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@neolithicsheep.bsky.social
"Swear to god you're like a Fox Fire book set in hell." - Ursula Vernon
"You puckish motherfucker." - Sarah Day
Trans and queer anarchist sheep farmer. Navy veteran attempting to redeem himself.
"You puckish motherfucker." - Sarah Day
Trans and queer anarchist sheep farmer. Navy veteran attempting to redeem himself.
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Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
Personally, I will be trying to avoid the notice of Joyce Carol Oates and Kendrick Lamar for the rest of my natural life
I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
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Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
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Between chatgpt and the complete destruction of the US educational system on every single level, this illiteracy and innumeracy will only get worse.
Now, right now, is the easiest it will ever be to get people to understand that $100 is a bigger number than $50.
Now, right now, is the easiest it will ever be to get people to understand that $100 is a bigger number than $50.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Between chatgpt and the complete destruction of the US educational system on every single level, this illiteracy and innumeracy will only get worse.
Now, right now, is the easiest it will ever be to get people to understand that $100 is a bigger number than $50.
Now, right now, is the easiest it will ever be to get people to understand that $100 is a bigger number than $50.
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Communicating why a 50 year mortgage costs more, overall, than a 30 year mortgage should not be a hard task.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Communicating why a 50 year mortgage costs more, overall, than a 30 year mortgage should not be a hard task.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
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the entirety of the british press talked themselves into believing this woman is trans based almost entirely on JK Rowling's judgement of the athlete's appearance.
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
the entirety of the british press talked themselves into believing this woman is trans based almost entirely on JK Rowling's judgement of the athlete's appearance.
IT'S FOODRAISER TIME WHEN WE INFLICT PAIN AND SUFFERING ON TDOT AND FEED KIDS WHO RELY ON FREE SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS IN DURHAM
***
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
IT'S FOODRAISER TIME WHEN WE INFLICT PAIN AND SUFFERING ON TDOT AND FEED KIDS WHO RELY ON FREE SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS IN DURHAM
I am now at the point where I go through replies to Newsom and block people talking about how they hope his transphobic ass will be president.
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I am now at the point where I go through replies to Newsom and block people talking about how they hope his transphobic ass will be president.
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of course, the moderate groups have been WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING, in electoral terms, so we should consider that when we consided their advice
But moderate groups are explicitly advising Democrats not to discuss climate change. That message resonates with @schatz.bsky.social and @gallego.senate.gov who both told me they plan to use the frame of affordability to tout more clean energy deployment.
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
of course, the moderate groups have been WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING, in electoral terms, so we should consider that when we consided their advice
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USAians, if you don’t already know about Too Good To Go, you should check it out.
It’s a free app that works with local restaurants & bakeries to help them sell (at steep discounts) unsold food at the end of the day—and helps you find cheap good food
apps.apple.com/us/app/too-g...
It’s a free app that works with local restaurants & bakeries to help them sell (at steep discounts) unsold food at the end of the day—and helps you find cheap good food
apps.apple.com/us/app/too-g...
Too Good To Go: End Food Waste App - App Store
Download Too Good To Go: End Food Waste by Too Good To Go on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Too Good To Go:…
apps.apple.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
USAians, if you don’t already know about Too Good To Go, you should check it out.
It’s a free app that works with local restaurants & bakeries to help them sell (at steep discounts) unsold food at the end of the day—and helps you find cheap good food
apps.apple.com/us/app/too-g...
It’s a free app that works with local restaurants & bakeries to help them sell (at steep discounts) unsold food at the end of the day—and helps you find cheap good food
apps.apple.com/us/app/too-g...
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Breaking! Port of Vancouver being shut down. Join us!
No more genocide. Shut it down.
No more genocide. Shut it down.
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Breaking! Port of Vancouver being shut down. Join us!
No more genocide. Shut it down.
No more genocide. Shut it down.
@flintdibble.bsky.social do you know anyone who might want/be able to talk to school kids? Archaeologists are in demand!
You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again.
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
SKYPE A SCIENTIST
Skype a Scientist matches your classroom, scout troop, or library with scientists for Q&A sessions for free!
SkypeAScientist.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@flintdibble.bsky.social do you know anyone who might want/be able to talk to school kids? Archaeologists are in demand!
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You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again.
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
SKYPE A SCIENTIST
Skype a Scientist matches your classroom, scout troop, or library with scientists for Q&A sessions for free!
SkypeAScientist.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again.
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
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No.
Did Democrats win the government shutdown after all? Jon Allsop evaluates where the longest government closure in American history has left the Party. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jk9k4r
Did Democrats Win the Shutdown After All?
What the Party got out of the longest government closure in American history.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
No.
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this sh*t is insane
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
this sh*t is insane
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this needs to known far and wide
A Republican sheriff in a swing county that Trump won by 0.1% signed a contract to help ICE, then lost last week by 11.
New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...
New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
this needs to known far and wide
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My postcards of the SILVER & BLOOD cover art were finished yesterday and they look so good!! If you’re in Austin and need printing, Global Printing Solutions did great work—and fast!
Want one? Preorder S&B from BookPeople, while supplies last!
bookpeople.com/book/9780063...
Want one? Preorder S&B from BookPeople, while supplies last!
bookpeople.com/book/9780063...
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My postcards of the SILVER & BLOOD cover art were finished yesterday and they look so good!! If you’re in Austin and need printing, Global Printing Solutions did great work—and fast!
Want one? Preorder S&B from BookPeople, while supplies last!
bookpeople.com/book/9780063...
Want one? Preorder S&B from BookPeople, while supplies last!
bookpeople.com/book/9780063...
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i simply would’ve taken her money and told her she would fail the bar exam
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All fucking full of shit'
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All f---ing full of s---'
'All f---ing full of s---': Kim Kardashian has some choice words for the psychics who predicted she'd pass the bar exam.
ew.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
i simply would’ve taken her money and told her she would fail the bar exam
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Pro Tip: News Networks have Standards & Practices for when they get sued, to have a defence against a demand for ++damages on the grounds of malicious negligence.
Pro Tip2: CBS doesn't sell news, it sells advertising, which might not want to be associated with labels of malicious negligence.
Pro Tip2: CBS doesn't sell news, it sells advertising, which might not want to be associated with labels of malicious negligence.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Pro Tip: News Networks have Standards & Practices for when they get sued, to have a defence against a demand for ++damages on the grounds of malicious negligence.
Pro Tip2: CBS doesn't sell news, it sells advertising, which might not want to be associated with labels of malicious negligence.
Pro Tip2: CBS doesn't sell news, it sells advertising, which might not want to be associated with labels of malicious negligence.
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There is no purpose, no motivation, no explanation for this other than racist, frat boy cruelty.
They saw a family with brown skin driving a car with the window open, and egged each other on to pepper spray them as they drove past.
Just to hurt them. No other purpose.
This is who they are.
They saw a family with brown skin driving a car with the window open, and egged each other on to pepper spray them as they drove past.
Just to hurt them. No other purpose.
This is who they are.
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
There is no purpose, no motivation, no explanation for this other than racist, frat boy cruelty.
They saw a family with brown skin driving a car with the window open, and egged each other on to pepper spray them as they drove past.
Just to hurt them. No other purpose.
This is who they are.
They saw a family with brown skin driving a car with the window open, and egged each other on to pepper spray them as they drove past.
Just to hurt them. No other purpose.
This is who they are.
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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Tomorrow, Nov. 12, is the 55th anniversary of Exploding Whale Day. I got to talk about this to my marine bio class today, as I do every year to bring some levity and about the practical nature of how these things happen. 🧪🌎🦑🐋
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
a picture of a humpback whale with the words that she blows above it
ALT: a picture of a humpback whale with the words that she blows above it
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Tomorrow, Nov. 12, is the 55th anniversary of Exploding Whale Day. I got to talk about this to my marine bio class today, as I do every year to bring some levity and about the practical nature of how these things happen. 🧪🌎🦑🐋
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
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Loved It Was Her House First, a fantastic Haunted House novel with a twist! And Grave Reservations is hilarious!
Who wants some CHEAP BOOK LOOT? Right on, I've got your back - behold: Here's what's newer, older, and super-cheap on promo from around the internet today...starting with IT WAS HER HOUSE FIRST but including GRAVE RESERVATIONS and MORE: www.cheriepriest.com/blog/novembe...
November Deals from around the Internet — The Haunt*
Hello and welcome to Monday (such as it is). Spooky season may have passed, but book deals know no such limitations - so here’s what I found around the web, for your bargain-purchasing and leisure-rea...
www.cheriepriest.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Loved It Was Her House First, a fantastic Haunted House novel with a twist! And Grave Reservations is hilarious!
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🧵The president & his regime have murdered, at latest count, 70 people off the coast of Venezuela, which is horrific.
He & nascent trillionaire Elon Musk & the regime they built & with which they took a chainsaw to USAID are responsible for killing
88
people
around the world
every
single
hour.
He & nascent trillionaire Elon Musk & the regime they built & with which they took a chainsaw to USAID are responsible for killing
88
people
around the world
every
single
hour.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🧵The president & his regime have murdered, at latest count, 70 people off the coast of Venezuela, which is horrific.
He & nascent trillionaire Elon Musk & the regime they built & with which they took a chainsaw to USAID are responsible for killing
88
people
around the world
every
single
hour.
He & nascent trillionaire Elon Musk & the regime they built & with which they took a chainsaw to USAID are responsible for killing
88
people
around the world
every
single
hour.
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And you'd be amazed what's in mostly-forgotten tunnels beneath France.
When I was down there with some RE, a few De Beers peeps were with us (don't ask). They asked what to do if they kicked a live shell.
ROYAL ENGINEER: Jump 50ft up. Burst through the surface. Scatter yourself over about 20 yards
When I was down there with some RE, a few De Beers peeps were with us (don't ask). They asked what to do if they kicked a live shell.
ROYAL ENGINEER: Jump 50ft up. Burst through the surface. Scatter yourself over about 20 yards
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
And you'd be amazed what's in mostly-forgotten tunnels beneath France.
When I was down there with some RE, a few De Beers peeps were with us (don't ask). They asked what to do if they kicked a live shell.
ROYAL ENGINEER: Jump 50ft up. Burst through the surface. Scatter yourself over about 20 yards
When I was down there with some RE, a few De Beers peeps were with us (don't ask). They asked what to do if they kicked a live shell.
ROYAL ENGINEER: Jump 50ft up. Burst through the surface. Scatter yourself over about 20 yards
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Have I sailed as close as you are legally allowed to do to have a nose at the SS Montgomery?
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Have I sailed as close as you are legally allowed to do to have a nose at the SS Montgomery?
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is: