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Space educator. Amateur forager/beekeeper/welder, has managed to not poison anyone (yet). All opinions my own. Trans rights are human rights. Fnord.

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26.02.2026 06:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An Office Toolbox is so useful in little unexpected ways. Always seems to blow people's minds when I pop out exotic items like, you know, a tape measure or a pair of pliers.

15.01.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@haruspex.bsky.social should chime in

23.12.2025 04:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep goingβ€”
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last tiβ€”
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

10.12.2025 17:10 πŸ‘ 13598 πŸ” 4858 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 228

wow okay this gave me a full HP restore

08.12.2025 18:51 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

All I'm hearing is a challenge to do a MORE accursed photoshop...

08.12.2025 23:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's excellent!

08.12.2025 23:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Trump administration wants Maryland’s voter rolls Attorney General Pam Bondi is suing Maryland Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis to get the state’s voter rolls.

The Trump administration wants Maryland’s voter rolls

03.12.2025 13:31 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Not joking: has one reporter responded to his preposterous Sgt Schultz β€œI know nothing” schtick by immediately asking:

* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?

* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?

* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?

03.12.2025 13:28 πŸ‘ 957 πŸ” 227 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 10

A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.

Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAsβ€”in this case because they're transβ€”with the help of elected state officials? National issue.

01.12.2025 17:31 πŸ‘ 2347 πŸ” 582 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 7
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare practiced by Japanese forces in brutally attacking helpless survivors of a torpedoed vessel and demands effective assurances from the Japanese Government that such criminal acts, which are contrary to all standards of civilized conduct, will not be repeated in the future. It is expected that the Japanese Government will at the same time punish those persons who with premeditation and full knowledge of their actions have so flagrantly violated the primary humanitarian concept of maritime warfare.” Request Swiss Minister Tokyo51 to telegraph date of delivery to Japanese Government

"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare practiced by Japanese forces in brutally attacking helpless survivors of a torpedoed vessel and demands effective assurances from the Japanese Government that such criminal acts, which are contrary to all standards of civilized conduct, will not be repeated in the future. It is expected that the Japanese Government will at the same time punish those persons who with premeditation and full knowledge of their actions have so flagrantly violated the primary humanitarian concept of maritime warfare.” Request Swiss Minister Tokyo51 to telegraph date of delivery to Japanese Government

Worth remembering now

Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944

"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."

01.12.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 1165 πŸ” 406 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 17
Pope stands holding a baseball bat on a plane

Pope stands holding a baseball bat on a plane

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

29.11.2025 12:13 πŸ‘ 12212 πŸ” 2367 πŸ’¬ 246 πŸ“Œ 451

People in the U.S. need to be paying attention to what’s happening in the U.K., because it’s going hand in hand with what is happening in the U.S., the agitators at work on both sides of the pond are working hand in hand with each other, and both have similar goals of ethnic cleansing.

27.11.2025 14:52 πŸ‘ 1490 πŸ” 374 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 12
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How to Give Thanks by Cooking Food No One Knows How to Cook and Eating Food No One Likes to Eat To remind everyone how grateful we should be for all the readily available, appealing food that is easy to prepare and that everyone enjoys eating,...

"Stuffing is wet bread with pieces of wet celery stuck to it. Everyone says they love it, but they never prepare it on any other day of the year. The majority of the other side dishes are factory-rejected baby food."

26.11.2025 02:00 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 18

This is a great example of what not do to when you write a headlineβ€”especially a cover story.

This is irresponsible. He is not in science he’s against science. He’s killing people because he is so AGAINST science.

Pressβ€”do better. Do not repeat their messaging. Do not repeat the lies.

24.11.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

J no

21.11.2025 02:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
photo of a public urinal in a SEATAC restroom. on the ledge, someone has abandoned a hardcover copy of β€œchasing the dime” by michael connelly

photo of a public urinal in a SEATAC restroom. on the ledge, someone has abandoned a hardcover copy of β€œchasing the dime” by michael connelly

the most scathing book review i’ve ever seen. absolute brutality

20.11.2025 04:40 πŸ‘ 264 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3

β€œAre the fae open source?” is such a terrifying question in so many ways.

20.11.2025 09:26 πŸ‘ 408 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 17

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.

19.11.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 21202 πŸ” 4468 πŸ’¬ 572 πŸ“Œ 219

I love the Dropkick Murphys because "Irish-American" + "gen X" + "punk rocker who's been at it for 30 years" should be the formula for the most racist guy alive but instead Ken Casey is constantly giving interviews where he's like "fascists are demons from hell and that's where they belong"

19.11.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 1609 πŸ” 358 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 16

Any teachers out there? Ramping this back up again and figured I would advertise.

I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.

18.11.2025 01:46 πŸ‘ 206 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 5
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17.11.2025 17:16 πŸ‘ 3585 πŸ” 703 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 14

Interesting fact! I live nearish to DC incidentally

12.11.2025 03:22 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao

x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...

12.11.2025 03:29 πŸ‘ 8372 πŸ” 2731 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 1
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LOOK WHATS HAPPENING FLYING OUT OF DENVER RIGHT NOW!!!!!! πŸ”­πŸ§ͺ

12.11.2025 03:23 πŸ‘ 938 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 10
large 20-foot tall concrete lined sewer tunnel. in the distance three people stand with head lamps on their hard hats, looking toward the camera as they stand in ankle-deep water.

large 20-foot tall concrete lined sewer tunnel. in the distance three people stand with head lamps on their hard hats, looking toward the camera as they stand in ankle-deep water.

if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.

12.11.2025 03:57 πŸ‘ 5757 πŸ” 895 πŸ’¬ 137 πŸ“Œ 92
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The rare em-dash Snickers

05.11.2025 00:18 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Shout out to everyone else watching poll results tonight with Gen Alphas, praying the numbers 6 and 7 at no time appear in succession on any kind of screen

05.11.2025 00:45 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0


Nick Pettigrew
@Nick_Pettigrew
Polio was eradicated because Jonas Salk chose not to patent the vaccine, if you want a perfect example of a socialist act.
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Garry Kasparov
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Socialism is like polio, it comes back when people forget about the horrible damage it did last time.

Nick Pettigrew @Nick_Pettigrew Polio was eradicated because Jonas Salk chose not to patent the vaccine, if you want a perfect example of a socialist act. Quote Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63 Β· Jun 24 Socialism is like polio, it comes back when people forget about the horrible damage it did last time.

REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.

04.11.2025 22:41 πŸ‘ 15803 πŸ” 4365 πŸ’¬ 270 πŸ“Œ 101