Toby Bartels
@tobybartels.bsky.social
Probably the only anglophone Toby Bartels. They/them. Mathematics instructor at a community college in Nebraska. Tolstoyan ex-Catholic. 🏴🚩🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ https://mathstodon.xyz/@TobyBartels/
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What are the mitzves of Thanks Giving, a festive meal, to eat the turkey bird, to hear the story of thepilgrim, to watch the football game. And some say to argue with an uncle.
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What are the mitzves of Thanks Giving, a festive meal, to eat the turkey bird, to hear the story of thepilgrim, to watch the football game. And some say to argue with an uncle.
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
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this is pretty good but it still does not touch upon my crackpot theory about MALLRATS, which is that it's structured like a shakespeare comedy www.theringer.com/2025/11/24/m...
“The Little Movie That Couldn’t”: ‘Mallrats’ Turns 30
In the fall of 1995, Kevin Smith’s second film was a box office humiliation. Now, it’s become an embarrassment of riches. We chat with Smith about the movie and how it forever altered his career.
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
this is pretty good but it still does not touch upon my crackpot theory about MALLRATS, which is that it's structured like a shakespeare comedy www.theringer.com/2025/11/24/m...
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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Did, uh, anyone notice that when Carville claims in his NYT piece that “defund the police” was bad that the link takes you to an Appeal story about why ”fund the police“ was bad? Any editors, perhaps?
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Did, uh, anyone notice that when Carville claims in his NYT piece that “defund the police” was bad that the link takes you to an Appeal story about why ”fund the police“ was bad? Any editors, perhaps?
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One of the more interesting twitter fights I ever got into was when anti abortion laws were starting to ramp up, some folks who i don't know how well meaning they were, started posting herbal abortifacient recipes.
To which my response was a not at all measured NO DO NOT EVER DO THAT 30 tweet rant.
To which my response was a not at all measured NO DO NOT EVER DO THAT 30 tweet rant.
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
One of the more interesting twitter fights I ever got into was when anti abortion laws were starting to ramp up, some folks who i don't know how well meaning they were, started posting herbal abortifacient recipes.
To which my response was a not at all measured NO DO NOT EVER DO THAT 30 tweet rant.
To which my response was a not at all measured NO DO NOT EVER DO THAT 30 tweet rant.
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Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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ICE agents tell citizens they don't care their citizens because citizenship doesn't mean anything in a world with racial and demographic profiling and no warrants or other 4th amendment protections. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
ICE agents tell citizens they don't care their citizens because citizenship doesn't mean anything in a world with racial and demographic profiling and no warrants or other 4th amendment protections. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
Q1: Which is heavier: a kilogram of gold or a kilogram of feathers?
Q2: Which is heavier: a pound of gold or a pound of feathers?
Q3: Which is heavier: an ounce of gold or an ounce of feathers?
(1/4, answers in next post)
Q2: Which is heavier: a pound of gold or a pound of feathers?
Q3: Which is heavier: an ounce of gold or an ounce of feathers?
(1/4, answers in next post)
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Q1: Which is heavier: a kilogram of gold or a kilogram of feathers?
Q2: Which is heavier: a pound of gold or a pound of feathers?
Q3: Which is heavier: an ounce of gold or an ounce of feathers?
(1/4, answers in next post)
Q2: Which is heavier: a pound of gold or a pound of feathers?
Q3: Which is heavier: an ounce of gold or an ounce of feathers?
(1/4, answers in next post)
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NEW: President Biden commuted the death sentences of most people on the federal death row before exiting office.
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
This story was produced by Bolts and published in partnership with The Nation. Inside the federal supermax tucked away in Colorado’s high desert, prisoners spend 22 to 24 hours a day... Read More
boltsmag.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
NEW: President Biden commuted the death sentences of most people on the federal death row before exiting office.
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
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So I was talking to Zooey and webcomics came up and I am realizing that I used to devour webcomics as a teen but haven't read them in years.
So bluesky, what are your fav webcomics I should get into? I like fantasy, sci fi, gaming, slice of life, comedy, supernatural, and interesting art.
So bluesky, what are your fav webcomics I should get into? I like fantasy, sci fi, gaming, slice of life, comedy, supernatural, and interesting art.
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
So I was talking to Zooey and webcomics came up and I am realizing that I used to devour webcomics as a teen but haven't read them in years.
So bluesky, what are your fav webcomics I should get into? I like fantasy, sci fi, gaming, slice of life, comedy, supernatural, and interesting art.
So bluesky, what are your fav webcomics I should get into? I like fantasy, sci fi, gaming, slice of life, comedy, supernatural, and interesting art.
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I think we’ve all missed some obvious clues
From New England, has unholy appetites, doesn’t appear fully human?
RFK Jr is a Deep One hybrid
From New England, has unholy appetites, doesn’t appear fully human?
RFK Jr is a Deep One hybrid
November 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I think we’ve all missed some obvious clues
From New England, has unholy appetites, doesn’t appear fully human?
RFK Jr is a Deep One hybrid
From New England, has unholy appetites, doesn’t appear fully human?
RFK Jr is a Deep One hybrid
If Ryan Lizza can't write this, then someone else should.
it is very much Lovecraftian cosmic horror bc the horror isn’t something “scary” as much as an sense of deep violation upon the contemplation of a sexual act between a woman and a strange creature from New England that non-ironically hates human lives
has anyone pirated the Eldritch Horror post yet
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
If Ryan Lizza can't write this, then someone else should.
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Does anyone know any good near-future and/or cyberpunk fiction?
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Does anyone know any good near-future and/or cyberpunk fiction?
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So yes, #POTUS IS giving the military
ILLEGAL ORDERS!
And I think even #SloppyPete knows this bc every tweet he sends announcing a “kinetic strike”, he makes sure to say it was Trump who gave the order.
Anyone wanna tell him abt the #JustFollowingOrders defense?
www.rawstory.com/trump-boats-...
ILLEGAL ORDERS!
And I think even #SloppyPete knows this bc every tweet he sends announcing a “kinetic strike”, he makes sure to say it was Trump who gave the order.
Anyone wanna tell him abt the #JustFollowingOrders defense?
www.rawstory.com/trump-boats-...
Trump administration turned to Pentagon after CIA lawyers nixed drug boat attacks: report
Donald Trump and adviser Stephen Miller’s grand plan to ramp up the war on drugs by blowing up alleged “narcoterrorists” in attacks from above did not pass legal muster with the lawyers at the CIA.So ...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So yes, #POTUS IS giving the military
ILLEGAL ORDERS!
And I think even #SloppyPete knows this bc every tweet he sends announcing a “kinetic strike”, he makes sure to say it was Trump who gave the order.
Anyone wanna tell him abt the #JustFollowingOrders defense?
www.rawstory.com/trump-boats-...
ILLEGAL ORDERS!
And I think even #SloppyPete knows this bc every tweet he sends announcing a “kinetic strike”, he makes sure to say it was Trump who gave the order.
Anyone wanna tell him abt the #JustFollowingOrders defense?
www.rawstory.com/trump-boats-...
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Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests, known as FKUs, on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
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Okay. Y'all owe me. Here it is.
ALL RIGHT YOU FREAKS
Telos News Telos News Read in the Substack app Open app Part 2: She Did It Again Ryan Lizza Nov 21, 2025 ∙ Paid If you are new to this series, start here. She did it again. It was four years later....
docs.google.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Okay. Y'all owe me. Here it is.
Off topic, but how come I didn't know (or maybe forgot) that Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly are married?
An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Off topic, but how come I didn't know (or maybe forgot) that Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly are married?
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ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
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I have zero tolerance for the “well, I guess we have no choice with immigrants but to deport them or lock them up if the paperwork goes wrong”
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I have zero tolerance for the “well, I guess we have no choice with immigrants but to deport them or lock them up if the paperwork goes wrong”
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this thread is unbelievable
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
this thread is unbelievable
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NEWSWEEK: “Chinese immigrant found hanging in ICE detention with his hands and feet tied behind him… Chaofeng Ge died 4 days after entering ICE custody in Pennsylvania… deaths in ICE custody have gone up under Trump…”
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NEWSWEEK: “Chinese immigrant found hanging in ICE detention with his hands and feet tied behind him… Chaofeng Ge died 4 days after entering ICE custody in Pennsylvania… deaths in ICE custody have gone up under Trump…”
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using XZV Baby Loungers Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Suffocation and Fall Hazards; Violates Mandatory Standard for Infant Sleep Products www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using XZV Baby Loungers Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Suffocation and Fall Hazards; Violates Mandatory Standard for Infant Sleep Products www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
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Considering starting going on a campaign where if you're about accessibility but you only talk about alt text and you still post videos without at least video descriptions (but ideally a descriptive transcript) you're still not doing good enough.
Because—not to be a jerk—you aren't.
Because—not to be a jerk—you aren't.
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Considering starting going on a campaign where if you're about accessibility but you only talk about alt text and you still post videos without at least video descriptions (but ideally a descriptive transcript) you're still not doing good enough.
Because—not to be a jerk—you aren't.
Because—not to be a jerk—you aren't.