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🌊 Conservationist / SciComm-er | CA Naturalist | Baltimore diaspora | how β€˜bout dem O’s & also Ravens | opinions=my own | he/him/his

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Same thing happened at Pearl Harbor

06.03.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Carmel makes pickleball at Forest Hill Park a crime under new misdemeanor ban The Carmel City Council has voted to permanently ban pickleball at Forest Hill Park following noise complaints from nearby residents, despite opposition from local pickleball enthusiasts.

Dont lose hope yet, some of the wealthiest and whitest have made real progress ksbw.com/article/carm...

04.03.2026 23:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflictβ€”and 9000
miles from North Americaβ€”makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

04.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 13481 πŸ” 4968 πŸ’¬ 541 πŸ“Œ 296
Epic handshake meme.
Handshake: Scorecard graphic, Netherlands 8, Orioles 5
Left arm: Nigel Powers
Right arm: Me

Epic handshake meme. Handshake: Scorecard graphic, Netherlands 8, Orioles 5 Left arm: Nigel Powers Right arm: Me

04.03.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of Rachel Dratch from SNL. She's a white woman with short dark hair and blue eyes, and she's making an awkward expression that implies, "Sorry I have to tell you this and ruin your good time. But also I'm kind of not sorry about it." I've added a subtitle that reads, "That's AI."

A screenshot of Rachel Dratch from SNL. She's a white woman with short dark hair and blue eyes, and she's making an awkward expression that implies, "Sorry I have to tell you this and ruin your good time. But also I'm kind of not sorry about it." I've added a subtitle that reads, "That's AI."

an updated debbie downer sketch but it's friends showing her funny videos and she has to respond like this to every single one like this:

27.02.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 4351 πŸ” 886 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 0

the Paramount/WB deal seems like an average awful, dystopic, late-stage capitalism right wing power grab… unless you listen to @edzitron.com’s Better Offline and know that Oracle might be going through some things soon. It’s all gonna be bad but may be significantly worse for the Ellisons

27.02.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Man wearing blue shirt and grey pants leaning up against a booth.

Man wearing blue shirt and grey pants leaning up against a booth.

Man sitting behind birthday cake with candles lit.

Man sitting behind birthday cake with candles lit.

Hey that was a good 44th birthday!

25.02.2026 08:30 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI Added 'Basically Zero' to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says Imported chips and hardware mean the AI investemtns are translating into US GDP growth.

AI Added 'Basically Zero' to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says https://gizmodo.com/ai-added-basically-zero-to-us-economic-growth-last-year-goldman-sachs-says-2000725380

23.02.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 2328 πŸ” 920 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 441

It is an uphill battle that requires a a seismic level of systemic unf*cking and the fist step is for dudes to call bullshit on the whole damn set up, not just the last ten years as if they’re an aberration. They’re the symptom of a much bigger problem

23.02.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Societal conditioning, the β€œboys will be boys” attitude, fathers untethered from their emotions, men stuck in a mentality of perpetual childhood, it was always there… and the thing that changed were the platforms AND algorithms that made industrial radicalization possible.

23.02.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We don’t get here b/c we seceded the mantle of masculinity after it was correctly called toxic. We got here because generations of the Patriarchyℒ️ necessitates and insists that boys are taught that men must be strong providers who can not show emotion (but for anger) and fight for what the want…

23.02.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Broad message is correct - men need to redefine & model tonic masculinity… however… that means empathy, compassion, caring & vulnerability, it’s not just the metaphors (fighting/punching) associated with traditional male role

And…

23.02.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Principal Skinner β€œOut of touch” meme:

Top frame, Skinner questions himself, caption reads:
Perhaps our short-sighted development practices and water diversion for agriculture - resulting habitat loss - caused the decline of this commercially valuable species we continue to exert maximum fishing pressure upon?

Bottom frame, Skinner finds exactly the wrong answer, caption reads:
​​No, it’s their natural predators who are the problem.

Principal Skinner β€œOut of touch” meme: Top frame, Skinner questions himself, caption reads: Perhaps our short-sighted development practices and water diversion for agriculture - resulting habitat loss - caused the decline of this commercially valuable species we continue to exert maximum fishing pressure upon? Bottom frame, Skinner finds exactly the wrong answer, caption reads: ​​No, it’s their natural predators who are the problem.

Basically this logic

20.02.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Andor’ Creator Tony Gilroy Gives the Interview He Couldn’t During Its Release While promoting his cautionary tale about fascism, Disney asked Gilroy to refrain from using the word. Nine months after it aired its finale, the 'Star Wars' series feels scarily prescient.

β€œWe were stunned [about the prescience] for a while, but we’ve really gotten to the point where it’s really sad. It’s just sad how predictable and lame and obvious and wrong it all is. Fascism is just a total fail in the end.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...

20.02.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 3768 πŸ” 960 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 87

I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!

18.02.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 10988 πŸ” 2798 πŸ’¬ 148 πŸ“Œ 95
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NEW: β€œCBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:

Stories are β€œevaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”

12.02.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 11810 πŸ” 4178 πŸ’¬ 273 πŸ“Œ 254

I'm a Gallup pollster. You can contact them at galluppanel@gallupmail.com to let them know what you think of this.

11.02.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 2425 πŸ” 1218 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 46

Me, after fully losing my mind, shouting at seabirds:
ARE YOUR A PELICAN OR A PELICAN’T?!

09.02.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, πŸ“Έ by @ScottStrazzante

09.02.2026 02:16 πŸ‘ 11998 πŸ” 2661 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 64

One would hope that media outlets eventually understood that many of their readership woes stem from having no standards for conservatives.

But the reality is that management prioritizes right-wing propaganda over profits, so they're not going to change.

06.02.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 859 πŸ” 169 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2

another great thing out of Baltimore:

05.02.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Once again: if these LLMs could actually do all the things their owners claim, they wouldn’t be selling access. They would be building and selling all the things they claim their software can do.

05.02.2026 00:53 πŸ‘ 538 πŸ” 122 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 14

Dino is an absolute catch. Editors, scoop him up immediately.

05.02.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Steve Bannon says ICE will β€˜surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference.Β β€œIf you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...

🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

04.02.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 4301 πŸ” 2318 πŸ’¬ 887 πŸ“Œ 862

My official statement re: the Jurassic Park Super Bowl commercial: if it accurately reflected the fossil record, and Xfinity was involved, the t-Rex and raptors have feathers and nobody gets off the island alive

04.02.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Those links don't support a claim that "basically all microplastics studies are BS". The one I shared measured the presence of microplastics in the air and was not included as part of the Guardian story about doubts/difficulty measuring microplastics in the body or the one about fish larvae

03.02.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Source?

03.02.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Humans inhale as much as 68,000 microplastic particles daily, study finds Particles are small enough to burrow into lungs, says report, with health impacts β€˜more substantial than we realize’

Maybe give them partial credit 😬 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

03.02.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
"Baltimore Is a Shithole": Undisturbed Peace at the Maryland Hunt Cup Freddie Gray died in the hospital a week after he was arrested by Baltimore police.

It reminds me of this Gawker (RIP) story reported in the aftermath of the Freddie Gray murder www.gawkerarchives.com/baltimore-is...

03.02.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Decades of calcified white flight in action

03.02.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0