Rob from Maryland
@peromyscus.bsky.social
Birder, music lover. Inside the Beltway. He/him
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I began this story focused on the weird lies about Hurricane Helene but became very disturbed at how prevalent this pseudo-environmentalism is. The movement blocks real policy to curb climate catastrophes.
For @rollingstone.com I wrote about the mass national movement to ban chemtrails...which don't exist. The movement is one of the ways in which MAHA is taking over the country.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Chemtrails Aren't Real. So Why Are Politicians Passing Laws About Them?
The history and politics of so-called weather weapons.
www.rollingstone.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I began this story focused on the weird lies about Hurricane Helene but became very disturbed at how prevalent this pseudo-environmentalism is. The movement blocks real policy to curb climate catastrophes.
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I did a test to see if I could remember all the Roman numerals, but I forgot 1, 1000, 51, 6 and 500.
IM LIVID!
IM LIVID!
December 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I did a test to see if I could remember all the Roman numerals, but I forgot 1, 1000, 51, 6 and 500.
IM LIVID!
IM LIVID!
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Corn products like tortillas are poor sources of folate known to cause deficiency, & people who consume diets high in corn flour products have increased adverse effects from folate deficiency, like neural tube defects. This health disparity is easily treated.
RFK is just ignorant, eugenicist trash.
RFK is just ignorant, eugenicist trash.
Kennedy says adding folic acid to tortillas is “waging war” against poor residents. Folic acid has long been added to cereal and bread and the CDC website currently says it’s safe for those with the mutation mentioned in the thread Kennedy is replying to.
December 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Corn products like tortillas are poor sources of folate known to cause deficiency, & people who consume diets high in corn flour products have increased adverse effects from folate deficiency, like neural tube defects. This health disparity is easily treated.
RFK is just ignorant, eugenicist trash.
RFK is just ignorant, eugenicist trash.
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How I’m walking out of 2025
December 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
How I’m walking out of 2025
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By amplifying this post calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist,” the Trump administration just violated the court order that they reference.
December 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
By amplifying this post calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist,” the Trump administration just violated the court order that they reference.
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"Well, I tried to back out but my lawyer tells me it would be smarter to just do the show, so here I am. Tonight, for you, I'm going to do a little something I call The Trump Aristocrats. There's this president, and he wants to bang his daughter, only his sons .... tap tap did someone kill the mic?"
December 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"Well, I tried to back out but my lawyer tells me it would be smarter to just do the show, so here I am. Tonight, for you, I'm going to do a little something I call The Trump Aristocrats. There's this president, and he wants to bang his daughter, only his sons .... tap tap did someone kill the mic?"
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Currently eating a Ferrero Rocher, i.e., what you thought was the most special expensive candy in the world when you were eight years old
December 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Currently eating a Ferrero Rocher, i.e., what you thought was the most special expensive candy in the world when you were eight years old
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To recap:
*The Trump administration illegally renamed the Kennedy Center. They broke the law.
*Now they are suing a guy who refused to perform because of the name change for $1 million.
*The Trump administration illegally renamed the Kennedy Center. They broke the law.
*Now they are suing a guy who refused to perform because of the name change for $1 million.
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
n.pr
December 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
To recap:
*The Trump administration illegally renamed the Kennedy Center. They broke the law.
*Now they are suing a guy who refused to perform because of the name change for $1 million.
*The Trump administration illegally renamed the Kennedy Center. They broke the law.
*Now they are suing a guy who refused to perform because of the name change for $1 million.
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me: *sets down a pair of TRS patch cables at the checkout counter*
guitar center clerk: “great selection! do you need any music lessons?”
me: “no, but thanks, i’m not having a midlife crisis at this time”
guitar center clerk: “i understand”
guitar center clerk: “great selection! do you need any music lessons?”
me: “no, but thanks, i’m not having a midlife crisis at this time”
guitar center clerk: “i understand”
December 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
me: *sets down a pair of TRS patch cables at the checkout counter*
guitar center clerk: “great selection! do you need any music lessons?”
me: “no, but thanks, i’m not having a midlife crisis at this time”
guitar center clerk: “i understand”
guitar center clerk: “great selection! do you need any music lessons?”
me: “no, but thanks, i’m not having a midlife crisis at this time”
guitar center clerk: “i understand”
True, so true
There’s how old you think you are, and there’s how old shoveling six inches of snow tells you that you are.
December 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
True, so true
I am crying after reading this. This is very very very touching
"They found the coats on Thursday morning.
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
December 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I am crying after reading this. This is very very very touching
Mid-day birding: Female Common Eider on the bay near Annapolis. First we've seen for years, anywhere. Swam within about 200 feet of us. Nearby were some swans and a ton of Ruddy Ducks. Sunny, cold, breezy.
December 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Mid-day birding: Female Common Eider on the bay near Annapolis. First we've seen for years, anywhere. Swam within about 200 feet of us. Nearby were some swans and a ton of Ruddy Ducks. Sunny, cold, breezy.
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Bought (yet ANOTHER) copy for a friend for the holidays and my inbox is non-stop "THANK YOU" and LOL's with her fave definitions!
Nothing will make you more popular than gifting this to a friend!
Nothing will make you more popular than gifting this to a friend!
My new humorous birding gift book The Birding Dictionary is out May 6, and we've got a nice pinback button for folks in the US who preorder: www.hachettebookgroup.com/landing-page...
December 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Bought (yet ANOTHER) copy for a friend for the holidays and my inbox is non-stop "THANK YOU" and LOL's with her fave definitions!
Nothing will make you more popular than gifting this to a friend!
Nothing will make you more popular than gifting this to a friend!
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Tufted Titmouse - little, spicy crested bird with intense eyes 🪶
December 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Tufted Titmouse - little, spicy crested bird with intense eyes 🪶
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Toby Morton, former South Park and MadTV writer, nabbed the website domains for the Trump Kennedy Center before the administration could.
Check out my conversation with him, and TK Center President Ric Grenell, below.
Check out my conversation with him, and TK Center President Ric Grenell, below.
No joke! Comedy writer nabs 'Trump Kennedy Center' websites
When Donald Trump gloats online about the galling rebranded “Trump Kennedy Center,” he might face some challenges directing people to its website.�
That’s because it’s already taken.�
Toby ...
www.dailykos.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Toby Morton, former South Park and MadTV writer, nabbed the website domains for the Trump Kennedy Center before the administration could.
Check out my conversation with him, and TK Center President Ric Grenell, below.
Check out my conversation with him, and TK Center President Ric Grenell, below.
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Me: Hmm. I need to start a new book, maybe I should go to the bookstore or library.
*tower of unread books looming in the corner, barely keeping from toppling over, sprouting arms and legs pointing to itself*
Me: What? no, not you.
*tower of unread books looming in the corner, barely keeping from toppling over, sprouting arms and legs pointing to itself*
Me: What? no, not you.
December 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Me: Hmm. I need to start a new book, maybe I should go to the bookstore or library.
*tower of unread books looming in the corner, barely keeping from toppling over, sprouting arms and legs pointing to itself*
Me: What? no, not you.
*tower of unread books looming in the corner, barely keeping from toppling over, sprouting arms and legs pointing to itself*
Me: What? no, not you.
Morning birding: Snowy Owl on the river shore. A raven and a Red-tailed Hawk came separately to ... say hi to it.
December 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Morning birding: Snowy Owl on the river shore. A raven and a Red-tailed Hawk came separately to ... say hi to it.
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On the first day of Christmas (in about 2014), @duckswabber.bsky.social gave to me - a partridge in a pear tree.
Happy Christmas everyone!
Happy Christmas everyone!
December 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
On the first day of Christmas (in about 2014), @duckswabber.bsky.social gave to me - a partridge in a pear tree.
Happy Christmas everyone!
Happy Christmas everyone!
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Merry Christmas to everyone spending today alone.
Who’s sick in bed and unable to participate in festivities.
Who’s in the hospital wishing they could be at home.
Who’s caring for someone who’s sick and having a difficult time.
The holidays hit different for us and that’s ok.
Who’s sick in bed and unable to participate in festivities.
Who’s in the hospital wishing they could be at home.
Who’s caring for someone who’s sick and having a difficult time.
The holidays hit different for us and that’s ok.
December 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Merry Christmas to everyone spending today alone.
Who’s sick in bed and unable to participate in festivities.
Who’s in the hospital wishing they could be at home.
Who’s caring for someone who’s sick and having a difficult time.
The holidays hit different for us and that’s ok.
Who’s sick in bed and unable to participate in festivities.
Who’s in the hospital wishing they could be at home.
Who’s caring for someone who’s sick and having a difficult time.
The holidays hit different for us and that’s ok.
And it's part of a whole set of Neil Young spoofs
I kept tuned into this since yesterday and I just walked into the room where the radio was playing thinking that I was listening to an indy college music grunge band playing something crunchy and it turned out to be a spoof of 'Good King Wenceslaus' in the tune of a Neil Young tribute band.
December 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
And it's part of a whole set of Neil Young spoofs
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For the interdisciplinary scientists at the Max Planck Society's little known North Pole Institute of Christmas Studies, this is always an especially busy time of year.
Exclusive report by @tomgauld.bsky.social:
Exclusive report by @tomgauld.bsky.social:
December 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
For the interdisciplinary scientists at the Max Planck Society's little known North Pole Institute of Christmas Studies, this is always an especially busy time of year.
Exclusive report by @tomgauld.bsky.social:
Exclusive report by @tomgauld.bsky.social:
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My Pal Jon Solomon is in the midst of his annual 25-hour holiday show on WPRB, which is of course the greatest way on Earth to experience the best Christmas songs you've never heard.
Listen || Live Playlist || Webcam || Chat: https://wprb.com/chat
#wprb #communityradio
Listen || Live Playlist || Webcam || Chat: https://wprb.com/chat
#wprb #communityradio
December 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
My Pal Jon Solomon is in the midst of his annual 25-hour holiday show on WPRB, which is of course the greatest way on Earth to experience the best Christmas songs you've never heard.
Listen || Live Playlist || Webcam || Chat: https://wprb.com/chat
#wprb #communityradio
Listen || Live Playlist || Webcam || Chat: https://wprb.com/chat
#wprb #communityradio