Mister Jones
@misterjones.bsky.social
Interested in - Science, History, Hiking, Programming, Urbanism, Transit, Spirituality, Cultures, Good Books, What Makes People Tick, and basically everything else under the sun.
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It’s one of many children’s books that appears heartwarming and sweet but is actually serious and subversive. Charlotte’s Web is a book about how friends can work together to protect each other from a more powerful oppressor who plans to destroy them for the money.
www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
On "Operation Charlotte's Web"
We could have our own Operation Charlotte's Web: a movement for small and seemingly powerless people all over the country...
www.patheos.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It’s one of many children’s books that appears heartwarming and sweet but is actually serious and subversive. Charlotte’s Web is a book about how friends can work together to protect each other from a more powerful oppressor who plans to destroy them for the money.
www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
Recent family health issues have got me thinking about getting CPR certified.
Anyone out there that's done it and can give tips about what to look for or avoid when picking a class?
Anyone out there that's done it and can give tips about what to look for or avoid when picking a class?
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Recent family health issues have got me thinking about getting CPR certified.
Anyone out there that's done it and can give tips about what to look for or avoid when picking a class?
Anyone out there that's done it and can give tips about what to look for or avoid when picking a class?
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"On paper, policymakers make lofty commitments to public transportation and road safety, placing the utmost value on human life. In practice, human life is not as important as the convenience of drivers — a policy choice that endangers every person in California."
www.modbee.com/news/califor...
www.modbee.com/news/califor...
She says her brother was murdered. In California, the crash was an ‘accident’
4,000 Californians die in car crashes each year, usually in preventable collisions. Why?
www.modbee.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"On paper, policymakers make lofty commitments to public transportation and road safety, placing the utmost value on human life. In practice, human life is not as important as the convenience of drivers — a policy choice that endangers every person in California."
www.modbee.com/news/califor...
www.modbee.com/news/califor...
The part that stuck with me in the @thewaroncars.bsky.social book was when they highlighted a developmental psychologist who, in the 70's, wrote that a 6-yr-old should be capable of traveling solo 4-8 blocks to school, store, friends, playground, etc.
We've lost something important.
We've lost something important.
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The part that stuck with me in the @thewaroncars.bsky.social book was when they highlighted a developmental psychologist who, in the 70's, wrote that a 6-yr-old should be capable of traveling solo 4-8 blocks to school, store, friends, playground, etc.
We've lost something important.
We've lost something important.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
I feel a sense of accomplishment for breaking an AI engine today.
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I feel a sense of accomplishment for breaking an AI engine today.
I successfully replaced a toilet last night. Granted, a 10 minute job took me an hour, but still, I'm basically Bob Villa now.
If anyone needs me, I'll be on my throne.
If anyone needs me, I'll be on my throne.
a man is standing in front of a house in a black and white photo .
Alt: Buster Keaton standing in front of a building as a wall falls down.
media.tenor.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I successfully replaced a toilet last night. Granted, a 10 minute job took me an hour, but still, I'm basically Bob Villa now.
If anyone needs me, I'll be on my throne.
If anyone needs me, I'll be on my throne.
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Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
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“No warrant could authorize entering every single apartment, smashing down every door, and dragging every person out in handcuffs, which is what they did.”
As Trump and ICE unleash terror on Chicago, due process is nowhere to be found.
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social unpacks ICE’s overreach
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/ice-is-out-of-control-aaron-reichlin
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social unpacks ICE’s overreach
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/ice-is-out-of-control-aaron-reichlin
October 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“No warrant could authorize entering every single apartment, smashing down every door, and dragging every person out in handcuffs, which is what they did.”
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Super neat feature on the @merriam-webster.com website: look at words that first entered print the year you were born
www.merriam-webster.com/time-travele...
www.merriam-webster.com/time-travele...
Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 1982
See which words were first recorded in 1982. Or search for other words by the year when they were first used.
www.merriam-webster.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Super neat feature on the @merriam-webster.com website: look at words that first entered print the year you were born
www.merriam-webster.com/time-travele...
www.merriam-webster.com/time-travele...
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The Trump Administration is cancels grants for programs for trails and bike lanes because they are ‘hostile to motor vehicles.’
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump's transportation department pulls trail and bike grants it deems 'hostile' to cars
President Donald Trump's transportation department has been reversing grants for recreational trails and bicycle lanes.
apnews.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Trump Administration is cancels grants for programs for trails and bike lanes because they are ‘hostile to motor vehicles.’
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"
Turns out, mom was right.
Turns out, mom was right.
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"
Turns out, mom was right.
Turns out, mom was right.
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...
we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.
...
We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost
-Rudyard Kipling
we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.
...
We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost
-Rudyard Kipling
September 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
...
we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.
...
We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost
-Rudyard Kipling
we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.
...
We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost
-Rudyard Kipling
...
we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.
...
We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost
-Rudyard Kipling
we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.
...
We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost
-Rudyard Kipling
September 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
...
we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.
...
We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost
-Rudyard Kipling
we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.
...
We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost
-Rudyard Kipling
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BREAKING NEWS: In a unanimous ruling without hearing any argument, the Utah Supreme Court REJECTS the legislature's request to stay redistricting deadlines: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
Utah Supreme Court rejects legislature's request to halt redistricting process
The Utah Supreme Court has rejected the legislature's request to halt a judge's order demanding a new redistricting process.
www.fox13now.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
BREAKING NEWS: In a unanimous ruling without hearing any argument, the Utah Supreme Court REJECTS the legislature's request to stay redistricting deadlines: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
I grew up back when an armed movie character demanding "Papers, please" was a sure sign that the scene was taking place in a repressive police state. It feels surreal to be inside that setting now.
One of our friends is a naturalized US citizen from Korea. She is terrified and now carries copies of her naturalization papers wherever she goes. 😡😡😡
September 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I grew up back when an armed movie character demanding "Papers, please" was a sure sign that the scene was taking place in a repressive police state. It feels surreal to be inside that setting now.
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For your Friday, another stunning view of the cosmos from JWST—this time of jets of plasma blasting out from a newly formed star.
It looks like a painting.
It looks like a painting.
September 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
For your Friday, another stunning view of the cosmos from JWST—this time of jets of plasma blasting out from a newly formed star.
It looks like a painting.
It looks like a painting.
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Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
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September 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
on.ft.com/3K05vhS
on.ft.com/3K05vhS
This is not ok.
Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday
September 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is not ok.
I'm trying to grok this marketing claim. Assuming 'no product used' means zero odor elimination. 7x that would be...
September 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I'm trying to grok this marketing claim. Assuming 'no product used' means zero odor elimination. 7x that would be...
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“Stringer noted that real police officers do not wear ski masks.”
I think I see a problem…
I think I see a problem…
Homeowner shoots, kills 2 men in ski masks claiming to be officers, HPD says
Two men are dead after police say they were impersonating officers at a southeast Houston home overnight.
www.khou.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“Stringer noted that real police officers do not wear ski masks.”
I think I see a problem…
I think I see a problem…
University Ave in Provo was highlighted in the latest clip by @justineunderhill.bsky.social - www.youtube.com/shorts/wxGWU...
Get to work faster with lower speed limits?
YouTube video by Justine Underhill
www.youtube.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
University Ave in Provo was highlighted in the latest clip by @justineunderhill.bsky.social - www.youtube.com/shorts/wxGWU...
It's frustrating that I'm using the the same clunky keyboard UI with my TV remote that kids used in the 80s when they entered their initials into an arcade high score.
August 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It's frustrating that I'm using the the same clunky keyboard UI with my TV remote that kids used in the 80s when they entered their initials into an arcade high score.
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Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Agents detain student at gunpoint near school; safe zones to be expanded around LAUSD campuses
Amid immigration enforcement, city and school officials will set up "safe zones" monitored by LAPD and community volunteers to protect undocumented families when school resumes at LAUSD.
www.latimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...
The crickets are making some nice music tonight.
August 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The crickets are making some nice music tonight.