aaron boothby
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
it's pretty tonight though, and quiet out
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
it's pretty tonight though, and quiet out
first snow and freezing rain of the year so power going out all over in a province where we do this...every year
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
first snow and freezing rain of the year so power going out all over in a province where we do this...every year
if the lake is big enough to have waves like the sea maybe you should leave it alone
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
if the lake is big enough to have waves like the sea maybe you should leave it alone
cat knocked over half a glass of water while I was out that stayed on the wood table for several hours and the latest tech is apparently an iron and dishcloth for a recent stain
I don't have an iron (heathen, I know) but I did find yet another thing a cast iron skillet can do (it worked)
I don't have an iron (heathen, I know) but I did find yet another thing a cast iron skillet can do (it worked)
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
cat knocked over half a glass of water while I was out that stayed on the wood table for several hours and the latest tech is apparently an iron and dishcloth for a recent stain
I don't have an iron (heathen, I know) but I did find yet another thing a cast iron skillet can do (it worked)
I don't have an iron (heathen, I know) but I did find yet another thing a cast iron skillet can do (it worked)
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We should be treating anti-vaxxers as an existential threat, because they are.
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
We should be treating anti-vaxxers as an existential threat, because they are.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Massive thank you to @wasafirimag.bsky.social for sharing this taster from BAD LANGUAGE ... one week til launch @burleyfisher.bsky.social! get some dragonfire 🔥🔥🔥
Massive thank you to @wasafirimag.bsky.social for sharing this taster from BAD LANGUAGE ... one week til launch @burleyfisher.bsky.social! get some dragonfire 🔥🔥🔥
Read an extract from @suchmayer.bsky.social's forthcoming book, BAD LANGUAGE, a blend of memoir and manifesto exploring the politics of speech, and how language has been used – and abused – collectively and in their own life.
Exclusive Extract: Bad Language by So Mayer
Read an extract from So Mayer's forthcoming book, Bad Language, a blend of memoir and manifesto exploring the politics of speech…
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November 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Massive thank you to @wasafirimag.bsky.social for sharing this taster from BAD LANGUAGE ... one week til launch @burleyfisher.bsky.social! get some dragonfire 🔥🔥🔥
Massive thank you to @wasafirimag.bsky.social for sharing this taster from BAD LANGUAGE ... one week til launch @burleyfisher.bsky.social! get some dragonfire 🔥🔥🔥
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Delighted to see @iamlisako.bsky.social writing on @mbsycamore.bsky.social’s newest novel (with excerpt!) for Recommended Reading. us1.campaign-archive.com?e=dd50714c34...
Ecstasy Is Temporary but Being Fabulous Is Forever
An excerpt from TERRY DACTYL by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, recommended by Lisa Ko
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November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Delighted to see @iamlisako.bsky.social writing on @mbsycamore.bsky.social’s newest novel (with excerpt!) for Recommended Reading. us1.campaign-archive.com?e=dd50714c34...
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La police de Nunavik tue son frère... et accuse lui, au lendemain d'une manifestation anti-brutalité-policière, d'entraver à la police. Ce, après trois meurtres par la police en huit mois.
C'est une injustice tellement injuste, c'est absurde.
www.ledevoir.com/actualites/j...
C'est une injustice tellement injuste, c'est absurde.
www.ledevoir.com/actualites/j...
Des accusations portées contre un homme blessé lors d’une opération policière mortelle
Garnet Papigatuk, qui a perdu son frère jumeau aux mains des policiers, est accusé de voies de faits.
www.ledevoir.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
La police de Nunavik tue son frère... et accuse lui, au lendemain d'une manifestation anti-brutalité-policière, d'entraver à la police. Ce, après trois meurtres par la police en huit mois.
C'est une injustice tellement injuste, c'est absurde.
www.ledevoir.com/actualites/j...
C'est une injustice tellement injuste, c'est absurde.
www.ledevoir.com/actualites/j...
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sharks now freshly and more keenly allured by the before pent blood which began to flow from the carcass
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
sharks now freshly and more keenly allured by the before pent blood which began to flow from the carcass
as happens every year there was a brief conversation in this house about why do we live in a place this dark and cold and the verdict was one of us is from a country entirely at high latitudes and the other is from a place that includes hawaii and california but wants its citizens to die
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
as happens every year there was a brief conversation in this house about why do we live in a place this dark and cold and the verdict was one of us is from a country entirely at high latitudes and the other is from a place that includes hawaii and california but wants its citizens to die
truly a special place especially to see year after year as the river rearranges things with varying degrees of drama
Made it to one of my favorite places this weekend, the Whitewater Preserve near Palm Springs. Whitewater River is a gem.
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
truly a special place especially to see year after year as the river rearranges things with varying degrees of drama
on the other hand I made the metro line change and then the bus I didn't think I'd make during a transit strike near midnight in absolutely disgusting november weather
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
on the other hand I made the metro line change and then the bus I didn't think I'd make during a transit strike near midnight in absolutely disgusting november weather
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We are being led by absolute cowards
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
We are being led by absolute cowards
every silly little service job has that one person who's way too cool to work there but between things for whatever reason and it's like seeing a model on their day off when you work together
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
every silly little service job has that one person who's way too cool to work there but between things for whatever reason and it's like seeing a model on their day off when you work together
an active volcano is available to receive the traitors just sayin
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
an active volcano is available to receive the traitors just sayin
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I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵
I thought my new health insurance premium was going to be $350 per month until I got this letter informing me that it would be $1,228.28 PER MONTH. I CURRENTLY PAY $50. Is my math mathing? Is that.... a 2,356.42% increase?
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵
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Hang on about to create a thread that’s like, A List Of My Somewhat Controversial Opinions About History That I Think More People Should Know About
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Hang on about to create a thread that’s like, A List Of My Somewhat Controversial Opinions About History That I Think More People Should Know About
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Another point of view on the politics happening tonight, with an emphasis on the House.
Folks, we need to have a little Civics #101 chat, because apparently the media no longer seems fit to explain to you whats happening.
So quick review:
The House passed a clean CR.
The senate has not passed anything.
So quick review:
The House passed a clean CR.
The senate has not passed anything.
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Another point of view on the politics happening tonight, with an emphasis on the House.
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I just reread a book on McCarthyism and higher ed and Roy Cohn makes an appearance because he was that active in helping to advance government repression
apropos of nothing, here’s a photo of a young chuck schumer attending trump lawyer & confidante (& joe mccarthy associate) roy cohn’s birthday party at studio 54, in 1979
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I just reread a book on McCarthyism and higher ed and Roy Cohn makes an appearance because he was that active in helping to advance government repression
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I don't know what the Senate is going to do. But if they do in fact fold in exchange for nothing, they will be living up to past performance. To expect the Senate to carry out the will of the American people is to misunderstand why it was created in the first place.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I don't know what the Senate is going to do. But if they do in fact fold in exchange for nothing, they will be living up to past performance. To expect the Senate to carry out the will of the American people is to misunderstand why it was created in the first place.
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anyway speaking of remarkable things made possible by our tax dollars, Kīlauea is putting on a show again today and you can watch it on the livestream thanks to the USGS
This is quite a view as well, with twin lava fountains at Kīlauea right now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
anyway speaking of remarkable things made possible by our tax dollars, Kīlauea is putting on a show again today and you can watch it on the livestream thanks to the USGS
it's nicknamed the "new york escape route" and it means this pilot found a window that got everyone there faster by using less congested lower-altitude airspace rather than waiting, and it cost the airline more money burning way more fuel
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
it's nicknamed the "new york escape route" and it means this pilot found a window that got everyone there faster by using less congested lower-altitude airspace rather than waiting, and it cost the airline more money burning way more fuel