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Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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Large-scale study published in @jama.com confirms Covid-19 mRNA vaccine's safety and effectiveness.
Vaccinated individuals were less likely to die from Covid. In this group, the analysis showed a 74% reduction in the risk of dying at the hospital due to Covid.
www.lemonde.fr/en/health/ar...
Vaccinated individuals were less likely to die from Covid. In this group, the analysis showed a 74% reduction in the risk of dying at the hospital due to Covid.
www.lemonde.fr/en/health/ar...
Large-scale study confirms Covid-19 vaccine's safety and effectiveness
A study by Epi-Phare published on Thursday addresses misinformation surrounding vaccines that have been widely distributed around the world to combat the pandemic.
www.lemonde.fr
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Large-scale study published in @jama.com confirms Covid-19 mRNA vaccine's safety and effectiveness.
Vaccinated individuals were less likely to die from Covid. In this group, the analysis showed a 74% reduction in the risk of dying at the hospital due to Covid.
www.lemonde.fr/en/health/ar...
Vaccinated individuals were less likely to die from Covid. In this group, the analysis showed a 74% reduction in the risk of dying at the hospital due to Covid.
www.lemonde.fr/en/health/ar...
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Join us to welcome back local author @seananmcguire.bsky.social and celebrate the release of Silver and Lead, the latest in the October Daye series! Friday, October 24th at 6PM. No tickets or registration required!
October 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Join us to welcome back local author @seananmcguire.bsky.social and celebrate the release of Silver and Lead, the latest in the October Daye series! Friday, October 24th at 6PM. No tickets or registration required!
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if you're in Alberta and you want your flu and covid shot in 2026 - yes you read that correctly - you have to preorder them right now. So here's the link. go do that. Just in case none of those people get removed from power by then.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
bookvaccine.alberta.ca
October 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
if you're in Alberta and you want your flu and covid shot in 2026 - yes you read that correctly - you have to preorder them right now. So here's the link. go do that. Just in case none of those people get removed from power by then.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.
July 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.
After last week's family vacation, Sir Toggle of Waggle and Lord Widget of Romp have finally learned to share.
July 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
After last week's family vacation, Sir Toggle of Waggle and Lord Widget of Romp have finally learned to share.
Look everyone! Something good today!
Bluesky you deserve some fireflies in a cornfield. Not pictured-the young hawk chased away by robins, the enormous kale after the rain, the smell of the tomato plant leaves.
June 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Look everyone! Something good today!
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Our current Director of National Intelligence:
June 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Our current Director of National Intelligence:
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Headline juxtaposition doesn't get much more Orwellian than this
June 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Headline juxtaposition doesn't get much more Orwellian than this
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Trump is going to “instinctively” select certain US companies and exempt them from tariffs.
Don’t overthink it.
He’s asking for bribes.
Don’t overthink it.
He’s asking for bribes.
April 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Trump is going to “instinctively” select certain US companies and exempt them from tariffs.
Don’t overthink it.
He’s asking for bribes.
Don’t overthink it.
He’s asking for bribes.
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I grew up with labradors and beagles who loved to try to escape and run for the hills, forcing us to chase them.
This evening I distractedly tried to walk Sophie into the yard without putting her leash on and she refused to step outside, like “excuse me, while I’d love to go out with you, I cannot”
This evening I distractedly tried to walk Sophie into the yard without putting her leash on and she refused to step outside, like “excuse me, while I’d love to go out with you, I cannot”
By the way my dog’s actual name is Sophie but she also answers to any variation of the theme “you’re perfect and the best thing that’s ever happened to me”
April 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I grew up with labradors and beagles who loved to try to escape and run for the hills, forcing us to chase them.
This evening I distractedly tried to walk Sophie into the yard without putting her leash on and she refused to step outside, like “excuse me, while I’d love to go out with you, I cannot”
This evening I distractedly tried to walk Sophie into the yard without putting her leash on and she refused to step outside, like “excuse me, while I’d love to go out with you, I cannot”
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The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
April 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
Lord Widget of Romp and Sir Toggle of Waggle are very interested in tonight's @seattlekraken.com game.
April 3, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Lord Widget of Romp and Sir Toggle of Waggle are very interested in tonight's @seattlekraken.com game.
The @seattlekraken.com game was too much for the little guy.
March 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The @seattlekraken.com game was too much for the little guy.
Watching the @seattlekraken.com game with my favorite old man.
March 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Watching the @seattlekraken.com game with my favorite old man.
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Two Republican senators told me tonight this vote shows they can execute the same strategy again — cut Democrats out of the negotiations on a gov’t funding bill, pass it thru the House, and expect Senate Dems to back down and not filibuster it.
“We liked it over here,” one said.
“We liked it over here,” one said.
March 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Also some ~personal news~ I guess? I’m starting here in Illinois by exploring a challenge to Dick Durbin so he’ll finally retire.
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Also some ~personal news~ I guess? I’m starting here in Illinois by exploring a challenge to Dick Durbin so he’ll finally retire.
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A little throwback to when last year’s rhino calf, Rocket, was a few weeks old! He had a lot of energy and curiosity from the start, which you can see his mom Ursula wasn’t so sure about 🦏😮💨
March 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A little throwback to when last year’s rhino calf, Rocket, was a few weeks old! He had a lot of energy and curiosity from the start, which you can see his mom Ursula wasn’t so sure about 🦏😮💨
@mandatheginger.bsky.social , can you see me now?
March 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
@mandatheginger.bsky.social , can you see me now?
I have some new followers, but even if I didn't, everyone deserves puppy Toggle.
March 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I have some new followers, but even if I didn't, everyone deserves puppy Toggle.
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.