John Lake
@ekalnhoj.bsky.social
Choir kid; meteorologist; engineer; gamer. Always looking forward to the next weekend.
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Anyone who sends people to concentration camps to be tortured should be tried and, if found guilty, hanged like the Nazis they are.
December 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Anyone who sends people to concentration camps to be tortured should be tried and, if found guilty, hanged like the Nazis they are.
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very grimly ironic that our government run by podcasters sucks at true crime
Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
December 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
very grimly ironic that our government run by podcasters sucks at true crime
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(slipping an undergrad $20 so they can file a complaint and get me a fully paid semester’s leave)
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
(slipping an undergrad $20 so they can file a complaint and get me a fully paid semester’s leave)
Is everyone working off of hard copies in the government? Calibri is way easier to read than TNR on screens.
Also I'm liking Aptos in this report I'm writing. Like a better Calibri.
Also I'm liking Aptos in this report I'm writing. Like a better Calibri.
So apparently Biden's State Department actually justified the shift from Times New Roman to Calibri on DEIA grounds (better for dyslexia and e-readers).
Which makes Rubio's claim here a little less totally-out-there.
Still ridiculous, but only unhinged, not insanely unhinged.
Which makes Rubio's claim here a little less totally-out-there.
Still ridiculous, but only unhinged, not insanely unhinged.
Man, my cat allergies are really acting up.
“I know, stupid DEI.”
I can’t believe I left my book on the subway.
“That’s what woke wants.”
Oh, darn, my fav restaurant is totally packed.
“DEIWokeBidenWokeWokeWokeDEIBidenDEIWo—“
“I know, stupid DEI.”
I can’t believe I left my book on the subway.
“That’s what woke wants.”
Oh, darn, my fav restaurant is totally packed.
“DEIWokeBidenWokeWokeWokeDEIBidenDEIWo—“
December 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Is everyone working off of hard copies in the government? Calibri is way easier to read than TNR on screens.
Also I'm liking Aptos in this report I'm writing. Like a better Calibri.
Also I'm liking Aptos in this report I'm writing. Like a better Calibri.
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Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
Nerdy reference, but this is how Rand al'Thor is tortured in Wheel of Time. Days and days on end.
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Nerdy reference, but this is how Rand al'Thor is tortured in Wheel of Time. Days and days on end.
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being in any way impressed by hanania or seeing him as a voice worth hearing is definitive evidence that your brain is a perfect sphere
it’s been pretty funny to see Polis’ addiction to posting completely end any discussion of him as a potential 2028 candidate
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
being in any way impressed by hanania or seeing him as a voice worth hearing is definitive evidence that your brain is a perfect sphere
I *really* want to rewatch Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and none of the streaming services have had it for a while 😩
December 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I *really* want to rewatch Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and none of the streaming services have had it for a while 😩
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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You know how this became utterly predictable and inevitable? When absolutely none of the people responsible for the previous thousand family separations were punished in any way
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
You know how this became utterly predictable and inevitable? When absolutely none of the people responsible for the previous thousand family separations were punished in any way
How is this test modified for blind people?
Again, this is the cognitive test that Donald Trump thinks was very hard.
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
How is this test modified for blind people?
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
This needs to happen to American companies too
Swiss politicians filed a criminal complaint with the country’s top prosecutor over a Rolex table clock and an engraved gold bar presented to US President Donald Trump by business executives shortly before he agreed to cut tariffs on the country’s exports. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rolex, Gold Gifts to Trump Spur Call for Swiss Investigation
Swiss politicians have urged the the country’s top prosecutor to open a criminal investigation into the gifting of a Rolex table clock and an engraved gold bar to US President Donald Trump by business...
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This needs to happen to American companies too
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This is where we need to do a better job at differentiating between things like AI/ML weather modeling or AI/ML medical, and generative AI and other LLM that every company is trying to shove down our throats.
I’m very supportive of the former but very skeptical of the latter.
I’m very supportive of the former but very skeptical of the latter.
I know this is going to set off all the anti-AI people, but this is a good, on-target story by NPR.
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
November 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
This is where we need to do a better job at differentiating between things like AI/ML weather modeling or AI/ML medical, and generative AI and other LLM that every company is trying to shove down our throats.
I’m very supportive of the former but very skeptical of the latter.
I’m very supportive of the former but very skeptical of the latter.
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Headline of the day
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
Our student theatre group had the bright idea of using actual knives on stage for authenticity. The blade missed my aorta by about a centimetre
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Headline of the day
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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missed this. dems should do it regardless of the motivations. plurality single-winner primaries are dumb www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
Scoop: Democrats eye ranked-choice voting for 2028 primaries
It's a tool that drew national attention when it propelled New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to a decisive primary win.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
missed this. dems should do it regardless of the motivations. plurality single-winner primaries are dumb www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
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This cover oozes with contempt for the magazine’s history and its readership
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This cover oozes with contempt for the magazine’s history and its readership
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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Wildlife officials say a small alligator spotted along the Charles River in Boston this week has been rescued and delivered to safety.
Small alligator rescued in Boston after slithering into the city's heart on social media
Wildlife officials say a small alligator spotted along the Charles River in Boston this week has been rescued and delivered to safety.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Wildlife officials say a small alligator spotted along the Charles River in Boston this week has been rescued and delivered to safety.
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thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
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and it's not even a real name change.
Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion
Officially changing the Department of Defense to the Department of War can only be done by Congress and would require updating thousands of signs, rewriting digital code and creating new letterheads,...
www.nbcnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
and it's not even a real name change.
Me in Houston right now
Guy seething with jealousy: Well, I think the normal sky is already pretty cool
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Me in Houston right now