Tim P Rak @timprak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hearing Steve Stone call a game for the first time in so many years is extremely nostalgic. 000
Reposted by Tim P RakJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/20261. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵 461542567
Reposted by Tim P RakTitaniumMan @titaniumman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026In case anyone hasn't come across it yet, the trailer is on YouTube:youtu.beMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Musk 317089
Tim P Rak @timprak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Very pleasant meal at River and Woods in Boulder. The Palisade Peach specials were quite delicious. 010
Tim P Rak @timprak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A normal distribution is of no use when one needs to be on point. 000
Reposted by Tim P RakElizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Any of us who had a kid in the NICU (and there are surely a bunch of us) has a sense of what those parents those babies are going through. Fervently wishing that everyone comes through ok. I hate them. I hate them. 1231269
Reposted by Tim P RakDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As the parent to a kid who spent a lot of time in the NICU, the level of contempt I have for the MAHA folks knows no bounds. 2536
Reposted by Tim P Rakjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons. 1025972948
Reposted by Tim P RakBlue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is absolute garbage, @ginafortexas.bsky.social Do better 739440
Tim P Rak @timprak.bsky.social · 07/09/2026As @ryanlostintx.bsky.social used to (maybe still does, I checked his feed and didn't see it) say, time to get amongst it. 121
Reposted by Tim P RakOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The Democratic Party has no interest in making the world’s second most prominent fascist leader a factor in this election. Tell me that isn’t throwing the game. 27589204
Reposted by Tim P RakProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026During summer, Louisiana’s Angola prison could rise up to 115 degrees. Duncan said he experienced seizures: “There were times when I got out of bed and I didn’t even know if I was left-handed or right-handed. … I didn’t even know my name.”propublica.orgHe Spent 27 Years on Death Row as a Wrongfully Convicted Man. What Comes Next?23-hour solitary confinement. 115-degree heat. Jimmie Duncan is haunted by the decades he spent in Louisiana’s Angola prison — and how, even after being released, he still isn’t truly free. 12834461418
Reposted by Tim P RakAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I think what I find really depressing about AI in higher education is how so many people didn't even wait for the evidence/research before we decided on telling students "how to use AI responsibly" which often includes things like checking grammar, and obviously, we shouldn't have been 171089298
Tim P Rak @timprak.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Pupusa (stuffed with carnitas and beans) platter from the Highland's farmers market is a repeat. I'm already thinking about getting one next week. It's been too long since I had a good pupusa. (Anyone remember the Cafe Red Onion off of Kirby?) 000
Tim P Rak @timprak.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I was walking around Denver's beautiful Sloan's Lake (Sloan Lake? Lake Sloan? I'm not from around here.) As I passed an elderly white couple, I heard the man say, and I quote: "It's not about racism. It's about attitude." His second sentence answered several of my questions about the first. 000
Reposted by Tim P Rakmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/04/2026This is such an important point about speed cameras. We have overwhelming data that the vast majority of drivers quickly learn where they are and adjust their driving habits to avoid getting ticketed. This makes them a bad way to generate ticket revenue but a super effective way to reduce speeding 521648252
Reposted by Tim P RakThe Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 25/04/2026JFC I am having another episode. Left: AI colourisation. Right: Original Details in ALT. Bottomline, we cannot trust this technology, it is a thieving hallucination machine. #fuckai @garius.bsky.social @curatorian.bsky.social @rafhistory.bsky.social 3534183
Reposted by Tim P RakWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The smell of death surrounds you, Donald Trump Deportees slain in Guatemala. A Haitian woman abandoned at a PGH bus stop. The bomb striking a family in Iran. Detainees in the ICE gulag. Lorenzo Salgado. Renee Good. USAID Dehumanization, then death. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...inquirer.comThe smell of death surrounds Donald Trump’s regime from Guatemala to Pittsburgh | Will BunchIn just a year and a half, Donald Trump’s warped agenda is killing innocent people at home and around the world. 19788325
Reposted by Tim P Rakashley (ravens 2-1) 🌹 @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 30/07/2026trans rights frankly is a top 5, potentially top 3 issue for me despite not being trans and not having any trans family being bigoted against trans folks not only hurts my trans friends and every trans person but is so predictive of further bigotry 724076884
Reposted by Tim P RakScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Do ICE agents have a license to kill US citizens? That's the upshot of a series of SCOTUS rulings. And it's what makes them into secret police rather than law enforcement. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-sup...talkingpointsmemo.comThe Supreme Court Is Helping ICE Agents Get Away With MurderThis article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It... 08042
Reposted by Tim P RakAnnie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Thousands of Americans are getting sick from a foodborne parasite, and federal regulators have still not publicly identified the source. So what's been happening in the federal government over the past year that might be a factor in this outbreak? 🧵⬇️ 18770328
Reposted by Tim P RakHoustorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Today in 2003, the US Supreme Court legalizes consensual gay sex in Lawrence v. Texas, which originated in a 1998 Houston-area arrest. 071
Tim P Rak @timprak.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Made a hamburger steak atop sauteed onions and bleu cheese toast topped with, uh, rough chopped chives. 000
Reposted by Tim P RakThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Make the bad guys pay: A Democratic message that the white working class will hear. They respond to gestures of power. A THREAD. 14626157
Reposted by Tim P RakBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/06/2026Here's a fun fact about Elon Musk: in 2020, his (nominal) net worth was $20b, and today it's $1t (nominally). But *that's* not the fun fact; *this* is: everything he's done since 2020 was a flop. 1/ 181546611
Reposted by Tim P RakCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/06/2026The criticism of Trump, Kennedy, and Bhattacharya that was so subversive that the ADA had to eject the Editor-in-Chief of their flagship journal from their annual meeting for sharing it? Prior today it had fewer than 1000 views. Do your thing. 21849344
Reposted by Tim P RakJenny Staff Johnson @htownjenny.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I like her a lot. She’s a credible messenger on the public schools issue (she got into politics when her kid’s school was slated to be closed, she ran for school board and won, the school stayed open) and she needs money and name ID and eyeballs on her message pls help us we’re dying down here. 510435
Tim P Rak @timprak.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Double sausage breakfast sandwich from New Friends, served up at the Highland Farmers' Market. A great combination of flavors and texture, well worth the wait in line. 010
Reposted by Tim P Rakderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/05/2026terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info 204100602761
Reposted by Tim P RakBlue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 13/05/2026When a company doesn't make it clear who you should write to, I always choose investor relations. Here is the email I sent to United. 219940
Tim P Rak @timprak.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Shocked and disappointed our application was waitlisted for this. As though it weren't an obvious diversion of funds from public education for all to Abbott's special interests. 010
Reposted by Tim P RakSMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 09/05/2026The real punchline comes later when he marries a person who loves him, has a good boss, is respected by his children, works at a rewarding job for 40 years, travels the world for 25 years, and dies in painless repose, surrounded by loved ones. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/sleep-2 1021726
Reposted by Tim P RakFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 09/05/2026As a CDL holder, I know firsthand the training required to handle heavy vehicles safely. We urgently need stricter licensing for massive, commuter-driven pickup trucks. A split-second distraction in a vehicle of that size has devastating implications for everyone and everything outside of them. 1931160
Tim P Rak @timprak.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Pretty great raw oysters at an otherwise very empty State Fare on Gessner. 000
Reposted by Tim P RakSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 16/04/2026Please I beg you On my hands and knees, I beg you STOP. USING. GENERATIVE. AI. TO. ANSWER. LEGAL. QUESTIONS. OR. GET. LEGAL. ADVICE. 1344589