ZigZaggin
@zigzaggin.bsky.social
Just a work-at-home dad and husband trying to maintain some contact with the world outside.
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Announcing my new NYT podcast, Hypocritical Times… 🎧 tap in
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Announcing my new NYT podcast, Hypocritical Times… 🎧 tap in
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USA Women are the 2025 FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup Champions!
December 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
USA Women are the 2025 FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup Champions!
Panthers fan here. Did not expect to cheer so much today. @minakimes.bsky.social how is this happening?
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Panthers fan here. Did not expect to cheer so much today. @minakimes.bsky.social how is this happening?
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And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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wow, new rule of posting / emergent atmosphere best practice:
anytime you make a bluesky post with ≥ 1k likes you *have* to write a leaflet post to expound, extrapolate, and expand upon it!
anytime you make a bluesky post with ≥ 1k likes you *have* to write a leaflet post to expound, extrapolate, and expand upon it!
Some Thoughts on Nostalgia for the Economy of the 1950s, or 1980s, or 2000s (or Whenever) - Simon's Leaflets
Some people say they want the economy of the past, but that economy is not what they imagine
simonlester.leaflet.pub
November 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
wow, new rule of posting / emergent atmosphere best practice:
anytime you make a bluesky post with ≥ 1k likes you *have* to write a leaflet post to expound, extrapolate, and expand upon it!
anytime you make a bluesky post with ≥ 1k likes you *have* to write a leaflet post to expound, extrapolate, and expand upon it!
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I scribbled down all my shutdown-related intrusive thoughts and put them in a blog post.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
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The Shutdown Surrender
I just... I mean... Whatever.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I scribbled down all my shutdown-related intrusive thoughts and put them in a blog post.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
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Let me tell you about Designing Women.
Designing Women - Julia Sugarbaker on School Prayer "The Candidate"
YouTube video by turi319
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November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Let me tell you about Designing Women.
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AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."
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The never ending struggle to explain that descriptive statistics are not predictive statistics.
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The never ending struggle to explain that descriptive statistics are not predictive statistics.
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Wrote a while back about how the algorithms convinced a lot of folks they were living through a total economic collapse during the Biden years. badfaithtimes.com/the-algorith...
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Wrote a while back about how the algorithms convinced a lot of folks they were living through a total economic collapse during the Biden years. badfaithtimes.com/the-algorith...
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You are not a parrot. And a chatbot is not a human. And linguist @EmilyMBender.bsky.social is very worried what will happen when we forget this.
nymag.com/intelligence...
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You Are Not a Parrot
And a chatbot is not a human. And a linguist named Emily M. Bender is very worried what will happen when we forget this.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
You are not a parrot. And a chatbot is not a human. And linguist @EmilyMBender.bsky.social is very worried what will happen when we forget this.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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The nightmare Republican chat groups exposed last week kinda reminded me that they are unable to view society outside hierarchies of oppression. It’s sad, really. badfaithtimes.com/there-is-no-...
There Is No Anti-Wokeness Without Bad Faith
Unless your friends and family have been vacuum sealed and protected against the brain-altering venom of the Culture Wars, you know “woke” has, quite tragically, become a catchall term for anything a ...
badfaithtimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The nightmare Republican chat groups exposed last week kinda reminded me that they are unable to view society outside hierarchies of oppression. It’s sad, really. badfaithtimes.com/there-is-no-...
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The Don’t Tread On Me people say, well, this is what happens when you break the law. You lose all your rights. Your liberty is eviscerated. You become a non-person.
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Tread, Baby, Tread. Just Not On Me.
The bad faith of the Don't Tread On Me crowd has been fully exposed in this second Trump term
badfaithtimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Don’t Tread On Me people say, well, this is what happens when you break the law. You lose all your rights. Your liberty is eviscerated. You become a non-person.
badfaithtimes.com/tread-baby-t...
badfaithtimes.com/tread-baby-t...
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Atlanta Dream eliminates $10 million in debt for families across the city
Atlanta Dream eliminates $10 million in debt for families across the city
Thursday marks the 62nd anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream Speech” — and to celebrate, the Atlanta Dream has announced a major debt relief program.
www.atlantanewsfirst.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Atlanta Dream eliminates $10 million in debt for families across the city
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Allisha Gray Hive, stand up! Great piece on one of the best players currently in the league.
Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray is on pace for a career year and possible First Team All-WNBA selection.
But, for those like Dawn Staley who have known Gray for a long time, it shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Chauny brings you our July No Cap Cover on the Dream’s emerging superstar.
But, for those like Dawn Staley who have known Gray for a long time, it shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Chauny brings you our July No Cap Cover on the Dream’s emerging superstar.
The Ever Growing Legend of Allisha Gray
Allisha Gray has never been the loudest voice in the WNBA, but over the course of her eight-year career she has become one of the strongest presences in the league.
www.nocapspacewbb.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Allisha Gray Hive, stand up! Great piece on one of the best players currently in the league.
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My partner, Holland Kaplan, writes about Azurá Stevens, who has had a career year and is helping the Sparks stay afloat. More in the Sporting Tribune.
Azura Stevens is redefining her role with big stats and bigger impact
The Los Angeles Sparks might be struggling this WNBA season with a 5–12 record and sitting at 11th in the standings but there’s no denying that Azurá Stevens has
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July 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
My partner, Holland Kaplan, writes about Azurá Stevens, who has had a career year and is helping the Sparks stay afloat. More in the Sporting Tribune.
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I think a lot of the terror of the modern age can be understood by the fact that the Internet accelerated the development of the worst type of person, the "Anti-Intellectual Nerd."
June 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I think a lot of the terror of the modern age can be understood by the fact that the Internet accelerated the development of the worst type of person, the "Anti-Intellectual Nerd."
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Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.
May 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.
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is it bad that i'm hanging my hopes on us being fucked so fast and hard that the backlash avoids longer term fucking
November 26, 2024 at 1:23 AM
is it bad that i'm hanging my hopes on us being fucked so fast and hard that the backlash avoids longer term fucking
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I’m an American teacher, and I’m worried.
I’m worried about losing special education and Title I funding, worried about the voucher scam, worried about Christian nationalism in public schools, and I’m tired of being scapegoated.
Education isn’t the problem.
Education is the solution.
I’m worried about losing special education and Title I funding, worried about the voucher scam, worried about Christian nationalism in public schools, and I’m tired of being scapegoated.
Education isn’t the problem.
Education is the solution.
November 24, 2024 at 11:59 PM
I’m an American teacher, and I’m worried.
I’m worried about losing special education and Title I funding, worried about the voucher scam, worried about Christian nationalism in public schools, and I’m tired of being scapegoated.
Education isn’t the problem.
Education is the solution.
I’m worried about losing special education and Title I funding, worried about the voucher scam, worried about Christian nationalism in public schools, and I’m tired of being scapegoated.
Education isn’t the problem.
Education is the solution.