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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 13h

Carb loading for the #BaltimoreMarathon commenced earlier today. Orzo w/ sautéed zucchini, tomatoes, and feta for lunch and a big plate of pasta for dinner. Prob do orzo for lunch tomorrow too and I always do pancakes for dinner the night before (if home.) Will also be chugging juice & Gatorade.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h

strategic political capture of the court has, for 40 years, been a one-way ratchet. among other things, this has inculcated a sense among conservatives that they can act with virtual impunity. showing them that their opponents will play hardball is a necessary first step toward a better status quo.

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Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

i cannot stress enough how a foreign government with this national security would inherently pose a massive counterintelligence threat. if you had extensive liaison and operational collaboration with that government’s intelligence community? whoo boy

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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Chuck a few bucks to Schwartz if you want to help get this piece of shit insurrectionist out of Congress.

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David Ramos @imagineterrain.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Data come from DDOT's DC Trees dataset, compiled from 2023 lists of tree locations and 2022 LIDAR data. It's probably an undercount. I have to head out, but it should be possible to identify just the trees on the golf course proper. trees.dc.gov/datasets/DCG...

trees.dc.gov

DC Trees

This data set is a combination of Urban Forestry Division managed trees and tree locations from 2023, and estimated trees modeled using an automated feature extraction process applied to 2022 LiDAR da...

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David Ramos @imagineterrain.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I'd estimate that there are a total of 6,000 trees on Hains Point, on the golf course and along Ohio Drive combined, so the administration has cut over 8% of the park's trees in one day.

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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Found out today that the kid pours milk into a bowl before they put cereal in it so I'm pretty sure they're a fucking psycho. We normally do overnight oats or an english muffin and some fruit so I rarely see them make their own cereal. Deeply disturbing. I'm shook.

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Otto von Biz Markie @donachaidh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Reminds me of an old SNL skit that started with "this is Fox News, and I'm blonde"

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If anything, this understates the consistency of the policy, and how much it is driven by Trump's personality. Trump has consistently been a simp for Putin.

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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Not sure how much I can extrapolate from my last long run before the marathon b/c it was only 8 miles, but I was 28 sec per mile under my stretch race pace, 39 sec per mile under my goal pace. So..good, but still worried b/c I missed my longest runs and haven't really hit 'the wall' yet. We'll see.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 06/10/2026

This is excellent. I want to see more Dems going hard on this.

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The fact that the tree is as old as the United States should not be lost on anyone. What a metaphor.

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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Night time heart rate has been 10+ bpm more than it was before I got chickenpox. Wonder if that's why I've been feeling so tired. Hopefully it goes back to normal soon.

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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 22/09/2026

this is disgusting and shameful, first and foremost, but this is also an argument that does not win over *anyone* who isn’t already very deep in the right wing reactionary tank. in fact, it confirms the OPs point about the GOP, and the polls suggest that even republican voters are picking up on it.

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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 22/09/2026

like, voters are going into the midterms asking “what the fuck are you going to do about all this shit that’s costing me money? what are you doing about the fucking war trump started?” and republicans refuse to answer, because the answer, and everyone knows it, is “nothing”.

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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I gotta tell you folks, adult chickenpox really fucking sucks and if the pain/burning/immense discomfort increases more or doesn't start diminishing in the next 24 hours, I think I may be mentally changed forever. If you sold my face as a Halloween mask right now, it'd do numbers.

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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Was wondering why I was running a fever the last couple days. Woke up this morning at 3 and it looks like I may have chickenpox! Didn't have it as a kid. Wife got shingles a week and a half ago so I'm guessing she gave it to me.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 18/09/2026

These things are filed in my head under “rank hypocrisy” — take, for instance, then MP Kate Hoey raging against “all cyclists run red lights” and who was later convicted of guess what in her car?

Belfast Telegraph headline: Kate Hoey fined for running red light.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 18/09/2026

In 2012, Addison Lee boss John Griffin was all over the news when he ranted that cyclists should “pay road tax.” Yesterday, HMRC won its case saying that, since 2013, the taxi man has been avoiding paying income tax. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Telegraph headline from 2012:

Cyclists should pay road tax, says taxi boss Careless cyclists are on a
'voyage into the abyss'
The head of London's largest minicab company says cyclists should think more about their own safety before "throwing themselves on to some of the most congested spaces in the world".

Guardian headline today:

Addison Lee founder owes
£20.5m in tax after UK tribunal ruling
HMRC wins challenge over John Griffin's claim to be non-dom despite having lived in England since childhood. With pic of old man in office.

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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold...

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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Not my worse run ever, but close. Called my wife to pick me up after 14 of 18 miles. Felt like I was off w/in the first few miles. Struggled from 8 miles on. A bit dispiriting at this point in the training block. 5 weeks till marathon day. I'll treat this as a step down wk and do the 18 next wk.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.

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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Had some fun trying to think about how to dramatize voters' choices in the 2024 election, so I pulled CES data and let you guess how respondents (validated voters) actually voted (or said they did) in 2024. profmusgrave.github.io/votergame2024/

profmusgrave.github.io

Who did I vote for?

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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Even from a purely national pride perspective, this requires you to think that the 100 year period from 1926 was a failure for the United States, instead of the zenith of its power, prosperity, and influence

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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

After a fast, hard 12 mile run this morning I wanted nothing more this afternoon than a massive burger and some fries. I have no beef or fries in the house, my wife has the car, and the thought of moving my body to a burger shop was too much. I ate a salad. Ugh.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Some congressional Democrats (or their staffers, I guess) follow me on here, so let me speak directly to them: The media isn't going to do this on their own. But if you make it an issue, they might just be shamed into forcing your GOP opponents into discussing the fat racist elephant in the room.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

just talk about musk the way republicans would if he was a democrat a bigoted antisemitic weird foreign billionaire with a weird breeding fetish and a nazi pedo chatbot is funding the republican party. if republicans don't denounce, we know they are pro-nazi pedo bot and the voters should know.

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No Kings but King Ludd @pilgrim76.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In America, the daily threat of being flattened by an oncoming Ford F150 is just part of life, worth it for Freedom. But standing aside for an e-scooter? A personal and public health crisis that must be exposed in our nation’s op-Ed pages

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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Am I proud of this even though my last 2 runs have kicked my boots a bit? Yes.

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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

16 mile long run done. End of week 11 of 18. Run went better than expected. Spent most of my time in zone 2 and low zone 3. Didn't spike HR too much on some steeper hills. Probably should have eaten a bit more but carb/electrolyte loading over last 2 days seemed to work well.

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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I haven't worn a helmet for the last 7-8,000 miles b/c almost all of it was while riding an 85 lb bakfiets, usually w/ my kid in it at a speed that rarely exceeded 15 mph. The last crash I was in was the only 1 of 3 where a helmet may have helped-I broke a rib and my helmet tapped the pavement.

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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Think I'll mute the word helmet for a bit. Lot of people who rarely if ever ride have very very strong opinions. Here's my take: Wear one if you're going fast or are in a group. Don't if you're riding slow or on an upright bike. If a car/truck hits you, a bike helmet won't do shit.

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What horseshit. She embraced gay people at the height of the AIDS crisis, embraced trans people at the height of the war against them, supported Black communities and artists, and wrote the most pro-worker's rights feminist pop song of all time. Neutral my ass

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 25/08/2026

let's do UBI for her, she'd want us to

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Becca Thorne @beccathorne.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This seascape is available to buy now: oil on canvas, 60 x 60cm. Message me for more information (worldwide shipping).

A dynamic semi abstract coastal scene: suggestion of a beach in the background with colourful buoys and black outlines of lobster pots and fishing nets. The sea off-shore is turbulent, in multiple blues and brushstrokes. The sky is a continuation of blues with movement and flecks of white cloud.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Once again, Trump’s foreign policy isn’t really realist, or imperialist, or neoroyalist, or about spheres of influence, etc. Its sexual predation/abuse elevated the level of the state

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Djinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The way that Trump gets around this is that his insane devotees regularly threaten Republican senators, and his DOJ refuses to investigate

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bs @bendotben.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

"hello yes I would like 1 disco balls please"

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Reluctant Rebel @reluctantrebel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Ran 15 miles today! My longest run ever. Felt decent until the last 1.5-2mi. Did a ton of elevation. Did a great job controlling my heart rate though I think the cooler weather really helped. First time I've run in rain since May which felt nice. 16 miles next week.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

[whispers to selves] we are not doing helmet discourse on social media, the least nuanced place for such conversations

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The absurdity of “qualified immunity” is beyond description.

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Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Your moment of zen.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14/08/2026

Lagunas was identified on social media by community ICE watchdog Ismael Cordová-Clough one week ago. In both Chicago and Minneapolis, he has threatened people by telling them they won't "like the outcome" if they continue observing. We've watched his behavior escalate over the last year.

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