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it's kind of funny that the accompanying photo is of someone filling a house's oil furnace fuel tank

I wonder (I'm sure it's been studied) how much vaccine hesitancy is actually due to a stated or unstated fear of needles

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 3h

"what do you expect, scheduling a meeting during lunchtime?" you ask, when criticized "it's 10:00 AM," says your manager "exactly," you reply

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Carl Meyer @meyer.bsky.social · 5h

A document meant for a behind-closed-doors group of fossil fuel advocates earlier this year got right to the point: Canada’s policies to fight the climate crisis, protect nature and defend Indigenous Rights are a “problem” and environmental organizations are “opponents” thenarwhal.ca/fossil-fuel-...

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‘Knowing our opponents’: how a pro-oil-and-gas group tracks journalists, First Nations and environmentalists

New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out a web of pro-oil and gas groups working together to influence public opinion on climate change

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 3h

the chief jailor informs the rebels that their pleas for mercy have been denied by the king, and tomorrow they shall be hanged as traitors, except for John Likeable, who has been granted a full pardon the jailors and prisoners all cheer

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 6h

too bad then, it's like having a solid platform and being someone who might be an excellent legislator, but running a bad election campaign and never getting a chance to show what you can do

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 6h

it *is* unreasonable to expect anything more than a tiny percentage of people to do this, and manufacturers don't like it either skimping on components and putting most of the resulting cost on customers is just bad; you'd think at least one company would try to market enhanced product reliability

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 6h

I kept my last midrange dishwasher going for years by doing my own repairs, but what really annoyed me was that none of the work (maybe $100 in parts and a few hours of my time, but >$1000 if I'd called a repair technician) would have been needed if the manufacturer had spent $5 more on components

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 7h

I've read most of the books so I knew this was coming eventually, but the show moved it up 😢 Also, what the hell is wrong with Cartwright and some/most of the team this season? They're behaving as if they're as stupid as Lamb says they are (even if he may think otherwise sometimes).

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 7h

"It goes by many names, goodwill, intangibles, branding… but we don't need any of that outdated garbage," I confidently tell the board and CEO. "We're better than that." They smile and nod, murmurring in agreement.

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 7h

i.e. in the vein of Don't Look Up (2021), which I found was way too heavy-handed on the other hand, Trump was reelected after that film, so my subtle↔obvious scale may need recalibration

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 7h

I read one review from a smart climate commenter who liked it, seeing it as a satire/black comedy that either misfired or where audiences - real or potential - missed the joke

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 8h

for a president, his hatred of America is quite remarkable

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 8h

also pretty sure they don't artificially inseminate bulls

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 20h

also amazing that with all his wealth he still fawns to Trump

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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 07/10/2026

🇮🇱 Reports indicate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu was warned by numerous countries before the #October7 Hamas attacks. Opposition leaders are calling for an investigation as #Israel prepares for a national election. Watch for more ⤵️

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 23h

"I can do whatever I want, if I want." whatever their flaws, the Founders would have killed him with their bare hands

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

is he too demented or narcissistic to realize the next Democratic president could use these same arbitrary tyrannical powers against him (assuming he's still alive)?

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

J. like Donald J. Trump, that's how Republicans know which one to vote for

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Idaho at 7% raises questions too

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

in an unmarked nondescript office somewhere in London, the British Museum's Covert Acquisition Division is planning it's greatest heist

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

it's green and on Irish soil, so I guess it belongs to Ireland now

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Adobe unbolting the door to the sub-basement where the feral lawyers are housed

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

on no, why? is this a hinted foreshadowing for today's episode?

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

wife and new mother: that sounds great husband: really?! 😃 wife: I could get a wife or a less useless husband to replace the old one husband: never mind, forget I said anything wife: oh, too late for that

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"My in-laws are always asking me about neutrinos" "so what are those little guys up to lately?"

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

the first person who told me that joke - and delivered it perfectly -was a pilot in his 50s who was flying me around one summer

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

assuming Rocky's not a pilot, of course

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

it's part of The Current Discourse it was a quote from an opinion piece or blog, but I skipped by fast and don't recall who it was

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

police: you want accountability? fine, no patrolling city: no patrolling? fine, no paycheck, no job police: … police: let's not be hasty here

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

working up to "oi! you there!"

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

another quote from the article: "The Greenland shark is believed to become sexually mature at 150, which means the species replaces itself extremely slowly" I think overexploitation of marine species is another terrible assault on nature, but underrated and out of sight for too many people

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Constitution allows it. South Korea has proven it works. If you want to make impeachment viable—and so much else is pointless if you don't—then it can be done by a simple majority adopting a simple rules change: vote on the verdict by secret ballot.

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A Democratic Senate Should Adopt Secret Impeachment Ballots on a Priority Basis

Such a change, requiring no constitutional amendment, would free senators to vote their judgment instead of their fears

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

because the fjords are deep, and keep their secrets

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I understood many individual parts, but I never quite put them all together to see cities being the safety nets of rural areas

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

at this point it should be a badge of honor among reporters to have been publicly insulted or abused by Trump

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There are strong signs of despair among Trump loyalists, even those pushing for cancelled elections and the Insurrection Act. Far right social media is full of hopium that the results won't be so bad, and the podcasts these people are doing get almost no views. www.patreon.com/MikeRothschi...

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The Cranks are Cranking | Mike Rothschild

With a month until the 2026 midterms, the conspiracy theorist industrial complex is working overtime to seed confusion and lay the groundwor

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

pass an ethics reform package, which Republicans will oppose and Trump will veto Rahm Emanuel, a real politics-knower

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

same [hearing faint whispering] "and then I… hey, does he look annoyed to you?"

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Martin Luther puts his theses in the church suggestion box. The bishop politely suggests he limit this to two or three per week so they can receive proper consideration. Annoyed, Luther pins them all to the bulletin board beside Brother Hermann's strudel recipe and Father Georg's cat sketches.

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm not familiar with the standards for bail in the UK, but I will assume that six hardened terrorists caught red-handed on the brink of committing a major attack... would not all be quickly released on bail

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

past me: it would great to take a decent 35 mm SLR camera to mountains and inaccessible wilderness areas dreaming me: maybe even a medium format 100 MP with prime lenses practical me: what's the lightest cheapest most convenient thing I can carry that takes pictures

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Springfield is unlucky 1) classic Rust Belt decline 2) a "not like that" backlash by some of its residents (Wikipedia: In 2014, the city began the "Welcome Springfield" initiative to attract immigrants in an attempt to improve the local economy.) 3) Trump, Vance, and other Republicans noticing it

en.wikipedia.org

Springfield, Ohio - Wikipedia

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

like that cartoon with the critical intermediate step lightly skipped over ("and then the funding occurs")

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

proposal: bring back the 19th century "gentleman scientist" norm (updated for gentlewomen and gentlepeople too) although you'd have to get used to servants and a hereditary upper-middle class passive income

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

their beatiful exteriors mirror their inner beauty 🥲

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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

no way Donald J. Trump could have raised three such paragons if he was a bad man

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