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Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · Jun 10

Did you know that red pandas are

It's true!

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Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 35m

Every time I have to look back on Facebook I catch a glimpse of a family member or old childhood friend yelling about how the Kirk shooting must be fake or something else is a conspiracy.

It feels so strange to exist in this time sometimes.

Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 1h

What women want

Blaze the Cat in a race car shaped like a box

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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 1h

This is the kind of thing that would have seemed like hysterical panic if you photoshopped it in 2015

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1h

Where we stand, in long arc of history:

-Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people.

-Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites.

I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."

Two headlines on front page of NYT.

First is "Trump Weighs Transforming Refugee Policy. White People Would be Given Preference."

Second is "Justices May Ban Race as a Factor in District Maps. Nation's Political Balance Could Shift If Court Guts 1964 Law."

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Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 1h

"I was married, but I'm not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle."

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Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 1h

Going down the thread here is descending an elevator of divorce and subtle irony.

WIRED @wired.com · 5h

“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.

Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck

“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.

wrd.cm

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Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 1h

I prefer the ones on the right

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 3d

A surprising sight in St. Clair County, Michigan: A man waving Fixodent denture cream before the county commissioners at an August meeting.

“I am an unfluoridated child,” he declared, “with a set of uppers and lowers.”

Man with wire-frame glasses, blue overalls, and a gray zip-up hoodie waves a tube of denture cream before the dais of the county commissioners at an August meeting in St. Clair County, Michigan.

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Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 2h

So the retribution tour includes giving $20-40 billion to Argentina?

Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 3h

a cartoon squirrel is sitting in a chair with a flower on its head

Alt: Slappy Squirrel says, "Thank you, Mr. Exposition" while her nephew Skippy bounds out the door.

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Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 3h

Good choice. I'd go for "Two Princes" by The Spin Doctors.

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Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 4h

Huh, strange. It works for me.

Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 13h

Murder most fluffy

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hun...

Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees - A Storytelling Game

Based on the comic by Patrick Hovarth of the same name. Dexter meets Arthur in this insanely dark and intimately charming game.

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Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 14h

I mean, their method of endless criticism seems effective. Certainly makes me want to give up.

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EpicBoyo @epicboyo.bsky.social · 20h

Sweater weather Isabelle! 💚✨

#isabelle #animalcrossing #fanart #acnh

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Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 15h

Carrot cake is one of those things I never think I want until I get some

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Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 16h

Big caterpillar

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Hourly Red Panda (Wah) @hourlywah.bsky.social · 17h

#hourly #wah https://api.tinyfox.dev/hourly/wahs/photo_1154@16-04-2019_16-51-52.jpg

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Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 18h

James Rolfe has been looking back at different elements of Halloween outside of movies for this year's Monster Madness, and it's really quite pleasant.
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Halloween Costumes - Monster Madness 2025

YouTube video by Cinemassacre

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Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 21h

We're proud to announce World Central Kitchen as this year's GDQx charity!!! 🎉

@wck.org is a nonprofit organization that is first to the frontlines providing fresh meals in response to crises having served over 500 million meals worldwide!

Learn more: wck.org

#TwitchCon

WCK founder, José Andrés, with the WCK team at Deir al-Balah Kitchen

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Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 20h

"People can smell a puff piece from a mile away.

Anyway, our puff pieces will be different!"

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Tim @tlatshaw.bsky.social · 20h

The Halloween season is already nearly half over. I've had plans to play horror games!

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Jay Tholen @jaytholen.net · 21h

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 1d

collar gate is the latest instance of a trumped-up non-issue blossoming into a large-scale psychosis event – and possibly the dumbest. it's also the modern internet doing exactly what it was engineered to do

To be honest, I wouldn’t be mentioning this if not for the fact that it’s a microcosm of how online platforms work today: Somebody makes an accusation based on evidence that’s spurious at best, big names with something to gain (viewership or the downfall of a perceived enemy) uncritically boost it, internet sleuths obsessively piece together supporting evidence by amassing context-free clips and ignoring everything that doesn’t match their intended conclusion, and all of the aforementioned parties spread performatively apoplectic videos across Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, and wherever else they can sucker in uninitiated normies.

Some version of this happens every week – every day, on a smaller scale – without fail. It accomplishes nothing aside from giving the disaffected masses a brief glimmer of what feels like purpose, but is actually a bloodsucking waste of their precious time on this dying planet. And of course, it provides platforms with sweet, sweet engagement numbers. As a result, platforms will probably never intervene to disrupt this corrosive dynamic, which has broken the general public’s ability to perceive anything resembling objective reality, even as society collapses around them and people like Piker attempt to identify the real reasons why (hint: they don't involve dog collars).

The internet has been like this at least since the Depp v. Heard trial, which wannabe sleuths similarly feasted on in 2022 while getting pretty much every important detail completely wrong. At least back then they were obsessing over something of consequence. Now they’ve taught viewers to regard every trumped-up non-issue they can surface with similar gravity.

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 21h

Although classified as carnivores, wolves may sometimes follow an omnivorous diet. They can eat meat, eggs and even fruit!

This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves.🎃 #wolffact

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h

This is the same Speaker who has repeatedly refused to put up the congressionally-mandated plaque honoring the Capitol Police members who were viciously assaulted by MAGA goons on January 6th.

We've seen your deeds, you oily liar.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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