squirrel
@jwbates.bsky.social
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We choo choo choose it
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
December 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We choo choo choose it
i think bonoboball should be a word. and a sport played by bonobos
December 11, 2025 at 6:17 AM
i think bonoboball should be a word. and a sport played by bonobos
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And recent research found that sperm whales communication systems (language?) has the equivalent of vowels!
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Sperm whales use vowels like humans, new study finds
Scientists decoding whale clicks found patterns that echo the building blocks of human speech.
www.popsci.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
And recent research found that sperm whales communication systems (language?) has the equivalent of vowels!
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
I’ll never be on team ezra. his judgement has been highly suspect on many occasions.
the major disqualifier is the fact that he continued to stan Paul Ryan even after Krugman took the economics apart.
https://www.splinter.com/ezra-klein-admits-his-endless-flattery-of-paul-ryan-may-1830987574
the major disqualifier is the fact that he continued to stan Paul Ryan even after Krugman took the economics apart.
https://www.splinter.com/ezra-klein-admits-his-endless-flattery-of-paul-ryan-may-1830987574
omg who am i supposed to root for in this very Axionian article!?!?!?! www.axios.com/2025/11/16/e...
How Ezra Klein's power play is guiding Democrats
The New York Times columnist, podcaster and author has helped shape the party's strategies and policies in President Trump's second term.
www.axios.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I’ll never be on team ezra. his judgement has been highly suspect on many occasions.
the major disqualifier is the fact that he continued to stan Paul Ryan even after Krugman took the economics apart.
https://www.splinter.com/ezra-klein-admits-his-endless-flattery-of-paul-ryan-may-1830987574
the major disqualifier is the fact that he continued to stan Paul Ryan even after Krugman took the economics apart.
https://www.splinter.com/ezra-klein-admits-his-endless-flattery-of-paul-ryan-may-1830987574
Car Size
xkcd.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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We need a "disempowerment" program for people like Musk and Ackman, rather than an "empowerment" program for anyone else bsky.app/profile/davi...
What a nightmare! Chinese astronauts can’t come home because space debris hit their return craft.
The rapidly increasing amount of stuff we launch into space is something everyone should be aware of.
The rapidly increasing amount of stuff we launch into space is something everyone should be aware of.
China Delays Return of Astronauts After Debris May Have Hit Spacecraft
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We need a "disempowerment" program for people like Musk and Ackman, rather than an "empowerment" program for anyone else bsky.app/profile/davi...
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NEW: I’m calling on Trump to cancel private jet flights instead of commercial airlines.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
NEW: I’m calling on Trump to cancel private jet flights instead of commercial airlines.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
Private jet flights often take a single billionaire passenger, but still put real strain on our air traffic control system.
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All politics is identity politics on some level. But the kind of identity politics we really want is identity politics advancing freedom and thriving across races, genders, religions, and sexual orientations. Not invoking your identities to defend bad policies. newrepublic.com/article/2023...
October 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
All politics is identity politics on some level. But the kind of identity politics we really want is identity politics advancing freedom and thriving across races, genders, religions, and sexual orientations. Not invoking your identities to defend bad policies. newrepublic.com/article/2023...
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when you think about meditating you’re metatating
October 27, 2025 at 4:26 AM
when you think about meditating you’re metatating
sudo rm -rf /*
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Archives banned making copies.
Archives banned making copies.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
New library catalogue website.
New library catalogue website.
October 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
sudo rm -rf /*
the problem with getting new glasses is now i can actually see myself in the mirror
October 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
the problem with getting new glasses is now i can actually see myself in the mirror
oh cory cory cory
i’m so disappointed in you cory
i’m so disappointed in you cory
i feel we dramatically overestimate the intelligence of the American electorate
September 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
oh cory cory cory
i’m so disappointed in you cory
i’m so disappointed in you cory
here’s a dynamic i’ve noticed and maybe other people can weigh in on it
i am the only subject matter expert in my field at my company, and our central product is entirely within that domain.
when the money folks approach me with an idea for the product, they always listen to me…
1/x
i am the only subject matter expert in my field at my company, and our central product is entirely within that domain.
when the money folks approach me with an idea for the product, they always listen to me…
1/x
September 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
here’s a dynamic i’ve noticed and maybe other people can weigh in on it
i am the only subject matter expert in my field at my company, and our central product is entirely within that domain.
when the money folks approach me with an idea for the product, they always listen to me…
1/x
i am the only subject matter expert in my field at my company, and our central product is entirely within that domain.
when the money folks approach me with an idea for the product, they always listen to me…
1/x
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We rule that the mass executions may proceed while the larger Constitutional case works its way through the court system.
by John Roberts, joined by Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh (2026)
by John Roberts, joined by Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh (2026)
September 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We rule that the mass executions may proceed while the larger Constitutional case works its way through the court system.
by John Roberts, joined by Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh (2026)
by John Roberts, joined by Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh (2026)
Son’s piano recital
Daughter’s violin recital
Son and daughter’s violin recital
Daughter’s piano recital
Daughter’s violin recital
Daughter’s violin recital
Son and daughter’s violin recital
Daughter’s piano recital
Daughter’s violin recital
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you attended:
Beyoncé
Beyoncé
Janelle Monae
Brandi Carlile
Wu-Tang Clan
Beyoncé
Beyoncé
Janelle Monae
Brandi Carlile
Wu-Tang Clan
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you attended:
Imagine Dragons
Rob Thomas + Counting Crows
Kings of Leon
Eminem/Dre/Snoop
Pearl Jam
I feel like I forgot one but I can't remember.
Imagine Dragons
Rob Thomas + Counting Crows
Kings of Leon
Eminem/Dre/Snoop
Pearl Jam
I feel like I forgot one but I can't remember.
August 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Son’s piano recital
Daughter’s violin recital
Son and daughter’s violin recital
Daughter’s piano recital
Daughter’s violin recital
Daughter’s violin recital
Son and daughter’s violin recital
Daughter’s piano recital
Daughter’s violin recital
good catch
August 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
good catch
i’m sorry … what?
agents left BULLETS in front of the public school?
icing on a really fucked up cake
agents left BULLETS in front of the public school?
icing on a really fucked up cake
Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Agents detain student at gunpoint near school; safe zones to be expanded around LAUSD campuses
Amid immigration enforcement, city and school officials will set up "safe zones" monitored by LAPD and community volunteers to protect undocumented families when school resumes at LAUSD.
www.latimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
i’m sorry … what?
agents left BULLETS in front of the public school?
icing on a really fucked up cake
agents left BULLETS in front of the public school?
icing on a really fucked up cake
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Excited to announce that I’m leaving journalism to join the writing team for the upcoming Warner Television prestige series “The Bracegirdle Sanction,” an espionage thriller set among dissident Hobbitonians between Bilbo’s eleventy-first birthday and the scouring of the Shire
August 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Excited to announce that I’m leaving journalism to join the writing team for the upcoming Warner Television prestige series “The Bracegirdle Sanction,” an espionage thriller set among dissident Hobbitonians between Bilbo’s eleventy-first birthday and the scouring of the Shire
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I hope it’s become evident that corporate news will partner with fascists to attack the Left because literally our history is the story of how the wealth class use their political and media organs to ensure all Leftists are demonized and crushed.
That’s the whole ballgame.
That’s the whole ballgame.
July 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I hope it’s become evident that corporate news will partner with fascists to attack the Left because literally our history is the story of how the wealth class use their political and media organs to ensure all Leftists are demonized and crushed.
That’s the whole ballgame.
That’s the whole ballgame.
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Lots of talk today about following polls instead of leading, and here from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is a prime example of lack of leadership.
Leaders blame Trump and Republicans. Leaders don’t say “bipartisan.” Ever.
Leaders blame Trump and Republicans. Leaders don’t say “bipartisan.” Ever.
Jeffries just aint it. You have to blame Trump and blame Republicans. First cheap shot wins. The word "bipartisan" should never cross your lips unless you're being sarcastic.
July 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Lots of talk today about following polls instead of leading, and here from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is a prime example of lack of leadership.
Leaders blame Trump and Republicans. Leaders don’t say “bipartisan.” Ever.
Leaders blame Trump and Republicans. Leaders don’t say “bipartisan.” Ever.
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That last line hits hard
July 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
That last line hits hard
July 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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I voted for Harris, you fucking dunce. What you and other liberals have to live with is telling the left to fuck off over Gaza as a strategic consideration, which was a moral catastrophe in itself, AND THEN LOSING THE FUCKING ELECTION ANYWAY. Fuck off, man.
July 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I voted for Harris, you fucking dunce. What you and other liberals have to live with is telling the left to fuck off over Gaza as a strategic consideration, which was a moral catastrophe in itself, AND THEN LOSING THE FUCKING ELECTION ANYWAY. Fuck off, man.