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@annehelen.bsky.social with the great observation this morning.

Don't understand how more business leaders and owners aren't speaking up to their representatives. Especially here in Iowa. Our farmers are going to get slammed. John Deere is already getting slammed. Personal liberties are eroding every day. www.dailykos.com/story/2025/2...

On the heels of cancelling Times and WaPo yesterday, became paid subscriber to @juddlegum.bsky.social and @popular.info tonight. If you can, make the switch to paid. If not, keep reading and sharing! I’ve been reading for over a year, made switch today!

Finally pulled the metaphorical trigger today. Cancelled subscriptions to @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com. Moving to support other media such as local and independent coverage.

The graphic designers at @iowapbs.bsky.social when I interned in 2007 played a different internet radio station (yes! no Pandora yet!) each day. In honor of them, I'm listening to 70s-80s Japanese Pop on YouTube this morning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd7s...

It turns out the real cautionary tale of Jurassic Park was “don’t put tech bros in charge of efficiency”

Repost with the first album you bought with your own money.

Cheese and crackers. 🤦🤮

📰🇬🇧 Daily Star front page: "Putin’s Poodle" 🐩

If you could use a little brightness in your day, I recommend spending some time with sled dog MUPPY. I’m genuinely obsessed with her. She is an icon. She is a legend. Her legs are 4 inches long.

Stayed up late and finished @chuckwendig.bsky.social's "Black River Orchard" - Oh my. What an absolutely disgusting, evil, FANTASTIC novel. Wonderful. I've just started reading Horror in 2025, and this was a joy to read. Without giving much away, Wendig's treatise on the source of evil spot on.

Get documentation. Share. Make public. This is not okay! www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromo...

Absolutely beautiful tribute. #SNL50 #50Years youtu.be/fXAbLeJyB0o?...

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Rob Zombie sums it up pretty well on the current administration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK-v...

Cheese and crackers! Got to be kidding me!

Trying to figure out why WaPo is running a UK headline when we're experiencing a coup in the US?

I had to check twice to see if this was a “pitchbot” post. It’s not.

Adding some positivity to the timeline, one of my favorite authors @lyz.bsky.social visited my old stomping grounds of University of Northern Iowa to meet with Honors Students! (Screenshot from latest UNI Honors newsletter.)

I think it's about time to start a "Science-Fiction Future Historical Society" wapo.st/3EfkhOR **Gift Link**

A little timeline cleanse from when I left work tonight!

So excited for this! It is a disgusting and stressful bug to have in a house with young kids. It is a roller coaster filled with puke and clean up.

Taking me back to MLB The Show 04 with this one. Dropkick Murphys!

Was going to share this because I loved the headline. Pasted in, noticed headline was different! I know outlets change/update headlines, but I'm curious on this one? "Heel turn" connects the MAGA efforts to fascism. "trading transphobia for trade war" is boring? @theverge.com @reckless.bsky.social

Is there any way I can become a professional sci-fi reader? Just read this article and found about a dozen new books to read! reactormag.com/five-post-ap...

Looking forward to this! techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/a...

@randfish.bsky.social who’s here because of your LinkedIn comment?! 👀

Gotta love the Gen X coworker watching a Teams meeting, taking photos of screen with phone. Instead of....screenshots...

The stock market has tumbled today. Why? Because the jobs report was strong, with over 250,000 jobs added. (So investors are worried that interest rates will remain high.) It illustrates that the interests of investors and working people are often very different.

Oh look! Reducing competition again! YouTube TV raises their prices, the competition (Fubo, Hulu Live) merge. Now, there is only two legitimate Live TV streamers providing local channels. www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/243...