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Justin VanDeVelde

@vanderduff.bsky.social

Geochemist, University of Michigan

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When you're dead, you're not you anymore. You're *meat*

07.10.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think we should ever accept that the President is immune for anything, no matter what John Roberts said.

06.10.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Calling it now, Bari Weiss's first "big" hire at CBS

02.10.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A tweet from Rachel Bad announcing she was leaving Politico, dated Sept 19, 2025

A tweet from Rachel Bad announcing she was leaving Politico, dated Sept 19, 2025

She quit a couple weeks ago, though it improves Politico only marginally

02.10.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm saying that Cuomo was the one who didn't respect the primary result, therefore was clearly who was being referred to. Beyond that I'm not taking sides

23.09.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cuomo

23.09.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Key West Agreement says the Army can't operate armed fixed-wing aircraft, and good luck getting the Air Force to agree to change that.

22.09.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a backdoor way to force black men out

21.09.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That exact scenario actually happens a lot

21.09.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Speaking of things making themselves irrelevant and shrinking their audience, how are things at the Washington Post?

20.09.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4011    πŸ” 141    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 8
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trump’s numbers are tanking and there is a palpable desire in the electorate for a real alternative and yet the only money in democratic politics is for doing starmerism

17.09.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8214    πŸ” 1522    πŸ’¬ 339    πŸ“Œ 381

None of the other justices feel any need to explain themselves

08.09.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I *tried* to just call myself an American, because when I was inevitably asked what part of America I then had to explain where Nebraska was

25.08.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I hate it too, but there's no law saying a Dem President can't order it changed in 2029. It probably won't even be in serial production by then.

22.08.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or he orders USPS not to handle any mail ballots

21.08.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I suspect it's just a superficial resemblance, the YA-9 also has U-2 vibes from certain angles.

17.08.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the biggest risk would be detailed photographs of the inlets. I haven't seen any photos to confirm the inlet covers were in place but unless someone seriously screwed up they would be.

15.08.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I see what he was saying now

13.08.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Great Khan of the Plains is right there

13.08.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Breyer: But wouldn't that then always be the case? If the civilian law enforcement tells you we want military force just in case something happens?

Sherman: Absolutely, your honor...and we had plenty of capacity to do that.

Breyer: Ok, I think that answers my question

11.08.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 307    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 14

Indeed, the US bought a zeppelin, filled it with helium, and it had a long, successful career (mostly in determining what not to use zeppelins for).

11.08.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It was 100% necessary for the *Germans* to fill their zeppelins with hydrogen, because the US had an effective monopoly on helium and refused to export it, for obvious reasons.

11.08.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds like next time you should cut out the middle man and just interview her focus group

05.08.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

02.08.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 22019    πŸ” 4398    πŸ’¬ 1180    πŸ“Œ 265

The whole reason they're going for it now is to ensure no Congress can ever be elected that would do so

02.08.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Died with hippo, not from hippo

30.07.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I learned very early not to touch anything the British called BBQ

28.07.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And that was how Prof. Kreis ended up a Subject of the Crown

26.07.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I knew immediately that the business model was get people hooked with cheap deliveries subsidized by venture capital, then jack up prices later.

I just couldn't predict that a global pandemic would come along to absolutely supercharge the dependency factor.

25.07.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I see six

14.07.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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