Mexican Hat
@mexicanhat.bsky.social
An unusual geological formation in Utah
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The other day I drew a subway-style map for The Hobbit, and it was very well received. Some of you asked if I could do one for LoTR, so I have!
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
July 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The other day I drew a subway-style map for The Hobbit, and it was very well received. Some of you asked if I could do one for LoTR, so I have!
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
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Okay even I think this is mean
July 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Okay even I think this is mean
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This is fantastic, do read it.
July 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is fantastic, do read it.
The 4th of July parade in Gold Hill, Colorado often features three Yankee Doodle musicians leading King George in chains. He roars at the crowd “Oh, do you think you’ll be better off without me? Democracy? Ha! You’ll beg to have me back!” Let’s see how that resonates this year.
Being negatively polarized against libs remains the single greatest predictor of stupid takes.
A lot of dipshit intellectuals, from across the ideological spectrum, are going to meme themselves into being unironic monarchists in response to civic republicanism becoming a popular normie position.
June 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The 4th of July parade in Gold Hill, Colorado often features three Yankee Doodle musicians leading King George in chains. He roars at the crowd “Oh, do you think you’ll be better off without me? Democracy? Ha! You’ll beg to have me back!” Let’s see how that resonates this year.
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it’s like we’re being governed by an email that starts with FW: FW: FW: FW:
The president exists in a dystopian fantasy world with no connection to reality
June 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
it’s like we’re being governed by an email that starts with FW: FW: FW: FW:
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The year of our lord 2025 started with a rabid Musk-Trump supporter self-immolating himself in a Cybertruck parked in front of a Trump casino, trying to send us all a message.
June 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The year of our lord 2025 started with a rabid Musk-Trump supporter self-immolating himself in a Cybertruck parked in front of a Trump casino, trying to send us all a message.
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My Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act has now passed both chambers of Congress and is headed to the White House. I urge the president to immediately sign it as it is urgently needed to expand operations essential to firefighters battling wildfires in NM and the West.
June 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
My Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act has now passed both chambers of Congress and is headed to the White House. I urge the president to immediately sign it as it is urgently needed to expand operations essential to firefighters battling wildfires in NM and the West.
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When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
-Jacob Riis
-Jacob Riis
April 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
-Jacob Riis
-Jacob Riis
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Shout out to things that are abundantly clear. Shit ain't clear to me until the clarity is abundant and whatnot.
March 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Shout out to things that are abundantly clear. Shit ain't clear to me until the clarity is abundant and whatnot.
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This is just to say
I have sold
the democracy
that was in
the Constitution
and which
you were probably
hoping
would save you
Forgive me
it made me
so rich
and so cold
I have sold
the democracy
that was in
the Constitution
and which
you were probably
hoping
would save you
Forgive me
it made me
so rich
and so cold
March 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is just to say
I have sold
the democracy
that was in
the Constitution
and which
you were probably
hoping
would save you
Forgive me
it made me
so rich
and so cold
I have sold
the democracy
that was in
the Constitution
and which
you were probably
hoping
would save you
Forgive me
it made me
so rich
and so cold
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
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This is demented.
February 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is demented.
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Overton makes pretty good doors, too, but you wouldn't know from the press coverage.
February 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Overton makes pretty good doors, too, but you wouldn't know from the press coverage.
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BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems!
Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!
Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!
February 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems!
Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!
Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!
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Rising insurance premiums can be an important driver of climate adaptation (or at least climate resilience).
Insurance subsidies and regulations that shield consumers and businesses from the incentives these costs produce could be bad for climate preparedness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/o...
Insurance subsidies and regulations that shield consumers and businesses from the incentives these costs produce could be bad for climate preparedness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/o...
Opinion | The New Evidence Climate Change Will Upend American Homeownership
A new analysis predicts an extraordinary reversal in housing fortunes for Americans.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Rising insurance premiums can be an important driver of climate adaptation (or at least climate resilience).
Insurance subsidies and regulations that shield consumers and businesses from the incentives these costs produce could be bad for climate preparedness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/o...
Insurance subsidies and regulations that shield consumers and businesses from the incentives these costs produce could be bad for climate preparedness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/o...
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a love like this
January 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
a love like this
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I hope this finds you.
January 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I hope this finds you.
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Can't believe we even have to say it, but one thing non-maniacs should be able to agree on it is that this guy is an f'ing idiot - see @jamellebouie.net below and Alex Tabarrok at marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
January 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Can't believe we even have to say it, but one thing non-maniacs should be able to agree on it is that this guy is an f'ing idiot - see @jamellebouie.net below and Alex Tabarrok at marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
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I’m committed to posting on BlueSky because I do think it’s important for progressive intellectuals to hear from someone who is outside the left-most 90% of the population.
Something I see over and over again is a desire to unlock some semiotic key that will “disqualify” Republicans.
Something I see over and over again is a desire to unlock some semiotic key that will “disqualify” Republicans.
January 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I’m committed to posting on BlueSky because I do think it’s important for progressive intellectuals to hear from someone who is outside the left-most 90% of the population.
Something I see over and over again is a desire to unlock some semiotic key that will “disqualify” Republicans.
Something I see over and over again is a desire to unlock some semiotic key that will “disqualify” Republicans.
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It was never about the price of eggs. It was always about contracts and regulatory relief and crony capitalism. It was about turning money into power and power into more money. They are not for us. And they aren’t pretending any longer.
January 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It was never about the price of eggs. It was always about contracts and regulatory relief and crony capitalism. It was about turning money into power and power into more money. They are not for us. And they aren’t pretending any longer.
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One thing I’m very thankful for as head toward Trump’s inauguration is that Bluesky exists
It’s so important to have a place to communicate that Musk and Zuckerberg do not control
It’s so important to have a place to communicate that Musk and Zuckerberg do not control
January 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
One thing I’m very thankful for as head toward Trump’s inauguration is that Bluesky exists
It’s so important to have a place to communicate that Musk and Zuckerberg do not control
It’s so important to have a place to communicate that Musk and Zuckerberg do not control