Edward Banatt
@armavirumque.bsky.social
Techie, skeptic, ultracrepidarian, sciolist, patzer, erstwhile twittersnipe. Blast-beruffled. Emotionally tatterdemalion.
Esquerdopata.
Esquerdopata.
Fun thread. Definitely trying the kombu celery.
I don’t really like cooked celery (raw is delicious) but this was very interesting history nevertheless:
www.epicurious.com/ingredients/...
www.epicurious.com/ingredients/...
The Secret History of Celery
How the crunchy stalks went from Victorian centerpiece to ubiquitous football snack.
www.epicurious.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Fun thread. Definitely trying the kombu celery.
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May these jailers and torturers know no rest
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
May these jailers and torturers know no rest
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This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
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Trying out a new PCP's office, and their "preferred language" dropdown on the intake form is time-traveler inclusive.
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Trying out a new PCP's office, and their "preferred language" dropdown on the intake form is time-traveler inclusive.
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The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Cities In Dust (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by SiouxsieBansheesVEVO
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The B-52's - Lava - 11/7/1980 - Capitol Theatre (Official)
YouTube video by The B-52's
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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here's one of the camera being wiped out, but this episode went on all saturday so this is only a tiny little clip from the whole thing
Lava Fountains destroy webcam on live TV!! Kilauea Volcano! Episode 38, 6 December 2025
YouTube video by Our Amazing & Restless Planet
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
here's one of the camera being wiped out, but this episode went on all saturday so this is only a tiny little clip from the whole thing
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For other curious folks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK2N...
Enormous Lava Fountain Erupts At Kilauea, Destroys Webcam (Dec. 6, 2025)
YouTube video by Big Island Video News
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
For other curious folks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK2N...
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The v3 webcam was my favorite, because it's far enough away from the main vent that you can see the full eruption. Unfortunately, that was the one that got murdered. v1 and v2 are still live though.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The v3 webcam was my favorite, because it's far enough away from the main vent that you can see the full eruption. Unfortunately, that was the one that got murdered. v1 and v2 are still live though.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
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There's a bunch of webcams on top of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano so you can watch it erupt. The latest eruption just straight up assassinated one of them. The lava fountain on the left is landing directly on top of one of the webcams.
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
There's a bunch of webcams on top of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano so you can watch it erupt. The latest eruption just straight up assassinated one of them. The lava fountain on the left is landing directly on top of one of the webcams.
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If you get your insurance through your job, it’s subsidized by the govt through ESI.
There’s no income cap, it helps the rich the most, and ~1/10 workers in those plans pays no premium.
But when the ACA subsidies help the middle class and provide some zero-subsidy plans? GOP can’t accept that.
There’s no income cap, it helps the rich the most, and ~1/10 workers in those plans pays no premium.
But when the ACA subsidies help the middle class and provide some zero-subsidy plans? GOP can’t accept that.
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you get your insurance through your job, it’s subsidized by the govt through ESI.
There’s no income cap, it helps the rich the most, and ~1/10 workers in those plans pays no premium.
But when the ACA subsidies help the middle class and provide some zero-subsidy plans? GOP can’t accept that.
There’s no income cap, it helps the rich the most, and ~1/10 workers in those plans pays no premium.
But when the ACA subsidies help the middle class and provide some zero-subsidy plans? GOP can’t accept that.
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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Now official policy of the United States:
—Immigration is exclusively harmful
—All nations must “only rarely” grant citizenship to foreigners
—Immigration will “erase” Europe within 20 years and the US must act to prevent that
Read it yourself.
—Immigration is exclusively harmful
—All nations must “only rarely” grant citizenship to foreigners
—Immigration will “erase” Europe within 20 years and the US must act to prevent that
Read it yourself.
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Now official policy of the United States:
—Immigration is exclusively harmful
—All nations must “only rarely” grant citizenship to foreigners
—Immigration will “erase” Europe within 20 years and the US must act to prevent that
Read it yourself.
—Immigration is exclusively harmful
—All nations must “only rarely” grant citizenship to foreigners
—Immigration will “erase” Europe within 20 years and the US must act to prevent that
Read it yourself.
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Some say it is illegal to arrest a sitting president. It is not. The president is subject to the law like everyone. That none have been arrested in the U.S. is only a policy internal to the DOJ based on the need for continuity of government operations--a policy that never imagined a criminal POTUS.
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Some say it is illegal to arrest a sitting president. It is not. The president is subject to the law like everyone. That none have been arrested in the U.S. is only a policy internal to the DOJ based on the need for continuity of government operations--a policy that never imagined a criminal POTUS.
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"Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the Constitution"
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the Constitution"
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Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:
May 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:
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the severed heads of Santas displayed as a warning to others who would spread yultide cheer
December 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
the severed heads of Santas displayed as a warning to others who would spread yultide cheer
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Mark Kelly here, reaching out one more time to test how many fake spam numbers you will allow me to text you from before you decide to block an American space hero
December 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Mark Kelly here, reaching out one more time to test how many fake spam numbers you will allow me to text you from before you decide to block an American space hero
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Trek or Wars) LOTR or Marvel.
December 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Trek or Wars) LOTR or Marvel.
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I've been through the desert
On a
On a
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I've been through the desert
On a
On a
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Mamdani releases video overviewing Know Your Rights if you see ICE + promises to protect New Yorkers and the right to protest, specifically in response to anti-ICE action last Saturday that stopped a massive raid.
Comes following question from me asking for his comment on that action.
Comes following question from me asking for his comment on that action.
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Mamdani releases video overviewing Know Your Rights if you see ICE + promises to protect New Yorkers and the right to protest, specifically in response to anti-ICE action last Saturday that stopped a massive raid.
Comes following question from me asking for his comment on that action.
Comes following question from me asking for his comment on that action.
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Absolutely buzzing over this new video of a rarely seen giant squid
December 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Absolutely buzzing over this new video of a rarely seen giant squid
December 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Thought experiment for sure. It that hasn’t changed in the nearly 60 years since i climbed through it as a kid, still a combination of cozy and claustrophobic, oddly socialized and brutalist, unduplicated in most of its aspects
On the edge of the St. Lawrence River sits Habitat 67, a building that looks less like architecture and more like a thought experiment.
#Habitat67 #Montreal #Architecture #OnlyThingTravel #TravelVideo
#Habitat67 #Montreal #Architecture #OnlyThingTravel #TravelVideo
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Thought experiment for sure. It that hasn’t changed in the nearly 60 years since i climbed through it as a kid, still a combination of cozy and claustrophobic, oddly socialized and brutalist, unduplicated in most of its aspects