Toby Applegate
@tapplegate.bsky.social
Not jaded yet geography professor
Father of a juniors hockey player, an art historian, and a nurse.
Husband of a very, very talented wife.
Actively blocking fascists, “quote of the day” garbage, anime weirdos, engagement farmers, and time wasters.
Father of a juniors hockey player, an art historian, and a nurse.
Husband of a very, very talented wife.
Actively blocking fascists, “quote of the day” garbage, anime weirdos, engagement farmers, and time wasters.
Dr. J is a fine man, fine looking, and in a fine suit at the Hall of Fame classic with @umassbasketball.bsky.social and that school on the Gren
@umasshoopster.bsky.social
@umasshoopster.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Dr. J is a fine man, fine looking, and in a fine suit at the Hall of Fame classic with @umassbasketball.bsky.social and that school on the Gren
@umasshoopster.bsky.social
@umasshoopster.bsky.social
An annoying trend in an era of annoyance
For some people with packed schedules and a penchant for human connection, voice notes have emerged as their preferred form of communication.
However, there is an art to the form — which sets the messages leagues above a traditional voicemail.
However, there is an art to the form — which sets the messages leagues above a traditional voicemail.
The definitive rules of sending and receiving voice notes
Voice note lovers — and haters — weigh in on how to use the popular audio feature.
wapo.st
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
An annoying trend in an era of annoyance
Just about, no, spot on.
December 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Just about, no, spot on.
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The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
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GS: Metro areas that experienced home price declines over the past year were more likely to have seen a rapid increase in taxes/insurance/maintenance costs
December 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
GS: Metro areas that experienced home price declines over the past year were more likely to have seen a rapid increase in taxes/insurance/maintenance costs
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The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Gonna start a The Who cover band called The Whom and everyone in it will be dressed like an insufferable grammar nerd.
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Gonna start a The Who cover band called The Whom and everyone in it will be dressed like an insufferable grammar nerd.
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Anyway, whether discussing James Carville or Marjorie Taylor Greene, this applies:
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Anyway, whether discussing James Carville or Marjorie Taylor Greene, this applies:
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This just in from the “No Shit” desk.
October 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This just in from the “No Shit” desk.
This destruction of the East Wing of the White House is disgusting, but there is a possible way forward and keeping the new structure. Say someone HockeyLand adjacent gets the Presidency after Lord Bot-A-Tot leaves. That ballroom will hold an Olympic-sized rink and an NHL rink.
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This destruction of the East Wing of the White House is disgusting, but there is a possible way forward and keeping the new structure. Say someone HockeyLand adjacent gets the Presidency after Lord Bot-A-Tot leaves. That ballroom will hold an Olympic-sized rink and an NHL rink.
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Eleanor Rigby had more people show up at her funeral.
October 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Eleanor Rigby had more people show up at her funeral.
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Has anyone noted that Johnson is stalling the Grijalva swearing-in because he/they have a very specific date in the future that they are trying to reach where the swearing-in doesn’t matter any more? what could that date be? I invite wild speculation.
October 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Has anyone noted that Johnson is stalling the Grijalva swearing-in because he/they have a very specific date in the future that they are trying to reach where the swearing-in doesn’t matter any more? what could that date be? I invite wild speculation.
Stop writing about the consequences and start writing about the cause.
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Stop writing about the consequences and start writing about the cause.
It’s like living inside the Camper Von Beethoven song “Flowers.”
Trump: "I think we should maybe start thinking about battleships, by the way. We have a Secretary of Navy who came to me, 'cause I look at the Iowa out in California and I look at different ships, the old pictures. I used to watch Victory at Sea. I love Victory at Sea. And I look at those ships... "
September 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It’s like living inside the Camper Von Beethoven song “Flowers.”
What’s next? Giving John Wayne a posthumous Medal of Honor?
September 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
What’s next? Giving John Wayne a posthumous Medal of Honor?
Here we go with Threads sharing an accusation that a person is a member of a non-existent organization putting that person’s life at risk.
September 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Here we go with Threads sharing an accusation that a person is a member of a non-existent organization putting that person’s life at risk.
September 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
There are many ways to take temperature. #kimmel
New reporting from CNN's Elizabeth Wagmeister: "ABC hopes to bring Jimmy Kimmel back, but temperature needs to be taken down under FCC threats"
ABC hopes to bring Jimmy Kimmel back, but temperature needs to be taken down under FCC threats | CNN
What played out before Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s show and what comes next.
www.cnn.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
There are many ways to take temperature. #kimmel
They’ve already obfuscated the Disney+ cancellation process on the App. Will they continue to bill just like the Times after cancellation?
Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.
September 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
They’ve already obfuscated the Disney+ cancellation process on the App. Will they continue to bill just like the Times after cancellation?