@barticus.bsky.social
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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tapping the sign
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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This bird’s greed delights me
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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The METR study showed (against their own intuition) using AI slows productivity by about 20%. Also an interesting data point was that almost everyone using it thought they were faster, when they were actually 19% slower. So you can kinda see how this got out of hand in a feedback loop of dumbassery.
December 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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The Trump administration has done more to destroy our fragile intelligence network that has kept this country relatively safe than our enemies could dream.
No one will trust us again. If we don’t outright betray you we’ll accidentally murder you through sheer ineptitude.

apnews.com/article/syri...
US raid allegedly killed Syrian undercover agent instead of Islamic State group official
A U.S. operation in Syria last month mistakenly killed a man who had been working undercover against the Islamic State group, according to his family, a war monitor and officials.
apnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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My travels have made me an insufferable whiner about the quality of public space in America. Thanks for listening.
January 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Immigration is down! Yay!

What's that? We don't have enough nurses and midwifes because everyone's racist now? Oh.
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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OTD in 1994 Russia signed the Budapest memo, guaranteeing Ukraine's territorial integrity in exchange for their nukes, 44 Ukrainian Tu-22 heavy bombers and 1,068 Kh-55 cruise missiles.

Which have been fired at Ukraine in this war.
December 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia said they were pulling out of the contest after organizers decided to allow Israel to continue to compete, despite tensions over its conduct in Gaza. n.pr/3Mk77nV
At least 4 countries pull out of 2026 Eurovision contest over Israel's participation
Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia said they were pulling out of the contest after organizers decided to allow Israel to continue to compete, despite tensions over its conduct in Gaza.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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The National Newspaper :
A full timeline of Israel's repeated Gaza ceasefire violations
archive.md/Avgz4
December 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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The new National Security Strategy of the U.S. contains some pretty explicit white nationalism:

“We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of
Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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No one is illegal on stolen land. Abolish ICE.
Land back now.

art from @iwrising.bsky.social’s insta:
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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For someone who hates socialism he sure loves being publicly owned
Hey all. If you would like to see this morning's interview with Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, I have attached a YouTube link below.
Thank you for watching.

youtu.be/s9Khl0T_BEA?...
Vancouver mayor stands by city's budget
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Vance loves to deploy fabricated racist fearmongering. First Haitians are eating the pets, now Indigenous people sacrificed children?! Sheesh.
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Chad South Korea
Meanwhile, in the United States, the FBI is attempting to schedule interviews with the six Democratic members of Congress who made a video saying troops should not obey any illegal orders

abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi...
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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RIP Mani. You died on the right side of history like so many dont. Massive talent, top red.
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath

50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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I really respect how much American corporations are committed to killing their customers unless absolutely forced not to.
Congress’s shutdown deal eliminated key food safety rules, blocking agencies from enforcing measures to prevent contamination and trace outbreaks. This rollback has coincided with a surge in hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses.
Shutdown Deal Kills Rules to Prevent Food Contamination and Foodborne Illnesses
The gutting of these rules coincides with a huge increase in hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses.
truthout.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM