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migratory bird with human exosuit. he/him/¯\_(ツ)_/¯
future victim of whatever chaotic future we inflict on ourselves.

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skwinnicki.bsky.social
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"

guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
Basic light pollution diagram showing four different streetlight set ups ranging from more light pollution on the left to less light pollution on the right. The most pollution option, labelled "very bad" is a street lamp with a round uncovered bulb on top, making a sphere of light in the air. The next option, labelled "bad" has a tiny cap on top, that limits the upward pollution a bit. The "better" option is mostly uncovered on top, limiting pollution above the streetlight. The final option, labelled "best" has a full shroud overtop, limiting the light to only below the streetlight, where it is needed for pedestrians and vehicles.
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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rollin-academic.bsky.social
major snowfall = disabled folks walking on the street w mobility devices bc it`s the only clear path = societal failure
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Dan knows more about how Congress works than anyone I know, so this is an interesting thread.
americalabs.org Daniel Schuman @americalabs.org · 4d
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.

1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.

Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
Furthermore public transit teaches you how to live with temporary minor annoyances and cars teach you that you're god's most special baby and your moment-to-moment comfort is the only important thing in the world
October 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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aoife.bsky.social
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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gwensnyder.bsky.social
Back when I was infiltrating early Nazi Telegram, I very quickly came to the conclusion that it is outright DANGEROUS to cultivate on-background relationships with Nazis as sources.

Because I encountered too many researchers who were clearly compromised as a result of that sort of contact.
gravelinfluencer.bsky.social Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · Sep 18
Yesterday Fresh Air did an interview with Robert Draper, who has covered Charlie Kirk. And this section on Draper's relationship with Kirk said a lot to me about modern access journalism, and the soft coverage we've seen in the wake of Kirk's death.
GROSS: After you profiled Kirk, and I think that was published back in February, you stayed in touch with him. And I think you were texting each other the day before he was killed. DRAPER: That's correct. I'll tell you also, Terry, that the story, as you say, was published in February of this year. But I would say for a full year prior to that, Kirk and I had been getting to know each other, and he would often reach out to me. And I thought this was an interesting aspect to Kirk, that he would reach out to me just to run things by me. Not asking so much for my opinion - because, as a journalist, I couldn't give it - but just as a reality check, he'd say, I'm hearing from the right that this particular viewpoint is prevalent from the left. Am I just living in a bubble, or is that true? GROSS: How would you respond to that? DRAPER: Well, sometimes I would say, you know, I think what you're hearing you're hearing from the right-wing media ecosystem, and it's not supported by reality as I understand it. And he would take that and be grateful for it. There was also a time I reached out to him, I remember, to say, I'd like to talk to you off the record about the religious context in which so many people in the MAGA community are viewing Donald Trump. Can you explain to me how they see him as this sort of flawed vessel, like King David or something? And he was very fluent in describing that to me. And so we had that kind of back-and-forth well predating the publication of the story, and continued to since then. I had dinner with him in D.C. once, I think, a couple of months before he was killed, and I remember he brought security with him. They sat at the bar. And he seemed very casual about it, which is not to say that he was utterly unconcerned. But it was essentially the cost of doing business, that that was just the world that we were in. I was texting with him the day before the assassination because I wanted to come to Arizona and have dinner with him and his wife to catch up on various things. But also, there's a major magazine project that I'm beginning. And I wanted Kirk's thoughts about it, but not on the phone and not in writing. It just required a face-to-face. And he wrote back saying, absolutely. We would love to have you over for dinner. Just pick a date in September. And I think I sent, a few hours later, the text, how about September 23? And obviously, I never heard back.
October 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
Yesterday Fresh Air did an interview with Robert Draper, who has covered Charlie Kirk. And this section on Draper's relationship with Kirk said a lot to me about modern access journalism, and the soft coverage we've seen in the wake of Kirk's death.
GROSS: After you profiled Kirk, and I think that was published back in February, you stayed in touch with him. And I think you were texting each other the day before he was killed. DRAPER: That's correct. I'll tell you also, Terry, that the story, as you say, was published in February of this year. But I would say for a full year prior to that, Kirk and I had been getting to know each other, and he would often reach out to me. And I thought this was an interesting aspect to Kirk, that he would reach out to me just to run things by me. Not asking so much for my opinion - because, as a journalist, I couldn't give it - but just as a reality check, he'd say, I'm hearing from the right that this particular viewpoint is prevalent from the left. Am I just living in a bubble, or is that true? GROSS: How would you respond to that? DRAPER: Well, sometimes I would say, you know, I think what you're hearing you're hearing from the right-wing media ecosystem, and it's not supported by reality as I understand it. And he would take that and be grateful for it. There was also a time I reached out to him, I remember, to say, I'd like to talk to you off the record about the religious context in which so many people in the MAGA community are viewing Donald Trump. Can you explain to me how they see him as this sort of flawed vessel, like King David or something? And he was very fluent in describing that to me. And so we had that kind of back-and-forth well predating the publication of the story, and continued to since then. I had dinner with him in D.C. once, I think, a couple of months before he was killed, and I remember he brought security with him. They sat at the bar. And he seemed very casual about it, which is not to say that he was utterly unconcerned. But it was essentially the cost of doing business, that that was just the world that we were in. I was texting with him the day before the assassination because I wanted to come to Arizona and have dinner with him and his wife to catch up on various things. But also, there's a major magazine project that I'm beginning. And I wanted Kirk's thoughts about it, but not on the phone and not in writing. It just required a face-to-face. And he wrote back saying, absolutely. We would love to have you over for dinner. Just pick a date in September. And I think I sent, a few hours later, the text, how about September 23? And obviously, I never heard back.
September 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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spavel.bsky.social
Wondering where we are in the learning our lessons cycle: are Dems going to learn from Starmer and Carney winning historic victories and immediately shitting their pants, or are we going to get our own pants shit moment in 2028
October 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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baddestmamajama.bsky.social
Tried to sneak a photo of a cute doggo and accidentally had long exposure on and I believe I have created man’s greatest expression of art
A white poodle leans out an suv with neon light streaks flashing across the surface of the car
October 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
locustangerine.bsky.social
i found this article to be a concise summary and full of good links to other reading.
ecosozialismus.bsky.social Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 25d
"When the President called Portland, OR war ravaged, those in the reality-based community considered it a joke. Not a funny joke, since it was the pretext for invasion by the federal government. & not an unfamiliar joke, since local plutocrats have been promoting a similar ... story for years now."
Greetings from Charming, War-Ravaged Portland
When the President called Portland, Oregon "war ravaged," those in the reality-based community considered it a joke. Not a funny joke, since it was the
www.counterpunch.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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wilsonxcassie.bsky.social
Women don’t care about the Cybertruck.

Women only want one thing; and it’s the entire 1920s electric interurban railway system
Electric Interurban railways
October 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
locustangerine.bsky.social
this is the best telephone-based content since Here & There Along The Echo.
dialapod.net Dial-a-Pod // (607) CALL-POD @dialapod.net · 28d
BACK! A new episode of Dial-a-Pod is now available at (607) CALL-POD - "Turtle's Got a Deli"!

After a bye week, Dial-a-Pod returns! We work on our issues, we make it political, and we place some blame upon Altoona, PA. (32:20)

Last week's episode is now available on our RSS feed at dialapod.net.
low res Turtle jpg
October 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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tomflood.bsky.social
The 15 Minute City rebrand hoodies are arriving!
🔥🔥
jennarndt.bsky.social 🇨🇦FerFer 🇨🇦 @jennarndt.bsky.social · Oct 11
Was asked ‘why conspiracy?’.
I explained what some misguided people *think* it is, then what it *actually* is.
‘Sounds like you’re talking about two completely different things.’
Sigh. Indeed, it does.
@tomflood.bsky.social
#RoveloCreative
A grey hoodie with the words ‘15 minute cities No big conspiracy, just lazy’
October 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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wildwestcats.bsky.social
I can't doodle worth a darn but I can cross stitch! I finished this earlier this year. Pattern from London's Natural History Museum: www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/cro...
Cross stitch of a Giant Squid. Squid is in shades of orange. The two longest tentacles are held up in a semicircle while the rest dangle below. There is some white detailing on the ends of the longest tentacles and top of the fins. Stitched on navy blue Aida fabric.
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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thatsgoodweb.bsky.social
Stanislav Torlopov, Near the Cosmos/Dawn Flight, 1984
Stanislav Torlopov, Near the Cosmos/Dawn Flight, 1984
September 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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sandyernestallen.bsky.social
In general: Somebody who's replying to me saying stuff like this, please go read a book or two by a trans man. It'll help, I promise. I love Thomas Page McBee. Even Elliot Page's memoir is a place to start.

And: PLEASE, watch Disclosure on Netflix. Read Susan Stryker's Transgender History ...
September 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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trans.bsky.social
Charlie Kirk’s shooter was a 22 year old white cis man & 4chan groyper.

Charlie Kirk’s last words were “gang violence”. he was claiming Black people were inherently violent right before his life was ended by another white man.

Here is a description of Kirk’s terrorism by one of his many victims:
Dr Stacey Patton I am on Charlie Kirk's hit list. His so-called "Professor Watchlist," run under the umbrella of Turning Point USA, is nothing more than a digital hit list for academics who dare to speak truth to power. I landed there in 2024 after writing commentary that inflamed the MAGA faithful. And once my name went up, the harassment machine roared to life. For weeks my inbox and voicemail were deluged. Mostly white men spat venom through the phone: "bitch," "c*nt," "n****r." They threatened all manner of violence. They overwhelmed the university's PR lines and the president's office with calls demanding that I be fired. The flood was so relentless that the head of campus security reached out to offer me an escort, because they feared one of these keyboard soldiers might step out of his basement and come do me harm. And I am not unique. Kirk's Watchlist has terrorized legions of professors across this country. Women, Black faculty, queer scholars, basically anyone who challenged white supremacy, gun culture, or Christian nationalism suddenly found themselves targets of coordinated abuse. Some received death threats. Some had their jobs threatened. Some left academia entirely. Kirk sent the loud message to us: speak the truth and we will unleash the mob! That is the culture of violence Charlie Kirk built. He normalized violence. He curated it, monetized it, and sicced it on anyone who dared to puncture his movement's lies. And now, in the wake of his shooting, there's all this national outpouring of mourning, moments of silence, yellow prayer hands, and tributes painting him as a civil debater. But the truth is that Kirk and his foot soldiers spent years terrorizing educators, trying to silence us with harassment and fear! And now the same violence he unleashed on others has come full circle. But what i find especially jarring is the dissonance in public mourning for a smug white man whose life work was actively hostile to certain groups. Kirk spent years demonizing LGBTQ people, mocking gun survivors, spewing racism about Black folks, and pushing policies that literally shorten lives. It is so revolting to watch a bipartisan wave of grief sweep over this hateful racist as if he was a neutral community servant.
September 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
locustangerine.bsky.social
subscribe to garbageday.email !
September 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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novicsara.bsky.social
Just got my Covid booster in PA! 🥳🥳 Some takeaways:
-I scheduled at CVS a minute clinic, not the regular pharmacy, but NP said as of last night the pharmacies have opened up appts too.
-If you looked before and things were booked, check again--NP said some stores are adding roving nurses to keep up
September 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
locustangerine.bsky.social
please boost this method of content warning! i was able to look at a spider by choice instead of jumpscaring my phone out the window! thank you!
katecrane.bsky.social kckckc | free link @katecrane.bsky.social · Sep 5
I snagged a spiderweb in the forest and did a little Irene Cara dance, shook off my hat and coat. When I looped back around, I came upon the neighbor I had disturbed. Delivered my admiration and sincere apologies

(I labeled this bc not everyone loves a spider)
Large garden spider on a big impressive web under a dark purple sky with tree silhouettes in the background.
September 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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adamjkucharski.bsky.social
Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):
September 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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aurahack.ca
saw a truck i have never in my life seen before and it was so cool. the person very recently restored it, it was immaculate
August 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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natclayton.bsky.social
Also man they added some god damn *music* to this thing
Deadlock - New Main Menu Theme Music | Soundtrack
YouTube video by Dead Air
youtu.be
August 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
locustangerine.bsky.social
Alt text: Photo is of Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa fleeing via helicopter on 20 December 2001. The aircraft appears to be a Sikorsky S-76 variant or similar civilian retractable-geared utility/VIP helicopter.
unavaleable.bsky.social Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · Aug 25
one day that could be us
August 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM