RLam
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RLam
@rlam.bsky.social
· Sep 14
Look, my college football team is just whichever team on the West Coast is doing the best.
Hey California Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates. Some of y'all need to drop out before we just choose between two Republicans in November.
February 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Hey California Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates. Some of y'all need to drop out before we just choose between two Republicans in November.
@reuters.com not sure if spelling error. It is definitely a change that should cause weeping.
February 12, 2026 at 8:16 PM
@reuters.com not sure if spelling error. It is definitely a change that should cause weeping.
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In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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My latest on a long-awaited data center bill in the Kentucky legislature, which gets its first committee hearing this morning. #kyga26 👇
A GOP bill seeks to make new data centers cover their own costs for utility infrastructure in Kentucky, preventing existing electricity customers from subsidizing them. The bill comes as utility companies and local communities deal with an influx of prospective data center projects. #kyga26
GOP bill seeks guardrails for new data centers to ‘pay their own way’ in Kentucky
A GOP bill seeks to make new data centers cover their own utility costs in Kentucky, preventing existing electricity customers from subsidizing them.
www.lpm.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:34 PM
My latest on a long-awaited data center bill in the Kentucky legislature, which gets its first committee hearing this morning. #kyga26 👇
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With data centers expected to become the largest source of electricity demand in the Pacific Northwest, Washington legislators are pressing ahead with a bill aimed at protecting the grid and offsetting potential hikes for utility ratepayers. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/02/11/h...
How WA lawmakers are trying to regulate data centers • Washington State Standard
Washington legislators advanced data center legislation out of the House Appropriations Committee Monday with two significant changes.
washingtonstatestandard.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
With data centers expected to become the largest source of electricity demand in the Pacific Northwest, Washington legislators are pressing ahead with a bill aimed at protecting the grid and offsetting potential hikes for utility ratepayers. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/02/11/h...
This sounds like a gigantic pile of bullshit.
Live updates: An administration official says El Paso airspace closure was tied to cartel drones
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Live updates: An administration official says El Paso airspace closure was tied to cartel drones
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Live updates: An administration official says El Paso airspace closure was tied to cartel drones
The Federal Aviation Administration reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas. A Trump administration official tied the closure to Mexican cartel drones.
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:46 PM
This sounds like a gigantic pile of bullshit.
Live updates: An administration official says El Paso airspace closure was tied to cartel drones
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Live updates: An administration official says El Paso airspace closure was tied to cartel drones
apnews.com/live/faa-el-...
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Article in NYT on the backlash against Attia and thoughts from me on why training matters and how longevity medicine is expensive snake oil preying on ageism and elitism (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
Peter Attia’s Ties to Epstein Spark a Backlash From Doctors
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Article in NYT on the backlash against Attia and thoughts from me on why training matters and how longevity medicine is expensive snake oil preying on ageism and elitism (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
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Since a couple people have asked, I have no idea why El Paso airspace was closed. Working my contacts, a couple theories but nothing to say out loud yet.
If you have insight please contact me on signal at gbrockell.44.
apnews.com/article/faa-...
If you have insight please contact me on signal at gbrockell.44.
apnews.com/article/faa-...
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The agency says it will ground all flights to and from the airport for "special security reasons."
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Since a couple people have asked, I have no idea why El Paso airspace was closed. Working my contacts, a couple theories but nothing to say out loud yet.
If you have insight please contact me on signal at gbrockell.44.
apnews.com/article/faa-...
If you have insight please contact me on signal at gbrockell.44.
apnews.com/article/faa-...
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Got into it with my elderly relative who was in the hospital.
Apparently my strong sense of justice and righteousness doesn't even stop at hospital doors. 🤷🏻♀️
Apparently my strong sense of justice and righteousness doesn't even stop at hospital doors. 🤷🏻♀️
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Got into it with my elderly relative who was in the hospital.
Apparently my strong sense of justice and righteousness doesn't even stop at hospital doors. 🤷🏻♀️
Apparently my strong sense of justice and righteousness doesn't even stop at hospital doors. 🤷🏻♀️
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JUST IN: A grand jury refused to return an indictment against the six “illegal orders” video participants. This is a remarkable rebuff by ordinary citizens of the DOJ unlawful attack on free speech.
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:39 AM
JUST IN: A grand jury refused to return an indictment against the six “illegal orders” video participants. This is a remarkable rebuff by ordinary citizens of the DOJ unlawful attack on free speech.
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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What a good, good man.
Michael Pretti said his son Alex was “an exceptionally kind, caring man.”
‘No reason he should have died’: Alex Pretti’s parents open up
In their first sit-down interview, Michael and Susan Pretti avoided recriminations and recalled the son whom Michael called “an exceptionally kind, caring man.”
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 4:19 AM
What a good, good man.
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The Risk of Speaking Spanish in Public: Trump’s immigration crackdown has Latinos wondering if they belong in his America. My latest for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Risk of Speaking Spanish in Public
Trump’s immigration crackdown has Latinos wondering if they belong in his America.
www.theatlantic.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM
The Risk of Speaking Spanish in Public: Trump’s immigration crackdown has Latinos wondering if they belong in his America. My latest for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Unidos somos América.
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Unidos somos América.
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It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
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They were only allowed to bring 20 carts onto Levi Stadium field, which is real grass, and this was the solution!
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
Inside Bad Bunny’s Historic Super Bowl Halftime Show
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity. And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Happy to see Sofia Vergara represent 3 separate ad campaigns during the Super Bowl.
She's naturally what every Mar-a-lago face gets surgery to be.
She's naturally what every Mar-a-lago face gets surgery to be.
February 9, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Happy to see Sofia Vergara represent 3 separate ad campaigns during the Super Bowl.
She's naturally what every Mar-a-lago face gets surgery to be.
She's naturally what every Mar-a-lago face gets surgery to be.
Watching the skiathalon is giving me an anxiety attack. Too many people in the same small space.
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Watching the skiathalon is giving me an anxiety attack. Too many people in the same small space.
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Kid Rock makes music for people who think WWE is real but the NFL is rigged.
February 9, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Kid Rock makes music for people who think WWE is real but the NFL is rigged.
Girls' teacher told them that no one liked the Seahawks. She was rooting for the Patriots.
Their father is from Seattle. We are a Seahawks house.
We hope she's mad. 😂
Their father is from Seattle. We are a Seahawks house.
We hope she's mad. 😂
February 9, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Girls' teacher told them that no one liked the Seahawks. She was rooting for the Patriots.
Their father is from Seattle. We are a Seahawks house.
We hope she's mad. 😂
Their father is from Seattle. We are a Seahawks house.
We hope she's mad. 😂
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Just in case y’all are wondering about the sugar cane fields during the halftime show…
ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/sla...
ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/sla...
Slavery and Sugar Cane Plantations in Puerto Rico | Finding Your Roots | PBS LearningMedia
Actor Justina Machado knew of her deep roots in Puerto Rico and discovered her ancestors on almost every line of her family tree worked on sugar plantations. Cutting sugar cane is, by any measure, bru...
ca.pbslearningmedia.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Just in case y’all are wondering about the sugar cane fields during the halftime show…
ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/sla...
ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/sla...
People need to continue to take up beautiful, creative, inclusive space.
We must not shrink.
That Halftime show expanded my world.
That's what we come together to do.
We must not shrink.
That Halftime show expanded my world.
That's what we come together to do.
February 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
People need to continue to take up beautiful, creative, inclusive space.
We must not shrink.
That Halftime show expanded my world.
That's what we come together to do.
We must not shrink.
That Halftime show expanded my world.
That's what we come together to do.
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heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
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Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist
grateful to work at a place that always lets me write about how much i love gay women
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Amber Glenn, a queer icon from Texas, is about to make Olympic history
The American figure skater's unapologetic queerness feels more important than ever.
www.chron.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist
Lol. This is gonna make MAGA big mad. 😂
February 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Lol. This is gonna make MAGA big mad. 😂