MagicBear
@magicbear.bsky.social
A bear of very little filter
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A tow truck driver who towed an ICE SUV that was blocking a driveway while the agents kidnapped Angelanos back in September was just found NOT GUILTY on the only charge against him (theft of government property).
THAT'S ANOTHER WIN FOR "FUCK YOU; MAKE ME"
THAT'S ANOTHER WIN FOR "FUCK YOU; MAKE ME"
Man accused of towing ICE SUV during LA immigration operation found not guilty
A Los Angeles tow truck driver accused of towing a federal SUV during an immigration enforcement operation was found not guilty by a federal jury Friday. Bobby Nuñez, 33, was arrested and charged with...
www.nbclosangeles.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A tow truck driver who towed an ICE SUV that was blocking a driveway while the agents kidnapped Angelanos back in September was just found NOT GUILTY on the only charge against him (theft of government property).
THAT'S ANOTHER WIN FOR "FUCK YOU; MAKE ME"
THAT'S ANOTHER WIN FOR "FUCK YOU; MAKE ME"
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"megachurches are shen yun for white people" is an incredible and damning true statement
for all people make fun of falun gong, it's wild how much this is basically the same thing as shen yun
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"megachurches are shen yun for white people" is an incredible and damning true statement
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Omg I got tickets I can’t believe I’m seeing Epstein I am crying on instagram reels rn
December 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Omg I got tickets I can’t believe I’m seeing Epstein I am crying on instagram reels rn
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so I guess our local schools are using Duolingo to supplement language learning; the kids have to log so many minutes a day on the app, but it doesn’t show the teachers which language and so one of the teens just told me she’s level 22 in American English, I’m dying
December 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
so I guess our local schools are using Duolingo to supplement language learning; the kids have to log so many minutes a day on the app, but it doesn’t show the teachers which language and so one of the teens just told me she’s level 22 in American English, I’m dying
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Mozilla approved the Times New Roman to accessible fonts plugin! You can find it here for Firefox and it'll update automatically when, and if, anything more is requested.
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ReCalibri – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download ReCalibri for Firefox. Replace Times New Roman with readable fonts. Six options including Atkinson Hyperlegible, Lexend, and OpenDyslexic for people with dyslexia, low vision, and reading dif...
addons.mozilla.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Mozilla approved the Times New Roman to accessible fonts plugin! You can find it here for Firefox and it'll update automatically when, and if, anything more is requested.
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I recently started reading a poem every night before bed, not from any specific place but just kinda whatever I come across, and tonight I'm really loving this newly-translated one: poems.com/poem/sweet-c...
"Sweet child, do not be as wise as your parents" by Kinshuk Gupta, trans. Dyuti Mishra
"Sweet child, do not be as wise as your parents" by Kinshuk Gupta, trans. Dyuti Mishra
Sweet child, do not be as wise as your parents
Stay stupid so the world pities you & leaves you alone.
poems.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I recently started reading a poem every night before bed, not from any specific place but just kinda whatever I come across, and tonight I'm really loving this newly-translated one: poems.com/poem/sweet-c...
"Sweet child, do not be as wise as your parents" by Kinshuk Gupta, trans. Dyuti Mishra
"Sweet child, do not be as wise as your parents" by Kinshuk Gupta, trans. Dyuti Mishra
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David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
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Would you like to know how to make a zine? Here's easy step-by-step instructions on how to make your own without the use of a computer by @thorazos.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Would you like to know how to make a zine? Here's easy step-by-step instructions on how to make your own without the use of a computer by @thorazos.bsky.social
When there's a noise in your house and you have a cat
Carry on my dumb ass son
December 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
When there's a noise in your house and you have a cat
I really want to eat seaweed salad and I have some in my fridge but I also have a dentist appointment today so I'm trying to resist until after 😅 #food
December 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I really want to eat seaweed salad and I have some in my fridge but I also have a dentist appointment today so I'm trying to resist until after 😅 #food
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"Camp Reunite allows children to spend a week at a traditional summer camp where they can hike, canoe and participate in trauma-informed programming ... Two days out of the week, campers get to spend an entire day with their incarcerated parents in a more relaxed setting than typical visits."
‘I did drop a tear’: Camp Reunite helps kids connect with their incarcerated parents. Story via WPR.
‘I did drop a tear’: Camp Reunite helps kids connect with their incarcerated parents Camp Reunite helps Wisconsin prisoners connect with their children
A unique camp allows parents incarcerated in Taycheedah and Kettle Moraine prisons to spend quality time with their children. But barriers persist.
www.wpr.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:43 AM
"Camp Reunite allows children to spend a week at a traditional summer camp where they can hike, canoe and participate in trauma-informed programming ... Two days out of the week, campers get to spend an entire day with their incarcerated parents in a more relaxed setting than typical visits."
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Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
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We did choose to keep Froggie home this week after hearing that five (5!!) kids from his nursery were sent home yesterday with fevers. He’s too young for the vaccine.
But we can do this because we both have flexible working arrangements. Systemic measures matter.
But we can do this because we both have flexible working arrangements. Systemic measures matter.
🧵1/ Flu is surging again, & patterns look uncomfortably familiar. The lesson from covid remains unchanged: individual responsibility isn’t enough. We need systemic measures that make protective behaviours easy. @profstevegriffin.bsky.social Stephen Reicher & I offer some thoughts @bmj.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We did choose to keep Froggie home this week after hearing that five (5!!) kids from his nursery were sent home yesterday with fevers. He’s too young for the vaccine.
But we can do this because we both have flexible working arrangements. Systemic measures matter.
But we can do this because we both have flexible working arrangements. Systemic measures matter.
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I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
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Man, the KOSA bill feels like a relative of big tech because we have to keep rejecting it over and over and over. It’s always like “not this time, ask me again later” 🙄
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Man, the KOSA bill feels like a relative of big tech because we have to keep rejecting it over and over and over. It’s always like “not this time, ask me again later” 🙄
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This makes me wanna throw up every year but the new faces added are ‘ones to watch’ in the future
🚨 ROUND TWO STARTS NOW 🚨
We’re down to the final 16 contestants as you decide who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit25-round...
We’re down to the final 16 contestants as you decide who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit25-round...
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This makes me wanna throw up every year but the new faces added are ‘ones to watch’ in the future
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Turn old artificial Christmas trees into underwater reefs.
US Patent 12495775, issued today
US Patent 12495775, issued today
December 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Turn old artificial Christmas trees into underwater reefs.
US Patent 12495775, issued today
US Patent 12495775, issued today
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started doing gigs for the ska-themed food delivery service. yeah, it's great, but i can't stay long, i just recieved an order and i gotta PICKITUP PICKITUP PICKITUP PICKITUP
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
started doing gigs for the ska-themed food delivery service. yeah, it's great, but i can't stay long, i just recieved an order and i gotta PICKITUP PICKITUP PICKITUP PICKITUP
Also, I had to buy a carbon monoxide alarm this year and they were WAY less expensive than I expected.
Ours was a bit fancy and only $30! You can get one for $20 easily if you just need to not die.
Ours was a bit fancy and only $30! You can get one for $20 easily if you just need to not die.
If you lose power and are using a portable generator, remember to only run it outdoors at least 20 feet away from your home. Portable generators can produce deadly levels of carbon monoxide in minutes. Make sure you have a working carbon monoxide alarm on every level of your home.
In the wake of Monday's cold front, a second cold front will cross the Pacific Northwest Wednesday followed by another atmospheric river. Each of these features will bring additional periods of gusty winds, mountain snow, and heavy to excessive rainfall with renewed flooding. weather.gov
December 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Also, I had to buy a carbon monoxide alarm this year and they were WAY less expensive than I expected.
Ours was a bit fancy and only $30! You can get one for $20 easily if you just need to not die.
Ours was a bit fancy and only $30! You can get one for $20 easily if you just need to not die.
I always always try, especially for indie books and especially for queer/trans authors, to make sure when I add it to my fediverse reading log there's an image of the cover (so people want it!) and a link to buy it directly from the author (so the easiest way to get it is the best!).
December 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I always always try, especially for indie books and especially for queer/trans authors, to make sure when I add it to my fediverse reading log there's an image of the cover (so people want it!) and a link to buy it directly from the author (so the easiest way to get it is the best!).
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Dr. Leila Denmark co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Dr. Leila Denmark co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM
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The New Jersey e-bike registration legislation is a great example of what can happen when anti-bike rhetoric and misinformation goes unchecked.
bikeportland.org/2025/12/14/m...
bikeportland.org/2025/12/14/m...
Monday Roundup: Tariff trouble, tickets for the tour, traffic violence, and more
The most notable stories from the past seven days.
bikeportland.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The New Jersey e-bike registration legislation is a great example of what can happen when anti-bike rhetoric and misinformation goes unchecked.
bikeportland.org/2025/12/14/m...
bikeportland.org/2025/12/14/m...
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Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
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Merriam-Webster Accused Of Bias After ‘Dictionary’ Named Word Of The Year
Merriam-Webster Accused Of Bias After ‘Dictionary’ Named Word Of The Year
SPRINGFIELD, MA—Facing intense backlash and scrutiny from critics who say the reference book publisher had failed to take all words into consideration, Merriam-Webster was accused of bias Monday after...
theonion.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Merriam-Webster Accused Of Bias After ‘Dictionary’ Named Word Of The Year