BJ ✊Black Lives Matter✊ Andersen
@nerdsingerbeej.bsky.social
singer, songwriter, guitarist, all-around nerd. Never Again is NOW. Right now. Here in the US. WoT fan for 3 decades
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For more than a century, a smelting plant in Omaha spewed lead-laced smoke across the city, resulting in about 400 million pounds of it settling into the soil and bodies of countless Omahans.
Wondering if you’ve been exposed to lead? ProPublica and @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social can help.
Wondering if you’ve been exposed to lead? ProPublica and @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social can help.
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An Omaha lead smelter spread dust that seeped into the soil and bodies of many residents for over a century. Focus areas include the Superfund site and neighborhoods east of 72nd Street; Bellevue; Car...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
For more than a century, a smelting plant in Omaha spewed lead-laced smoke across the city, resulting in about 400 million pounds of it settling into the soil and bodies of countless Omahans.
Wondering if you’ve been exposed to lead? ProPublica and @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social can help.
Wondering if you’ve been exposed to lead? ProPublica and @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social can help.
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imagine if people went to retailers and just took stuff and called it "generative shopping" and then, when the retailers said that's illegal, people said "regular shopping is too expensive so we have disrupted it" and then the retailers were like "OH! Carry on, innovators!"
December 20, 2024 at 10:05 PM
imagine if people went to retailers and just took stuff and called it "generative shopping" and then, when the retailers said that's illegal, people said "regular shopping is too expensive so we have disrupted it" and then the retailers were like "OH! Carry on, innovators!"
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How about a nice pointless tweet thread? OK.🧵
So, Trump said some ugly & horrible things about Rob Reiner on Truth Social. I have been watching with fascination as several Republican policymakers -- & even commenters on Truth Social! -- reacted with horror. It has brought to mind ...
So, Trump said some ugly & horrible things about Rob Reiner on Truth Social. I have been watching with fascination as several Republican policymakers -- & even commenters on Truth Social! -- reacted with horror. It has brought to mind ...
December 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
How about a nice pointless tweet thread? OK.🧵
So, Trump said some ugly & horrible things about Rob Reiner on Truth Social. I have been watching with fascination as several Republican policymakers -- & even commenters on Truth Social! -- reacted with horror. It has brought to mind ...
So, Trump said some ugly & horrible things about Rob Reiner on Truth Social. I have been watching with fascination as several Republican policymakers -- & even commenters on Truth Social! -- reacted with horror. It has brought to mind ...
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This is so fucking funny dude.
December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is so fucking funny dude.
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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Curzon is missing. I let him out back to do his business and he just disappeared. I've looked and I haven't found them. Anybody if you're in the Potomac/ Bethesda area please keep an eye out.
December 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Curzon is missing. I let him out back to do his business and he just disappeared. I've looked and I haven't found them. Anybody if you're in the Potomac/ Bethesda area please keep an eye out.
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Hard not to think about this article tonight.
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Hard not to think about this article tonight.
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Wishing a Joyous, Healthy and Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate.
December 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Wishing a Joyous, Healthy and Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate.
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
The #DenverBroncos are the only NFL team who haven't lost at home this year, & their remaining 3 games are 2 home games against warm weather teams & 1 road game against a Chiefs team with nothing to play for and no Patrick Mahomes. They have a very good chance to go 15-2 if Sean Payton can chill out
December 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The #DenverBroncos are the only NFL team who haven't lost at home this year, & their remaining 3 games are 2 home games against warm weather teams & 1 road game against a Chiefs team with nothing to play for and no Patrick Mahomes. They have a very good chance to go 15-2 if Sean Payton can chill out
Underdogs at home *in* Denver? Oddsmakers weren't paying attention
December 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Underdogs at home *in* Denver? Oddsmakers weren't paying attention
I don't want to hear or see the word "frauds" & "Denver Broncos" in the same sentence any more
December 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I don't want to hear or see the word "frauds" & "Denver Broncos" in the same sentence any more
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Sam Darnold vs Darn Old Phillip Rivers is objectively hilarious
December 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Sam Darnold vs Darn Old Phillip Rivers is objectively hilarious
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$18 Minimum - Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series
16 books total, can adjust % donated towards chosen charity, the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Wheel of Time series 1-14, prequel book New Spring, & The Wheel of Time Companion
#books #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/robert...
16 books total, can adjust % donated towards chosen charity, the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Wheel of Time series 1-14, prequel book New Spring, & The Wheel of Time Companion
#books #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/robert...
Humble Book Bundle: Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time Encore
Pay what you want for <<<product>>> and support a charity of your choice!
www.humblebundle.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
$18 Minimum - Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series
16 books total, can adjust % donated towards chosen charity, the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Wheel of Time series 1-14, prequel book New Spring, & The Wheel of Time Companion
#books #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/robert...
16 books total, can adjust % donated towards chosen charity, the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Wheel of Time series 1-14, prequel book New Spring, & The Wheel of Time Companion
#books #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/robert...
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
I am *so* ready to have one of these in my hands
Brandon Sanderson himself opens this copy of the leatherbound edition of the Eye of the World (first book of the Wheel of Time series) to a piece of art at the 15s mark and guess whomst painted that art? 👀
youtu.be/fexlvUDHX4c?...
youtu.be/fexlvUDHX4c?...
How Much Will the Eye of the World Leatherbound Cost?
YouTube video by Brandon Sanderson
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I am *so* ready to have one of these in my hands
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lord of the rings: the two towers at midnight on opening night, 2002, at the regal westgate. i had just moved to austin and fucking WILLIE NELSON was in line with everyone else. my roommate introduced himself and said “this is gonna be a great movie, willie” and he said “yup, looking forward to it.”
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
lord of the rings: the two towers at midnight on opening night, 2002, at the regal westgate. i had just moved to austin and fucking WILLIE NELSON was in line with everyone else. my roommate introduced himself and said “this is gonna be a great movie, willie” and he said “yup, looking forward to it.”
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Honestly, if Netflix saved “Wheel of Time” all would be forgiven. Well, maybe not all but most.
December 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Honestly, if Netflix saved “Wheel of Time” all would be forgiven. Well, maybe not all but most.
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And before you say "but Greene was good on ____," please stop to consider that she literally wants both me and my wife dead or in a cage for who we are.
You do not, in fact, have to publicly hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene. You don't oppose genocide by glazing a supporter of a different genocide.
You do not, in fact, have to publicly hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene. You don't oppose genocide by glazing a supporter of a different genocide.
December 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
And before you say "but Greene was good on ____," please stop to consider that she literally wants both me and my wife dead or in a cage for who we are.
You do not, in fact, have to publicly hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene. You don't oppose genocide by glazing a supporter of a different genocide.
You do not, in fact, have to publicly hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene. You don't oppose genocide by glazing a supporter of a different genocide.
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.