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@dyaseen.bsky.social
Reply craftsman. 2 skill points in just about everything. Smart, but not a jerk about it. he/him #gobills
PSA
Apropos of nothing in particular: SHOES
Per the FEMA training I took 30 years ago, the one thing that best ensures your survival in a disaster is whether you made it out of the building with shoes on.
Everything else can just be scrap-wraps, but shoes are high-tech. Put them on first, then run.
Per the FEMA training I took 30 years ago, the one thing that best ensures your survival in a disaster is whether you made it out of the building with shoes on.
Everything else can just be scrap-wraps, but shoes are high-tech. Put them on first, then run.
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 AM
PSA
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Mamdani hasn't quite said it, but almost, and I think he might get there - "I'm not a Communist. But if you call a dignified job, a roof over people's heads, and food on the table Communism, that's your problem."
I like that republicans keep calling mamdani a “literal communist” because they’ve been calling everyone to the left of william mckinley a communist for a hundred years and they need to distinguish
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Mamdani hasn't quite said it, but almost, and I think he might get there - "I'm not a Communist. But if you call a dignified job, a roof over people's heads, and food on the table Communism, that's your problem."
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I did! A good paper, but an even more essential one is Gambetta/Origgi on Italian academia and the preference for low-quality work. Literally everybody I know who has read this and has experience in China has remarked on how useful it is.
diegogambetta.org/wp-content/u...
diegogambetta.org/wp-content/u...
October 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I did! A good paper, but an even more essential one is Gambetta/Origgi on Italian academia and the preference for low-quality work. Literally everybody I know who has read this and has experience in China has remarked on how useful it is.
diegogambetta.org/wp-content/u...
diegogambetta.org/wp-content/u...
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a tweet i saw that really opened my third eye said basically that there's no such thing as red states and blue states, there's just states where the big city/ies that everyone else hates are a big enough portion of the population to dominate politics and states where they aren't
I mean, this is the whole problem, isn't it? A party rooted in the liberal, cosmopolitan parts of the country can't win outside of them, but you also can't not have a party rooted in those regions because that's a huge and influential part of the country.
October 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
a tweet i saw that really opened my third eye said basically that there's no such thing as red states and blue states, there's just states where the big city/ies that everyone else hates are a big enough portion of the population to dominate politics and states where they aren't
@sanders.senate.gov Senator, he not only has a Nazi tattoo, he has a concentration camp guards tattoo. I don't care if he cured cancer
October 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
@sanders.senate.gov Senator, he not only has a Nazi tattoo, he has a concentration camp guards tattoo. I don't care if he cured cancer
@dicknixon.bsky.social Nothing about Rubio, sir?
October 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
@dicknixon.bsky.social Nothing about Rubio, sir?
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Posting as a total shot in the dark -
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away for free?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's just not in our budget this year.
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away for free?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's just not in our budget this year.
October 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Posting as a total shot in the dark -
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away for free?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's just not in our budget this year.
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away for free?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's just not in our budget this year.
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As an online MAGA discussion continues, the probability of a laudatory reference or comparison to Hitler or to Nazis all-too-briskly approaches 1.
October 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
As an online MAGA discussion continues, the probability of a laudatory reference or comparison to Hitler or to Nazis all-too-briskly approaches 1.
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Working on setting up other signings + appearances for Bat/Stat but this is the only confirmed one so far. Come through if you're local to Central Texas.
*DON'T MISS IT!*
Tickets available now at www.comicarts-sa.com
@evnarc.bsky.social is the Senior Writer at Brass Lion Entertainment.
His work in comics, includes Rise of the Black Panther, The New Day: Power of Positivity, Sam Wilson: Captain America, & the upcoming series, Batman/Static: Beyond
Tickets available now at www.comicarts-sa.com
@evnarc.bsky.social is the Senior Writer at Brass Lion Entertainment.
His work in comics, includes Rise of the Black Panther, The New Day: Power of Positivity, Sam Wilson: Captain America, & the upcoming series, Batman/Static: Beyond
October 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Working on setting up other signings + appearances for Bat/Stat but this is the only confirmed one so far. Come through if you're local to Central Texas.
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Fight on their ground
"Rather than consider issues in light of actual facts, we suggest people with this mindset prioritize being independent from outside influence. It means you can justify espousing pretty much anything – the easier a statement is to disprove, the more of a power move it is..."
"Rather than consider issues in light of actual facts, we suggest people with this mindset prioritize being independent from outside influence. It means you can justify espousing pretty much anything – the easier a statement is to disprove, the more of a power move it is..."
Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing symbolic strength
Conversations around misinformation that assume everyone cares about literal truth may be missing the point.
theconversation.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Fight on their ground
"Rather than consider issues in light of actual facts, we suggest people with this mindset prioritize being independent from outside influence. It means you can justify espousing pretty much anything – the easier a statement is to disprove, the more of a power move it is..."
"Rather than consider issues in light of actual facts, we suggest people with this mindset prioritize being independent from outside influence. It means you can justify espousing pretty much anything – the easier a statement is to disprove, the more of a power move it is..."
“Nonchalant savant” @nbabeau.bsky.social is himself a savant
October 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“Nonchalant savant” @nbabeau.bsky.social is himself a savant
Idea for democrats who don't know where to begin to rectify all this: nothing moves forward until you remove RFK and all traces of anti-vax from HHS. All of you, 100%, no negotiation
rt if you think this is a good idea
rt if you think this is a good idea
October 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Idea for democrats who don't know where to begin to rectify all this: nothing moves forward until you remove RFK and all traces of anti-vax from HHS. All of you, 100%, no negotiation
rt if you think this is a good idea
rt if you think this is a good idea
Dumb q: if you spent one night there, wouldn't it qualify as a second home?
all else aside it seems weird that you'd get a lower interest rate on a second home than you would on a rental property
Here's the feds' "evidence" that state AG Letitia James committed bank fraud: She allegedly got a 3% mortgage rate on a Virginia house that she said she'd use as a second home, but she rented it out instead – so she should have paid a 3.185% rate, a difference of about $19,000.
October 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Dumb q: if you spent one night there, wouldn't it qualify as a second home?
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Teaching to the test
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jesspiper.substack.com/p/silencing-...
Silencing Mockingbirds
Reading is resistance
jesspiper.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Teaching to the test
jesspiper.substack.com/p/silencing-...
jesspiper.substack.com/p/silencing-...
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Humans evolved a cognitive 'social proof' system for establishing what's true (if enough of the people around me believe something, I'll go along) and media fragmentation + social media has completely and totally hijacked it
Feels like AI will only make this worse
Feels like AI will only make this worse
October 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Humans evolved a cognitive 'social proof' system for establishing what's true (if enough of the people around me believe something, I'll go along) and media fragmentation + social media has completely and totally hijacked it
Feels like AI will only make this worse
Feels like AI will only make this worse
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It's not profitable to save women's lives. #America 1/
"The technique, known as IORT, has numerous benefits, surgeons say, but it generates less money for hospitals and radiation oncologists."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"The technique, known as IORT, has numerous benefits, surgeons say, but it generates less money for hospitals and radiation oncologists."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
U.S. women are increasingly shut out of a breast cancer treatment valued around the world
The technique, known as IORT, has numerous benefits, surgeons say, but it generates less money for hospitals and radiation oncologists.
www.nbcnews.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It's not profitable to save women's lives. #America 1/
"The technique, known as IORT, has numerous benefits, surgeons say, but it generates less money for hospitals and radiation oncologists."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"The technique, known as IORT, has numerous benefits, surgeons say, but it generates less money for hospitals and radiation oncologists."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
Maybe 'bottomless' was the problem?
“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man
October 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Maybe 'bottomless' was the problem?
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New Yorker cartoons nail it again.
October 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New Yorker cartoons nail it again.
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“In contrast, in 2025, the protesters have numbered in the few dozens on most nights and their activity has largely been confined to a two-block radius of the building’s front driveway. Approximately 60 people have been arrested in the past four months…”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
Portland protests 2025 vs 2020: Trump conflates the 2, but facts show no comparison
Trump believes Portland has been “War ravaged” for years. Here’s a look at that history.
www.oregonlive.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“In contrast, in 2025, the protesters have numbered in the few dozens on most nights and their activity has largely been confined to a two-block radius of the building’s front driveway. Approximately 60 people have been arrested in the past four months…”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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As bad as this headline is, the details are worse. Russel Vought is trying to roll back SS for the elderly, the disabled, the widowed and orphaned and FURTHER cut food stamps. Make sure to read and share this gift link: wapo.st/4qa8yoq
October 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
As bad as this headline is, the details are worse. Russel Vought is trying to roll back SS for the elderly, the disabled, the widowed and orphaned and FURTHER cut food stamps. Make sure to read and share this gift link: wapo.st/4qa8yoq
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"Burning to the ground," I tell ya...
October 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"Burning to the ground," I tell ya...
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In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time: