Important 🧵
So, if you're someone who follows the bureaucratic side of aviation safety, you probably already know about this, but if you aren't, you might not. This is something that I feel the need to raise awareness about. (1/10)
December 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Important 🧵
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Obama saying “I think that I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters” makes a lot more sense in retrospect
October 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Obama saying “I think that I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters” makes a lot more sense in retrospect
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Peak Canadian is partying in the streets while obeying the traffic lights
At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.
October 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Peak Canadian is partying in the streets while obeying the traffic lights
Let’s gooo!
And so is Gonzalez.
October 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Let’s gooo!
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Mike Vrabel seems to spare rookie DT Joshua Farmer for his 15-yard penalty vs. the Bills, noting that he coaches players to play to the whistle and it appeared RB James Cook was attempting to lateral … and no whistle was heard.
October 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Mike Vrabel seems to spare rookie DT Joshua Farmer for his 15-yard penalty vs. the Bills, noting that he coaches players to play to the whistle and it appeared RB James Cook was attempting to lateral … and no whistle was heard.
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Some tweets are too perfect to be lost to the other site. @davidjroth.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Some tweets are too perfect to be lost to the other site. @davidjroth.bsky.social
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The African-American veterans who gathered in 1887 to honor Thaddeus Stevens for his role in the "hopeless fight" for justice and equality did not do so because they believed they represented the zeitgeist or the silent majority, they did so because they knew they did not.
Dare we do any less?
Dare we do any less?
Equality of Man Before His Creator
Last year, around Thanksgiving, my friend Cooper drove up from Washington D.C. to visit me in Lancaster, PA, where I was visiting family. Among other things, we went to pay our respects at Thaddeus…
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September 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The African-American veterans who gathered in 1887 to honor Thaddeus Stevens for his role in the "hopeless fight" for justice and equality did not do so because they believed they represented the zeitgeist or the silent majority, they did so because they knew they did not.
Dare we do any less?
Dare we do any less?
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Watching the press hagiography of Charlie Kirk is the first time I viscerally felt like they were in all respects the enemy of truth and democracy
September 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Watching the press hagiography of Charlie Kirk is the first time I viscerally felt like they were in all respects the enemy of truth and democracy
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An actually funny Bluesky joke
September 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
An actually funny Bluesky joke
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Buffalo News photographer Josh Bessex's shot of the DeAndre Hopkins touchdown:
September 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Buffalo News photographer Josh Bessex's shot of the DeAndre Hopkins touchdown:
watching caleb williams with actual good play calling is kinda scary
August 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
watching caleb williams with actual good play calling is kinda scary
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When my dog’s at someone else’s house and there’s a knock at the door, he doesn’t give a fuck, like an out-of-town cop witnessing a misdemeanor.
August 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
When my dog’s at someone else’s house and there’s a knock at the door, he doesn’t give a fuck, like an out-of-town cop witnessing a misdemeanor.
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My two favorite parts of the clip are
1) Letterman going ok I got it out of my system and stopping for three seconds before continuing to talk because he hates Jay Leno so much
2) referring to Jimmy Fallon by going “Conan has a job, I have a job, that…what’s his name Lonny Donegan? Has a job”
1) Letterman going ok I got it out of my system and stopping for three seconds before continuing to talk because he hates Jay Leno so much
2) referring to Jimmy Fallon by going “Conan has a job, I have a job, that…what’s his name Lonny Donegan? Has a job”
July 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
My two favorite parts of the clip are
1) Letterman going ok I got it out of my system and stopping for three seconds before continuing to talk because he hates Jay Leno so much
2) referring to Jimmy Fallon by going “Conan has a job, I have a job, that…what’s his name Lonny Donegan? Has a job”
1) Letterman going ok I got it out of my system and stopping for three seconds before continuing to talk because he hates Jay Leno so much
2) referring to Jimmy Fallon by going “Conan has a job, I have a job, that…what’s his name Lonny Donegan? Has a job”
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Good morning, enjoy the Rockies. Watch the whole thing.
July 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Good morning, enjoy the Rockies. Watch the whole thing.
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I always say I love my country the way Anthony Bourdain did, not as a benevolent state or one founded in innocence but as vast, beautiful place full of discrete people and cultures such as has rarely been attempted and worth fighting for.
July 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I always say I love my country the way Anthony Bourdain did, not as a benevolent state or one founded in innocence but as vast, beautiful place full of discrete people and cultures such as has rarely been attempted and worth fighting for.
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On Sunday I traveled to the middle of the desert to capture this: The ISS against our sun. What I didn't expect: the sun producing a magnificent flare at the same time
A once-in-a-lifetime shot I'm thrilled to share with you. See the uncropped shot or get the print in the reply
A once-in-a-lifetime shot I'm thrilled to share with you. See the uncropped shot or get the print in the reply
June 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
On Sunday I traveled to the middle of the desert to capture this: The ISS against our sun. What I didn't expect: the sun producing a magnificent flare at the same time
A once-in-a-lifetime shot I'm thrilled to share with you. See the uncropped shot or get the print in the reply
A once-in-a-lifetime shot I'm thrilled to share with you. See the uncropped shot or get the print in the reply
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John Henry is the worst and I blame the decline of the Red Sox as a competitive franchise entirely on him
June 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
John Henry is the worst and I blame the decline of the Red Sox as a competitive franchise entirely on him
Fuuuck
June 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Fuuuck
This is besides the point but the half-ass out-of-sync marching really sells this clip
I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.
CINEMATIC
CINEMATIC
June 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is besides the point but the half-ass out-of-sync marching really sells this clip
No Kings in New London was 5 deep for 4 blocks. Great showing in the rain
June 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
No Kings in New London was 5 deep for 4 blocks. Great showing in the rain
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Crochet became the 18th pitcher ever to face Judge 4x in a game, the first since 2023, and the first to do so in the 9th inning. The resulting 8-pitch at-bat was an amazing, unforgettable spectacle. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/14/s...
In the ninth inning, Garrett Crochet and Aaron Judge staged an epic hardball showdown - The Boston Globe
Everyone at Fenway Park stood in breathless anticipation of elite talents matched against each other.
www.bostonglobe.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Crochet became the 18th pitcher ever to face Judge 4x in a game, the first since 2023, and the first to do so in the 9th inning. The resulting 8-pitch at-bat was an amazing, unforgettable spectacle. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/14/s...
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I refuse to tremble in fear simply because the 200 biggest Nazi freaks to be found at motherfucking Fort Bragg were all in the same TV shot.
June 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I refuse to tremble in fear simply because the 200 biggest Nazi freaks to be found at motherfucking Fort Bragg were all in the same TV shot.
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The acting head of ICE couldn't believe that I would question his agency's use of masked, unidentified agents to sweep up student immigrants during *police week*. Have I no sense of patriotism????
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
May 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The acting head of ICE couldn't believe that I would question his agency's use of masked, unidentified agents to sweep up student immigrants during *police week*. Have I no sense of patriotism????
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Just learned what Roko’s Basilisk and it’s dumber than I realized.
May 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Just learned what Roko’s Basilisk and it’s dumber than I realized.