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drwhonovels.bsky.social
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It's crazy that we can now watch the back half of Season 3, Hartnell's most affected season for missing episodes. I know the animations aren't to everyone's tastes, but I will be forever grateful for this. Has classic Who ever received as much care and attention as right here and now!? Bliss. đź’•

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Say what you will about Trump but he’s doing exactly what he promised middle-class midwestern voters he would do: erase the military contributions of long-dead actors because The Golden Girls made jokes about him in the mid-1980s

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Casar: You can quickly explain Doge with just two numbers. First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts. Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…

submitted 3 days ago • 226 comments

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

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Still, decision makes sense. Boeing’s killed more people with its airliners over the past ten years than all of Lockheed’s F-22s and F-35s combined.

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments

In part two of my chat with Jason (@drwhonovels.bsky.social), we take a brief look at the FASA roleplaying games before delving into the Virgin New Adventures! And a word of warning - there are spoilers ahead...‼️ anchor.fm/drwho-whats-...

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AMERICA: Please lower egg prices WHITE HOUSE: First we kill the chickens www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...

submitted 6 days ago • 35 comments

A memo has just leaked revealing that the Trump administration is planning to sabotage the Social Security Administration. Their plan would gut the agency’s claims process, potentially preventing millions of Americans from getting their earned benefits. Per @juddlegum.bsky.social:

submitted 7 days ago • 481 comments

Thrilled to be on Jim's podcast for the first time!

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Natl Academy of Social Insurance just hosted a panel w/ former Social Security Commissioners Martin O'Malley (Biden) & Michael Astrue (Bush) along w/ experts from AARP, CBPP etc. I'll post a recording when available, but in the meantime here's a quick recap of the extreme dangers they warn of. 🧵

submitted 11 days ago • 9 comments

While the TL;DR is that the Season 7 Blu-ray is NOT my favorite of the Collection box sets (a tragedy, as Season 7 is my favorite season)... the audio of Malcolm Hulke's last interview is AMAZING. Spoilers below.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

This is so profoundly strange from @slotkin.senate.gov. The Harris campaign ran one of the most aggressive outreach efforts to moderates, independents, and soft Republicans in recent memory!

submitted 18 days ago • 574 comments

Bezos's interference in the Post during the morning becomes a fund-raising pitch by the Guardian during the afternoon

submitted 26 days ago • 16 comments

happy hatching day to @quarkmcmalus.bsky.social. founder of the feast over at the @trapone.bsky.social podcast, he's personally responsible for getting so many people into #DoctorWho podcasting. here's he and i talking about "doom's day": youtube.com/shorts/tNWwa...

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As Juno Dawson has recently been announced as a writer for the upcoming TV series, on this week’s podcast @drwhonovels.bsky.social presents a special encore edition of our look at Juno’s novel The Good Doctor: tinyurl.com/6hkt59fz Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/4a7fssdk Spotify: tinyurl.com/54djvvup

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Sure, Google's data centers consume tens of billions of litres of water yearly and emit more carbon dioxide than many nations, but on the other hand, you can look up Uranus and AI will show you a picture of Neptune. Never in the history of humanity, have we reached such speeds in making mistakes

submitted 33 days ago • 14 comments

I want to WATCH this Oddjob series.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

My kid (also named Callie) was slightly underwhelmed by the #yellowjackets season premiere, saying it was too light and happy. I think it was much darker than that and a good setup for the rest of the Year. Plus the title pun. Plus what's up with Coach....

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