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Bob A

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Beer isn't just for breakfast any more.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 11h
Every time I see Ted Cruz trying to use a Senate hearing to prosecute a witness, I’m reminded that he still uses all the tricks of being a policy debater to try box in his opponent—and those tricks are explicitly designed to show off rhetorical fluency as a substitute for fact-finding.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 28/09/2026
on bluesky i operate under the default assumption that everyone on here is neurodivergent with a few fascinatingly rare exceptions
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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
paper, pencil, brush, watercolor, pastels, more pencils, some tombow pen brushes, have you tried calligraphy? that's all you need.
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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In this current era of it's a homer or a strikeout, is anyone breaking 4,000 K's?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
15/ There’s much more to the story — which you can read here — but I came away with one overarching takeaway: the “responsible gaming” prompts DraftKings served me were no match for the product design and promos pushing me to do more gambling.
propublica.org
I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ultimately what is killing higher Ed in the United States is not just hostile politics at the Federal level, but the greed and ineptitude of university leadership.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Also, don't sleep on local races. It's a long ballot, but your life will usually be more affected by the names at the bottom than the ones at the top. (This last has special urgency here, since the Corpus Christi mayor and city council have utterly failed to secure our supply of drinking water.)
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Internet Dad @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 23/09/2026
1: Fucked up pizza 2: Salads with Mayonnaise 3: 'Ope let me squeeze on by you' 4: Using the gender neutral 'y'all' 5: Cheese at every meal 6: Hotdish
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lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is true. A lucky few are moving their work to Europe, but the vast majority are simply leaving the field. A generation of researchers who will be lost to the rest of the economy, never to return.
ft.com
The next generation of American scientists is fading away
While the Trump administration racks up ‘wins’ in its anti-woke crusade, the US is eroding its talent pipeline
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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What's wrong with this is that this was brought up in the previous administration (consolidation of emergency vehichle manufacturing) and nothing was said or done. Do better next time around.
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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Equinox...
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There are so many problems with literary culture and the publishing industry today. Bret Stephens has the unique ability to write an entire column that touches on none of them. It's like watching a guy stumble through a rainstorm without ever getting wet.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 22/09/2026
this country will not survive if democrats cannot find tough leadership capable of standing up to oligarchs, media consolidation, and propaganda it simply won't
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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My ideal vacation is a solo long distance hike, John Muir Trail, High Sierra Trail and Wonderland Trail. I wonder if I'd enjoy this excursion.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This has been an historic Congress (derogatory)
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026
Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying
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Uncle John - GDRADIO @gdradio.net · 18/09/2026
Happy 78th birthday to Betty Cantor-Jackson!
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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
so word on the trail is that 15 days for the whole JMT is “fast” and I am “insane”
A woman stands atop Mt Whitney’s summit at dawn, holding a sign that notes its altitude (14,505 ft)
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Daniel Loxton 🇨🇦 @danielloxton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Humans aren’t good at thinking about things that do complicated stuff without intentions or consciousness. That was very tricky when writing about evolution for kids. Stuff just happens, and all the happenings accumulate over time! There’s no purpose, no direction, no design—just outcomes
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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hear! Hear!
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The lawsuit argues this "Status 19" bottleneck directly violates federal statute. Congress mandated that NIH Institute Directors have final funding authority after peer review, deliberately building a firewall against politics.
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is good.
youtu.be
“Autumn Leaves” | Martin Taylor, John Patitucci & Howard Levy | ArtistWorks
YouTube video by ArtistWorks
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Flat Pluto Society @adhdgobl.in · 15/09/2026
www.espn.com/betting/spor...
"We're all trying to find the guy who did this" hot dog suit meme
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It may do other things too but those other things are also window dressing enabling actual nazis to make money and reach an audience they otherwise wouldn't. Simply no excuse to be using it much less paying musk for verification & it should actually be destroyed by a future D admin
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Dan Mitchell @danmitchell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The point isn't to "hate" them or whatever. The point is that we collectively believe that they're fine folk who just happen to have "different views." This is ruinous. Those of us who recognize the observable truth of the matter are pilloried for observing it. But we MUST observe it.
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Please remember a truism about American politics: Most voters are fucking idiots. They will believe Trump will give them $5k for voting for Republicans because that's exactly what a fucking idiot would believe. I wouldn't be shocked if desperate GOP candidates run with this blatant bribe scam.
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There is nothing redeemable about MAHA. We must fight tooth and nail against this ugly movement led by paranoid ideologues. Enough with the sanitizing, the equivocating, the normalizing. This is not a game. People’s lives are at stake. More here:
steady.page
The Assault on Public Health and the Self-Sabotage of a Nation
MAHA channels vague grievances into a radical project. It’s a form of extremism that stands in a long tradition of paranoid conspiracism on the Far Right. We must stop it
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Whether it’s Chuck Schumer’s daughter getting a spot on OpenAI’s board or it’s Kirsten Gillibrand’s son getting millions in backing for a crypto startup, the children of New York elites always prove that with hard work, anyone can beat the stimga of a family name by A. G. Sulzberger
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Ray Woodson @raywoodson5.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
On Labor Day a reminder that the middle class and overall quality of life rose with the ascent of unions , and fell with the decline of unions, as oligarchs took a bigger share of the pie than ever. American workers are in the worst shape they’ve been in since we started tracking such things.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/09/2026
If I were emperor for a day, one change I'd make: In every political race, at every level, at least the *first* debate would be replaced by a simple test of knowledge. How do taxes work? What agency is responsible for what? Is your area growing or shrinking in population? Just basic stuff.
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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I always park my very flexible tractor on the roof of the local church.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 06/09/2026
And regular reminder that Bhattacharya is pushing his “microeconomics of science” agenda to create metrics to encumber and break research science itself— grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov
NOT-OD-26-087: Request for Information on Measuring and Rewarding Scientific Impact
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information on Measuring and Rewarding Scientific Impact NOT-OD-26-087. NIH
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 05/09/2026
Brain scientist here: This is a bad argument
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I'm going to KEEP talking about how Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress, DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚
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Boulevard of Broken Memes @olizardo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Chance the Rapper versus Fate the Soprano
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Not lead; iron. A universe of iron stars. White dwarfs / neutron stars sit an incomprehensible amount of time. Quantum tunneling lets nuclei fuse at frigid temperatures, so light nuclei slowly fuse into iron-56, and fission and alpha decay convert heavier nuclei into iron-56 too.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 04/09/2026
the extraction class (and the brunchlord trust fund editors they seed at outlets like The Atlantic) are positively desperate to redirect attention away from the popularity and real-world potential of progressive reform
Atlantic headline: "The Hasan Piker Question"
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In honor of @mjmimages.bsky.social, a thread of Wayne Thiebaud clown paintings. First up, an image that might encapsulate how some may be feeling of late: "Clown & Beast," 2018-19. Although both clown and beast look strangely placid, so perhaps they're just enjoying each other's company..?
Painting of a tiger laying down on a clown, who seems strangely unperturbed...?
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Christopher Knight LAT @knightlat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ignore what Scott “Church Lady” Bessent claims. The massive tax cuts aimed at corporations & the rich are chief culprits in the $40 trillion debt, not Social Security, Medicare and other safety-net programs. It’s a revenue problem, not a spending problem.
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Commentary: The U.S. national debt has reached $40 trillion. Should you care?
News that the national debt has reached $40 trillion inspired lots of partisan hand-wringing — and even more misunderstanding.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Meidas Ian @lordye.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My kinda fry!
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"Nonprofit" in this context means front operations that do not have to disclose donors in order to hide the role of money in American democracy.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Republican Party has: Mass-fired scientists Blocked scientific travel and communication Withheld research funding Ignored scientific policy recommendations Redirected research funding to political allies Deported immigrant scientists Censored scientific results Deleted data
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I question how “unpopular” these opinions really are. I would add that I hate how tech bros have used technology to *constantly* try to sell me things I don’t want. I’m always being hectored to either subscribe, upgrade, or purchase.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📌ALL these betting services -- online or otherwise -- favor the house. The amount of money they are taking from all these suckers (men) who frequent them must be absolutely staggering. One of the most underreported stories ever.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
People are falling for the DSA vs Establishment trap again. Didn’t we learn our lesson in 2016 and 2024? It’s the establishment’s job to build a coalition that can win EVERYWHERE. In some places, that means ultra-progressive. In others, it means establishment. The tent is big enough for all of us.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
That’s where we are now. Investors trying to figure out how to turn AI equity into real estate or sports teams or sell it into pension funds and 401(k)s. Hyperscalers trying to quietly diversify or figure out how to be the one holding the most IOUs when the music stops.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ever wonder what "information" really means? Here's our new paper, led by @frosas.bsky.social, that lays out the multiple ways the term is used in natural science. rdcu.be/fCDGv
A chart describing four faces of information: Engineering, Statistical, Thermodynamic, and Ontological.
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