David Reid
@licklepuma.bsky.social
A man & a dog. Come for pictures of Wilbur 🐶, stay for #Pittsburgh Sports, #mufc musings and general randomness. Ex-weatherdude. Completely preposterous, but absolutely human.
Native of Manchester, now in the Democratic People's Republic of Bromsgrove.
Native of Manchester, now in the Democratic People's Republic of Bromsgrove.
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who has *not* always wanted their very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammer head shark
i ask u
i ask u
Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
who has *not* always wanted their very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammer head shark
i ask u
i ask u
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This man, Rev. Michael Woolf, wrote this for us earlier this month: "It is up to us to keep our communities safe from this terror, and scripture tells us that God will meet us there—at the picket line, amid the tear gas." sojo.net/articles/opi...
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This man, Rev. Michael Woolf, wrote this for us earlier this month: "It is up to us to keep our communities safe from this terror, and scripture tells us that God will meet us there—at the picket line, amid the tear gas." sojo.net/articles/opi...
I wanted to take the pup to Worcester tomorrow morning on the train, however, after the weather today there will be a) no trains running and b) no part of Worcester that won't be under water, so I will change my plans.....
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I wanted to take the pup to Worcester tomorrow morning on the train, however, after the weather today there will be a) no trains running and b) no part of Worcester that won't be under water, so I will change my plans.....
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Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
Been a while since I’ve seen frontal rainfall this heavy. Manhole covers popping everywhere on my drive home from the gym.
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Been a while since I’ve seen frontal rainfall this heavy. Manhole covers popping everywhere on my drive home from the gym.
Already half an inch / 13mm has fallen overnight and we probably have the better part of 18 hours of rain to fall 😳
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Already half an inch / 13mm has fallen overnight and we probably have the better part of 18 hours of rain to fall 😳
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
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Errrr, yikes. This is serious.
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Errrr, yikes. This is serious.
Robyn back with a bang(er) www.youtube.com/watch?v=viti...
Robyn - Dopamine (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Robyn
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Robyn back with a bang(er) www.youtube.com/watch?v=viti...
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Heads up, Midlands folk: The weather tomorrow here is going to be very bad. Very strong winds to go with this.
We’ve already had over 40mm of rain in the last week and this could double it.
We’ve already had over 40mm of rain in the last week and this could double it.
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Heads up, Midlands folk: The weather tomorrow here is going to be very bad. Very strong winds to go with this.
We’ve already had over 40mm of rain in the last week and this could double it.
We’ve already had over 40mm of rain in the last week and this could double it.
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
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When I worked at Nat Geo I wrote a piece about the preservation of spacesuits and received high-res photos of x-rays of spacesuits which I printed and hung on my bathroom and love looking at.
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When I worked at Nat Geo I wrote a piece about the preservation of spacesuits and received high-res photos of x-rays of spacesuits which I printed and hung on my bathroom and love looking at.
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You'll miss the BBC when it's gone...
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
You'll miss the BBC when it's gone...
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I'm used to the enshitification of everything online these days, but split screen ads interrupting Youtube live feeds are the absolute effing worst.
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm used to the enshitification of everything online these days, but split screen ads interrupting Youtube live feeds are the absolute effing worst.
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Just wonderful. Textbook dead whale disposal goes wrong in the funniest possible way.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wonderful. Textbook dead whale disposal goes wrong in the funniest possible way.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
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I yearn for evidence-based politics.
Please. My heart aches for expertise, experience, and competence.
Please. My heart aches for expertise, experience, and competence.
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I yearn for evidence-based politics.
Please. My heart aches for expertise, experience, and competence.
Please. My heart aches for expertise, experience, and competence.
One of the greatest moments in mankind's history.
It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
One of the greatest moments in mankind's history.
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Absolutely cannot cope with this little lady’s face 😭 Look at her 😭
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Absolutely cannot cope with this little lady’s face 😭 Look at her 😭