Toby Applegate
@tapplegate.bsky.social
Not jaded yet geography professor
Father of a juniors hockey player, an art historian, and a nurse.
Husband of a very, very talented wife.
Actively blocking fascists, “quote of the day” garbage, anime weirdos, engagement farmers, and time wasters.
Father of a juniors hockey player, an art historian, and a nurse.
Husband of a very, very talented wife.
Actively blocking fascists, “quote of the day” garbage, anime weirdos, engagement farmers, and time wasters.
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Look, all I’m saying is, if Trump wants to chug my entire bottle of dabigatran etexilate pills, I’m more than happy to take this one for the team
January 1, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Look, all I’m saying is, if Trump wants to chug my entire bottle of dabigatran etexilate pills, I’m more than happy to take this one for the team
That’s around 2000 calories and 400mg of cholesterol at one meal.
Finally, Trump's diet! Oh my god. The piece closes with RNC Chair Joe Gruters saying he was "shocked" to witness Trump eat "french fries, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger, a Big Mac and a Filet-O-Fish" in one sitting (5/6)
January 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
That’s around 2000 calories and 400mg of cholesterol at one meal.
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Boss tries to suppress a news story, then the angry internal emails leak, then the all-hands meeting leaks, then the story itself leaks. Next will be the leak of the boss’s stern “no leaking” warning. Then whatever gets cut from the story will get twice as much attention. Don’t make idiots the boss.
December 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Boss tries to suppress a news story, then the angry internal emails leak, then the all-hands meeting leaks, then the story itself leaks. Next will be the leak of the boss’s stern “no leaking” warning. Then whatever gets cut from the story will get twice as much attention. Don’t make idiots the boss.
I have long tried to get anyone who brays on about “Cultural Marxism” to name a single Culutral Marxist thinker.
See also Chris Rufo, who is now complaining about antisemitic conspiracy theories on the right after building a whole career propagandizing against "Cultural Marxism," an exceedingly loud antisemitic dog whistle.
December 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I have long tried to get anyone who brays on about “Cultural Marxism” to name a single Culutral Marxist thinker.
Dr. J is a fine man, fine looking, and in a fine suit at the Hall of Fame classic with @umassbasketball.bsky.social and that school on the Gren
@umasshoopster.bsky.social
@umasshoopster.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Dr. J is a fine man, fine looking, and in a fine suit at the Hall of Fame classic with @umassbasketball.bsky.social and that school on the Gren
@umasshoopster.bsky.social
@umasshoopster.bsky.social
An annoying trend in an era of annoyance
For some people with packed schedules and a penchant for human connection, voice notes have emerged as their preferred form of communication.
However, there is an art to the form — which sets the messages leagues above a traditional voicemail.
However, there is an art to the form — which sets the messages leagues above a traditional voicemail.
The definitive rules of sending and receiving voice notes
Voice note lovers — and haters — weigh in on how to use the popular audio feature.
wapo.st
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
An annoying trend in an era of annoyance
Just about, no, spot on.
December 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Just about, no, spot on.
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The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
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GS: Metro areas that experienced home price declines over the past year were more likely to have seen a rapid increase in taxes/insurance/maintenance costs
December 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
GS: Metro areas that experienced home price declines over the past year were more likely to have seen a rapid increase in taxes/insurance/maintenance costs
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The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Gonna start a The Who cover band called The Whom and everyone in it will be dressed like an insufferable grammar nerd.
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Gonna start a The Who cover band called The Whom and everyone in it will be dressed like an insufferable grammar nerd.
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Anyway, whether discussing James Carville or Marjorie Taylor Greene, this applies:
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Anyway, whether discussing James Carville or Marjorie Taylor Greene, this applies:
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This just in from the “No Shit” desk.
October 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This just in from the “No Shit” desk.
This destruction of the East Wing of the White House is disgusting, but there is a possible way forward and keeping the new structure. Say someone HockeyLand adjacent gets the Presidency after Lord Bot-A-Tot leaves. That ballroom will hold an Olympic-sized rink and an NHL rink.
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This destruction of the East Wing of the White House is disgusting, but there is a possible way forward and keeping the new structure. Say someone HockeyLand adjacent gets the Presidency after Lord Bot-A-Tot leaves. That ballroom will hold an Olympic-sized rink and an NHL rink.
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Eleanor Rigby had more people show up at her funeral.
October 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Eleanor Rigby had more people show up at her funeral.
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Has anyone noted that Johnson is stalling the Grijalva swearing-in because he/they have a very specific date in the future that they are trying to reach where the swearing-in doesn’t matter any more? what could that date be? I invite wild speculation.
October 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Has anyone noted that Johnson is stalling the Grijalva swearing-in because he/they have a very specific date in the future that they are trying to reach where the swearing-in doesn’t matter any more? what could that date be? I invite wild speculation.