Oldrunner
@rmoore31415926.bsky.social
Committing the sin of empathy every chance I get.
We are the Universe trying to figure itself out. Some parts are more curious than others.
We are the Universe trying to figure itself out. Some parts are more curious than others.
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Bjork’s song Jólakötturinn, about the giant Yule Cat of Iceland. If you aren’t good, you don’t get new clothes. And if you don’t get new clothes, Jólakötturinn eats you.
“He opened his eyes widely
Making both glow
It was not for cowards
To look into them”
“He opened his eyes widely
Making both glow
It was not for cowards
To look into them”
Björk - Jólakotturinn (Christmas Cat), 1987
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December 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Bjork’s song Jólakötturinn, about the giant Yule Cat of Iceland. If you aren’t good, you don’t get new clothes. And if you don’t get new clothes, Jólakötturinn eats you.
“He opened his eyes widely
Making both glow
It was not for cowards
To look into them”
“He opened his eyes widely
Making both glow
It was not for cowards
To look into them”
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I loved this. And I want to note the whole “there were no autistic people before …” discourse has an answer here: just the people were sent away in the incarceration (yes “care homes” like this), and if they fled, they were just abandoned by society, usually to die.
December 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I loved this. And I want to note the whole “there were no autistic people before …” discourse has an answer here: just the people were sent away in the incarceration (yes “care homes” like this), and if they fled, they were just abandoned by society, usually to die.
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Merry Christmas.
December 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Merry Christmas.
To all who celebrate.
December 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
To all who celebrate.
When are we getting to the "he didn't buddy up to Epstein while he was president" defense?
December 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
When are we getting to the "he didn't buddy up to Epstein while he was president" defense?
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Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
December 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
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Happy Festivus Eve.
I hope everyone is ready with their grievances and prepared for the Feat!
I hope everyone is ready with their grievances and prepared for the Feat!
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Happy Festivus Eve.
I hope everyone is ready with their grievances and prepared for the Feat!
I hope everyone is ready with their grievances and prepared for the Feat!
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Lyman, Donetsk region
The city is covered with fiber-optic cables from drones. Every day, hundreds of enemy UAVs fly here.
📹: 3rd Army Corps/Defense of Ukraine
The city is covered with fiber-optic cables from drones. Every day, hundreds of enemy UAVs fly here.
📹: 3rd Army Corps/Defense of Ukraine
December 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Lyman, Donetsk region
The city is covered with fiber-optic cables from drones. Every day, hundreds of enemy UAVs fly here.
📹: 3rd Army Corps/Defense of Ukraine
The city is covered with fiber-optic cables from drones. Every day, hundreds of enemy UAVs fly here.
📹: 3rd Army Corps/Defense of Ukraine
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"Think not of the books you've bought as a "to be read" pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood."
- Luc van Donkersgoed
- Luc van Donkersgoed
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Think not of the books you've bought as a "to be read" pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood."
- Luc van Donkersgoed
- Luc van Donkersgoed
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
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The country mourned a beloved filmmaker. Trump’s first instinct was to desecrate. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Dead Are Not Off-Limits for Trump
The country mourned a beloved filmmaker. Trump’s first instinct was to desecrate.
www.theatlantic.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The country mourned a beloved filmmaker. Trump’s first instinct was to desecrate. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” --Anne Lamott
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” --Anne Lamott
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Let's remember that everyone's life experience is different. Trump supporters have different life experience than the rest of us. Pity over judgement.
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Let's remember that everyone's life experience is different. Trump supporters have different life experience than the rest of us. Pity over judgement.
'Trump Library' are 2 words I never thought would be in the same sentence.
Trump Library Foundation Expects to Raise $50 Million This Year
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
'Trump Library' are 2 words I never thought would be in the same sentence.
We are now into the "15 year olds are not THAT young" and "Without Trump, we have no one" level of defense.
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We are now into the "15 year olds are not THAT young" and "Without Trump, we have no one" level of defense.
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Yes, they caved because many Democrats lack a coherent or compelling vision for their party. But the shortest answer for why Democrats caved is that Chuck Schumer is the party’s leader in the Senate. The fish rots from the head. trib.al/AaaXLnQ
— @alexshephard.bsky.social
— @alexshephard.bsky.social
Chuck Schumer Needs to Go
The Democratic Senate leader has lost the thread. Everyone is suffering because of his lack of judgment.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Yes, they caved because many Democrats lack a coherent or compelling vision for their party. But the shortest answer for why Democrats caved is that Chuck Schumer is the party’s leader in the Senate. The fish rots from the head. trib.al/AaaXLnQ
— @alexshephard.bsky.social
— @alexshephard.bsky.social
GOP promises? They're not worth the toilet paper they're smeared on.
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
GOP promises? They're not worth the toilet paper they're smeared on.
Do your dog's paws smell like Fritos?
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Do your dog's paws smell like Fritos?
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One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.
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This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
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Beware the The Headless Tortoiseman!
November 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Beware the The Headless Tortoiseman!
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Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...