Erin Butler
@eleighbutler.bsky.social
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Erin Butler
@eleighbutler.bsky.social
· Jun 20
Learning how to get your shit together at 2 AM so you can write a damn essay good enough to pass in the next six hours is an essential skill with VERY practical application in the real world.
Not learning how to do that deprives you later in life.
Not learning how to do that deprives you later in life.
THAT'S a headline!
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
THAT'S a headline!
Okay, not really.
But they do seem to have finally noticed the rage and frustration of #Canucks fans.
nucksmisconduct.ca/apathy-hits-...
But they do seem to have finally noticed the rage and frustration of #Canucks fans.
nucksmisconduct.ca/apathy-hits-...
Apathy Hits Canucks Management - NUCKS MISCONDUCT
nucksmisconduct.ca
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Okay, not really.
But they do seem to have finally noticed the rage and frustration of #Canucks fans.
nucksmisconduct.ca/apathy-hits-...
But they do seem to have finally noticed the rage and frustration of #Canucks fans.
nucksmisconduct.ca/apathy-hits-...
"We're going after the worst of the worst, uh, taxpayers!"
Federal judge busts the IRS in its illegal data-sharing scheme with DHS where IRS was giving ICE confidential info of undocumented immigrants WHO ARE PAYING THEIR TAXES to help ICE find & deport them.
My breakdown of this shocking news and the judge’s scathing order.
youtu.be/Aq3tqpT-c0U?...
My breakdown of this shocking news and the judge’s scathing order.
youtu.be/Aq3tqpT-c0U?...
Judge SLAMS Trump Admin Over ILLEGAL ICE Data LEAK!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"We're going after the worst of the worst, uh, taxpayers!"
Okay, fine, I'll hold off writing about it just yet...
Just spoke with Jim Rutherford. Column coming shortly.
Confirms the team's four UFAs are available for a trade.
Even said "rebuild" himself -- though with a laugh and not as a definitional word
Confirms the team's four UFAs are available for a trade.
Even said "rebuild" himself -- though with a laugh and not as a definitional word
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Okay, fine, I'll hold off writing about it just yet...
I have never felt the need to put up a pride flag until last year's election. The bigots got lippy, though, and I'm not interested in arguing in my own store.
Let 'em self-filter.
Let 'em self-filter.
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I have never felt the need to put up a pride flag until last year's election. The bigots got lippy, though, and I'm not interested in arguing in my own store.
Let 'em self-filter.
Let 'em self-filter.
Sure, why not offer the most effective Canuck forward?
Actually, I will be very impressed if the #Canucks do manage to trade Conor Garland this early. He'll have good value: no trade protection, cost certainty with his new deal, and can drive his own line.
That would be a rebuild. And a shock.
Actually, I will be very impressed if the #Canucks do manage to trade Conor Garland this early. He'll have good value: no trade protection, cost certainty with his new deal, and can drive his own line.
That would be a rebuild. And a shock.
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Sure, why not offer the most effective Canuck forward?
Actually, I will be very impressed if the #Canucks do manage to trade Conor Garland this early. He'll have good value: no trade protection, cost certainty with his new deal, and can drive his own line.
That would be a rebuild. And a shock.
Actually, I will be very impressed if the #Canucks do manage to trade Conor Garland this early. He'll have good value: no trade protection, cost certainty with his new deal, and can drive his own line.
That would be a rebuild. And a shock.
Who needs laws, anyway?
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Who needs laws, anyway?
It's just business, baby!
agentsofinfluence.substack.com/p/on-the-int...
agentsofinfluence.substack.com/p/on-the-int...
On the Internet No One Knows You’re a “MAGA patriot” in Lagos
On X's new location feature...
agentsofinfluence.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It's just business, baby!
agentsofinfluence.substack.com/p/on-the-int...
agentsofinfluence.substack.com/p/on-the-int...
Timing. 8-)
By the way, Ken Burns’ next documentary series is apparently in the can — LBJ & The Great Society
kenburns.com/films/lbj-th...
kenburns.com/films/lbj-th...
LBJ & the Great Society - Ken Burns
This three-part, six-hour series will chronicle the life and times of Lyndon B. Johnson, one of the most capable, colorful, and controversial men ever to occupy the White House. A figure of extraordin...
kenburns.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Timing. 8-)
I try to keep an optimistic spin on the Vancouver #Canucks. But that doesn't mean ignoring reality.
nucksmisconduct.ca/canucks-a-fi...
nucksmisconduct.ca/canucks-a-fi...
Canucks A Five-Alarm Fire - NUCKS MISCONDUCT
nucksmisconduct.ca
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I try to keep an optimistic spin on the Vancouver #Canucks. But that doesn't mean ignoring reality.
nucksmisconduct.ca/canucks-a-fi...
nucksmisconduct.ca/canucks-a-fi...
Holy shit.
Leopards can not only eat faces, but change spots. An age of frikkin' miracles, this!
Leopards can not only eat faces, but change spots. An age of frikkin' miracles, this!
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Holy shit.
Leopards can not only eat faces, but change spots. An age of frikkin' miracles, this!
Leopards can not only eat faces, but change spots. An age of frikkin' miracles, this!
Maybe become someone you would want to live with before you force another person to. That might help.
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Maybe become someone you would want to live with before you force another person to. That might help.
The thing that the writers of the US constitution never expected was that there would be hundreds of elected officials who would be so cowed, so weak, so self-serving as to allow such a spectacularly corrupt and vile man become king.
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The thing that the writers of the US constitution never expected was that there would be hundreds of elected officials who would be so cowed, so weak, so self-serving as to allow such a spectacularly corrupt and vile man become king.
Reposted by Erin Butler
The rack of lamb has been devoured, but the putrid stench of oil and death lingers from the appalling dinner where America's business elites toasted the killer of a D.C. journalist, Jamal Khashoggi
How "woke corporations" became accessories to murder. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
How "woke corporations" became accessories to murder. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
The night America’s doomed ruling class gorged on lamb, blood, and oil
For America’s deeply corrupt billionaires, time heals all wounds — even from a murderous Saudi prince’s bone saw.
www.inquirer.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The rack of lamb has been devoured, but the putrid stench of oil and death lingers from the appalling dinner where America's business elites toasted the killer of a D.C. journalist, Jamal Khashoggi
How "woke corporations" became accessories to murder. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
How "woke corporations" became accessories to murder. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
Well, this is awesome.
The US ice core research community, with international partners, has recovered valuable records of past climate from the Arctic & Antarctic since the 1950s.
Here is a sampling of cores—including 6,000,000 year old ice via NSF Center for Oldest Ice Exploration—at the NSF Ice Core Facility.
Here is a sampling of cores—including 6,000,000 year old ice via NSF Center for Oldest Ice Exploration—at the NSF Ice Core Facility.
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Well, this is awesome.
Just gonna die right here. Just gonna do that.
Frikkin' Whitecaps!
Frikkin' Whitecaps!
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Just gonna die right here. Just gonna do that.
Frikkin' Whitecaps!
Frikkin' Whitecaps!
Reposted by Erin Butler
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
That was SO MUCH WORK to get to penalties!
Good job, Whitecaps survivors! Now for a chance to move on.
Good job, Whitecaps survivors! Now for a chance to move on.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
That was SO MUCH WORK to get to penalties!
Good job, Whitecaps survivors! Now for a chance to move on.
Good job, Whitecaps survivors! Now for a chance to move on.
The Whitecaps are going to be too tired to kick penalties, even if they do make it!
Phenomenal work, though!
Phenomenal work, though!
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The Whitecaps are going to be too tired to kick penalties, even if they do make it!
Phenomenal work, though!
Phenomenal work, though!
Oh, lordy.
Don't think Halbouni is going to continue.
The Whitecaps will have to push for penalties with nine men against 11.
Nine minutes and stoppage time to go.
The Whitecaps will have to push for penalties with nine men against 11.
Nine minutes and stoppage time to go.
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Oh, lordy.
Thirty frikkin' minutes shorthanded. Oy.
LAFC have complete control of this game after Blackmon's red card and will have the momentum through extra time.
The Whitecaps are pretty well playing for penalty kicks at this point –– 30 minutes of bunkering.
Like Game 7 against the Blackhawks in 2011? OT?
The Whitecaps are pretty well playing for penalty kicks at this point –– 30 minutes of bunkering.
Like Game 7 against the Blackhawks in 2011? OT?
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Thirty frikkin' minutes shorthanded. Oy.
10 men for extra time with a one goal lead? Sure, why not?
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
10 men for extra time with a one goal lead? Sure, why not?
Whitecaps upping the physical play with a 2-1 lead.
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Whitecaps upping the physical play with a 2-1 lead.
"Elon Musk: Could Have Fed Millions, Didn't" is a hell of an epitaph.
UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
"Elon Musk: Could Have Fed Millions, Didn't" is a hell of an epitaph.
WOOOO! 2-0!
WHITECAPS EARNED IT!
Uh, I mean, good show so far. Still half the game to go.
*cough*
WHITECAPS EARNED IT!
Uh, I mean, good show so far. Still half the game to go.
*cough*
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
WOOOO! 2-0!
WHITECAPS EARNED IT!
Uh, I mean, good show so far. Still half the game to go.
*cough*
WHITECAPS EARNED IT!
Uh, I mean, good show so far. Still half the game to go.
*cough*