Quinn Norton
@quinn.yoyodyne-it.eu
Journalist and essayist.
One of the very early terminally online. Long time internet punching bag.
Background image from Occupy Oakland.
In dark times one must carry a candle.
One of the very early terminally online. Long time internet punching bag.
Background image from Occupy Oakland.
In dark times one must carry a candle.
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![Comic. Someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen? [flowchart: start] → NO (There are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever *does* figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world’s seismologists will not shut up about it. You won’t need this flowchart.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic7wdqg4w6qfevbqzzq4esd6237pojsnpwsrbb7gaxsxobqaiwazm@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This shit is why everyone hates the Democrats.
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This shit is why everyone hates the Democrats.
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Trump’s funding cuts to international efforts to end the global threats of malaria, TB and HIV, will result in millions of preventable deaths.
Each death is someone’s son or daughter, husband, wife, parent or friend.
Each death is someone’s son or daughter, husband, wife, parent or friend.
When Trump’s aid cuts robbed them of HIV drugs, these people died
Special Report: Three people have died at just one community centre on the outskirts of Senegal’s capital, Dakar, following US aid cuts to HIV care. Rachel Schraer meets the women fighting to stop mor...
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Trump’s funding cuts to international efforts to end the global threats of malaria, TB and HIV, will result in millions of preventable deaths.
Each death is someone’s son or daughter, husband, wife, parent or friend.
Each death is someone’s son or daughter, husband, wife, parent or friend.
Too real.
Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Too real.
Every pol is gangster until the holidays get cancelled.
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Every pol is gangster until the holidays get cancelled.
Are we *absolutely sure* Starmer isn't secretly working for Farage?
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Are we *absolutely sure* Starmer isn't secretly working for Farage?
I literally thought this was some new Trump hell until I got to "Leicester"
What the hell are you doing, Britain?
We used to be friends.
What the hell are you doing, Britain?
We used to be friends.
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I literally thought this was some new Trump hell until I got to "Leicester"
What the hell are you doing, Britain?
We used to be friends.
What the hell are you doing, Britain?
We used to be friends.
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Perhaps try reading this, written by Sharon Begley in 2021 before she died, as a counter to all the "Oh, Watson wasn't really sexist or racist. His denigration of Franklin was a bit to show that biology was fun, and hey, he went to Africa!" hagiographies.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Perhaps try reading this, written by Sharon Begley in 2021 before she died, as a counter to all the "Oh, Watson wasn't really sexist or racist. His denigration of Franklin was a bit to show that biology was fun, and hey, he went to Africa!" hagiographies.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
Gavin Newsom seems to be determined to find out if you can shit post your way into the presidency.
*This is distinct from what Trump did, which is merely posting shit until he became president.
*This is distinct from what Trump did, which is merely posting shit until he became president.
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Gavin Newsom seems to be determined to find out if you can shit post your way into the presidency.
*This is distinct from what Trump did, which is merely posting shit until he became president.
*This is distinct from what Trump did, which is merely posting shit until he became president.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
New Yorkers are like Parisians and Londoners. They're not really movable, poor creatures.
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
New Yorkers are like Parisians and Londoners. They're not really movable, poor creatures.
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So I've had a very probable SIBO for a while now. If you don't know what that is, lucky you, probably a good idea to keep it that way 😬
Started 3x 400mg Rifaximin 10 day course, and friends, I am not sleeping at all. Not even slightly drowsy. Just very tired. It's going to be a long 10 days.
Started 3x 400mg Rifaximin 10 day course, and friends, I am not sleeping at all. Not even slightly drowsy. Just very tired. It's going to be a long 10 days.
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
So I've had a very probable SIBO for a while now. If you don't know what that is, lucky you, probably a good idea to keep it that way 😬
Started 3x 400mg Rifaximin 10 day course, and friends, I am not sleeping at all. Not even slightly drowsy. Just very tired. It's going to be a long 10 days.
Started 3x 400mg Rifaximin 10 day course, and friends, I am not sleeping at all. Not even slightly drowsy. Just very tired. It's going to be a long 10 days.
I've put this here mean girl network back on my phone. Please don't make me regret it, bsky 😂
November 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I've put this here mean girl network back on my phone. Please don't make me regret it, bsky 😂
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If you donate to your local food bank remember your employer might match your donations and double them. Every month I send $50 and they get $100
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If you donate to your local food bank remember your employer might match your donations and double them. Every month I send $50 and they get $100
Hey guys just checking in to see how Bluesky is doing.
a purple background with the words " i am just checking on you are you okay " on it
ALT: a purple background with the words " i am just checking on you are you okay " on it
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hey guys just checking in to see how Bluesky is doing.
We are all Complicated Albania now www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfUO...
Private Equity’s Quiet Crisis!
YouTube video by Patrick Boyle
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We are all Complicated Albania now www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfUO...
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A new dance floor AND a public toilet!
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A new dance floor AND a public toilet!
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I note many Americans here are reacting to news of Dick Cheney's death about the way Brits reacted when Thatcher died.
November 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I note many Americans here are reacting to news of Dick Cheney's death about the way Brits reacted when Thatcher died.
The next SNL is gonna be fuckin lit.
November 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The next SNL is gonna be fuckin lit.
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hakeem jeffries shut the fuck up challenge
Hakeem Jeffries says Zohran Mamdani is not the future of the Democratic Party.
November 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
hakeem jeffries shut the fuck up challenge
I'm hoping for Mamdani for president after Trump finishes his 4th term.
November 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I'm hoping for Mamdani for president after Trump finishes his 4th term.
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Old and busted: “A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.”
New hotness: “A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer should make all the management decisions.”
New hotness: “A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer should make all the management decisions.”
November 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Old and busted: “A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.”
New hotness: “A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer should make all the management decisions.”
New hotness: “A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer should make all the management decisions.”
Trump, otoh, knows who he's pardoning, it's right there on the check.
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Trump, otoh, knows who he's pardoning, it's right there on the check.