Parkscope Joe
@parkscopejoe.bsky.social
My name is Joe. Parkscope is a site I write and podcast for about amusement & theme parks. I also am into: Tech, Sports, Food, Music, Gaming, and Pop Culture. He/Him
http://www.parkscope.net
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This stupid asshole is going to make us sicker and poorer for no reason.
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM
This stupid asshole is going to make us sicker and poorer for no reason.
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THE MADS ARE BACK! Full details here:
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February 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
THE MADS ARE BACK! Full details here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
@tracebeaulieu.bsky.social @frankconniff.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
@tracebeaulieu.bsky.social @frankconniff.bsky.social
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the people who spread the “female brains are bad at math and spatial reasoning” lies should be tried at the Hague
Another fun wrinkle from that period (that might still exist): I was good at math and loved it and then my geometry teacher told me that I'd probably struggle because female brains were bad at spatial thinking. I kept loving math & being good at it but assumed that would end so I ended it first.
Those who weren’t resigned to the Math Idiot Garbage Bin as kids may not grasp how much “if you’re bad at math, you’ll die in a ditch and all will be better off for it” sentiment was floating around in the 90s and 2000s, but it sure felt real to me.
(my parents are great! It didn’t come from them!)
(my parents are great! It didn’t come from them!)
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
the people who spread the “female brains are bad at math and spatial reasoning” lies should be tried at the Hague
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We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
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Any student submitting this graph to show greenhouse gas emissions are harmless—the thesis in this execrable Washington Post editorial—would receive a failing grade.
Humiliating for a once-respected newspaper.
Humiliating for a once-respected newspaper.
Washpost edit page rolls out this graphic to purport to show that the US needn’t worry about climate change.
But what is it shows is US emissions *relative to the rest of the world* since 1945.
Has China’s economy changed at all in the last 80 years? India’s? Brazil’s?
But what is it shows is US emissions *relative to the rest of the world* since 1945.
Has China’s economy changed at all in the last 80 years? India’s? Brazil’s?
February 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Any student submitting this graph to show greenhouse gas emissions are harmless—the thesis in this execrable Washington Post editorial—would receive a failing grade.
Humiliating for a once-respected newspaper.
Humiliating for a once-respected newspaper.
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They told me that if I voted for a Democrat for president, we'd end up with a government that was wildly, irrationally, dangerously anti-business—and they were right!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:50 AM
They told me that if I voted for a Democrat for president, we'd end up with a government that was wildly, irrationally, dangerously anti-business—and they were right!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
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My heart breaks for these parents. “He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
‘No Reason He Should Have Died’: Alex Pretti’s Parents Open Up
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:22 AM
My heart breaks for these parents. “He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
got an idea for Bob Iger
February 11, 2026 at 1:36 AM
got an idea for Bob Iger
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Randy Cordova Flores has been in the U.S. for three years with pending asylum status, family says. Springdale police just turned him over to ICE custody following a traffic stop for failing to use a turn signal. buff.ly/UCtPZ9h
Turn-signal stop prompts ICE detention for father of two in Springdale
The Peruvian national’s family said he was legally in the country and complying with asylum processes when local police pulled him over and turned him over to ICE. The borough has an agreement with…
www.publicsource.org
February 11, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Randy Cordova Flores has been in the U.S. for three years with pending asylum status, family says. Springdale police just turned him over to ICE custody following a traffic stop for failing to use a turn signal. buff.ly/UCtPZ9h
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(Media) SCOOP: Weeks ago, the owner of the Washington City Paper had offered to purchase The Washington Post's sports and local sections, keeping their desks alive.
The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead.
www.theverge.com/policy/87683...
The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead.
www.theverge.com/policy/87683...
Bezos could have saved WaPo’s sports and local journalists. He laid them off instead.
“The equation isn’t adding up.”
www.theverge.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:39 PM
(Media) SCOOP: Weeks ago, the owner of the Washington City Paper had offered to purchase The Washington Post's sports and local sections, keeping their desks alive.
The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead.
www.theverge.com/policy/87683...
The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead.
www.theverge.com/policy/87683...
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February 7, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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In Kenya, American funds had helped feed hundreds of thousands of refugees. When it was cut, children starved.
In South Sudan, U.S. aid had been helping to stave off a cholera epidemic. Then the disease came roaring back.
Tomorrow at 4 pm ET, join us for a discussion about the gutting of USAID:
In South Sudan, U.S. aid had been helping to stave off a cholera epidemic. Then the disease came roaring back.
Tomorrow at 4 pm ET, join us for a discussion about the gutting of USAID:
ProPublica Event: Inside the Destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development
Join ProPublica journalists for a conversation about the dismantling of U.S. foreign aid worldwide.
events.propublica.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:47 PM
In Kenya, American funds had helped feed hundreds of thousands of refugees. When it was cut, children starved.
In South Sudan, U.S. aid had been helping to stave off a cholera epidemic. Then the disease came roaring back.
Tomorrow at 4 pm ET, join us for a discussion about the gutting of USAID:
In South Sudan, U.S. aid had been helping to stave off a cholera epidemic. Then the disease came roaring back.
Tomorrow at 4 pm ET, join us for a discussion about the gutting of USAID:
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the fuck does he mean “started”
Chris Rufo doesn't have a career outside of being a "culture warrior." This is his movement. He made his bed. Now he gets to lie in it.
February 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
the fuck does he mean “started”
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Current results provide more evidence there are deranged people on blue sky.
Today in the second round of the Walt Disney Animation Studios bracket, we just may have to part ways with a trio of lovable birds, because they’re facing off against a pretty tough customer.
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zVLd2z/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Beauty and the Beast
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zVLd2z/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">The Three Caballeros
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1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zVLd2z/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Beauty and the Beast
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zVLd2z/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">The Three Caballeros
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February 10, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Current results provide more evidence there are deranged people on blue sky.
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This is the USA we are fighting for.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 9:37 PM
This is the USA we are fighting for.
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Seems like a great time for the government to be wall-to-wall with the message 'if you see a masked, armed goon with no visible identification pushing a grandmother into an unmarked van DO NOT INTERVENE OR PHOTOGRAPH THEM'
The FBI is releasing these images of a likely suspect in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. Wanted to make sure that everybody is on the lookout for this person. If you have any information, please call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or the local sheriff at 520-351-4900.
February 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Seems like a great time for the government to be wall-to-wall with the message 'if you see a masked, armed goon with no visible identification pushing a grandmother into an unmarked van DO NOT INTERVENE OR PHOTOGRAPH THEM'
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jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.
theintercept.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
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They're calling HRT a "sex-rejecting procedure" now. I guess that means my wife gives me HRT every night!
February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
They're calling HRT a "sex-rejecting procedure" now. I guess that means my wife gives me HRT every night!
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HOOOOOO boy.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?"
Lyons: "Yes ma'am."
McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?"
"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?"
Lyons: "Yes ma'am."
McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?"
"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
February 10, 2026 at 5:31 PM
HOOOOOO boy.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?"
Lyons: "Yes ma'am."
McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?"
"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?"
Lyons: "Yes ma'am."
McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?"
"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
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can I just say that, as a heterosexual, I did not feel underserved by the halftime show
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
can I just say that, as a heterosexual, I did not feel underserved by the halftime show
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a society losing the plot in real time
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
a society losing the plot in real time
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She is the worst example you could have possibly chosen lmao.
Talked to @taylorlorenz.bsky.social about social media "addiction" and how it became a legal weapon youtu.be/vXnsbiPXOB4
Taylor has been doing amazing work lately on how social media regulations and lawsuits are often driven by a desire for censorship and control
Taylor has been doing amazing work lately on how social media regulations and lawsuits are often driven by a desire for censorship and control
How Social Media Addiction Became a Legal Weapon
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 2:26 PM
She is the worst example you could have possibly chosen lmao.
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Talked to the Hamburglar about the rampant criminalization of burger theft
Talked to @taylorlorenz.bsky.social about social media "addiction" and how it became a legal weapon youtu.be/vXnsbiPXOB4
Taylor has been doing amazing work lately on how social media regulations and lawsuits are often driven by a desire for censorship and control
Taylor has been doing amazing work lately on how social media regulations and lawsuits are often driven by a desire for censorship and control
How Social Media Addiction Became a Legal Weapon
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Talked to the Hamburglar about the rampant criminalization of burger theft