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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · 18h

My least favorite thing about zoos is seeing local, native wild animals just being free on the sidewalk.

Get out of here, dudes, you’re not canon to this exhibit.

ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · 18h

She was floating on her back, like, “Whassup, you could’ve skipped the ticket price I’m right here.”

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · 18h

My favorite memory of visiting the Monterey Bay Aquarium was seeing a wild sea otter in Monterey Bay outside of the aquarium 😂

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · 1d

Just in case you’re feeling a bit down about life;

my Grandfather had to use corn cobs and pages from the Sears catalog as toilet paper.

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · 3d

You mean the Obama poster that plagiarized a photo from a freelance photographer?

Hehe

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · 6d

I love how the headline writer NYT automatically assumed the role of economic expert by assigning the SPX drop to just one event.

ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · 23d

Planted some White Aster last Spring. It’s blooming!

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · 24d

Trump publicly broadcast that they were going after Tylenol at least 24 hours before markets opened. Literally any retail investor could have heard that and shorted it.

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · 26d

Great essay! One of the many reasons I also loved it was related to your line, “…reflects the real world we see around us every day.”

The character deaths in Andor felt real vs the original Star Wars movies.

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 28d

Dutch late night TV has its take

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · Sep 17

😆

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · Sep 16

I have bonded with male friends after hearing them quote the movie.

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · Aug 30

Gangsta Rap Posse #2 comic.

ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · Aug 27

Whatevs.

ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · Aug 27

I've been on a personal quest to make the best tasting BLT, and have prepared and consumed at least one BLT per day for the past 5 days.

ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · Aug 26

You Never Know What's Going On Inside A Home

cc: @zillowgonewild.bsky.social

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · Aug 25

Wow. Robert Kagan nailed it.

ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · Aug 22

I make videos like this once a week and send them unasked for to friends and family. They don't respond. :(

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · Aug 15

I’m not advocating for being single, but I’m pretty sure if I were coupled up I wouldn’t be having fun watching a baby oak tree forest develop in my back yard right now.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 12

#IAsen

Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · Aug 12

holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · Aug 11

Agreed. I’m listening to the hype and therefore experimenting with integrating AI into my workflow. So far it is not trustworthy, but I’m keeping an open mind.

Also I’m using some of what corporations have rolled out to serve me as a customer- terrible.

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · Aug 11

Cleveland, Ohio, has 115 more police officers per resident than Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.
206 police officers/resident
1,200 violent crimes / 100,000 residents (2023)

Cleveland, Ohio:
321 police officers/resident
1,703 violent crimes / 100,000 residents (2023)

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · Aug 7

Eh, ok. I redid the time math. I was wrong.

ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · Aug 7

I doubt millennials were paying attention to the political discourse leading up to the passage of ACA.

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ericwiley.bsky.social @ericwiley.bsky.social · Aug 7

True.

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