@poeia.bsky.social
Anyone know the attrition rate within ICE? It seems to me that there must be people who joined because they wanted to enforce immigration laws who are not interested in wearing masks, threatening communities and killing citizens who disapprove of them.
January 10, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Anyone know the attrition rate within ICE? It seems to me that there must be people who joined because they wanted to enforce immigration laws who are not interested in wearing masks, threatening communities and killing citizens who disapprove of them.
I got a new sweatshirt but the armhole seems to be clogged.
January 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I got a new sweatshirt but the armhole seems to be clogged.
One reason Congress holds closed-door hearings is that members tend to grandstand rather than ask anything productive if the public is watching.
I can't watch any more of the Jack Smith testimony because, if that's what they're like when they're NOT grandstanding...
#JackSmith
I can't watch any more of the Jack Smith testimony because, if that's what they're like when they're NOT grandstanding...
#JackSmith
January 2, 2026 at 3:35 AM
One reason Congress holds closed-door hearings is that members tend to grandstand rather than ask anything productive if the public is watching.
I can't watch any more of the Jack Smith testimony because, if that's what they're like when they're NOT grandstanding...
#JackSmith
I can't watch any more of the Jack Smith testimony because, if that's what they're like when they're NOT grandstanding...
#JackSmith
"They promise you the earth and then, at the end of the day, they hand you a handful of mud."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cBJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cBJ...
The Scotsmen who took on Donald Trump | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"They promise you the earth and then, at the end of the day, they hand you a handful of mud."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cBJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cBJ...
Amazon added 2 wish lists to mine. Under "Manage list" I found "Alexa can add items to your list" is the default. And there's "Alexa can add items and read your list".
I keep shopping research(brands, sizes...) there which Alexa could undo so I opted for Alexa to keep it's grubby paws off my lists.
I keep shopping research(brands, sizes...) there which Alexa could undo so I opted for Alexa to keep it's grubby paws off my lists.
December 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Amazon added 2 wish lists to mine. Under "Manage list" I found "Alexa can add items to your list" is the default. And there's "Alexa can add items and read your list".
I keep shopping research(brands, sizes...) there which Alexa could undo so I opted for Alexa to keep it's grubby paws off my lists.
I keep shopping research(brands, sizes...) there which Alexa could undo so I opted for Alexa to keep it's grubby paws off my lists.
When I'm trying to save characters in a post, Bluesky's insistence on the Oxford comma can get very annoying.
December 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
When I'm trying to save characters in a post, Bluesky's insistence on the Oxford comma can get very annoying.
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Wild-born calves Zigi and Lenny are already practising their wrestling moves. Sulwe, the only girl in the pileup, holds her own – never far from the action. They're only here because we rescued their mothers, orphans themselves, many years ago. Meet our grandcalves:
sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o...
sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o...
December 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Wild-born calves Zigi and Lenny are already practising their wrestling moves. Sulwe, the only girl in the pileup, holds her own – never far from the action. They're only here because we rescued their mothers, orphans themselves, many years ago. Meet our grandcalves:
sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o...
sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o...
Lots of misinformation on the web about how a base tan protects you from melanoma.
Based on the fact that his skin is so tanned it looks like old saddle leather and he's never gotten skin cancer, I'm surprised RFK Jr. isn't leading that fight and having the government ban SPF labels.
Based on the fact that his skin is so tanned it looks like old saddle leather and he's never gotten skin cancer, I'm surprised RFK Jr. isn't leading that fight and having the government ban SPF labels.
December 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Lots of misinformation on the web about how a base tan protects you from melanoma.
Based on the fact that his skin is so tanned it looks like old saddle leather and he's never gotten skin cancer, I'm surprised RFK Jr. isn't leading that fight and having the government ban SPF labels.
Based on the fact that his skin is so tanned it looks like old saddle leather and he's never gotten skin cancer, I'm surprised RFK Jr. isn't leading that fight and having the government ban SPF labels.
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Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
At this rate, by next summer, he's going to take a wrecking ball to the West Wing as well to fit it.
Either that or he'll just build it on the Mall, knocking down the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument to make room for the ballroom.
Either that or he'll just build it on the Mall, knocking down the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument to make room for the ballroom.
Watch the east wing morph into a high-rise Trump Hotel
Wait.... Is that ballroom model getting bigger every new meeting?
This one is as big as the White House and the Wing.
This one is as big as the White House and the Wing.
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
At this rate, by next summer, he's going to take a wrecking ball to the West Wing as well to fit it.
Either that or he'll just build it on the Mall, knocking down the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument to make room for the ballroom.
Either that or he'll just build it on the Mall, knocking down the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument to make room for the ballroom.
The annual dropping of the credit scores is early this year.
I'm not buying anything so my score doesn't really matter but every year, right after Giving Tuesday, my score takes a hit because usage of my credit cards goes up. That's the most cockamamie way of determining solvency I can imagine.
I'm not buying anything so my score doesn't really matter but every year, right after Giving Tuesday, my score takes a hit because usage of my credit cards goes up. That's the most cockamamie way of determining solvency I can imagine.
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The annual dropping of the credit scores is early this year.
I'm not buying anything so my score doesn't really matter but every year, right after Giving Tuesday, my score takes a hit because usage of my credit cards goes up. That's the most cockamamie way of determining solvency I can imagine.
I'm not buying anything so my score doesn't really matter but every year, right after Giving Tuesday, my score takes a hit because usage of my credit cards goes up. That's the most cockamamie way of determining solvency I can imagine.
I have totally abandoned the idea of grammar on social media. In the process of editing for the number of characters, I am guaranteed to hit "send" with clashing tenses or some other idiocy uncaught by casual proofing.
December 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I have totally abandoned the idea of grammar on social media. In the process of editing for the number of characters, I am guaranteed to hit "send" with clashing tenses or some other idiocy uncaught by casual proofing.
Fun with Verizon. My router is dying from old age. Options:
They'll send me a new router: $18
Recommend sending new box & everything: $34
I can't install that so service call: $99
I can pick up the router at a Verizon store: $0
Pickup everything also free but, since I can't install them: $99
They'll send me a new router: $18
Recommend sending new box & everything: $34
I can't install that so service call: $99
I can pick up the router at a Verizon store: $0
Pickup everything also free but, since I can't install them: $99
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Fun with Verizon. My router is dying from old age. Options:
They'll send me a new router: $18
Recommend sending new box & everything: $34
I can't install that so service call: $99
I can pick up the router at a Verizon store: $0
Pickup everything also free but, since I can't install them: $99
They'll send me a new router: $18
Recommend sending new box & everything: $34
I can't install that so service call: $99
I can pick up the router at a Verizon store: $0
Pickup everything also free but, since I can't install them: $99
Every time something is labeled "MS NOW", I expect to see Gloria Steinem talking about the National Organization for Women.
A terrible example of rebranding.
A terrible example of rebranding.
November 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Every time something is labeled "MS NOW", I expect to see Gloria Steinem talking about the National Organization for Women.
A terrible example of rebranding.
A terrible example of rebranding.
I woke up this morning, thought about it for a while and decided it was definitely Sunday. Hours later, despite what the calendar says, I'm not sure that my initial reaction was wrong.
November 30, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I woke up this morning, thought about it for a while and decided it was definitely Sunday. Hours later, despite what the calendar says, I'm not sure that my initial reaction was wrong.
@bole7y.bsky.social Trying to remember who told me they were I big Stephen Mangan fan. I think it was you. If I'm having a senior moment 😵💫, ignore the link. It's a very good interview.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfQj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfQj...
James O'Brien meets Stephen Mangan | Full Disclosure
YouTube video by LBC
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
@bole7y.bsky.social Trying to remember who told me they were I big Stephen Mangan fan. I think it was you. If I'm having a senior moment 😵💫, ignore the link. It's a very good interview.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfQj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfQj...
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
I just heard that more New Yorkers have voted this year than voted in 2024.
It's going to be a landslide for Mamdani.
I ranked him 3rd in the primaries. I think he'll be fine, but if all he accomplishes is to convince Andrew Cuomo once and for all that NY doesn't want him, it was worth my vote.
It's going to be a landslide for Mamdani.
I ranked him 3rd in the primaries. I think he'll be fine, but if all he accomplishes is to convince Andrew Cuomo once and for all that NY doesn't want him, it was worth my vote.
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I just heard that more New Yorkers have voted this year than voted in 2024.
It's going to be a landslide for Mamdani.
I ranked him 3rd in the primaries. I think he'll be fine, but if all he accomplishes is to convince Andrew Cuomo once and for all that NY doesn't want him, it was worth my vote.
It's going to be a landslide for Mamdani.
I ranked him 3rd in the primaries. I think he'll be fine, but if all he accomplishes is to convince Andrew Cuomo once and for all that NY doesn't want him, it was worth my vote.
What happened with Trumps germ-phobia? He never seems to take any precautions.
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
What happened with Trumps germ-phobia? He never seems to take any precautions.
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Warped priorities: 17 NYT news stories on the Louvre jewel heist (so far); 3 NYT news stories on 7 MILLION PEOPLE attending No KIngs Day events (including one on late-night comedians and one on Trump's "brown liquid" video.)
October 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Warped priorities: 17 NYT news stories on the Louvre jewel heist (so far); 3 NYT news stories on 7 MILLION PEOPLE attending No KIngs Day events (including one on late-night comedians and one on Trump's "brown liquid" video.)
Never thought I'd say this but... Thank you Prince Andrew.
Your sense of entitlement as you pile lie upon lie is helping to keep up the Epstein files in the news. You may be a slimy child molester but, at last, you are contributing something positive to the world.
#Epstein
Your sense of entitlement as you pile lie upon lie is helping to keep up the Epstein files in the news. You may be a slimy child molester but, at last, you are contributing something positive to the world.
#Epstein
October 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Never thought I'd say this but... Thank you Prince Andrew.
Your sense of entitlement as you pile lie upon lie is helping to keep up the Epstein files in the news. You may be a slimy child molester but, at last, you are contributing something positive to the world.
#Epstein
Your sense of entitlement as you pile lie upon lie is helping to keep up the Epstein files in the news. You may be a slimy child molester but, at last, you are contributing something positive to the world.
#Epstein
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Why did Republicans gut health care? To fund tax breaks for billionaires.
Why’d they gut child nutrition benefits? Tax breaks for billionaires.
Why’d they add $30 TRILLION to the debt? Tax breaks for billionaires!!!
They’re fighting for billionaires. We’re fighting for YOU.
Why’d they gut child nutrition benefits? Tax breaks for billionaires.
Why’d they add $30 TRILLION to the debt? Tax breaks for billionaires!!!
They’re fighting for billionaires. We’re fighting for YOU.
Why did Republicans gut health care? To fund tax breaks for billionaires.
YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley
youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Why did Republicans gut health care? To fund tax breaks for billionaires.
Why’d they gut child nutrition benefits? Tax breaks for billionaires.
Why’d they add $30 TRILLION to the debt? Tax breaks for billionaires!!!
They’re fighting for billionaires. We’re fighting for YOU.
Why’d they gut child nutrition benefits? Tax breaks for billionaires.
Why’d they add $30 TRILLION to the debt? Tax breaks for billionaires!!!
They’re fighting for billionaires. We’re fighting for YOU.
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super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
www.popsci.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
The administration keeps saying the shutdown is occurring because Democrats won't sign the "bipartisan Republican bill".
Republican is one party. Bipartisan is both parties. The bill is either Republican OR bipartisan. It can't be both.
#shutdown
Republican is one party. Bipartisan is both parties. The bill is either Republican OR bipartisan. It can't be both.
#shutdown
October 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The administration keeps saying the shutdown is occurring because Democrats won't sign the "bipartisan Republican bill".
Republican is one party. Bipartisan is both parties. The bill is either Republican OR bipartisan. It can't be both.
#shutdown
Republican is one party. Bipartisan is both parties. The bill is either Republican OR bipartisan. It can't be both.
#shutdown