Charles Rotramel

Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.

Testing the waters of this, my new social media home: If anyone here has about $48 million dollars to bankroll an excellent, sharply-peneed limited series about the great American diaspora of family court. foster care and child-protective services, please introduce yourself.
We are friends!

I expect that we’ll see more articles like this in the days ahead; if we do, I hope they emphasize more heavily the culture and features on Bluesky *that prioritize trust and safety.*

It’s not simply a bunch of liberals that wanted to leave X; it’s a different vision that refuses to engage w/ crap.

Talking Heads should play The Sphere and they should do an effect so David Byrne wears a suit that's 1000 feet tall and wide

Yeah I don't know man. I'm a pretty optimistic guy but the relentless destruction of public schools in Texas to crickets from everyone is a huge fucking bummer

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com this post is the first in a series where trans folks talk about the importance of gender affirming care, and how difficult it is to access. I’m really excited about platforming trans voices. We would love it if you could share!

Vintage library promo sign of a cat reading a book captioned Good Books will satisfy your curiosity too! Use your school library

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AND THAT WILL DO IT!!!!!!

TEXANS ARE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!!

#MNF #HOUvsIND #WeAreTexans #NFL #Football #Sports

Brilliant defense of Tex-Mex culture! Extra salsa for you.

An open letter to The New York Times (#NYTimes, #nytcrossword) from a Texas Bishop.

texasbishop.blogspot.com

i am one mildly negative event away from starting a cult

If we’re going to have to go back to ad based entertainment I would rather we get the full network tv experienced rather than the same StateFarm ad at every awkwardly timed ad break.

Darlings, a moment. I know that the holidays can be hard for myriad reasons.

So, if tomorrow is hard for you for any reason—missing someone you love, difficult family members, lonely—please be extra gentle with yourself. And know that you are seen and heard.

Sending love, hugs, and good thoughts.💜

Tree nuts: pecans, Carya illinoiensis, and almonds, Prunus amygdalus on a white surface. Copyright Tom Kimmerer

Nuts are an major part of Thanksgiving. The climate crisis has to be addressed at the global level, but consumer choice plays a role. One thing we can do is switch from almonds (R in photo) to pecans (L). Both are similar in nutrition, but it is water use and geography that makes a difference. 🌍 1/4

@alexwild.bsky.social You gave me my BlueSky code over on Mastodon. I've been using it now for a couple of months, along with Threads. I'm curious what your thoughts are about which platform is the best for how you use it.

We really need to make vaccine selfies a thing again because only 3% of people in the US have gotten their COVID booster vaccine so far this season.

If the Diamondbacks win, I will be so emotionally invested in the WS!

Dana Brown’s off-season to-do list:
1. Sign another old guy SP to eat a bunch of innings
2. Find out where Kyle Tucker went
3. Rebuild the batter’s eye and bury Ted Cruz beneath it

Well, a seventh straight ALCS appearance is a pretty successful season, even if the end was painful. I do still hate the Rangers though, and will definitely be rooting for the NL in the World Series…

Last year’s team was a juggernaut that had the fewest IL days in the MLB. It’s actually pretty impressive to win the division and get to game 7 without McCullers or Garcia or even graveman. I name only pitchers because like in 21 they ran out of pitching again

Hey, silver lining! Tuve’s one closer to having the most postseason home runs of all time.

A Houston Astros LGBTQ pride night promotional jersey. The numbers and letters on the back of the jersey have the pattern of the “Progress” pride flag. In place of the name, the word “Pride” and the number is 23, for the year.

A blank image file, because the rangers do not celebrate gay pride.

On the left we have the Houston Astros’ pride night promotional jersey, celebrating LGBTQ+ fans, and on the right, we have the one the Texas Rangers created for pride month.

When you consider that the model likely doesn’t account, in the final projection, for losing Yordan, Altuve and then him taking a while to stay in the lineup, García, Urquidy for a good part of the season, Brantley again once he’d returned—IDK, sure seems like they got the job done and then some.

Nice outing from Urqidy.

Edward hoppers nighthawks but with ALF

Bluesky after dark

A screenshot of the email change and verification tools in Settings

A screenshot of the email change tool

We're rolling out email verification in the latest Bluesky app release (1.52), as part of a larger effort to improve account security and authentication on the network.

Update and verify your email in Settings. In the coming days, you'll also receive an in-app prompt to verify your email.

personally, and i know this is a hot take, but personally id love to see the astros get some runs i know im in the minority here wishing that but it needs to be said

GOP learns the hard way: Turning the base up too high blows out your Speaker

It is undeniably amusing that the feverishly self-conscious masculinity of NFL fandom has now been slathered with Swifties.