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jsale.bsky.social
Devoted husband, proud dad, artist, hiker, biker, lover of all things complex. LGBTQ Ally. Functional cancer carrier. Ask me about that. :-) Lover of data, https://www.iluvdata.org/ . Neurotypical I believe I am. Neurotypical I am not. He/him/his.
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Nate Vince, a park staffer whose job was just terminated, unfurled a giant upside-down flag on the side of the rock dome. Nate is a hero. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

New Mexico’s Otherworldly Bisti Wilderness…

I've figured out how to access the Truth Social API and will integrate it into @potustracker.us. During my script stress test, I downloaded every post President Trump has ever made. Here’s a visualization inspired by The Economist’s Elon Musk "Poster Boy" chart.

Firefly Aerospace landed its uncrewed Blue Ghost spacecraft, kicking off a two-week research mission as a handful of private firms compete in a global moon race reut.rs/3FdP2Ef

Three scenic dirt roads—Ajo Mountain Drive in Organ Pipe, Geology Tour Road in Joshua Tree, and Loop the Fold in Capitol Reef—offer rugged adventures, showcasing stunning desert landscapes, unique geology, and remote backcountry beauty.

www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/02/26/m...

Wrote a little something in the mighty @rollingstone.com about #TeslaTakedown. In anticipation of our upcoming second weekend of protests! Join or create an event for ANY day and ANY country at Teslatakedown.com. Download our flyers and background to get informed and get involved!

I'm saying what I'm saying after watching the most insulting state visit of a foreign leader. I'm saying America is done. There are still lovely American people with good hearts but as an ally, i wouldn't trust america ever. Donate to Wild Hornets a legit Ukrainian Fundraiser....contd..

I used the Bluesky api to search for "lgbtq" during the past month. It returned ~50,000 posts containing lgbtq. I sorted users by most posts and noticed a couple of users in particular. I also plotted a 5-minute bin count of posts every 5 minutes and noticed a spike on Feb. 18.

Good morning, Bluesky! I just took a few minutes to cancel my Washington Post subscription this morning (because, f-you, Bezos) Today's "start the day off in a better mood" photo is from the Emerald Pools Trail in Zion NP.

#Hockey #4Nations #Canada #TeamCanada #TeamUSA #USA #Trump #Musk #ElonMusk #TheFourthReich #MAGA #BadFaith #Fascism #Authoritarianism archive.is/kfac4 Team Canada’s Revenge, Served Ice-Cold ⏬ Bluesky 'bite-sized' article thread (10 min) with added links 📖🍿🔊

Learn how to appreciate, no matter how little it is 😻

This morning, people showed the heck up at Zion National Park to support federal workers. My favorite part was when the organizer reminded everyone to be respectful and ended by saying, “Go make the world a better place. I love you.” #publiclands #nationalparks

Utah is talking about taking management of Federal lands. Please reach out to your senators, representatives (state and Federal) plus regional, and other, National Park Superintendents, liaisons, etc., once you’ve read this: le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/... Utah is likely only the beginning.

I've done it, will you? Comment, even outside of the USA, on the national Stonewall monument entry at the National Park Service website. First they came for some of us, before they came for all of us. #LGBWithTheT #LGBT #LGBTQIA+ #BIPOCLGBTQIA+

The USA must return itself to the British Empire

Would anyone like to help me transition DonOld?! ✂️✂️✂️😡🤬 www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out. This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.

You Ask Me How I'm Doing charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/you-ask-me...

Changing its official name to Face Eating Leopard National Park of America

I neglected to post these with #PythonProgramming #PythonDev #PythonDevelopment I don't have a github repo for this yet. Soon to come if anyone is interested. I'm doing other things including sentiment analysis, graph analytics, so much fun!

I neglected to post these with #PythonProgramming #PythonDev #PythonDevelopment I don't have a github repo for this yet. Soon to come if anyone is interested. I'm doing other things including sentiment analysis, graph analytics, so much fun!

They literally removed the T from LGBTQ and erased any mention of trans people who were present at the Stonewall Riots. They're trying to erase us from history. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

I stand with them. @altnps.bsky.social #art

This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument. (Scroll down.)

This from @altnps.bsky.social is spot on

Federal judge blocks Trump’s gender-affirming care ban for minors www.advocate.com/news/judge-b...

Here's a simpler type of viz. These plots more obviously illustrate the gaps in the data I am trying to collect. I don't have a good explanation for why the feed cuts out, but I'm still getting lots of data, around 50 posts/second during the day.

I have been gathering Bluesky post data for the past two months and performing word counts in hopes of finding trends. My first pass was a simple count of the top 500 words (excluding a large set of 'stop words') most frequently occurring during this period. I am attaching some visualizations.