Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 3hBears: "Maybe we'll have better luck in Kent or Federal Way." 1135
Reposted by Brian SchefkeJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A Green Heron wearing raindrops 141229164
Reposted by Brian SchefkeJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Let this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college. 531989625
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026 I would totally wear the Harris tweed jacket that I inherited from my grandfather if...I could still fit in it. 001
Reposted by Brian SchefkeProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026An Oklahoma family was forced to abandon their home after it filled with slick, black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite ample evidence of oil and gas pollution, state regulators say they cannot help. (Published May)propublica.orgOily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act li... 61845392
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Worth a read. Hadn't thought of this angle, to be honest. 021
Reposted by Brian SchefkeCooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 28/09/2026One of the big drivers of the Choosin Texas discourse is that it’s no longer enough for people to accept something exists and be okay with that, you have to actively affirm its greatness. Saying you don’t like it is the greatest sin of all. You gotta grow up if that’s how you’re gonna act. 1126118
Reposted by Brian SchefkeJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A Red-tailed Hawk passing by. I believe this is the female of the local Red-tailed Hawk couple; the male has more white feathers on the noggin. 537724
Reposted by Brian SchefkeAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac... 4954041199
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A sawbuck says that "telling the truth" will be "we can rank races according to intelligence" and "why plutocracy is a good thing". 031
Reposted by Brian SchefkeJonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026I suspect that Nathan Cofnas is going to win one of these awards, along with some TERF and a 20 year old who wrote their thesis on effective altruism 110324
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ding ding ding! And I say that as someone who could be considered neurodivergent. 020
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is because, as Josh Marshall has written, the mainstream media are structurally hostile to the Democratic Party. 000
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You can't have my crackers and I don't have any licorice. 000
Reposted by Brian SchefkeKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 27/09/2026The article spends a quarter of the article suggesting really valid reasons why someone (me) may not have heard the song but doubles down on saying it's because we're smug instead of just acknowledging that the song of the summer as a concept is dead nowrollingstone.comWhat Some Folks Really Mean When They Claim to Have Never Heard 'Choosin' Texas'Claiming to have never heard Ella Langley's record-setting country song 'Choosin' Texas' is similar to saying, 'I listen to anything but country.' 2512513
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I use mine all year. I just turn off the A/C setting and run the fan before I go to bed. It's like white noise to fall asleep to. 1162
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026So this Rolling Stone article is making The Rounds on Bluesky, and I might as well throw in my 2 cents, which is probably worth not even that, but whatever: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...rollingstone.comWhat Some Folks Really Mean When They Claim to Have Never Heard 'Choosin' Texas'Claiming to have never heard Ella Langley's record-setting country song 'Choosin' Texas' is similar to saying, 'I listen to anything but country.' 6218815
Reposted by Brian SchefkeRealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 26/09/2026On Nathan Cofnas' race realism: "Countering Cofnas’s ideological statements and criticising his sloppy arguments cannot be seen as attempts to censor scientific research." www.realclearscience.com/2026/09/26/w...realclearscience.comWhy Nathan Cofnas' Race Realism Is PseudoscientificNathan Cofnas, the self-professed “race realist” who made international headlines when he accused Cambridge academic Jason Arday of plagiarism, has defended his “hereditarianism&rdqu 064
Reposted by Brian SchefkeSWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We try to post threads because we know not everyone will click links. This is one of those threads, please read it, but please also click the link and read the entire piece. We have been watching this story unfold but haven't seen much media traction. There is a serial killer in Philadelphia. 4192128
Reposted by Brian SchefkeThe Needling @theneedling.com · 25/09/2026Car-Free Pike Place Market Pilot Deemed Too Successful to Continue: tinyurl.com/uund6kej 743290
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I have never heard of this person, and I suspect that I'm not missing a thing. 010
Reposted by Brian SchefkeInternet Dad @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 25/09/2026I don't care about your Meyers Briggs, what's your NFPA 704 hazard symbol? 11347
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I gotta say that I like midcentury modern house design. 010
Reposted by Brian SchefkeMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 24/09/2026"Do not fret. If you absolutely cannot make that 8:30 a.m. meeting, we will still have it without you. And we will have it again when you are able." buff.ly/k2hhGaMbuff.lyWe, Your Gracious Meeting Overlords, Are Giving Fifteen Minutes of Your Time Back to You“With this bountiful amount of time, we hope you choose to hydrate, eat, catch up on sleep, stand up for the first time in four hours, address your rapidly d... 0319
Reposted by Brian SchefkeDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026The entitled wealth mindset birthed this current regime of "AI": "got an email? Make AI do it. Got a job interview? Make AI do it. Gotta talk to your kids? Make AI do it." It's just servants w/ extra steps. And the billionaire mindset of "why would i ever need to think about that?" is so much worse 14712
Reposted by Brian SchefkeThe Needling @theneedling.com · 23/09/2026Local Transphobe Not Sure How Much Longer He Can Pretend to Care About Women’s Sports: tinyurl.com/mry79s75 131012219
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I see that Hamil also lives in the 4th council district of Seattle. 000
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Pro tip: Marcella Hazan's three-ingredient tomato sauce recipe is super easy and also the shit. Think you can't make pasta sauce? Yes, you can. www.thekitchn.com/marcella-haz...thekitchn.comI’ve Made Marcella Hazan’s Famous Tomato Sauce Too Many Times to Count (Just 3 Ingredients!)It's legendary for a reason. 000
Reposted by Brian SchefkeDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I have been doing academia professionally for a quarter century and I am still trying to figure out how to do some of these things 1026553
Reposted by Brian SchefkeWendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sweet kestrel pair this morning. 🪶 1267096
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 20/09/2026And my concern is that people will react to Hannah-Jones's piece with a simple "well, you should have picked the 'good' school" and not ask themselves why Hannah-Jones and many others are faced with that "choice" in the first place. Because they won't like the answer. 041
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This man, ladies and gentlemen, is a United States Supreme Court justice. Meritocracy! 000
Reposted by Brian SchefkeThe Needling @theneedling.com · 18/09/2026New AI Literacy Program Awards Students Free Pizza If They Don’t Know How to Read Books Anymore: tinyurl.com/sdxp58dm 11346103
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"Knaverye"/"knavery" is a word that we should use more, especially now. 000
Reposted by Brian SchefkePieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Although I would really recommend people reading @forbetterscience.bsky.social's intro and outro (and do check the whole website if you hadn't heard of it before), this link might be useful if you're debating someone and you want to immediately link to the section on pseudoscience 385
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 08/09/2026And now the clouds have rolled in. Fall is coming. #seattle 000
Reposted by Brian Schefkecaroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️ 70149123710
Reposted by Brian SchefkeJon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 07/09/2026We love Beavers, don't we folks 031
