Lydia B ❌👑 #FreeDC
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Lydia B ❌👑 #FreeDC
@siardica.bsky.social
· Jan 23
If you are a person of modestly stable income and you're feeling crappy because of the latest headline you read, consider donating to a relevant opposition charity, right then and there. Doesn't have to be a lot, and I promise it'll make you feel better. #selfcare #dosomething #takeaction
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
Did you know that whale song wasn't discovered until 1967, and wasn't heard by the world at large until 1970? Sales from the recording thereof funded the Save the Whales movement, and the LP ultimately went multi-platinum.
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Did you know that whale song wasn't discovered until 1967, and wasn't heard by the world at large until 1970? Sales from the recording thereof funded the Save the Whales movement, and the LP ultimately went multi-platinum.
Too funny - I put up an accidentally-delivered chorizo burrito on Buy Nothing and a pleasant grad student volunteered to pick it up. When I went to hand it off, he abashedly admitted someone had walked by just before me, to whom he said, with zero preamble, "...burrito?". Evidently they walked away.
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Too funny - I put up an accidentally-delivered chorizo burrito on Buy Nothing and a pleasant grad student volunteered to pick it up. When I went to hand it off, he abashedly admitted someone had walked by just before me, to whom he said, with zero preamble, "...burrito?". Evidently they walked away.
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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Metacampanella subdendrophora growing on scotch broom in Pacific County, Washington.
#metacampanella #mycology #macrophotography #fungi #fungifriends
#metacampanella #mycology #macrophotography #fungi #fungifriends
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Metacampanella subdendrophora growing on scotch broom in Pacific County, Washington.
#metacampanella #mycology #macrophotography #fungi #fungifriends
#metacampanella #mycology #macrophotography #fungi #fungifriends
The miracle of modern photography is that you can now be utterly dissatisfied with 600 shots in the time it used to take to be dissatisfied with a mere 24. Amazing!
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The miracle of modern photography is that you can now be utterly dissatisfied with 600 shots in the time it used to take to be dissatisfied with a mere 24. Amazing!
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We don't expect our leaders to be perfect. None of us are.
But we shouldn't expect our leaders to be complete human atrocities, either. Most of us aren't.
But we shouldn't expect our leaders to be complete human atrocities, either. Most of us aren't.
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We don't expect our leaders to be perfect. None of us are.
But we shouldn't expect our leaders to be complete human atrocities, either. Most of us aren't.
But we shouldn't expect our leaders to be complete human atrocities, either. Most of us aren't.
Democrats need to go work WV, NOW. My rural VA border county went blue for the first time ever and our neighbors across the border are fed up. Tell them you value and respect miners' sacrifices and you won't leave them behind in the green future and they'll follow you. You just have to mean it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Democrats need to go work WV, NOW. My rural VA border county went blue for the first time ever and our neighbors across the border are fed up. Tell them you value and respect miners' sacrifices and you won't leave them behind in the green future and they'll follow you. You just have to mean it.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
Oh no... I deeply respect Tim Kaine, he's one of the good guys, so I genuinely believe he did what he thought was best for the most people. I just very very firmly disagree with him, and that sucks pretty badly since he's my senator -_-
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Oh no... I deeply respect Tim Kaine, he's one of the good guys, so I genuinely believe he did what he thought was best for the most people. I just very very firmly disagree with him, and that sucks pretty badly since he's my senator -_-
Virginia, GO VOTE!
November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Virginia, GO VOTE!
Is this a bad time to say I've never watched a baseball game?
November 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Is this a bad time to say I've never watched a baseball game?
I voted, and you should too! Lines wind all the way through the building and out the door so prep accordingly - leave plenty of time and bring a book!
November 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I voted, and you should too! Lines wind all the way through the building and out the door so prep accordingly - leave plenty of time and bring a book!
Wow, early voting here in Loudoun County is PACKED 😍
November 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Wow, early voting here in Loudoun County is PACKED 😍
Happy Halloween from the cyberpunk future!
November 1, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Happy Halloween from the cyberpunk future!
Every year my neighborhood goes pedestrian-only for Halloween and we have an all out trick-or-treat festival. Keepin' it legit DC ❤️
October 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Every year my neighborhood goes pedestrian-only for Halloween and we have an all out trick-or-treat festival. Keepin' it legit DC ❤️
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I hate watching a whole country fail its Constitution saving throw
October 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I hate watching a whole country fail its Constitution saving throw
I love this idea - capturing the feeling of important cultural spaces through music. Really good mix too!
What I'm listening to today: "jazz jungle mix at Japanese rice field", Takuya Nakamura
The composer of Virtua Fighter and Lumines goes out in an actual rice field with a Pioneer deck and trumpet and spins D&B with occasional trumpet solos. Unbelievably charming
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVvr...
The composer of Virtua Fighter and Lumines goes out in an actual rice field with a Pioneer deck and trumpet and spins D&B with occasional trumpet solos. Unbelievably charming
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVvr...
jazz jungle mix at Japanese rice field l Takuya Nakamura l login.jp l juke dnb chill
YouTube video by Login.jp_
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October 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I love this idea - capturing the feeling of important cultural spaces through music. Really good mix too!
This is such a well-designed and cool study, and 100% unsurprising to me. Humans have such egos when it comes to exceptionalism... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
www.science.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is such a well-designed and cool study, and 100% unsurprising to me. Humans have such egos when it comes to exceptionalism... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
Behold, our hideous progeny! The cryptids of October (with hat-tip to @cemcgill.bsky.social, whose excellent book title I've knicked - absolutely a must-read).
October 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Behold, our hideous progeny! The cryptids of October (with hat-tip to @cemcgill.bsky.social, whose excellent book title I've knicked - absolutely a must-read).
@tkingfisher.com - have thus far had good luck pre-ordering your books on Bookshop.org but cannot find Snake-Eater. Am I being derpy or is it actually unavailable?
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
@tkingfisher.com - have thus far had good luck pre-ordering your books on Bookshop.org but cannot find Snake-Eater. Am I being derpy or is it actually unavailable?
TIL there are stable breeding populations of Mediterranean geckos in the US, as far north as Maryland! ...they just cheat and live indoors. www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/reptiles/liz...
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
TIL there are stable breeding populations of Mediterranean geckos in the US, as far north as Maryland! ...they just cheat and live indoors. www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/reptiles/liz...
Halloween in the cyberpunk dystopia (my partner with friend's tortie in the cone of shame.)
October 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Halloween in the cyberpunk dystopia (my partner with friend's tortie in the cone of shame.)