica.com @aaronsojourner.org
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
@arstechnica.com @aaronsojourner.org
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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Dear ICC and everyone else being threatened by this orange traitor/felon/pedo idiot who doesn't want truth to come out while he bilks $ from every crack he can find..
Please grow a spine and simply tell him to fuck off, and continue doing your job.
Dont be afraid of a cowardly bully.
🖕dt.
Please grow a spine and simply tell him to fuck off, and continue doing your job.
Dont be afraid of a cowardly bully.
🖕dt.
🇺🇸 The US is threatening new sanctions on the International Criminal Court unless it pledges not to prosecute Trump or his top officials, Reuters reports.
December 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Dear ICC and everyone else being threatened by this orange traitor/felon/pedo idiot who doesn't want truth to come out while he bilks $ from every crack he can find..
Please grow a spine and simply tell him to fuck off, and continue doing your job.
Dont be afraid of a cowardly bully.
🖕dt.
Please grow a spine and simply tell him to fuck off, and continue doing your job.
Dont be afraid of a cowardly bully.
🖕dt.
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Ken Campbell's birthday. I once watched a documentary he made about quantum physics where he described the origin of the universe like this: "For a very long time, there was nothing. Then, suddenly - something went wrong with the nothing."
December 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Ken Campbell's birthday. I once watched a documentary he made about quantum physics where he described the origin of the universe like this: "For a very long time, there was nothing. Then, suddenly - something went wrong with the nothing."
I’m really sad because i simply can’t make it rain xmas like in days of old for my grand children. Yes I know it’s not important but it was important to Me…
December 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’m really sad because i simply can’t make it rain xmas like in days of old for my grand children. Yes I know it’s not important but it was important to Me…
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1995: You claim to be poor, but you have nice sneakers.
2015: You claim to be poor, but you buy lattes.
2025:
2015: You claim to be poor, but you buy lattes.
2025:
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
1995: You claim to be poor, but you have nice sneakers.
2015: You claim to be poor, but you buy lattes.
2025:
2015: You claim to be poor, but you buy lattes.
2025:
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The Parking Lot Lawyer & Insurance Lawyer could open a law firm together…although I’m not sure they’d be able to afford the malpractice insurance premiums.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Judge Suggests Prosecutor on Comey and James Cases Should Resign as U.S. Attorney
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Parking Lot Lawyer & Insurance Lawyer could open a law firm together…although I’m not sure they’d be able to afford the malpractice insurance premiums.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...