emerson
@weoweo.bsky.social
antifascist pgh water nerd with a side of birding. they/them
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Now's a good time to stick your menorah/menorot in the freezer to get the wax out.
(Some of you did this BEFORE putting it away last year?
How cute!)
(Some of you did this BEFORE putting it away last year?
How cute!)
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Now's a good time to stick your menorah/menorot in the freezer to get the wax out.
(Some of you did this BEFORE putting it away last year?
How cute!)
(Some of you did this BEFORE putting it away last year?
How cute!)
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Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your roast walnut!
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your roast walnut!
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there's that now-famous internet line about how climate change means watching clips of climate disasters on people's phones until you're the one filming it, and it feels like there's some parallel about watching fascist deportation goon squad videos until it's filmed on the streets you recognize
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
there's that now-famous internet line about how climate change means watching clips of climate disasters on people's phones until you're the one filming it, and it feels like there's some parallel about watching fascist deportation goon squad videos until it's filmed on the streets you recognize
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The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
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LEGO should have a Ship of Theseus kit where they occasionally mail you new replacement parts
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
LEGO should have a Ship of Theseus kit where they occasionally mail you new replacement parts
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In "Ecology of the Brontosaurs" Robert Bakker describes adaptations of many ungulates, including the "elongate, banana-shaped" hooves of the swamp-dwelling sitatunga antelope. Surely, I thought, that's an exaggeration. But these are crazy!
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
In "Ecology of the Brontosaurs" Robert Bakker describes adaptations of many ungulates, including the "elongate, banana-shaped" hooves of the swamp-dwelling sitatunga antelope. Surely, I thought, that's an exaggeration. But these are crazy!
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In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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It's still wild to me how much we've memory holed Occupy Wallstreet.
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It's still wild to me how much we've memory holed Occupy Wallstreet.
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Last night I watched a streamer in Arc that downed other players and then had them answer trivia questions in exchange for a revive. The questions were like "who runs this whole operation" and "what's the name of the cataclysmic event that led to all this" and lol no, gamers do not pay attention.
You wanna know why we're having nag line discourse in 2025? Because developers know we're fighting an attention economy war we'll lose no matter what. Players don't read, have TikTok open next to them, god forbid we are scared you miss something and then blame us for not giving you all the info.
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Last night I watched a streamer in Arc that downed other players and then had them answer trivia questions in exchange for a revive. The questions were like "who runs this whole operation" and "what's the name of the cataclysmic event that led to all this" and lol no, gamers do not pay attention.
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If birds were actually government drones, then there wouldn't have been any birds during the shutdown.
It's over.
It's over.
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If birds were actually government drones, then there wouldn't have been any birds during the shutdown.
It's over.
It's over.
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MR. YUCK’S INVENTOR WAS GAY? w
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
MR. YUCK’S INVENTOR WAS GAY? w
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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BIG NEWS OUTTA PITTSBURGH 🔥
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
BIG NEWS OUTTA PITTSBURGH 🔥
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I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
October 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
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Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
a man with a mustache says there be whales here in a dark room
Alt: Scotty from Star Trek Original Series (played by Jimmy Doohan) says there be whales here in a Klingon vessel's cargo hold.
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
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Primary every single senator
CNN, CBS, others report that at least 8 Dems have reached a deal to end the shutdown
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Primary every single senator
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The Democratic redline for months has been funding Obamacare. Rs want the Ds to bail them out? Fine, fund the ACA. But *that's not in the CR*.
I feel like for years I've been yelled at for calling the ACA not good enough. Now the Democrats are just…giving up the ACA, so their planes aren't delayed?
I feel like for years I've been yelled at for calling the ACA not good enough. Now the Democrats are just…giving up the ACA, so their planes aren't delayed?
How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The Democratic redline for months has been funding Obamacare. Rs want the Ds to bail them out? Fine, fund the ACA. But *that's not in the CR*.
I feel like for years I've been yelled at for calling the ACA not good enough. Now the Democrats are just…giving up the ACA, so their planes aren't delayed?
I feel like for years I've been yelled at for calling the ACA not good enough. Now the Democrats are just…giving up the ACA, so their planes aren't delayed?
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i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
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football’s all like gimme that coconut i want it it’s beautiful but tennis is all like fuck this stupid lemon i hate it
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
football’s all like gimme that coconut i want it it’s beautiful but tennis is all like fuck this stupid lemon i hate it
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if an elected Democrat can’t make hay of “the president is taking swift legal action to make sure you starve to death” then they don’t really deserve to be elected democrats anymore huh
BOSTON (AP) - Trump administration seeks an emergency pause to a court order demanding full November SNAP payments.
@apnews.com #SNAP
@apnews.com #SNAP
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
if an elected Democrat can’t make hay of “the president is taking swift legal action to make sure you starve to death” then they don’t really deserve to be elected democrats anymore huh
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Let's go vote, Pennsylvania!
Pennsylvania is a state that has really diverse & high stakes, up and down the ballot tomorrow.
—control of state supreme court
—lower state court races
—Philly DA: Krasner's reelect
—important, heated school boards
—partisan battles for county execs in swing counties
—Bucks County at a crossroads
—control of state supreme court
—lower state court races
—Philly DA: Krasner's reelect
—important, heated school boards
—partisan battles for county execs in swing counties
—Bucks County at a crossroads
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Let's go vote, Pennsylvania!
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Golden-crowned Kinglets frequently call to stay in contact with each other. This wee one is giving the high pitched "see see see" contact call.
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Golden-crowned Kinglets frequently call to stay in contact with each other. This wee one is giving the high pitched "see see see" contact call.
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impossible to overstate the degree to which we are being governed by people whose formative politics is gamergate, but DHS posting Halo memes to recruit for ICE is pretty close.
October 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
impossible to overstate the degree to which we are being governed by people whose formative politics is gamergate, but DHS posting Halo memes to recruit for ICE is pretty close.