ddouglas 💎 🇺🇦 🦋
@dd9000.bsky.social
Liberal Californian by choice. Interested in so very many subjects about which I know little or nothing. #321,010. First 10%. Registered July 17, 2023.
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Yup. This hurts.
We worked ourselves to the bone during Covid to keep the show on the road.
I ran virtual fieldtrips & recorded endless bite-size lectures, with a 2-year old balanced on my lap while the nursery was closed for 6 months.
Our students were MAGNIFICENTLY patient and gracious 🙏
We worked ourselves to the bone during Covid to keep the show on the road.
I ran virtual fieldtrips & recorded endless bite-size lectures, with a 2-year old balanced on my lap while the nursery was closed for 6 months.
Our students were MAGNIFICENTLY patient and gracious 🙏
I feel so miserable about this. Nearly broke myself working 16, 18 hour days during the pandemic. We did everything we possibly could, then doubled it, tripled it. HE is still struggling to get back off the floor, years later. Now another financial punch in the face.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Yup. This hurts.
We worked ourselves to the bone during Covid to keep the show on the road.
I ran virtual fieldtrips & recorded endless bite-size lectures, with a 2-year old balanced on my lap while the nursery was closed for 6 months.
Our students were MAGNIFICENTLY patient and gracious 🙏
We worked ourselves to the bone during Covid to keep the show on the road.
I ran virtual fieldtrips & recorded endless bite-size lectures, with a 2-year old balanced on my lap while the nursery was closed for 6 months.
Our students were MAGNIFICENTLY patient and gracious 🙏
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I mean, do what yall want but I now do atproto but as if it’s a regular word. So, start of a sentence? Atproto
so are we back with Atproto being the canonical capitalization
February 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I mean, do what yall want but I now do atproto but as if it’s a regular word. So, start of a sentence? Atproto
Airport codes. This is sooo funny. youtu.be/jfOUVYQnuhw?...
Airport Codes: The Accidental System
YouTube video by CGP Grey
youtu.be
February 18, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Airport codes. This is sooo funny. youtu.be/jfOUVYQnuhw?...
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It's the end of an era at the Scalzi Compound: I've cancelled the DSL line I've had for 20+ years because for all that time it was the only non-capped internet option available for my rural address. Now I have 5G internet service that runs at least three times faster. So long, DSL!
February 18, 2026 at 6:14 PM
It's the end of an era at the Scalzi Compound: I've cancelled the DSL line I've had for 20+ years because for all that time it was the only non-capped internet option available for my rural address. Now I have 5G internet service that runs at least three times faster. So long, DSL!
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BlueSky users who do not buy my book about shark conservation could be left behind, says shark conservation book author Dr. David Shiffman
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
February 18, 2026 at 6:44 PM
BlueSky users who do not buy my book about shark conservation could be left behind, says shark conservation book author Dr. David Shiffman
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
No! Maybe 80% of my library consists of these! youtube.com/shorts/wFOi7...
Farewell, Pocket Books
YouTube video by The New York Times
youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:24 PM
No! Maybe 80% of my library consists of these! youtube.com/shorts/wFOi7...
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I don't know what to do but just keep repeating it so I don't go insane: the rise & eventual total domination of RW media is the single most significant political development of my lifetime and the entirely of the US political & media elite resolutely refuse to discuss or even acknowledge it.
February 18, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I don't know what to do but just keep repeating it so I don't go insane: the rise & eventual total domination of RW media is the single most significant political development of my lifetime and the entirely of the US political & media elite resolutely refuse to discuss or even acknowledge it.
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How much of Bluesky discourse is about Bluesky?
February 18, 2026 at 2:26 PM
How much of Bluesky discourse is about Bluesky?
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Since when did the safety announcements on flights become a hack comedy routine?
February 18, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Since when did the safety announcements on flights become a hack comedy routine?
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Good morning. The Guardians of the Stairs bid you approach, humbly and reverently.
February 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Good morning. The Guardians of the Stairs bid you approach, humbly and reverently.
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"Is there technology the left is excited about?" is the kind of question you only ask if you're wildly naive about technology.
mRNA vaccines. Heat pumps. Offshore wind. Urban mining. Sodium batteries.
But god forbid we're not fawning over every new implementation of Making Computers Bad At Math.
mRNA vaccines. Heat pumps. Offshore wind. Urban mining. Sodium batteries.
But god forbid we're not fawning over every new implementation of Making Computers Bad At Math.
February 18, 2026 at 2:58 PM
"Is there technology the left is excited about?" is the kind of question you only ask if you're wildly naive about technology.
mRNA vaccines. Heat pumps. Offshore wind. Urban mining. Sodium batteries.
But god forbid we're not fawning over every new implementation of Making Computers Bad At Math.
mRNA vaccines. Heat pumps. Offshore wind. Urban mining. Sodium batteries.
But god forbid we're not fawning over every new implementation of Making Computers Bad At Math.
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I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
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Chums! Baby Dog here. I have picked the Favourite Sofa Spot. It’s here! So I’m not moving. Not. For. Anyone (unless Malcy wants it) ❤️
February 18, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Chums! Baby Dog here. I have picked the Favourite Sofa Spot. It’s here! So I’m not moving. Not. For. Anyone (unless Malcy wants it) ❤️
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Bookmarking this video for the next time someone claims that science communication can’t be engaging unless it’s about an inherently exciting topic or made personally relevant to people’s lives
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 18, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Bookmarking this video for the next time someone claims that science communication can’t be engaging unless it’s about an inherently exciting topic or made personally relevant to people’s lives
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Less than one hour left to vote! Help the snout-cats, hoof-cats, and wool-cats!
Three days left to help us get some $$$ just by voting for our video on @projectforawesome.com! Here is the link to vote: projectforawesome.com/videos/proje...
February 18, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Less than one hour left to vote! Help the snout-cats, hoof-cats, and wool-cats!
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In a functioning democracy, a poll tax is illegal and immoral!
Call your senators!!!
Call your senators!!!
It costs $130 + a $35 facility fee to obtain a passport and an extra $30 for a passport card. In California, fees for certified copies of vital records are between $18 and $31 each. How is the SAVE Act not a poll tax?
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 AM
In a functioning democracy, a poll tax is illegal and immoral!
Call your senators!!!
Call your senators!!!
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Dude my emotional problems are so disclosed they’re in my bio.
We fucking hate brands on here, and good for us but that’s like 70% of social media nowadays which limits the userbase to professors and Jeopardy hosts and Weird Al Yankovic’s and normal people who have undisclosed emotional problems
February 18, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Dude my emotional problems are so disclosed they’re in my bio.
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RIP Tom Noonan, a friend for 18 years. Often typecast as villains, he was an actor's actor, a unique playwright & filmmaker, a gifted composer, and a pianist with a sweet voice. My kids & I used to go to his tiny apartment for dinner (pizza). We'd have a few drinks & he'd start to play. Magic.
February 18, 2026 at 5:31 AM
RIP Tom Noonan, a friend for 18 years. Often typecast as villains, he was an actor's actor, a unique playwright & filmmaker, a gifted composer, and a pianist with a sweet voice. My kids & I used to go to his tiny apartment for dinner (pizza). We'd have a few drinks & he'd start to play. Magic.
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I am going to sleep, and you should too, but if you're not quite ready and would like a little joy to help you toggle between The Living Nightmare and Sweet Dreams, I cannot possibly recommend this video highly enough:
John Oliver & Cookie Monster Out-Takes
YouTube video by Mashable
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February 18, 2026 at 5:17 AM
I am going to sleep, and you should too, but if you're not quite ready and would like a little joy to help you toggle between The Living Nightmare and Sweet Dreams, I cannot possibly recommend this video highly enough: