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@sproutastic.bsky.social
A little coniferous, likely smiling.
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Sprout 🌱
@sproutastic.bsky.social
· Jul 17
I change the world and so do you
Bob Dunning Memorial Bridge
Bridgton, ME
Bridgton, ME
December 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Bob Dunning Memorial Bridge
Bridgton, ME
Bridgton, ME
Today I will put things where they go
It will feel nice and satisfying and like I am in charge of everything
It will feel nice and satisfying and like I am in charge of everything
December 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today I will put things where they go
It will feel nice and satisfying and like I am in charge of everything
It will feel nice and satisfying and like I am in charge of everything
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so many words to mute
so little time
so little time
December 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
so many words to mute
so little time
so little time
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There's really interesting social science on how white people significantly overestimate the number of people of color in a room or in a picture. A room with, like, 20% POC will be perceived as majority POC.
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
85% of CEOs are white men.
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
December 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There's really interesting social science on how white people significantly overestimate the number of people of color in a room or in a picture. A room with, like, 20% POC will be perceived as majority POC.
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i think all the time about this cartoon, drawn by Tom Floyd from a collection about his experience being one of the first black men to integrate a white-collar workplace in the 60s
December 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
i think all the time about this cartoon, drawn by Tom Floyd from a collection about his experience being one of the first black men to integrate a white-collar workplace in the 60s
Is it quiet have I done something
It is dark shine a light
It is dark shine a light
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Is it quiet have I done something
It is dark shine a light
It is dark shine a light
What a sad time for people willing to feel
December 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
What a sad time for people willing to feel
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Why am I seeing 4 billion headlines about Trump renaming the Kennedy Center when only Congress and do that? Do better, journalists
December 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Why am I seeing 4 billion headlines about Trump renaming the Kennedy Center when only Congress and do that? Do better, journalists
I was behind a car with a shoot your local pedophile sticker on it, and I wondered for a second if they realize who everyone thinks that’s about now, or if they’re still out looking for that pizza parlor.
December 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I was behind a car with a shoot your local pedophile sticker on it, and I wondered for a second if they realize who everyone thinks that’s about now, or if they’re still out looking for that pizza parlor.
The men in shiny shoes arrive at the factory. They do not sign in up front. I hear them laughing in the conference room as HR brings bottled water. We suddenly can afford to turn up the thermostat. Where is the Christmas wreath? Put on a smile.
December 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The men in shiny shoes arrive at the factory. They do not sign in up front. I hear them laughing in the conference room as HR brings bottled water. We suddenly can afford to turn up the thermostat. Where is the Christmas wreath? Put on a smile.
I have no tolerance for fake sing song good morning bullshit
December 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I have no tolerance for fake sing song good morning bullshit
I know way more about Nero than I used to.
December 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I know way more about Nero than I used to.
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
I do not need to be defined
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I do not need to be defined
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“I am sorry,” said Frog.
December 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“I am sorry,” said Frog.
I overslept today
Got to enjoy sunshine on my delayed commute
It was worth it
Got to enjoy sunshine on my delayed commute
It was worth it
December 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I overslept today
Got to enjoy sunshine on my delayed commute
It was worth it
Got to enjoy sunshine on my delayed commute
It was worth it
There’s plastic in the penises
In the brains in the blood in the everything
In the brains in the blood in the everything
By disaster, not by design - Newsletter #8471
#Hope
Plastic linked to erectile dysfunction sperm decline
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
#Hope
Plastic linked to erectile dysfunction sperm decline
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
December 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
There’s plastic in the penises
In the brains in the blood in the everything
In the brains in the blood in the everything
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So many of us are vulnerable and brave in the face of an authoritarian regime -- it is another way to be revolutionary. There are so many ways to be.
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
So many of us are vulnerable and brave in the face of an authoritarian regime -- it is another way to be revolutionary. There are so many ways to be.
Thinking about writing again
This inevitably leads to writing
This inevitably leads to writing
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Thinking about writing again
This inevitably leads to writing
This inevitably leads to writing
I am so tired of people who have a problem with trans people.
Seriously. So fucking tired of these people.
Seriously. So fucking tired of these people.
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I am so tired of people who have a problem with trans people.
Seriously. So fucking tired of these people.
Seriously. So fucking tired of these people.
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I know
most people do not care
about viral threats
to humans or animals,
but in Greece a virus has killed
nearly 500,000
sheep and goats
imperiling the supply
of feta cheese,
so even if people do not care
about humans or animals
perhaps they’ll care
about viral threats to cheese.
most people do not care
about viral threats
to humans or animals,
but in Greece a virus has killed
nearly 500,000
sheep and goats
imperiling the supply
of feta cheese,
so even if people do not care
about humans or animals
perhaps they’ll care
about viral threats to cheese.
December 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I know
most people do not care
about viral threats
to humans or animals,
but in Greece a virus has killed
nearly 500,000
sheep and goats
imperiling the supply
of feta cheese,
so even if people do not care
about humans or animals
perhaps they’ll care
about viral threats to cheese.
most people do not care
about viral threats
to humans or animals,
but in Greece a virus has killed
nearly 500,000
sheep and goats
imperiling the supply
of feta cheese,
so even if people do not care
about humans or animals
perhaps they’ll care
about viral threats to cheese.
I smashed the mascara into my eyelid and decided that was acceptable this morning
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I smashed the mascara into my eyelid and decided that was acceptable this morning
It’s incredible how much happier I am when I’m not having to fake anything
December 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It’s incredible how much happier I am when I’m not having to fake anything
Dream Danny DeVito triggered my righteous indignation and I woke up so mad at people willing to leave others behind
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Dream Danny DeVito triggered my righteous indignation and I woke up so mad at people willing to leave others behind
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None of us should be sick because we are poor. I spent months not being able to fully eat and worried about sepsis because I can’t afford dental care. I’m now just getting back on medicine I stopped taking because I couldn’t afford medicine. All the time looking for work.
December 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
None of us should be sick because we are poor. I spent months not being able to fully eat and worried about sepsis because I can’t afford dental care. I’m now just getting back on medicine I stopped taking because I couldn’t afford medicine. All the time looking for work.