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Late Stage Catapultist

@bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social
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Foul-mouthed, old woman on a bicycle. My life has been wrecked by DOGE but redeemed by DOGS. Re-skeets may be an endorsement...I don't know...I can't be held responsible for all this!!

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 20h
This is everything.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 20h
This is really, really cool. The URL *is* the document. So you can effectively do word processing in your browser... without it leaving your computer. Or... you can send it to others *in the URL*. This is really fantastic.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Hey @oaklandside.org ...did you know that the Coliseum told BART riders they could not take the ramp right after the game tonight, and even directed transit users to walk down to the FREEWAY to get around the stadium to the bart station? because of fireworks...
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
SO sad/MAD. The final O.Co #Roots game was a blast, but when we left right after, we were told the bridge to BART is closed bc of effin' fireworks. That if we want to get to the bart station we have to take an UBER FROM THE PARKING LOT! 🤬 way to fuck your locals over Roots. Never seen such bs.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My hometown is going under...literally.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I would never out a neighbor for circumventing our city's notoriously byzantine building-permit process just to keep one of our 100 yo houses from crumbling...but now there's a flipper nextdoor turning a house inside out. I haven't seen hide nor hair of a permit & I kinda want to report.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Get Equipped With @getequipped.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
get equipped with bike superpower
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Do common household objects make for good chew toys? Our investigative team put this tea strainer to the test to see if it offers as much fun as the enormous basket of toys that any dog should be completely satisfied with. Follow here to find out their verdict!
A small metal tea strainer that is oddly misshapen and kind of looks like it has been used for dental imprints for a set of canine teeth
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wow...what impressive reporting on a thing that didn't really happen but is being used to turn J.D. into THE guy for 2028 with the passive complicity of the paper of record. Get fucked NYT
Headline from 9/10 New York Times: "Behind the Scenes, JD Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War. The vice president received sobering assessments about the war that did not line up with what he, the president and other top officials were saying publicly."
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
These are the days of bluesky tomato porn 🍅
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is being given away on Masonic Ave in Albany right now!!
A working victrola that is actually an edison i guess?
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is being given away on Masonic Ave in Albany right now!!
A working victrola that is actually an edison i guess?
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I don't think I have ever laughed harder at a post title
Reddit post title  from r/dogs (6 yrs ago): "I just payed 45 euros for my dog to be diagnosed with "nipples."
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hi I'm EH from Berkeley, former ed policy person now teacher. Lately I am obsessed with the drum line and vocal shift in Generals and Majors by XTC where it goes from upbeat and martial to sardonic deadpan growl at "generals and majors always seem so unhappy unless they got a war." Arfing brilliant
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
When I take my ebike to get groceries, I consider my purchases more carefully which results in less food waste. So, besides the reduction in carbon emissions for the journey, there's a secondary reduction in methane. So gfy all Hopkins bike lane haters.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I wonder if he's going to make a little scrapbook to keep under his pillow at night? What better way to memorialize time spent with tyrants and war criminals?
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just sitting here on a Friday evening pondering the quantum mechanics of dog farts
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So the new season of The Gentlemen kicks off with a full fucking episode of gun porn. Fuck the fuck off.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
When do you think we will past the use of contemporary pop-style soundtracks as interstitial or montage overlays in period dramas? Because that shit is très annoying.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Goodbye Dolly (No shade...what a loss of a human we probably didn't deserve.)
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Polk County FL: Is this how you want your public dollars spent - assaulting and abducting people from the hospital?
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The regime is paying local law enforcement 5 figure bounties to kidnap kids from our communities. Kids whose parents or caregivers they already abducted. They're building these concentration camps - that's the term for sites holding civilians without due process - to torture then traffic kids.
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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A Republican listens to this, decides "Jeffries is not that bad I guess", and then... votes for the Republican. Meanwhile, the Democrat wonders why he should support a candidate whose declared enemy is other dems, rather than repubs. Pandering to the center caused the dems to lose to a rapist.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
@warrenjwells.bsky.social where should I contact you if I want to talk about the future of EB to Marin bike commuting?
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A bakery i haven't been to in about a month just market emailed me saying "we noticed you haven't been coming as often as usual." 😳
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I finally made it in to Café Parisien on Shattuck in NoBe and it has lived up to the hype. This is the best fucking croissant I have ever had.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Vital to tell the truth of horrors to have any hope of confronting them. We will never convince majority of Americans we must close "detention facilities," which sound reasonable to many, let alone marshal collective action to do so.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) stared off into space today when I asked if he thinks fellow Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller should end his reelection bid amid allegations by his ex-wife that he abused her and their 2-year-old daughter. www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
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Ohio GOP Senator Mum On Colleague Facing Domestic Abuse Allegations
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Was all lost in a market yesterday, looking for bagels. Declared my despair to a man who reminded me a bit of my dad. He helped me look for a bit...then i realized it was Jason Alexander. He couldn't have been nicer.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"Actively dying" is a very weird phrase.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I had no idea it would be so hard to sleep during a "golden age."
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We need neon green signs hung outside the Capitol at night that read: "Senator Pedophile Protector [NAME]" for every one of these fuckers. Make them wear it like a scarlet letter.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I'm in Orange County eating frozen yogurt. The cashier is a goth girl and everything coming through the speaker is from between 1980 and 1985. Prove to me I have not time traveled.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Was there perhaps also a tag hanging off of one toe?
Screenshot of excerpt from a People magazine article saying: 

PEOPLE could not independently verify the legitimacy of CNN's video, and it does not show the face of the person on the stretcher, who is under a blanket with their feet sticking out. 

The last eight words have been highlighted.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Good news: I finished making this shirt that included some really challenging elements that were firsts for me, like the collar. Bad news: I tried it on and i kind of hate it on me. It just looks like a glorified Hawaiian shirt.
Blue patterned shirt with a collar spread out on a red couch.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Can this be my official launch of a campaign for East Bay to Larkspur ferry service? This needs to happen!!
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
How big a serving of scrambled brains do we all have to eat before we can say we're done?
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
As someone who has frequently relied on the information collected in the U.S. Census American Community Survey, I feel obligated to respond carefully and thoroughly now that my address has been selected to respond. But damn! These questions are a serious pain in the ass to answer!
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Hi hello I was going to do a full thread on the Great American State Fair later but it seems I'm starting early: why in the fuck are PragerU, Patriot Academy, and other far right groups the ENTIRETY of the Department of Education booth
Two banners

First banner reads:

Welcome to the Great Experiment

250 years of American invention - a story still in the making

Two hundred and fifty years ago, America made a bet: that ordinary people with extraordinary ideas could build a nation unlike any before. That bet is still paying off.

The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention presents this exhibit in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Commerce - home of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the institution that turned creative freedom into economic fuel.

At the Cade, we believe so deeply in thinking and acting like an inventor that we gave it a name: Inventivity.® This exhibit is brimming with it.

The race is well underway, but it's never too late to jump in. So gear up, strap in, and take a lap

GEORGE WASHINGTON April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefito, and humbly to implore his protection and favor

SERVICE

"Let me serve voluntarily; then I will, with the greatest pleasure in life, devote my services to the expedition without any other reward, than the satisfaction of serving my country"

RELIGION

"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports."

CHARACTER

"To the distinguished Character of Patriot, it should be our highest Glory to add the more distinguished Character of Christian."the journey continues from here" with QR codes to Wallbuilders, the American Journey Experience, Patriot Academy, PragerU, and AmericanMinute.comStickers with a QR code to sign up to be a constitution coach with Patriot Academy
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The only thing that jumped out at me from this blather was this sentence. From his thumbs to God's ears...
Long pointless slathering post from Trump about how he's still going to speak at the stupid state fair despite the weather. One sentence is highlighted by the poster that says "I'm leaving the White House soon."
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We came for the World Cup. We stayed for the ability to multi-task in our car.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Guys!!
Photo of a box of Bottle Caps candy conveying that there are root beer, cherry, grape, cola, and orange-flavored candies inside.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Intraparty debate over who has the best approach to domestic policy will be an excellent topic for discussion in a few years...AFTER we address the violent assault on basic civil liberties & human rights. K folks?
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I am sitting her bawling my eyes out reading this story. This country is a cruel and evil tyranny and I am ashamed to be an American.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Democrats have already done the most effective thing they can to win this year's election: lose the last one. But the true purpose of winning elections ought to be to enact your agenda, how do they set themselves up for that? open.substack.com/pub/anatosau...
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Turn Out for What?
The Midterm Question We Need to Be Asking
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It depends on if the oil and coal industries can figure out a way to control our access to the sun's energy.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Humans need one party to be on their side. And if there isn’t, they’ll just assume that America belongs to those who see people—their needs, their desire to work, their creativity—as obstacles to the future.
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How to overcome election rigging beyond anything you’ve imagined
What your brain wants to call normal is an obvious plan to steal Black voting power, an election, and our future. And what we must do next.
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I consider this a strange message from my breakfast...do they want me to think that eating this container of cold oatmeal is hard?
Reverse side of the packaging seal from a container of vanilla-flavored overnight oats that says "you can do hard things."
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Late Stage Catapultist @bananafreeberkeley.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Never before in my life has the question "how are you?" felt so loaded.
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