Parkscope Joe
@parkscopejoe.bsky.social
My name is Joe. Parkscope is a site I write and podcast for about amusement & theme parks. I also am into: Tech, Sports, Food, Music, Gaming, and Pop Culture. He/Him
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Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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I hate to hand it to him but he’s right
The fact doomers have gone from "America is over" to "Dems won't hold anyone responsible when this is over" can actually be read as an optimistic signal imo.
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I hate to hand it to him but he’s right
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You’re going to need to fire a substantial number of GOFOs and nearly every JAG will need their law licenses challenged in various jurisdictions.
It’s clear that The Drunk shouting orders to commit crimes led to crimes being committed and no one is stopping it.
Ds do not have the bench to lead.
It’s clear that The Drunk shouting orders to commit crimes led to crimes being committed and no one is stopping it.
Ds do not have the bench to lead.
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
You’re going to need to fire a substantial number of GOFOs and nearly every JAG will need their law licenses challenged in various jurisdictions.
It’s clear that The Drunk shouting orders to commit crimes led to crimes being committed and no one is stopping it.
Ds do not have the bench to lead.
It’s clear that The Drunk shouting orders to commit crimes led to crimes being committed and no one is stopping it.
Ds do not have the bench to lead.
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Who are the Ds ready to take this seriously?
So I'm pretty sure a three star knows that an order to strike alleged combatants who are hors de combat is facially illegal, in case anyone's still having any hangups on whether Bradley needs to be in the dock after this
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Who are the Ds ready to take this seriously?
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
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2/ "Because there is no legitimate war between the two sides, killing any of the men in the boats 'amounts to murder,' said Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who advised Special Operations forces for seven years at the height of the U.S. counterterrorism campaign."
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
2/ "Because there is no legitimate war between the two sides, killing any of the men in the boats 'amounts to murder,' said Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who advised Special Operations forces for seven years at the height of the U.S. counterterrorism campaign."
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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tie to construction funding, sure. tie it to mortgage financing? NOW WE'RE COOKING
elaborating on "construction funds tied to abolishing zoning"
the 21 year old drinking age is a patchwork of state laws created by tying federal highway funds to a mandate
we do this, but for "municipalities get $x in construction subsidies only if they have no more than x% single family zoning"
the 21 year old drinking age is a patchwork of state laws created by tying federal highway funds to a mandate
we do this, but for "municipalities get $x in construction subsidies only if they have no more than x% single family zoning"
3) immigration reform (implement a system that works the way people thought it worked, with strong statutory protections and dissolving DHS/ICE)
4) national LGBT rights law guaranteeing a right to gender transition + abolishing legal gender categories
5) construction funds tied to abolishing zoning
4) national LGBT rights law guaranteeing a right to gender transition + abolishing legal gender categories
5) construction funds tied to abolishing zoning
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
tie to construction funding, sure. tie it to mortgage financing? NOW WE'RE COOKING
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unironically i think he wants to impose the conditions of his childhood onto the entire country
JD Vance's ideal America is a place with half the GDP where everyone with potential and options gets the fuck out, a shithole that people from countries with actual dynamism visit to watch chintzy 'traditional' dances before going home.
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
unironically i think he wants to impose the conditions of his childhood onto the entire country
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Around half of #ACA enrollees are people who are self-employed.
The other half mostly work for small businesses which don't provide healthcare coverage for their employees.
The ACA is VITAL to small businesses.
The other half mostly work for small businesses which don't provide healthcare coverage for their employees.
The ACA is VITAL to small businesses.
When health care tax credits expire, it’s working people who pay the price. Maine deserves leadership that protects affordable health care — not let premiums soar because of inaction.
www.pressherald.com/2025/11/24/m...
www.pressherald.com/2025/11/24/m...
Maine small business owners bracing for soaring health care premiums if ACA tax credits expire
They join self-employed workers at a roundtable Monday to discuss the potentially devastating increases with U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, and Gov. Janet Mills.
www.pressherald.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Around half of #ACA enrollees are people who are self-employed.
The other half mostly work for small businesses which don't provide healthcare coverage for their employees.
The ACA is VITAL to small businesses.
The other half mostly work for small businesses which don't provide healthcare coverage for their employees.
The ACA is VITAL to small businesses.
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even cyberpunk, which can be quite nihilistic, has a hope of saving yourself and the people you care about, of carving out a space where you can be happy and safe. and
liberal/progressive aesthetics are about *hope*. hope even in the blackest pits of despair. it doesn't mean you cannot enjoy movies like sicario, because they depict a slice of humane experience that is very real
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
even cyberpunk, which can be quite nihilistic, has a hope of saving yourself and the people you care about, of carving out a space where you can be happy and safe. and
Look, i'm not anti ABBA but I question $50m in tax breaks to bring ABBA Voyage to a NYC suburb and not, say, Vegas or Nashville.
November 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Look, i'm not anti ABBA but I question $50m in tax breaks to bring ABBA Voyage to a NYC suburb and not, say, Vegas or Nashville.
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Remember that Russia still doesn’t recognize Kosovo. Legal recognition of conquests as part of a ceasefire is quite rare in the last decades of conflict
US is prepared to recognise Russia’s control over occupied Ukrainian territories, including Crimea, in order to reach a deal to end the war—Telegraph citing sources.
This will be communicated by Witkoff and Kushner when they visit Kremlin.
Seeing is believing. If so, RU will be first to leak this.
This will be communicated by Witkoff and Kushner when they visit Kremlin.
Seeing is believing. If so, RU will be first to leak this.
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Remember that Russia still doesn’t recognize Kosovo. Legal recognition of conquests as part of a ceasefire is quite rare in the last decades of conflict
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Apple AirPods 4 (no ANC) w/ 2 years of AppleCare+ is $88 on Amazon buff.ly/LZHcC9O
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November 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Target buff.ly/0wcxMMP #ad
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🚨🚨We are 24 hours away from the 2025 Theme Park Turkey of the Year Awards. 🚨🚨
2024 was a doozy! Mickey Mouse went into Public Domain,
@jennynicholson.bsky.social's 4 hour Starcruiser video racked up MILLIONS of views, the Ghost of Gideons haunts Disney Springs, five years of construction at EPCOT ends with a whimper & much, MUCH more!
LINK: touringplans.com/blog/saturda...
@jennynicholson.bsky.social's 4 hour Starcruiser video racked up MILLIONS of views, the Ghost of Gideons haunts Disney Springs, five years of construction at EPCOT ends with a whimper & much, MUCH more!
LINK: touringplans.com/blog/saturda...
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨🚨We are 24 hours away from the 2025 Theme Park Turkey of the Year Awards. 🚨🚨
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Found out that the American Toby Jug Museum in Evanston permanently closed earlier this year, which is a shame. One of those great little museums that comes from somebody who is intent on sharing their personal hobby with others, and who has the time, resources, and space to do so.
The American Toby Jug Museum in Evanston is closing. What does one do with 8,500 Toby jugs?
Founder Stephen Mullins’ collection outgrew his house so he created a museum. There are jugs of presidents, of “Star Wars” characters, there are glass cases filled with them. But …
www.chicagotribune.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Found out that the American Toby Jug Museum in Evanston permanently closed earlier this year, which is a shame. One of those great little museums that comes from somebody who is intent on sharing their personal hobby with others, and who has the time, resources, and space to do so.
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This is genocidal logic, but it's also just deeply embarrassing magical thinking. The "facts & logic" crowd insists I can't be a woman because they've convinced themselves that would require some woo woo notion of "gender identity", but they find this fucking volksgeist nonsense totally plausible?
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
This is genocidal logic, but it's also just deeply embarrassing magical thinking. The "facts & logic" crowd insists I can't be a woman because they've convinced themselves that would require some woo woo notion of "gender identity", but they find this fucking volksgeist nonsense totally plausible?
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This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
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Remember when a new ‘Star Wars’ trailer was magic? www.theomnicosm.com/remember-whe...
Remember when a new ‘Star Wars’ trailer was magic?
Eleven years ago today, the first ‘The Force Awakens’ teaser reigniting excitement for the franchise. What happened?
www.theomnicosm.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Remember when a new ‘Star Wars’ trailer was magic? www.theomnicosm.com/remember-whe...
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The look of a corgi dog who has been waiting all year for this exact moment 👀 #Thanksgiving #corgi #corgicrew #corgisky
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The look of a corgi dog who has been waiting all year for this exact moment 👀 #Thanksgiving #corgi #corgicrew #corgisky
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We needed some 1-on-1 time in the basement
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
We needed some 1-on-1 time in the basement
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Happy thanksgiving from my turkey!
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Happy thanksgiving from my turkey!
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yeah, this is the thing:
is it really bad, yes;
could it lead to bad shit happening in the near term, yes;
are they gonna be able to make it into enough of a bloody shirt to overcome the fact that everyone fucking hates them and nothing's getting better... overwhelmingly likely not, imo
is it really bad, yes;
could it lead to bad shit happening in the near term, yes;
are they gonna be able to make it into enough of a bloody shirt to overcome the fact that everyone fucking hates them and nothing's getting better... overwhelmingly likely not, imo
All I’m gonna say is that we doomed about Charlie Kirk and that was not a Reichstag fire or even a Horst weasel so don’t waste time dooming about this one before any real facts have even come out
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
yeah, this is the thing:
is it really bad, yes;
could it lead to bad shit happening in the near term, yes;
are they gonna be able to make it into enough of a bloody shirt to overcome the fact that everyone fucking hates them and nothing's getting better... overwhelmingly likely not, imo
is it really bad, yes;
could it lead to bad shit happening in the near term, yes;
are they gonna be able to make it into enough of a bloody shirt to overcome the fact that everyone fucking hates them and nothing's getting better... overwhelmingly likely not, imo