#dontRideThatRuss
@rusto88.bsky.social
Photog, cyclist, tech dilletante, amateur expert. #Sourdough Noob. #dontridethatruss #1minmtb #photography #hiking #backpacking #cycling #mountainbikes #science #curiosity #humility #woodworking
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Lotta TIL in this excellent YT vid. #puertoRIco should be our 51st (or 52nd, after D.C.) state.
youtube.com/watch?v=o-zd...
youtube.com/watch?v=o-zd...
Why The US Won't Let Puerto Rico Succeed
YouTube video by Geography By Geoff
youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Lotta TIL in this excellent YT vid. #puertoRIco should be our 51st (or 52nd, after D.C.) state.
youtube.com/watch?v=o-zd...
youtube.com/watch?v=o-zd...
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only about 20% of bsky users can see the words hidden in this image
February 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM
only about 20% of bsky users can see the words hidden in this image
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City wouldn't clear a Comm Ave. bike lane, so some bicyclists showed up today with shovels
www.universalhub.com/2026/city-wo...
#Boston #snow
www.universalhub.com/2026/city-wo...
#Boston #snow
February 7, 2026 at 3:10 AM
City wouldn't clear a Comm Ave. bike lane, so some bicyclists showed up today with shovels
www.universalhub.com/2026/city-wo...
#Boston #snow
www.universalhub.com/2026/city-wo...
#Boston #snow
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"Austism is a modern invention!" Please, explain this character from the 1889 novel The Wrong Box.
youtu.be/M_8aijvl2Z8?...
youtu.be/M_8aijvl2Z8?...
Ralph Richardson in The Wrong Box (1966)
YouTube video by Buskahegian
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February 6, 2026 at 5:43 AM
"Austism is a modern invention!" Please, explain this character from the 1889 novel The Wrong Box.
youtu.be/M_8aijvl2Z8?...
youtu.be/M_8aijvl2Z8?...
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If you put one pizza on top of another pizza, you still have two pizzas.
If you put a lasagna on top of another lasagna, you only have one lasagna.
If you put a lasagna on top of another lasagna, you only have one lasagna.
February 6, 2026 at 6:08 AM
If you put one pizza on top of another pizza, you still have two pizzas.
If you put a lasagna on top of another lasagna, you only have one lasagna.
If you put a lasagna on top of another lasagna, you only have one lasagna.
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Living in Minnesota right now means getting your heart broken every day, multiple times a day. Some days it also means having your faith in humanity restored. Please keep watching Minnesota, if you live elsewhere. Things are still dire.
February 6, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Living in Minnesota right now means getting your heart broken every day, multiple times a day. Some days it also means having your faith in humanity restored. Please keep watching Minnesota, if you live elsewhere. Things are still dire.
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It's a straight up poll tax because none of these documents are free to acquire.
I've read through the GOP's new 'SAVE America Act' which will be voted on next week in the House.
It requires both proof of citizenship to register to vote - AND - proof of citizenship to vote.
Nerdy thread 1/
It requires both proof of citizenship to register to vote - AND - proof of citizenship to vote.
Nerdy thread 1/
February 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
It's a straight up poll tax because none of these documents are free to acquire.
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Remember, sneering works. It’s working now. That’s why the lowliest AI fan and the CEO of Microsoft are trying to get us to stop saying “slop.”
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
February 6, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Remember, sneering works. It’s working now. That’s why the lowliest AI fan and the CEO of Microsoft are trying to get us to stop saying “slop.”
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
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Hey so something is up. This is a cc or bcc to the American people. We should probably pay attention.
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Hey so something is up. This is a cc or bcc to the American people. We should probably pay attention.
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I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
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Sounds like @edmarkey.bsky.social is still inline with the rest of @democrats.org in the all talk, no action agenda that has lead to all this.
February 4, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Sounds like @edmarkey.bsky.social is still inline with the rest of @democrats.org in the all talk, no action agenda that has lead to all this.
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"Sen. @edmarkey.bsky.social coauthored a letter to the CEOs of Apple & Google asking the companies to pull X from its app stores due to Grok’s repeated generation of nonconsensual sexual imagery ... On the same day that he sent the letter, Markey made 5 posts on X."
@phileil.bsky.social
@phileil.bsky.social
Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, and other New England politicians need to quit X - The Boston Globe
Elected officials should not be lending legitimacy to Elon Musk’s toxic social media site.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:26 PM
"Sen. @edmarkey.bsky.social coauthored a letter to the CEOs of Apple & Google asking the companies to pull X from its app stores due to Grok’s repeated generation of nonconsensual sexual imagery ... On the same day that he sent the letter, Markey made 5 posts on X."
@phileil.bsky.social
@phileil.bsky.social
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We’re only as strong as our weakest link.
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
We’re only as strong as our weakest link.
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Make every billionaire a 900 millionaire and problem solved.
February 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Make every billionaire a 900 millionaire and problem solved.
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The same people who want us to work to 70 are the same people who won’t hire us after 50.
February 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
The same people who want us to work to 70 are the same people who won’t hire us after 50.
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Posting this for no other reason than to get some more Looney Tunes media floating around Bluesky.
February 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Posting this for no other reason than to get some more Looney Tunes media floating around Bluesky.
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A thing that’s making me insane, lately: @mbta.com workers storing snowmelt and carts in the bike cage at Forest Hills station, blocking the entrance. I get it, I’m sympathetic to an extent, but at least put your shit at the back of the cage so the people who use it - and we exist! - can get in.
February 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
A thing that’s making me insane, lately: @mbta.com workers storing snowmelt and carts in the bike cage at Forest Hills station, blocking the entrance. I get it, I’m sympathetic to an extent, but at least put your shit at the back of the cage so the people who use it - and we exist! - can get in.
Dig that IMDB rating…
February 3, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Dig that IMDB rating…
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This is a whole new level of car brain
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 AM
This is a whole new level of car brain
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They don’t just deport “illegals.” They manufacture illegality by stripping lawful status, then pretend they’re enforcing the law.
TPS holders were legal yesterday. Surprise! Today they aren’t!
This is exactly what the MSM needs to explain better.
TPS holders were legal yesterday. Surprise! Today they aren’t!
This is exactly what the MSM needs to explain better.
February 3, 2026 at 12:48 AM
They don’t just deport “illegals.” They manufacture illegality by stripping lawful status, then pretend they’re enforcing the law.
TPS holders were legal yesterday. Surprise! Today they aren’t!
This is exactly what the MSM needs to explain better.
TPS holders were legal yesterday. Surprise! Today they aren’t!
This is exactly what the MSM needs to explain better.
This is who runs this account.
February 1, 2026 at 4:51 AM
This is who runs this account.
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as i said, it’s complicated. as sinclair lewis wrote, when people’s livelihoods are at stake, they can believe anything. especially if they never had any principles or morals.
January 31, 2026 at 3:13 PM
as i said, it’s complicated. as sinclair lewis wrote, when people’s livelihoods are at stake, they can believe anything. especially if they never had any principles or morals.
January 31, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
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It is becoming impossible to distinguish between sarcastic criticisms of terrible A.I. and genuine praise of terrible A.I. so please, for the love of God:
STOP USING GENERATIVE A.I. TO CREATE AWFUL THINGS JUST TO POINT AT THEM AND LAUGH AT HOW AWFUL THEY ARE.
STOP USING GENERATIVE A.I. TO CREATE AWFUL THINGS JUST TO POINT AT THEM AND LAUGH AT HOW AWFUL THEY ARE.
January 29, 2026 at 6:55 PM
It is becoming impossible to distinguish between sarcastic criticisms of terrible A.I. and genuine praise of terrible A.I. so please, for the love of God:
STOP USING GENERATIVE A.I. TO CREATE AWFUL THINGS JUST TO POINT AT THEM AND LAUGH AT HOW AWFUL THEY ARE.
STOP USING GENERATIVE A.I. TO CREATE AWFUL THINGS JUST TO POINT AT THEM AND LAUGH AT HOW AWFUL THEY ARE.