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Whovian, Trekker, general geek. Culture Vulture (esp classical music, opera). Choral Singer. Veggie. Political Leftie. Sweet Jewish Person. She/her. Bookkeeper - business account @timeoffbooks.bsky.social
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I am a Jew, an American, a music lover, and a nerd, and I unconditionally denounce all violence against innocent people whoever and wherever they are. The Hebrew in my Bluesky name means 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
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Star Trek IV premiered 39 years ago today. 🐋🐋 Wonder what the film's locations look like today? Check out this fan-made short, shot in the same places and using the same angles. It's Kirk (Punk on Bus) Thatcher approved!
Happy 39th Anniversary Star Trek IV, the Voyage Home. The 2nd Trek movie I saw in theatres. I loved it.
In 2016 we shot a short tribute film in many of the same locations. It was fun, please check it out at the link if you have 6 minutes to spare. 🙂
The One With The Whales.
youtu.be/VlQql0Oyip8
In 2016 we shot a short tribute film in many of the same locations. It was fun, please check it out at the link if you have 6 minutes to spare. 🙂
The One With The Whales.
youtu.be/VlQql0Oyip8
The One With The Whales - An homage to Star Trek IV The Voyage Home.
YouTube video by StarShipIntrepid
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Star Trek IV premiered 39 years ago today. 🐋🐋 Wonder what the film's locations look like today? Check out this fan-made short, shot in the same places and using the same angles. It's Kirk (Punk on Bus) Thatcher approved!
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It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
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With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
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wonder how, exactly, America fucked him over- did we deport somebody or did we fail to get somebody out?
CBS is reporting the suspect ID-ed as 29 year old Afghan national who entered US in 2021.
The path of likely demagoguery seems obvious from here.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
The path of likely demagoguery seems obvious from here.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
2 National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., suspect in custody, officials say
Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot a few blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C., and a suspect is in custody, officials say.
www.cbsnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wonder how, exactly, America fucked him over- did we deport somebody or did we fail to get somebody out?
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Ok so I have a cold so here is the first bit of the ep I was writing for today before realizing LOL nice try. Please feel free to use this as a starter reaction batch! 😭😂🦃
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Ok so I have a cold so here is the first bit of the ep I was writing for today before realizing LOL nice try. Please feel free to use this as a starter reaction batch! 😭😂🦃
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One of my favorite episodes of the Twilight Zone is when the guy thought he was in heaven because he got everything he wanted. But then it turned out without anything to challenge him it became hell.
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
One of my favorite episodes of the Twilight Zone is when the guy thought he was in heaven because he got everything he wanted. But then it turned out without anything to challenge him it became hell.
At the New York Philharmonic: Stéphane Denève conducting Lena Auerbach's Icarus (NY Premiere), Khacharurian Piano Concerto (Jean-Yves Thibaudet), Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus, and Respighi's The Pines Of Rome.
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
At the New York Philharmonic: Stéphane Denève conducting Lena Auerbach's Icarus (NY Premiere), Khacharurian Piano Concerto (Jean-Yves Thibaudet), Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus, and Respighi's The Pines Of Rome.
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Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are on the Muppet Show tonight
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are on the Muppet Show tonight
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are on the Muppet Show tonight
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are on the Muppet Show tonight
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914,000 arts and culture workers in Canada nodding in agreement.
I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
914,000 arts and culture workers in Canada nodding in agreement.
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If you're traveling this Thanksgiving, you probably spent more on your flight than Delta, JetBlue or American Airlines paid in federal income taxes in the past 7 years.
Really.
Really.
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you're traveling this Thanksgiving, you probably spent more on your flight than Delta, JetBlue or American Airlines paid in federal income taxes in the past 7 years.
Really.
Really.
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If you want to live under a king, you ultimately wish to be a slave to that person’s commands.
If you want to live under a democracy, you wish to be free to do anything that’s allowed under the law.
The people who want authoritarianism don’t feel confident enough to live with real freedom.
If you want to live under a democracy, you wish to be free to do anything that’s allowed under the law.
The people who want authoritarianism don’t feel confident enough to live with real freedom.
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If you want to live under a king, you ultimately wish to be a slave to that person’s commands.
If you want to live under a democracy, you wish to be free to do anything that’s allowed under the law.
The people who want authoritarianism don’t feel confident enough to live with real freedom.
If you want to live under a democracy, you wish to be free to do anything that’s allowed under the law.
The people who want authoritarianism don’t feel confident enough to live with real freedom.
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Nice to see a Democrat outright defend the humanities and the arts rather than taking the right-wing assault on them at face value.
New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Nice to see a Democrat outright defend the humanities and the arts rather than taking the right-wing assault on them at face value.
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The troops themselves have been nothing but courteous and polite since Trump deployed them, and lots of reporting suggests they know this "mission" is pointless. Completely avoidable and desperate effort to use these people as political pawns
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The troops themselves have been nothing but courteous and polite since Trump deployed them, and lots of reporting suggests they know this "mission" is pointless. Completely avoidable and desperate effort to use these people as political pawns
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This is awful, especially knowing these Guardsmen should have been home with their families
The shooting of two National Guard members took place on 17th Street NW, between I and H streets, about two blocks from the White House. https://wapo.st/48irgBT
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is awful, especially knowing these Guardsmen should have been home with their families
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
$100.00 per person for foreign visitors
Foreign tourism is at an all-time low
Do you blame them?
Everything trump touches hurts America
The Grand Canyon states over 30 % of visitors to the Grand Canyon are foreigners
This is shameful
$100.00 per person for foreign visitors
Foreign tourism is at an all-time low
Do you blame them?
Everything trump touches hurts America
The Grand Canyon states over 30 % of visitors to the Grand Canyon are foreigners
This is shameful
US hikes national park fees for foreigners to put 'American families first'
Non-residents will soon have to pay $100 per person to enter 11 of the United States' most popular parks.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
$100.00 per person for foreign visitors
Foreign tourism is at an all-time low
Do you blame them?
Everything trump touches hurts America
The Grand Canyon states over 30 % of visitors to the Grand Canyon are foreigners
This is shameful
$100.00 per person for foreign visitors
Foreign tourism is at an all-time low
Do you blame them?
Everything trump touches hurts America
The Grand Canyon states over 30 % of visitors to the Grand Canyon are foreigners
This is shameful
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Today in linguists are NOT KIDDING when we say that your knowledge of language enables you to understand sentences that have never been said before.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today in linguists are NOT KIDDING when we say that your knowledge of language enables you to understand sentences that have never been said before.
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🧵Spotted at a Christmas Market in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A tiny human is aghast at Mum's suggestion that she needs a nap.
Shaking her head vehemently, she roars: "I'm NOT sleepy!"
Mum sighs, agreeing that she is indeed not looking tired.
Tiny Human is indignant. "But I AM Mum! I'm VERY SLEEPY!" (1)
A tiny human is aghast at Mum's suggestion that she needs a nap.
Shaking her head vehemently, she roars: "I'm NOT sleepy!"
Mum sighs, agreeing that she is indeed not looking tired.
Tiny Human is indignant. "But I AM Mum! I'm VERY SLEEPY!" (1)
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🧵Spotted at a Christmas Market in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A tiny human is aghast at Mum's suggestion that she needs a nap.
Shaking her head vehemently, she roars: "I'm NOT sleepy!"
Mum sighs, agreeing that she is indeed not looking tired.
Tiny Human is indignant. "But I AM Mum! I'm VERY SLEEPY!" (1)
A tiny human is aghast at Mum's suggestion that she needs a nap.
Shaking her head vehemently, she roars: "I'm NOT sleepy!"
Mum sighs, agreeing that she is indeed not looking tired.
Tiny Human is indignant. "But I AM Mum! I'm VERY SLEEPY!" (1)
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MAJOR UPDATE: 🚨
WV Governor now says he's not sure if both Guardsmen are dead.
About 30 min ago he said two WV were killed the shooting earlier today
@ktoropin.bsky.social reporting
WV Governor now says he's not sure if both Guardsmen are dead.
About 30 min ago he said two WV were killed the shooting earlier today
@ktoropin.bsky.social reporting
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
MAJOR UPDATE: 🚨
WV Governor now says he's not sure if both Guardsmen are dead.
About 30 min ago he said two WV were killed the shooting earlier today
@ktoropin.bsky.social reporting
WV Governor now says he's not sure if both Guardsmen are dead.
About 30 min ago he said two WV were killed the shooting earlier today
@ktoropin.bsky.social reporting
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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Good way to empty the place of international visitors and make it even more White than resident visitors already are.
US triples national park fee for non-residents, amid ‘new’ fee for Americans
Interior department, which has defunded conservation organizations, claims fee hike is for conservation
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Good way to empty the place of international visitors and make it even more White than resident visitors already are.
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Today, in Utah, homeowners *or renters* can simply buy a solar panel at Costco, take it home, and plug it in to a wall socket, like an appliance. It just sits there & trims about 15-20% off a residential power bill. If you move to another apt., you can take it with you.
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Today, in Utah, homeowners *or renters* can simply buy a solar panel at Costco, take it home, and plug it in to a wall socket, like an appliance. It just sits there & trims about 15-20% off a residential power bill. If you move to another apt., you can take it with you.
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Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
www.volts.wtf
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
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You do want to read this one.
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You do want to read this one.