Coba Weel
@weel.bsky.social
SJW eurotrash 🇳🇱 immigrant in Alta California 🌁 YIMBY UU queer techie scum ⚧ genderqueer tranny (she/her or they/them) 🪗
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oh lovely the anonymous tankies are googling my name
yes i did work there. you’ll never guess why i got fired.
yes i did work there. you’ll never guess why i got fired.
There’s weapons of mass destruction in them there pies 😜
(I’ve never had a pumpkin pie I liked, except for the ones @vjpsyverson.bsky.social makes. But he cheats, I think. At least, today I saw him buy a butternut squash to make “pumpkin pie” with so I call shenanigans.)
(I’ve never had a pumpkin pie I liked, except for the ones @vjpsyverson.bsky.social makes. But he cheats, I think. At least, today I saw him buy a butternut squash to make “pumpkin pie” with so I call shenanigans.)
Just FYI:
My most controversial tweet ever, from Thanksgiving three years ago, back when Twitter was Twitter and Bluesky didn’t exist.
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Pies ranked.
1. Cherry (if not too sweet).
2. Mixed berry.
3. Peach/blackberry.
4. Peach.
5. Apple.
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9. Key lime.
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99. Pecan.
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999. Pumpkin.
My most controversial tweet ever, from Thanksgiving three years ago, back when Twitter was Twitter and Bluesky didn’t exist.
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Pies ranked.
1. Cherry (if not too sweet).
2. Mixed berry.
3. Peach/blackberry.
4. Peach.
5. Apple.
…
9. Key lime.
…
99. Pecan.
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999. Pumpkin.
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
There’s weapons of mass destruction in them there pies 😜
(I’ve never had a pumpkin pie I liked, except for the ones @vjpsyverson.bsky.social makes. But he cheats, I think. At least, today I saw him buy a butternut squash to make “pumpkin pie” with so I call shenanigans.)
(I’ve never had a pumpkin pie I liked, except for the ones @vjpsyverson.bsky.social makes. But he cheats, I think. At least, today I saw him buy a butternut squash to make “pumpkin pie” with so I call shenanigans.)
It’s really kind of silly that we have driverless cars in busy, messy city streets full of pedestrians and cyclists and unexpected obstacles, but on closed metro area passenger rails networks with full grade separation everywhere we still need drivers somehow.
Full automation will bring other major capital benefits for WMATA as well, including hundreds of millions of dollars of savings in rolling stock and yard expansion costs thanks thanks to needing fewer trains from faster operations.
This is the future all transit operators should aim for
This is the future all transit operators should aim for
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It’s really kind of silly that we have driverless cars in busy, messy city streets full of pedestrians and cyclists and unexpected obstacles, but on closed metro area passenger rails networks with full grade separation everywhere we still need drivers somehow.
lordy
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
lordy
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I don’t fully agree with this alignment chart but it’s generally correct IMO
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I don’t fully agree with this alignment chart but it’s generally correct IMO
as usual i wish people who say no to this actually understood what it is they’re asking for. they want to create a situation where the bathroom one is legally vs socially expected to use become MORE often different. this “identify” language encourages that answer.
the Ipsos Pride survey is genuinely an awesome product, but jesus the difference in the UK/US on trans issues is nuts
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
as usual i wish people who say no to this actually understood what it is they’re asking for. they want to create a situation where the bathroom one is legally vs socially expected to use become MORE often different. this “identify” language encourages that answer.
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The thing is, people care about that war cemetery. The wait list for “adopting” a grave, which involves bringing flowers on Memorial Day, is currently maxed out at one thousand. There are local history buffs that study it in great detail and know very well the graves were dug by black soldiers.
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The thing is, people care about that war cemetery. The wait list for “adopting” a grave, which involves bringing flowers on Memorial Day, is currently maxed out at one thousand. There are local history buffs that study it in great detail and know very well the graves were dug by black soldiers.
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This is, I must stress, not an especially diverse or progressive part of the country. It is known for rolling hills covered in picturesque farms and orchards, not for social justice activism. But people have not forgotten WW2, nor who liberated their towns.
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This is, I must stress, not an especially diverse or progressive part of the country. It is known for rolling hills covered in picturesque farms and orchards, not for social justice activism. But people have not forgotten WW2, nor who liberated their towns.
I think a local politician appointing the minister (not just a member!) of a church that has homophobic statements of doctrine on their local congregation’s website is, uh… a thing to talk about. Not sure y’all are ready for that?
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I think a local politician appointing the minister (not just a member!) of a church that has homophobic statements of doctrine on their local congregation’s website is, uh… a thing to talk about. Not sure y’all are ready for that?
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I am no less queer because I'm an economist, we've been doing this discourse for a week now and i'm getting piss fucking tired of it. I don't have to hand in my queer card because i don't fit your particular flavor of leftism. bsky.app/profile/sky....
Something I’ve commented before is this site in particular has a sort of funhouse mirror “model minority” thing going on where if I don’t check all the boxes that someone wants I’m somehow “not really queer”, like, bite me.
I am allowed to believe things like “free markets generally maximize welfare outcomes” without surrendering my queerness and it’s frankly deeply insulting to say I’m not who I am because eg. I have an Econ degree. Even the fash on Twitter don’t go that far (granted, they’re just calling me slurs…)
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I am no less queer because I'm an economist, we've been doing this discourse for a week now and i'm getting piss fucking tired of it. I don't have to hand in my queer card because i don't fit your particular flavor of leftism. bsky.app/profile/sky....
it’s really hard to keep track of what’s going on in international relations news if major media outlets keep operating on the mistaken assumption that different parts of the us government actually talk to each other and coordinate their statements with the state department
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
it’s really hard to keep track of what’s going on in international relations news if major media outlets keep operating on the mistaken assumption that different parts of the us government actually talk to each other and coordinate their statements with the state department
The European counterproposal definitely makes more sense, in the sense that less of it is entirely devoid of meaning.
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The European counterproposal definitely makes more sense, in the sense that less of it is entirely devoid of meaning.
he is literally button counting
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
he is literally button counting
the problem with robotaxis is the way they decouple traffic from parking send bleet
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
the problem with robotaxis is the way they decouple traffic from parking send bleet
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Deciding "Gatekeep, Gaslight, Girl Boss" is a fine thing to say tells me that y'all haven't been cyberbullied by your Asturian boyfriends and it SHOWS.
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Deciding "Gatekeep, Gaslight, Girl Boss" is a fine thing to say tells me that y'all haven't been cyberbullied by your Asturian boyfriends and it SHOWS.
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* You know how Van Halen had a contract rider demanding bowls of M&Ms with the brown ones removed?
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
In Search of Van Halen's Brown M&Ms
Contract riders and the meaning of a modern pop star
snackstack.net
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
* You know how Van Halen had a contract rider demanding bowls of M&Ms with the brown ones removed?
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
germany?
* Haribo used to sell a gummi candy in Germany called "Asses With Ears."
I promise this image is 100% real and not AI.
I promise this image is 100% real and not AI.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
germany?
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When Oakland had a fight over demolishing the ruin that was once Biff's coffee shop, I started calling the preservationists who were older than the building "historic".
They did not like that.
They did not like that.
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When Oakland had a fight over demolishing the ruin that was once Biff's coffee shop, I started calling the preservationists who were older than the building "historic".
They did not like that.
They did not like that.
The US government removed two displays about black soldiers from the visitors center at the US war cemetery near my home town. People got big mad. Believe it or not, this is in important site for the descendants of the deceased AND for locals. There is now a new exhibit just outside the cemetery. 🤷♀️
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The US government removed two displays about black soldiers from the visitors center at the US war cemetery near my home town. People got big mad. Believe it or not, this is in important site for the descendants of the deceased AND for locals. There is now a new exhibit just outside the cemetery. 🤷♀️
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7. Rubio saying a few hours later that the plan was drafted by the US, not Russia, after having first said that it was a Russian draft
November 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
7. Rubio saying a few hours later that the plan was drafted by the US, not Russia, after having first said that it was a Russian draft
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4. Zakharova stating that there have been no real negotiations since Alaska
5. A clueless Driscoll, who was supposed to talk some military to military cooperation in Kyiv, being tasked to brief Ukraine & NATO on the plan
6. Rubio denouncing the whole thing a day before agreed negotiations in Geneva
5. A clueless Driscoll, who was supposed to talk some military to military cooperation in Kyiv, being tasked to brief Ukraine & NATO on the plan
6. Rubio denouncing the whole thing a day before agreed negotiations in Geneva
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
4. Zakharova stating that there have been no real negotiations since Alaska
5. A clueless Driscoll, who was supposed to talk some military to military cooperation in Kyiv, being tasked to brief Ukraine & NATO on the plan
6. Rubio denouncing the whole thing a day before agreed negotiations in Geneva
5. A clueless Driscoll, who was supposed to talk some military to military cooperation in Kyiv, being tasked to brief Ukraine & NATO on the plan
6. Rubio denouncing the whole thing a day before agreed negotiations in Geneva
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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Nominally yes, but the Supreme Court has created this bastard doctrine called qualified immunity, which makes it nearly impossible to sue police for violating your rights until an appeals court in the jurisdiction finds that the right was "clearly established" to exist
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Weirdo foreigner question out of curiosity: If it's 1st Amendment protected in one state (NC), is it not in all states?
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Nominally yes, but the Supreme Court has created this bastard doctrine called qualified immunity, which makes it nearly impossible to sue police for violating your rights until an appeals court in the jurisdiction finds that the right was "clearly established" to exist
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The state is not a tumour on a preexisting society that can be separated and extracted from it, it's a form of social organisation that forms part of a society.
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The state is not a tumour on a preexisting society that can be separated and extracted from it, it's a form of social organisation that forms part of a society.
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Oh look, that slimy fuck is slithering out from beneath a log again to bedevil mankind
Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Oh look, that slimy fuck is slithering out from beneath a log again to bedevil mankind
Sacramento County approved a big solar panel and grid battery site. People are complaining about cutting of trees. You might think that means there is currently a forest. These are pictures of the actual landscape in question, which is currently a sheep ranch.
I looked at where this is to be built. This is what it looks like. You’re making it sound like a forest.
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Sacramento County approved a big solar panel and grid battery site. People are complaining about cutting of trees. You might think that means there is currently a forest. These are pictures of the actual landscape in question, which is currently a sheep ranch.