becca
@magicjewball.bsky.social
Former record label weasel turned school technologist. I like music and sports and tech and the Interweb. And you. Especially you.
Baltimore/NYC
Baltimore/NYC
This is very cute, why does it only come in this color?
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is very cute, why does it only come in this color?
I feel like the universe is trying to tell me something by sending these two random emails today.
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I feel like the universe is trying to tell me something by sending these two random emails today.
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I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
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An interesting thing here, given the news, is that the secretary of education is the defendant in a suit accusing her of turning a blind eye to the operations of a child molestation ring that, there is no dispute, operated within her business from the 1970s to the 1990s
This is a direct attack on our children & our future.
At a time when we need to be doing more to prepare our kids to compete in the global economy, Trump is going after the agency that strengthens American education. Once again, he's helping our adversaries & competitors.
At a time when we need to be doing more to prepare our kids to compete in the global economy, Trump is going after the agency that strengthens American education. Once again, he's helping our adversaries & competitors.
Trump administration to announce dismantling of much of Education Dept.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to close the department, but only Congress has the power to do that.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
An interesting thing here, given the news, is that the secretary of education is the defendant in a suit accusing her of turning a blind eye to the operations of a child molestation ring that, there is no dispute, operated within her business from the 1970s to the 1990s
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Quote post with a song you can’t hear without thinking of a movie it was in.
Harry Nillson - Jump Into the Fire
Harry Nillson - Jump Into the Fire
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Quote post with a song you can’t hear without thinking of a movie it was in.
Harry Nillson - Jump Into the Fire
Harry Nillson - Jump Into the Fire
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
Even a fancy new train couldn't save me from being late to work.
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Even a fancy new train couldn't save me from being late to work.
Three months ago, tons of travel people posted about the excitement of riding a new train, it was a party, there were balloons, they wrote reviews, etc. Tomorrow I will finally do the same... on my regular commute to work, perhaps the most ordinary thing anyone does in their workday.
November 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Three months ago, tons of travel people posted about the excitement of riding a new train, it was a party, there were balloons, they wrote reviews, etc. Tomorrow I will finally do the same... on my regular commute to work, perhaps the most ordinary thing anyone does in their workday.
Predictions of a frost last week were premature with the result that it is November 16th and I just went out in gale force winds to harvest tomatoes and peppers.
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Predictions of a frost last week were premature with the result that it is November 16th and I just went out in gale force winds to harvest tomatoes and peppers.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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You who else silenced people for 72 hours (or more)?
Hitler
Hitler
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
You who else silenced people for 72 hours (or more)?
Hitler
Hitler
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Come for the sheep, stay for the alt text
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Come for the sheep, stay for the alt text
In a lifetime of living either entirely or partially in NYC, a first for me today: I stole somebody's cab.
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In a lifetime of living either entirely or partially in NYC, a first for me today: I stole somebody's cab.
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I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
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 2:24 AM
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
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mariska hargitay’s documentary on her mother, jayne mansfield, is phenomenal
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
mariska hargitay’s documentary on her mother, jayne mansfield, is phenomenal
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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Tickets now available: ~Black Reconstruction in Lower Charles Village~ premiering in late November! fullstorybaltimore.tours/our-tours/#c...
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Tickets now available: ~Black Reconstruction in Lower Charles Village~ premiering in late November! fullstorybaltimore.tours/our-tours/#c...
I would like the 13k a year my parents paid back, please.
What, they charge more now than they did 100 years ago when I was a student?
What, they charge more now than they did 100 years ago when I was a student?
Johns Hopkins University will no longer charge tuition to undergraduate students from families making under $200,000 a year, the school announced Thursday.
The university will also cover the room and board and other living expenses for students whose families make under $100,000. buff.ly/MRJcyFm
The university will also cover the room and board and other living expenses for students whose families make under $100,000. buff.ly/MRJcyFm
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I would like the 13k a year my parents paid back, please.
What, they charge more now than they did 100 years ago when I was a student?
What, they charge more now than they did 100 years ago when I was a student?
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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Great article on the past, present, and future of New York’s Penn Station.
“Maybe the Train Daddy will figure it out and get it done, but the fundamental issue here is not one of personality or incompetence. It’s a political octopus built to fail.”
“Maybe the Train Daddy will figure it out and get it done, but the fundamental issue here is not one of personality or incompetence. It’s a political octopus built to fail.”
Why Is It So Hard to Fix Penn Station? (Gift Article)
The nation’s busiest transit hub stands as a symbol of a condition that afflicts so many attempts to get big things done in America: inertia.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Great article on the past, present, and future of New York’s Penn Station.
“Maybe the Train Daddy will figure it out and get it done, but the fundamental issue here is not one of personality or incompetence. It’s a political octopus built to fail.”
“Maybe the Train Daddy will figure it out and get it done, but the fundamental issue here is not one of personality or incompetence. It’s a political octopus built to fail.”
Looking forward to redistricting and putting this guy out of a job.
Rep. Andy Harris: "My gut feeling is that if there is something in there about Donald Trump, the Biden DOJ would've released it." (Sounds like a great reason to release the files!)
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Looking forward to redistricting and putting this guy out of a job.
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Yes there's a lot of denial, but I've seen it: when it snaps, it snaps hard.
"Powerful men covered up child sex abuse" isn't outlandish when you've seen that happen in church, boy scouts, school athletics, and every other social pillar of your conservative middle-class life in the past few decades.
"Powerful men covered up child sex abuse" isn't outlandish when you've seen that happen in church, boy scouts, school athletics, and every other social pillar of your conservative middle-class life in the past few decades.
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yes there's a lot of denial, but I've seen it: when it snaps, it snaps hard.
"Powerful men covered up child sex abuse" isn't outlandish when you've seen that happen in church, boy scouts, school athletics, and every other social pillar of your conservative middle-class life in the past few decades.
"Powerful men covered up child sex abuse" isn't outlandish when you've seen that happen in church, boy scouts, school athletics, and every other social pillar of your conservative middle-class life in the past few decades.