Shmolly
@holidayhigh.bsky.social
Irreverent lefty vagina-american.
Lazy. Generally skeptical.
I love animals; mostly I don’t eat them.
Lazy. Generally skeptical.
I love animals; mostly I don’t eat them.
Pinned
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When my son was five I lost him at a gas station off the highway. I didn’t even know where we were. Somewhere in California w trucks filled w garlic passing us. I thought I’ll never see him again. Then he appeared w a bag of Cheetos. Anything can happen here. All roads converge & disperse here.
May 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
When my son was five I lost him at a gas station off the highway. I didn’t even know where we were. Somewhere in California w trucks filled w garlic passing us. I thought I’ll never see him again. Then he appeared w a bag of Cheetos. Anything can happen here. All roads converge & disperse here.
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This is highly disconcerting. WaPo editors killed an editorial cartoon that mocked Bezos and other tech oligarchs. Will the Post respond to this? Democracy dies with accommodation.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This is highly disconcerting. WaPo editors killed an editorial cartoon that mocked Bezos and other tech oligarchs. Will the Post respond to this? Democracy dies with accommodation.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
This breaks my heart.
ProPublica spoke with 135 people who had experienced "sweeps" of homeless encampments. We also distributed notecards so people could write about it in their own words.
In Portland, Teresa Stratton told us her husband’s ashes were taken in a removal: propub.li/4fW8YIT
In Portland, Teresa Stratton told us her husband’s ashes were taken in a removal: propub.li/4fW8YIT
November 20, 2024 at 9:55 PM
This breaks my heart.
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How Scientific American's Departing Editor Helped Degrade Science
When magazines like Scientific American are run by ideologues producing biased dreck, it only makes it more difficult to defend the institution of science itself. reason.com/2024/11/18/h...
When magazines like Scientific American are run by ideologues producing biased dreck, it only makes it more difficult to defend the institution of science itself. reason.com/2024/11/18/h...
How ‘Scientific American’s departing editor helped degrade science
When magazines like 'Scientific American' are run by ideologues producing biased dreck, it only makes it more difficult to defend the institution of science itself.
reason.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:53 PM
How Scientific American's Departing Editor Helped Degrade Science
When magazines like Scientific American are run by ideologues producing biased dreck, it only makes it more difficult to defend the institution of science itself. reason.com/2024/11/18/h...
When magazines like Scientific American are run by ideologues producing biased dreck, it only makes it more difficult to defend the institution of science itself. reason.com/2024/11/18/h...
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I think you should also perhaps acknowledge that Bluesky is not less filled with hate per se, but that *you* see less hate. This is my Bluesky experience:
November 17, 2024 at 9:45 AM
I think you should also perhaps acknowledge that Bluesky is not less filled with hate per se, but that *you* see less hate. This is my Bluesky experience:
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Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken:
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
November 15, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken:
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
This is my beautiful dog Banjo in her birthday hat. ❤️
November 15, 2024 at 3:41 PM
This is my beautiful dog Banjo in her birthday hat. ❤️