Di Koob
@thedikoob.bsky.social
Sassafras and ginger
Recreation Therapist building resilience in the adult & geriatric psych populations, one game at a time
Recreation Therapist building resilience in the adult & geriatric psych populations, one game at a time
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if you give a mouse a cookie
December 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
if you give a mouse a cookie
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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Any discussion of how a few actors are protesting Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center has to consider how Republicans have tried to slash social spending for the arts — and denigrate the arts and humanities as legitimate fields — since at least Reagan, if not longer.
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Any discussion of how a few actors are protesting Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center has to consider how Republicans have tried to slash social spending for the arts — and denigrate the arts and humanities as legitimate fields — since at least Reagan, if not longer.
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Earlier this year, Republicans tried to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities in their 2026 budget, while proposing a 13% increase in defense spending. The Institute of Museum and Library Services just got their funding back through courts.
Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Earlier this year, Republicans tried to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities in their 2026 budget, while proposing a 13% increase in defense spending. The Institute of Museum and Library Services just got their funding back through courts.
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So 2 thoughts on this, 1 complementary and 1 a bit more critical #medievalsky
Far-right groups are co-opting the aesthetics of the Crusades for their own objectives, transforming an obsession with feudal justice into a campaign for a White Christian nation.
Why We Should All Be Worried About "Crusadercore"
This online trend equips young, White men with a historically bastardized visual lexicon — one that gives new credence and religious authority to far-right bigotry.
hyperallergic.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
So 2 thoughts on this, 1 complementary and 1 a bit more critical #medievalsky
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This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
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Ah yes. Prior tenants famously control rent prices for subsequent tenants.
December 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ah yes. Prior tenants famously control rent prices for subsequent tenants.
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perfect metaphors don’t exis—
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
perfect metaphors don’t exis—
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Facing a New Year where traditional journalism outlets face gigantic challenges, there is a bit of good news: Consumers have never had more power to choose where and how they get information. Here's an essay w/some ideas on how to pick trustworthy sources. https://loom.ly/dSUyk5c
December 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Facing a New Year where traditional journalism outlets face gigantic challenges, there is a bit of good news: Consumers have never had more power to choose where and how they get information. Here's an essay w/some ideas on how to pick trustworthy sources. https://loom.ly/dSUyk5c
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Too many of us are asking the wrong question about the Trump-Epstein saga. We keep asking if there is a smoking gun. Instead, we should be asking why so many people in power have done nothing about where smoke has been pouring from for years.
December 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Too many of us are asking the wrong question about the Trump-Epstein saga. We keep asking if there is a smoking gun. Instead, we should be asking why so many people in power have done nothing about where smoke has been pouring from for years.
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“it is illegal for you not to like me”
This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“it is illegal for you not to like me”
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December 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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So history of emotions has hit the mainstream media. On the one hand, cool. OTOH, it's a field that feels like the rather vexing habit of intellectual history guys to say that some phenomenon of modern life we take for granted actually originated in the intellectual historian's period of study.
A common assumption is that throughout history, people have experienced the same basic range of emotions. A radical field of history now challenges this assumption, Gal Beckerman reports. theatln.tc/KD2QRX9Y
🎨: Nicolás Ortega
🎨: Nicolás Ortega
December 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So history of emotions has hit the mainstream media. On the one hand, cool. OTOH, it's a field that feels like the rather vexing habit of intellectual history guys to say that some phenomenon of modern life we take for granted actually originated in the intellectual historian's period of study.
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LeMonde said, not on our watch
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
LeMonde said, not on our watch
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Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
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“There’s a responsible way to use AI”
“There’s a responsible way to pay more for electricity, poison Black people, and encourage teens to kill themselves”
“There’s a responsible way to pay more for electricity, poison Black people, and encourage teens to kill themselves”
December 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“There’s a responsible way to use AI”
“There’s a responsible way to pay more for electricity, poison Black people, and encourage teens to kill themselves”
“There’s a responsible way to pay more for electricity, poison Black people, and encourage teens to kill themselves”
Second of 2 essential threads:
Read Jim's whole thread! I also want to add some historical context. During the 1918 pandemic, there was so much confusion because many scientists still thought that a bacteria, not a virus caused the flu (because, as Jim notes, we couldn't even see viruses under a microscope yet).
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Second of 2 essential threads:
First of 2 essential threads:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
First of 2 essential threads:
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I guess the tl;dr point of this thread is that if you're going to create an avowedly Christian Youth Group in the US that defines its mission as "combatting the threat of the radical left Communists," then you should be prepared for a bunch of neo-Nazis to see your org as a recruiting ground.
December 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I guess the tl;dr point of this thread is that if you're going to create an avowedly Christian Youth Group in the US that defines its mission as "combatting the threat of the radical left Communists," then you should be prepared for a bunch of neo-Nazis to see your org as a recruiting ground.
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"The Originalism Trap," @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social (2024)
Maybe just me but to me it's incredibly obvious what these "birthright deniers" are up to. It's not an academic project, it's a political one, attempting to provide cover for conservative jurists who are now being asked to rule on this very question, and need a fig leaf of justification.
December 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"The Originalism Trap," @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social (2024)
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Reminder: You still have just over a month to submit a proposal to our next anthology!
"You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?" 🤔💭
📻LIE MACHINE 📰 is officially taking submissions starting TODAY! Going from now until Feb 1st, 2026!
Follow this link down and read down to 'Production' to submit your pitch! ironcircus.com/lie-machine/
📻LIE MACHINE 📰 is officially taking submissions starting TODAY! Going from now until Feb 1st, 2026!
Follow this link down and read down to 'Production' to submit your pitch! ironcircus.com/lie-machine/
December 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Reminder: You still have just over a month to submit a proposal to our next anthology!
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joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this
December 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this
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Universities are places where the best and brightest researchers from the United States and around the world collaborate to *make each other more productive*
They create knowledge jointly, each bringing unique contributions to the collective enterprise. Nothing like assembling a widget.
They create knowledge jointly, each bringing unique contributions to the collective enterprise. Nothing like assembling a widget.
December 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Universities are places where the best and brightest researchers from the United States and around the world collaborate to *make each other more productive*
They create knowledge jointly, each bringing unique contributions to the collective enterprise. Nothing like assembling a widget.
They create knowledge jointly, each bringing unique contributions to the collective enterprise. Nothing like assembling a widget.
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"The Executive Unbound: Politicized Bureaucracy and Partisan Procurement under DOGE"
lucabellodi.com/material/DOG...
lucabellodi.com/material/DOG...
December 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"The Executive Unbound: Politicized Bureaucracy and Partisan Procurement under DOGE"
lucabellodi.com/material/DOG...
lucabellodi.com/material/DOG...
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Still can't believe netflix canceled The Residence. Absolutely trash decision.
December 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Still can't believe netflix canceled The Residence. Absolutely trash decision.