Jane Thurber
@thurberteam.bsky.social
Strongly pro Carrot Cake. This account is mostly paintings, plants, birds & jokes. The U.S. should use the metric system. The UK should drive on the right side of the road.
I made a Starter Pack that is just for fun, no politics, no culture wars.
I made a Starter Pack that is just for fun, no politics, no culture wars.
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Jane Thurber
@thurberteam.bsky.social
· Mar 21
'NO' is a complete sentence.
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Here’s a guide to 50 DC-area shops worth checking out this year.
65 Businesses to Shop Local in Washington, DC
From fashion to home goods, here are more than 45 DC-area small businesses to shop.
washingtonian.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Here’s a guide to 50 DC-area shops worth checking out this year.
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Not only is this 100% correct, but because of the ultra-high net worth individuals we’re dealing w/what you have is a gigantic insider threat & counterintelligence problem. 1/
one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Not only is this 100% correct, but because of the ultra-high net worth individuals we’re dealing w/what you have is a gigantic insider threat & counterintelligence problem. 1/
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Happy Birthday to the master of the locked room mystery, John Dickson Carr, 1906, Pennsylvania. The prolific author also wrote as Carter Dickson, and was greatly influenced by G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown books.
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Happy Birthday to the master of the locked room mystery, John Dickson Carr, 1906, Pennsylvania. The prolific author also wrote as Carter Dickson, and was greatly influenced by G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown books.
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“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.”
By @keribla.bsky.social
By @keribla.bsky.social
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.”
By @keribla.bsky.social
By @keribla.bsky.social
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www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Was celebrated lighting designer Richard Kelly, advised by ubiquitous pal Philip Johnson, the real architect of San Diego’s lovely Timken Museum building?
Was celebrated lighting designer Richard Kelly, advised by ubiquitous pal Philip Johnson, the real architect of San Diego’s lovely Timken Museum building?
Who really designed this San Diego museum? An architectural whodunit
When the Timken Museum of Art in Balboa Park opened in 1965 it was credited to a San Diego architecture firm. Two local architecture buffs believe that internationally renowned Richard Kelly and Phili...
www.latimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Was celebrated lighting designer Richard Kelly, advised by ubiquitous pal Philip Johnson, the real architect of San Diego’s lovely Timken Museum building?
Was celebrated lighting designer Richard Kelly, advised by ubiquitous pal Philip Johnson, the real architect of San Diego’s lovely Timken Museum building?
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What do you get between Black Friday and Cyber Monday? 🧵🛍️
#MuseumStoreSunday emphasizes the value of supporting the arts and the communities that make our institution so special, which is why we're proud to participate this year on shop.getty.edu.
#MuseumStoreSunday emphasizes the value of supporting the arts and the communities that make our institution so special, which is why we're proud to participate this year on shop.getty.edu.
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
What do you get between Black Friday and Cyber Monday? 🧵🛍️
#MuseumStoreSunday emphasizes the value of supporting the arts and the communities that make our institution so special, which is why we're proud to participate this year on shop.getty.edu.
#MuseumStoreSunday emphasizes the value of supporting the arts and the communities that make our institution so special, which is why we're proud to participate this year on shop.getty.edu.
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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A city of tech parks and start-ups, Bidadi is the very image of India's digital rise
✏️ Vasudevan Sridharan
✏️ Vasudevan Sridharan
Welcome to AI city
A city of tech parks and start-ups, Bidadi is the very image of India's digital rise
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A city of tech parks and start-ups, Bidadi is the very image of India's digital rise
✏️ Vasudevan Sridharan
✏️ Vasudevan Sridharan
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Sharing another of my 2025 prints:
Glass sponges are fragile, brittle, living animals with skeletons made of silica, the same material we use to make glass. 🧪🐡 #inverts Reefs, widespread during the age of dinosaurs, are now quite rare, & in fact, were long believed to have gone extinct 40 million 🧵
Glass sponges are fragile, brittle, living animals with skeletons made of silica, the same material we use to make glass. 🧪🐡 #inverts Reefs, widespread during the age of dinosaurs, are now quite rare, & in fact, were long believed to have gone extinct 40 million 🧵
November 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Sharing another of my 2025 prints:
Glass sponges are fragile, brittle, living animals with skeletons made of silica, the same material we use to make glass. 🧪🐡 #inverts Reefs, widespread during the age of dinosaurs, are now quite rare, & in fact, were long believed to have gone extinct 40 million 🧵
Glass sponges are fragile, brittle, living animals with skeletons made of silica, the same material we use to make glass. 🧪🐡 #inverts Reefs, widespread during the age of dinosaurs, are now quite rare, & in fact, were long believed to have gone extinct 40 million 🧵
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Here's the most recent one!
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So come give me a follow, and get to read dozens and dozens of stories!
Here's the most recent one!
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#BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersLift #SelfPromo #ShamelessSelfPromo
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Soul Contracts: | Lucid Illusions
Get more from Lucid Illusions on Patreon
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November 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
you can be free-tier member, and receive a new story in your inbox every Friday.
So come give me a follow, and get to read dozens and dozens of stories!
Here's the most recent one!
www.patreon.com/posts/soul-c...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersLift #SelfPromo #ShamelessSelfPromo
2/2
So come give me a follow, and get to read dozens and dozens of stories!
Here's the most recent one!
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#BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersLift #SelfPromo #ShamelessSelfPromo
2/2
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Excellent, clear analysis.
“This is as close to a pure, uncontested case study as one is ever likely to see in modern military operations.”
“This is as close to a pure, uncontested case study as one is ever likely to see in modern military operations.”
Hegseth's "Kill Everybody" Drug Strike Order and the Duty to Refuse That Didn’t Happen. A Deeper Look Analysis.
In recent days, information has surfaced that provides what appears to be a textbook example of an unlawful order that could have—and should have—been refused.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Excellent, clear analysis.
“This is as close to a pure, uncontested case study as one is ever likely to see in modern military operations.”
“This is as close to a pure, uncontested case study as one is ever likely to see in modern military operations.”
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For true Stoppard afficiandos, his greatest work will always be the script rewrite of dog comedy Beethoven.
His IMDB profile would be incredibly impressive on its own. I had no idea until now that he was a script doctor on so many major movies!
www.imdb.com/name/nm00017...
www.imdb.com/name/nm00017...
November 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
For true Stoppard afficiandos, his greatest work will always be the script rewrite of dog comedy Beethoven.
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Big shout to rock’n’roll’s own Melvin Benn for kicking a big hole in the Sunday Times ridiculous boo-hoo-the-mansion-tax story today.
November 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Big shout to rock’n’roll’s own Melvin Benn for kicking a big hole in the Sunday Times ridiculous boo-hoo-the-mansion-tax story today.
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Delighted to see THE OLIGARCH'S DAUGHTER on @olinecog.bsky.social's best of 2025 list — in great company! www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/27/t...
The best mystery novels of 2025
2025 was another outstanding year for mystery novels, with standard favorites and debuting authors offering their stories. Here are writer Oline H. Cogdill’s favorites.
www.sun-sentinel.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Delighted to see THE OLIGARCH'S DAUGHTER on @olinecog.bsky.social's best of 2025 list — in great company! www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/27/t...
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“Germany’s fast-growing defence tech start-ups have moved to fill that vacuum, with Helsing opening a factory this month in Plymouth to make submarine-detecting underwater “gliders”. Its rival Stark, backed by US tech billionaire Peter Thiel, opened a plant in Swindon a day later.”
“Germany’s fast-growing defence tech start-ups have moved to fill that vacuum, with Helsing opening a factory this month in Plymouth to make submarine-detecting underwater “gliders”. Its rival Stark, backed by US tech billionaire Peter Thiel, opened a plant in Swindon a day later.”
German start-ups seek to fill the British army’s ‘drone gap’
Helsing, Stark and Arx invest in UK factories
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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“Germany’s fast-growing defence tech start-ups have moved to fill that vacuum, with Helsing opening a factory this month in Plymouth to make submarine-detecting underwater “gliders”. Its rival Stark, backed by US tech billionaire Peter Thiel, opened a plant in Swindon a day later.”
“Germany’s fast-growing defence tech start-ups have moved to fill that vacuum, with Helsing opening a factory this month in Plymouth to make submarine-detecting underwater “gliders”. Its rival Stark, backed by US tech billionaire Peter Thiel, opened a plant in Swindon a day later.”
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How Warhammer won - on.ft.com/3KpJycC via @financialtimes.com
This sounds incredible and totally absorbing
This sounds incredible and totally absorbing
How Warhammer won
The maker of the fantasy figurine game is now valued at £5.25bn. What keeps the battle raging on?
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
How Warhammer won - on.ft.com/3KpJycC via @financialtimes.com
This sounds incredible and totally absorbing
This sounds incredible and totally absorbing
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“It remains the case that we are embarking on—in fact, accelerating—the biggest chemistry experiment on the planet in 66 million years, and one of the fastest derangements of the carbon cycle in the age of animal life.” www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Climate Realism Is a Delusion
By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide toward a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“It remains the case that we are embarking on—in fact, accelerating—the biggest chemistry experiment on the planet in 66 million years, and one of the fastest derangements of the carbon cycle in the age of animal life.” www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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Your smart devices aren’t yours. Not really.
Features you already paid for are now locked behind subscriptions, cloud logins, and paywalls.
Ownership is becoming a myth, one “smart” product at a time.
New piece: When Convenience Becomes Control
#TechEthics #RightToRepair
medium.com/@EthicsinBet...
Features you already paid for are now locked behind subscriptions, cloud logins, and paywalls.
Ownership is becoming a myth, one “smart” product at a time.
New piece: When Convenience Becomes Control
#TechEthics #RightToRepair
medium.com/@EthicsinBet...
When Convenience Becomes Control: How Subscriptions Turned Ownership Into an Illusion
From cars to cameras to home appliances, the permanent lease is here.
medium.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Your smart devices aren’t yours. Not really.
Features you already paid for are now locked behind subscriptions, cloud logins, and paywalls.
Ownership is becoming a myth, one “smart” product at a time.
New piece: When Convenience Becomes Control
#TechEthics #RightToRepair
medium.com/@EthicsinBet...
Features you already paid for are now locked behind subscriptions, cloud logins, and paywalls.
Ownership is becoming a myth, one “smart” product at a time.
New piece: When Convenience Becomes Control
#TechEthics #RightToRepair
medium.com/@EthicsinBet...
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China's involvement in The War deepens: Wang Dinghua, a Chinese drone parts supplier, apparently formally acquired a stake in its Russian client, Rustakt, IMMEDIATELY producing small OWA FPV drones widely used in the Russian invasion of Ukraine: scoop by @financialtimes.com .
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
China's involvement in The War deepens: Wang Dinghua, a Chinese drone parts supplier, apparently formally acquired a stake in its Russian client, Rustakt, IMMEDIATELY producing small OWA FPV drones widely used in the Russian invasion of Ukraine: scoop by @financialtimes.com .
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Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us.
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
Discussions fail after Britain refuses to pay billions of euros in fees
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us.
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
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This is one logical conclusion to the belief that abortion is murder, which many pro-lifers profess.
S Carolina bill to execute women who have an abortion
November 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This is one logical conclusion to the belief that abortion is murder, which many pro-lifers profess.
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La Chine intensifie la criminalisation des Taïwanais pro-démocratie
Même si la loi chinoise ne s’applique pas sur le territoire, des enquêtes et des mandats d’arrêt sont lancés contre des personnalités jugées hostiles par Pékin. L’intention est surtout d’intimider les adversaires.
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Même si la loi chinoise ne s’applique pas sur le territoire, des enquêtes et des mandats d’arrêt sont lancés contre des personnalités jugées hostiles par Pékin. L’intention est surtout d’intimider les adversaires.
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La Chine intensifie la criminalisation des Taïwanais pro-démocratie
Même si la loi chinoise ne s’applique pas sur le territoire, des enquêtes et des mandats d’arrêt sont lancés contre des personnalités jugées hostiles par Pékin. L’intention est surtout d’intimider les adversaires.
www.liberation.fr
November 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
La Chine intensifie la criminalisation des Taïwanais pro-démocratie
Même si la loi chinoise ne s’applique pas sur le territoire, des enquêtes et des mandats d’arrêt sont lancés contre des personnalités jugées hostiles par Pékin. L’intention est surtout d’intimider les adversaires.
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Même si la loi chinoise ne s’applique pas sur le territoire, des enquêtes et des mandats d’arrêt sont lancés contre des personnalités jugées hostiles par Pékin. L’intention est surtout d’intimider les adversaires.
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Admiral Bradley is dead wrong here. He should be tried.
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Admiral Bradley is dead wrong here. He should be tried.
After 11 years of "misleading" headlines, I am pretty sure it is because the editors, publishers, & owners like the politics & agree with the policies.
The Times adjusted it's headlines, but not until after other media started reporting the links as factual using the Times.
How comfortable should editors be with headlines that amplify the claims of an unverified claim, not subject to peer review, by a known vaccine skeptic?
How comfortable should editors be with headlines that amplify the claims of an unverified claim, not subject to peer review, by a known vaccine skeptic?
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
After 11 years of "misleading" headlines, I am pretty sure it is because the editors, publishers, & owners like the politics & agree with the policies.