barbylon
@barbylon.bsky.social
Category 1 mind, Category 4 attitude. ๐งช๐ญ๐
These are so nice!! Did you tape or wax the unglazed parts? The flow is lovely
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
These are so nice!! Did you tape or wax the unglazed parts? The flow is lovely
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Really vital piece from @andreapitzer.bsky.social on the Trump admin's plans to build concentration camps around the country. And as she explains (again) that's what they are
Importantly has a great section on "What we can do" cause this is "something truly vile and something we have to stop"
Importantly has a great section on "What we can do" cause this is "something truly vile and something we have to stop"
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Really vital piece from @andreapitzer.bsky.social on the Trump admin's plans to build concentration camps around the country. And as she explains (again) that's what they are
Importantly has a great section on "What we can do" cause this is "something truly vile and something we have to stop"
Importantly has a great section on "What we can do" cause this is "something truly vile and something we have to stop"
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you could simply leave the โJewishโ part out of this
it is a choice and it is a bad one and I would really, truly prefer that people ostensibly on my side of the political spectrum not make it
it is a choice and it is a bad one and I would really, truly prefer that people ostensibly on my side of the political spectrum not make it
I have to say, I do not love this new trend of large liberal accounts with millions of followers identifying Jews.
February 11, 2026 at 5:42 AM
you could simply leave the โJewishโ part out of this
it is a choice and it is a bad one and I would really, truly prefer that people ostensibly on my side of the political spectrum not make it
it is a choice and it is a bad one and I would really, truly prefer that people ostensibly on my side of the political spectrum not make it
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Three different rockets on pads at Cape Canaveral at once, two of them two different crewed spacecraft! Is that a record?
Artemis 2 for Moon (39B), Vulcan with Space Force satellite (41), Crew 12 to ISS (40). And SpaceX has two Starlink waiting for pad 40 as quickly as they can turn it around.
Artemis 2 for Moon (39B), Vulcan with Space Force satellite (41), Crew 12 to ISS (40). And SpaceX has two Starlink waiting for pad 40 as quickly as they can turn it around.
Falcon 9 and Dragon on pad 40 for the Crew 12 mission aiming to launch on Friday (in the last 10 days its launch has gone 14th, 11th, 12th, 13th ๐คทโโ๏ธ)
February 11, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Three different rockets on pads at Cape Canaveral at once, two of them two different crewed spacecraft! Is that a record?
Artemis 2 for Moon (39B), Vulcan with Space Force satellite (41), Crew 12 to ISS (40). And SpaceX has two Starlink waiting for pad 40 as quickly as they can turn it around.
Artemis 2 for Moon (39B), Vulcan with Space Force satellite (41), Crew 12 to ISS (40). And SpaceX has two Starlink waiting for pad 40 as quickly as they can turn it around.
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Hey y'all. I'm hiring. Are you interested in building instruments for astrophysics?
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Research Scientist/Engineer 2 (E S UAW Research)
Job Description The University of Washington (UW) Astronomy Department has an outstanding opportunity for a researcher who will have responsibilities in the design, development, construction, and test...
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February 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Hey y'all. I'm hiring. Are you interested in building instruments for astrophysics?
wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
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They said If you screamed โRicky!โ during the halftime show, your AARP welcome packet is in the mail. ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Some people said they screamed โMenudo!โ, which means your wheelchair ๐ฆฝ is on the way! ๐ฉ
Some people said they screamed โMenudo!โ, which means your wheelchair ๐ฆฝ is on the way! ๐ฉ
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
They said If you screamed โRicky!โ during the halftime show, your AARP welcome packet is in the mail. ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Some people said they screamed โMenudo!โ, which means your wheelchair ๐ฆฝ is on the way! ๐ฉ
Some people said they screamed โMenudo!โ, which means your wheelchair ๐ฆฝ is on the way! ๐ฉ
I like how Bad Bunny is in quotation marks but Kid Rock is like his full legal name
February 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I like how Bad Bunny is in quotation marks but Kid Rock is like his full legal name
Oh absolutely not a dig on your reporting!
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Oh absolutely not a dig on your reporting!
Paging @steve-elardo.com โs classification of evergreen papers (โlunar dichotemy explained!โ)
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Paging @steve-elardo.com โs classification of evergreen papers (โlunar dichotemy explained!โ)
This is the recap thread I needed. ๐ฉต
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
This is the recap thread I needed. ๐ฉต
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Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UWโMadison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UWโMadison history professor Jorell Melรฉndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album โDeBร TiRAR MรกS FOToS.โ
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
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Left Shark was in the house for todayโs Gorman Overpass protest!
Tomorrow itโs national pizza day. Join us from 3:00 to 5:00 pm to celebrate with a slice.
#ProtestMarathon
#Resist
@indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social
Tomorrow itโs national pizza day. Join us from 3:00 to 5:00 pm to celebrate with a slice.
#ProtestMarathon
#Resist
@indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Left Shark was in the house for todayโs Gorman Overpass protest!
Tomorrow itโs national pizza day. Join us from 3:00 to 5:00 pm to celebrate with a slice.
#ProtestMarathon
#Resist
@indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social
Tomorrow itโs national pizza day. Join us from 3:00 to 5:00 pm to celebrate with a slice.
#ProtestMarathon
#Resist
@indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social
who's the Super Bowl halftime performer? wrong answers only
February 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
who's the Super Bowl halftime performer? wrong answers only
haha I didn't mean to make it "you need to throw a party and invite me." probably the greatest contributing factor is that my friends don't throw big superbowl parties! :)
February 9, 2026 at 12:46 AM
haha I didn't mean to make it "you need to throw a party and invite me." probably the greatest contributing factor is that my friends don't throw big superbowl parties! :)
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it's #SuperbOwl Sunday! Best day of the year. For your consideration, the Blakiston's fish owl. Largest owls in the world (six-foot wingspans, weigh close to a bald eagle), salmon eaters, live year-round in remote forests of northeast Asia. ๐ฆ
February 8, 2026 at 10:15 PM
it's #SuperbOwl Sunday! Best day of the year. For your consideration, the Blakiston's fish owl. Largest owls in the world (six-foot wingspans, weigh close to a bald eagle), salmon eaters, live year-round in remote forests of northeast Asia. ๐ฆ
I mean, I am not a football fan, so that's fair. But I do like guacamole and yelling at the TV randomly.
February 9, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I mean, I am not a football fan, so that's fair. But I do like guacamole and yelling at the TV randomly.
I have kept my Super Bowl streak going - this is my 54th consecutive year of not being invited to a Super Bowl party.
February 9, 2026 at 12:39 AM
I have kept my Super Bowl streak going - this is my 54th consecutive year of not being invited to a Super Bowl party.
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Every Thursday night I live stream nail art. For my first stream of Black History Month I asked chat to choose between 4 Black scientists Iโd pre-selected. Chat, in their usual fashion, said โall 4, pleaseโ. Hence: Margaret Collins, Kathrine Johnson, Sophie Lutterlough, and Charles Henry Turner.
February 8, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Every Thursday night I live stream nail art. For my first stream of Black History Month I asked chat to choose between 4 Black scientists Iโd pre-selected. Chat, in their usual fashion, said โall 4, pleaseโ. Hence: Margaret Collins, Kathrine Johnson, Sophie Lutterlough, and Charles Henry Turner.
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Bruce McCandless and Robert Stewart, mission specialists on the Space Shuttle Challenger during STS-41-B, used nitrogen-propelled maneuvering units to perform the first untethered spacewalks #OTD in 1984. ๐งช ๐ญ ๐
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Images: NASA
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Images: NASA
February 7, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Bruce McCandless and Robert Stewart, mission specialists on the Space Shuttle Challenger during STS-41-B, used nitrogen-propelled maneuvering units to perform the first untethered spacewalks #OTD in 1984. ๐งช ๐ญ ๐
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Images: NASA
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: thatโs a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? ๐
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: thatโs a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? ๐
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: thatโs a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? ๐
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: thatโs a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? ๐
also in the UK I enjoyed the Roast Chicken flavor. It was probably just a coating of powdered chicken fat, MSG, and poultry seasoning but do recommend
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
also in the UK I enjoyed the Roast Chicken flavor. It was probably just a coating of powdered chicken fat, MSG, and poultry seasoning but do recommend
Sometimes I appreciate the sweet notes sometimes I don't
February 7, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Sometimes I appreciate the sweet notes sometimes I don't