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Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 14h

I go back and forth between beard and clean shaven at least once per year. Nice mixing it up.

Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 17h

I usually only keep a 'stache around for a few days when going full beard to clean shaven. The 70's cop mustache doesn't really work for me, and I've never had the discipline/fortitude to get a good handlebar thing going on.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 20h

The first I’ve heard of “Maritime Alaska”. Everyone here seems to delineate it up into SE and South Central.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 2d

#akleg We're an informal group of Alaskans who are part of an ongoing discussion about what a grassroots, homegrown political party could look like. We're building community and organizing across Alaska and we want you to contribute your voice and unique skills.

alaskaneighbors.org

Alaska Neighbors

We're an informal group of Alaskans who are part of an ongoing discussion about what a grassroots, homegrown political party could look like.

alaskaneighbors.org

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Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 1d

This stinks much like the Ellie Rubenstein story. Crum was on the board of the Permanent Fund Corporation during this time, correct? alaskapublic.org/news/2024-07...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 1d

Ace Face in Quadrophenia rides his GS Scooter with his hair cut neat.

Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 1d

what, fighting Lou Barlow?

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Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 1d

This is the voice that popped in my head just now

a man wearing a hat and glasses is talking to another man on a city street .

Alt: Ned Ryerson smacks Phil Connors on the shoulder and loudly exclaims, "BING!"

media.tenor.com

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Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 2d

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 3d

Something you don't see everyday: lacewing eggs laid on a spider silk strand

A sturdy structural spider silk strand, guy wire type, going from some blurry dogweed leaves to something out of frame. In the center is a clutch of 23 lacewing eggs. They look sort of like if chicken eggs were the size of a pinhead, white but more oblong, and each suspended away from the silk by its own extremely fine but rigid lacewing provided support thread. From a distance they look like caught specs of dust

Up close, some lacewing eggs blurred, some glowing from over exposure, some in sharp focus, their support threads glinting tiny lens flares in direct sunlight. There also appears to be even finer stranding between them, maybe something the lacewings add to provide overall stability. They look almost like something you'd find in the center of a flower. It's magic.

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Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 3d

Discount Goebbels

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 4d

Miller’s apparent elevation to shadow president and his seeming intent to declare an end to the constitutional order would, in any other administration, be treated as a executive branch meltdown that was immensely embarrassing for the president and requiring Miller’s immediate removal

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Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 3d

Love the boots, pants, and outer top but the double shirt collar isn’t for me

Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 3d

Glad to see some actual oversight

Antisocial Bog Witch @boggywitch.bsky.social · 4d

#Alaska

Alaska House District 20 Democrats @alaskahd20dems.bsky.social · 4d

Adam Crum…👎

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Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 4d

Gtfo with this shit

NPR @npr.org · 4d

Many in Memphis acknowledge that crime in the city is a real problem. And while President Trump's federal intervention might not be their ideal way to handle it, they're hoping it can provide some much-needed relief.

Memphis sees opportunity in Trump's plans for federal intervention

Many in Memphis acknowledge that crime in the city is a real problem. And while President Trump's federal intervention might not be their ideal way to handle it, they're hoping it can provide some much-needed relief.

n.pr

Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a Silver Jews sort of morning

Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 4d

Early’s on time
On time is late
Now get me some bacon and slap it on this ‘ere plate

Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 4d

Let the poor guy rest he’s got a big day ahead of him!

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Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 4d

GOTO 10

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Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 4d

Cranes in the downtown skyline’s a sight to see for some
It ought to make a few reputations in the cult of #1
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Gosh I miss David Berman’s writing

Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 4d

Girlfriend took some soma I know I know she’s slurious

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 4d

A statute may "enshrine a tradition," but that is not the only thing it does. A statute codifies law, just the same as statutes criminalizing homicide and bank robbery, and it is just as "clear" that violating the statute is unlawful.

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 5d

It is not clear that Mr. Trump’s image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy. Trump admin is planning to do it anyway.
By Alan Rappeport

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin

www.nytimes.com

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Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 5d

Amen

Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 6d

“The position of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine is to scrap Daylight Saving Time and permanently stick to Standard Time.” Remind your state and federal lawmakers!

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Moose Gossage @ctosterhout.bsky.social · 5d

The Benjamin Button of social media platforms

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