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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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.
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I try to remember to say this at the end of every year. If you buy my books, thank you. If you buy them as ebooks or audiobooks, thank you. If you buy them used, thank you. If you borrow them from a library, thank you. If you borrow them from a friend or steal them from an enemy, thank you. ❤️
Library purchases are purchases. They pay the press. The press counts them towards advances and royalties. And (gasp) the book is in a library!! It’s wonderful and no one should ever feel bad about getting a book through a library instead of buying it.
I got it from my local library system, which has 28 physical copies (more than half are checked out) and 4 audiobooks. The branch library is two blocks from my house so I get most of my books from there. Hope this helps because I loved the book - I'm not a historian and knew nothing of that period.
December 27, 2024 at 2:16 AM
I try to remember to say this at the end of every year. If you buy my books, thank you. If you buy them as ebooks or audiobooks, thank you. If you buy them used, thank you. If you borrow them from a library, thank you. If you borrow them from a friend or steal them from an enemy, thank you. ❤️
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Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
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I surprised my husband with multiple incredibly thoughtful (and not super expensive) gifts. I listened closely and kept a list of things he both wanted and needed. 10/10 can recommend. Just spend time with your partners! It is not onerous. Notice offhand comments they make like "I wish I had.. etc
December 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I surprised my husband with multiple incredibly thoughtful (and not super expensive) gifts. I listened closely and kept a list of things he both wanted and needed. 10/10 can recommend. Just spend time with your partners! It is not onerous. Notice offhand comments they make like "I wish I had.. etc
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/