Swiffy
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Learning and getting by on this blue planet 🫘
What in the world? How many felons is the Trump Bureau of Prisons silently letting out? Which also lets them hide from service of legal process. Is it only the ones with connections to Russian intelligence, or does it go beyond that?
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
What in the world? How many felons is the Trump Bureau of Prisons silently letting out? Which also lets them hide from service of legal process. Is it only the ones with connections to Russian intelligence, or does it go beyond that?
Glaringly missing fried wontons, egg rolls, and the like
September 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Glaringly missing fried wontons, egg rolls, and the like
FYI to whichever of you is speaking at 20 min, the c in soupçon has a cidille on it (the hook on the bottom) which means it is pronounced as an s and not a k. Webster's agrees and can even play audio www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/s...
September 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
FYI to whichever of you is speaking at 20 min, the c in soupçon has a cidille on it (the hook on the bottom) which means it is pronounced as an s and not a k. Webster's agrees and can even play audio www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/s...
I'm rehabilitating my roses now. They were assaulted by the raspberries I planted without realizing how they proliferate #bloomscrolling
August 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I'm rehabilitating my roses now. They were assaulted by the raspberries I planted without realizing how they proliferate #bloomscrolling
My economic understanding at this time (much from Sarah Taber) was that bird flu caused production shortages that a consolidated industry used to hike noncontracted/spot egg prices a lot and made a windfall. Retail stores reacted a variety of ways. Some hiked little but ran out and some hiked a lot
August 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My economic understanding at this time (much from Sarah Taber) was that bird flu caused production shortages that a consolidated industry used to hike noncontracted/spot egg prices a lot and made a windfall. Retail stores reacted a variety of ways. Some hiked little but ran out and some hiked a lot
Counted, and I have photos on 10 days of our usual grocery with empty shelves like this. We could run around and find them somewhere marked up a lot if we really needed them, but mostly we cut back bsky.app/profile/swif...
August 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Counted, and I have photos on 10 days of our usual grocery with empty shelves like this. We could run around and find them somewhere marked up a lot if we really needed them, but mostly we cut back bsky.app/profile/swif...
So USDA has a plot that looks like a drop from +5% demand to -15% happened over March. I'm not actually sure what this demand number means compared to raw quantities
August 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So USDA has a plot that looks like a drop from +5% demand to -15% happened over March. I'm not actually sure what this demand number means compared to raw quantities
Clip where @tarapalmeri.bsky.social explains how Ghislaine Maxwell was a mastermind of the Epstein sexual exploitation scheme that has embroiled Trump in scandal. Trump's attorneys met with Ghislaine and may offer a pardon if she will cover for Trump and attack his enemies bsky.app/profile/swif...
July 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Clip where @tarapalmeri.bsky.social explains how Ghislaine Maxwell was a mastermind of the Epstein sexual exploitation scheme that has embroiled Trump in scandal. Trump's attorneys met with Ghislaine and may offer a pardon if she will cover for Trump and attack his enemies bsky.app/profile/swif...
It's comical to read some of the press whining from 2016 now www.huffpost.com/entry/2016-c...
July 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
It's comical to read some of the press whining from 2016 now www.huffpost.com/entry/2016-c...
July 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There is a lot of missing the point and talking past each other on Bluesky. But there does seem to be one influential actor with questionable motives - our friends at NYT. The endorsement shenanigans and bad coverage expose them as highly political actors. Dems need to stop getting played
July 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
There is a lot of missing the point and talking past each other on Bluesky. But there does seem to be one influential actor with questionable motives - our friends at NYT. The endorsement shenanigans and bad coverage expose them as highly political actors. Dems need to stop getting played
Texas Rs deliberately targeted districts with white Ds and left minority Ds alone in the mid-decade TX gerrymander. Presumably this was to pass muster with courts, especially pre-Shelby. It has the effect of heightening racial party polarization. Now after more Roberts damage, Rs may go for broke
July 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Texas Rs deliberately targeted districts with white Ds and left minority Ds alone in the mid-decade TX gerrymander. Presumably this was to pass muster with courts, especially pre-Shelby. It has the effect of heightening racial party polarization. Now after more Roberts damage, Rs may go for broke
Trump, Republicans, and Roberts did not prioritize legitimacy when Trump reshaped the court in his first administration
July 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Trump, Republicans, and Roberts did not prioritize legitimacy when Trump reshaped the court in his first administration
This book looks interesting, and I will check it out. I don't think of this title as a common English phrase, but maybe it is? It's very evocative, and a direct translation of 同床异梦, which is how I know it. Summaries say it's established in Korean too
July 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This book looks interesting, and I will check it out. I don't think of this title as a common English phrase, but maybe it is? It's very evocative, and a direct translation of 同床异梦, which is how I know it. Summaries say it's established in Korean too
For what other publications besides NYT does Rufo do duty as assignment editor?
July 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
For what other publications besides NYT does Rufo do duty as assignment editor?
There may be even more to it than upsetting the left. Consider last year's NYT Independence Day front page about the US in crisis and all about Biden's debate and this years about how much Trump is accomplishing. Wild stuff
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July 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
There may be even more to it than upsetting the left. Consider last year's NYT Independence Day front page about the US in crisis and all about Biden's debate and this years about how much Trump is accomplishing. Wild stuff
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Jul 20, 2024
Here is the paper - the most prominent story on the Fourth of July is an opinion about the US in crisis. It blames the President presiding over an economic boom and recovery of American leadership, NOT the criminal candidate threatening to upend its system and bring back chaos
Here is the paper - the most prominent story on the Fourth of July is an opinion about the US in crisis. It blames the President presiding over an economic boom and recovery of American leadership, NOT the criminal candidate threatening to upend its system and bring back chaos
July 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Jul 20, 2024
Here is the paper - the most prominent story on the Fourth of July is an opinion about the US in crisis. It blames the President presiding over an economic boom and recovery of American leadership, NOT the criminal candidate threatening to upend its system and bring back chaos
Here is the paper - the most prominent story on the Fourth of July is an opinion about the US in crisis. It blames the President presiding over an economic boom and recovery of American leadership, NOT the criminal candidate threatening to upend its system and bring back chaos
This is last year's front page. About the US in crisis!
July 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is last year's front page. About the US in crisis!
David points out the NYT is terrible on Independence Day again. Last year the print edition I got featured an article about the US in crisis with Biden in office x.com/swiffydk/sta...
July 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
David points out the NYT is terrible on Independence Day again. Last year the print edition I got featured an article about the US in crisis with Biden in office x.com/swiffydk/sta...
This is what containers in the US stockpile of depleted UF6 look like. 686k tons in storage in 2005, just outside in secure facilities. Some was released into the atmosphere in accidents. Will they rupture in fire? Just seems like beefed up containers in a mountain could withstand a lot
July 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is what containers in the US stockpile of depleted UF6 look like. 686k tons in storage in 2005, just outside in secure facilities. Some was released into the atmosphere in accidents. Will they rupture in fire? Just seems like beefed up containers in a mountain could withstand a lot
This example broke me today
June 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This example broke me today
Appealing again to #SistersInLaw now that we have another statement from the court @barbmcquade.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social @jillwine-banks.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Appealing again to #SistersInLaw now that we have another statement from the court @barbmcquade.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social @jillwine-banks.bsky.social