Jim Pyke
@jimpyke.bsky.social
I'm into non-toxic positivity, film, art, music, food, anime, manga, æsthetics, & finding different ways to see, hear, & understand.
Also pro-housing, pro-cycling.
Hopefully that covers it.
Also pro-housing, pro-cycling.
Hopefully that covers it.
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Jim Pyke
@jimpyke.bsky.social
· Nov 9
I've spent 30+ years helping build & maintain a positive & uplifting culture of service in my workplace.
Every one of us needs to get better at:
•asking "How can I help?"
•saying "I need help"
•asking empathic questions
•listening to the answers, &
•focusing on responding instead of just reacting
Every one of us needs to get better at:
•asking "How can I help?"
•saying "I need help"
•asking empathic questions
•listening to the answers, &
•focusing on responding instead of just reacting
HOLY CATS!
I cannot think of another time when I've seen such a pleasant little one minute video in which the message is as earthshaking and, TBH, revolutionary as the one presented here.
Watch, be amazed, and imagine a world in which the idea suggested here is actually implemented.
🤯🤯🤯
I cannot think of another time when I've seen such a pleasant little one minute video in which the message is as earthshaking and, TBH, revolutionary as the one presented here.
Watch, be amazed, and imagine a world in which the idea suggested here is actually implemented.
🤯🤯🤯
Most science degrees never require students to learn how to communicate their work to the public. That gap fuels confusion, mistrust, and missed opportunities to protect lives. Let's change it. Sign the petition to make communication + public engagement training a degree requirement. bit.ly/3LbnfHB
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
HOLY CATS!
I cannot think of another time when I've seen such a pleasant little one minute video in which the message is as earthshaking and, TBH, revolutionary as the one presented here.
Watch, be amazed, and imagine a world in which the idea suggested here is actually implemented.
🤯🤯🤯
I cannot think of another time when I've seen such a pleasant little one minute video in which the message is as earthshaking and, TBH, revolutionary as the one presented here.
Watch, be amazed, and imagine a world in which the idea suggested here is actually implemented.
🤯🤯🤯
Feels like #a2council Comprehensive Land Use Plan content to me...
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Feels like #a2council Comprehensive Land Use Plan content to me...
The best time to admit what a garbage pundit Ezra Klein is was 10 years ago.
The second best time is now.
The second best time is now.
November 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The best time to admit what a garbage pundit Ezra Klein is was 10 years ago.
The second best time is now.
The second best time is now.
Incompetent or malicious?
You decide.
You decide.
CNN: Mamdani, are you going to vote for him?
CHUCK SCHUMER: We're continuing to talk.
CNN: The vote is on Tuesday; what are you gonna do?
CHUCK SCHUMER: [walks away]
CHUCK SCHUMER: We're continuing to talk.
CNN: The vote is on Tuesday; what are you gonna do?
CHUCK SCHUMER: [walks away]
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Incompetent or malicious?
You decide.
You decide.
I guess anyone drunken racist idiot can buy a couple nights at the @umichfball.bsky.social @umich.edu stadium now if they can put up enough money to pay for the privilege.
(Article is from 4+ years ago, and is intended for the reference of those with short memories.)
(Article is from 4+ years ago, and is intended for the reference of those with short memories.)
Morgan Wallen: US country star dropped by his record label over racial slur
Morgan Wallen's music has also been removed by hundreds of US radio stations over the scandal.
www.bbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I guess anyone drunken racist idiot can buy a couple nights at the @umichfball.bsky.social @umich.edu stadium now if they can put up enough money to pay for the privilege.
(Article is from 4+ years ago, and is intended for the reference of those with short memories.)
(Article is from 4+ years ago, and is intended for the reference of those with short memories.)
"I'M FOR IT!!"
If you are trying to decide if it is worth coming out and voting on Tuesday as only the tech education milage that helps #a2schools is in the ballot, here is who is voting against it. #a2council #a2schoolboard
Full story in the @annarborobserver.bsky.social
Full story in the @annarborobserver.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"I'M FOR IT!!"
More extrajudicial executions.
US military kills 14 in attacks on vessels in the Pacific, according to Hegseth
US says one person survived latest strikes, having killed 51 people in attacks on at least 13 vessels in recent weeks
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
More extrajudicial executions.
I've seen very disturbing horror movies, so I'm picturing secret black market organ harvesting labs filled w/ ppl of all ages kidnapped off the streets by masked men.
Apparently rather than a horror movie, tho', it's just "America" now.
And it's *illegal* to interfere w/ it if you see it happening.
Apparently rather than a horror movie, tho', it's just "America" now.
And it's *illegal* to interfere w/ it if you see it happening.
absolutely chilling lede in @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social story today:
"What kind of police go around without license plates?"
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
"What kind of police go around without license plates?"
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
October 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I've seen very disturbing horror movies, so I'm picturing secret black market organ harvesting labs filled w/ ppl of all ages kidnapped off the streets by masked men.
Apparently rather than a horror movie, tho', it's just "America" now.
And it's *illegal* to interfere w/ it if you see it happening.
Apparently rather than a horror movie, tho', it's just "America" now.
And it's *illegal* to interfere w/ it if you see it happening.
I love this explanation of ranked choice voting.
The fact that they're using Duplo blocks adds a bonus bit of hilarity because Duplos are Legos for babies – that's how simple and safe RCV is!
The fact that they're using Duplo blocks adds a bonus bit of hilarity because Duplos are Legos for babies – that's how simple and safe RCV is!
I hear you about the general sentiment, but it breaks down under close examination. Badly.
It's a talking point that is impossible to reconcile with the fact that Australians have been using it for 100 years and we're using Legos to explain it successfully to 8 year olds.
It's a talking point that is impossible to reconcile with the fact that Australians have been using it for 100 years and we're using Legos to explain it successfully to 8 year olds.
October 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I love this explanation of ranked choice voting.
The fact that they're using Duplo blocks adds a bonus bit of hilarity because Duplos are Legos for babies – that's how simple and safe RCV is!
The fact that they're using Duplo blocks adds a bonus bit of hilarity because Duplos are Legos for babies – that's how simple and safe RCV is!
#a2council
Some tryna make zoning flexible to increase housing equity & make room for more ppl in a job center & climate refuge.
Others tryna limit flexibility to triplexes.
Still others even balk at that.
Maybe harsh to say authoritarianism begins in our neighborhoods.
Maybe still correct to say.
Some tryna make zoning flexible to increase housing equity & make room for more ppl in a job center & climate refuge.
Others tryna limit flexibility to triplexes.
Still others even balk at that.
Maybe harsh to say authoritarianism begins in our neighborhoods.
Maybe still correct to say.
October 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#a2council
Some tryna make zoning flexible to increase housing equity & make room for more ppl in a job center & climate refuge.
Others tryna limit flexibility to triplexes.
Still others even balk at that.
Maybe harsh to say authoritarianism begins in our neighborhoods.
Maybe still correct to say.
Some tryna make zoning flexible to increase housing equity & make room for more ppl in a job center & climate refuge.
Others tryna limit flexibility to triplexes.
Still others even balk at that.
Maybe harsh to say authoritarianism begins in our neighborhoods.
Maybe still correct to say.
I knew she was a gross-out comic, but this redefines the term in a much worse new way.
And she's making a rom com about an IDF soldier who romances an Anti-zionist New Yorker and convinces her she's wrong.
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I knew she was a gross-out comic, but this redefines the term in a much worse new way.
An entirely true sentence.
The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.
October 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
An entirely true sentence.
Proud & privileged to have spent just a little time - mostly in my teen years - in and around Portland thanks to the fact that my dad and stepmom lived there for a while in the mid '80s.
Here is a poster that hung in my house my entire life, and which my mom gave to me when we moved to CT. The photo in it was taken in downtown Portland in 1978, and the man in it was a bar owner at the time - six years later he became the Mayor.
THIS is Portland humor, which is not new!
THIS is Portland humor, which is not new!
October 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Proud & privileged to have spent just a little time - mostly in my teen years - in and around Portland thanks to the fact that my dad and stepmom lived there for a while in the mid '80s.
This whole thread, tho'
OMG
OMG
why do our fans keep yelling at us to try to score on our opponents? do they not see the scoreboard? that is a VERY unpopular option
October 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This whole thread, tho'
OMG
OMG
The next time you hear someone say that #a2council doesn't care about the trees in Ann Arbor, please feel free to call them a liar. If possible, please do this directly to their face.
$476K contract OK’d to plant 1,000 new trees along Ann Arbor streets
See where Ann Arbor plans to plant 1,000 new trees along city streets.
www.mlive.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The next time you hear someone say that #a2council doesn't care about the trees in Ann Arbor, please feel free to call them a liar. If possible, please do this directly to their face.
Apparently the fact that Bandcamp Friday is trending here is somehow contributing to the Bandcamp site having a hard time handling all the traffic.
October 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Apparently the fact that Bandcamp Friday is trending here is somehow contributing to the Bandcamp site having a hard time handling all the traffic.
The most concise & incisive one-sentence critique of Chappelle you will ever see.
I wish it were less true that having a shit ton of money brings out the worst in a great many people.
I wish it were less true that having a shit ton of money brings out the worst in a great many people.
some people told dave chappelle his jokes weren’t funny and this ego maniac has been having a meltdown over it for ten years
Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.
October 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The most concise & incisive one-sentence critique of Chappelle you will ever see.
I wish it were less true that having a shit ton of money brings out the worst in a great many people.
I wish it were less true that having a shit ton of money brings out the worst in a great many people.
Reposted by Jim Pyke
Bill Burr is interesting because he always seems to be just about to have an epiphany and then never does.
October 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Bill Burr is interesting because he always seems to be just about to have an epiphany and then never does.
9 minute video that will improve your day by helping you understand some things more deeply
I forgot the most important thing! "I don't know what my role is" is a DESIRABLE state of mind in white convert Buddhism.
Bottom line: Klein’s Buddhist calm isn’t antifascist strategy. Detachment ≠ clarity + resistance.
#EzraKlein #tanahisicoates #PodcastBrain #AntifascistDad
youtu.be/_TArb0sOzZI
Bottom line: Klein’s Buddhist calm isn’t antifascist strategy. Detachment ≠ clarity + resistance.
#EzraKlein #tanahisicoates #PodcastBrain #AntifascistDad
youtu.be/_TArb0sOzZI
Ezra Klein, Buddhist Distractions, and Podcast Brain: Why Calmness Isn’t Antifascism
YouTube video by AntifascistDad
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
9 minute video that will improve your day by helping you understand some things more deeply
Click through for a glimpse of why many of us insist that #a2council 's NIMBY appeasement strategy of locking down missing middle housing options w/ a 3-unit limit on the majority of A²'s residential land will not result in anything close to a solution to our housing crisis.
Flexibility is the key!
Flexibility is the key!
AKA partly why 9,000 college graduates leave the state of Michigan on an annual basis.
When the supply of available homes goes down relative to demand, prices increase. This is one of the best established findings in housing policy, and policymakers who don't center this aren't going to fix the housing crisis.
September 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Click through for a glimpse of why many of us insist that #a2council 's NIMBY appeasement strategy of locking down missing middle housing options w/ a 3-unit limit on the majority of A²'s residential land will not result in anything close to a solution to our housing crisis.
Flexibility is the key!
Flexibility is the key!
all of this
you won't believe what's saving rural towns
HINT: IT'S SOCIALISM. SOCIALISM IS SAVING RURAL TOWNS. AND THEY LOVE IT. THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE SOCIALISM. A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THEM VOTED FOR SOCIALISM.
getpocket.com/explore/item...
HINT: IT'S SOCIALISM. SOCIALISM IS SAVING RURAL TOWNS. AND THEY LOVE IT. THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE SOCIALISM. A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THEM VOTED FOR SOCIALISM.
getpocket.com/explore/item...
The Small Town That Saved Its Only Grocery Store — By Buying It
Across rural America, independent grocery stores are shuttering. To keep its only store from joining the trend, one small town in Kansas got creative.
getpocket.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
all of this
TBH I think more folks should be spreading the simple, direct message that Trump hates the United States and wants to harm as many of us who live here as he possibly can during his time in office.
📌If Vladimir Putin was speaking he could not have done the amount damage to the U.S. and our fading global reputaton as Trump did during his appalling, slovenly appearance at the United Nations today.
📌He left no doubt just how much he hates this country, and how little he thinks of our democracy.
📌He left no doubt just how much he hates this country, and how little he thinks of our democracy.
September 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
TBH I think more folks should be spreading the simple, direct message that Trump hates the United States and wants to harm as many of us who live here as he possibly can during his time in office.
A truly incredible sub/dubbed episode of Manben is available, but only until Friday of this week!
If you're an Otomo Katsuhiro fan do not miss this!!
If you're an Otomo Katsuhiro fan do not miss this!!
Otomo Katsuhiro - Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Manga star Urasawa Naoki explores the hidden world of manga creation alongside Otomo Katsuhiro, the internationally renowned legend who created a masterpiece that shaped Urasawa's life.
www3.nhk.or.jp
September 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A truly incredible sub/dubbed episode of Manben is available, but only until Friday of this week!
If you're an Otomo Katsuhiro fan do not miss this!!
If you're an Otomo Katsuhiro fan do not miss this!!