Tim Shaw
@wdncnu.bsky.social
Experience design / CX, / UX / Service Design. Data visualization. Traditional & wooden boats and boating. Environment & earth science. Incessant, unapologetic punster. ALX VA. He/His. Trying to be a light to drive out darkness.
We are trying Pupatella tonight. I am sure no references will be made to narration of one's morning constitutional. Nope, not one. Not even anything close.
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We are trying Pupatella tonight. I am sure no references will be made to narration of one's morning constitutional. Nope, not one. Not even anything close.
Well, this story checks a bunch of my boxes... very cool. www.opb.org/article/2025...
OPB documentary ‘First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath’ follows Indigenous kayakers on a historic journey after dam removal
Oregon Field Guide's "First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath" documentary is available on OPB's website and YouTube.
www.opb.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Well, this story checks a bunch of my boxes... very cool. www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
When I was a kid I fell in love with a song. 24 years ago today, I made a pilgrimage for the song. Cruddy pictures of pictures, but this is Whitefish Pt., MI, home of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum and closed point in the US to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years ago today. 🔔*29
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
When I was a kid I fell in love with a song. 24 years ago today, I made a pilgrimage for the song. Cruddy pictures of pictures, but this is Whitefish Pt., MI, home of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum and closed point in the US to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years ago today. 🔔*29
Very cool. Congrats to Korean marine archeologists. www.koreaherald.com/article/1061...
Korea recovers 600-year-old cargo ship in underwater excavation
A 600-year-old tax ship has resurfaced off Korea’s west coast. South Korean archaeologists have recovered the full remains of a Joseon-era (1392-1910) cargo ves
www.koreaherald.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Very cool. Congrats to Korean marine archeologists. www.koreaherald.com/article/1061...
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Generative AI is the apotheosis of this process. It's praised for doing better than a human on certain tasks, but those tasks were *made for computer logic* in the first place.
The new world will try to convince you that this computer logic is more valuable than your human thought. Defy it.
The new world will try to convince you that this computer logic is more valuable than your human thought. Defy it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Generative AI is the apotheosis of this process. It's praised for doing better than a human on certain tasks, but those tasks were *made for computer logic* in the first place.
The new world will try to convince you that this computer logic is more valuable than your human thought. Defy it.
The new world will try to convince you that this computer logic is more valuable than your human thought. Defy it.
Son: I got the ignition issue with my car figured out so it works now! I needed a different part than I had.
Me: So the idea of keeping the part you had in place was a... non-starter?
#HelpfulDad
Me: So the idea of keeping the part you had in place was a... non-starter?
#HelpfulDad
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Son: I got the ignition issue with my car figured out so it works now! I needed a different part than I had.
Me: So the idea of keeping the part you had in place was a... non-starter?
#HelpfulDad
Me: So the idea of keeping the part you had in place was a... non-starter?
#HelpfulDad
Yes, please. More of this. Speak the obvious truths. Decry immorality and hypocrisy loudly and openly.
November 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Yes, please. More of this. Speak the obvious truths. Decry immorality and hypocrisy loudly and openly.
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It’s almost as if checks and balances was a good idea for a reason.
This shutdown is a reminder that “an executive branch unbound by Congress or the courts has a unique ability to inflict and prolong pain on the people,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
Why This Shutdown Is So Dangerous
The way the president is disrupting essential services shows the dangers of his vision for big government.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It’s almost as if checks and balances was a good idea for a reason.
The MVP for Helena and my run this morning - and other contestants really need to just sit back down and wait for next time - was the Australian shepherd puppy in Four Mile Run Park. More cute per gram than should be allowed.
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The MVP for Helena and my run this morning - and other contestants really need to just sit back down and wait for next time - was the Australian shepherd puppy in Four Mile Run Park. More cute per gram than should be allowed.
This was a very useful explanation
Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This was a very useful explanation
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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
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Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
👏👏👏👏👏
You all who got to the Sean Dunn case puns first are doing EXCELLENT WORK
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
You all who got to the Sean Dunn case puns first are doing EXCELLENT WORK
How come no one has created an Indian recipe LLM called ChaatGPT?! Do I have to do ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING?!?!
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
How come no one has created an Indian recipe LLM called ChaatGPT?! Do I have to do ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING?!?!
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Add child kidnaspping to the ICE Nuremburg file.
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Add child kidnaspping to the ICE Nuremburg file.
For the love of all that is holy, can we PLEASE keep this straight:
Bi-annual means every 2 years. Like "bicycle" - 2 wheels, not 1/2 a wheel.
Something that happens every 6 months is *semi-annual*. Like semi-circle,which is 1/2 a circle.
Get it? I don't want to have this conversation again.
Bi-annual means every 2 years. Like "bicycle" - 2 wheels, not 1/2 a wheel.
Something that happens every 6 months is *semi-annual*. Like semi-circle,which is 1/2 a circle.
Get it? I don't want to have this conversation again.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
For the love of all that is holy, can we PLEASE keep this straight:
Bi-annual means every 2 years. Like "bicycle" - 2 wheels, not 1/2 a wheel.
Something that happens every 6 months is *semi-annual*. Like semi-circle,which is 1/2 a circle.
Get it? I don't want to have this conversation again.
Bi-annual means every 2 years. Like "bicycle" - 2 wheels, not 1/2 a wheel.
Something that happens every 6 months is *semi-annual*. Like semi-circle,which is 1/2 a circle.
Get it? I don't want to have this conversation again.
F**k yeah
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
F**k yeah
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"And we will build a city hall that stands steadfast alongside Jewish New Yorkers and does not waver in the fight against the scourge of antisemitism... Where the more than one million Muslims know that they belong."
This is the kind of solidarity we need.
This is the kind of solidarity we need.
Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
"And we will build a city hall that stands steadfast alongside Jewish New Yorkers and does not waver in the fight against the scourge of antisemitism... Where the more than one million Muslims know that they belong."
This is the kind of solidarity we need.
This is the kind of solidarity we need.
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So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
This is what I'm talking about
So glad I searched up Edmund Fitzgerald Tok again
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is what I'm talking about
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Last year, the DOJ criticized Memphis police for using minor infractions as a pretext to search people for serious crimes. Under Trump’s crackdown, it’s happening again. @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social @mlk50.com
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Last year, the DOJ criticized Memphis police for using minor infractions as a pretext to search people for serious crimes. Under Trump’s crackdown, it’s happening again. @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social @mlk50.com
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And again, a pattern of putting out statements accusing people of serious Federal crimes and then releasing them hours or days or weeks later with no charges. And no retraction.
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
And again, a pattern of putting out statements accusing people of serious Federal crimes and then releasing them hours or days or weeks later with no charges. And no retraction.
*One* US citizen so deprived of their rights should be cause for mass incarceration of those responsible. All the way up.
As for those not US citizens, The Hague.
As for those not US citizens, The Hague.
When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t worry because if they’re detained, agents will “promptly let the individual go.”
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And…
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
*One* US citizen so deprived of their rights should be cause for mass incarceration of those responsible. All the way up.
As for those not US citizens, The Hague.
As for those not US citizens, The Hague.