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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 20h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 18h

theonion.com/it-only-tues...

It Only Tuesday

WASHINGTON, DC—After running a thousand errands, working hours of overtime, and being stuck in seemingly endless gridlock traffic commuting to and from their jobs, millions of Americans were dishearte...

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

Midnight water sensor alarm

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!

But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

NO KINGS, y'all! October 18! Find a rally near you and GO!

nokings.org

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The New Quantum Era @newquantumera.com · 1d

🎙️ Just published a new episode of The New Quantum Era - innovation in quantum computing, science and technology: Nobel Laureate John Martinis Discusses Superconducting Qubits and Qolab. Have a listen:

Nobel Laureate John Martinis Discusses Superconducting Qubits and Qolab

This episode is a first for the show - a repeat of a previously posted...

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 2d

At the risk of starting Discourse: should I attend the main LA rally and add to the crowd or the smaller one in my neighborhood and show broader support?

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 2d

Fargo (1996)

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

Writing a series about a detective with a loving relationship with his unmurdered family. He solves cases by not drinking, taking time away from work, and getting a good night’s sleep.

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 3d

If I had laser hair, I sure wouldn’t want it removed. I’d be so psyched.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 4d

Think about how for decades, one of the ingredients of a crackpot was: retired engineer.

Retired engineers, for *generations* have been a fertile ground for crackpot theories in everything.

They get that golden watch and bam, incoherent manifesto about quantum archeology inbound.

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3d

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 4d

You mentioned fabric and every automation engineer just had a trauma response

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 5d

"Apparently that's a trigger for me" is a regularly part of my lexicon

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 6d

The Conversation asked me to write about the recent Nobel Prize: theconversation.com/nobel-prize-...

Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology

The discovery that superconducting circuits can behave like quantum particles was a revolutionary development in the field of quantum technologies.

theconversation.com

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 6d

401k distributions are already taxed as ordinary income so that part is moot

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah I'm convinced the resolution is that the framing and intent of policy change its impact in important ways

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 6d

You can't tell me what to do!

I think maybe it's that the framing is part of the consequence, like how it makes people feel is important

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 6d

Yup! Lots of low hanging fruit to fix before we get to any tough moral questions lll

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah maybe I'm just overthinking people's understandable reactions to the idea of a childless tax penalty. It's really a political issue.

I do think people underestimate the cost. A CTC big enough to meaningfully change the calculus for most parents would be hundreds of billions a year.

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 6d

I agree! But a child tax credit or a childless tax surcharge are the same policy functionally not not morally, and it feels weird.

I did like the idea I saw to make all overtime paid. That would limit the career penalty of being a parent

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 7d

Like, if you subsidize something you effectively penalize not-that-thing and vice versa. And I think society needs kids, raising kids is so costly to the parents that many won't do it, so we need subsidies. But penalizing women for not having children is wrong! And I can't reconcile that.

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 7d

Something I'm struggling with: "we should give money to parents to help offset the costs of raising children, which society needs" and "we should tax childless women more than mothers" are functionally the same policy, but the former sounds fine and the latter is abhorrent.

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Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 7d

But the D should get credit for keying on Goff's weaknesses in pre-snap adjustment and post-snap reads. He missed that TD badly, but he got incredibly lucky not to have 2 INTS (one was dropped, the other would have been a pick-6 but it was tipped at the line).

Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 7d

Dont'a Hightower was a demigod that game, just had free reign to completely destroy everything the Rams were doing

Creature in the treELIne @elilevensonfalk.bsky.social · 7d

King shit

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 7d

Fan wearing a "Dump Here" jersey with 61 caught Cal's HR 🔥

Immediately changes into an identical 62 jersey

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