Marco
@madeingermany.bsky.social
Things I’m into: All things IT (also professionally), social and environmental justice/volunteering/activism, cooking, baking, eating, music (listening, singing, string instruments), fantasy books, audio-books, PC gaming, parenting, Germany, Seattle WA
As an experienced Costco shopper you do what you have to do: Freeze the extra trees and celebrate Christmas until May.
Family Not Sure What to Do with Other Trees in Costco Christmas 6-Pack: tinyurl.com/2kywaau5
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
As an experienced Costco shopper you do what you have to do: Freeze the extra trees and celebrate Christmas until May.
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Nightmare before Christmas ☠️ 🌲
Happy holidays, everyone.
Happy holidays, everyone.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Nightmare before Christmas ☠️ 🌲
Happy holidays, everyone.
Happy holidays, everyone.
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GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
@postopinions.bsky.social
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December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
@postopinions.bsky.social
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Happy Season to all who celebrate.
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Happy Season to all who celebrate.
How little do you have to think of yourself to put up with this shit?
Is the money and power worth it, Marco?
I liked it when my name wasn't in the news like this...
Is the money and power worth it, Marco?
I liked it when my name wasn't in the news like this...
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
How little do you have to think of yourself to put up with this shit?
Is the money and power worth it, Marco?
I liked it when my name wasn't in the news like this...
Is the money and power worth it, Marco?
I liked it when my name wasn't in the news like this...
#science #research I'm gonna do my own communist chocolate research :)
LeBlanc, Ronald D., "Bonbons and Bolsheviks: The Stigmatization of Chocolate in Revolutionary Russia"
(2018).
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Scholarship. 452.
scholars.unh.edu/lang_facpub/...
LeBlanc, Ronald D., "Bonbons and Bolsheviks: The Stigmatization of Chocolate in Revolutionary Russia"
(2018).
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Scholarship. 452.
scholars.unh.edu/lang_facpub/...
Bonbons and Bolsheviks: The Stigmatization of Chocolate in Revolutionary Russia
This essay examines how and why how the official Party attitude toward chocolate changed rather dramatically during the first two decades of Communist rule. In the immediate aftermath of the October 1...
scholars.unh.edu
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
#science #research I'm gonna do my own communist chocolate research :)
LeBlanc, Ronald D., "Bonbons and Bolsheviks: The Stigmatization of Chocolate in Revolutionary Russia"
(2018).
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Scholarship. 452.
scholars.unh.edu/lang_facpub/...
LeBlanc, Ronald D., "Bonbons and Bolsheviks: The Stigmatization of Chocolate in Revolutionary Russia"
(2018).
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Scholarship. 452.
scholars.unh.edu/lang_facpub/...
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I probably shouldn't admit this as a reporter, but I never turned news alerts back on after my med leave. I'm online all the time. I'm going to see the news. I don't need it buzzing my phone if I've managed to get offline for five minutes. It's helped my mental health.
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I probably shouldn't admit this as a reporter, but I never turned news alerts back on after my med leave. I'm online all the time. I'm going to see the news. I don't need it buzzing my phone if I've managed to get offline for five minutes. It's helped my mental health.
25 Ways You Can Eat Like President Trump.
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Donald Trumps Favorite Foods | 25 'Trump Diet' Fast Foods & Snacks
President Trump seems to have an appetite for comfort foods, and many of his favorites -- including fast food -- might be odder than you expect. A noted germophobe, Trump eats almost everything with a...
www.cheapism.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
25 Ways You Can Eat Like President Trump.
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Lingon, a new seafood and Scandinavian-Swedish restaurant, is now open in downtown Seattle, taking over the old See's Candies location across from Westlake Park (1518 4th Ave).
lingon restaurant! | Check out the delicious food being prepared in this video | Facebook
Check out the delicious food being prepared in this video. Owner Edward Bunker and Chefs in action! Stop by the restaurant Monday - Saturday 11 am - 7 pm and try it out! You won't be sorry! 1518...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Lingon, a new seafood and Scandinavian-Swedish restaurant, is now open in downtown Seattle, taking over the old See's Candies location across from Westlake Park (1518 4th Ave).
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NADELLA: “.. At the end of the day, I think that this industry — to which I belong — needs to earn the social permission to consume energy ..”
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December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
NADELLA: “.. At the end of the day, I think that this industry — to which I belong — needs to earn the social permission to consume energy ..”
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![Comic. [Two people in front of projected satellite image. A small portion of the image is pixelated squares.] PERSON 1: Wait, when was this imagery taken? Is this censorship the work of the contractor? One of our people? *Foreign actors!?* PERSON 2 with ponytail: Do we know who’s operating a facility at that location? PERSON 1: We can’t find *anything*. [caption] My hobby: Setting up big colored panels in the middle of nowhere as a prank on remote sensing people](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib6md2yc7x32taznh2u4feo27rltazabjco4fer3c6mni3soe5tfa@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
December 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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After a warmer and drier than normal November, the Cascades are lacking in their usual snowpack. And things don't look much better for December. It might not even be until January when we get meaningful mountain snow. That in turn could mean a nasty drought next summer. The climate crisis is real.
Several PNW mountains postpone start of ski season
Several mountains in the Pacific Northwest are postponing opening for the season because there isn’t enough snow.
www.kiro7.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
After a warmer and drier than normal November, the Cascades are lacking in their usual snowpack. And things don't look much better for December. It might not even be until January when we get meaningful mountain snow. That in turn could mean a nasty drought next summer. The climate crisis is real.
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I’m observing this a little from the other end- I am a mature (mid thirties) grad student. Some of my younger classmates are struggling, and sometimes *I* am struggling with things I used to do pretty seamlessly.
Look, I am not making excuses, but a few things have changed between 2011 and now.
Look, I am not making excuses, but a few things have changed between 2011 and now.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I’m observing this a little from the other end- I am a mature (mid thirties) grad student. Some of my younger classmates are struggling, and sometimes *I* am struggling with things I used to do pretty seamlessly.
Look, I am not making excuses, but a few things have changed between 2011 and now.
Look, I am not making excuses, but a few things have changed between 2011 and now.
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In an unusual move, a group calling itself “National Alliance of Retired and Active-Duty FBI Special Agents and Analysts” has released a report for Congress critiquing the leadership of FBI Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino.
It can be viewed via this NYPost piece or the Scribd link within:
It can be viewed via this NYPost piece or the Scribd link within:
Damning report labels FBI ‘rudderless ship’ under Kash Patel — with him and Dan Bongino more concerned with building ‘personal résumés’
FBI Director Kash Patel is facing withering criticism days after the White House denied media reports that the president is about to fire him.
nypost.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In an unusual move, a group calling itself “National Alliance of Retired and Active-Duty FBI Special Agents and Analysts” has released a report for Congress critiquing the leadership of FBI Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino.
It can be viewed via this NYPost piece or the Scribd link within:
It can be viewed via this NYPost piece or the Scribd link within:
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My dream, which I’ve been working on for a few years, is for Seattle to have a pedestrian plaza in the heart of every neighborhood.
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My dream, which I’ve been working on for a few years, is for Seattle to have a pedestrian plaza in the heart of every neighborhood.
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seattle was downzoned continually from the first zoning ordinance in 1923, through the 1980s
Downzoning was used by cities around the world to preserve neighborhood aesthetics & protect property values.
New evidence from Chicago in @findingspress.org ⏬ shows downzoning's effects over several decades:
—Massive drop in housing construction
—Higher home prices
—Increased racial segregation
New evidence from Chicago in @findingspress.org ⏬ shows downzoning's effects over several decades:
—Massive drop in housing construction
—Higher home prices
—Increased racial segregation
Downzoning Chicago: How Local Land Use Policy Has Reduced Housing Construction and Reinforced Segregation | Published in Findings
By Yonah Freemark, George Kisiel. Downzonings were used by US cities in the postwar period to preserve neighborhood character. These land-use policies were associated with lower housing supply, higher...
findingspress.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
seattle was downzoned continually from the first zoning ordinance in 1923, through the 1980s
Last day today
🎨 We are thrilled to announce that the Duwamish Longhouse & Cultural Center will host our Annual Native Art Market from Friday, November 28 through Sunday, November 30 from 10am to 5pm each day.
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#nativeamericanheritagemonth
#onepostaday
#duwamishtribe
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
#onepostaday
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Last day today
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🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
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“To believe anything about Epstein coming from Trump and his cronies requires a complete suspension of common sense, which is why it’s good to remember that the simplest explanation is often the correct one: they’re lying.” — @justinglawe.bsky.social
MAGA's Epstein gaslighting is unsustainable
To believe anything they say requires a complete suspension of common sense.
www.publicnotice.co
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“To believe anything about Epstein coming from Trump and his cronies requires a complete suspension of common sense, which is why it’s good to remember that the simplest explanation is often the correct one: they’re lying.” — @justinglawe.bsky.social
Forests in Africa now release CO2 instead of absorbing it ...
Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source - Scientific Reports
Africa’s forests and woody savannas have historically acted as a carbon sink, removing atmospheric carbon and storing it as biomass. However, our novel analysis reveals a critical transition from a ca...
www.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Forests in Africa now release CO2 instead of absorbing it ...
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Have you ever seen a bike lane sweeper - pulled behind a bike?
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Have you ever seen a bike lane sweeper - pulled behind a bike?
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
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In the words of an AWS software engineer, "When the AI bubble pops, Amazon will have taken a huge amount of land, water, and wealth, and the public needs to know."
We're firing a shot across the bow!
1000 Amazon workers have signed our Open Letter: AI hype is a distraction from its staggering costs.
And here's the letter if you haven't signed yet (Not just for Amazonians; we also love solidarity signatures): www.amazonclimatejustice.org
1000 Amazon workers have signed our Open Letter: AI hype is a distraction from its staggering costs.
And here's the letter if you haven't signed yet (Not just for Amazonians; we also love solidarity signatures): www.amazonclimatejustice.org
PR: AI hype is a distraction from its staggering costs, say 1000+ Amazon employees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Press contact: [email protected] AI hype is a distraction from its staggering costs, say 1000+ Amazon employees Over 1,000 Amazon emplo...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In the words of an AWS software engineer, "When the AI bubble pops, Amazon will have taken a huge amount of land, water, and wealth, and the public needs to know."
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Picky Orca Calf Won’t Eat Rich Unless Cut Into Little Yacht Shapes: tinyurl.com/2uwf6ezp
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Picky Orca Calf Won’t Eat Rich Unless Cut Into Little Yacht Shapes: tinyurl.com/2uwf6ezp