Callmeike
@callmeike.bsky.social
Avid cyclist, sometimes baker, author and former Android developer in the Pacific Northwest. he/him... or, honestly, anything but Republican.
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Is this what will happen? Govt will reopen, the vote in December will happen and fail, health subsidies will expire in January, and the govt will shut down again in January, at which point the middle class will be feeling the pinch?
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Is this what will happen? Govt will reopen, the vote in December will happen and fail, health subsidies will expire in January, and the govt will shut down again in January, at which point the middle class will be feeling the pinch?
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Does someone have a list of all the people who promised to leave NYC so we can put them on free buses to Florida?
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Does someone have a list of all the people who promised to leave NYC so we can put them on free buses to Florida?
Dr. @adapalmer.bsky.social: Christianity seems to have been incredibly successful. Are there studies into why?
November 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Dr. @adapalmer.bsky.social: Christianity seems to have been incredibly successful. Are there studies into why?
It looks as though "ceasefire" doesn't mean what I thought it meant, either. One might even start to describe this as "Newspeak"
October 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It looks as though "ceasefire" doesn't mean what I thought it meant, either. One might even start to describe this as "Newspeak"
That Dante guy knew which end was up...
Dante has a specific section of Hell for people who commit crimes on behalf of a monarch (the pope) knowing the monarch has promised in advance to pardon them.
October 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
That Dante guy knew which end was up...
Huh... Apparently "illegal" doesn't mean what I thought it meant.
October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Huh... Apparently "illegal" doesn't mean what I thought it meant.
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This your Whitehouse
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October 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This your Whitehouse
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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Can someone like @davidpriess.bsky.social @tim-weiner.bsky.social explain what it will take to securely rebuild Presidential bunker, so we can understand what it's going to take to do 2X--this time, when Trump rebuilds *that kind* of bunker, & then again when President @aoc.bsky.social replaces it?
October 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Can someone like @davidpriess.bsky.social @tim-weiner.bsky.social explain what it will take to securely rebuild Presidential bunker, so we can understand what it's going to take to do 2X--this time, when Trump rebuilds *that kind* of bunker, & then again when President @aoc.bsky.social replaces it?
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Air-quality reforms in China have slashed concentrations of fine particulates by nearly half since 2013, preventing an estimated 2.2 million premature deaths annually. New analysis from the University of Chicago shows the average citizen now lives 2.9 years longer. buff.ly/EJeLqjd
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China’s air quality policies have swiftly reduced pollution, improved life expectancy
Despite significant increases in particulate pollution (PM2.5) in many regions of the world, global pollution has declined since 2013. That decline is due entirely to China’s success in steeply…
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October 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Air-quality reforms in China have slashed concentrations of fine particulates by nearly half since 2013, preventing an estimated 2.2 million premature deaths annually. New analysis from the University of Chicago shows the average citizen now lives 2.9 years longer. buff.ly/EJeLqjd
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
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Not to exploit attention economy guy's comments, but this White House attack REALLY IS a visual that is flooring people, including dopes like Byron York.
And it'd be useful to think of all the ways to use it as an organizing/messaging platform, PARTICULARLY bc of timing, "Let them eat ballroom."
And it'd be useful to think of all the ways to use it as an organizing/messaging platform, PARTICULARLY bc of timing, "Let them eat ballroom."
As a matter of current law, could the president just…knock down the entire White House? Just raze the whole thing to the ground?
October 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Not to exploit attention economy guy's comments, but this White House attack REALLY IS a visual that is flooring people, including dopes like Byron York.
And it'd be useful to think of all the ways to use it as an organizing/messaging platform, PARTICULARLY bc of timing, "Let them eat ballroom."
And it'd be useful to think of all the ways to use it as an organizing/messaging platform, PARTICULARLY bc of timing, "Let them eat ballroom."
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October 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Godspeed, Ms Stamberg
NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network. n.pr/3IR4JUn
Opinion: Susan Stamberg gave NPR its voice
NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network.
n.pr
October 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Godspeed, Ms Stamberg
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Reminder all - there is a great pocket guide constitution you can buy from the National Archive (online store is open).
In the meantime, any US printers who want to print them in different formats? Maybe menus or placemats for restaurants to get folks talking or trivia night?
In the meantime, any US printers who want to print them in different formats? Maybe menus or placemats for restaurants to get folks talking or trivia night?
October 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Reminder all - there is a great pocket guide constitution you can buy from the National Archive (online store is open).
In the meantime, any US printers who want to print them in different formats? Maybe menus or placemats for restaurants to get folks talking or trivia night?
In the meantime, any US printers who want to print them in different formats? Maybe menus or placemats for restaurants to get folks talking or trivia night?
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Social media use begins global decline. For the first time, time spent on social media is falling worldwide. An analysis of 250,000 adults across 50 countries shows average daily use dropped nearly 10% since 2022, reversing a decade of growth. buff.ly/z7nfRnN
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School IB economics: Have we passed peak social media?
Demand, market failure
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October 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Social media use begins global decline. For the first time, time spent on social media is falling worldwide. An analysis of 250,000 adults across 50 countries shows average daily use dropped nearly 10% since 2022, reversing a decade of growth. buff.ly/z7nfRnN
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If I manage to keep any kind of hope over the next 3 years, it will be because of @adapalmer.bsky.social. "Inventing the Renaissance" is, perhaps, the most mind-bending book I've read since Godel, Escher, Bach and SO optimistic. You must read it!
October 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If I manage to keep any kind of hope over the next 3 years, it will be because of @adapalmer.bsky.social. "Inventing the Renaissance" is, perhaps, the most mind-bending book I've read since Godel, Escher, Bach and SO optimistic. You must read it!
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I knew fascism would suck, but I underestimated how fucking stupid it would be.
October 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I knew fascism would suck, but I underestimated how fucking stupid it would be.
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That, I believe, is the point
October 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
That, I believe, is the point
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What agency/staff are working and what is and isn’t being done!
How the Shutdown Is Affecting Federal Services and Workers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How the Shutdown Is Affecting Federal Services and Workers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How the Shutdown Is Affecting Federal Services and Workers
The shutdown could suspend the work of at least 600,000 employees, disrupting a wide range of federal programs. Here’s what we know so far.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
What agency/staff are working and what is and isn’t being done!
How the Shutdown Is Affecting Federal Services and Workers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How the Shutdown Is Affecting Federal Services and Workers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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It took 20 years to go from Dan Rather to Bari Weiss.
October 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It took 20 years to go from Dan Rather to Bari Weiss.
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A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
October 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
Hero indeed. Godspeed Ms Goodall
Tonight I learned that one of my heroes has died. I loved her and colleagues' "adventures" as a child and grew up to admire her scientific work for so many reasons. RIP Jane Goodall.
Jane Goodall, wildlife advocate and primate expert, dies at 91 - www.reuters.com/business/env...
Jane Goodall, wildlife advocate and primate expert, dies at 91 - www.reuters.com/business/env...
Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91
Scientist and global activist Jane Goodall, who turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment, died on Wednesday at the age of 91, the institute she founded said.
www.reuters.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Hero indeed. Godspeed Ms Goodall