Nick Noel
@zeroblank.bsky.social
Education Technology Professional, TTRPG Enthusiast.
Has anyone seen any studies or guides on implementing a hybrid work strategy? Anything on shifts in how space is assigned or ways to strengthen community?
January 5, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Has anyone seen any studies or guides on implementing a hybrid work strategy? Anything on shifts in how space is assigned or ways to strengthen community?
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Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, offices felt like relics of the past. Now, companies are enforcing return-to-office mandates that don’t seem to make sense for employer or employee—at least on the surface. Writer Kathy Chow investigates: thewalrus.ca/return-to-office...
January 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, offices felt like relics of the past. Now, companies are enforcing return-to-office mandates that don’t seem to make sense for employer or employee—at least on the surface. Writer Kathy Chow investigates: thewalrus.ca/return-to-office...
This report says we are out of touch, secretive and come across as elitist snobs. Better hide it from those fucking slobbering morons or else we'll lose.
BREAKING: The Democratic National Committee will NOT release its long-awaited autopsy on Trump's 2024 win. The report is completed but Dem leaders decided it could distract from their winning streak, so it will remain secret. Not good.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024
The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This report says we are out of touch, secretive and come across as elitist snobs. Better hide it from those fucking slobbering morons or else we'll lose.
I'm done with any democrat who venerates Regan. Eisenhower, Roosevelt, sure. But fucking Regan!?! Fuck you!
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I'm done with any democrat who venerates Regan. Eisenhower, Roosevelt, sure. But fucking Regan!?! Fuck you!
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The Starbucks CEO made $96 million for 4 months of work.
Employees can’t get a living wage.
The longest strike in Starbucks history began on Red Cup day.
police just arrested a dozen striking employees for protesting outside a distribution centre.
Boycott Starbucks. Don’t cross the picket line.
Employees can’t get a living wage.
The longest strike in Starbucks history began on Red Cup day.
police just arrested a dozen striking employees for protesting outside a distribution centre.
Boycott Starbucks. Don’t cross the picket line.
Barista workers arrested at Starbucks roasting plant in York County
The arrests are part of the longest strike in Starbucks history, which began on Red Cup Day in mid-November and has spread to over 180 stores nationwide.
www.pennlive.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The Starbucks CEO made $96 million for 4 months of work.
Employees can’t get a living wage.
The longest strike in Starbucks history began on Red Cup day.
police just arrested a dozen striking employees for protesting outside a distribution centre.
Boycott Starbucks. Don’t cross the picket line.
Employees can’t get a living wage.
The longest strike in Starbucks history began on Red Cup day.
police just arrested a dozen striking employees for protesting outside a distribution centre.
Boycott Starbucks. Don’t cross the picket line.
I'm sorry, are you saying that taking money out of an already underfunded system and giving it to a private entity that mainly benefits the already wealthy, only caused more problems?
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I'm sorry, are you saying that taking money out of an already underfunded system and giving it to a private entity that mainly benefits the already wealthy, only caused more problems?
"You're honor, how could I be charged with murder? For you see, the victim is already dead, it cannot be undone. Has for improper handling of a corpse, he is still in my basement, so that has not occurred yet. Case closed!"
These people need a kick in the nuts.
"Plaintiff’s claims concerning demolition of the East Wing are moot because the demolition has already occurred and cannot be undone. As for future construction, Plaintiff’s claims are unripe because plans are not final."
"Plaintiff’s claims concerning demolition of the East Wing are moot because the demolition has already occurred and cannot be undone. As for future construction, Plaintiff’s claims are unripe because plans are not final."
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"You're honor, how could I be charged with murder? For you see, the victim is already dead, it cannot be undone. Has for improper handling of a corpse, he is still in my basement, so that has not occurred yet. Case closed!"
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Repeat after me:
I will not do more than my job requires of me.
I will not go out of my scope to help others.
I will not volunteer for extra work.
I will not ever have extra bandwidth.
I will not do more than my job requires of me.
I will not go out of my scope to help others.
I will not volunteer for extra work.
I will not ever have extra bandwidth.
December 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Repeat after me:
I will not do more than my job requires of me.
I will not go out of my scope to help others.
I will not volunteer for extra work.
I will not ever have extra bandwidth.
I will not do more than my job requires of me.
I will not go out of my scope to help others.
I will not volunteer for extra work.
I will not ever have extra bandwidth.
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Time for this year's annual lists (since 2016: tinyurl.com/karthik-annual)
5 fiction books I loved reading in 2025:
1. Mickey7 + Antimatter Blues (Edward Ashton)
2. Professor Everywhere (Nicholas Binge)
3. Old Soul (Susan Barker)
4. The Endless Vessel (Charles Soule)
5. Annie Bot (Sierra Greer)
5 fiction books I loved reading in 2025:
1. Mickey7 + Antimatter Blues (Edward Ashton)
2. Professor Everywhere (Nicholas Binge)
3. Old Soul (Susan Barker)
4. The Endless Vessel (Charles Soule)
5. Annie Bot (Sierra Greer)
December 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Time for this year's annual lists (since 2016: tinyurl.com/karthik-annual)
5 fiction books I loved reading in 2025:
1. Mickey7 + Antimatter Blues (Edward Ashton)
2. Professor Everywhere (Nicholas Binge)
3. Old Soul (Susan Barker)
4. The Endless Vessel (Charles Soule)
5. Annie Bot (Sierra Greer)
5 fiction books I loved reading in 2025:
1. Mickey7 + Antimatter Blues (Edward Ashton)
2. Professor Everywhere (Nicholas Binge)
3. Old Soul (Susan Barker)
4. The Endless Vessel (Charles Soule)
5. Annie Bot (Sierra Greer)
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Hello friends, I recently lost my health insurance + benefits & am currently looking at a bill of over $16,000 for which I cannot pay. This would not necessarily be an issue if I were not visually impaired and currently out of full time work, but I am humbly asking for assistance now. Any bit helps.
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gofund.me
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Hello friends, I recently lost my health insurance + benefits & am currently looking at a bill of over $16,000 for which I cannot pay. This would not necessarily be an issue if I were not visually impaired and currently out of full time work, but I am humbly asking for assistance now. Any bit helps.
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This has popped up on my feed again so your occasional reminder that, if your business cannot turn a profit when acting within the law, you don’t have a legitimate business
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This has popped up on my feed again so your occasional reminder that, if your business cannot turn a profit when acting within the law, you don’t have a legitimate business
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i can't believe this
December 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
i can't believe this
Don't kill kids or people who don't pose a threat seems like a pretty low bar. Fucking crazy we can't seem to clear it.
December 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Don't kill kids or people who don't pose a threat seems like a pretty low bar. Fucking crazy we can't seem to clear it.
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Mark Cuban has a money-induced traumatic brain injury, but what really makes me nuts are the meat riders in his replies pretending he’s the good billionaire. THERE ARE NO GOOD BILLIONAIRES
December 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Mark Cuban has a money-induced traumatic brain injury, but what really makes me nuts are the meat riders in his replies pretending he’s the good billionaire. THERE ARE NO GOOD BILLIONAIRES
B5 is a testimate of how a good story can overcome a low budget.
babylon 5 is cheesy and dorky sometimes, and then sometimes they make a choice like having a news anchor break down and cry when going on air after a fascist leader is killed because they get to deliver their first uncensored broadcast in a long time and you're like goddamn
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
B5 is a testimate of how a good story can overcome a low budget.
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You know what, everything on the internet after hamster dance was a mistake
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
You know what, everything on the internet after hamster dance was a mistake
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Lol at every university trustee and law firm partner who concluded they had no choice but to play ball with this bumbling fool
Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Lol at every university trustee and law firm partner who concluded they had no choice but to play ball with this bumbling fool
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Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
Most people who have insurance have to do all this shit anyway. My health plan costs my employer something like 1200 a month, 14400 annually. So nearly double what Norway spends on each of their citizens for healthcare. So... seems like we could figure out the cost.
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Most people who have insurance have to do all this shit anyway. My health plan costs my employer something like 1200 a month, 14400 annually. So nearly double what Norway spends on each of their citizens for healthcare. So... seems like we could figure out the cost.
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it's so wild to remember two decades of lectures that Dem leadership knows how to realistically get things done and all of the left things we want are silly fantasies, and then watch everyone finally catch on that actually Dem leadership is dumb as shit and leftist stuff is the only way forward
December 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
it's so wild to remember two decades of lectures that Dem leadership knows how to realistically get things done and all of the left things we want are silly fantasies, and then watch everyone finally catch on that actually Dem leadership is dumb as shit and leftist stuff is the only way forward
I really relate to Pluribus. It tackles the question of what if the person trying to save the world also sucks.
December 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I really relate to Pluribus. It tackles the question of what if the person trying to save the world also sucks.
In America there are two political parties. Republicans who used to be for small government but now just represent the wealthy and the democrats who also represent the wealthy and sometimes, maybe, if they get around to it, everyone else.
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In America there are two political parties. Republicans who used to be for small government but now just represent the wealthy and the democrats who also represent the wealthy and sometimes, maybe, if they get around to it, everyone else.
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Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.