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Jamie Bear 🐻

@jamiebear.bsky.social
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Science stuff, but not a scientist. Old skoool DCist (RIP!) and former Eater DC. Baltimoron at heart. Very random posts about food, art, climate, science, publishing, and journalism.

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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 20h
Just walked past a grade school in Taipei, and the kids are sweeping the grounds and raking leaves. Teaching them not to be helpless.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Btw if you read this and immediately thought “well not all men”… pause for a second. The men I trust are the ones who read what I just wrote and choose to listen, to empathize, to ask questions to better understand. They know they are not the men I am angry about and they don’t need say so.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stop telling women what to do. Stop telling us to do all of the work. Stop acting like you know more about our struggle than we do. Stand up for your fellow human being without any reward because that’s what we’re supposed to do. Ffs.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 22h
Every time SA hits the news, I recommend reading Know My Name by Chanel Miller. It should be required reading to understand how much the legal system, public opinion, and other institutions like universities are pitted against SA survivors. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/553663...
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Know My Name by Chanel Miller: 9780735223721 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography, and an instant New York Times bestseller, Chanel Miller's breathtaking memoir "gives re...
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The thing that worries me sick about the Cornell story is that this is one woman who came forward about SA. And if history has shown us anything is that she is likely not the only one this happened to from this group of men, only the one brave/strong enough to take action.
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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I can't recommend @nbedera.bsky.social's book 'On the Wrong Side' enough. I interviewed her in 2024, this part really stuck with me. Rapists often don't just not face consequences but reap benefits bc the school is so sorry for even investigating them/afraid of seeming 'biased':
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People should boycott the MLB.
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James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The combined undergraduate and graduate student populations of all Ivy League schools is about 140,000 students. The CUNY system alone is 250,000.
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I had no idea about this guy.
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Late Little Caesars founder quietly paid Rosa Parks’ rent until her death
Following the death of Little Caesars founder and owner Mike Ilitch, several acts of kindness have surfaced, including his assistance toward civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A flight to SFO not for AGU just hits different in terms of the lack of poster tubes. 🤣
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Who has two thumbs and is back to crying every day again?
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How I know I’m a hypochondriac: 15 medications/topical treatments/supplements on my packing list. Only 4 are dailies (keep me functioning).
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@dc.baddrivers.lol dc 7074
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My friend and I are INFJ and planning a series of events for our friends. We developed a long list of guidance and rules, but we decided to tamp down our type A behavior and hide our crazy for a little bit.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 19/09/2026
Something I've learned from recent visits to political Washington is that everyone has a Trump impression (very much including those on the right)
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Some guy tapped me on the shoulder to compliment my Linda Lindas shirt, which says, “We rebuild what you destroy” on the back. Truer now than ever.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If fren shaped, why not fren.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a bummer. She was wonderful in Waiting for God and Cabin Pressure too.
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Democrats should make a statement putting everyone on notice that the demolition of the Kennedy Center would be an illegal act, and they will now or eventually hold any board members who approve it, and any contractors who commit it, criminally responsible.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Drugs like mifepristone and contraception also have other use cases like treating Cushing’s syndrome, endometriosis and other health issues.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 17/09/2026
Literal uterus surveillance
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WhinterQueen @whinterqueen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
JFC. the hand soap was distributed to NC, MS, ND, NE, NC, MD, SC, WI, GA, PA, CA, IL, IA, NY, TX, & WA
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Hand soap recalled for potential contamination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Six hand soaps distributed across 15 states have been recalled over possible bacterial contamination. See the brands, lot codes and affected products.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This man has a medical degree and should have his license stripped.
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Elmo has dropped out of the Ed Sheeran tour
Ed Sheeran was on Sesame Street when my kid was really little and it plagued me for years
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Was literally discussing how Pete Sampras has been really quiet in retirement. Then I see him in a Kalshi ad. Not this way man…
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
To the guy from the Spirit game in the Telluride shirt who wouldn’t let the guy walking down the single working escalator/stairs because he HAD to walk up the side this guy was walking down… straight to jail.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My friend knows someone who lived in the same building as Ted Cruz. Cruz got in the elevator after this guy and said hi. Guy told him to go f* himself. Cruz stopped getting in the elevator when he saw the guy in it.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@dc.baddrivers.lol Dc Dm0828
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
King the Land might be my favorite Kdrama. Extremely positive, and actively points out some toxic male behaviors. Highly recommend.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just some white Mormons trying to ask me to go to church in Mandarin at 99 Ranch. Regret not yelling you’re human spam the second time the guy tried me. Even the cashiers were making fun of him.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Very disappointed the Washington Spirit has a cute hoodie with bear ears but it only goes up to 5-6 years old size.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 11/09/2026
a friend’s nonprofit contracted someone for $25,000 for strategic planning work and got back 100 pages of ChatGPT slop please write it into your contracts that this is not what you’re paying for
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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Last day of the free MLK rooftop punk shows this summer—the sun going down early eases the sweltering a bit, whew. Exposed photographer run-ins: Only 1.5 tonight! (Hi @yoner.bsky.social )
An outdoor rooftop concert at twilight An outdoor rooftop concert a little before sunset Four women smile into the camera on a roof deck.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’m a bit obsessed with Glen of Imaal and you should be too. This was a Glen of a friend, Eris. She’s wonderful.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As if people will only go 10 on a sidewalk. I’ve had a few potential misses where scooters come out of nowhere when I am turning left because no one is accustomed to people shooting through the crosswalk at high speed without looking. Similar, possibly worse experience in a dark garage.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 09/09/2026
Watching the Apple launch event and I thought this was interesting: a feature called Apple Reference Image makes an unalterable original version of each pic you take, so you can prove it was real and what it actually captured if AI fakes start circulating
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Initially I was frustrated with the rise of self-checkout but I appreciated how stores passed the savings on to me rather than pocket the money, fire armies of workers & make me do a job I suck at. It’s also why I’m optimistic about AI! I have been kicked in the head by several horses.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 08/09/2026
Ruby Bridges is younger than the oldest existing McDonald's at Downey. She is also younger than the credit card, diet soda, Frosted Flakes, the hedge fund, Mr. Potato Head, the original KFC recipe, Legos, Olay, Oral-B, the photocopier, tater tots, the treadmill, the washer dryer, and WD-40.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I scanned bar codes sent back from grocery stores for dairy products that went unsold so they could get money back. Some snipped and cleaned the bar codes better than others. I opened one box and there were maggots and a fly flew out. Since I was a temp I just put the box back on the pile.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nothing like a hike in the morning to give you an excuse to sit on your butt the rest of the day
Waterfall with many rocks around itAnother waterfall angleThe Potomac looks very clear
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Geoffrey Hatchard @imgoph.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@metrobusinfo.bsky.social @wmata.com the vent over the HVAC return on bus 7055 (on the D36 route right now) is falling off and shaking looser with each pothole we go over. Worried someone is going to get hit on the head with this.
Picture of a loose panel on a bus ceiling.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I’m pretty sure @wmata.com station managers shouldn’t be letting electric dirt bikes on metro. (Metro center)
Three electric dirt bikes on the metro platform
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Btw updated 2026 vax is already at CVS
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This Reddit post about a guy using his neighbor’s parcel box to catch raccoons. www.reddit.com/r/bethesda/c...
Help Me Stop Catching Raccoons
My next-door neighbors have a fancy parcel-delivery box built into their house. Basically, it has a one-way flap door on the outside that leads to a chute that spills into a large box/chamber that is accessed from inside the house through a locked door. They call it an Amazon Box. They've been in Cape Cod since August 1st and left me with keys and codes to watch and check on their house. I'm not real proud of this, but I've been using their Amazon Box to help rid the neighborhood of raccoons. Every night for about 3 weeks, I put 4 or 5 open tins of sardines in the box. Every morning I'd have caught at least one raccoon, which I'd box up and drive to a friend's farm near Poolesville and release. One morning I had 5 raccoons in the Amazon Box. (Trying to relocate them to Poolesville in one trip was a mistake.
They absolutely destroyed the back of my Explorer, and I now know just how expensive rabies vaccines are.) All told, I relocated over 40 raccoons last month. Problem is, I stopped putting out the sardines a week ago and I'm still catching raccoons every night. I don't know if there is a residual smell in the box (I don't smell one) or if word just got out among Bethesda's raccoon population that this is a reliable source of sardines. My neighbors come home from Cape Cod on Monday. Any suggestions on dissuading raccoons from continuing to enter their house will be greatly appreciated.
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Jamie Bear 🐻 @jamiebear.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Never stop fighting your insurance company. I got a colonoscopy 8 months before the recommended age because my dad was diagnosed (he seems to be doing ok). In total I was billed about $2500, but after a fight I’ve slowly been getting all my poop money back. Fight insurance! Get your colonoscopy!
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Tommy Tomlinson @tommytomlinson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So here's a quote from @pablo.show that applies to not only his Clippers investigation but the best of what journalism can be: www.nytimes.com/athletic/756...
"I think that we have the ability to do something that the rest of our culture is yearning for, which is make people who are too rich to care about anything resembling the public interest worry that maybe they need to tell us the truth."
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I feel like I’m going to throw up
Screen shot of an Instagram post that says the academy of natural sciences is closing its museum after nearly two centuries
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Steve Kiviat @dcsuburbanite.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/a... ugh. Kennedy Center removes sculpture from grounds of the Reach building
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Kennedy Center Begins Removing Outdoor ‘Blue’ Sculpture (Gift Article)
The towering artwork, added to the campus in 2019, was targeted for elimination after President Trump’s takeover of the center.
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Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
THE CHOCO TACO IS BACK. (Kind of.) www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-r...
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Review: Taco Bell resurrects the Choco Taco with the Salt & Straw Churro Ice Cream Taco | Snackology
This limited-edition frozen treat is the ultimate Taco Bell dessert.
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