Ursula Spooky Pseudonym Owen
@ueowen.bsky.social
I do visas. Somehow married to @nbeaudrot.bsky.social. She/her/hers. same username on that other site. Bad opinions are entirely my own.
Pinned
You still need to eat
You still need to hydrate
You still need to take your meds
You still need to hydrate
You still need to take your meds
Survive, one day at a time. Love yourself enough to make it to tomorrow, and then do it again.
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🎶 Refrigerate your onions and you won't cry when you cut them 🎶
Can we have an advice thread? It doesn’t have to be good advice.
November 6, 2023 at 3:09 AM
🎶 Refrigerate your onions and you won't cry when you cut them 🎶
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
Just spent ten minutes looking for a hot water bottle to warm my bed in our *arctic* 62-degree bedroom
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Just spent ten minutes looking for a hot water bottle to warm my bed in our *arctic* 62-degree bedroom
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Not really familiar with this new Chotiner fight but I will be using this treasure in the replies from time to time
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Not really familiar with this new Chotiner fight but I will be using this treasure in the replies from time to time
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Boy did I get a lot less confused when I realized Welcome to Derry is not a spinoff of Derry Girls.
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Boy did I get a lot less confused when I realized Welcome to Derry is not a spinoff of Derry Girls.
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*Turns to stare directly at camera*
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
*Turns to stare directly at camera*
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if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
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I haven't done my ranked list of Star Wars movies, but all of them are below Pacific Rim
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I haven't done my ranked list of Star Wars movies, but all of them are below Pacific Rim
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Political Scientist Vahid Abedini detained boarding flight as he traveled to the annual MESA conference
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Political Scientist Vahid Abedini detained boarding flight as he traveled to the annual MESA conference
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
Imagine being this rich and still caring about whether you can roast someone at a party
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Imagine being this rich and still caring about whether you can roast someone at a party
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In the least surprising news ever:
"It feels like my contribution is — just because I was not born in this country — less valued," Liu says…defunding scientific research and public health have damaged the U.S.'s reputation…top international talent are no longer interested in coming to America.”
"It feels like my contribution is — just because I was not born in this country — less valued," Liu says…defunding scientific research and public health have damaged the U.S.'s reputation…top international talent are no longer interested in coming to America.”
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
www.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
In the least surprising news ever:
"It feels like my contribution is — just because I was not born in this country — less valued," Liu says…defunding scientific research and public health have damaged the U.S.'s reputation…top international talent are no longer interested in coming to America.”
"It feels like my contribution is — just because I was not born in this country — less valued," Liu says…defunding scientific research and public health have damaged the U.S.'s reputation…top international talent are no longer interested in coming to America.”
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you can just go ask crows stuff instead of asking chatgpt
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
you can just go ask crows stuff instead of asking chatgpt
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I heard there was a Cohen song,
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I heard there was a Cohen song,
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
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How broken is today's frontend culture?
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
HTTP Archive: Page Weight
This report tracks the size and quantity of many popular web page resources. Sizes represent the number of bytes sent over the network, which may be compressed.
httparchive.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
How broken is today's frontend culture?
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
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A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
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The US government under Trump is an epic money laundering scheme. They’re robbing the taxpayers blind for crap nobody asked for!
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The US government under Trump is an epic money laundering scheme. They’re robbing the taxpayers blind for crap nobody asked for!
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planned economy but it's just the president dictating what he wants to see on his television
A person directly familiar with the conversations tells Semafor that Donald Trump has personally pressed Larry Ellison to revive Brett Ratner's "Rush Hour" franchise.
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
Exclusive: How Trump is trying to remake American culture — starting with his favorite buddy-cop franchise
The president is offering some creative input on potential upcoming projects.
www.semafor.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
planned economy but it's just the president dictating what he wants to see on his television
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Thinking of the Helmand Culture woman from Shahr-e Sukhteh in Iran with the sick ass golden artificial eye again.
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thinking of the Helmand Culture woman from Shahr-e Sukhteh in Iran with the sick ass golden artificial eye again.
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Strangely, this is also true for the west coast—3:30 has 8:30 vibes right now
this is the most 8:30 PM a 6:15 PM has felt in a long time
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Strangely, this is also true for the west coast—3:30 has 8:30 vibes right now
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When OpenAI adjusted ChatGPT’s settings to appeal to more people, some users were left spiraling. Kashmir Hill, who reports on technology and privacy, describes what the company has done about the users’ troubling reports. Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
November 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
When OpenAI adjusted ChatGPT’s settings to appeal to more people, some users were left spiraling. Kashmir Hill, who reports on technology and privacy, describes what the company has done about the users’ troubling reports. Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
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My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
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the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
I think this is unfair to turkey. turkey is good but hard to cook well because it is so damn big. turkey *parts* are great but lack the esthetic appeal of a centerpiece bird.
it is tired to the point of cliche to say if turkey was good, people would make it more than once a year. but it is understated that at least one American explodes every Thanksgiving in a brave attempt to make the main dish more palatable
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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Whale Fall
October 18, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Whale Fall