Scooter
@scooterw.bsky.social
Recently widowed dog dad, re-figuring out life. Adventures ahead.
Travel, music, theater, art, beer: outlets for my curiosity. Politics, news, newfound nihilism: outlets for my survival
Travel, music, theater, art, beer: outlets for my curiosity. Politics, news, newfound nihilism: outlets for my survival
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Brilliant. But this made my brain hurt as I tried to figure out how they did it. Wait until you see the credits.
How did it take almost a day for me to find out that there's a new OK Go video?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOEU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOEU...
OK Go - A Stone Only Rolls Downhill (Official Video)
YouTube video by OK Go
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January 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Brilliant. But this made my brain hurt as I tried to figure out how they did it. Wait until you see the credits.
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The year is 2035. I meet President AOC in the Oval Office. "You've done well," she says. "By telling men to dress gay, you've lowered the population rate by 90%, thereby reducing carbon emissions." She slides me a manilla envelope. I can now afford a home in a walkable neighborhood
January 13, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The year is 2035. I meet President AOC in the Oval Office. "You've done well," she says. "By telling men to dress gay, you've lowered the population rate by 90%, thereby reducing carbon emissions." She slides me a manilla envelope. I can now afford a home in a walkable neighborhood
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And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
Why, you may also ask, did voters not buy the (correct) message that Trump represents an existential threat to 🇺🇸 democracy?
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Today in “neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
Why, you may also ask, did voters not buy the (correct) message that Trump represents an existential threat to 🇺🇸 democracy?
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Today in “neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
January 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
Why, you may also ask, did voters not buy the (correct) message that Trump represents an existential threat to 🇺🇸 democracy?
🧐🤔😬🤷♂️
Today in “neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
Why, you may also ask, did voters not buy the (correct) message that Trump represents an existential threat to 🇺🇸 democracy?
🧐🤔😬🤷♂️
Today in “neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
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"I picked the cotton, and I carried it to market, and I built the railroads, under someone else's whip, for nothing. For nothing." The great James Baldwin in his 1965 debate against William F. Buckley, Jr. at Cambridge Union.
December 31, 2024 at 3:07 AM
"I picked the cotton, and I carried it to market, and I built the railroads, under someone else's whip, for nothing. For nothing." The great James Baldwin in his 1965 debate against William F. Buckley, Jr. at Cambridge Union.
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In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2024 at 8:02 PM
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
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I said this on the show, but something that hasn’t sunk in, I think. We haven’t had a “new” president who is sworn in and is immediately a lame duck in the nation’s entire history. When Grover Cleveland was sworn in a second time we didn’t have the 22nd amendment!
December 22, 2024 at 4:49 AM
I said this on the show, but something that hasn’t sunk in, I think. We haven’t had a “new” president who is sworn in and is immediately a lame duck in the nation’s entire history. When Grover Cleveland was sworn in a second time we didn’t have the 22nd amendment!
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There’s a tradition from jolly old England of getting everyone together on or near the winter solstice and intimidating the local rich guy into giving you booze and treats uh, “in exchange for blessings”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassail...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassail...
Wassailing - Wikipedia
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December 21, 2024 at 5:15 PM
There’s a tradition from jolly old England of getting everyone together on or near the winter solstice and intimidating the local rich guy into giving you booze and treats uh, “in exchange for blessings”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassail...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassail...
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They’re going to shutdown the government before they even have a chance to run it.
December 19, 2024 at 2:04 AM
They’re going to shutdown the government before they even have a chance to run it.
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A widespread shortage of a beloved brew in Britain has led one pub to distribute ration cards to customers. Employees at another pub wheeled kegs through rain just to obtain a small supply. A distributor said the drought could lead to the end of some businesses.
Guinness is running dry in U.K. pubs. Is a social media challenge to blame?
Ahead of the holidays, U.K. pubs are running out of Guinness, which skyrocketed in popularity alongside the social media challenge “split the G.”
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December 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
A widespread shortage of a beloved brew in Britain has led one pub to distribute ration cards to customers. Employees at another pub wheeled kegs through rain just to obtain a small supply. A distributor said the drought could lead to the end of some businesses.
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I’m less worried about parents seeking gender affirming care for their kids than I am about parents purchasing guns for their kids.
December 18, 2024 at 7:13 PM
I’m less worried about parents seeking gender affirming care for their kids than I am about parents purchasing guns for their kids.
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every year around christmas time the ballet dancers who play the rats in the nutcracker come out with a series of unexplained banger tiktok videos and anyway this is my favorite part of the holiday season
December 14, 2024 at 5:06 PM
every year around christmas time the ballet dancers who play the rats in the nutcracker come out with a series of unexplained banger tiktok videos and anyway this is my favorite part of the holiday season
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My rage goes back and forth from "What the fuck is wrong with Americans?" to "Fuck them all - they'll get president and the country they deserve." The fact is I will probably be fine no matter what. But I wanted OTHER PEOPLE to be fine.
December 13, 2024 at 4:29 AM
My rage goes back and forth from "What the fuck is wrong with Americans?" to "Fuck them all - they'll get president and the country they deserve." The fact is I will probably be fine no matter what. But I wanted OTHER PEOPLE to be fine.
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We are about to be a part of the most vivid and vicious expression in modern times of the richest among us grabbing as much as they can for themselves, no matter how much pain they cause. Out of this must come a renewed and intensified opposition and commitment to the common good.
December 11, 2024 at 3:18 AM
We are about to be a part of the most vivid and vicious expression in modern times of the richest among us grabbing as much as they can for themselves, no matter how much pain they cause. Out of this must come a renewed and intensified opposition and commitment to the common good.
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The GOP is apparently planning on passing a reconciliation package with as much as $120 BILLION in border-related funding.
To put that in context, if you add up ever single Border Patrol budget from 1990 through 2024, adjusted for inflation, it's $121 billion. That's THIRTY-FOUR YEARS of funding.
To put that in context, if you add up ever single Border Patrol budget from 1990 through 2024, adjusted for inflation, it's $121 billion. That's THIRTY-FOUR YEARS of funding.
December 10, 2024 at 2:37 AM
The GOP is apparently planning on passing a reconciliation package with as much as $120 BILLION in border-related funding.
To put that in context, if you add up ever single Border Patrol budget from 1990 through 2024, adjusted for inflation, it's $121 billion. That's THIRTY-FOUR YEARS of funding.
To put that in context, if you add up ever single Border Patrol budget from 1990 through 2024, adjusted for inflation, it's $121 billion. That's THIRTY-FOUR YEARS of funding.
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i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
November 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM
i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
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It's not the age of your Constitution, it's how you use it
It is pretty crazy how bad US democracy looks right now in comparison with South Korea, or Brazil for that matter. Remember, folks: it’s not the coup attempt, it’s how you respond to it…
December 3, 2024 at 8:31 PM
It's not the age of your Constitution, it's how you use it
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Don’t worry a modern first-world democracy can’t fall to an authoritarian takeover [reads news feed] okay fine but THIS first world democracy can’t fall to an authoritarian takeover, our traditions and institutions are too robust and oh lol look at that weird dude wrapped in a flag carrying a cross
December 3, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Don’t worry a modern first-world democracy can’t fall to an authoritarian takeover [reads news feed] okay fine but THIS first world democracy can’t fall to an authoritarian takeover, our traditions and institutions are too robust and oh lol look at that weird dude wrapped in a flag carrying a cross
Oh look. A playbook…
It appears that anyone spreading "fake news" can be arrested without a warrant as part of South Korea's martial law decree (one of many worrying provisions). Add this to the long list of abuses caused by bans and laws against so-called fake/false news.
December 3, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Oh look. A playbook…
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It took four decades to go from Ronald Reagan's lazy, childish talking point about government to the dismantling of the modern administrative state. Who knows how long it will take to recreate everything we'll discover we actually liked & needed once we needlessly & childishly destroy it.
the biggest risk to ordinary American life in the next four years is not so much being targeted by vengeful Trumpists but the fact that there is a level of functional government that we have always relied on that may simply cease to exist
The piece has tons of devastating details about Hegseth's many, many disqualifying personal traits, but we shouldn't overlook the parts about how he has repeatedly mismanaged every single organization he's led and been driven out of job after job for utter incompetence.
December 3, 2024 at 4:32 AM
It took four decades to go from Ronald Reagan's lazy, childish talking point about government to the dismantling of the modern administrative state. Who knows how long it will take to recreate everything we'll discover we actually liked & needed once we needlessly & childishly destroy it.
This movie is fantastic and surprisingly moving. Probably not the story you’re expecting, not told the way you’re expecting. Glad it’s now streaming on Netflix for a wider audience.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FFYf...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FFYf...
KNEECAP | Official Trailer (2024)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Classics
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December 3, 2024 at 12:11 AM
This movie is fantastic and surprisingly moving. Probably not the story you’re expecting, not told the way you’re expecting. Glad it’s now streaming on Netflix for a wider audience.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FFYf...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FFYf...
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A potential partner must have the correct level of enthusiasm about the Muppets. Too little and their hearts are devoid of joy. Too much and they are into an extreme kink so disgusting only a theatre kid could imagine it.
December 2, 2024 at 2:37 PM
A potential partner must have the correct level of enthusiasm about the Muppets. Too little and their hearts are devoid of joy. Too much and they are into an extreme kink so disgusting only a theatre kid could imagine it.