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Celeste Ramsay
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Friend to wasps, spiders, slime molds and giant isopods. Watcher of weird old movies (find me on Letterboxd). Masto: ohai.social/@cramsay | Drinker of cider. #LeftIsBest #EverydayAntifascist | Pacific Northwest
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Opening on Thursday, January 8th, join us for FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER, the new film from Jim Jarmusch & Winner of the Golden Lion Best Film at the 2025 Venice Film Festival.

Tickets: hollywoodtheatre.org/show/father-mother-sister-brother
December 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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"How are there any platypuses on the planet?"

You have to listen for the context. Another great episode of @ologies.bsky.social that was perfect fory walk.

www.alieward.com/ologies/orni...
Ornithorhynchology (PLATYPUSES) with Dr. Tahneal Hawke — alie ward
Duck bills. Beaver tails. Underground lairs. Eggs. Milk. Venom? A platypus has it all. Scholar, conservationist, and Ornithorhynchologist Dr. Tahneal Hawke is here to run through the baffling anatomy ...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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(not) sorry to keep hammering the point, but this really is the thing: as AI-generated video becomes more sophisticated, it will only become harder for non-experts to tell what's real and what isn't based on incongruous details, but an old-fashioned "source??" will always give the sloppers away.
December 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.

He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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In case you missed it live, a full recording of my rapid-response livestream regarding news surrounding the proposed imminent and sudden dismantling of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is now available.
Special rapid response stream re: proposed dismantling of National Center for Atmospheric Research
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme #weather and #climate. 12/17/2025 topic: This will be a special emergency livestream to discuss the context and broader implications of breaking news last n
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December 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Nick Robinson advised someone to buy an ICE uniform from Amazon and impersonate ICE at the Somali and Islam Center. Nick works for the Depot Bay Fire District and sells MLM dietary supplements on the side. I wonder how Depot Bay feels about that?
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.

Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.

Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.

Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Not unexpected, but still a punch in the gut. NCAR has always been a shining jewel of weather research, and an architectural gem, and my favorite field trip to visit the Cray II.
December 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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🚨 ROUND TWO STARTS NOW 🚨

We’re down to the final 16 contestants as you decide who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech!

Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.

🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit25-round...
December 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.

The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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this article is straight up anti-socialist propaganda. No fucking person in their right mind does not think she should be fired (sans racist creeps). Their repeated “as a socialist” is a lie.

I have met hundreds of socialists (all kinds), none have ever had this horrible a take on anything.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Everyone needs to listen to Gustav Holst's "The Planets", not for hoity-toity nerd reasons, but because every epic sci-fi movie OST for the past century has been directly lifting shit from this one specific collection of pieces, and you deserve to hear your favourite motif in its native environment.
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Here’s the latest. This was just posted on the Waldport website. With Resolution 1328 in hand, the City Manager spoke again with the representative and directly with Moni Mansano, the [hotel] owner. After an hour long negotiation, the owner has agreed to not sign the ICE contract."
December 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Looks like ICE found a greedy old fuck on the coast eager to rent his resort to the thugs trying to open a kidnapping facility in nearby Newport.
A friend on the coast attended the Waldport OR city council meeting today, as they were discussing potentially ICE being housed at the Alsi Resort there. I’m going to copy/paste their Mastodon dispatches in chronological order (1/12)
December 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Just got a little pop-up notice to tell me that I've launched Stardew Valley 1000 times. Is that a lot?
December 11, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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For a long time, Oregon was a destination for folks who drink and brew beer. And Portland was THE destination. F.H. Steinbart Company, thought to be the nation's oldest home brew supply store, played a key role in helping build the city's reputation.
Pour one out for America’s oldest home brewing supply store in Portland
F. H. Steinbart is closing after more than a century in Portland. Its departure comes at a time when Oregon's brewing scene appears to be in retreat.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Our huge ❄️ Winter Wonderland 📀 sale is underway! Shop over 700 titles on 4K, Blu-ray & DVD at unbeatable prices: knlor.com/winter25
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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the Comet Ping Pong attack was nine years ago today—weeks after Trump’s 2016 win—and inspired by a conspiracy theory promoted by Jack Posobiec, who was recently invited to the White House, demands antifa be designated a terrorist group, and asked questions as “press” at the Pentagon this week
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Presenting this year’s trove of food-system books: memoirs, investigations, scientific works, cookbooks, and much more. 📖⬇️
Our 2025 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide
Presenting this year's trove of food-system books: memoirs, investigations, scientific works, cookbooks, and much more.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
They're showing Dead Man on one of those free westerns channels they market to old men and really hoping someone out there gets their mind blown tonight. They're putting blur circles over all the bullet wounds.
December 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x
opb.org OPB @opb.org · Nov 5
OPB has closed this year’s $5 million budget gap created when Congress ended federal funding. Our work is not done. A strong future for free and fair journalism requires your support.
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/ 
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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What Graham Platner reveals about the US left: africasacountry.com/2025/12/what...
What Graham Platner reveals about the US left
The economic emancipation of the American working class cannot come at the expense of the global working class.
africasacountry.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM