@captainjohn.bsky.social
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A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
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When Russia heavily censors Twitter, Rubio is perfectly okay with that. When the EU levies a fine against Twitter for deceptive advertising and fraudulent content because they allow marketing by fake Twitter accounts that scam Twitter consumers, Rubio goes through the roof— who calls the shots here?
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
When Russia heavily censors Twitter, Rubio is perfectly okay with that. When the EU levies a fine against Twitter for deceptive advertising and fraudulent content because they allow marketing by fake Twitter accounts that scam Twitter consumers, Rubio goes through the roof— who calls the shots here?
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The Biden admin didn’t even want to mention Republicans in WH press releases. They worried this would violate the Hatch Act and consulted legal counsel. Really! That’s how wide the gulf in basic political warfare is between the two parties. GOP is in full battle. The Democrats are out to lunch.
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The Biden admin didn’t even want to mention Republicans in WH press releases. They worried this would violate the Hatch Act and consulted legal counsel. Really! That’s how wide the gulf in basic political warfare is between the two parties. GOP is in full battle. The Democrats are out to lunch.
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The federal Privacy Protection Act of 1980 sharply limits whether police can use search warrants against journalists, EFF’s David Greene told Kansas Reflector, and the warrant in this case “would seem to be so overly broad that it would violate the PPA.” kansasreflector.com/2025/11/30/...
A citizen reporter strayed onto a police gun range. Cops sought a warrant for his online newspaper. • Kansas Reflector
Jarom Smith is being investigated for criminal trespass and authorities have obtained a search warrant for his outlet's Facebook account
kansasreflector.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The federal Privacy Protection Act of 1980 sharply limits whether police can use search warrants against journalists, EFF’s David Greene told Kansas Reflector, and the warrant in this case “would seem to be so overly broad that it would violate the PPA.” kansasreflector.com/2025/11/30/...
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A core problem for American liberalism is a constitutional inability to tell people who were important to the movement decades ago to go away because they're not relevant anymore.
Reagan/GW Bush admin people might as well not exist to the modern right. Maybe that's...something to consider.
Reagan/GW Bush admin people might as well not exist to the modern right. Maybe that's...something to consider.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A core problem for American liberalism is a constitutional inability to tell people who were important to the movement decades ago to go away because they're not relevant anymore.
Reagan/GW Bush admin people might as well not exist to the modern right. Maybe that's...something to consider.
Reagan/GW Bush admin people might as well not exist to the modern right. Maybe that's...something to consider.
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Company man. How was the DC perp "radicalized," as Kristi Noem says? He believed he had been recruited, trained and then abandoned by the CIA. And an objective assessment would conclude that he was right to feel that way. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Fellow Unit Member Says Alleged D.C. Shooter Felt Abandoned by CIA
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the Afghan who allegedly shot two National Guard members, felt abandoned by the CIA, according to a former Zero Unit member.
www.rollingstone.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Company man. How was the DC perp "radicalized," as Kristi Noem says? He believed he had been recruited, trained and then abandoned by the CIA. And an objective assessment would conclude that he was right to feel that way. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
SOURCES: Lane Kiffin is expected to accept LSU's offer to become the Tigers next head coach. Kiffin is set to meet with his Ole Miss team this morning at 9 AM CT. As we reported yesterday morning, LSU has been very confident it was going to land Kiffin. www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises
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If you lay awake in an old house in England on a summer night, you might hear a slight tapping, as if a clock were keeping time, counting out the moments remaining in your life.
Do you hope it keeps ticking?
Let's talk about the DEATHWATCH BEETLE, Xestobium rufovillosum.
Do you hope it keeps ticking?
Let's talk about the DEATHWATCH BEETLE, Xestobium rufovillosum.
The Truth Behind the Deathwatch Beetle's Creepy Tap-Tap-Tapping
In the United Kingdom, the insects were once considered omens of death—they're actually much more destructive.
www.atlasobscura.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If you lay awake in an old house in England on a summer night, you might hear a slight tapping, as if a clock were keeping time, counting out the moments remaining in your life.
Do you hope it keeps ticking?
Let's talk about the DEATHWATCH BEETLE, Xestobium rufovillosum.
Do you hope it keeps ticking?
Let's talk about the DEATHWATCH BEETLE, Xestobium rufovillosum.
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Amazing! Wrapped for Bluesky/Atmosphere.
November 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Amazing! Wrapped for Bluesky/Atmosphere.
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Why do we call these birds "turkeys"?
Add this to the list of "European explorers are bad at naming things". EVERYTHING new was "turkish" because of rising cultural influence of the Turkish (Ottoman) Empire.
Corn: "Turkish wheat"
Pumpkins: "Turkish cucumbers"
And that's how you get Turkey-cock.
Add this to the list of "European explorers are bad at naming things". EVERYTHING new was "turkish" because of rising cultural influence of the Turkish (Ottoman) Empire.
Corn: "Turkish wheat"
Pumpkins: "Turkish cucumbers"
And that's how you get Turkey-cock.
January 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Why do we call these birds "turkeys"?
Add this to the list of "European explorers are bad at naming things". EVERYTHING new was "turkish" because of rising cultural influence of the Turkish (Ottoman) Empire.
Corn: "Turkish wheat"
Pumpkins: "Turkish cucumbers"
And that's how you get Turkey-cock.
Add this to the list of "European explorers are bad at naming things". EVERYTHING new was "turkish" because of rising cultural influence of the Turkish (Ottoman) Empire.
Corn: "Turkish wheat"
Pumpkins: "Turkish cucumbers"
And that's how you get Turkey-cock.
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![Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicffnydtpbb2x24cfbblv2qtcwbr37zyw44vtqx47ocj2a26b2j2u@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Biden commuted their death sentences, so Trump retaliated by making their lives living hell, putting them in the country's most brutal prison, where they "spend 22 to 24 hours a day locked alone inside concrete cells that are smaller than a standard parking space."
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Biden commuted their death sentences, so Trump retaliated by making their lives living hell, putting them in the country's most brutal prison, where they "spend 22 to 24 hours a day locked alone inside concrete cells that are smaller than a standard parking space."
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Pure, pointless cruelty.
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Here is the archived video of our FOIA Forum about how to do reporting on Flock.
Here's the Video for Our Seventh FOIA Forum: Flock
Here is the archived video of our FOIA Forum about how to do reporting on Flock.
www.404media.co
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Here is the archived video of our FOIA Forum about how to do reporting on Flock.
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When will Elon pay the tariffs on all his imported tweets?
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
When will Elon pay the tariffs on all his imported tweets?
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This is hysterical. youtu.be/YjKqXfH2OY8?...
Watch The English Cast Of "Slow Horses" Read Things Only Americans Would Say
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is hysterical. youtu.be/YjKqXfH2OY8?...
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If the government won't bail out my crypto losses, I'm going to become an even bigger libertarian.
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If the government won't bail out my crypto losses, I'm going to become an even bigger libertarian.
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Did the Apollo 13 crew ever think they were not going to make it? Apollo 13 author Jeffrey Kluger asked Jim Lovell and told me his thoughts.
Find this episode of Reckoning with Jason Herbert below.
Find this episode of Reckoning with Jason Herbert below.
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Did the Apollo 13 crew ever think they were not going to make it? Apollo 13 author Jeffrey Kluger asked Jim Lovell and told me his thoughts.
Find this episode of Reckoning with Jason Herbert below.
Find this episode of Reckoning with Jason Herbert below.
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“This is a wake-up call for leaders: Flock (ALPR) technology is a threat to our core democratic values,” EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told @404media.co. www.404media.co/cops-used-f...
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
“This is a wake-up call for leaders: Flock (ALPR) technology is a threat to our core democratic values,” EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told @404media.co. www.404media.co/cops-used-f...
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Guillotine, Shrapnel, Algorithm, Leotard, Saxophone, Jacuzzi, Sandwich, Cardigan, Nacho...
All common words that are just the name of their inventors.
And I think I have threads on most of them? 😧
All common words that are just the name of their inventors.
And I think I have threads on most of them? 😧
In 1784, British Lt. Henry Shrapnel of Royal Artillery invented a 'spherical case' cannon shell that exploded in mid-air, raining down lead shot on infantry.
It was replaced in 1803 with a modified design that came to be known as the 'Shrapnel shell' & the name came to refer to the projectiles.
It was replaced in 1803 with a modified design that came to be known as the 'Shrapnel shell' & the name came to refer to the projectiles.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Guillotine, Shrapnel, Algorithm, Leotard, Saxophone, Jacuzzi, Sandwich, Cardigan, Nacho...
All common words that are just the name of their inventors.
And I think I have threads on most of them? 😧
All common words that are just the name of their inventors.
And I think I have threads on most of them? 😧
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Todd Blanche always looks like he just shit his pants and is deliberating next steps
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Todd Blanche always looks like he just shit his pants and is deliberating next steps
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Q: Seattle has 6 Cup games. How close are you gonna be watching that city with the crime?
TRUMP: If we think that the mayor of LA is incompetent -- everybody knows that. If they let the water come in that wouldn't have happened...if we think there's gonna be trouble, I would ask Gianni to move it
TRUMP: If we think that the mayor of LA is incompetent -- everybody knows that. If they let the water come in that wouldn't have happened...if we think there's gonna be trouble, I would ask Gianni to move it
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Q: Seattle has 6 Cup games. How close are you gonna be watching that city with the crime?
TRUMP: If we think that the mayor of LA is incompetent -- everybody knows that. If they let the water come in that wouldn't have happened...if we think there's gonna be trouble, I would ask Gianni to move it
TRUMP: If we think that the mayor of LA is incompetent -- everybody knows that. If they let the water come in that wouldn't have happened...if we think there's gonna be trouble, I would ask Gianni to move it
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Malcolm Nance said these sound like the titles of porn movies.
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Malcolm Nance said these sound like the titles of porn movies.
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I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
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It’s soup weather! Do you want an easy tasty soup recipe? Of course you do. Here’s one.
1 lb Italian sausage
1 can pumpkin puree
1 tbsp curry powder
1 or 2 cans coconut milk
Chicken stock, amount depends on the coconut milk
1 head cauliflower or a bag of florets
Maybe chickpeas? Up to you
1 lb Italian sausage
1 can pumpkin puree
1 tbsp curry powder
1 or 2 cans coconut milk
Chicken stock, amount depends on the coconut milk
1 head cauliflower or a bag of florets
Maybe chickpeas? Up to you
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It’s soup weather! Do you want an easy tasty soup recipe? Of course you do. Here’s one.
1 lb Italian sausage
1 can pumpkin puree
1 tbsp curry powder
1 or 2 cans coconut milk
Chicken stock, amount depends on the coconut milk
1 head cauliflower or a bag of florets
Maybe chickpeas? Up to you
1 lb Italian sausage
1 can pumpkin puree
1 tbsp curry powder
1 or 2 cans coconut milk
Chicken stock, amount depends on the coconut milk
1 head cauliflower or a bag of florets
Maybe chickpeas? Up to you