Will
@farmerwa.bsky.social
Physicist, Fusion researcher, Father of 5 kids including an autistic son, Lover of French culture and language, Curious and Passionate
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Will
@farmerwa.bsky.social
· Nov 8
My God, what have we done?
I have never questioned the fundamental goodness of America until now. I hope that one day, we can turn the page on this dark moment in American history.
I have never questioned the fundamental goodness of America until now. I hope that one day, we can turn the page on this dark moment in American history.
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A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
![Excerpt reads: "Prioritize your neighborhood
Neighborhoods drive our happiness (or unhappiness) more than we think.
When Lina Martinez, director of POLIS, the Center for Wellbeing Studies at Universidad Icesi in Colombia, studied the happiness of households in the city of Cali, she couldn’t find much difference between poorer and richer areas. “Their happiness is pretty much the same,” she said. But that changed when she isolated neighborhood conditions, such as access to transit, health care and parks. “The conditions of the neighborhood affect happiness,” she said. “I can’t link that to the space where [people] live.”
That aligns with findings from a 2023 study of the Vancouver metro area: Researchers found no significant differences in well-being between people living in single detached homes, duplexes, townhouses, laneway houses and apartment buildings (basement units smaller than 300 square feet were the only negative exception). What did people say they missed most in their neighborhood? Affordability, proximity to family and friends, and a sense of community. Home design was eighth on the list."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreicapfknasylzk2lqzaxxeb5mchgnru75obggn45dusda6j5zogvuu@jpeg)
January 7, 2026 at 4:29 AM
A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Is there anyone in this room who thinks there will be a cease-fire soon?
& no one raised their hands.
Trump doesn't have a strategy. He doesn't think strategically or geopolitically.
The previous Pope, picked a fight with Vance.
-Anne Applebaum-
Thread 1/8🧵
#InternationalLaw
#Venezuela
#Europe
& no one raised their hands.
Trump doesn't have a strategy. He doesn't think strategically or geopolitically.
The previous Pope, picked a fight with Vance.
-Anne Applebaum-
Thread 1/8🧵
#InternationalLaw
#Venezuela
#Europe
January 4, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Is there anyone in this room who thinks there will be a cease-fire soon?
& no one raised their hands.
Trump doesn't have a strategy. He doesn't think strategically or geopolitically.
The previous Pope, picked a fight with Vance.
-Anne Applebaum-
Thread 1/8🧵
#InternationalLaw
#Venezuela
#Europe
& no one raised their hands.
Trump doesn't have a strategy. He doesn't think strategically or geopolitically.
The previous Pope, picked a fight with Vance.
-Anne Applebaum-
Thread 1/8🧵
#InternationalLaw
#Venezuela
#Europe
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Garry Trudeau was mocking Trump's deeply pathetic & narcissistic need to name things after himself 38 yrs ago.
11.2088 - Trump renames himself after himself.
And the Kennedy Center will retain its rightful, legal name long after the GOP pretends they never really supported him all that much.
11.2088 - Trump renames himself after himself.
And the Kennedy Center will retain its rightful, legal name long after the GOP pretends they never really supported him all that much.
December 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Garry Trudeau was mocking Trump's deeply pathetic & narcissistic need to name things after himself 38 yrs ago.
11.2088 - Trump renames himself after himself.
And the Kennedy Center will retain its rightful, legal name long after the GOP pretends they never really supported him all that much.
11.2088 - Trump renames himself after himself.
And the Kennedy Center will retain its rightful, legal name long after the GOP pretends they never really supported him all that much.
This is shocking. He had made amazing contributions to fusion research. What a senseless tragedy. My heart aches for his family.
MIT Professor Nuno F. Loureiro was shot multiple times in his Brookline, Mass home last night. He passed away this morning. Professor Loureiro was one of the world's leading experts in Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion. There is no suspect in custody.
MIT professor shot and killed in Massachusetts home
YouTube video by CBS Boston
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:08 AM
This is shocking. He had made amazing contributions to fusion research. What a senseless tragedy. My heart aches for his family.
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Imagine someone stole all your shit and then you give them a billion dollars.
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Imagine someone stole all your shit and then you give them a billion dollars.
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Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
Any idea why she's quitting then? Her statement isn't very coherent (big surprise), although it would make more sense as an explanation of just not running for re-election.
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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BREAKING: PROP 50 HAS PASSED IN CALIFORNIA
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
BREAKING: PROP 50 HAS PASSED IN CALIFORNIA
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"wow i never would have predicted there would be a big scandal involving athletes and the mob when you legalized sports gambling" said no one ever
October 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"wow i never would have predicted there would be a big scandal involving athletes and the mob when you legalized sports gambling" said no one ever
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That's not how "kids" talk. That's not how "boys" talk. That's not how "gamers" talk. That is how fucking racists talk.
October 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
That's not how "kids" talk. That's not how "boys" talk. That's not how "gamers" talk. That is how fucking racists talk.
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⚡️Ukraine shoots down Russian Su-34 bomber over Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Air Force says.
The Su-34 jet was shot down at around 4 a.m. local time, the Air Force said. The warplane had reportedly been attacking the city of Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs at the time of the strike.
The Su-34 jet was shot down at around 4 a.m. local time, the Air Force said. The warplane had reportedly been attacking the city of Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs at the time of the strike.
Ukraine shoots down Russian Su-34 bomber over Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Air Force says
The Su-34 jet was shot down at around 4 a.m. local time in the Zaporizhzhia sector of the front line, the Air Force said. The warplane had reportedly been attacking the city of Zaporizhzhia with guide...
kyivindependent.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
⚡️Ukraine shoots down Russian Su-34 bomber over Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Air Force says.
The Su-34 jet was shot down at around 4 a.m. local time, the Air Force said. The warplane had reportedly been attacking the city of Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs at the time of the strike.
The Su-34 jet was shot down at around 4 a.m. local time, the Air Force said. The warplane had reportedly been attacking the city of Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs at the time of the strike.
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I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.
December 27, 2024 at 11:07 PM
I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.
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Why bother negotiating with some who is telegraphing on national television that he will cave?
SCHUMER: I hope and pray that that Trump will sit down with us and negotiate
BASH: And if he doesn't, I'm just confirming that you'll vote no. Is that correct?
SCHUMER: We are hoping that he will negotiate with us
BASH: And if he doesn't?
SCHUMER: We must get a better bill than what they have
BASH: And if he doesn't, I'm just confirming that you'll vote no. Is that correct?
SCHUMER: We are hoping that he will negotiate with us
BASH: And if he doesn't?
SCHUMER: We must get a better bill than what they have
September 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Why bother negotiating with some who is telegraphing on national television that he will cave?
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A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts /AP
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts /AP
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It’s a shame no one had the power to bar Trump from office four years ago www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s second presidency is ‘most dangerous period’ since second world war, Mitch McConnell says
Former Senate leader likens administration’s fixation with tariffs to isolationist policies of the US in the 1930s
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It’s a shame no one had the power to bar Trump from office four years ago www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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lol didn't even occur to me how stupid this is bsky.app/profile/theo...
A bunch of guys wearing high visibility vests over full camouflage is a sight gag that would make Mel Brooks jealous 🤣
August 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
lol didn't even occur to me how stupid this is bsky.app/profile/theo...
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Reeling Walz in was spectacular political malpractice.
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
August 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reeling Walz in was spectacular political malpractice.
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hypothetically, if fucking a dog meant that there would definitely be 2026 elections, i would ask how you know the causality of that relationship, because if you can't explain how it verifiably does+will work, i gotta be real with you, it just sounds like you're looking for permission to fuck a dog.
Hypothetically. If complimenting trump meant that there would definitely be 2026 elections and the Dems would sweep Congress in a landslide , would you compliment Trump ?
Or, Is is that thought so abhorrent, you couldn’t bring yourself to do it. Even at the expense of staying the minority?
Or, Is is that thought so abhorrent, you couldn’t bring yourself to do it. Even at the expense of staying the minority?
August 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
hypothetically, if fucking a dog meant that there would definitely be 2026 elections, i would ask how you know the causality of that relationship, because if you can't explain how it verifiably does+will work, i gotta be real with you, it just sounds like you're looking for permission to fuck a dog.
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"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."
August 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."
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Hello. The president's continued insistence that the BLS numbers are rigged, political, or otherwise manipulated is a lie. Please stop saying 'baseless claim.' Thank you.
August 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hello. The president's continued insistence that the BLS numbers are rigged, political, or otherwise manipulated is a lie. Please stop saying 'baseless claim.' Thank you.
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