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Joel T. Patterson
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Calculus vigilante, union man, proud father. Public education is a pillar of democracy. "We are hope despite the times." -R.E.M.
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This is really the software engineers and product managers' fault. They just love changing stuff for no reason.
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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I feel like we are so close to getting the Mad About Universe into the Perdverse bsky.app/profile/noct...
The Detective John Munch-iverse connects Homicide, Law & Order, The Wire, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, Sesame Street, The X-Files, the list goes on…BUT Richard Belzer also played “a detective” on an episode of Mad About You that wasn’t specifically Munch, but essentially the same character SOOOO
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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“It’s the third known leak from the pipeline this year, according to the nonprofit Pipeline Safety Trust.

“The $3.8 million fine for the 2023 spill, announced Monday, is the second penalty issued to the pipeline in five years.”
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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“The pipeline system, which carries fossil fuels from refineries along the Salish Sea to Portland, remains shut down after [another] leak was discovered at a blueberry farm near Everett on Nov. 11.”
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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“The state Department of Ecology issued a nearly $4 million fine for a 2023 spill of more than 20,000 gallons of gasoline from BP’s Olympic Pipeline. Some 4,000 gallons flowed into Hill Ditch, a channelized portion of a salmon-bearing stream and part of the Skagit River watershed.”
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM