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Travis Odom

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Travis Odom @burstaholic.bsky.social · 14h
Timeline cleanse!
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Ric Fouad @ricfouad.bsky.social · 14h
Unbelievable. (No paywall.) Ken Paxton is a disgrace to the legal profession. The anti-vaxx Visigoths are going to kill legions w their idiocy. cc: @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A limited number of crab and frog facts advent calendars are now available at SquidFacts.net! These need to be made by hand, so we’ve been phasing them out but I was very lucky to have some help this week making some more in the lead up to December. Get ‘em while they’re here! SquidFacts.net
Two sparkly shiny advent calendars, one with frogs one with crabs
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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes
A tumblr screenshot showing a post and two reblog responses, reading:
1. "star trek would be the ideal fictional universe to get trapped in because you'd explain your situation and they'd be like yeah makes sense. no further questions. fortunately we can use the mysterious warp signature emitting from this system's icy moon to counterface with the solar radiation and slingshot you back home"
2. "I'm from a universe where your world is all a work of fiction." Benjamin Sisko, nodding. "That happened to me once."
3. "I Got Isekaid Into The Star Trek Universe And They Quickly Understood What Was Happening"
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 04/10/2026
we are going to have to find an alternative to meta products for local communities and advertising, right now, it’s almost impossible to do any kind of local business or art project without it, but both their rules and support are so arbitrary and capricious that you can’t rely on them
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Travis Odom @burstaholic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Most Comfortable Girl #caturday
A tortoiseshell cat curled up very comfortably on a lap of fuzzy pajama pants
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Love this 👇
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Travis Odom @burstaholic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is a joke straight from a Reddit post, but I agree it's a good one 😄 www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/s...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I found this video after my husband stepped on the rattlesnake and there are 100 reasons to watch it, not least because this scientist made a fake leg and foot to see what rattlers do when people step on them. Spoiler alert: they rarely strike. youtu.be/s_GtpGyChlw
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What happens if you step on a rattlesnake??
YouTube video by Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary
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Travis Odom @burstaholic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One must imagine Sisyphus doing dishes
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
All of this. I also want to add that, in my research, I found that a lot of “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story actually came from gender bias affecting investigators’ record keeping and interview methods.
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Travis Odom @burstaholic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Your favorite Disney Prince (wrong answers only)
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Steven Universe: Steven Quartz Universe Transformation
Alt: Steven Universe gesturing dramatically as he rises into the night sky
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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Start your day with this excellent work from @gregsargent.bsky.social about winning the moral and political argument for immigration.
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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Meredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 29/09/2026
So, fun fact: ever since 1994, and Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America" campaign stunt, Congress has had a SERIOUS problem with subject-matter expertise and institutional memory. It's why Congress has such a deep and complicated relationship with lobbyists. 1/
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.
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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i broadly agree with the thesis, but not the way that WBF argued it
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/09/2026
“Then yield thee, fucking coward.”
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In theory the fact that chart says line go down should actually bring peace to BlueSky's warring tribes.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
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Iron Ring - Wikipedia
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 23/09/2026
🚨🚨🚨PARAMOUNT ASKED ELON MUSK FOR AN EQUITY INVESTMENT AMID PURCHASE OF HBO, WHICH HAS STREAMING RIGHTS TO THE "MUSK" DOCUMENTARY🚨🚨🚨
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One of my most galaxy-brained takes is that politicians and political groups should talk more about workers’ share of national income. It's one of the clearest, simplest ways to describe how billionaires and corporate elites captured so much of the economy--and something policy can change.
axios.com
U.S. workers' share of national income falls to a new low
Labor's bargaining position has worsened markedly in the last half-decade.
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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's been remarked that one definition of an honest man is that, when you buy him, he stays bought. This has always sort of been the pillar of Trump's own particular dishonesty: you can't actually buy him, not because he's principled, but because he'll pocket the money and fuck you over anyway
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Travis Odom @burstaholic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I may have to take crying breaks in between work tasks but I'm getting this done.
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Travis Odom @burstaholic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ugh Pocket Casts is so good - EXCEPT for Chromecast to a Google speaker. It randomly decides the episode is over every few minutes and skips to the next one. Infuriating. And of course their support is just an AI bot. Doubt I can ever report the issue.
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Travis Odom @burstaholic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Somebody's watching me (it's dinner time) #cat
The head of a black cat can be seen poking up past a couch footrest, staring pointedly at the occupant
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 24/09/2026
theonion.com/u-s-military...
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U.S. Military Discovers Bootleg F-22 Fighter Jets For Sale From Hundreds Of AliExpress Vendors
ARLINGTON, VA—As part of an ongoing effort to crack down on unlicensed, counterfeit imitations of its tactical aircraft, the Pentagon announced Monday that it had discovered bootleg F-22 fighter jets ...
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Travis Odom @burstaholic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
YouTube's automated content moderation is getting so bad. If they lose the video content market it'll be an incredible fumble
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Travis Odom @burstaholic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New bus thread just dropped
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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Like this shit is just so depressing man
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There’s both no money to pay anyone in entertainment and enough money to pay Seth Rogan to be Launchpad McQuack
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William Turton @williamturton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In 2024 the former CEO of a defense contractor made a stunning confession to two FBI agents. He alleged that was the ringleader of a massive pay-to-play operation, bribing senators with campaign contributions in exchange for govt contracts. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think there is mileage to be gained from framing this as trying to cancel dinosaurs.
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
THREAD. Did you know that Minneapolis police deployed 101 personnel to a 7-person vigil held one morning at Renee Good's memorial? The cops generated $1.92 million in overtime cash for themselves.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"This is the fast I desire: to unlock the fetters of wickedness, & untie the cords of lawlessness. To let the oppressed go free; to break off every yoke. It is to share bread with the hungry, & to take the wretched poor into your home...Then shall your light burst through like the dawn." Isaiah 58
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Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Civil rights is a battle with phalanx tactics because if they get the guy to your right, you're going down next. Lock your shields together because this only works if we all protect each other.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
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Travis Odom @burstaholic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
YouTube's changes to the Chromecast UI are so bad. It's clear they want to make people stop using it. I hate this.
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is what rapidly eroding regime legitimacy looks like.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
make the John Brown season of Reacher you cowards
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Sean Thomason @seanthomason.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Now opening for Ed Sheeran: the undeniable entertainment sensation, AI actress Tilly Norwood!
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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Narnia books as Isekai Manga
1. My Sweet Tooth Made Me The Villainess’ Slave
2. In Another World, The Dwarves Picked Me To Lead The Revolution
3. All At Sea With My Level 0 Sailing Skills
4. On A Mission In Another World And I Can’t Remember The Cheat Codes
5. That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Horse
6. Help! My Uncle’s In Love With The Demon Queen!
7. Reincarnated In Another World Just As The Game’s Ending
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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Muppets have to put on a show to save the Kennedy Center. There you go, Disney, that's your premise.
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Travis Odom @burstaholic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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TekknoNerd - Commissions open @tekknonerd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Voyager, walking on those tiny legs.
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin
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Captcha Check
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“I was almost starting to feel sorry for Patel here—until he reminded me that he's the head of the FBI by doing one of the most FBI things possible: wildly exaggerating about human trafficking. …”
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Fossillocator @fossillocator.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
FYI: Instagram started doing a thing a few months ago where you’re automatically opted in to allow your stuff to be used in other’s ads for free and used in AI. There’s like three things you need to opt out of in “sharing and reuse” and “tags and mentions”
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