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Whimbrel
@whimbrelwaterbird.bsky.social
· Dec 25
my crimmus present to myself is starting a new social media adventure. mutuals from other platforms, please reply here so I know who you are!
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These parents killed their child and we need to say it
“The vaccination has stuff we don’t trust,” said the father of the 6-year-old girl who died of measles. In March, Tom Bartlett wrote about his visit with a family confronting an unthinkable tragedy.
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/yADSKik3?lin...
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/yADSKik3?lin...
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
These parents killed their child and we need to say it
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Say it with me y'all sex segregation in sports is to protect mens feelings
(From 2019): A breakaway female cyclist was forced to stop during a prestigious race in Belgium after she started to catch up with the men’s competition, which had started 10 minutes earlier.
www.cnn.com/2019/03/04/s...
www.cnn.com/2019/03/04/s...
Woman cyclist forced to stop race after catching up with men | CNN
A breakaway female cyclist was forced to stop during a prestigious race in Belgium after she started to catch up with the men’s competition, which had started 10 minutes earlier.
www.cnn.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Say it with me y'all sex segregation in sports is to protect mens feelings
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Here in the Midwest, data centers threaten to suck up fresh water from our Great Lakes. Just one of may examples includes a Microsoft plant now under construction near Racine, WI that is expected to use upwards of 8 MILLION gallons a day. A day! That is not okay.
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Here in the Midwest, data centers threaten to suck up fresh water from our Great Lakes. Just one of may examples includes a Microsoft plant now under construction near Racine, WI that is expected to use upwards of 8 MILLION gallons a day. A day! That is not okay.
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Once you decide there's nothing bad enough the president can do to warrant impeachment you're kind of done. You're relegated to holding a bunch of hearings which is a PR battle for the subsequent election, but in the meantime you're stuck with a criminal president
I’ve seen no serious engagement from senior Dems about what, exactly, they plan to do in terms of reasserting congressional power, as in identifying the available tools and thinking seriously about ways to use them to dig us out of the current state of total constitutional collapse.
Pelosi: "Right now, Republicans in Congress have abolished the Congress. They just do what the president insists that they do. That will be over as soon as we have the gavel."
December 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Once you decide there's nothing bad enough the president can do to warrant impeachment you're kind of done. You're relegated to holding a bunch of hearings which is a PR battle for the subsequent election, but in the meantime you're stuck with a criminal president
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Ammon, the elder god of Learning. It created the Ammonite people out of the purest slime mold. It gave them a single commandment: to learn. Unfortunately, Ammon is also the elder god of Pareidolia, and in a world where magic is real, this might cause problems.
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ammon, the elder god of Learning. It created the Ammonite people out of the purest slime mold. It gave them a single commandment: to learn. Unfortunately, Ammon is also the elder god of Pareidolia, and in a world where magic is real, this might cause problems.
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Fuckin' finally
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
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December 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Fuckin' finally
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I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
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They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab
December 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab
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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
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Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
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Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
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and another lil reminder that i got my own winter sale going of my hundreds of spooky, moody, atmospheric photos of maine for just $20 bucks!
regardless, as always, hope you found something new or old to love! enjoy video games! bsky.app/profile/spac...
regardless, as always, hope you found something new or old to love! enjoy video games! bsky.app/profile/spac...
hey! i'm doing a winter sale, though not of games - but of my packs of moody, atmospheric photos of Maine! A Place Without Bodies volumes 1&2! over *600* photos, *with* license for commercial use, at 2/3rds off - just $20! great for projects of all kinds! lasts till jan 5th! ko-fi.com/s/bc50ecb11f
December 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
and another lil reminder that i got my own winter sale going of my hundreds of spooky, moody, atmospheric photos of maine for just $20 bucks!
regardless, as always, hope you found something new or old to love! enjoy video games! bsky.app/profile/spac...
regardless, as always, hope you found something new or old to love! enjoy video games! bsky.app/profile/spac...
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alright, that's a strong start for thread two! gonna pause for the night here! more recs later, of course!
gonna give another quick rattle of the ko-fi can if you wanna throw me some bones for the curation and recs (and as always, anything's appreciated!)... ko-fi.com/spacetwinks/...
gonna give another quick rattle of the ko-fi can if you wanna throw me some bones for the curation and recs (and as always, anything's appreciated!)... ko-fi.com/spacetwinks/...
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December 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
alright, that's a strong start for thread two! gonna pause for the night here! more recs later, of course!
gonna give another quick rattle of the ko-fi can if you wanna throw me some bones for the curation and recs (and as always, anything's appreciated!)... ko-fi.com/spacetwinks/...
gonna give another quick rattle of the ko-fi can if you wanna throw me some bones for the curation and recs (and as always, anything's appreciated!)... ko-fi.com/spacetwinks/...
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This is the only 500+ hours thumbs down Steam review I will allow
December 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is the only 500+ hours thumbs down Steam review I will allow
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🏺Facebook archaeology groups might not be completely dead after all
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🏺Facebook archaeology groups might not be completely dead after all
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I love it when period media about ancient cultures depicts the stonework in their architecture as very rounded and blobby in a way that makes it 100% clear that the designer was simply imitating the way it looks now. Like, what the fuck is erosion? Obviously it just started out that way.
December 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I love it when period media about ancient cultures depicts the stonework in their architecture as very rounded and blobby in a way that makes it 100% clear that the designer was simply imitating the way it looks now. Like, what the fuck is erosion? Obviously it just started out that way.
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"Archaeological evidence suggests the ancient world was populated by skeletons" ass set design.
December 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"Archaeological evidence suggests the ancient world was populated by skeletons" ass set design.
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MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
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my favorite past time when talking to much younger men is to give them advice on wooing women that is really just care and feeding instructions for iguanas
December 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
my favorite past time when talking to much younger men is to give them advice on wooing women that is really just care and feeding instructions for iguanas
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You'd be surprised, it turns out that the appreciation for a nice warm rock and a sunlamp transcends gender, that works for everyone.
December 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
You'd be surprised, it turns out that the appreciation for a nice warm rock and a sunlamp transcends gender, that works for everyone.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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So, a version of IT"S A WONDERFUL LIFE on Amazon cuts 22 minutes of the movie including the entire Pottersville sequence.(via @pematson.bsky.social )
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Physical Media for the Win: Amazon’s ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Cuts Pivotal Scenes
One tradition in my household is to watch It’s a Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve. There is something about the story of a good man, George Bailey, and his realization that life is worth living and…
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December 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
So, a version of IT"S A WONDERFUL LIFE on Amazon cuts 22 minutes of the movie including the entire Pottersville sequence.(via @pematson.bsky.social )
bleedingfool.com/blogs/buy-ph...
bleedingfool.com/blogs/buy-ph...
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The Onion, non-stop winning
December 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The Onion, non-stop winning
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The Devil's Bird.
They go out and hunt the wren, the old trickster and king of the birds, today, on St Stephen's Day.
And so, we go to Ireland in our 27th #Yulefolklore tale and meet one, too – read how that goes below!
🎨 Rosamund Fowler
They go out and hunt the wren, the old trickster and king of the birds, today, on St Stephen's Day.
And so, we go to Ireland in our 27th #Yulefolklore tale and meet one, too – read how that goes below!
🎨 Rosamund Fowler
December 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The Devil's Bird.
They go out and hunt the wren, the old trickster and king of the birds, today, on St Stephen's Day.
And so, we go to Ireland in our 27th #Yulefolklore tale and meet one, too – read how that goes below!
🎨 Rosamund Fowler
They go out and hunt the wren, the old trickster and king of the birds, today, on St Stephen's Day.
And so, we go to Ireland in our 27th #Yulefolklore tale and meet one, too – read how that goes below!
🎨 Rosamund Fowler
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Was talking to a kid and she’d never heard of cooties. What a lucky generation. All those cooties shots worked.
December 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Was talking to a kid and she’d never heard of cooties. What a lucky generation. All those cooties shots worked.
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.