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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · Dec 2

I am a technically savvy guy with knowledge on science, tech, math type stuff. If you need or want something explained to you at a level you are comfortable with; no judgement; let me know here or in DMs.

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 2h

This week's comic now up on @contrariannews.org
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Tom the Dancing Bug

The Writers Room

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

I already knew, but the Nazi tattoo thing really hammers home that a lot of folks that identify as democrats just don’t have a will or enough common sense to fight racism. Y’all, you don’t accidentally get and keep a Nazi tattoo you dingbats.

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 16h

This is the greatest thing since Sliced Bread 2!

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18h

Today's winner of the "Please STFU" Award is Kat Abughazaleh.

She was right to hang up! Don't talk about the facts of your federal indictment on a podcast! Or anywhere except your lawyer's office!

Sincerely,

Every Lawyer, Literally All Of Us, Heed Our Counsel And Shut The Fuck Up

Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh Walked Off My Interview — Here’s What Happened

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

Mmm and what’s your character’s level? Ah, well, OK. {throws eight books in the trash}

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 1d

I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world.

If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely can't stop laughing at this Colin Farrell story

Farrell had requested not to work on his birthday, 31 May, but instead had been issued with a 6am pickup time. “I got up to all sorts of nonsense the night before,” Farrell told Colbert. “I remember getting into bed, and as soon as I turned off the light, the phone rang and it was the driver outside saying, ‘It’s 10 past six,’ and I went, ‘Oh shit.’”

Even after an assistant director told Farrell that he couldn’t work in his condition, the actor remained optimistic, saying: “Just get me six Pacifico Cervezas and a pack of 20 Marlboro Reds.”

Fortified by more beer, Farrell went on set. “But it was terrible. I will never forget the line that I had, but I couldn’t get it out. It was: ‘I’m sure you’ve all grasped the fundamental paradox of precrime methodology.’ That was the line that started the scene.

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

🎶 Here comes Jeanie with her new boyfriend 🎵

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

And this is how you can have situationally kind, sometimes even normal-seeming people explain to you in very calm tones why thousands or hundreds of thousands or millions of people not only have to suffer and die, but should. They've joined a supremacist human spirit—one might say an evil spirit.

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Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 1d

The Dodgers told me Yesavage keeps striking out their batters so I asked how many batters they have and they said they just go to the dugout and get a new batter afterwards so I said it sounds like they're just feeding batters to Yesavage and then Jason Bateman started crying.

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone acting like this isn’t baseball and the Dodgers can’t put up 9 with two outs. This game is ridiculous. That’s why you can’t leave. Your football team down 42-7 with 10 minutes left? Pack up. But this is -baseball-. It’s insane on purpose.

An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

Given we could really actually 100% die in a nuclear holocaust because we’d rather be racist than happy, I just want to say I love you all. And I love my wife and my kids and my family and friends. I wish I could have done more and been a better friend, husband, and son. I think I was a good dad.♥️

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Breaking news: President Trump says he will direct the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China.

The announcement signals a reversal of decades of United States nuclear policy.

Trump announces plans to test nuclear weapons, just before meeting with China’s Xi

The president said he wanted testing to occur “on an equal basis” with Russia and China, raising the pressure on Beijing as he prepared to meet his Chinese counterpart.

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

LOL what the fuck!!! That’s amazing.

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 15d

Nice shirt. For a clown to wear. To the toilet store

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

Hey you guys, he has a Hitler tattoo. It’s not harder than that. That is the beginning and end of his political career for me. I don’t need to forgive him or see how he’s changed or whatever. Hitler tattoo. The kind of person that gets a Hitler tattoo is not the kind I want in charge of anything.

An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Velvet Goldmine and it’s a trip! What was I on this thing?

An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

Shows why you have to ignore stats that are only from the COVID era. They are likely wild outliers.

Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 2d

Maternal deaths have more than halved in the last forty years

The global number of maternal deaths has more than halved. Line chart titled "Estimated annual number of women who die from maternal conditions," showing a steady decline in estimated annual maternal deaths worldwide from about 625,000 in 1985 to about 260,000 in 2023, with a small uptick around 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic before falling again. Data source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2025). Chart licensed CC BY to Our World in Data.

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Rhian Davies @statsrhian.bsky.social · 1d

Needed to hide the bar on a #Shiny numeric slider. Shiny sliders are ion.rangeSlider under the hood, so you can target the bar directly with .irs-bar.

github.com/The-Strategy...

The more I play with Inspect Element, the more comfortable I get tweaking little things to improve #UIUX

#RStats #CSS

https://github.com/The-Strategy-Unit/elicitation_hsa_2025_11/commit/8f31370ab6874647e1a11d1e0102d053337b2b61

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E.F. Fluff: Finland vs EU Law (Art. 82) Road to EU Commission @hatf.cryptoanarchy.network · 1d

There's a song for that, there's a few songs for that:
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David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans (Official Music Video) [4K Upgrade]

YouTube video by David Bowie

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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 1d

my letter to the CEO, President, and COO of Services Corporation International, the owner of Dignity Memorial, which manages the cemetery in which my mom is buried that was being used as an ICE staging ground this afternoon.

Alexander Furnas <zfurnas@gmail.com>

3:11 PM (4 minutes ago)

to john.faulk, thomas.ryan, sumner.waring, bcc: Amy, bcc: George

Dear Mr. Faulk, Mr. Ryan, and Mr. Waring,

My mother is buried in Rosehill Cemetery, a Dignity property in Chicago, which your company manages. My father also holds a reserved plot there. I was deeply disturbed to learn that today, armed and masked federal agents were using the cemetery grounds as a staging area for immigration enforcement operations in the surrounding community.

I want to be clear: I do not expect SCI or Dignity to take political positions. What I do expect is that you uphold the dignity, sanctity, and safety of the spaces entrusted to your care. Cemeteries are sacred ground—places of mourning, reflection, and remembrance. Allowing armed, unidentified agents in unmarked vehicles to occupy that space desecrates it. It frightens visitors, community members, and employees alike, and it betrays the trust of the families who have chosen Rosehill as their loved ones’ final resting place.

As a private entity, SCI and Dignity have the legal right to prohibit ICE, CBP, and other federal enforcement personnel from using your property for such operations without a judicial warrant. I urge you to exercise that right and to adopt clear policies ensuring that no government agency may use any cemetery grounds under your management for enforcement or staging purposes. Doing so is not a political act—it is a moral and professional obligation to the deceased, their families, and your own staff.

Many of those interred at Rosehill, and the families who visit them, are immigrants themselves. To allow their resting place to be used in acts that terrorize the living descendants of immigrant communities is a profound moral failure. I ask that you take immediate steps to ensure that this never happens again and communicate publicly your commitment to protecting the sanctity of these grounds.

I am requesting a written response outlining yo…

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social · 1d

I would gather AI: Artificial Intelligence is also, but with a little kid Frankenstein’s monster

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Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 1d

Find someone who loves you as much as Stephen King loves terrorizing a small seaside New England town

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Jeffrey Rowland @wigu.org · Aug 2

Costco sells this cool clock that tells you when it's time to go back to Costco

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Micheál @nameless-weevil.bsky.social · 2d

The Collisons are classic tech bros. Smart people but gloriously ignorant and convinced they can work things out from first (libertarian) principles. Here's Patrick asking why France was so innovative in 70/80s. He does not like the answer (state monopolies with a mandate beyond profit making).

Tweet from Patrick Collison: What’s the best thing written about why the remarkably vigorous and inventive France of the 70s and 80s (TGV, Minitel, Ariane, Rafale, Concorde, the world’s preeminent nuclear grid…) has not been nearly as visible in the 21st century? What went wrong?

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