Christian Skotte
@skooter.bsky.social
Journalism and urbanism. Kenny Loggins followed me on Twitter. #COYS
I rage quit the app when I saw that.
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I rage quit the app when I saw that.
And you can get the tortillas to go!
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
And you can get the tortillas to go!
This is great! I couldn't quite tell where Kensington fit in. It deemed to be south of Landerville and north of the Haredi area. I would've expected the large Bangledeshi population to push it into the South Asian cluster. Is it in one of those and I just missed it?
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is great! I couldn't quite tell where Kensington fit in. It deemed to be south of Landerville and north of the Haredi area. I would've expected the large Bangledeshi population to push it into the South Asian cluster. Is it in one of those and I just missed it?
In De Blaso-ese "Mandatory inclusionary housing and universal pre-k"
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In De Blaso-ese "Mandatory inclusionary housing and universal pre-k"
I'm so sorry to hear this, mate. I *know* how bad and discouraging this feels. Sending you great healing vibes.
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I'm so sorry to hear this, mate. I *know* how bad and discouraging this feels. Sending you great healing vibes.
It's the gentrifier greying of society
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It's the gentrifier greying of society
What happened to Tennessee?!?!?!
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
What happened to Tennessee?!?!?!
I am so sorry you got the stick because of a corrupt lame-duck administration. Really depressing for NYC>
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I am so sorry you got the stick because of a corrupt lame-duck administration. Really depressing for NYC>
Ack! My bad. I meant Ship Breaker and the Drowned Cities.
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ack! My bad. I meant Ship Breaker and the Drowned Cities.
I seem to recall them being pretty mild -- but it's been a minute.
This thread is great btw! Thanks for crowdsourcing for the rest of us.
This thread is great btw! Thanks for crowdsourcing for the rest of us.
December 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I seem to recall them being pretty mild -- but it's been a minute.
This thread is great btw! Thanks for crowdsourcing for the rest of us.
This thread is great btw! Thanks for crowdsourcing for the rest of us.
It's been a minute since I read them. But what about the two Paolo Bacigalupi YA novels? Waterknife and Ship Breaker
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It's been a minute since I read them. But what about the two Paolo Bacigalupi YA novels? Waterknife and Ship Breaker
Trying to imagine someone who didn't see the match trying to figure out how those two sentences are related.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Trying to imagine someone who didn't see the match trying to figure out how those two sentences are related.
And you know Richarlison is who he'd hit
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
And you know Richarlison is who he'd hit
Also, cancer may have changed my perspective on this
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Also, cancer may have changed my perspective on this
One thing that working in education journalism has taught me is that just about everything is so much worse than you think it is.
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
One thing that working in education journalism has taught me is that just about everything is so much worse than you think it is.
Exactly. Happy to see him score and shine with his country. But it was a good bit of business.
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Exactly. Happy to see him score and shine with his country. But it was a good bit of business.
Insane that a team with so much talent in a country with a huge population finds itself here.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Insane that a team with so much talent in a country with a huge population finds itself here.
That was my very first thought tbh. I've been streets-pilled.
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
That was my very first thought tbh. I've been streets-pilled.
My 7+ years of cancer treatment have cost me 6 figures -- even with insurance. That could have been the downpayment on a home. I'm very grateful to be alive. But just a shitty situation all around.
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My 7+ years of cancer treatment have cost me 6 figures -- even with insurance. That could have been the downpayment on a home. I'm very grateful to be alive. But just a shitty situation all around.
I have an EPO and I like it b/c the premiums are low and it has good coverage. I've never run into a problem where a specialist is outside of my network. If that did happen I'd deal with it.
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I have an EPO and I like it b/c the premiums are low and it has good coverage. I've never run into a problem where a specialist is outside of my network. If that did happen I'd deal with it.
Unfortunately there's no real way to know 1) what kind of specialist you will need in the future 2) whether that hypothetical specialist is in the network.
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Unfortunately there's no real way to know 1) what kind of specialist you will need in the future 2) whether that hypothetical specialist is in the network.