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John Yuda 🥄

@yuda.org

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5 USC § 3331 Husband, dad, dog walker, cyclist, outdoors enthusiast, occasional reluctant driver, Alexandrian, federal employee, vinyl record collector, jazz fan. “Refreshingly eclectic, like a thrift-store playlist that actually slaps.”

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 25d

Do not obey in advance.

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 20h

Explaining Canadian Thanksgiving to Americans

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 6m

Very relatable, honestly.

Erin Sherman 🌱 65n Chesapeake rolling coastal plain @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 38m

It's easy to hate the October yellowjacket. But you try losing your purpose and realizing all that's left is stubborn survival until cold and starvation take you.

🐝 #insects
🍂 #fall
💀 #spookyseason

A yellowjacket, lying still on a skullcap leaf in a misty, chilly rain. A blurry splash of pink obedient plant flowers graces the upper left background.

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 16h

It really is fun when that happens. Like the modern version of the old “get assigned a pen pal at random” services.

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 16h

My favorite here in DC is when they step off the escalator and — literally — immediately stop and look around. I don’t want to walk into you, truly! But you’re giving me absolutely no choice.

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 18h

Right? Don’t threaten me with a good time.

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 18h

I think it’s true for a big chunk of them.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20d

You can be a “car guy” and not like car dependency. You can be a “car guy” and get that too many cars in cities is bad for everyone, including drivers. You can be a “car guy” and be tired of lies & manipulations like “the war on cars.” You can be a “car guy” and know more choice means more freedom.

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Javeed Sukhera MD PhD @javeedsukhera.bsky.social · 20h

We should never fear saying that every child deserves to live. That every family deserves safety. That every human being deserves dignity and the chance to hope. These basic truths should not be controversial. Compassion should never require a disclaimer.

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 22h

Reality has a well-known liberal bias

Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 1d

Bingo

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 2d

If we go much longer I might have to start baking bread again

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 2d

Dangerous offer here.

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💙Patrick McIntyre♻️💙 @csapmi.bsky.social · 2d

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 2d

It’s the traditional under service for that corridor.

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 2d

interesting that if you say the constitution creates a separation of powers systems in which there are no kings, they think you hate america

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

What if you had to take your drivers test at least every 10 years?

A lot changes over time. Including knowledge/memory of the road rules, driver skills and ability, and the size and deadliness of vehicles.

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 2d

I didn’t know you did landscape architecture!

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 2d

Noticed the sign at the future Del Ray splash pad says “building excellence since 1991” all over the fence.

I’m surprised they’re advertising the project start date like that.

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 3d

I still can't believe a person who is responsible for healthcare in this country said out loud and meant it that a cause of autism is children getting circumcised. I still cannot believe that this is the country, the world, that I fucking live in

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 3d

*Jan not “jam”

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 3d

#JazzSky Now Playing: Clemens Kuratle Ydivide, “The Default” (rec. 20-21 Jam 2024)

Kuratle (d); Dee Byrne (as); Chris Guilfoyle (g); Elliot Galvin (g); Lukas Traxel (b)

Another from Intakt Records in Switzerland.

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The Default by Clemens Kuratle Ydivide

Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 3d

I would like to say “no thank you” to today.

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 3d

Because dad is a grown man and therefore has earned the right to be incredibly stupid so long as it doesn’t hurt anybody else.

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