Palmer Tree 🖖
@palmertree.bsky.social
I live all over, but Texas and SF feel like home. Sometimes DC. My superpower is I see so many awesome people, and I do my best to call them out. Mr. Rogers is my hero. And Ted Lasso.
I also like programming, using AI for good, and macroeconomics. He/him
I also like programming, using AI for good, and macroeconomics. He/him
Pinned
Breathe. I recommend 4-2-6 breathing.
Enjoy your current surroundings. They're likely pretty good! I love this cafe I'm working from.
Remember this too shall pass.
Focus on your next step.
One day at a time.
Enjoy your current surroundings. They're likely pretty good! I love this cafe I'm working from.
Remember this too shall pass.
Focus on your next step.
One day at a time.
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It’s not radical to believe that people shouldn’t have to sell plasma to make ends meet.
October 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It’s not radical to believe that people shouldn’t have to sell plasma to make ends meet.
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In web design, if it feels icky, it's just icky.
It's entirely possible to make an innocent bad design choice. In which case, @support.bsky.team can put in a ticket to update the Text from "Advanced" to "More Settings."
Intent is reflected in how fast you fix it.
It's entirely possible to make an innocent bad design choice. In which case, @support.bsky.team can put in a ticket to update the Text from "Advanced" to "More Settings."
Intent is reflected in how fast you fix it.
November 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In web design, if it feels icky, it's just icky.
It's entirely possible to make an innocent bad design choice. In which case, @support.bsky.team can put in a ticket to update the Text from "Advanced" to "More Settings."
Intent is reflected in how fast you fix it.
It's entirely possible to make an innocent bad design choice. In which case, @support.bsky.team can put in a ticket to update the Text from "Advanced" to "More Settings."
Intent is reflected in how fast you fix it.
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I don’t think Trump had anything to do with this. I think the FAA has been hearing from the controllers’ union & the airline pilots association & more & the flight safety concerns are real.
Controllers are working mandatory overtime, exhausted & stressed & this situation can’t continue.
Controllers are working mandatory overtime, exhausted & stressed & this situation can’t continue.
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I don’t think Trump had anything to do with this. I think the FAA has been hearing from the controllers’ union & the airline pilots association & more & the flight safety concerns are real.
Controllers are working mandatory overtime, exhausted & stressed & this situation can’t continue.
Controllers are working mandatory overtime, exhausted & stressed & this situation can’t continue.
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and this is just a random fucking Thursday in November! I’m so tired of exciting government! Make government boring again!
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
and this is just a random fucking Thursday in November! I’m so tired of exciting government! Make government boring again!
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the sandwich guy walking away from the court house and suddenly, his limp disappears
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
the sandwich guy walking away from the court house and suddenly, his limp disappears
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I’d rather have BayMax to diagnose me
a cartoon character is hugging a girl in a room and saying `` it 's ok '' .
Alt: Baymax a cartoon character is hugging a main lead in a room and saying `` it 's ok '' .
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I’d rather have BayMax to diagnose me
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She needed to tell her husband investor, Paul, to cut it out. At best it looked like corruption. At worst, it was.
It completely undermined any progressive agenda.
That said, she was an absolute wizard at wielding power for good when she wanted. Like a Gandalf fueled by chocolate and hutzpah.
It completely undermined any progressive agenda.
That said, she was an absolute wizard at wielding power for good when she wanted. Like a Gandalf fueled by chocolate and hutzpah.
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
She needed to tell her husband investor, Paul, to cut it out. At best it looked like corruption. At worst, it was.
It completely undermined any progressive agenda.
That said, she was an absolute wizard at wielding power for good when she wanted. Like a Gandalf fueled by chocolate and hutzpah.
It completely undermined any progressive agenda.
That said, she was an absolute wizard at wielding power for good when she wanted. Like a Gandalf fueled by chocolate and hutzpah.
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HIRE ALICE
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
HIRE ALICE
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Imagine that...
FED'S BARR: I SEE A TWO-SPEED ECONOMY, WITH WEALTHIER HOUSEHOLDS THRIVING
November 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Imagine that...
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Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
Here's the planned BLS data release schedule for Nov 2025.
On Tues, it couldn't release Sept job openings, hires, layoffs and firings data.
This morning, it couldn't release 2025Q3 business Productivity and Costs data.
Tomorrow, it can't release Oct 2025 #JobsReport
www.bls.gov/schedule/202...
On Tues, it couldn't release Sept job openings, hires, layoffs and firings data.
This morning, it couldn't release 2025Q3 business Productivity and Costs data.
Tomorrow, it can't release Oct 2025 #JobsReport
www.bls.gov/schedule/202...
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
Yep, today's celebration absolutely calls for a B5 quote.
“If more of our so-called leaders would walk the same streets as the people who voted them in, live in the same buildings, eat the same food instead of hiding behind glass and steel and bodyguards, maybe we'd get better leadership and a little more concern for the future.”
John Sheridan, Babylon 5
John Sheridan, Babylon 5
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Yep, today's celebration absolutely calls for a B5 quote.
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Oh my god, they were roommates….
Spanberger and Sherrill were roommates on Capitol Hill. They’re now making history in their states | CNN Politics
Six years ago, Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill were roommates and freshman members of Congress, part of a record-breaking wave of women who helped Democrats win back the US House.
www.cnn.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Oh my god, they were roommates….
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*sips tea*
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virginiamercury.com/2025/11/05/d...
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
*sips tea*
virginiamercury.com/2025/11/05/d...
virginiamercury.com/2025/11/05/d...
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I'm not sure there's anyone on the planet who deserved to celebrate the defeat of Andrew Cuomo more than Lindsey, who had unimaginable amounts of courage in coming forward and continuing to push until he suffered actual consequences for sexual harassment
thrilled for her
thrilled for her
Me finding out @zohrankmamdani won. Captured by the great Faraz Ansari
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I'm not sure there's anyone on the planet who deserved to celebrate the defeat of Andrew Cuomo more than Lindsey, who had unimaginable amounts of courage in coming forward and continuing to push until he suffered actual consequences for sexual harassment
thrilled for her
thrilled for her
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“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
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FAA to throttle back flights in parts of the US as shutdown worsens air traffic controller shortages
FAA to throttle back flights in parts of the US as shutdown worsens air traffic controller shortages
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said the action is to alleviate pressure on air traffic controllers, who have been working without pay since the government shut down Oct. 1.
dlvr.it
November 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
FAA to throttle back flights in parts of the US as shutdown worsens air traffic controller shortages
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I was one of the first people to donate to Mamdani's campaign and TBH I thought I was donating to keep a dream alive, even though the dream was not going to become a reality
Choose hope. Choose to dream. Choose a just in case we win scenario. Sometimes we do.
Go forward knowing that, fam.
Choose hope. Choose to dream. Choose a just in case we win scenario. Sometimes we do.
Go forward knowing that, fam.
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I was one of the first people to donate to Mamdani's campaign and TBH I thought I was donating to keep a dream alive, even though the dream was not going to become a reality
Choose hope. Choose to dream. Choose a just in case we win scenario. Sometimes we do.
Go forward knowing that, fam.
Choose hope. Choose to dream. Choose a just in case we win scenario. Sometimes we do.
Go forward knowing that, fam.
This is what someone who only thinks in narcissistic zero-sum "winning" does. Dominate and abuse until opposition relents. Then throw scraps.
It doesn't work that way. And it usually ends very badly for those with that worldview and their sycophants.
They'd starve people to win. Total sickos.
It doesn't work that way. And it usually ends very badly for those with that worldview and their sycophants.
They'd starve people to win. Total sickos.
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is what someone who only thinks in narcissistic zero-sum "winning" does. Dominate and abuse until opposition relents. Then throw scraps.
It doesn't work that way. And it usually ends very badly for those with that worldview and their sycophants.
They'd starve people to win. Total sickos.
It doesn't work that way. And it usually ends very badly for those with that worldview and their sycophants.
They'd starve people to win. Total sickos.
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
New side hustle. I will help get Patrick McKenzie @patio11readonly.bsky.social away from the hell site and start posting here. @bft.wtf are you with me?
I'd never check the hell site again.
I'd never check the hell site again.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
New side hustle. I will help get Patrick McKenzie @patio11readonly.bsky.social away from the hell site and start posting here. @bft.wtf are you with me?
I'd never check the hell site again.
I'd never check the hell site again.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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We are the difference between Democrats caving to Trump and building a unified opposition party that wins big by standing up to the regime.
We’ve got a lot of work to do over the next year to take back Congress. Join the organizing that’s happening near you to win everywhere: indivisible.org/groups
We’ve got a lot of work to do over the next year to take back Congress. Join the organizing that’s happening near you to win everywhere: indivisible.org/groups
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We are the difference between Democrats caving to Trump and building a unified opposition party that wins big by standing up to the regime.
We’ve got a lot of work to do over the next year to take back Congress. Join the organizing that’s happening near you to win everywhere: indivisible.org/groups
We’ve got a lot of work to do over the next year to take back Congress. Join the organizing that’s happening near you to win everywhere: indivisible.org/groups