Nice Chester
@ccrude.bsky.social
Higher Ed guy in the Bay Area. Wisco Forever. Books, YIMBY, and a good park to take the kids.
Joining the Big Migration.
Joining the Big Migration.
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The money for Trump’s “Warrior Dividends” has already been approved by Congress for troops so they can afford housing and basic living expenses.
Trump is NOT rewarding our service members with new bonuses, he’s just renaming funds that troops were already going to receive to score political points.
Trump is NOT rewarding our service members with new bonuses, he’s just renaming funds that troops were already going to receive to score political points.
Trump will use military housing money for $1,776 Pentagon bonuses
The Trump administration will repurpose $2.6 billion in military housing assistance to pay $1,776 “warrior dividend” bonuses to service members, according to a senior administration official.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The money for Trump’s “Warrior Dividends” has already been approved by Congress for troops so they can afford housing and basic living expenses.
Trump is NOT rewarding our service members with new bonuses, he’s just renaming funds that troops were already going to receive to score political points.
Trump is NOT rewarding our service members with new bonuses, he’s just renaming funds that troops were already going to receive to score political points.
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longstanding theory on this is that people who know the applicant that they don't want to hire has racial resentment offer "wish i could've hired you, but they made me hire a black woman instead!" as a let-them-down-easy cope rather than admit to them that they just didn't want to hire them.
December 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
longstanding theory on this is that people who know the applicant that they don't want to hire has racial resentment offer "wish i could've hired you, but they made me hire a black woman instead!" as a let-them-down-easy cope rather than admit to them that they just didn't want to hire them.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos
December 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos
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Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
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College costs are soaring! www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
December 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
College costs are soaring! www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
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good luck staffing up those rural hospitals bsky.app/profile/reic...
Here is a map of the affected countries (excluding Tonga), to give you a sense of how much this new ban restricts immigration from Africa in particular.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
Of the newly-added country, Nigeria faces the largest impact, with tens of thousands of visas issued every year to Nigerians.
December 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
good luck staffing up those rural hospitals bsky.app/profile/reic...
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He's right!
www.ign.com/articles/sta...
www.ign.com/articles/sta...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director Rian Johnson Says He Was 'Hoping For' Fan Pushback, Rather Than Being 'Afraid of Doing Anything That Shakes It Up' - IGN
Rian Johnson, director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, has said he anticipated and welcomed the movie's polarizing response — and argued it would have been worse to create something "afraid" of shaking u...
www.ign.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
He's right!
www.ign.com/articles/sta...
www.ign.com/articles/sta...
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For better or worse, public figures are judged when they die — their character, contributions, beliefs. It's undeniable that millions have mourned Rob Reiner's tragic death, celebrating his talent and contributions. I suspect when a certain public figure kicks the bucket, sentiments wont be the same
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
For better or worse, public figures are judged when they die — their character, contributions, beliefs. It's undeniable that millions have mourned Rob Reiner's tragic death, celebrating his talent and contributions. I suspect when a certain public figure kicks the bucket, sentiments wont be the same
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, a freshman who dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon, was one of two students who died after being shot in a Brown University classroom, his sister told the Globe.
MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, Brown freshman who dreamed of becoming a doctor, died in shooting, his sister says - The Boston Globe
“We want to show everyone how amazing of a person he was,” his sister Samira Umurzokova told the Globe.
trib.al
December 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, a freshman who dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon, was one of two students who died after being shot in a Brown University classroom, his sister told the Globe.
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🧵Bruna Ferriera was detained by ICE in MA while legally working to obtain her green card in this country she has lived in since being a little kid.
Her son is 10, & he is WH Press Secretary Leavitt's nephew and godson.
“I asked Karoline to be godmother [to Michael Jr] over my only sister."
Her son is 10, & he is WH Press Secretary Leavitt's nephew and godson.
“I asked Karoline to be godmother [to Michael Jr] over my only sister."
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House portrayal of her after ICE arrest
Bruna Ferreira, who was released from ICE custody Monday on bond, denies claims that she’s an absentee parent
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
🧵Bruna Ferriera was detained by ICE in MA while legally working to obtain her green card in this country she has lived in since being a little kid.
Her son is 10, & he is WH Press Secretary Leavitt's nephew and godson.
“I asked Karoline to be godmother [to Michael Jr] over my only sister."
Her son is 10, & he is WH Press Secretary Leavitt's nephew and godson.
“I asked Karoline to be godmother [to Michael Jr] over my only sister."
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We sent 9 weeks reading Catcher in the Rye and 9 weeks reading The Outsider at my public High School in the mid-1980s. I can count on two hands the number of my classmates who regularly read books outside of school. Kids should be reading more, but be wary of overly nostalgic declension narratives.
In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
We sent 9 weeks reading Catcher in the Rye and 9 weeks reading The Outsider at my public High School in the mid-1980s. I can count on two hands the number of my classmates who regularly read books outside of school. Kids should be reading more, but be wary of overly nostalgic declension narratives.
The most San Francisco a place can San Francisco.
December 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The most San Francisco a place can San Francisco.
Again, if your word selection correctly guesses the Wordle, the score should automatically be 99.
Wordle Bot: Your Daily, Personalized Wordle Score www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Wordle Bot: Your Daily, Personalized Wordle Score www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Wordle Bot: Your Daily, Personalized Wordle Score
First, play today’s Wordle. Then come here.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Again, if your word selection correctly guesses the Wordle, the score should automatically be 99.
Wordle Bot: Your Daily, Personalized Wordle Score www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Wordle Bot: Your Daily, Personalized Wordle Score www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Hyperion in Redwood City needs to get moving on their top rope section. I’m 43, I can’t be doing this boulder stuff much longer.
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Hyperion in Redwood City needs to get moving on their top rope section. I’m 43, I can’t be doing this boulder stuff much longer.
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one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
Trump Administration Scraps Plan to Mint Quarters Featuring Abolition, Suffrage
The move comes as a controversial $1 Trump coin for the nation’s 250th birthday is also being considered.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
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Thousands of inauthentic accounts were found to be spreading lies online about Taylor Swift and Blake Lively.
Wild Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theories After Last Album Was Coordinated Effort, Report Claims
Thousands of inauthentic accounts were found to be spreading lies online about Taylor Swift and Blake Lively.
www.forbes.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thousands of inauthentic accounts were found to be spreading lies online about Taylor Swift and Blake Lively.
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Library tip:
If you read a book in the library and place the book on a table and leave, the library can count that as “usage” and when the library workers reshelve books, they’ll know that book has been used
If you read a book in the library and place the book on a table and leave, the library can count that as “usage” and when the library workers reshelve books, they’ll know that book has been used
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Library tip:
If you read a book in the library and place the book on a table and leave, the library can count that as “usage” and when the library workers reshelve books, they’ll know that book has been used
If you read a book in the library and place the book on a table and leave, the library can count that as “usage” and when the library workers reshelve books, they’ll know that book has been used
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Well in light of the Netflix-WB deal, I did get a laugh when I saw this.
December 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Well in light of the Netflix-WB deal, I did get a laugh when I saw this.
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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God, I’m really upset how much hate I know Starfleet Academy is going to get. It’s Star Trek made for the CW-style crowd, which is PERFECTLY FINE. But because it’s not intended as mass audience aimed mainly at boomer dudes, it’s gonna face so much vitriol. Especially those kid actors. Angers me.
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
God, I’m really upset how much hate I know Starfleet Academy is going to get. It’s Star Trek made for the CW-style crowd, which is PERFECTLY FINE. But because it’s not intended as mass audience aimed mainly at boomer dudes, it’s gonna face so much vitriol. Especially those kid actors. Angers me.
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Buy a book.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Dan Robinson (@bookmandan.bsky.social)
Retired. Interested in just about everything. Avid reader.
bookmandan.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Buy a book.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.