Tobin
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If I was stuck on a desert island and could only bring one book, I’d probably die of exposure (KITH)
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I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.
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Fuck Spotify.
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Fuck Spotify.
Migraine not stomach ache
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Migraine not stomach ache
This popped up as I was loudly complaining about having to wait 30 minutes for my phone to update before I could log in
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This popped up as I was loudly complaining about having to wait 30 minutes for my phone to update before I could log in
I’ll admit it
With a shatter, the sweet, crunchy crust yields to a mouthful of perfectly seasoned, perfectly sauced spaghetti. nyti.ms/4hrt6oa
October 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I’ll admit it
There has to be a better way to secure online systems than texting my phone.
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
There has to be a better way to secure online systems than texting my phone.
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Pandas, snow leopards...and bacteria. A newly formed team of scientists is setting out to conserve the world's diversity of microbes. Here's my story: nyti.ms/47vEfRC
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Pandas, snow leopards...and bacteria. A newly formed team of scientists is setting out to conserve the world's diversity of microbes. Here's my story: nyti.ms/47vEfRC
He loves it when you tell him he's right.
October 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
He loves it when you tell him he's right.
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Bluesky is the only person I can trust
October 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Bluesky is the only person I can trust
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This crucially important and obviously visionary work makes me feel vindicated for having said the same thing last year, albeit with much less evidence, while being mercilessly mocked by the city and its residents. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Rodent indent not self-evident: a case of mistaken identity of the ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ | Biology Letters
The ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ is a remarkable full body impression ostensibly created by
a brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) crossing fresh concrete in Chicago’s Roscoe Village that became a viral sensation.
Whi...
royalsocietypublishing.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This crucially important and obviously visionary work makes me feel vindicated for having said the same thing last year, albeit with much less evidence, while being mercilessly mocked by the city and its residents. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Meta on Tuesday removed a Facebook group that was used to share information about ICE agents in Chicago after the Department of Justice requested it be taken it down.
Meta Removes Facebook Group That Shared Information on ICE Agents
The Facebook page was taken down for “violating our policies against coordinated harm,” according to Meta.
nyti.ms
October 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Meta on Tuesday removed a Facebook group that was used to share information about ICE agents in Chicago after the Department of Justice requested it be taken it down.
Storage cluster is full of
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
"The chancellor approved it"
October 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Storage cluster is full of
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snake_case_is_all_you_need
October 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
snake_case_is_all_you_need
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It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.
October 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.
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A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
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It's officially October 1st so that means you all have to repost Assorted cheese
hell.....yes
hell.....yes
October 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It's officially October 1st so that means you all have to repost Assorted cheese
hell.....yes
hell.....yes
What the actual fuck OpenAI?
One, that's not how copyright works and there will be an entire battalion of IP lawyers who will be happy to correct Open AI of this misapprehension, likely to the tune of billions of dollars, and two, fuck this shitty thieving waste of proteins and lipids
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
September 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
What the actual fuck OpenAI?
I’m in the middle of an October Daye series re-read and loving it. I can’t wait to read Silver and Lead! I should have started earlier. (Just finished A Red-Rose Chain. So much foreshadowing. What a series!)
Tomorrow is the release date for SILVER AND LEAD, the nineteenth book in the October Daye series. It should be hitting Kindles for the East Coast in about three hours.
For everyone who's still on this ride with me, thank you. I am so appreciative. I hope to see some of you in the coming weeks!
For everyone who's still on this ride with me, thank you. I am so appreciative. I hope to see some of you in the coming weeks!
September 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I’m in the middle of an October Daye series re-read and loving it. I can’t wait to read Silver and Lead! I should have started earlier. (Just finished A Red-Rose Chain. So much foreshadowing. What a series!)
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Alrght everybody, get your Tin Can Telephones out. We need your help!
We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.
We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.
September 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Alrght everybody, get your Tin Can Telephones out. We need your help!
We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.
We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.
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I practice as much “defensive walking” as I can but until we get rid of all these stroads that I have to cross, there’s only so much I can do.
Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I practice as much “defensive walking” as I can but until we get rid of all these stroads that I have to cross, there’s only so much I can do.
My migraine disorder got way worse during pregnancy and you’re basically only allowed to take Tylenol for pain
Had to tell my kids that since they both gave me kidney stones I took copious Tylenol when pregnant with them....🤷♀️
September 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
My migraine disorder got way worse during pregnancy and you’re basically only allowed to take Tylenol for pain
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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A weird definition of vulnerable where "being detained for months" is somehow less bad than "lost extremely plum job held by maybe half a dozen people per year."
Ben Smith: "What you saw with Mahmoud Khalil is that in some ways he is *less* vulnerable than Jimmy Kimmel. The people who are most vulnerable are the employees of big consolidated megacorporations—"
Chris Hayes: "Yeah, although he's about to get deported."
Chris Hayes: "Yeah, although he's about to get deported."
September 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A weird definition of vulnerable where "being detained for months" is somehow less bad than "lost extremely plum job held by maybe half a dozen people per year."