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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 10h

"The East Wing was built on top of the Presidential Emergency Operations Center". Is the point perhaps not the ballroom, but expanding and improving the PEOC?

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 16h

Holy shit, this cartoon.

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks! I usually pick the tea the night before. I really hate making decisions in the morning before I've had my tea.

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 17h

What tea do you drink on your birthday? Do you pick a special tea or a special type of tea? Or just drink your usual teas? I picked this "Lotus Peak Shui Xian" from Tong Xin She Teahouse as a special tea to start the day and the next year of my life.

#RockOolong #YanCha #TongXinSheTeaHouse #TeaSky

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 3d

Opening the bag, it is very obvious that this is gardenia flower scented tea. Pleasant enough, but not something I would search out.

#EcoChaTeas #OolongTea #TaiwanTea #TeaSky

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 3d

This was a bonus sample from the Eco-Cha tea club. Reading the label, "Gardenia Flower Oolong Tea", I wasn't sure if it was Oolong tea with gardenia scent characteristics or if it was Oolong tea scented with gardenia flowers.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5d

"Technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court warrant..."

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 6d

Who is the "we" here? Sounds like he is saying American boots on the ground in Gaza aiding IDF.

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 6d

Dear NPR, perhaps instead of talking to Republican politicians, you could interview people who aren't going to be able to afford health care if the health care subsidies are allowed to expire. @npr.org

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 7d

Taxation without representation.

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 7d

"What could possibly go wrong with non-expert oversight of complicated physics projects?" He says as the planet slides down the event horizon into a black hole...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 7d

SCIENCE POLICY NEWS:

During Yom Kippur, all the members of the High Energy Physics Advisory Committee (HEPAP), myself included, received a letter thanking us for our service and telling us essentially that the almost 40 yo standing federal advisory committee was no more. ⚛️🧪🔭

Why that matters 🧵

DOE Consolidates Office of Science Advisory Committees

Six long-standing committees advising the Department of Energy’s Office of Science have been rolled into one.

www.aip.org

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 9d

They squandered their early momentum attempting to appeal to the center-right.

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 9d

Plus, they want to do away with all of what they deem "Non-Essential" jobs and services provided by the Federal Government. They want to shrink the government down until it can be drowned in its own bassinet.

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 9d

The domino albums are still up, but loveless was Sire/Creation? But so was Tremelo, which is up?

ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 9d

Maybe the Nobel committee could acknowledge Alfred Nobel's past and create a new award, the Nobel Dynamite Award, for the person most likely to cause a new world war...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 10d

What To Know About NSPM-7 https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-nspm-7/

Q: Is this like that book Minority Report was based on?

A: We’d avoid referencing books from now on.

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 10d

"If you don't cave in to our demands, we will continue to act on our worst possible instincts." Isn't really the selling point Republicans think it is...

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 13d

First they co-opt my exercise, then my healthy food, now my sobriety? What's next MAGA? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14d

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 16d

I was struggling to come up with the correct term to use for books in this genre and "Sword & Sorcery" popped into my head from my youth in the 1970s. I used it a bit as a joke. I guess the correct modern term is "Secondary World High Fantasy".

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 17d

Haven't much Sword & Sorcery in a long time, recently just "Broken Earth" and "The Locked Tomb" books, which are sort of in that ballpark.

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 17d

Would someone who enjoys Wells' Murderbot books enjoy these Rising World books?

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 17d

Dear Democratic governors, make your states open carry now.

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ellestad.bsky.social @ellestad.bsky.social · 17d

DHS/ICE needs to be demilitarized and returned to pre-9/11 funding levels.