Ponycake
@ponycake.bsky.social
North to South. D&D, Birds, Baseball, Hockey, Env. Geology.
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It's not just fdr. One of the things the epa did not long after it was formed was document the nation's pollution via photography. That can seem frivolous, but generations of Americans have no idea why the EPA was necessary. This broke a million views when we published it in 2017
This is what America looked like before the EPA cleaned it up
A snapshot from America before the impact of the EPA and the effects of rules regulating clean water and air were felt.
www.popsci.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It's not just fdr. One of the things the epa did not long after it was formed was document the nation's pollution via photography. That can seem frivolous, but generations of Americans have no idea why the EPA was necessary. This broke a million views when we published it in 2017
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This is especially gutting for the women who tried to play by the rules, take drugs they didn't want or need to lower their naturally occurring T, train hard to come back, and are once again being kicked to the curb.
Yesterday, World Athletics announced new recommended rules that would ban all DSD athletes from competition and require EVERY woman who wanted to compete to undergo a chromosome test. I covered the main bits here:
World Athletics wants to go back to mandatory sex testing
This is not the news I was hoping to share with you all, but here we are. Yesterday, World Athletics released a new set of recommendations surrounding the...
buttondown.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is especially gutting for the women who tried to play by the rules, take drugs they didn't want or need to lower their naturally occurring T, train hard to come back, and are once again being kicked to the curb.
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I have been all over this world. And across it, there are the ruins of empires that thought they would last forever.
January 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I have been all over this world. And across it, there are the ruins of empires that thought they would last forever.
🎶What do you do with a sick day toddler?🎶
sung in the tune of “What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor?”
sung in the tune of “What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor?”
January 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🎶What do you do with a sick day toddler?🎶
sung in the tune of “What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor?”
sung in the tune of “What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor?”
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This right here
"I am terrified of AI not because of what it is, but because of what 99.9% of people think it is. We are _never_ going to correct the assumption that it's a thinking computer, and we are going to suffer the dire consequences of that lie for decades."
January 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This right here
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Why do we watch *a ball drop* on New Year's Eve?
In a word? Longitude. 🌐
The Times Square Ball has its ultimate origins in a system that helped ships set their clocks to aid their navigation.
Come for the history. Stay for the musings on tradition and time. mashedradish.com/2024/12/31/t...
In a word? Longitude. 🌐
The Times Square Ball has its ultimate origins in a system that helped ships set their clocks to aid their navigation.
Come for the history. Stay for the musings on tradition and time. mashedradish.com/2024/12/31/t...
Why does a ball drop on New Year’s Eve?
The ball drop is based on a system that once helped ships set their clocks—and navigate—in the 1800s.
mashedradish.com
December 31, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Why do we watch *a ball drop* on New Year's Eve?
In a word? Longitude. 🌐
The Times Square Ball has its ultimate origins in a system that helped ships set their clocks to aid their navigation.
Come for the history. Stay for the musings on tradition and time. mashedradish.com/2024/12/31/t...
In a word? Longitude. 🌐
The Times Square Ball has its ultimate origins in a system that helped ships set their clocks to aid their navigation.
Come for the history. Stay for the musings on tradition and time. mashedradish.com/2024/12/31/t...
Any of y’all remember Blaseball?
December 24, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Any of y’all remember Blaseball?
Not me wanting to look up the lyrics to Mamushi and remembering “Oh yeah, I can’t read Japanese.”
December 20, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Not me wanting to look up the lyrics to Mamushi and remembering “Oh yeah, I can’t read Japanese.”
Last night I had to explain the “Grink” tweet to Jessie and it felt so frustratingly humiliating.
December 17, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Last night I had to explain the “Grink” tweet to Jessie and it felt so frustratingly humiliating.
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And, oh yeah, happy 213th anniversary of the 16 December 1811 New Madrid earthquake to those who celebrate.
December 17, 2024 at 1:25 AM
And, oh yeah, happy 213th anniversary of the 16 December 1811 New Madrid earthquake to those who celebrate.
I just wanna play D&D and save the planet. Is that too much to ask?
December 12, 2024 at 11:01 PM
I just wanna play D&D and save the planet. Is that too much to ask?
It’s days like today where the stress can only be solved with one thing: Half A Bag Of Tortilla Chips.
There is no wrong that cannot be righted with Half A Bag Of Tortilla Chips
There is no wrong that cannot be righted with Half A Bag Of Tortilla Chips
December 12, 2024 at 2:39 AM
It’s days like today where the stress can only be solved with one thing: Half A Bag Of Tortilla Chips.
There is no wrong that cannot be righted with Half A Bag Of Tortilla Chips
There is no wrong that cannot be righted with Half A Bag Of Tortilla Chips
Everything is so BLEAK. Groan.
December 4, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Everything is so BLEAK. Groan.
Got busted yesterday taking a rare nap under the unbeatable combo of dog + magic blanket.
November 29, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Got busted yesterday taking a rare nap under the unbeatable combo of dog + magic blanket.
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In 2017, the NBA pulled the All Star game out of North Carolina to protest a bathroom bill. I'll be curious to see if they have anything to say about today's bills. I don't follow NBA shit closely enough to really have a guess on this, but it does feel like a signal.
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
NBA moving '17 All-Star Game from Charlotte
The NBA is moving the All-Star Game in light of North Carolina's controversial HB2 bill, saying it hopes to reschedule the game for Charlotte in 2019.
www.espn.com
November 29, 2024 at 6:50 PM
In 2017, the NBA pulled the All Star game out of North Carolina to protest a bathroom bill. I'll be curious to see if they have anything to say about today's bills. I don't follow NBA shit closely enough to really have a guess on this, but it does feel like a signal.
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
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In short: the obsession with who counts as a woman in sports is nearly 100 years old. It's gone through many phases, each one claiming to care about "protecting women" and "fairness" and (later) "science." There's no evidence that these policies actually succeed at any of those things.
November 29, 2024 at 6:04 PM
In short: the obsession with who counts as a woman in sports is nearly 100 years old. It's gone through many phases, each one claiming to care about "protecting women" and "fairness" and (later) "science." There's no evidence that these policies actually succeed at any of those things.
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It sucks that my show continues to be so relevant as the worst people on the internet double down on their weird obsession with people's chromosomes and genitals, but if you're wondering "what the hell is JK Rowling on about this time????" sadly I have a podcast for you: www.tested-podcast.com
TESTED – A surprising history of women’s sports
www.tested-podcast.com
November 29, 2024 at 6:02 PM
It sucks that my show continues to be so relevant as the worst people on the internet double down on their weird obsession with people's chromosomes and genitals, but if you're wondering "what the hell is JK Rowling on about this time????" sadly I have a podcast for you: www.tested-podcast.com
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Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
In a 10-minute span at the window, we had Tufties, Carolina Chickadees, White-throated Sparrows, and a couple of Northern Cardinals. These dudes are feasting.
November 29, 2024 at 4:49 PM
In a 10-minute span at the window, we had Tufties, Carolina Chickadees, White-throated Sparrows, and a couple of Northern Cardinals. These dudes are feasting.
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they found the sickos guy frozen to death outside somebody’s window last night
November 29, 2024 at 2:36 AM
they found the sickos guy frozen to death outside somebody’s window last night
Brown butter just makes it all OK. 🫡
November 28, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Brown butter just makes it all OK. 🫡
This has been A HOCKEY GAME. Sheeeesh.
November 28, 2024 at 2:52 AM
This has been A HOCKEY GAME. Sheeeesh.
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Not only that, but it enables conflict resolution, listening, trust, communication, collaboration, humility, planning, organizing, prepping, always having all the answers, decision making… it’s EXACTLY the style of leadership a good showrunner brings to a healthy room. Its training!
November 27, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Not only that, but it enables conflict resolution, listening, trust, communication, collaboration, humility, planning, organizing, prepping, always having all the answers, decision making… it’s EXACTLY the style of leadership a good showrunner brings to a healthy room. Its training!
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I speak to this often. I’m a writer in Hollywood and my craft has STRENGTHENED evermore due to being a Dungeon Master the past 10+ years. You paint worlds that would cost millions on screen around a table with close friends that are the stars of your show. It’s as alive as a movie.
It’s pure magic.
It’s pure magic.
November 27, 2024 at 6:27 PM
I speak to this often. I’m a writer in Hollywood and my craft has STRENGTHENED evermore due to being a Dungeon Master the past 10+ years. You paint worlds that would cost millions on screen around a table with close friends that are the stars of your show. It’s as alive as a movie.
It’s pure magic.
It’s pure magic.