Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 1hWorking my way through season 1 and Carrie Preston is a delight. 000
Reposted by Will NiverFR🎃 V🎃 @frovo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026DATE: what are you thinking about ME: fall should be spelled fa// DATE: ME: DATE: fell should be spelled fe_ _ *we kiss* 614530
Reposted by Will NiverEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 123103512686
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I'm seeing it reflected in CBC coverage www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caCAQ Leader Christine Fréchette warns of risk of U.S. interference in Quebec election | CBC NewsQuebec's incumbent premier says she is "very concerned" about possible interference in the provincial election by the United States. 140
Reposted by Will NiverAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToonature.comRewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal 192512846
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Sniffspots have been amazing for our city-dwelling, reactive lab! Love seeing new options pop up. 010
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I know there's no point trying to link his prattling to any meaningful, permanent policy shift, but seeing him repeatedly endorse a version of climate loss and damage reparations is... something. 000
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 24/07/2026It's not long at all -- 11 pages total -- and what I desperately want is one computer setting that stops this prompt from ever popping up in any of my apps again. 000
Reposted by Will NiverKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada” 270166594435
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 06/07/2026So, when I go home I'll be happy to go You're just somebody who's baking dough 110
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I love (in a sad, wistful way) the line in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" when the kid asks Eddie Valiant "ain't you got a car, mister?" "Who needs a car in LA? We've got the greatest public transportation system in the world!" 030
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Train on the Island is seeing heavy rotation in my apartment this week 👍 110
Reposted by Will NiverChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/04/2026If all goes according to plan, in a few hours, a crew of astronauts will begin a journey that will take them on a loop around the moon. Here's a video that NASA put together to help people visualize the journey through space, first orbiting the earth before looping around the moon and flying home 🔭 3732541083
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 30/03/2026See? Not so easy to close out a tourney game without squandering a 19 point lead, is it? 000
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 27/03/2026The less you know about sports the more unhinged these ESPN headlines seem 000
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I've never put too much stock in these charts (false precision much?), but man if this doesn't just about sum it up. What a debacle. I refuse to even look at my bracket, but I guess I'm cheering for High Point now. Go... Methodists? Furniture makers? 000
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Tobacco Road now runs through High Point. www.espn.com/mens-college...espn.comHigh Point 83-82 Wisconsin (Mar 19, 2026) Final Score - ESPNGame summary of the High Point Panthers vs. Wisconsin Badgers NCAAM game, final score 83-82, from March 19, 2026 on ESPN. 000
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Two minutes left in this episode of Shrinking, and everyone seems like they're in a really good place. Welp, good time to turn off the TV and call it a night. 030
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 26/02/2026This will never not get a small wry chuckle from me. 010
Reposted by Will Niverbort @crushbort.bsky.social · 09/02/2026well credit where credit’s due: it’s 2035 and i’m driving to work in elon musk’s moon city—or rather my optimus robot chauffeur is, heh. i’m just kicking back and enjoying the view. what kind of a name for a moon bridge is owl creek 81970272
Reposted by Will NiverMatt Henry @menrywy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I'm hiring! Come work with me as an Energy Policy Analyst at Gridworks, supporting our work to build a stronger, more equitable, more reliable energy grid in the Western U.S. This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below. gridworks.org/wp-content/u... 22224
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 31/01/2026On top of everything else, this except from a 2014 Ariely interview lands differently these days. 010
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Ewan Kingston is an applied moral and political philosopher who's given presentations on "free fools and bound sages" where he argues that job takers and leavers should act as quasi-regulators to penalize climate-insincere companies. 040
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 19/01/2026The Ramshead Rathskeller, but everyone called it "the Rat." It was a basement pub off a little alley on Chapel Hill's Franklin Street, and they served a lasagna that was basically a bowl of cheese. Just thinking about the lasagna burns the roof of my mouth. Much-beloved local institution. 1947-2007 030
Reposted by Will NiverThorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · 04/01/2026It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government. 5933231178
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Hmm, bit hypocritical since your gym selfies feature you posing with two big guns. 010
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 02/01/2026For sheer chaos and unhinged discourse, I'd have loved for those laterals to have worked. Great game, though. 010
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 02/01/2026We're really going by the book here. The player receiving the kickoff was already grounded, so I don't think this game is over! 100
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Am I out of my mind or are the refs about to bring everyone back onto the field for a post safety kickoff with 0:01 remaining? 101
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Chambliss had such heroics earlier -- never seen a drive like that -- that I wouldn't rule anything out for the next 0:56. Wild game. 010
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I do recommend it, but I need to be honest: the Sooke Hills whooped my ass, and I did a lot of hike-a-bike that day. We did a slightly modified version of this route counter-clockwise: bikepacking.com/routes/cowic... Not everyone has to dismount and push, but I certainly did. Can DM you my notes.bikepacking.comCowichan Valley 8August 2025 Update: The stretch of pavement between the Kinsol Trestle and the Mill Bay ferry is busy, especially in the summer months, and should be ridden with extreme caution. […] 210
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Whirlwind southern Vancouver Island bike trip: Swartz Bay > Duncan > Victoria > Swartz Bay. 48 hours, 110 miles, almost 6k feet of climbing. Excited to spend more time in the saddle in 2026 and maybe even properly train so that these trips aren't such a bear! 😂 1171
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 27/12/2025I was late to the party with this podcast, but that quest for a barely remembered ear worm reminds me of this great episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...podcasts.apple.com#158 The Case of the Missing HitPodcast Episode · Reply All · 03/05/2020 · 53m 010
Reposted by Will NiverDuncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Post-doc positions: "Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..." uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...uni-freiburg.deCall for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies 1195171
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 16/12/2025I don't suppose you've had any luck? I also unchecked the "Turn on optional connected experiences" box to no avail, and I don't have a Copilot tab under settings. The guidance for turning off Copilot is so useless I'm searching old Bluesky posts. 100
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Had this exact thought the other day. JOMC 153 in the bowels of Carroll Hall. It was 50 points off for misspelling any proper noun, not to mention all the little traps like stationary/stationery or comprise/compose. Made you damn sure to double-check everything. Bring back consequences! 000
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Maybe an ivy cap with earflaps? Something with a nice herringbone pattern. 010
Reposted by Will NiverProPublica @propublica.org · 04/12/2025Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.propublica.orgMore Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near... 17752553102
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Not my field, but I love getting a peek at this world through your posts. Q from a layperson: do translations ever throw up a word cloud to gesture at the imprecision of a concept like that? You said an editor would never allow it, but I feel like it does convey "the words mean roughly all this..." 160
Reposted by Will NiverMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Their advice is also dangerously wrong! When one group of people must carry papers on them to avoid government kidnapping and disappearing, that means *all* people must carry such papers on them. How else can you show the government you're not someone they should kidnap and disappear? 16478125
Reposted by Will Niverthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 18/11/2025it absolutely rules that the N&O is running, and promoting, this story. newspapers in any city ICE threatens should consider doing the same. 125148
Will Niver @willniver.bsky.social · 08/11/2025This is also great news, but for one confused, exciting moment, I misread the collaborating musician as "John Cage." Really either way I'll buy this. 020
