Veldrina
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Code monkey extraordinaire by day, mostly harmless left clicker by night. she/her.
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Have you ever seen BART’s Grand Meet?
It’s our nightly ritual at MacArthur BART station!
All four platforms fill with the lasts trains of the night for a timed transfer at 12:51 a.m. so riders can get anywhere in the system.
Watch to see how our system planners make it happen!
It’s our nightly ritual at MacArthur BART station!
All four platforms fill with the lasts trains of the night for a timed transfer at 12:51 a.m. so riders can get anywhere in the system.
Watch to see how our system planners make it happen!
December 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Have you ever seen BART’s Grand Meet?
It’s our nightly ritual at MacArthur BART station!
All four platforms fill with the lasts trains of the night for a timed transfer at 12:51 a.m. so riders can get anywhere in the system.
Watch to see how our system planners make it happen!
It’s our nightly ritual at MacArthur BART station!
All four platforms fill with the lasts trains of the night for a timed transfer at 12:51 a.m. so riders can get anywhere in the system.
Watch to see how our system planners make it happen!
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The left says that oligarchs have bought our democracy. They're wrong—oligarchs have bought our republic.
December 31, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The left says that oligarchs have bought our democracy. They're wrong—oligarchs have bought our republic.
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Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
December 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
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One of the earliest-ever modern portrayals of Santa Claus features him gifting Union soldiers with a jumping-jack doll of Jefferson Davis dangling from a noose - as drawn by political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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![HARPERS WEEKLY.
JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION
Vor. VII.-No. 314.]
NEW
YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY
1863.
GELCOM
SANTA CLAUS
SANTA CLAUS IN CAMP.-[SEE PAGE 6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qiknc4t5rq7yngvz7g4aezq7/bafkreiez4d5lsrpbn3mrwkwrnbrhb3ra7dmvagbxjaz7hg5be7njnsbary@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
One of the earliest-ever modern portrayals of Santa Claus features him gifting Union soldiers with a jumping-jack doll of Jefferson Davis dangling from a noose - as drawn by political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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Merry Christmas! This is your yearly reminder that mistletoes, uniquely among ALL known multicellular life, do not have working mitochondria. What the fuck? Biology is fake.
The Mystery of Mistletoe’s Missing Genes
Mistletoes have all but shut down the powerhouses of their cells. Scientists are still trying to understand the plants’ unorthodox survival strategy.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Merry Christmas! This is your yearly reminder that mistletoes, uniquely among ALL known multicellular life, do not have working mitochondria. What the fuck? Biology is fake.
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bluesky developers, please let us add more than one video to a post 😔
December 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
bluesky developers, please let us add more than one video to a post 😔
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i've been weirdly invested in this dog's sweater alteration
IG roodabeguh
IG roodabeguh
December 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
i've been weirdly invested in this dog's sweater alteration
IG roodabeguh
IG roodabeguh
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a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
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what's a bit of wisdom from a place you wouldn't expect that's stuck with you? I think of a line from a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend song,
"People aren't characters. They're complicated
And their choices don't always make sense" all the time.
"People aren't characters. They're complicated
And their choices don't always make sense" all the time.
December 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
what's a bit of wisdom from a place you wouldn't expect that's stuck with you? I think of a line from a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend song,
"People aren't characters. They're complicated
And their choices don't always make sense" all the time.
"People aren't characters. They're complicated
And their choices don't always make sense" all the time.
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Control sequel where you become Federal Reserve Chairman and need to use a variety of supernatural abilities, rituals, and cutting edge tech to prevent the economy from breaching containment and annihilating the material plane.
December 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Control sequel where you become Federal Reserve Chairman and need to use a variety of supernatural abilities, rituals, and cutting edge tech to prevent the economy from breaching containment and annihilating the material plane.
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this made me so happy
December 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
this made me so happy
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Global TV has the rights to air "60 Minutes" in Canada. Networks like CBS sometimes deliver taped shows to affiliates like Global TV ahead of time. That appears to be what happened here: Friday's finished version of "60 Minutes" was digitally shipped up north.
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Global TV has the rights to air "60 Minutes" in Canada. Networks like CBS sometimes deliver taped shows to affiliates like Global TV ahead of time. That appears to be what happened here: Friday's finished version of "60 Minutes" was digitally shipped up north.
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there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
![Gallup poll | 12/1-12/15
President Trump approval crosstabs (%)
🟥Overall (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥Democratic (93/3 disapprove) [-90]
🟩Republican (89/8 approve) [+81]
🟥Independent (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥18-34 (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥35-54 (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥55+ (53/43 disapprove) [-10]
🟥No college (55/37 disapprove) [-18]
🟥College graduate (59/37 disapprove) [-22]
🟥Male (53/42 disapprove) [-11]
🟥Female (64/30 disapprove) [-34]
🟥White (52/46 disapprove) [-6]
🟥Non-white (71/21 disapprove) [-50]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreifnv6vxufu6icjvsd5toirz3lmqkzertdpdnlqh7q44momevhfjqq@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
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Good news, someone ripped my video and put it on the Internet Archive. If you're having trouble downloading from Filemail, here it is:
archive.org/details/60mi...
archive.org/details/60mi...
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Good news, someone ripped my video and put it on the Internet Archive. If you're having trouble downloading from Filemail, here it is:
archive.org/details/60mi...
archive.org/details/60mi...
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this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
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December 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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this woman is your FRIEND
she FIGHTS for FREEDOM
she FIGHTS for FREEDOM
December 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
this woman is your FRIEND
she FIGHTS for FREEDOM
she FIGHTS for FREEDOM
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sheesh, the only thing worse than getting kicked out of the polycule is finding out via jira ticket 😣
![Screenshot of an email:
Subject: [PIPEXP-1192] Login Access Request
To: me
Good morning Kimberly! =^uwu^=;;
I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble logging into Jellyfin! It looks like your SSO account was indeed deactivated on 2025 Dec 15.
According to our records,
1. On or about 2025 Nov 15, you were broken up with by ___, who noted this as a “final break” on vis event report sheet. I’m also seeing that Ve ticked the “Unilateral” box, meaning it isn’t contestable.
2. Our Salesforce shows you aren’t close to any other polycule members
Unfortunately, our solo-poly access policy doesn’t allow us to extend resources to unpartnered members after the 30 day grace period following your break. This includes entertainment resources (Jellyfin / *darr / nzbget / Pornhub for Enterprise™ seat), as well as O365™, Adobe CC™, and shell access on the Nix clusters. We’re so sorry for your loss, cutie!! 😭💜
If you have any questions, you can reply to this email to generate another ticket, or you can contact zzzoeee@ from our Partner Infra team (note: three Zs and three Es in their LDAP, we have a lot of Zoes here!)
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As a courtesy, a copy of this email has been sent to your manager listed in Workday™
New name or pronouns? Dating someone new? Just visit go/update-me to update your account!
Include this line in your email to comment on the ticket: 250e084a-b937-47a6-948d-b519112ad35a](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rhtazgvloflondzburvubdft/bafkreids254lgwtdyd62paodq5ynb5tatkemp5l77ynw6udhshedj6pab4@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
sheesh, the only thing worse than getting kicked out of the polycule is finding out via jira ticket 😣
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At the heart of our dysfunction lies a single law
December 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
At the heart of our dysfunction lies a single law
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Um, ok...
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Um, ok...
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
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I say this as someone whose entire job is finding the narrow use cases in which AI is actually useful:
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I say this as someone whose entire job is finding the narrow use cases in which AI is actually useful:
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.