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Tim Shaw

@wdncnu.bsky.social
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Experience design / CX, / UX / Service Design. Data visualization. Traditional & wooden boats and boating. Environment & earth science. Incessant, unapologetic punster. ALX VA. He/His. Trying to be a light to drive out darkness.

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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 10h
Attn @josephfray.bsky.social
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 11h
A mail-dominated gene-pool, you might say
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 11h
Good people struggle with self-promotion, so I summarized what we talked about in our Self-Promo Clinic last week. If we don't remove the taboo, only the con-artists and sociopaths will get any exposure. I understand I failed by not making it spell CRINGE. That will be v2. 🧵
keys to smashing self-promotion
Clarity
Reciprocity
Repetition
Generosity
Experiments

Remember CRRGE! lol it's not a mnemonic
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17h
NEW: A private-equity executive took a top Pentagon role to help secure weapons contracts and critical minerals for the Department of Defense. After he joined, a firm he has ties to began landing major military contracts.
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The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
Susan Collins claims that our reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the ...
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"I'll fight with you!... Until some city in VA gives me 310K reasons not to..."
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Umiak buses up Four Mile Run and Holmes Runs!
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🤣
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Why can't we just do a proper rotary here instead of these weird hybrid things? What does this solid line mean? Why can't I just go around from the north and come out back out the other way? The whole point is that it is a *CIRCLE*.
Traffic design of a weird not-quite-a-rotary with the weird parts marked with pink arrows. Basically lanes don't flow all the way around the circle.
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I have questions about the state of this marriage.
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I figured I'd leave that on the table for someone to pick-up
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I resent this shaming of people who are a little behind on their ALXtra reading
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I feel like a half "Old Fashioned" should be called a "Bowler Hat and Flip-flops" or a "Petticoat and Tank Top" or some such.
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@triplee.bsky.social what did I say
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
static.klipy.com
Roger White (Aml Ameen) Raising Hand
Alt: Roger White (Aml Ameen) Raising Hand
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I am not sure if anyone tracks these things, but this HAS TO BE the MOST misunderstood lyric in the rock canon.
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
No time stamp on the picture. Could have been the pre-jump momento. Just sayin'.
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I find it alarming that I am only seeing someone post about this now. Have I been in an alternate universe all day?!
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I figured the statement might have caused issues on the other side, but what in the heck are they in a twist about? He called out the Israeli government's actions?!
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Breaking Bad => Marring Meh
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yeah, sure, "Gloria." It's one of the oldest ones in the book. - Your friend, "Derek"
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Want the Van Morrison/Them and U2 songs by that name as well?
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
People, this is my finest work in weeks. Where the heck is the love?
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
People haven't been supporting this community, but, with your advocacy, you are sure to get a bounce in the poles.
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNEb...
youtube.com
Laura Branigan - Gloria (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RHINO
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It would be a REALLY short rationale and not tied to fussy things like the law
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yup
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Not if Bluto can help it
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Autumn cleaning!
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Not enough peppers included
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Fifteen schools are rated one level below what their scores alone would earn... The state lowers a school's rating when a group of its students is identified for federal support... most of them because of the performance of students with disabilities." So wicked unshocked. APCS bad here for years!
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
People haven't been supporting this community, but, with your advocacy, you are sure to get a bounce in the poles.
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tried downloading a piece and it just didn't have the same, oh, I don't know what - je ne sais quoi?
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
static.klipy.com
GIF
Alt: "I volunteer" from "Hunger Games"
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Damn proud of himself, too
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The spinny teacups really got to you, eh?
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wait for the coverage from the usual suspect outlet
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Deep sighbis, gonna craybis, no liebis.
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I take it your didn't notice your husband dropping"here's the extra pledge; now do the sermon we talked about" envelope in the plate?
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oh come on - you aren't fooling anyone with the formal jacket
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Indeed purdy
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wherezitt?
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Swap Spit n' Get On With It"
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My all-time fave: Dude [parking while I am right there] Me, as Dude gets out of car: You aren't going to park there are you? Dude, indignantly: I don't see why I shouldn't! Me: You are right in front of my driveway. Dude, suddenly realizing there's a world outside him: Oh.
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy Out-of-towner Stupid Parking Tricks in Del Ray to all who celebrate
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is the content I needed this am
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you have never had the pleasure of seeing Fones Cliffs on the Rappahannock River, home of the tribe giving that river its name, you should try. Unless you don't like stunning scenery and lots of bald eagles (I saw somewhere between six and nine individuals and at least a few pairs).
Riverside cliff ahead of the bow of a wooden skin-on-frame canoe
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Rappahannock, where the crabs are so fresh they come to you
Crab swimming up to the surface
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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Anyone need a five-gallon drum of cute?
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