Jared W
@phaserj.bsky.social
Writer & Foodie. Gold Wake. Author of Valency (BlazeVox). 🇺🇸
Anyone else listening to about 10 genres of music at once? 🎶
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Anyone else listening to about 10 genres of music at once? 🎶
The next idiot who organizes his/her books by the color of their spine wins a copy of Albert Camus’ The Idiot 📖
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The next idiot who organizes his/her books by the color of their spine wins a copy of Albert Camus’ The Idiot 📖
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Since Donald Trump returned to power, share prices have had a turbulent time and consumer sentiment has tanked. Yet other measures of the economy have remained strong. Follow along as we track the data
The US economy under Donald Trump
We are monitoring the American economy under Mr Trump. Keep tabs on these with our daily tracker
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Since Donald Trump returned to power, share prices have had a turbulent time and consumer sentiment has tanked. Yet other measures of the economy have remained strong. Follow along as we track the data
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Major new report just released showing that total #water use in US homes, businesses, institutions, and water distribution systems could be reduced by 25% to 60% through improvements in efficiency.
pacinst.org/announcement...
pacinst.org/announcement...
New Pacific Institute Report Finds Huge Potential to Save Water Across the U.S. Through Efficiency - Pacific Institute
First-of-its-kind national assessment shows efficiency can cut municipal and industrial water use by 25% to 60%, strengthening the economy and … New Pacific Institute Report Finds Huge Potential to Sa...
pacinst.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Major new report just released showing that total #water use in US homes, businesses, institutions, and water distribution systems could be reduced by 25% to 60% through improvements in efficiency.
pacinst.org/announcement...
pacinst.org/announcement...
$250 million SNAP benefits vs. $250 million White House renovation #thingsthatmakeyougohmmm #whitehouse #snapbenefits
October 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
$250 million SNAP benefits vs. $250 million White House renovation #thingsthatmakeyougohmmm #whitehouse #snapbenefits
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SUBMISSION CALL: We are open for poetry pamphlet/chapbook submissions until 30th November.
A very small percentage of people who submit actually buy a book from us. If everybody who submitted bought a book it'd be a massive boost to us.
Full guidelines here: www.brokensleepbooks.com/submissions
A very small percentage of people who submit actually buy a book from us. If everybody who submitted bought a book it'd be a massive boost to us.
Full guidelines here: www.brokensleepbooks.com/submissions
October 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
SUBMISSION CALL: We are open for poetry pamphlet/chapbook submissions until 30th November.
A very small percentage of people who submit actually buy a book from us. If everybody who submitted bought a book it'd be a massive boost to us.
Full guidelines here: www.brokensleepbooks.com/submissions
A very small percentage of people who submit actually buy a book from us. If everybody who submitted bought a book it'd be a massive boost to us.
Full guidelines here: www.brokensleepbooks.com/submissions
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New neuroscience research shows that when people try to persuade, their brains sync less and cover fewer ideas. But when they enter a discussion to learn or compromise, their brains diverge in ways that foster creativity, understanding, & shared solutions.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/good...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/good...
Good Conversations Don’t Require Everybody to Agree, Neuroscience Shows
Brain imaging is illuminating the patterns linked to productive, positive dialogue, and those insights could help people connect with others
www.scientificamerican.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
New neuroscience research shows that when people try to persuade, their brains sync less and cover fewer ideas. But when they enter a discussion to learn or compromise, their brains diverge in ways that foster creativity, understanding, & shared solutions.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/good...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/good...
Someone return the family jewels #thelouvre 💎
October 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Someone return the family jewels #thelouvre 💎
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Come on then, and remove him.
October 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Come on then, and remove him.
John Mayer has good taste in women. Here comes Your Body is a Wonderland Part II #johnmayer
October 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
John Mayer has good taste in women. Here comes Your Body is a Wonderland Part II #johnmayer
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We are in the foothills of a solar-wind-battery civilisation. This is our best chance of avoiding catastrophe. But it threatens the profits of fossil fuel companies & nations - so these are pouring money into right-wing populism to stop the transition. This seems to me the biggest story in politics.
October 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
We are in the foothills of a solar-wind-battery civilisation. This is our best chance of avoiding catastrophe. But it threatens the profits of fossil fuel companies & nations - so these are pouring money into right-wing populism to stop the transition. This seems to me the biggest story in politics.
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China pumps out billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. At the same time, massive spending on clean-energy technologies continues and the country’s emissions are starting to dip
Don’t fret over China’s new climate targets
The ambitions of its clean-tech industry matter more than any humdrum pledges
econ.st
September 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
China pumps out billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. At the same time, massive spending on clean-energy technologies continues and the country’s emissions are starting to dip
Jensen Huang vs. David Chalmers 🥊
September 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Jensen Huang vs. David Chalmers 🥊
Pynchon…is a reclusive author.
September 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Pynchon…is a reclusive author.
Making rounds at B&N 📖
September 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Making rounds at B&N 📖
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Moon woke me up
nine times
—still just 4 a.m.
Bashō
nine times
—still just 4 a.m.
Bashō
September 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Moon woke me up
nine times
—still just 4 a.m.
Bashō
nine times
—still just 4 a.m.
Bashō
Trump had a stroke?! Golf stroke at best ⛳️
September 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump had a stroke?! Golf stroke at best ⛳️
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We're pleased to announce that we are now open for submissions for our annual poetry broadside contest! Submit up to three poems for free through September 14th for a chance to win $200 and 20 copies of your letterpress-printed broadside! www.sundresspublications.com/news/2025/09...
September 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We're pleased to announce that we are now open for submissions for our annual poetry broadside contest! Submit up to three poems for free through September 14th for a chance to win $200 and 20 copies of your letterpress-printed broadside! www.sundresspublications.com/news/2025/09...
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If you wait long enough to cook dinner, everyone will eat cereal.
Follow me for more recipes.
Follow me for more recipes.
August 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If you wait long enough to cook dinner, everyone will eat cereal.
Follow me for more recipes.
Follow me for more recipes.
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Who called it arson and not crime brulee?
August 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Who called it arson and not crime brulee?
Underhanded & double-standard. Thanks Duncan Sheik. #rhymeschemes #duncansheik
August 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Underhanded & double-standard. Thanks Duncan Sheik. #rhymeschemes #duncansheik
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One of the best ways to break yourself out of a reading slump is to read a subgenre you don't normally read
August 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
One of the best ways to break yourself out of a reading slump is to read a subgenre you don't normally read
You’d think there’d be some end goal to psychotherapy, walking away from it like Keyser Soze. But there are always going to be new life challenges #psychotherapy #theusualsuspects
August 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
You’d think there’d be some end goal to psychotherapy, walking away from it like Keyser Soze. But there are always going to be new life challenges #psychotherapy #theusualsuspects