Chris Belasco
@someclevername.bsky.social
Data Officer in the sheets, Steelworker in the streets
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Vance undermining the US Olympic Team would be too on the nose
American star Alysa Liu overcame a delay en route to the Milano Skating Arena caused by Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade and finished second in the women’s short program at the Olympics team event.
“We almost didn’t make it,” her coach said.
“We almost didn’t make it,” her coach said.
Nothing could stop the U.S. figure skating team. Not even JD Vance’s motorcade.
Alysa Liu and world champion dance team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates have the Americans leading the team event after day one.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Vance undermining the US Olympic Team would be too on the nose
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production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
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There’s no Olympic ring emoji?!!!
There’s no Olympic ring emoji?!!!
February 7, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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There’s no Olympic ring emoji?!!!
There’s no Olympic ring emoji?!!!
And then we make them wear a big weird costume head
We leave our ballet companies to languish, underfunded. We make fun of Dance as a university major.
But when it’s time to open up the world’s biggest sporting event, who do we call upon? The noble dancer.
But when it’s time to open up the world’s biggest sporting event, who do we call upon? The noble dancer.
February 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM
And then we make them wear a big weird costume head
You're all laughing but I'm here buying the dip with all my life's savings... just you wait. You'll see. You'll see.
remember NFTs, it really was a special time on the Internet amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/all-my...
All My Apes Gone | Know Your Meme
All My Apes Gone refers to a tweet sent out by a Bored Ape Yacht Club enthusiast announcing that he had been hacked and
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February 6, 2026 at 3:34 AM
You're all laughing but I'm here buying the dip with all my life's savings... just you wait. You'll see. You'll see.
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A year ago, the government "established" a strategic crypto reserve, and did not sell off surplus crypto confiscated from crimes, with an implicit goal of keeping the price high. Good question to ask is how much the taxpayers have lost since then by not selling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
February 6, 2026 at 1:00 AM
A year ago, the government "established" a strategic crypto reserve, and did not sell off surplus crypto confiscated from crimes, with an implicit goal of keeping the price high. Good question to ask is how much the taxpayers have lost since then by not selling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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that stage of society when school children share the bond of having endured the camps together
The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
February 5, 2026 at 2:12 AM
that stage of society when school children share the bond of having endured the camps together
Pitchbot you’ve gone too far
Note: An earlier version of this post included a quote from an NFL player about Bad Bunny that incorrectly implied Puerto Rico was not part of the United States. Bad Bunny is an American citizen. We deleted the earlier post.
February 3, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Pitchbot you’ve gone too far
My kids think Slash is Dr Teeth. I have failed in so many ways
February 2, 2026 at 2:23 AM
My kids think Slash is Dr Teeth. I have failed in so many ways
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multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.
BREAKING: ICE has halted "all movement" at a Texas detention facility due to measles infections, DHS confirms.
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
cbsn.ws
February 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.
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10/10 ICE protest sign
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 PM
10/10 ICE protest sign
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oh god not catherine o'hara!
most celebs don't feel personally important to me - they're just people doing a job who i don't know, but not her
body reflexively shouted no when i read it
RIP to an absolute queen
most celebs don't feel personally important to me - they're just people doing a job who i don't know, but not her
body reflexively shouted no when i read it
RIP to an absolute queen
January 30, 2026 at 6:15 PM
oh god not catherine o'hara!
most celebs don't feel personally important to me - they're just people doing a job who i don't know, but not her
body reflexively shouted no when i read it
RIP to an absolute queen
most celebs don't feel personally important to me - they're just people doing a job who i don't know, but not her
body reflexively shouted no when i read it
RIP to an absolute queen
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Darren Aronofsky’s new AI-animated series abojt the Revolutionary War looks 🔥
George Washington
YouTube video by unvmebad86
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Darren Aronofsky’s new AI-animated series abojt the Revolutionary War looks 🔥
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This image is strikingly similar to the famous photo of a young Dilma Rousseff in front of a Brazilian military court also too cowardly to show their faces.
January 28, 2026 at 9:27 PM
This image is strikingly similar to the famous photo of a young Dilma Rousseff in front of a Brazilian military court also too cowardly to show their faces.
Listen. On one of my resumes I’ve circulated it says that I make a very good potato salad. It’s accurate.
January 28, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Listen. On one of my resumes I’ve circulated it says that I make a very good potato salad. It’s accurate.
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Rebuild a government that is accountable and improves the lives of you and your neighbors, with 1 million new workers by 2030 bsky.app/profile/cost...
Futureposting:
WASHINGTON, D.C. With 1 million new federal workers onboarded and existing workers supported and empowered to get things done, Americans are the happiest about the direction of the country than they’ve been in decades.
WASHINGTON, D.C. With 1 million new federal workers onboarded and existing workers supported and empowered to get things done, Americans are the happiest about the direction of the country than they’ve been in decades.
Such a terrific and awful cluster. DOGE will cost the United States hundreds of billions more when whatever emergency at home or abroad tests the United States and we will have gutted our government capacity to do anything. We are profoundly screwed for the next crisis across a range of areas.
January 27, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Rebuild a government that is accountable and improves the lives of you and your neighbors, with 1 million new workers by 2030 bsky.app/profile/cost...
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We need to reconstruct civil society, rebuild civil institutions, and reinvest in the social sciences. It's possible. bsky.app/profile/cost...
Futureposting:
ALEXANDRIA, VA: Congress Appropriates a 10-Fold Increase in NSF’s Funding for the Social Sciences. “We’re hiring 500 PMFs”, says SBE Directorate.
ALEXANDRIA, VA: Congress Appropriates a 10-Fold Increase in NSF’s Funding for the Social Sciences. “We’re hiring 500 PMFs”, says SBE Directorate.
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 PM
We need to reconstruct civil society, rebuild civil institutions, and reinvest in the social sciences. It's possible. bsky.app/profile/cost...
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It could take a generation to recover the talent lost from federal science.
But it doesn't have to. We should be ready to scale up the Presidential Management Fellowship program to triple what it once was and rebuild U.S. capacity by 2030.
But it doesn't have to. We should be ready to scale up the Presidential Management Fellowship program to triple what it once was and rebuild U.S. capacity by 2030.
How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year?
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
January 27, 2026 at 5:52 AM
It could take a generation to recover the talent lost from federal science.
But it doesn't have to. We should be ready to scale up the Presidential Management Fellowship program to triple what it once was and rebuild U.S. capacity by 2030.
But it doesn't have to. We should be ready to scale up the Presidential Management Fellowship program to triple what it once was and rebuild U.S. capacity by 2030.
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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infrastructure week isn't a time but a place in our hearts that we can go to any time we please
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 AM
infrastructure week isn't a time but a place in our hearts that we can go to any time we please
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The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 AM
The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Politicians gotta start calling for Miller to go. Right now.
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Politicians gotta start calling for Miller to go. Right now.
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For your Consideration, Best Supporting Actor (One Battle After Another, 2025)
The tactical formation is mostly there to prevent him from being vacuumed into a Roomba.
January 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
For your Consideration, Best Supporting Actor (One Battle After Another, 2025)