Ray Lee
@raylee.dev
Culture is kept in our conversations. Black lives matter. Working to protect the biosphere. Warning: I think I’m funny.
For a short who tf is this guy?, see my pinned posts over at @[email protected]
For a short who tf is this guy?, see my pinned posts over at @[email protected]
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Dropping off absurd number of packages, and a man in line asks “What do you have that’s selling so well??” So I was like “Um…*gulp* eel …facts…adventcalendsrs”
“Oh! You’re squid facts!”
My city gets me 🥰
“Oh! You’re squid facts!”
My city gets me 🥰
November 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Dropping off absurd number of packages, and a man in line asks “What do you have that’s selling so well??” So I was like “Um…*gulp* eel …facts…adventcalendsrs”
“Oh! You’re squid facts!”
My city gets me 🥰
“Oh! You’re squid facts!”
My city gets me 🥰
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"Lake landscape"
By Finnish artist Inari Krohn
By Finnish artist Inari Krohn
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
"Lake landscape"
By Finnish artist Inari Krohn
By Finnish artist Inari Krohn
Slow Jolene came up on the playlist for the first time in ages. Dolly Parton is a treasure for many important reasons (Imagination Library!), but man can she ever sing.
If you are a newly defrosted caveman and haven't heard the slowed down version of her singing Jolene, and you like vocal work...
If you are a newly defrosted caveman and haven't heard the slowed down version of her singing Jolene, and you like vocal work...
November 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Slow Jolene came up on the playlist for the first time in ages. Dolly Parton is a treasure for many important reasons (Imagination Library!), but man can she ever sing.
If you are a newly defrosted caveman and haven't heard the slowed down version of her singing Jolene, and you like vocal work...
If you are a newly defrosted caveman and haven't heard the slowed down version of her singing Jolene, and you like vocal work...
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This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
Islamic Center of Charlotte in Charlotte NC. Would help feed a starving baby no hesitation 🥰🥰🥰 #fyp #fypシ #fypシ゚viral #testingyourchurch #church #faith #religion #baby #hungrybabytest #viral #viralvid...
TikTok video by Nikalie 🌈
www.tiktok.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
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I have missed Sharon Begley’s byline. This account of Watson reminds me exactly why.
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 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I have missed Sharon Begley’s byline. This account of Watson reminds me exactly why.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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Maybe every time you come up with a research idea that’s a little out-of-left-field it’s actually a ghost researcher whispering to you, trying to address their own research idea in your study system.
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Maybe every time you come up with a research idea that’s a little out-of-left-field it’s actually a ghost researcher whispering to you, trying to address their own research idea in your study system.
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It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.
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Dear Physicists and Physics fans,
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Dear Physicists and Physics fans,
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
Piñata economics explains a lot of bad behaviors out there. Tech bros, private equity buyouts and dismantling, the current US administration…
people hear tech guys say their ethos is Move Fast and Break Things, they mentally add "in pursuit of Innovation" but no, breaking things is the means and the end. they move fast to get a spot under the next piñata, cause if you break the things these guys break, most times a lot of money falls out
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Piñata economics explains a lot of bad behaviors out there. Tech bros, private equity buyouts and dismantling, the current US administration…
“Oh, you wanted 36*5*! Perhaps next year.”
It’s sunny outside, perhaps I’ll touch grass.
It’s sunny outside, perhaps I’ll touch grass.
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“Oh, you wanted 36*5*! Perhaps next year.”
It’s sunny outside, perhaps I’ll touch grass.
It’s sunny outside, perhaps I’ll touch grass.
It’s not only ridiculously charming, it’s also a nice review!
Sharing this again because an actual child read a book I wrote for children and wrote a whole review about it that is just so ridiculously charming that you should read it regardless of whether you have any interest in the book
“I just want a moment to say how amazing and wonderful this book was and how much fun it was to read“ - delightful, comprehensive review of “About Time” by a NINE year-old!!!
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It’s not only ridiculously charming, it’s also a nice review!
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October 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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#AutumnBlaze #Red #Maple
This tree is so orange compared to the other red maples. I looked it up and it is called “Autumn Blaze”
Hands down my fav for color! 🍁
I wanted to show the carpet of fallen leaves too! #FallColor #PNW #Photography #FallScape
This tree is so orange compared to the other red maples. I looked it up and it is called “Autumn Blaze”
Hands down my fav for color! 🍁
I wanted to show the carpet of fallen leaves too! #FallColor #PNW #Photography #FallScape
October 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
#AutumnBlaze #Red #Maple
This tree is so orange compared to the other red maples. I looked it up and it is called “Autumn Blaze”
Hands down my fav for color! 🍁
I wanted to show the carpet of fallen leaves too! #FallColor #PNW #Photography #FallScape
This tree is so orange compared to the other red maples. I looked it up and it is called “Autumn Blaze”
Hands down my fav for color! 🍁
I wanted to show the carpet of fallen leaves too! #FallColor #PNW #Photography #FallScape
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15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
I'm feeling judged by this StackOverflow answer. Or maybe I should be offended on behalf of my parents?
October 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I'm feeling judged by this StackOverflow answer. Or maybe I should be offended on behalf of my parents?
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Someone was trying to take a portrait of their two fave Chickens, and this happened.
September 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Someone was trying to take a portrait of their two fave Chickens, and this happened.
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Rocky Butte expedition with @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social today, surveying vast stretches of completely peaceful and serene Portland.
October 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Rocky Butte expedition with @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social today, surveying vast stretches of completely peaceful and serene Portland.
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We've had fuckups in the White House before, but never a president who seemed so deliberately intent on being a fuckup.
It's been said before, but if these people were actual agents of an enemy power seeking to divide, dismantle and destroy the USA they wouldn't be doing anything different.
It's been said before, but if these people were actual agents of an enemy power seeking to divide, dismantle and destroy the USA they wouldn't be doing anything different.
October 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We've had fuckups in the White House before, but never a president who seemed so deliberately intent on being a fuckup.
It's been said before, but if these people were actual agents of an enemy power seeking to divide, dismantle and destroy the USA they wouldn't be doing anything different.
It's been said before, but if these people were actual agents of an enemy power seeking to divide, dismantle and destroy the USA they wouldn't be doing anything different.
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pole position.
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a pch zen moment byWasim.com
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til a ceasefire, i'll split all profits of sold prints btwn @msf.bsky.social & pcrf.net 🕊️🇵🇸🕊️🇮🇱🕊️
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#photography #travel #nature #lines #mountains #cars #ocean #water #sunset
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a pch zen moment byWasim.com
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til a ceasefire, i'll split all profits of sold prints btwn @msf.bsky.social & pcrf.net 🕊️🇵🇸🕊️🇮🇱🕊️
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#photography #travel #nature #lines #mountains #cars #ocean #water #sunset
November 24, 2024 at 8:55 AM
pole position.
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a pch zen moment byWasim.com
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til a ceasefire, i'll split all profits of sold prints btwn @msf.bsky.social & pcrf.net 🕊️🇵🇸🕊️🇮🇱🕊️
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#photography #travel #nature #lines #mountains #cars #ocean #water #sunset
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a pch zen moment byWasim.com
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til a ceasefire, i'll split all profits of sold prints btwn @msf.bsky.social & pcrf.net 🕊️🇵🇸🕊️🇮🇱🕊️
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#photography #travel #nature #lines #mountains #cars #ocean #water #sunset
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
Self-Generation Incentive Program
The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) helps qualified LADWP residential customers install solar and battery storage systems by providing financial incentives. This program supports clean energy...
www.ladwp.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
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There is so much in the news cycle these days that the complete dismantling of the Forest Service -- so *our* forests can be auctioned off to Big TImber -- is unfortunately getting little air play. But if this happens, US landscapes may be almost unrecognizable in a decade, and never coming back. 🌍
Using an emergency declaration, Trump’s timber production executive order would ease environmental protections so as to greatly expand logging in the national forests.
A report from our friends at @highcountrynews.org:
A report from our friends at @highcountrynews.org:
The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent
The public has less than a week remaining to comment on the administration's plans.
www.motherjones.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
There is so much in the news cycle these days that the complete dismantling of the Forest Service -- so *our* forests can be auctioned off to Big TImber -- is unfortunately getting little air play. But if this happens, US landscapes may be almost unrecognizable in a decade, and never coming back. 🌍