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Joel

@polyparadigm.bsky.social
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Materials scientist:some range and depth, interested in making arcane topics a little more accessible. Prior place photo was from the aughts; figured I should update.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6m
Wrote about the National Design Studio a while back, and two things worth noting. *It is led by a white nationalist *They do skins, not services. America.gov is a chatbot with a .gov skin. They are promising to make services work better but its all TBD.
Skins vs. services: the National Design Studio is building a handful of attractive single page websites, but not fixing digital services that most of the public relies on when they interact with government. Skins is easy to do, but not very impactful.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 20m
As the article notes, it's pretty wild that the U.S. tourism numbers are crashing like this in a year when they literally hosted the World Cup. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 3h
US healthcare system: iN oThER cOuNtRieS YoU'lL wAiT mOnTHs fOr aN aPpOiNtMeNt! Also US healthcare system: Wheelchair order will take 4mos. Me: cool so if I started the process on 8/24-- US HC system: --no that's 4 months AFTER your specialist appt. That takes 6 weeks to schedule for 3-4 mos out.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 11h
I really just want like… 3/4th of the economy prosecuted for fraud. Is that really so much to ask?
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catren parker dot come @jon-snow-420.bsky.social · 11h
hmmmm interesting how when i euthanise the neighborhood dogs it's a "crime" yet veterinarians do it every day
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🏳️‍⚧️ Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her] @alexandraerin.com · 18/10/2024
When the moon hits your eye and it's... not unlike pie, that's litotes
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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 11h
i would love an essay length deep dive into what we know, precisely and specifically, for the sand's hardon for epanorthosis and negative parallelism, specifically hinging on a negation of a claim *nobody has made in the first place* but trying to make the refutation pay rent
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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 12h
Why am I only now learning that Dolly Parton published a cookbook that includes a martini recipe that uses vinegar pickled giardiniera?? youtube.com/shorts/tkjQs...
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Dolly Parton's Dirt Road Martini #dollyparton #countrymusic #cocktails #history
YouTube video by Drink Deeper with Austin
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wariziles @riziles.bsky.social · 13h
Sociology, Theology, English and Metaphysics
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 22h
speaking of closing tax loopholes, if the IRS was able to collect all taxes owed since 2000 it could mean today's national debt would be $8 trillion lighter some new fiscal analysis from yours truly, link below
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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 17h
My Day of the Dead clock finally came This isn't where I'm going to keep it I don't think because it has the good life/good death wooden arch but I like it there until I can install it where I want it. I might keep it there anyway. Looooooove it The artist: www.instagram.com/gabbiecustom...
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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 18h
Epic handshake
IRGC
Dem consultants
No clue how to reach the American people
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Joel @polyparadigm.bsky.social · 18h
Halloween recipes sometimes use charcoal as a black pigment, but that can trigger coconut allergies or absorb medications. Consider alkalized cocoa, this spooky season.
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Constantine @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 22h
Theory: They weren't terrorists. They were stealing fuel.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Governor just signed my bill to allow people to sue ICE, Border Patrol, and other federal agents for violating people’s constitutional rights. Starting immediately, people can sue federal agents retroactive to abuse occurring in March 2025.
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tweety fish @sifu.tweety.fish · 29/09/2026
penumbras and emanations of the curse of "electability"
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here's the thing Fighter pilots need flying hours That's the last thing fighter jets need This is the perfect solution
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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 28/09/2026
Your reminder that there is a felon in the White House identified in the Epstein files as a rapist, there has been no investigation, and the files are still being hidden in violation of federal law.
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Shivvy 🎃 @shivvy.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
I know one of you called Serf Core becoming a thing. Get over here so we can give you your flowers
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 29/09/2026
“the person who is CEO at the time a company goes public will, until their death, have sole power over company decisions, regardless of how much investment they have taken from the public” was just never how any of this was intended to work and it is a catastrophe for corporate governance
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life." music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP
EP • Stevie Wonder
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Ian @woolie.meowmeow.city · 29/09/2026
Montreal rejected a REM expansion project because it would have put elevated trains on this road. After seeing it in person, this road is an abomination and would be greatly improved by elevated trains down the middle.
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 28/09/2026
You think we’re just going to move on from the secret police rounding up our neighbors?
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This (superb) reporting reveals ASU has basically attempted a full cover-up and the only reason they aren’t going to get away with it is the genuine courage and solidarity of his teammates. Very rare in college sport.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
Been avoiding this but it’s Super Important to have access to knowledge & experience w neurodivergence ASAP. A big source of lifetime torture among people with ADHD roots from inability to contextualize & put into words what we are experiencing both within & from how the outside world responds to us
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Joel @polyparadigm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Orange men bad
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ginger ninja @funkasarusrex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If one day we want the students of Starfleet Academy to be able to come into the city and continue it's horny legacy long into the future we need to start those transit connections now
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kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The entire surge is straight up people not smoking.
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i predict that someone is going to make some money insider trading off of whatever this is
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Machine Gun Netiquette @nodurians.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
look, this type of communist talk may go over just fine in Kentucky, but good luck trying it in Washington state
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
She's much likelier to win Senate, but also not running for president pulls the field to the left more than running would. Running means she has the leftmost lane locked up and everyone else is competing over the rest. Not running means those votes are up for grabs, they're worth trying to get.
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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am now keeping this on speed-dial
Edited old IBM printout in black caps on off-white paper.
'A computer can never be held accountable
Therefore a computer must always do the hacking haha what are they gonna do, put a computer in jail? Haha "oops it's alive" lmao'
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
to keep functioning, society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 27/09/2026
for fucking REAL. the depth of trauma for those undiagnosed with ADHD is real. not just the way we feel like we're constantly failing (because everyone is telling us we are) but not understanding WHY because we have no context to understand other people aren't struggling with the things we are.
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Joel @polyparadigm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Get yourself an employer who does PFMEA, everyone will be happier
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rebar mcentire? @rebarmcentire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
happy Sunday or whatever idk fuck off
ranch being squeezed into a cup of coffee. the mug has a drawing of a cute opossum with a pink bow surrounded by hearts and says "trashy and sassy"
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tragic. “”None of us have any experience treating this disease, because up until a couple of months ago, it didn’t occur,” said Dr. John Goldman, an infectious disease expert at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The learning curve among doctors, he said, is “very steep.””
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump being President has a lot to do with him always being on trash tv but somehow not being the dumbest and most obnoxious person on it, I think that’s why Gen Z hates him the most but also very old people hate him, it’s all the tv demos that escaped him.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So you can learn about engineering disasters
image of Bent Pyramid of Dashur Egypt against a blue sky with some clouds
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Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘PRIMETIME’ debuts with $19.2M at the domestic box office. • Budget: $15M • 69% of the opening weekend audience was under 30 #Primetime #A24
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026
like I suspect many of you on This Website, I think a core reason why I find Eliezer Yudkowsky and his rationalist and effective altruist satellites so intensely annoying is because I had a VERY similar “being a super weird, pretentious, hyper-literate kid” experience - I just, you know, grew up.
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LLLwry @lglly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yup
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brianmoore2.bsky.social @brianmoore2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We must never let him forget this
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I still think the hottest beatle was Gregor
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Joel @polyparadigm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Make a band name non-binary: Sixteen Maniacs
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Mtg meme
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s not “third-country deportation,” it’s an extraordinary rendition, complete with torture and enforced silence by the “host” country’s thugs. And it’s a direct consequence of never imposing punishment on the CIA for doing this during the War on Terror.
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A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
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Nire Bryce @nirebryce.breadthcharge.net · 27/09/2026
it is the middle of the last period of the qing dynasty. the workers and mandarins are blaming each other while the ruling class burn down everything around them without the other two groups' backpressure
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