ptarnation
@ptarnation.bsky.social
rarely capitalized. i repost a lot, often about dogs, psychiatry, psychedelics but critical of the hypefest, large event medical, good books, low-key knitting, privacy
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No one has taken me up on The Ham yet???
Mutuals: I have a $150 honey baked ham gift card that I do not need.
Everything is expensive and I know some of y’all would rather spend that holiday ham money on idk, your kids. Or bills.
So what I’m saying let me buy two of you a ham.
No need to comment; DM me and we will work out details!
Everything is expensive and I know some of y’all would rather spend that holiday ham money on idk, your kids. Or bills.
So what I’m saying let me buy two of you a ham.
No need to comment; DM me and we will work out details!
December 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
No one has taken me up on The Ham yet???
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‼️Disinformation and physical propaganda. Austrian intelligence uncovered a large-scale Russian disinformation campaign. www.profil.at/investigativ...
December 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
‼️Disinformation and physical propaganda. Austrian intelligence uncovered a large-scale Russian disinformation campaign. www.profil.at/investigativ...
so um
she’s probably a nice person & i’m old & she’s on snl & i’m definitely not, but is jane wickline supposed to be funny
because i’m not getting it
she’s probably a nice person & i’m old & she’s on snl & i’m definitely not, but is jane wickline supposed to be funny
because i’m not getting it
December 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
so um
she’s probably a nice person & i’m old & she’s on snl & i’m definitely not, but is jane wickline supposed to be funny
because i’m not getting it
she’s probably a nice person & i’m old & she’s on snl & i’m definitely not, but is jane wickline supposed to be funny
because i’m not getting it
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On the theme of, "American planners regulate the wrong things," we should have much stricter regulations on noise-proofing apartments. It's the sort of issue regulation is meant to handle: it's difficult for most consumer to assess it before making a decision, and it really impacts qualify of life.
4-plex going up a few blocks from me. Gonna see about getting a showing when it's done. If we can see 2 adjacent units at the same time I'll bring a lil Bluetooth speaker to test the acoustic performance between units.
There aren't offset studs between units, so I figure it will perform poorly.
There aren't offset studs between units, so I figure it will perform poorly.
December 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
On the theme of, "American planners regulate the wrong things," we should have much stricter regulations on noise-proofing apartments. It's the sort of issue regulation is meant to handle: it's difficult for most consumer to assess it before making a decision, and it really impacts qualify of life.
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hot gin probably hits like crazy when you're seven and have rickets
December 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
hot gin probably hits like crazy when you're seven and have rickets
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The woman arrested when she and her boyfriend thought he was being abducted so they called 911 and drove to the police station is Darnella Frazier's sister?!
That agent came up a ridiculous story. And, now they are both charged. That poor family.
That agent came up a ridiculous story. And, now they are both charged. That poor family.
Please read this Facebook post from Darnella Frazier about her sister Rekeya, who is in federal custody.
For those who don't know, Darnella was the girl who shared the first viral video of George Floyd's murder.
For those who don't know, Darnella was the girl who shared the first viral video of George Floyd's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The woman arrested when she and her boyfriend thought he was being abducted so they called 911 and drove to the police station is Darnella Frazier's sister?!
That agent came up a ridiculous story. And, now they are both charged. That poor family.
That agent came up a ridiculous story. And, now they are both charged. That poor family.
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This fight from Minneapolis to Anchorage decided to skip the headache and go to Seattle instead.
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This fight from Minneapolis to Anchorage decided to skip the headache and go to Seattle instead.
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uh what holy shit
BREAKING: Person of interest in Brown University shooting being released by police, mayor says. Gunman is still at large
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
uh what holy shit
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A beautuful thread about Rob Reiner.
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
A beautuful thread about Rob Reiner.
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[I’m an insurance guy]
ADVERSE SELECTION BABY
ADVERSE SELECTION BABY
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
[I’m an insurance guy]
ADVERSE SELECTION BABY
ADVERSE SELECTION BABY
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Look, there’s a simple solution to private equity buying up and enshittifying the software that keeps us safe: a handful of municipal fire/rescue departments should team up, collaboratively build and share better software, and release it into the public domain. This is a common pattern!
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Look, there’s a simple solution to private equity buying up and enshittifying the software that keeps us safe: a handful of municipal fire/rescue departments should team up, collaboratively build and share better software, and release it into the public domain. This is a common pattern!
listening to this weekend's new windstorm, wearing my headlamp around my neck for the inevitable power outage, saving my notes every 30 seconds
good times
good times
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
listening to this weekend's new windstorm, wearing my headlamp around my neck for the inevitable power outage, saving my notes every 30 seconds
good times
good times
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within an hour tommy robinson and nick fuentes will probably be posting that rob reiner got murked by a sudanese asylum seeker and elon will reply “wow”
I went on Twitter just now to find verification of something about Rob Reiner that I saw elsewhere on the internet and I was confronted with people cheering his death. Nope.
December 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
within an hour tommy robinson and nick fuentes will probably be posting that rob reiner got murked by a sudanese asylum seeker and elon will reply “wow”
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I thought this was The Onion. It's not The Onion. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Exclusive: A father and his three kids work for ICE. Why they do it
A father, daughter and twin sons are all ICE agents. They see themselves as crime fighters. Others see them as something far worse.
www.usatoday.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I thought this was The Onion. It's not The Onion. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Update: Troopers said a man’s remains were found in the house, and they will be identified by the state medical examiner. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Wasilla doctor charged with possession of child sex abuse materials is missing after fire destroys home
Dr. Ryan McDonough, a former member of the Alaska State Medical Board, was arrested Thursday. He was “unaccounted for” following the fire Saturday evening, Alaska State Troopers said.
www.adn.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Update: Troopers said a man’s remains were found in the house, and they will be identified by the state medical examiner. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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DHS is shockingly incompetent.
December 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
DHS is shockingly incompetent.
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i can buy fresh electricity for ten cents a kilowatt-hour or, apparently, day-old electricity for five?? that is in SANE
65 bucks a MWh, god damn www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b...
Batteries now cheap enough to make dispatchable solar economically feasible
Energy think tank Ember says utility-scale battery costs have fallen to $65/MWh outside China and the United States, enabling solar power to be delivered when needed.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
i can buy fresh electricity for ten cents a kilowatt-hour or, apparently, day-old electricity for five?? that is in SANE
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retvrn to mystery stories based around the actual mystery and not whether the detective is sad and/or wet
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
retvrn to mystery stories based around the actual mystery and not whether the detective is sad and/or wet
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obviously not the major driver of his health concerns but it is very funny to read A Christmas Carol as an adult and realize that when tiny tim first says "God bless us, every one!" he's a severely malnourished child and they've given him a cup of hot gin
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
obviously not the major driver of his health concerns but it is very funny to read A Christmas Carol as an adult and realize that when tiny tim first says "God bless us, every one!" he's a severely malnourished child and they've given him a cup of hot gin
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A Wasilla cardiologist arrested Thursday on charges of possession of child sex abuse material is missing after fire consumed his home on Saturday evening, Alaska State Troopers said. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Wasilla doctor charged with possession of child sex abuse materials is missing after fire destroys home
Dr. Ryan McDonough, a former member of the Alaska State Medical Board, was arrested Thursday. He was “unaccounted for” following the fire Saturday evening, Alaska State Troopers said.
www.adn.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A Wasilla cardiologist arrested Thursday on charges of possession of child sex abuse material is missing after fire consumed his home on Saturday evening, Alaska State Troopers said. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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One last note. A large number of the Somalis in this country are or descend from people *invited and brought to* the United States from refugee camps like Dadaab in Kenya, where hundreds of thousands of people still live today, rendered effectively stateless
December 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
One last note. A large number of the Somalis in this country are or descend from people *invited and brought to* the United States from refugee camps like Dadaab in Kenya, where hundreds of thousands of people still live today, rendered effectively stateless
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absolutely the fuck not
Private equity has found a new source of profit: volunteer fire departments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
absolutely the fuck not