Dr Throttling
@drthrottling.bsky.social
Screenwriter, drinks maker, baseball fan and GM to four impoverished travellers
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Dr Throttling
@drthrottling.bsky.social
· Jul 29
This Buffy Fish Owl has exactly the same expression I had on my face when I got to its home in Borneo. #addBirder #Birds #Borneo #UtanRainforestLodge
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BREAKING NEWS: Bregman goes to Cubs. $175 million/ 5 years
January 11, 2026 at 3:41 AM
BREAKING NEWS: Bregman goes to Cubs. $175 million/ 5 years
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I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.
A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
January 4, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.
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have to worry that this could do serious harm to the perceived legitimacy of the FIFA peace prize
January 3, 2026 at 9:03 AM
have to worry that this could do serious harm to the perceived legitimacy of the FIFA peace prize
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
Disaster!!! National and ACT will cry should our tax system actually face the wealthy to pay the same rate of tax working folk have to stump up. But it's a lie - like all of their lies. Let's look at Maine to see what happened (despite the same hysteria) www.mecep.org/blog/tax-fli...
Tax flight is a myth - MECEP
Recent studies, data, and testimony say that tax flight is a myth. Wealthy people aren’t fleeing — they’re thriving in higher-tax states.
www.mecep.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Disaster!!! National and ACT will cry should our tax system actually face the wealthy to pay the same rate of tax working folk have to stump up. But it's a lie - like all of their lies. Let's look at Maine to see what happened (despite the same hysteria) www.mecep.org/blog/tax-fli...
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When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
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Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...
October 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...
Imagine this scenario. I met a lady who wants her 8 year-old boy to really enjoy his creative writing classes. I suggested she get him into a role playing game BUT pref not D&D because she’d have to DM and she’d never heard of it(?!?). Does anyone have a child friendly RPG suggestion for a busy mum?
October 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Imagine this scenario. I met a lady who wants her 8 year-old boy to really enjoy his creative writing classes. I suggested she get him into a role playing game BUT pref not D&D because she’d have to DM and she’d never heard of it(?!?). Does anyone have a child friendly RPG suggestion for a busy mum?
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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this TikTok since yesterday. Sherman was stressing those ladies out.
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this TikTok since yesterday. Sherman was stressing those ladies out.
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Nature is amazing, look after it
Falcon attack on starling mumuration in Chester 'incredible'
The dramatic starling murmuration was caught on camera over a
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Nature is amazing, look after it
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If you keep voting for politicians who want to cut public services and roll back human rights, eventually you end up desperate but powerless because if you so much as squeak in protest the government is free to do what it wants to you.
October 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
If you keep voting for politicians who want to cut public services and roll back human rights, eventually you end up desperate but powerless because if you so much as squeak in protest the government is free to do what it wants to you.
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I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?
October 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?
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New in PN: Comey and the lessons of pre-capitulation
"Other institutionalists are going to face the kinds of choices and incentives that Comey did. Hopefully they will look at the sad, gutted remnants of his beloved Justice Department and choose a different path."
"Other institutionalists are going to face the kinds of choices and incentives that Comey did. Hopefully they will look at the sad, gutted remnants of his beloved Justice Department and choose a different path."
Comey and the lesson of pre-capitulation
He tried to palliate bad faith Republicans. Now we're all paying the price.
www.publicnotice.co
September 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New in PN: Comey and the lessons of pre-capitulation
"Other institutionalists are going to face the kinds of choices and incentives that Comey did. Hopefully they will look at the sad, gutted remnants of his beloved Justice Department and choose a different path."
"Other institutionalists are going to face the kinds of choices and incentives that Comey did. Hopefully they will look at the sad, gutted remnants of his beloved Justice Department and choose a different path."
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Bartenders are a more important part of the US economy than coal
There are only 41,000 coal miners in the United States. By way of comparison, there are 100,000 **registered** yoga teachers, 361,000 Starbucks baristas and 265,000 faculty and staff members working for the University of California system alone.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
September 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Bartenders are a more important part of the US economy than coal
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In 1976, African nations boycotted the Montreal Olympics because New Zealand stood with apartheid South Africa. Nearly 50 years on, that echo lingers and the stain remains far longer than we care to admit to ourselves.
September 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
In 1976, African nations boycotted the Montreal Olympics because New Zealand stood with apartheid South Africa. Nearly 50 years on, that echo lingers and the stain remains far longer than we care to admit to ourselves.
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there was never going to be a world in which the right didn’t claim the left was celebrating the death of charlie kirk, no matter how respectable anyone tried to be.
September 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
there was never going to be a world in which the right didn’t claim the left was celebrating the death of charlie kirk, no matter how respectable anyone tried to be.
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Qatar gifted Trump a luxury plane.
Trump returned the favor by ok’ing an Israeli attack on their capital.
I imagine Qatar has briber’s remorse.
Trump returned the favor by ok’ing an Israeli attack on their capital.
I imagine Qatar has briber’s remorse.
September 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Qatar gifted Trump a luxury plane.
Trump returned the favor by ok’ing an Israeli attack on their capital.
I imagine Qatar has briber’s remorse.
Trump returned the favor by ok’ing an Israeli attack on their capital.
I imagine Qatar has briber’s remorse.
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Uber extracted $402m in revenue from NZ in 2024 but paid less than $1m in tax.
Unfair global tax rules allow corporations to profit at our expense.
Fair tax policies could help us tackle growing inequality, curb rising living costs, protect nature, and fund climate action.
#FairTaxNow #TaxTheRich
Unfair global tax rules allow corporations to profit at our expense.
Fair tax policies could help us tackle growing inequality, curb rising living costs, protect nature, and fund climate action.
#FairTaxNow #TaxTheRich
September 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Uber extracted $402m in revenue from NZ in 2024 but paid less than $1m in tax.
Unfair global tax rules allow corporations to profit at our expense.
Fair tax policies could help us tackle growing inequality, curb rising living costs, protect nature, and fund climate action.
#FairTaxNow #TaxTheRich
Unfair global tax rules allow corporations to profit at our expense.
Fair tax policies could help us tackle growing inequality, curb rising living costs, protect nature, and fund climate action.
#FairTaxNow #TaxTheRich
This Buffy Fish Owl has exactly the same expression I had on my face when I got to its home in Borneo. #addBirder #Birds #Borneo #UtanRainforestLodge
July 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This Buffy Fish Owl has exactly the same expression I had on my face when I got to its home in Borneo. #addBirder #Birds #Borneo #UtanRainforestLodge
Been lucky enough to visit Borneo, see incredible wildlife and meet a lovely couple who shared their photos. Our guide Saiben was a legend and could mimic any bird. Hats off to him as well as Utan Rainorest Lodge - but with only 17% of original forest left, Eco-Tourism may be the only answer.
July 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Been lucky enough to visit Borneo, see incredible wildlife and meet a lovely couple who shared their photos. Our guide Saiben was a legend and could mimic any bird. Hats off to him as well as Utan Rainorest Lodge - but with only 17% of original forest left, Eco-Tourism may be the only answer.
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NBC News: 13-year-old boy ‘won’t rule out the possibility’ of seeking a romantic relationship with Jennifer Lawrence, saying in an exclusive interview that ‘there were methods for doing so’ and clarifying that he was ‘not joking’
President Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an exclusive interview with NBC News that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was “not joking.”
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”
nbcnews.to
March 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
NBC News: 13-year-old boy ‘won’t rule out the possibility’ of seeking a romantic relationship with Jennifer Lawrence, saying in an exclusive interview that ‘there were methods for doing so’ and clarifying that he was ‘not joking’