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Quite Uninteresting
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Non-practicing intellectual sharing historical oddities and contemporary jeremiads. My apologies in advance.
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · Jan 15
Excellent obituary of Karen Wynn Fonstad, the superlative cartographer of Middle-earth, Pern, D&D, Narnia, etc. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth (Gift Article)
She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
www.nytimes.com
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 15h
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 13h
How is this a question? 🎁 link: www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Tesla Self-Driving Technology Breaks Traffic Laws. Can the Feds Stop It?
Safety investigations and the bully pulpit could complicate the automaker’s development of automated driving systems, but only if regulators want to.
www.wsj.com
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 16h
Oh, you like adventure? Then you'll love Davy Crockett's...
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 19h
Warrior ethos:
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 22h
Oof.
theneedling.com/2025/10/08/5...
5 Fun Places to Go Apple Picking This Weekend Because ICE Scared Off All Their Farmworkers
There’s no better time to go apple picking at these five fun and picturesque orchards than this weekend because the fall air is as crisp as the fruit and, of course, ICE raids have left no one else…
theneedling.com
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 22h
“I’m so embarrassed on behalf of my Republican colleagues for not even being willing to say that you shouldn’t jail your political opponents.”

— Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI)
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 23h
If a small town were run with a commensurate level of corruption (e.g. “Councilperson Accepts $500 from Police in Sting”), its leaders would be thrown out muy pronto.
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ice.cream.assassin @icassassin.bsky.social · 1d
Felt compelled
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
Good lord.

@apnews.com
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d
Senator, it used to be called a jumpoline before yo momma got on it. I am a serious person doing an important job.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d
Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.
Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing
The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 1d
The Federal Bureau of Immigration www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data
Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 1d
Great headline.
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 1d
“Political minority“ = MAGA?
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
theverge.com
The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 1d
Did Pete Hegseth write her speech?
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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d
Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 1d
Link. bit.ly/3VVydTW
How TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day
Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some of whom spend hours per day scrolling.
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 1d
TIRED
Calling TikTok addicts "power users"

WIRED
Calling TikTok addicts "mammmals in a vegetative state"
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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d
In Discworld, cities thrive because they welcome dwarfs, trolls, vampires, and humans alike. Ankh-Morpork works because everyone belongs. Funny how fiction can seem more humane than policy sometimes.
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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
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🏴Keep Autism Weird🏴 @keepautismweird.bsky.social · 2d
The world's longest living person met Vincent Van Gogh when she was 13 and lived long enough that she theoretically could have heard the first Limp Bizkit album
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2d
you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 2d
What do you think killed her?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d
Thanks, New Yorker
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 2d
Study of the Day arxiv.org/abs/2503.24175
What is the Funniest Number? An investigation of numerical humor
In a preliminary study of numerical humor, we propose the Perceived Specificity Hypothesis (PSH). The PSH states that, for nonnegative integers < 100, the funniness of a number increases with its appa...
arxiv.org
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 2d
"As government quits governing, climate groups may step up"
undark.org/2025/10/07/e...
As EPA Ends Emissions Data Collection, Climate Groups May Step Up
The agency's program is the backbone of U.S. climate policy. NGOs may not have the tools, or legal right, to fill the gap.
undark.org
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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 2d
Chump change.