Pete
@peterwhitlaw.bsky.social
Married out of my league. I love to laugh. I like to help people.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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This is how I’m saying goodbye to so many things in 2024. #dumpsterfire
December 31, 2024 at 6:34 PM
This is how I’m saying goodbye to so many things in 2024. #dumpsterfire
Merry Christmas! Be safe!
December 24, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Merry Christmas! Be safe!
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BREAKING: In an unprecedented move, more than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services.
It's the first time in history that Nobel laureates have come together to oppose a Cabinet choice.
It's the first time in history that Nobel laureates have come together to oppose a Cabinet choice.
December 9, 2024 at 10:09 PM
BREAKING: In an unprecedented move, more than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services.
It's the first time in history that Nobel laureates have come together to oppose a Cabinet choice.
It's the first time in history that Nobel laureates have come together to oppose a Cabinet choice.
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I heard this is a good place to talk about taxing the rich, breaking up big tech, and ending Washington corruption.
December 4, 2024 at 8:23 PM
I heard this is a good place to talk about taxing the rich, breaking up big tech, and ending Washington corruption.
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The difference is staggering.
NBC: Mississippi Free Press "Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter,” Pittman said. “Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited.”
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Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
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November 30, 2024 at 6:04 PM
The difference is staggering.
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Some Deep Thoughts from Deep Space.
November 29, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Some Deep Thoughts from Deep Space.
Post-Thanksgiving chill.
November 28, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Post-Thanksgiving chill.
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“Put another way: it's not enough for a traffic engineer to know that putting a concrete barrier between a bicyclist and a rushing river of cars will save lives, even if that's patently true. They need to know that crashes will go down an average of exactly 49%…” usa.streetsblog.org/2024/11/21/o...
One Hidden Reason Why Your State DOT Isn't Building Protected Bike Lanes — Streetsblog USA
"Proven safety countermeasures" might sound like a wonky engineering term, but it could hold the key to unlocking money to save lives.
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November 25, 2024 at 12:38 AM
“Put another way: it's not enough for a traffic engineer to know that putting a concrete barrier between a bicyclist and a rushing river of cars will save lives, even if that's patently true. They need to know that crashes will go down an average of exactly 49%…” usa.streetsblog.org/2024/11/21/o...
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Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (19th century): one who pays great attention to trivial matters as a way of avoiding the important ones.
November 21, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (19th century): one who pays great attention to trivial matters as a way of avoiding the important ones.
I’m tired. I used to enjoy staying up to date with everything. Lately all the news covers is death and Trump. Ugh. I know good things are happening.
November 21, 2024 at 4:52 PM
I’m tired. I used to enjoy staying up to date with everything. Lately all the news covers is death and Trump. Ugh. I know good things are happening.
Here’s my obligatory photo of our beasts.
November 14, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Here’s my obligatory photo of our beasts.