Jamie Bear 🐻
@jamiebear.bsky.social
Science stuff, but not a scientist. Old skoool DCist (RIP!) and former Eater DC. Baltimoron at heart. Very random posts about food, art, climate, science, publishing, and journalism.
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In lieu of thanksgiving I suggest holding a sort of family court convicting your most annoying relatives of various offenses
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In lieu of thanksgiving I suggest holding a sort of family court convicting your most annoying relatives of various offenses
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
Good ol’ Doctor Who
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Good ol’ Doctor Who
Worth mentioning the best pies are the deep fried McDonald’s pies that only exist in Europe and Asia now. I think Jollibee and Popeyes have a fried pie, Taco Bell sometimes has its caramel apple empanada. But no match for the McDs one.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Worth mentioning the best pies are the deep fried McDonald’s pies that only exist in Europe and Asia now. I think Jollibee and Popeyes have a fried pie, Taco Bell sometimes has its caramel apple empanada. But no match for the McDs one.
Can you claim worker’s comp when a colleague said something so ridiculous and false/borderline insulting your eyes fall out of your head for rolling so hard? Asking for a friend.
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Can you claim worker’s comp when a colleague said something so ridiculous and false/borderline insulting your eyes fall out of your head for rolling so hard? Asking for a friend.
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Mark it – Trader Joe’s Opening Date (and odd Time) Officially Announced for Friendship Heights! - Helluva ride from scuttlebutt to reality: www.popville.com/2025/11/mark...
Mark it – Trader Joe’s Opening Date (and odd Time) Officially Announced! - PoPville
5335 Wisconsin Ave, NW Huzzah!! Thanks to Kent for sending the offical opening date from Trader Joe's in Friendship Heights. December 4th 8:55am it is! Wait what? 8:55 is interesting but I'll take it!
www.popville.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Mark it – Trader Joe’s Opening Date (and odd Time) Officially Announced for Friendship Heights! - Helluva ride from scuttlebutt to reality: www.popville.com/2025/11/mark...
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Express Lane prices right now:
South on 395/95, DC to Fredericksburg: $86.75!!!
I-66 West, Beltway to Gainesville: $67.50
Beltway, Springfield to GW Pkwy: $32.65
Remember though, HOV–3 is free!! You need to set your E-ZPass Flex to HOV
South on 395/95, DC to Fredericksburg: $86.75!!!
I-66 West, Beltway to Gainesville: $67.50
Beltway, Springfield to GW Pkwy: $32.65
Remember though, HOV–3 is free!! You need to set your E-ZPass Flex to HOV
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Express Lane prices right now:
South on 395/95, DC to Fredericksburg: $86.75!!!
I-66 West, Beltway to Gainesville: $67.50
Beltway, Springfield to GW Pkwy: $32.65
Remember though, HOV–3 is free!! You need to set your E-ZPass Flex to HOV
South on 395/95, DC to Fredericksburg: $86.75!!!
I-66 West, Beltway to Gainesville: $67.50
Beltway, Springfield to GW Pkwy: $32.65
Remember though, HOV–3 is free!! You need to set your E-ZPass Flex to HOV
Good.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser announces she will not seek a fourth term
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Good.
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New commission finished!!
This neglected set of bagpipes belongs to the wonderfully lovely Rachael Tonge.
I don’t know what he’s called, but I’ve named him Art Carbuncle.
This neglected set of bagpipes belongs to the wonderfully lovely Rachael Tonge.
I don’t know what he’s called, but I’ve named him Art Carbuncle.
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
New commission finished!!
This neglected set of bagpipes belongs to the wonderfully lovely Rachael Tonge.
I don’t know what he’s called, but I’ve named him Art Carbuncle.
This neglected set of bagpipes belongs to the wonderfully lovely Rachael Tonge.
I don’t know what he’s called, but I’ve named him Art Carbuncle.
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A grand day out: Wallace and Gromit star in London exhibition
A grand day out: Wallace and Gromit star in London exhibition
Aardman studios to put props, sets and storyboards on show for its 50th anniversary event at the Young V&A
Aardman studios is known around the world for its seamlessly animated stop-motion train chases, hacked “smart gnomes”, tea-consuming heroes and villainous penguins.
Now fans will get a behind-the-scenes look at the studio’s best-known projects and see how they went from rough ideas sketched out on a kitchen table to Oscar-winning films in a major exhibition at the Young V&A in east London. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A grand day out: Wallace and Gromit star in London exhibition
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There were dead deer all over Montgomery County, MD this summer, right outside Washington, DC. No one was testing them for CWD or, usually, even disposing of the carcasses to ensure the prions didn't infect something else.
During the government shutdown, CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Prion and Public Health Office staff were illegally RIFed, and the group is at risk of being eliminated permanently
www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wast...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wast...
While no one was watching: Tenuous status of CDC prion unit, risk of CWD to people worry scientists
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
There were dead deer all over Montgomery County, MD this summer, right outside Washington, DC. No one was testing them for CWD or, usually, even disposing of the carcasses to ensure the prions didn't infect something else.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
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Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Someone is having concerns about Twitter privacy all of a sudden
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Had some very delicious dips of beers at Henceforth and would like to get a cot and set up shop at this cozy place. The smoke wheat everyday Polish gridizke style was the low alcohol light smoky beer of my dreams. The ESB and pecan brown were also excellent. They are working on an NA beer.
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Had some very delicious dips of beers at Henceforth and would like to get a cot and set up shop at this cozy place. The smoke wheat everyday Polish gridizke style was the low alcohol light smoky beer of my dreams. The ESB and pecan brown were also excellent. They are working on an NA beer.
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Because it apparently bears repetition:
You do not make fun of people for things like their weight, height, voice, baldness, ancestry, etc.
Even if they are horrible people. That is not a get out of jail free card.
Pick something else. Preferably in the actions or thoughts zone.
You do not make fun of people for things like their weight, height, voice, baldness, ancestry, etc.
Even if they are horrible people. That is not a get out of jail free card.
Pick something else. Preferably in the actions or thoughts zone.
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Because it apparently bears repetition:
You do not make fun of people for things like their weight, height, voice, baldness, ancestry, etc.
Even if they are horrible people. That is not a get out of jail free card.
Pick something else. Preferably in the actions or thoughts zone.
You do not make fun of people for things like their weight, height, voice, baldness, ancestry, etc.
Even if they are horrible people. That is not a get out of jail free card.
Pick something else. Preferably in the actions or thoughts zone.
Bruni should have stuck with reviewing restaurants. Not a serious person or a journalist.
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Bruni should have stuck with reviewing restaurants. Not a serious person or a journalist.
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Alternatively, the entire press corps could just oink at him. Equally likely to elicit actual information, and more entertaining
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Alternatively, the entire press corps could just oink at him. Equally likely to elicit actual information, and more entertaining
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After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne.
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne.
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
Anyone in DC have any insight? Please check the post above in the thread.
Don’t suppose anybody local has insights into what being near National Harbor Convention Center is like? www.asbmb.org/annual-meeting #ChemChat #ITeachBio
November 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Anyone in DC have any insight? Please check the post above in the thread.
Memories. This was my spot. The number of times the bartenders and servers saved me from bad dates too.
Flashback – The Passenger - November 17, 2009: www.popville.com/2009/11/pop-...
PoP Preview – The Passenger - PoPville
The Passenger bar is located in the former Warehouse space at 1021 7th St. NW near the Convention Center. I was able to attend a media preview Tuesday evening. The bar opens to the public on Wed. at 5...
www.popville.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Memories. This was my spot. The number of times the bartenders and servers saved me from bad dates too.
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I have muted so many words but you all keep getting around them
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I have muted so many words but you all keep getting around them