Bill Shein
@billshein.bsky.social
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Bill Shein
@billshein.bsky.social
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I thought this was poems by Vikings and was *very disappointed* to discover otherwise.
Dear Cancer,
See below.
Signed,
Healthy people who got, or will get, cancer
See below.
Signed,
Healthy people who got, or will get, cancer
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Dear Cancer,
See below.
Signed,
Healthy people who got, or will get, cancer
See below.
Signed,
Healthy people who got, or will get, cancer
ATTENTION LAW SCHOOL TEXTBOOK WRITERS: Still enough time to include this tale in next fall's updated edition(s)!
"The spectacle, which played out over nearly 90 minutes of tense courtroom colloquy, drove home just how slapdash the prosecution of Mr. Comey appeared to have been from its inception."
"The spectacle, which played out over nearly 90 minutes of tense courtroom colloquy, drove home just how slapdash the prosecution of Mr. Comey appeared to have been from its inception."
Judge Presses Comey Prosecutors Over Revised Indictment
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
ATTENTION LAW SCHOOL TEXTBOOK WRITERS: Still enough time to include this tale in next fall's updated edition(s)!
"The spectacle, which played out over nearly 90 minutes of tense courtroom colloquy, drove home just how slapdash the prosecution of Mr. Comey appeared to have been from its inception."
"The spectacle, which played out over nearly 90 minutes of tense courtroom colloquy, drove home just how slapdash the prosecution of Mr. Comey appeared to have been from its inception."
Jeez, The Weather Channel seems to know I left a few dishes in the sink overnight. BACK OFF, SCOLDS!
@alexwallaceweather.bsky.social
@alexwallaceweather.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Jeez, The Weather Channel seems to know I left a few dishes in the sink overnight. BACK OFF, SCOLDS!
@alexwallaceweather.bsky.social
@alexwallaceweather.bsky.social
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NEW: US airlines (Delta, United, American, etc) will shut down a program in which it sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to government agencies, including ICE, FBI, ATF, more. Comes after intense lawmaker-pressure and 404 Media's months-long reporting
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
Airlines Will Shut Down Program That Sold Your Flights Records to Government
The move comes after intense pressure from lawmakers and 404 Media’s months-long reporting about the airline industry's data selling practices.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
NEW: US airlines (Delta, United, American, etc) will shut down a program in which it sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to government agencies, including ICE, FBI, ATF, more. Comes after intense lawmaker-pressure and 404 Media's months-long reporting
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
Trump tells an ABC reporter that it's "insubordination" to ask him a question about the Epstein files during his press conference. Then says ABC's "license should be taken away."
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trump tells an ABC reporter that it's "insubordination" to ask him a question about the Epstein files during his press conference. Then says ABC's "license should be taken away."
Chilling. "Things happen."
"Trump’s remarks on Jamal Khashoggi were striking, brushing off the killing of a journalist in a cavalier way: 'A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about, whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen.'"
"Trump’s remarks on Jamal Khashoggi were striking, brushing off the killing of a journalist in a cavalier way: 'A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about, whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen.'"
Live Updates: Trump Hails Saudi Investments as Crown Prince Visits White House
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Chilling. "Things happen."
"Trump’s remarks on Jamal Khashoggi were striking, brushing off the killing of a journalist in a cavalier way: 'A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about, whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen.'"
"Trump’s remarks on Jamal Khashoggi were striking, brushing off the killing of a journalist in a cavalier way: 'A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about, whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen.'"
A must-see.
THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT is now at 93% on @rottentomatoes.com!
We’re endlessly grateful to every critic and viewer who’s supported the film.
If you haven’t seen it yet, watch it now on @netflix.com!
We’re endlessly grateful to every critic and viewer who’s supported the film.
If you haven’t seen it yet, watch it now on @netflix.com!
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A must-see.
Obviously they invested in a carefully curated selection of Franklin Mint commemorative plates.
How baby boomers got so rich, and why their kids are unlikely to catch up
The wealthiest generation holds more than $85 trillion in assets thanks to economic conditions Gen X, millennials and others would be hard-pressed to replicate.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Obviously they invested in a carefully curated selection of Franklin Mint commemorative plates.
Cloudflare needs a backup system built upon the proven 9.99999999% uptime of decorative gourds. May this be its wake up call and spur it to action.
We're enduring this Cloudflare outage as best we can: in the fetal position, surrounded by decorative gourds.
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Cloudflare needs a backup system built upon the proven 9.99999999% uptime of decorative gourds. May this be its wake up call and spur it to action.
That feeling you get moments before diving into a pile of postal history, excited and curious, certain that the covers hold mysteries to discover and stories to tell. #philately #stampcollecting #writing
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
That feeling you get moments before diving into a pile of postal history, excited and curious, certain that the covers hold mysteries to discover and stories to tell. #philately #stampcollecting #writing
I’m legitimately concerned that the part of my brain that allows me to feel surprise had been worn down to something resembling bleached coral.
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I’m legitimately concerned that the part of my brain that allows me to feel surprise had been worn down to something resembling bleached coral.
Past life of Dave?
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Past life of Dave?
“When you look into stamps,” my friends, “you look into yourself.”
Classic/goofy 1986 USPS ad. #philately #stampcollecting
Classic/goofy 1986 USPS ad. #philately #stampcollecting
1986 United States Post Office "Stamp Collecting - I did it" TV Commercial
YouTube video by ewjxn
m.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“When you look into stamps,” my friends, “you look into yourself.”
Classic/goofy 1986 USPS ad. #philately #stampcollecting
Classic/goofy 1986 USPS ad. #philately #stampcollecting
Has a familiar ring…
“What struck me most about the encounter, and several other public interviews he has done since, was his willingness to lie openly and his lack of any perceptible humility.”
“What struck me most about the encounter, and several other public interviews he has done since, was his willingness to lie openly and his lack of any perceptible humility.”
Opinion | MBS comes to Washington. Regrettably.
The U.S. gains nothing by legitimizing the crown prince’s repressions.
wapo.st
November 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Has a familiar ring…
“What struck me most about the encounter, and several other public interviews he has done since, was his willingness to lie openly and his lack of any perceptible humility.”
“What struck me most about the encounter, and several other public interviews he has done since, was his willingness to lie openly and his lack of any perceptible humility.”
Reposted by Bill Shein
To understand any sort of inequality, we have to ask ourselves: What do we owe each other as members of the same society?
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
To understand any sort of inequality, we have to ask ourselves: What do we owe each other as members of the same society?
Reposted by Bill Shein
The 🇺🇸 American pre-Code
musical black comedy film "DUCK SOUP" directed by Leo McCarey and starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo in his final film appearance) was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1933
🎬 Paramount Pictures
musical black comedy film "DUCK SOUP" directed by Leo McCarey and starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo in his final film appearance) was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1933
🎬 Paramount Pictures
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The 🇺🇸 American pre-Code
musical black comedy film "DUCK SOUP" directed by Leo McCarey and starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo in his final film appearance) was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1933
🎬 Paramount Pictures
musical black comedy film "DUCK SOUP" directed by Leo McCarey and starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo in his final film appearance) was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1933
🎬 Paramount Pictures
“The old mantle clock of my hero, Justice Thurgood Marshall, is displayed in my office. I know that as he looks down on me from the heavenly respite he so richly deserves, he thinks: ‘America is still litigating voting rights? The Fourteenth Amendment? Abortion? Kentaji, what in the actual fuck?’”
With America on My Last Fucking Nerve, I, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dissent
You know me as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Over the past three years, I’ve tried changing the system from within. I’ve wri...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
“The old mantle clock of my hero, Justice Thurgood Marshall, is displayed in my office. I know that as he looks down on me from the heavenly respite he so richly deserves, he thinks: ‘America is still litigating voting rights? The Fourteenth Amendment? Abortion? Kentaji, what in the actual fuck?’”
Main difference between watching Ken Burns’ “The Civil War” thirty-five years ago and watching “The American Revolution” this week?
Now I’m an old man who can’t stay awake past 9pm. 😴
Now I’m an old man who can’t stay awake past 9pm. 😴
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Main difference between watching Ken Burns’ “The Civil War” thirty-five years ago and watching “The American Revolution” this week?
Now I’m an old man who can’t stay awake past 9pm. 😴
Now I’m an old man who can’t stay awake past 9pm. 😴
The Webb just blows my mind. People should look at these images daily. For perspective. And to just be in awe.
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The Webb just blows my mind. People should look at these images daily. For perspective. And to just be in awe.
Have tried this. Totally works every time.
whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Have tried this. Totally works every time.
Reposted by Bill Shein
Scientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion leads to death. They were surprised by how little plastic can be dangerous. www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is what happens when you toss plastic or don’t pick up what’s there.
This is what happens when you toss plastic or don’t pick up what’s there.
From seabirds to sea turtles: the fatal toll of plastic revealed
A new study pinpoints the deadly thresholds of plastic ingestion for marine life.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Scientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion leads to death. They were surprised by how little plastic can be dangerous. www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is what happens when you toss plastic or don’t pick up what’s there.
This is what happens when you toss plastic or don’t pick up what’s there.
With an eye on @boston2026expo.bsky.social coming up next May in Boston, news from @aps-stamps.bsky.social's third convention in Aug. 1888 held in: Boston!
Note how many members were "lost by death and from other causes" in a year: nearly 16%. #Stampcollecting was *extremely* dangerous back then!
Note how many members were "lost by death and from other causes" in a year: nearly 16%. #Stampcollecting was *extremely* dangerous back then!
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
With an eye on @boston2026expo.bsky.social coming up next May in Boston, news from @aps-stamps.bsky.social's third convention in Aug. 1888 held in: Boston!
Note how many members were "lost by death and from other causes" in a year: nearly 16%. #Stampcollecting was *extremely* dangerous back then!
Note how many members were "lost by death and from other causes" in a year: nearly 16%. #Stampcollecting was *extremely* dangerous back then!
Meanwhile, in 1886 a newspaper in Biddeford, Maine, suggested that "professional men seem to have a weakness" for #stampcollecting -- but hid their hobby from others in the face of "ridicule." #philately
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Meanwhile, in 1886 a newspaper in Biddeford, Maine, suggested that "professional men seem to have a weakness" for #stampcollecting -- but hid their hobby from others in the face of "ridicule." #philately
Early newspaper mentions of stamp collecting and #philately. This one from the Essex Chronicle (Chelmsford, Essex, England) on December 21, 1866.
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Early newspaper mentions of stamp collecting and #philately. This one from the Essex Chronicle (Chelmsford, Essex, England) on December 21, 1866.
"...a blistering 24-page ruling"
Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed ‘Misconduct’ in Comey Case
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"...a blistering 24-page ruling"