Thomas G. Atkinson
@darthmarmalade.bsky.social
Is there any tea on this spacecraft?
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A friend just had her checking account wiped out by her family's new health insurance premium (which went from $890 a month to $2800). The thing is, she'd cancelled the policy in early December, assuming it would also cancel the autopay.
Nope.
Nope.
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A friend just had her checking account wiped out by her family's new health insurance premium (which went from $890 a month to $2800). The thing is, she'd cancelled the policy in early December, assuming it would also cancel the autopay.
Nope.
Nope.
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For some reason I’m reminded that the Soviet Afghan war started with an impressive and successful Russian special forces mission to remove the Afghan head of state.
January 6, 2026 at 7:34 AM
For some reason I’m reminded that the Soviet Afghan war started with an impressive and successful Russian special forces mission to remove the Afghan head of state.
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People should make homepages for themselves. From scratch, sharing whatever interests they care about. And the government should host it all, even after people die
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 5:18 AM
People should make homepages for themselves. From scratch, sharing whatever interests they care about. And the government should host it all, even after people die
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The Robert Evans Promise
at least one prominent influencer will literally shit themselves to death this year. Mark it.
Trend-spotters are proclaiming that fiber is the new protein — the 2026 “it” nutrient. There’s a real risk the fad will backfire as people take fiber too far.
Here is what you need to know to benefit from the trend and the potential traps.
Here is what you need to know to benefit from the trend and the potential traps.
January 6, 2026 at 6:42 AM
The Robert Evans Promise
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It throws away decades of effort that was stunningly successful where we took it seriously, i.e. in Europe. A world that works this way is a terrifying place, and we and the Europeans somehow managed to replace it in a large and previously violent continent. And this idiot wants to throw it away.
January 6, 2026 at 4:06 AM
It throws away decades of effort that was stunningly successful where we took it seriously, i.e. in Europe. A world that works this way is a terrifying place, and we and the Europeans somehow managed to replace it in a large and previously violent continent. And this idiot wants to throw it away.
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If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
January 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
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they're doing it for gender, imo
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
they're doing it for gender, imo
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My friend's mom is in her 90s & still goes most days to her lunch group with other survivors. In Los Angeles, we're gifted we enough survivors for them to have organized social, emotion support for each other but sadly, they are aging & we will lose them
Their stories of life HAVE to be shared
Their stories of life HAVE to be shared
We still have people dying from around that time and we have young folks and Gen-Xers denying it on social media. Anyways, RIP.
wlox.com/app/app/2026...
wlox.com/app/app/2026...
Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, dies at 96
Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, has died at 96.
wlox.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:02 AM
My friend's mom is in her 90s & still goes most days to her lunch group with other survivors. In Los Angeles, we're gifted we enough survivors for them to have organized social, emotion support for each other but sadly, they are aging & we will lose them
Their stories of life HAVE to be shared
Their stories of life HAVE to be shared
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Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
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I’ve told this story multiple times but Bowie, MD was the first time I saw a fully thriving Black middle class. You had Black people shopping at Wegmans and strip malls. Federal employment offered a path to the middle class for Black people in PG County. DOGE basically wipes out that opportunity.
I’m telling you, everything this administration does is designed to completely destroy the pathways low income people have to reach the middle class
January 6, 2026 at 5:20 AM
I’ve told this story multiple times but Bowie, MD was the first time I saw a fully thriving Black middle class. You had Black people shopping at Wegmans and strip malls. Federal employment offered a path to the middle class for Black people in PG County. DOGE basically wipes out that opportunity.
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Last week we discovered that many towns have hungry bridges.
Wait, how many towns have truck-eating bridges?!
January 5, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Last week we discovered that many towns have hungry bridges.
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What's your favourite thing that's been made by an absolute cunt?
January 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
What's your favourite thing that's been made by an absolute cunt?
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I stand by something I wrote in the summer: Trump just wants a great big blob of real estate. Even if rare earth stuff is part of the equation, you wanna know the bigger part? He doesn't want to have to ask or negotiate or make a deal for it, because he thinks it should be given to him.
"trump wants greenland for the strategic location rare earth--" no he's just dumb
January 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I stand by something I wrote in the summer: Trump just wants a great big blob of real estate. Even if rare earth stuff is part of the equation, you wanna know the bigger part? He doesn't want to have to ask or negotiate or make a deal for it, because he thinks it should be given to him.
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So if I have this straight, Axios went out and found a couple of centrist congressional Democrats angry that their party is being critical of the takeover of Venezuela, and these members are so tuned in to the pulse of the voters that they would only speak anonymously
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"It looks weak": Some Democrats want their party to shut up and clap for Maduro's capture
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," fumed one House Democrat.
www.axios.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:48 PM
So if I have this straight, Axios went out and found a couple of centrist congressional Democrats angry that their party is being critical of the takeover of Venezuela, and these members are so tuned in to the pulse of the voters that they would only speak anonymously
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
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@whitehouse-47.bsky.social @deptofwar.bsky.social #maga #gop
Considering how organized the Trump administration is ICE will probably snatch Maduro as he arrives at the detention center and deport him to Venezuela.
Considering how organized the Trump administration is ICE will probably snatch Maduro as he arrives at the detention center and deport him to Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 1:22 AM
@whitehouse-47.bsky.social @deptofwar.bsky.social #maga #gop
Considering how organized the Trump administration is ICE will probably snatch Maduro as he arrives at the detention center and deport him to Venezuela.
Considering how organized the Trump administration is ICE will probably snatch Maduro as he arrives at the detention center and deport him to Venezuela.
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Vegetarian Greek food restaurant called Don't Meat Your Gyros
January 5, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Vegetarian Greek food restaurant called Don't Meat Your Gyros
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I was in the "can lose immunity" years of the single lower dose measles vaccine. Now I take meds that supress my immune system, so to get a booster I'd either have to stop taking them for 6 months or risk actually getting measles and fuck up my already fucked immune system. Thanks for vaxxing!
I am a non-seroconverter for the measles vaccine. This means I have no immunity to measles despite being vaccinated multiple times. By ensuring your vaccinations are up to date you help limit the spread of measles, which by extension protects non-seeocoverters such as myself
*sigh*
Reminder: Are your vaccinations up to date? Are your children's vaccinations also up to date?
Reminder: Are your vaccinations up to date? Are your children's vaccinations also up to date?
January 5, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I was in the "can lose immunity" years of the single lower dose measles vaccine. Now I take meds that supress my immune system, so to get a booster I'd either have to stop taking them for 6 months or risk actually getting measles and fuck up my already fucked immune system. Thanks for vaxxing!
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Uplifting article (at least for Canadians) about US healthcare workers who have happily made the move North and a digital support network set up to help others looking to follow in their footsteps: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
‘A no-brainer’: Why some U.S. health-care workers are moving to Nova Scotia | CBC News
Nova Scotia Health says 50 American health-care workers have taken positions in Nova Scotia in the past fiscal year, up from 31 in 2024.
www.cbc.ca
January 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Uplifting article (at least for Canadians) about US healthcare workers who have happily made the move North and a digital support network set up to help others looking to follow in their footsteps: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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a political theory that only works with ideal humans is a political theory that doesn't work in reality
but those who inhabit the ivory tower assume that that means that reality must be wrong
so they ignore it and move on
but those who inhabit the ivory tower assume that that means that reality must be wrong
so they ignore it and move on
January 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
a political theory that only works with ideal humans is a political theory that doesn't work in reality
but those who inhabit the ivory tower assume that that means that reality must be wrong
so they ignore it and move on
but those who inhabit the ivory tower assume that that means that reality must be wrong
so they ignore it and move on
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every single member of congress can propose legislation. being in the minority has no bearing on this. when republicans were in the minority they constantly proposed shit, which hit the news and told their base they were fighting for them. but somehow democrats dont have access to this?
What are they supposed to do with no power exactly
January 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
every single member of congress can propose legislation. being in the minority has no bearing on this. when republicans were in the minority they constantly proposed shit, which hit the news and told their base they were fighting for them. but somehow democrats dont have access to this?
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"As ICE comes to take me away to the reeducation center powered by raytheon, I call on Republicans to finally rise up and shake their index fingers at President for Life Trump" -- Chuck Schumer, sooner than you think
January 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
"As ICE comes to take me away to the reeducation center powered by raytheon, I call on Republicans to finally rise up and shake their index fingers at President for Life Trump" -- Chuck Schumer, sooner than you think
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The first two hours this morning
January 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The first two hours this morning
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Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
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once again, this is the company of the most high profile republican donor. democrats are fucking around by not bringing this up.
A spokesperson for the European Commission said it was “very seriously looking into” the creation of sexually explicit images of girls – including minors – by Grok, the AI model integrated into X.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/h6ZS
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/h6ZS
January 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
once again, this is the company of the most high profile republican donor. democrats are fucking around by not bringing this up.