I have lots of dumb ideas, but one of the dumbest is for a new bluesky feature, a little number you fill in every time you tweet where you say what level of expertise you think you have about the thing you’re tweeting about.
10 I’m the expert
9 I’m an expert
8 I’ve got some meaningful expertise
7 I above-average know what I’m talking about
6 I’m not an expert but I care enough to post about this regularly
5 Just my opinion but I really think I’m right
4 Just an opinion
3 Hot take
2 Ok I’m probably wrong
1 I am a troll
I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
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“Between 2021 and 2023, Manhattan residents worked in most industries at the same or lower rates, except for the Arts, Entertainment, Recreation and Accommodation and Food Services sectors…These new workers also trended younger and a greater share were female in 2023”
Snow covered park. Gray Sky
Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.
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Excuse me but this is a perfect use of the internet.
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I watched the whole thing because it's astonishing
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I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
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Woodson
Feb. 7, 1926: The first day of Negro History Week is observed as a way to engage Black Americans in the historic triumphs and travails of the race. Carter Woodson, a historian and a dean of Howard University, establishes the week that will later expand to become Black History Month. 1/3
oh btw if you need the CIA World Factbook because they took it down with no warning because we can't have nice things, here's where you can get the PDF for the 2024-2025 edition: annas-archive.li/md5/92d7b783...
Also just going to throw out here that if you were to send a polymaker gift card to whistlerequests@proton.me so we can combine a few of them, we have an evil plan for wholesale purchases AND IT WOULD BE EPIC!!!
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Here's a way you can support the whistlemaking effort without sending $$ Amazon's way. BUY FILAMENT GIFT CARDS. All the information is in the task 👇👇👇
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
@GuntherEagleman on Twitter says, "BREAKING: The "No-Go-Zone" in Minneapolis is getting fully stocked like a pop-up leftist supply depot, free hand warmers, winter gear, coffee, food, milk, you name it. This is PROFESSIONAL-grade logistics. Someone is BANKROLLING this autonomous zone.
Did you miss out on your last opportunity to bankroll the fully stocked pop-up leftist supply depot?? Do you want to send free hand warmers, winter gear, first aid supplies, YOU NAME IT, to the Twin Cities?
This is your moment. Let's ride.
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Hollllly moly, when it turns the corner. That is a lot of people.
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"This is a verified page fundraising support for the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and Working Partnerships' 2026 rapid response effort to meet the needs of impacted union members, worker center members, and their families..."
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The DAX did fine until Stalingrad.
FYI:
In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
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I’m actually surprised how well Santa answers these difficult questions in the face of a full on press from the New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner. [mcsweeneys.net]
🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
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Hey! Bud! You sitting down for dinner right now? Too many of your comrades are going hungry. For a few bucks, you can help a ton of them. Do your part, homie
the Sudan Solidarity Collective has partners in El Fashir distributing aid. give what you can
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This thread is one of those “Every James Ellroy book is nonfiction” deals
This photo of rookie Yesavage casually walking off the mound as future Hall of Famer and helmet-less Ohtani is still in motion striking out is everything. #WantItAll
