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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 20h

On the actual 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live (today), here’s an article I wrote about it last year, with remembrances from Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and many more. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/a...

When ‘Saturday Night Live’ Debuted, They Were There. Here’s What They Remember. (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 20h

Breaking: President Trump says much of the damage throughout Portland has been caused by Godzilla, tactical nuclear strike may be necessary.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how many ICE dudes read Anne Frank’s diary in high school and thought, “I’d have gotten her sooner.”

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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Lockwood DeWitt @lockwooddewitt.bsky.social · 1d

Introducing the Nobel Rest In Peace Prize, awarded to the person whose demise in the past year has done the most to quell violence, hatred, and turmoil. Obviously, their death would need to be natural (no assassinations, executions, etc.) Don't want the prize to encourage violence. 3/3

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Lockwood DeWitt @lockwooddewitt.bsky.social · 1d

I told her the Nobels are awarded to the living only. She said, "I know that, and you know that, but Trump doesn't know that." I have little doubt she called that right, but it *did* give me an idea. The Committee should institute a NEW prize that's ONLY awarded posthumously. 2/3

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Lockwood DeWitt @lockwooddewitt.bsky.social · 1d

Mentioned to a friend that Trump didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize, undoubtedly due to voter fraud, malfunctioning voting and tabulation machines, illegal aliens, vote-by mail, and so on. She said someone should console him and tell him he's still eligible for it posthumously. 1/3

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Mirabella @fortunesprospect.bsky.social · 1d

Dreaming…. 🎃🎃🎃

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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Lockwood DeWitt @lockwooddewitt.bsky.social · 2d

Clever Portland Girls!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Noem claims Portland hid their war zone from her.

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Kevin 🚀🤠 @astro-cowboy.bsky.social · 3d

NASA won’t admit it. but the real reason we’re going back to the moon is to raid antifa’s headquarters.

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“Tomb” Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social · 2d

That is when I saw him; the young frog facing down the masked thugs. He stood alone against this terrible foe, Azog the ICE agent. Our forces rallied and drove ICE back; our enemy had been defeated... I thought to myself then 'There is one I could follow. There is one I could call King'.

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Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 2d

10/10/2025- The Trump Coin www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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Lockwood DeWitt @lockwooddewitt.bsky.social · 2d

Life on a Young Planet- Andrew Knoll
The Seashell on the Mountaintop- Alan Cutler
The Man Who Found Time- Jack Repcheck

Henning @geohenning.bsky.social · 2d

I'm looking for recommendations for more books like these - about the history of geology or connected to major geologic events from the past in any way. ⚒️ #Geology

Four books. "Extinctions: How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves" by Michael J. Benton.
"The Map That Changed the World" by Simon Winchester
"Ghosts of the Tsunami" by Richard Lloyd Parry
"Ein Riss durch die Welt" by Simon Winchester

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Lockwood DeWitt @lockwooddewitt.bsky.social · 3d

Just FYI, their favorite seafood meal is fission chips.

Dr. Jenny Morber @jrmorber.bsky.social · 3d

Eeee I get to talk to nuclear scientists tomorrow!

What would you like to know?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

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Lockwood DeWitt @lockwooddewitt.bsky.social · 3d

I grew up on the periphery of Wayne Nat. Forest, and I once saw a hellbender salamander from the Richland Ave Bridge over the Hocking River. One of a few things I miss about Ohio are the mixed deciduous forests.

Rainforest Action Network @ran.org · 3d

Wayne national forest was designated as federally-protected land in the 1930s. Now, Trump's push to open up federal lands for logging threatens Wayne national forest, home to key waterways and the endangered eastern hellbender salamander. #KeepForestsStanding
https://bit.ly/4h0j9xL

Ohio's sole national forest could be wiped out as Trump targets land for logging

Over 80% of Wayne national forest classified as suitable for logging, drawing concern from locals

www.theguardian.com

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Lockwood DeWitt @lockwooddewitt.bsky.social · 3d

It's true. It's like bark beetles. Stores throughout Oregon are turning yellow, shriveling up, and dying. Next summer is going to be a nasty wildfire season. Guess that's what we get for not sweeping.

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Joachim Boaz @joachimboaz.bsky.social · 3d

Frank Herbert (1920-1986) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Vincent Di Fate, 1976; R, uncredited, 1970
#scifi #sciencefiction #books

Cover for Children of Dune. Two figures approach a small town in the desert of Arrakis.

Cover for Destination: Void. Two figures float next to a huge brain inside of a spaceship

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Lockwood DeWitt @lockwooddewitt.bsky.social · 3d

Willamette. Got called on it within hours of arriving here.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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𝔸𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝔻𝕒𝕨𝕟 @amberdawn1116.bsky.social · 3d

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Lockwood DeWitt @lockwooddewitt.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, it's a long, long way from anywhere, but it is most definitely worth it. The amount of stuff packed into the museum at the Sheep Rock unit is astonishing. The most visited unit is the Painted Hills, near Mitchell.

Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 3d

Happy establishment day for John Day Fossil Beds National Monument! On this day in 1975, JODA was taken over by the National Park Service. Its mission, to preserve the region's geological and paleontological resources and to provide for the scientific and public understanding of these resources.

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