Laurence
@piewords.bsky.social
Information Pro trying to go sane in a crazy world. All my skeets are MY thoughts, so blame me; everyone else does. War Eagle!!! 🖖 [He/Him]
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Dawson's Fleet
🚨 BREAKING - New Star Trek: #StarfleetAcademy Poster!
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Dawson's Fleet
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December 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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What with new games getting harder to fund, gaming PCs getting harder to build cheaply, consoles getting more expensive, you might has well go retro and take advantage of the massive back catalogue you've never experienced before instead.
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What with new games getting harder to fund, gaming PCs getting harder to build cheaply, consoles getting more expensive, you might has well go retro and take advantage of the massive back catalogue you've never experienced before instead.
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Inbound Santa Wednesday commute 🎅🚋
CTA Holiday Train, approaching Merchandise Mart at 2x speed
CTA Holiday Train, approaching Merchandise Mart at 2x speed
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Inbound Santa Wednesday commute 🎅🚋
CTA Holiday Train, approaching Merchandise Mart at 2x speed
CTA Holiday Train, approaching Merchandise Mart at 2x speed
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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Waiting for my record player to transmit an annual recap of some kind to me, I guess.
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Waiting for my record player to transmit an annual recap of some kind to me, I guess.
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NYC friends: what is a good bar in lower Manhattan that is decorated for the holidays and is a good spot to watch the Knicks games?
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
NYC friends: what is a good bar in lower Manhattan that is decorated for the holidays and is a good spot to watch the Knicks games?
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"Donut, please! PLEASE Donut!"
Okay @erinbiba.bsky.social it’s time for my second-most anticipated annual thread: Cats in Christmas Trees (and Battling Menorahs). Starting off strong with Donut.
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Donut, please! PLEASE Donut!"
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Dr: So why are we performing this appendectomy today?
Patient: Job Interview
Patient: Job Interview
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Dr: So why are we performing this appendectomy today?
Patient: Job Interview
Patient: Job Interview
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Signs you own a #husky in winter: The morning tradition of cracking the ice out of the outdoor water bowl (because that’s the best bowl of water and drinking from an inside bowl would be ridiculous) and areas that aren’t shovelled because they’re in use.
December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Signs you own a #husky in winter: The morning tradition of cracking the ice out of the outdoor water bowl (because that’s the best bowl of water and drinking from an inside bowl would be ridiculous) and areas that aren’t shovelled because they’re in use.
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We keep doing these pilot programs and are shocked, SHOCKED!, by the incredibly positive results each time. At what point can we just, ya know, stop with the pilots and make this policy already??? #ubi
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We keep doing these pilot programs and are shocked, SHOCKED!, by the incredibly positive results each time. At what point can we just, ya know, stop with the pilots and make this policy already??? #ubi
A post filled with truth. If you manage anything & want to lead your people, this is a good read.
TL;DR
Middle management is hard. Caring is required, but the kind of care you provide matters.
Middle management is hard. Caring is required, but the kind of care you provide matters.
Ashley Willis
The other day I texted my group chat with other leaders outside my organization. The ones I go to when the leadership stuff gets messy and I need perspective fr...
ashley.dev
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A post filled with truth. If you manage anything & want to lead your people, this is a good read.
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Me: trying to sleep at 3am with insomnia
My brain: OH RECTANGLE JUST MEANS RIGHT ANGLE. BITCH ARE YOU SEEING THIS? CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS SHIT
Me: I'll wreck your angles in a minute if you don't shut up
My brain: OH RECTANGLE JUST MEANS RIGHT ANGLE. BITCH ARE YOU SEEING THIS? CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS SHIT
Me: I'll wreck your angles in a minute if you don't shut up
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Me: trying to sleep at 3am with insomnia
My brain: OH RECTANGLE JUST MEANS RIGHT ANGLE. BITCH ARE YOU SEEING THIS? CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS SHIT
Me: I'll wreck your angles in a minute if you don't shut up
My brain: OH RECTANGLE JUST MEANS RIGHT ANGLE. BITCH ARE YOU SEEING THIS? CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS SHIT
Me: I'll wreck your angles in a minute if you don't shut up
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lots of people doing online vent calendars, but I can't seem them because I block Ads ..
December 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
lots of people doing online vent calendars, but I can't seem them because I block Ads ..
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We're doing pogroms in America now
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
We're doing pogroms in America now
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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David Lynch's Dune premiered 41 years ago today!
December 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
David Lynch's Dune premiered 41 years ago today!
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Does anyone have suggestions for SF & F in which the main character is a full time wheelchair user?
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Does anyone have suggestions for SF & F in which the main character is a full time wheelchair user?
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
Just saw Londo on Night Court. My evening is complete.
a man with a mohawk and a necklace is standing in front of a video game machine .
ALT: a man with a mohawk and a necklace is standing in front of a video game machine .
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Just saw Londo on Night Court. My evening is complete.
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If you have a life change or goal you’re planning to attack in the new year, just go head and do it now lol
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
If you have a life change or goal you’re planning to attack in the new year, just go head and do it now lol
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Cobra Commander made this
Pete Hegseth's nameplate during today's cabinet meeting featured an unfortunate error.
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Cobra Commander made this
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The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people.
More coming soon.
More coming soon.
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
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GANDALF: Can you see anything?
FRODO: There's nothing…Wait. There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it.
GANDALF: There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. In the common tongue it says, "Light the lamp, not the rat."
FRODO: There's nothing…Wait. There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it.
GANDALF: There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. In the common tongue it says, "Light the lamp, not the rat."
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
GANDALF: Can you see anything?
FRODO: There's nothing…Wait. There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it.
GANDALF: There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. In the common tongue it says, "Light the lamp, not the rat."
FRODO: There's nothing…Wait. There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it.
GANDALF: There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. In the common tongue it says, "Light the lamp, not the rat."
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Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.