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Writer, progressive, software developer, former/future triathlete, sometimes forager, newbie fermenter. Humans would be a cool species if we could just fix some shit. #expostie
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I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
September 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
New life goal: Go a full 24 hours without hearing the song "Choosing Texas."
September 24, 2026 at 2:24 PM
New life goal: Go a full 24 hours without hearing the song "Choosing Texas."
It's so humid here in southernish Ohio that at 74° I can see my breath.
September 18, 2026 at 1:06 AM
It's so humid here in southernish Ohio that at 74° I can see my breath.
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This Labor Day, if you've ever benefited from:
— The weekend
— 40-hour work weeks
— Workplace safety standards
— A minimum wage
— Paid time off
thank a union.
Unions don’t just improve working conditions for their members, they help every American worker.
Happy Labor Day!
— The weekend
— 40-hour work weeks
— Workplace safety standards
— A minimum wage
— Paid time off
thank a union.
Unions don’t just improve working conditions for their members, they help every American worker.
Happy Labor Day!
September 7, 2026 at 1:43 PM
This Labor Day, if you've ever benefited from:
— The weekend
— 40-hour work weeks
— Workplace safety standards
— A minimum wage
— Paid time off
thank a union.
Unions don’t just improve working conditions for their members, they help every American worker.
Happy Labor Day!
— The weekend
— 40-hour work weeks
— Workplace safety standards
— A minimum wage
— Paid time off
thank a union.
Unions don’t just improve working conditions for their members, they help every American worker.
Happy Labor Day!
Often lost is the irony that when the left used the word "woke" they really did mean something political. Not radical, usually, but political.
But when the right dismisses "woke," it's entirely radical. They quite literally mean to dismiss any and all obligations to basic human decency.
But when the right dismisses "woke," it's entirely radical. They quite literally mean to dismiss any and all obligations to basic human decency.
I have a lot of thoughts on this NYT piece on bike lanes.
It adopts the framing that they are part of the culture wars, instead of simply a tool in the multi-tool transportation planning toolbox. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...
It adopts the framing that they are part of the culture wars, instead of simply a tool in the multi-tool transportation planning toolbox. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...
Do D.E.I. Bike Paths Exist? The Trump Administration Says Yes.
The administration has revoked funding for bike paths, and encouraged removing some. A cycling advocate said it is playing on the idea of “that dork on a bike.”
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Often lost is the irony that when the left used the word "woke" they really did mean something political. Not radical, usually, but political.
But when the right dismisses "woke," it's entirely radical. They quite literally mean to dismiss any and all obligations to basic human decency.
But when the right dismisses "woke," it's entirely radical. They quite literally mean to dismiss any and all obligations to basic human decency.
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“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.”
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
ysph.yale.edu
August 17, 2026 at 5:25 AM
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.”
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
From the folks who brought you cyclospora comes a new produce-born disease with all new ways to hospitalize or even kill you.
RECALL: Taylor Farms is pulling pre-packaged salsa and guacamole for contaminated jalapenos.
Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk
Taylor Farms on Sunday said it was recalling more than a dozen prepared food items containing jalapeños, including salsas and guacamole, from retailers over concerns about potential salmonella conta...
www.reuters.com
August 10, 2026 at 3:28 AM
From the folks who brought you cyclospora comes a new produce-born disease with all new ways to hospitalize or even kill you.
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Climate is a pattern,
and the pattern has changed.
= Climate Change
and the pattern has changed.
= Climate Change
August 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Climate is a pattern,
and the pattern has changed.
= Climate Change
and the pattern has changed.
= Climate Change
Please don't tell me AI can now do math.
August 7, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Please don't tell me AI can now do math.
TIL hyenas are more closely related to cats than to dogs and now I'm having trouble getting the pieces of my blown mind back inside my skull.
August 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
TIL hyenas are more closely related to cats than to dogs and now I'm having trouble getting the pieces of my blown mind back inside my skull.
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August 5, 2026 at 4:34 PM
TV. Most of it is still crap but it used to be nearly all of it. And the good stuff today is way better than the best stuff of any previous era.
Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
August 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
TV. Most of it is still crap but it used to be nearly all of it. And the good stuff today is way better than the best stuff of any previous era.
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“If the government hadn’t funded research into desert lizard venom, we wouldn’t know about semaglutide…If research scientists hadn’t studied how bees optimize nectar foraging within a colony, we wouldn’t have the algorithm that assigns internet traffic”
www.publicnotice.co/p/michael-kr...
www.publicnotice.co/p/michael-kr...
The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift
Trump wants to run scientific research like his family business.
www.publicnotice.co
July 30, 2026 at 3:28 PM
“If the government hadn’t funded research into desert lizard venom, we wouldn’t know about semaglutide…If research scientists hadn’t studied how bees optimize nectar foraging within a colony, we wouldn’t have the algorithm that assigns internet traffic”
www.publicnotice.co/p/michael-kr...
www.publicnotice.co/p/michael-kr...
New set of lies just dropped.
newrepublic.com/post/213575/...
newrepublic.com/post/213575/...
How Republicans Plan to Talk Around Trump Ahead of Midterms
Senate GOP leadership sent out a memo on how to spin the growing divide between lawmakers and Donald Trump.
newrepublic.com
July 27, 2026 at 10:34 PM
New set of lies just dropped.
newrepublic.com/post/213575/...
newrepublic.com/post/213575/...
Is Mitch McConnell still pretending to be alive? Haven't heard anything in a bit.
July 22, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Is Mitch McConnell still pretending to be alive? Haven't heard anything in a bit.
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Back when I was a young man, CEOs made about 20 times the salary of their employees.
Today a typical CEO makes over 280 times more.
Here's what we can do about it.
Today a typical CEO makes over 280 times more.
Here's what we can do about it.
July 22, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Back when I was a young man, CEOs made about 20 times the salary of their employees.
Today a typical CEO makes over 280 times more.
Here's what we can do about it.
Today a typical CEO makes over 280 times more.
Here's what we can do about it.
Just the laziest reporting ever. No attempt made to distinguish DSA ideas from communism, or challenge absurd GOP claims. Also the reporter somehow couldn't find a single Democratic Socialist for comment. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Republicans lean into anticommunism midterm argument
House Republicans are making fears about a creeping communist threat central to their midterm argument — accusing the furthest-left Democratic candidates of not just being self-styled democratic so…
thehill.com
July 22, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Just the laziest reporting ever. No attempt made to distinguish DSA ideas from communism, or challenge absurd GOP claims. Also the reporter somehow couldn't find a single Democratic Socialist for comment. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
To be clear, the fires in Canada rn are in forests that normally burn about once a century. They have NEVER been managed.
What's changed in the last 4-5 years is the climate.
What's changed in the last 4-5 years is the climate.
July 20, 2026 at 12:27 PM
To be clear, the fires in Canada rn are in forests that normally burn about once a century. They have NEVER been managed.
What's changed in the last 4-5 years is the climate.
What's changed in the last 4-5 years is the climate.
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Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
July 17, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
Why is it when Trump is president we all end up locked in our houses?
July 17, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Why is it when Trump is president we all end up locked in our houses?
The Chinese are hoaxing this climate change hoax so well we can't even go outside. Pretty impressive.
July 17, 2026 at 1:11 PM
The Chinese are hoaxing this climate change hoax so well we can't even go outside. Pretty impressive.
Lying under oath about what happened 30 seconds prior.
OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election?
CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you
O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election?
C: I'm not gonna get into that with you
O: You're not being honest or forthright
C: ...
July 16, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Lying under oath about what happened 30 seconds prior.
So high I could write a 20,000 word essay on how words just don't work.
July 8, 2026 at 11:14 PM
So high I could write a 20,000 word essay on how words just don't work.
The funniest thing would be if Balogun got himself kicked out in the first 30 seconds.
July 6, 2026 at 11:50 PM
The funniest thing would be if Balogun got himself kicked out in the first 30 seconds.
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Shame on you, Jupiter and Saturn!
July 1, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Shame on you, Jupiter and Saturn!