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.
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.
Stop writing about the consequences and start writing about the cause.
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Stop writing about the consequences and start writing about the cause.
It’s like living inside the Camper Von Beethoven song “Flowers.”
Trump: "I think we should maybe start thinking about battleships, by the way. We have a Secretary of Navy who came to me, 'cause I look at the Iowa out in California and I look at different ships, the old pictures. I used to watch Victory at Sea. I love Victory at Sea. And I look at those ships... "
September 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It’s like living inside the Camper Von Beethoven song “Flowers.”
What’s next? Giving John Wayne a posthumous Medal of Honor?
September 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
What’s next? Giving John Wayne a posthumous Medal of Honor?
Here we go with Threads sharing an accusation that a person is a member of a non-existent organization putting that person’s life at risk.
September 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Here we go with Threads sharing an accusation that a person is a member of a non-existent organization putting that person’s life at risk.
September 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
There are many ways to take temperature. #kimmel
New reporting from CNN's Elizabeth Wagmeister: "ABC hopes to bring Jimmy Kimmel back, but temperature needs to be taken down under FCC threats"
ABC hopes to bring Jimmy Kimmel back, but temperature needs to be taken down under FCC threats | CNN
What played out before Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s show and what comes next.
www.cnn.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
There are many ways to take temperature. #kimmel
They’ve already obfuscated the Disney+ cancellation process on the App. Will they continue to bill just like the Times after cancellation?
Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.
September 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
They’ve already obfuscated the Disney+ cancellation process on the App. Will they continue to bill just like the Times after cancellation?
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Esri and Space42 Join to Launch "Map Africa Initiative"
Collaboration Seeks to Deliver High-Resolution Basemaps to Support Economic Growth and Innovation Across the African Continent
www.esri.com/about/newsro...
Collaboration Seeks to Deliver High-Resolution Basemaps to Support Economic Growth and Innovation Across the African Continent
www.esri.com/about/newsro...
September 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Esri and Space42 Join to Launch "Map Africa Initiative"
Collaboration Seeks to Deliver High-Resolution Basemaps to Support Economic Growth and Innovation Across the African Continent
www.esri.com/about/newsro...
Collaboration Seeks to Deliver High-Resolution Basemaps to Support Economic Growth and Innovation Across the African Continent
www.esri.com/about/newsro...
The “new normal” is a gaslighter’s reduction of “abnormal.” Do not forget that.
September 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The “new normal” is a gaslighter’s reduction of “abnormal.” Do not forget that.
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The number of people who believe in the existence of professional hit men in the first place is a real testament to our cultural belief that movies are real
Any shooter who initially gets away is widely assessed to be a professional hitman because people generally wildly overestimate the abilities of law enforcement investigation
September 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The number of people who believe in the existence of professional hit men in the first place is a real testament to our cultural belief that movies are real
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Charlie Kirk is a fucking human being—anybody celebrating him being shot or using it for clickbait on social media is going straight to hell. The guy's a dad and a husband, and no matter how much you disagree with him or don't like him, he doesn't deserve this.
September 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Charlie Kirk is a fucking human being—anybody celebrating him being shot or using it for clickbait on social media is going straight to hell. The guy's a dad and a husband, and no matter how much you disagree with him or don't like him, he doesn't deserve this.
I don't understand why this professor kept engaging. I would have just moved on to the next part of the lecture/class material for the day. Students ARE NOT in charge of me nor are they qualified to be in charge of anything as undergraduates at an undergraduate educational institution.
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I don't understand why this professor kept engaging. I would have just moved on to the next part of the lecture/class material for the day. Students ARE NOT in charge of me nor are they qualified to be in charge of anything as undergraduates at an undergraduate educational institution.
September 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
September 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
The stupidity hurts.
September 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The stupidity hurts.
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About this Florida vaccine story:
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
September 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
About this Florida vaccine story:
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”