fletchasketch
@fletchasketch.bsky.social
Internet magpie. Community and collaboration nerd. Immigrant. Recovering librarian, UK to US translator, devoted tea drinker. #SF #SanFrancisco
Didn't expect to laugh out loud at a piece on people and shopping carts: behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-peo...
"I spent dozens of weekend hours hunched over my computer pausing and replaying YouTube videos. People in my life called this “concerning” and a “waste of time.” I called it research."
"I spent dozens of weekend hours hunched over my computer pausing and replaying YouTube videos. People in my life called this “concerning” and a “waste of time.” I called it research."
Immigration: The Disconnect Between Perception and Policy - Behavioral Scientist
Two-thirds of Americans believe the country’s current immigration policy needs at least major revisions. What that reform should look like varies, but not as much one might think.
behavioralscientist.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Didn't expect to laugh out loud at a piece on people and shopping carts: behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-peo...
"I spent dozens of weekend hours hunched over my computer pausing and replaying YouTube videos. People in my life called this “concerning” and a “waste of time.” I called it research."
"I spent dozens of weekend hours hunched over my computer pausing and replaying YouTube videos. People in my life called this “concerning” and a “waste of time.” I called it research."
Absolutely beautiful tribute to Rachel Cooke, who wrote like a dream.
How lovely to be remembered for "her extraordinary standards and work ethic and sense of fun."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
How lovely to be remembered for "her extraordinary standards and work ethic and sense of fun."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Absolutely beautiful tribute to Rachel Cooke, who wrote like a dream.
How lovely to be remembered for "her extraordinary standards and work ethic and sense of fun."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
How lovely to be remembered for "her extraordinary standards and work ethic and sense of fun."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Duo being absolutely batshit again
September 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Duo being absolutely batshit again
I used to adore Choose Your Own Adventure books, and this is a fascinating read (and the maps are beautiful)
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cyo...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cyo...
These Maps Reveal the Hidden Structures of 'Choose Your Own Adventure' Books
If you decide to see more, click on this story.
www.atlasobscura.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I used to adore Choose Your Own Adventure books, and this is a fascinating read (and the maps are beautiful)
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cyo...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cyo...
I do realise this isn't the world's most pressing issue, but why does Ed Sheeran think it's a good idea to write a song that contains the phrase "your eyes exploding"?
I am finding this very disconcerting
I am finding this very disconcerting
July 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I do realise this isn't the world's most pressing issue, but why does Ed Sheeran think it's a good idea to write a song that contains the phrase "your eyes exploding"?
I am finding this very disconcerting
I am finding this very disconcerting
Duo you've gone too far this time
May 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Duo you've gone too far this time
Poor Deimos, described by the Guardian as 'small and lumpy'. RUDE.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Passing probe captures images of mysterious Mars moon
Hera spacecraft takes photos of red planet’s second moon, Deimos, while en route to asteroids 110m miles away
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Poor Deimos, described by the Guardian as 'small and lumpy'. RUDE.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
This made me cry a little bit (in a good way).
Starmer to Zelenskyy: You are very very welcome here in Downing Street. As you heard from the cheers outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom.
March 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This made me cry a little bit (in a good way).
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literally every time I talk to friends
March 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
literally every time I talk to friends
I'm 5,000 miles away from this news story, but listening to a foghorn right now. Over the years I've grown to find it comforting.
Still feel sorry for the poor folks near Land's End in Cornwall though!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Still feel sorry for the poor folks near Land's End in Cornwall though!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Land’s End lighthouse fog alarm sounding every 13 seconds
Buy a set of earplugs, maritime charity advises those hoping to sleep near Cornwall’s Longships Lighthouse
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I'm 5,000 miles away from this news story, but listening to a foghorn right now. Over the years I've grown to find it comforting.
Still feel sorry for the poor folks near Land's End in Cornwall though!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Still feel sorry for the poor folks near Land's End in Cornwall though!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This piece resonates even more after seeing that disgraceful display in the Oval Office.
Nothing describes Trump better than "changeable, highly emotional, susceptible to whatever he last heard and clearly instinctively pro-autocrat."
Thank you Ian for giving me a little hope.
Nothing describes Trump better than "changeable, highly emotional, susceptible to whatever he last heard and clearly instinctively pro-autocrat."
Thank you Ian for giving me a little hope.
Only one thing really matters. American security guarantees for Ukraine. And on that, Starmer came back from Washington empty-handed.
iandunt.substack.com/p/europe-can...
iandunt.substack.com/p/europe-can...
February 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This piece resonates even more after seeing that disgraceful display in the Oval Office.
Nothing describes Trump better than "changeable, highly emotional, susceptible to whatever he last heard and clearly instinctively pro-autocrat."
Thank you Ian for giving me a little hope.
Nothing describes Trump better than "changeable, highly emotional, susceptible to whatever he last heard and clearly instinctively pro-autocrat."
Thank you Ian for giving me a little hope.
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Russia’s greatest military asset is not any bomb, tank, plane or ship. It is the Republican Party.
Heroes
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
www.youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Russia’s greatest military asset is not any bomb, tank, plane or ship. It is the Republican Party.
Oh good, another day where it's extremely fucking embarrassing to be an American. #StandWithUkraine
February 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Oh good, another day where it's extremely fucking embarrassing to be an American. #StandWithUkraine
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The front page of the New European says it all.
February 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The front page of the New European says it all.
Felt my despair lift a little bit after reading this: robertreich.substack.com/p/ten-reason...
Ten reasons for modest optimism
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Felt my despair lift a little bit after reading this: robertreich.substack.com/p/ten-reason...
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I miss the days when very rich people used their money to fund libraries, public art and philanthropic endeavors rather than launching slow-motion coups against the federal government.
February 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I miss the days when very rich people used their money to fund libraries, public art and philanthropic endeavors rather than launching slow-motion coups against the federal government.
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
theonion.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
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I love that a white guy was flying the plane, a white guy was flying the helicopter, and a white guy gutted the FAA last week but somehow the blame is too much diversity.
January 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I love that a white guy was flying the plane, a white guy was flying the helicopter, and a white guy gutted the FAA last week but somehow the blame is too much diversity.
Only 10 days into this administration and I find myself rooting for asteroid oblivion
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Asteroid triggers global defence plan amid chance of collision with Earth in 2032
Hundred-metre wide asteroid rises to top of impact risk lists after being spotted in December by automated telescope
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Only 10 days into this administration and I find myself rooting for asteroid oblivion
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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I don't know why it was so hard for Democrats to find a camera first and say, "It took barely a week for this administration to get people killed because they fired qualified experts."
"There are no survivors from one of the worst aviaition disasters in history and the blame lies with TRUMP."
"There are no survivors from one of the worst aviaition disasters in history and the blame lies with TRUMP."
January 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I don't know why it was so hard for Democrats to find a camera first and say, "It took barely a week for this administration to get people killed because they fired qualified experts."
"There are no survivors from one of the worst aviaition disasters in history and the blame lies with TRUMP."
"There are no survivors from one of the worst aviaition disasters in history and the blame lies with TRUMP."
Tina Brown is never boring, but her latest is especially brilliant, particularly "In his seven decades of global media power, Murdoch has degraded journalism on three continents and given us a president who has made transactional cynicism the new normal".
tinabrown.substack.com/p/melanias-m...
tinabrown.substack.com/p/melanias-m...
Melania's Message, Harry v. Murdoch, and Jamboree in India
When writer Brad Gooch called to ask me if I had any memories of working with the late French glamour photographer Patrick Demarchelier for a piece he's writing, I went truffle hunting through some of...
tinabrown.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Tina Brown is never boring, but her latest is especially brilliant, particularly "In his seven decades of global media power, Murdoch has degraded journalism on three continents and given us a president who has made transactional cynicism the new normal".
tinabrown.substack.com/p/melanias-m...
tinabrown.substack.com/p/melanias-m...
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I am so tired of finding out when I was not the one who fucked around.
January 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I am so tired of finding out when I was not the one who fucked around.
Undisputably the hottest tv kiss of all time
happy anniversary to the nick and jess kiss (january 29, 2013) #newgirl
January 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Undisputably the hottest tv kiss of all time