Publius Maximus
@publiusmaximus.bsky.social
Giant nerd. I will like your selfies and reblog your pets.
Jacobite Pretender for Tumblr clout.
DNI if Jim Sensenbrenner
I use a pronoun labler and would like if you did too:
https://bsky.app/profile/pronouns.diy
Jacobite Pretender for Tumblr clout.
DNI if Jim Sensenbrenner
I use a pronoun labler and would like if you did too:
https://bsky.app/profile/pronouns.diy
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but:
The heliocentric view of the solar system is correct.
The heliocentric view of the solar system is correct.
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Makes that time I lost $76 billion look not so bad.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Makes that time I lost $76 billion look not so bad.
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Day 5 of LEGO Star Wars set 75418 Advent Calendar 2025, and is a chair for the droidsmith workshop. I think this could’ve been included with C-3PO instead of taking up a whole day slot! This chair represents the scene when Babu Frik is reprogramming C-3PO in The Rise of Skywalker.
December 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Day 5 of LEGO Star Wars set 75418 Advent Calendar 2025, and is a chair for the droidsmith workshop. I think this could’ve been included with C-3PO instead of taking up a whole day slot! This chair represents the scene when Babu Frik is reprogramming C-3PO in The Rise of Skywalker.
Big same!
Since becoming a parent I have not, in fact, understood the parents who say “if you were a parent you’d understand” about vaccine hesitancy. Being in charge of this fragile little miracle has me saying things like “give her all the vaccines. Turn this baby into a pincushion” to doctors
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Big same!
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Remember folks, during winter every ten degree temperature drop lowers your tire’s PSI by 1 so it’s very important to go to the gas station and notice that the air thing doesn’t work and then do that five more times at five different gas stations
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Remember folks, during winter every ten degree temperature drop lowers your tire’s PSI by 1 so it’s very important to go to the gas station and notice that the air thing doesn’t work and then do that five more times at five different gas stations
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Not one fucking word from any quoted health expert on cleaning classroom air.
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Children’s hospitals face flood of flu visits as physicians urge Canadian families to get vaccinated | CBC News
An early start to Canada’s flu season is hitting children hard, sending a flood of young patients into multiple pediatric hospitals as medical teams warn that emergency visits and admissions could kee...
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Not one fucking word from any quoted health expert on cleaning classroom air.
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
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i think about applying to job postings in the UK and then i see stuff like this. if i'm going to live in a xenophobic hellscape it should at least have, like, Yosemite and churros
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
i think about applying to job postings in the UK and then i see stuff like this. if i'm going to live in a xenophobic hellscape it should at least have, like, Yosemite and churros
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Yeah... This is why Republicans should never be at the helm. Ever. This is what they do. They start wars, they commit unforgivable atrocities, and ruin the economy.
And when folks have had enough, they vote them out, and blame the Dems for not fixing things fast enough, then vote Republicans
🧵
And when folks have had enough, they vote them out, and blame the Dems for not fixing things fast enough, then vote Republicans
🧵
December 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Yeah... This is why Republicans should never be at the helm. Ever. This is what they do. They start wars, they commit unforgivable atrocities, and ruin the economy.
And when folks have had enough, they vote them out, and blame the Dems for not fixing things fast enough, then vote Republicans
🧵
And when folks have had enough, they vote them out, and blame the Dems for not fixing things fast enough, then vote Republicans
🧵
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It's not like anyone goes around saying "The Department Of Defense posted an $895 BILLION LOSS IN 2024!", now do they?
Don't be suckered in by the framing that the US Post Office is some private business that is losing money. That's not what's happening. It's a government service.
Don't be suckered in by the framing that the US Post Office is some private business that is losing money. That's not what's happening. It's a government service.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It's not like anyone goes around saying "The Department Of Defense posted an $895 BILLION LOSS IN 2024!", now do they?
Don't be suckered in by the framing that the US Post Office is some private business that is losing money. That's not what's happening. It's a government service.
Don't be suckered in by the framing that the US Post Office is some private business that is losing money. That's not what's happening. It's a government service.
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Wanna see something sweet?
Two rescue animals living their best lives.
Two rescue animals living their best lives.
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Wanna see something sweet?
Two rescue animals living their best lives.
Two rescue animals living their best lives.
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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using TooyBing Montessori Stacking Toys Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Choking; Violates Small Parts Ban cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using TooyBing Montessori Stacking Toys Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Choking; Violates Small Parts Ban cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
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Albuquerque is surreal even if you’re not watching Pluribus.
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Albuquerque is surreal even if you’re not watching Pluribus.
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The other night I was idly watching the sixth episode in a new-to-me TV series on Netflix and about 10 minutes before the end of the episode the playback froze. After trying to restart it for a bit I exited and re-opened Netflix and the entire series had disappeared, apparently deleted from the app.
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The other night I was idly watching the sixth episode in a new-to-me TV series on Netflix and about 10 minutes before the end of the episode the playback froze. After trying to restart it for a bit I exited and re-opened Netflix and the entire series had disappeared, apparently deleted from the app.
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I don’t love the dunking on people aspect of social media but this one did make me laugh out loud
Ramit Sethi is a financial guy (books, podcast, etc) that I follow
He was arguing that people online police what people use SNAP for but not the wealthy for the tax breaks they get from policy decisions
Ramit Sethi is a financial guy (books, podcast, etc) that I follow
He was arguing that people online police what people use SNAP for but not the wealthy for the tax breaks they get from policy decisions
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I don’t love the dunking on people aspect of social media but this one did make me laugh out loud
Ramit Sethi is a financial guy (books, podcast, etc) that I follow
He was arguing that people online police what people use SNAP for but not the wealthy for the tax breaks they get from policy decisions
Ramit Sethi is a financial guy (books, podcast, etc) that I follow
He was arguing that people online police what people use SNAP for but not the wealthy for the tax breaks they get from policy decisions
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We're all thinking it
Reconstruction 2 is going to require a level of seizing assets that I am very comfortable with but you may still need to work through
New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
We're all thinking it
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I've said for years that Twitter has become nothing but a hate site and a vector for harassment.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
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 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I've said for years that Twitter has become nothing but a hate site and a vector for harassment.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
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Netflix Wins the Warner Bros. Discovery Bidding War, Enters Exclusive Deal Talks (Netflix offering $30 a share and a $5 billion break-up fee) www.thewrap.com/netflix-wins...
December 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Netflix Wins the Warner Bros. Discovery Bidding War, Enters Exclusive Deal Talks (Netflix offering $30 a share and a $5 billion break-up fee) www.thewrap.com/netflix-wins...
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solar panels saved this school district so much money they were able to give their teachers $15k raises: www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/ark...
via @goodgoodgoodco.bsky.social
via @goodgoodgoodco.bsky.social
How one school district used solar panels to give teachers a $15K pay raise
The initiative has inspired other school districts in the area to follow suit.
www.goodgoodgood.co
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
solar panels saved this school district so much money they were able to give their teachers $15k raises: www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/ark...
via @goodgoodgoodco.bsky.social
via @goodgoodgoodco.bsky.social
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Give yourself a high five if you wrote a book this year.
You did great!
You did great!
December 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Give yourself a high five if you wrote a book this year.
You did great!
You did great!
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I would like this game to exist but you could not pay me to design or implement it
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I would like this game to exist but you could not pay me to design or implement it
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7. 'dogs from god' targeted orbital hot dog strike
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
7. 'dogs from god' targeted orbital hot dog strike
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SPLIT IN HALF?
The boat was capsized and SPLIT IN HALF?
I got nothing folks.
Trials. Prison. Everyone.
If you told me this was a psy-op to make me rethink my moral opposition to the death penalty, I would at least have to think hard about you being right.
The boat was capsized and SPLIT IN HALF?
I got nothing folks.
Trials. Prison. Everyone.
If you told me this was a psy-op to make me rethink my moral opposition to the death penalty, I would at least have to think hard about you being right.
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
SPLIT IN HALF?
The boat was capsized and SPLIT IN HALF?
I got nothing folks.
Trials. Prison. Everyone.
If you told me this was a psy-op to make me rethink my moral opposition to the death penalty, I would at least have to think hard about you being right.
The boat was capsized and SPLIT IN HALF?
I got nothing folks.
Trials. Prison. Everyone.
If you told me this was a psy-op to make me rethink my moral opposition to the death penalty, I would at least have to think hard about you being right.
I never expected the face eating Leopards would eat MY face!
A Somali immigrant who campaigned for Trump responds to Trump calling Somalis “Garbage.”
“We see hope in you. Please differentiate between good, bad and evil… We’re getting killed out here.”
“We see hope in you. Please differentiate between good, bad and evil… We’re getting killed out here.”
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I never expected the face eating Leopards would eat MY face!
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It’s Advent Calendar time for Thursday!
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
It’s Advent Calendar time for Thursday!
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The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
Folks: Tiny Baby is sitting in a cardboard box.
That is all.
That is all.
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Folks: Tiny Baby is sitting in a cardboard box.
That is all.
That is all.