Bob Chauvin, the Caffeine Squirrel
@bobchauvin.bsky.social
Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee
Michigan native. Coder. Insolent.
Chili crisp oil on 'erything, except Coffee for some reason.
Michigan native. Coder. Insolent.
Chili crisp oil on 'erything, except Coffee for some reason.
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soylent green but with muppets: thread
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
soylent green but with muppets: thread
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“.. there are times when I am ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occassion... "
November 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“.. there are times when I am ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occassion... "
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Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
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There's 20% off my bird illustration & w'shop on zoom this Saturday
You'll learn:
✒️ how to draw birds & apply this to several species
🧠the neuroscience of how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health from a ST best-selling author:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bird...
You'll learn:
✒️ how to draw birds & apply this to several species
🧠the neuroscience of how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health from a ST best-selling author:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bird...
October 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
There's 20% off my bird illustration & w'shop on zoom this Saturday
You'll learn:
✒️ how to draw birds & apply this to several species
🧠the neuroscience of how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health from a ST best-selling author:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bird...
You'll learn:
✒️ how to draw birds & apply this to several species
🧠the neuroscience of how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health from a ST best-selling author:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bird...
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It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
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Tear it all down.
October 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Tear it all down.
Yup.
“.. it is Trump’s moral indifference to the human rights transgressions of his partners in the peace plan that allows him to break through old paradigms. ..
“.. That is the same moral indifference that will prevent him from ever getting a Nobel.”
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
“.. That is the same moral indifference that will prevent him from ever getting a Nobel.”
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Yup.
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I don’t…what…how…?
Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."
(It doesn't work like that lol)
(It doesn't work like that lol)
October 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I don’t…what…how…?
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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My kid is at the heart of this campaign. The next decade will shape his childhood and the childhood’s of all our kids when it comes to the neighborhoods they call home, the air they breathe, and the opportunities they can count on.
September 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My kid is at the heart of this campaign. The next decade will shape his childhood and the childhood’s of all our kids when it comes to the neighborhoods they call home, the air they breathe, and the opportunities they can count on.
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to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)
Opinion | This Is About So Much More Than Lisa Cook
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)
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“.. The President even said his recommendations were ‘based on what I feel.’ It was reckless guidance from a man with no medical training, delivered from the nation’s most powerful podium.”
@craigspencer.bsky.social
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@craigspencer.bsky.social
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September 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“.. The President even said his recommendations were ‘based on what I feel.’ It was reckless guidance from a man with no medical training, delivered from the nation’s most powerful podium.”
@craigspencer.bsky.social
time.com/7319680/crai...
@craigspencer.bsky.social
time.com/7319680/crai...
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Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall
September 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall
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Good options:
*BBC News / BBC World Service
*Deutsche Welle (DW News)
*France 24
*Al Jazeera
*The Associated Press (although U.S.-based...it operates globally and is widely regarded as a fact/reporting wire service more than opinion.)
*Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
*CBC News (Canada)
*BBC News / BBC World Service
*Deutsche Welle (DW News)
*France 24
*Al Jazeera
*The Associated Press (although U.S.-based...it operates globally and is widely regarded as a fact/reporting wire service more than opinion.)
*Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
*CBC News (Canada)
September 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Good options:
*BBC News / BBC World Service
*Deutsche Welle (DW News)
*France 24
*Al Jazeera
*The Associated Press (although U.S.-based...it operates globally and is widely regarded as a fact/reporting wire service more than opinion.)
*Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
*CBC News (Canada)
*BBC News / BBC World Service
*Deutsche Welle (DW News)
*France 24
*Al Jazeera
*The Associated Press (although U.S.-based...it operates globally and is widely regarded as a fact/reporting wire service more than opinion.)
*Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
*CBC News (Canada)
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“.. Iger hasn’t just abandoned its biggest star. He’s signaled that .. Disney will play ball with the government, even if it means jeopardizing its credibility, alienating its audience, and putting the very principle of free speech at risk.”
@passantino.bsky.social
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@passantino.bsky.social
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September 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“.. Iger hasn’t just abandoned its biggest star. He’s signaled that .. Disney will play ball with the government, even if it means jeopardizing its credibility, alienating its audience, and putting the very principle of free speech at risk.”
@passantino.bsky.social
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@passantino.bsky.social
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Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄
September 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄
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Andor, a Disney+ show about resisting fascism, just won 5 Emmys. Three days later, the network caved to it.
September 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Andor, a Disney+ show about resisting fascism, just won 5 Emmys. Three days later, the network caved to it.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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“.. I fear it will turn the military from being an apolitical institution to being a political one.”
@politico.com
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@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
September 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“.. I fear it will turn the military from being an apolitical institution to being a political one.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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Last week, this cartoon was actual. Now it is more-true. Next week it will be more truer.
September 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last week, this cartoon was actual. Now it is more-true. Next week it will be more truer.