Scott Whitmore
@scottwhitmore.bsky.social
Middling novelist. Reader. Book reviewer. Observer of life. Former sports journalist. U.S. Navy retired.
Classy move. It's telling about the age we live in that something like this becomes a big(ish) deal when it was once so much a given to be barely noticed.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h agoHaley Stevens says she will fully support @abdulelsayed.bsky.social
"Suppo! What the blue **** is going on? The admiral just reamed me over these media leaks!"
Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · 2h agoKeeping people constantly deployed has a mounting cost. www.ms.now/news/conditi...
@travisklempan.bsky.social this is your chance .... <kidding. sorry. so, so sorry>
Adam J Schmidt@adamjschmidt.com · 2h agoHow desperate is the Navy getting? I'm 5-8 years older than Homer Simpson was when he joined the Navy Reserve in "Simpson Tide" (Season 9 Episode 19) 😳
Ridiculous on the face of it; strongly advise reading "A City on Mars" to realize how farcical (and idiotic) these ideas are.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 5h agoSPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
First baby deer sighting in quite some time for us ...
I know it's worse for women but I'll just say that I feel this too. There's something so degrading & wearying & ... fraying about being constantly confronted with mean, ugly, brutish people. I want to feel solidarity toward humanity, I want to feel hope, & this shit just chips away at it.
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15h agoIt's demoralizing living in a nonstop Abuse-a-thon: we've had to learn the sordid details of so many men's abhorrent behavior; I mean this summer has been Graham Platner, Andrew Tate, Jared Leto, Max Miller, plus the horrific L.A. rape-murder of the child by the rapper, to name a few lowlights.
Yeah I'm soooo looking forward to voting against this bullshit in November ....
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d agoGood framing.
Great news! Libraries are the best. I hope our local library system's measure passes (but I have my fears)
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 15h agoSeattle voters are currently approving the library levy renewal by nearly 72%.
Oh I think they did the policy *because* these fields are disproportionately female ...
Kim Weeden@weedenkim.bsky.social · yesterdayExcept for religious studies, the graduates of these "loan ineligible" majors are disproportionately women. Fans of this policy have probably never considered that social worker, cosmetician, teachers aide, etc might be low-paying jobs *because* women do them. newrepublic.com/post/213446/...
One thing missing from much of the “There Will Come Soft Rains” commemoration for today is the subject matter of the original poem (the one that gets recited by the robo-house). The end of World War I. The influenza pandemic. Nature’s indifference to humanity.
Excellent read, folks. The whale knows and you should also
Travis Klempan@travisklempan.bsky.social · 15h agoYou heard the whale:
This has been an issue for at least two and a half decades ... I remember hearing about this happening before I retired in 2003 ...
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 17h agoExclusive: A Post investigation found that for-profit trade schools defrauded the U.S. government of over $300 million through the GI Bill, exploiting veterans with overpriced, short courses due to lax oversight and loopholes.
"our entire military, who are males" sounds like a wish he and Kegbreath share
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h agoWhat a surprise, the alleged abuser was jacking himself up on testosterone.
Imagine having enough money to tangibly improve the lives of so many - & still be comfortably wealthy after doing so - but instead choosing to hoard & continue to accumulate wealth for yourself that you'll never live long enough to spend. How utterly reprehensible & malignant a person you'd be.
The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social · 19h agoZero-tolerance for oligarchs www.editorialboard.com/zero-toleran...
"wasteful social spending" is certainly one way of saying providing food and medical support to millions of needy Americans. Rich, smug prick who's never actually worked a day in his life.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h agoBREAKING: Republicans are no longer worried about deficits and debt Bessent: "I'm not as bothered by it ... if '26 is flat to slightly up, this isn't wasteful social spending "
Is he suggesting his wife could be held in contempt for providing emergency medical care to their child? Am I reading that right? If that's what he's saying ... I mean I thought he was a piece of crap before but that makes him an even bigger and more monstrous piece of crap
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h agoRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
Pardon me ... pardon me ... excuse me ... comin' through ... on your left ... pardon ... pardon ... excuse me ... coming through
Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️@snarkysillysad.bsky.social · yesterday@jordan_robbins captures a great white shark effortlessly cutting through a school of Australian salmon using a drone over Jervis Bay: #AGoodPlace
Random answers: 1 - "Dispatches" by Michael Herr 3 - Sci-Fi & History 7 - The Hardy Boys series, both the old-old brown covers & the 70s blue-cover versions. 15 - check my blog. 16 - 49 so far (two-thirds thru no. 50).
Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago1 like = 1 book question 📚💙
So she's running away from being a spineless unethical ass-kissing war-monger ... and running toward being a spineless unethical ass-kissing war-supporter? I'm confuzed ... is that, y'know, really running away?
New York Magazine@nymag.com · 22h agoAppointed U.S. senator Darline Graham is running away from her brother Lindsey Graham’s legacy as she runs for his seat. She wants to be known as the heir to Lindsey but the ideological servant of Donald Trump.
It doesn't have to be either-or. It can be both.
Dr Earhart Sampson PhD 🌎 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇺🇦@earhart.bsky.social · 3d agoMassachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...
Brought to you courtesy of the same group who said "If we stop testing for Covid, the number of cases will go down" Protecting abusers because they are themselves abusers.
Task & Purpose@taskandpurpose.com · yesterdayArmy ends anonymous reporting for harassment complaints trib.al/oQU93m2
All of Washington state ... drop boxes are the only choice at this point. #Vote
Meade Krosby@meadekrosby.bsky.social · yesterdayVoted 🗳️ Don’t forget to take your ballots to a drop box by 8pm today, Seattle.
Yes, more of this please. Sue the living crap out of them. -->
Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · yesterday"Get away from me right now," King, a retired U.S. Army captain who served in Iraq and earned both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, can be heard telling the three male guard members in the video as they approach her on the bench. "You have absolutely no authority to detain me."