Don't worry, I speak ill of the dead while they're alive too

@bakerdphd.bsky.social fyi about github

This is not my “official backup account” because I don’t have one. It is an impersonator. Please block it into oblivion.

Aretha was right.

I can't stop you from reading any ole newsletter you want, but I can say that there is only one independent, worker-owned abortion newsletter I get my news from and it is @autonomynews.co

Women love it when you tell us stuff we already know.

PBS weekend newscasts shut down due to funding cuts, replaced by single-topic programs | ABC News #PBS abcnews.go.com/Entertainmen...

The 🇺🇲 American live-action  television series based on the DC Comics character "BATMAN" starring Adam West and Burt Ward first aired #OnThisDay in 1966 on the ABC Network. It ran for 3 seasons producing 120 episodes ending in 1968 📺 20th Century-Fox Television 🦇

truly an all time “I’m not even mad that’s amazing moment” this could not possibly be funnier

Eric Adams, former NYC mayor, launched a memecoin (cryptocurrency) today. He marketed it as an “NYC Token” and used media appearances and his social media to promote it. Within hours, Adams then drained its liquidity, apparently having scammed investors out of $3.4 million—a move called a rug pull.

ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬

We don’t want data centers. We want Zzzquil Ultra that comes in containers the size of protein powder jugs.

If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com

‘Seeds’ Review: Brittany Shyne’s Moving Portrait of Generational Black Farmers in the South www.slantmagazine.com/film/seeds-r...

A member of her neighborhood block club told me she was the kind of person always willing to lend a hand. Rest in peace, Linda Brown. blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/12/b...

Anyway. I cannot emphasize enough how much we need to take all their money.

The former IDF counterintelligence guy thinks the government should seize social media platforms, rank everyone by “authenticity” and “polarization” then limit and control your speech based on that rank. You know, freedom.

The exchange rate is one Eggsy to two Pickles

With personal help from some South Tucson city council members, a local community organization purchased two motels in 2023 and converted them to affordable housing aimed at combating rising property taxes and rent costs.

🤩🤩🤩🤩 🔭 www.mainepublic.org/environment-...

The president of the United States declared war on the world. Some people are just in denial about it.

Three words “I misunderstood you.” You can use this when it becomes clear that you misunderstood someone’s post, rather than snarking at them like an asshole

The one thing that my life as a xennial/older millennial has taught me is that no matter how bad I think things are, politically, there is a downhill from here 🥲

Begging scented ink makers to describe the scent of the ink in their marketing copy. I do not know what a "morning bubble" smells like

www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-lov... The plot is lost on LinkedIn.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/n... Nearly 15,000 Nurses Go on Strike at Major New York City Hospitals

this is war. I don't know why this isn't the language that everyone uses. The Feds are waging war on civilians.

I like how every week we get to learn about an old-fashioned war crime together!

“We just have to keep pressuring Dems to do the right thing.” Prof Kotsko 2019 tweet comes to mind:

I don’t do that as an important or famous person. I do that as an ordinary person who found my role.

Be who you are & go where it’s natural to be a part of change. I like books. So I make myself a part of my bookstore’s community & my library’s community & champion them. I use reading to help me think through the world, & I put fiction & poetry out to use beauty to confront the world & reach folks.

Today's delight: one of the best songs ever written - www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fn8...

V. important reading material

Oh fuuuuck no.

Study: Stillbirths may be more common in U.S. than previously known. The fetal death rate is particularly high in Black patients, researchers found.

In stupidest reason to get a red pill divorce I have ever heard, a friend's daughter has left a man who got mad at her for not making a hot breakfast every morning. They both have full time jobs, but he pitched a fit about cereal so now he is single. She's fine, but we are undone by the ridiculous

Democrats’ wins in Virginia last fall means they’ll be able to keep advancing a measure to end the state’s unusually harsh system of lifetime felony disenfranchisement.

Opinion | California’s insurance laws are a regulatory mirage, failing fire survivors The state’s law requiring fair treatment by insurers has largely been unenforced. Fire victims are left with delays, gaslighting and denials.

I was taking a cute picture of the dogs because it's so rare to see them piled up together but seeing this photo really pushed me to clock the absolute STATE the cats have put this chair in lololol

Some may recall the donated gloves I received from a woman whose son tragically died in a house fire. I received a note from Beverly today. Really nice to have something to feel good about.

Good news! I have photos of the players with the three gloves I found new homes for. I just ordered prints and will be sending them with a nice letter to Beverly. I hope it will help "heal her heart".

Some may recall this story I shared. I have the 3 gloves all cleaned up. I am offering them to anyone whose child needs a glove. I will send them to you at no cost. The only thing I ask is that you send me a picture of your kid using the glove so I can share them with Beverly [email protected]

Expensive Cystic Fibrosis Drug Now Within Reach After Dramatic Price Drop of New Generic Version www.goodnewsnetwork.org/expensive-cy...

The friendship secret: why socialising could help you live longer

‘Uninvestable’: Trump pitch to oil execs yields no promises www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

The Wyoming Supreme Court’s decision to protect abortion, explained www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/open-spaces/...

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