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@atomicpopwi.bsky.social

Lover of words, science, & trivia. Intolerant of intolerance. Random acts of kindness do make a difference. Fantasy baseball champion (yes, it's dorky) and often praised for my grilled cheese skills.

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Geez, no idea. It wasn't when I posted. Just one of those weird glitches we've had before.

06.03.2026 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meh. Not so hot.

06.03.2026 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Heartbroken families grieve over the 171 children killed in Minab by Israeli/US airstrikes as tens of thousands filled the streets in mourning.

04.03.2026 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

It's her ticket to keeping the jet. She failed upward. Promoted to nothing to limit the damage she can do, while keeping her close enough to be under Trump's strict control. It's all absolute nonsense of course.

06.03.2026 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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06.03.2026 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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06.03.2026 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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06.03.2026 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

My nephew, who drinks ranch when given the chance, would absolutely love it! It's definitely not got mass market appeal though.

06.03.2026 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's a lot of thin ice this time of year!

06.03.2026 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great Wolf Lodge is a Wisconsin company, so yeah. Very Midwestern. Surprising Culvers didn't beat them to it!

06.03.2026 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fewer Than 2% Of Older Pedestrians Can Cross The Street In Time The length of the green signal on pedestrian crossings assumes that people can walk at a speed of 1.2 m/s. Scientists find that very few older people can walk that fast.

My March story for @forbes.com has just gone live. It's all about pedestrian crossings and how the timings they're based on no longer match the demographics of our cities βš›οΈπŸ§ͺπŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...

06.03.2026 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Read this thread ‡️

06.03.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 586    πŸ” 279    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 6

And people say air travel isn't glamorous anymore

06.03.2026 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mariyka is 5. In November 2025, the girl and her granny were heavily injured by the russian missile attack in which Mariyka lost her leg. At the end of February, she made the first steps with her prosthesis.

Some peacedealers offer to reward russia for this with more Ukrainian people and land.

05.03.2026 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

New NY Times ’visual investigation’ strongly suggests that the US fired the missile that hit the Minab school Saturday. (Though is very careful with its language to not say it conclusively.)

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

05.03.2026 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 291    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 12
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Filmb friends, here's a whole month of MUBI. For free! I have been loving this channel and watching a few films a month. Check it out!
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02.03.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Russia, Russia, Russia they said.

06.03.2026 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never met a single Iranian who felt that way. Not one. Do some exist? Probably. Does his family feel that way about him? Entirely possible. What a moron.

06.03.2026 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, you must be very relieved! That's good news indeed!

06.03.2026 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The use of AI to identify targets (without subsequent specific human confirmation) should be considered a war crime.

And by that I don't mean "we should make a rule" I mean that straightforward application of the existing rules would tell you that it is a war crime.

05.03.2026 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1935    πŸ” 530    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 21

Very difficult to believe the level of distrust, the disdain for fellow Americans, isn't viewed as a feature, not a bug, by this administration. They've spent a lot of time and effort sowing distrust in institutions, and that was bound to carry over. Divide and conquer.

06.03.2026 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's about as personal a thing as you could possibly document. If it helps you, go for it! If it's even remotely an additional burden, then I wouldn't. I think a lot of people who do it find support in it, but I'm sure many don't too.

06.03.2026 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This condor couple may be tending to first egg in Northern California in a century Two condors in far northwestern California appear to be caring for a recently laid egg, a historic moment in an effort to bring the massive raptors back to the Yurok Tribe's historic homeland.

Condors are believed to be nesting on California’s North Coast β€” a major milestone in the Yurok Tribe’s effort to return the endangered raptors to their ancestral homeland.

Europeans settlers poisoned and shot the birds into oblivion in the region a century ago. www.latimes.com/environment/...

05.03.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You were right! It did!

05.03.2026 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lol very funny gif!

05.03.2026 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cookie season isn't over yet! You can still slip in a last-minute order and help fund programs where trans kids can be kids, where they can be safe, where they can belong.

05.03.2026 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon illustration of a desert road with the words `` meep meep '' written on it . ALT: a cartoon illustration of a desert road with the words `` meep meep '' written on it .

Amazing Wendy!

05.03.2026 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very nice Mark!

05.03.2026 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bog Trouble | CaitlΓ­n Doherty In Ireland, a preference for a traditional fuel source is overridden by a Green Party more concerned with household emissions than poverty.

In Baffler no. 82, CaitlΓ­n Doherty reports from County Donegal, where the future of Irish bogsβ€”and Irish peatβ€”hangs in the balance.

05.03.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you're at the airport and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever.

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