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Library technologist and raconteur from the Midwest. (He/him)

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The screaming subtext here is a call for ethnic cleansing, in a healthy pluralistic government he’d be censured and expelled

09.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 562 πŸ” 135 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 4
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Q*bertha Q*bertha is a character originally appearing as an enemy in the unreleased Faster Harder More Challenging Q*bert. She later returned as a playable character in Q*bert Rebooted. Q*bertha plays the same...

qbert.fandom.com/wiki/Q*bertha

Tried to make a Qbert joke but TIL (that Q*bertha exists AND that there is a Q*bert fan wiki)

11.03.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I try to take it easy on the militant atheists. I’m sure a lot of them have valid anger and hurt, and have been treated poorly by religious people who saw them as a threat. I don’t expect them to be familiar with religious people who *aren’t* threatened by them, so we’re often breaking new ground.

10.05.2025 18:19 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Gulliver > Goliath

11.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He said what you do for or to them, you do to me

Senate Republicans should pretend to remember that

11.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 171 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

This is your regular reminder that if you have a story idea, want to leak something or want share what you're seeing inside the government and/or your faith community, you can reach me via Signal here: jackmjenkins.60

There are also other ways to reach me in my bio.

11.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why aren’t there wind turbines in Lake Michigan?

Strong winds sweep across Lake Michigan regularly, and could provide an ample source of electricity. So why aren't there any wind turbines on the lake?

11.03.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have never met anyone who is more adept at tracking every last cent they have than people who live or have lived in poverty

it is a skill developed out of necessity and it never leaves you

11.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 4102 πŸ” 637 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 36

The end point of this logic of "offend no one" is a library that looks like the offices in Severance

White walls

White floors

White books

Welcoming to no one

Meaningless

Therefore safe to defund and eliminate

11.03.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The idea that America isn’t for everyone who wants to be an American is something that makes my blood boil. Posting a photo of yourself as a Congressman smiling next to these words is wicked. It’s antithetical to the concept of America.

11.03.2026 03:34 πŸ‘ 5402 πŸ” 947 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 301
A nine panel comic strip following two figures as they traverse a barren and desolate landscape - their journey takes them through ruins and abandoned structures of a former civilisation - we realise that this was once our world and the destruction is the result of a massive global war - we also learn that these ruins and wastelands are the home and country of the victors in the war! The strip is titled Deadsun.

A nine panel comic strip following two figures as they traverse a barren and desolate landscape - their journey takes them through ruins and abandoned structures of a former civilisation - we realise that this was once our world and the destruction is the result of a massive global war - we also learn that these ruins and wastelands are the home and country of the victors in the war! The strip is titled Deadsun.

DEADSUN

11.03.2026 08:19 πŸ‘ 832 πŸ” 185 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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A bright red cardinal sits on top of the Sideview mirror of a car

A bright red cardinal sits on top of the Sideview mirror of a car

The Cardinal jumps down to look at himself in the mirror

The Cardinal jumps down to look at himself in the mirror

The cardinal begins furiously attacking his reflection in the mirror

The cardinal begins furiously attacking his reflection in the mirror

β€œLook at that bird”

A Play In Three Acts

10.03.2026 05:41 πŸ‘ 1087 πŸ” 273 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 11

Industrial food production broke a 10,000-year cycle of backbreaking toil that was far outside of our natural tolerances for stress and effort because it was the only way for large numbers of us to eat consistently, and you people still have the temerity to bitch about this.

09.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 836 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 10

I think a lot of us millennials & older really take it for granted that we were the last of only a couple generations where there was an all-encompassing campaign to encourage literacy. Everyone used to agree upon it. There were commercials with your favorite celebrities just being like, "READ!"

15.01.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 2290 πŸ” 522 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 77

sometimes we just need to see the people we love through a little screen for a while

10.03.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other

Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other

I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.

09.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 12571 πŸ” 2099 πŸ’¬ 613 πŸ“Œ 304

I think the fact that he is a seminarian helps. He's not a politician who just happens to go to church; he's viewed as having put his money where his mouth is from a religious credibility standpoint much more than those others.

09.03.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

sorry to be an old-fashioned scold but there is something deeply pathetic about being an adult and shoplifting just because you kinda feel like the rules don't apply to you

09.03.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 1477 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 20
Barbie driving down the road singing, text reads "downloading data for reuse. bottom panel: barbie and Ken screaming with text reading "there's no README"

Barbie driving down the road singing, text reads "downloading data for reuse. bottom panel: barbie and Ken screaming with text reading "there's no README"

It's important for the public to be able to reuse #RescuedData, but the context a README or similar documentation provides is necessary for understanding.

Be like Barbie. Help yourself have a great day every day, and on this #MemeMonday, remember to document your data.

09.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

I will also repeat that I use Claude Code for you know, coding tasks, so I am not speaking as some sort of LLM Vegan or Luddite or whatever - my entire career in civilian drones is based on my belief that it’s crucial for people who want to fight against evil use of tech to understand the tech.

08.03.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 312 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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My son you will never meet On December 31, at a routine OB appointment, the doctor couldn’t find our baby’s heartbeat.

β€œThis way, we got to see him. To hold him. To say goodbye face to face.

That was two months ago.”

substack.com/home/post/p-...

08.03.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 1555 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 265 πŸ“Œ 5

I don't watch but my understanding is that the fans love the "out of the ring" televised backstage drama bits more than the actual wrestling bits?

09.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They are actual actors, it's just that half of their acting is stunt acting in the ring. The other half is their dramatic scripted promos and beefs and conflicts in between the matches.

Wrestling is probably the easiest sport to perform in a 100% scripted way. Only one Globetrotters team...

09.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Glass pane with inserts of different coloured and patterned circular glass pieces

Glass pane with inserts of different coloured and patterned circular glass pieces

US artist Nikki Root recycles vintage and modern bottles and glassware to create stained glass windows #WomensArt

09.03.2026 06:28 πŸ‘ 498 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music

Several dozen folks did

Some even dubbed music over the original clip.

I haven't been able to get this out of my head.

So I give you

A Bluesky exclusive:

Reservoir Ducks

🐣 πŸͺΆ

09.03.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 2700 πŸ” 979 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 78

To be left dead by attacks is the natural state of the Middle Easterner, while in the Western culture (also Israel somehow) being killed is a major taboo.

09.03.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 870 πŸ” 209 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

If this (what Potteiger said) isn’t blasphemy, then there isn’t any such thing.

08.03.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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They have turned this beautiful city into a wasteland. Those who do don’t die from bombs will succumb to unspeakable illness. Most of my close family is in Tehran

08.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 454 πŸ” 232 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 1

Every new far right take has lived a prior life as a throwaway Kenneth Parcell line to n 30 Rock

08.03.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0