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20+yr Technology Leader, Public Speaker, Columnist, USCG Veteran with a salty vernacular, Brewer of beer, Coffee Evangelist - VPoEng ** Don't follow if you are easily offended, it's not intentional, I just don't give a fuck. *** Allergic to Chocolate

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Mikel 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 @mikelking.com · Dec 18

Ages ago on the porta-potty site I started #ThoughtfulThursday, hoping to encourage everyone to share nuggets of inspiration, wisdom & positivity, to make Thursday suck a little less. If you'd like me to bring this over here then drop a 💙& repost.

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dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 12h

"Let them eat cake!"

Showing her obliviousness to the poor conditions in which many of her "subjects" live while she lives decadently and reflects the queen's frivolous disregard for the starving peasants.

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 12h

Your grandfathers didn’t storm Normandy so you could be afraid of the word antifascist or “antifa”

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 13h

If this was happening in any other country you'd have journalists and analysts discussing risks of state failure

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 1d

Lodge played on some of the prog rock band's biggest hits, including "Nights In White Satin" and "Isn’t Life Strange."

R.I.P. John Lodge, bassist, singer, and songwriter for the Moody Blues

www.avclub.com

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Raccoon in the sky @seebo429.bsky.social · 1d

We've been dumping (non-Uncle Ben's) rice from 8kg bags into this Uncle Ben's rice container for nearly a decade and there's nothing Uncle Ben can do to stop us!

An orange plastic uncle Ben's rice container

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 1d

Labeling people who disagree with you as terrorists or Antifa so you can use the military against them is textbook fascism.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 13h

Whenever I come back to New York I recognize and romanticize a new thing I didn’t realize I missed. Today it’s seeing people walking, while eating, while angry.

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Chris Edwards "SINGING TRAIN CONDUCTOR" @singingconductor.bsky.social · 1d

John Lodge
- Forever a MOODY BLUE RIP 😢

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12h

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Lawrence @ldog562.bsky.social · 12h

Magarepubs are pathological liars.. More importantly they don't believe in our democracy anymore they have fully embraced authoritarianism,,
crooksandliars.com/cltv/2025/10...

Chris Hayes Calls Out Dangerous New MAGA Lie

Chris Hayes takes Republicans to task for their dangerous new lies about the upcoming No Kings protests.

crooksandliars.com

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PhillFoss @phillfoss.bsky.social · 12h

He’s scared…..
Trump directs the Pentagon to use 'all available funds' to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown

apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump directs the Pentagon to use 'all available funds' to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown

President Donald Trump says he's directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure that U.S. troops are paid on Wednesday despite the government shutdown.

apnews.com

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FootiusMaximus @footiusmaximus.bsky.social · 1d

My wife turns my tomato cages into witches 🧙‍♀️

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ShelbieNameless @shelbienameless.bsky.social · 14h

#Caturday
I have to people today; wish me luck!😆
To those of you who have to do some peopling today, too...
#JustBeNice
We've got this!🤜🏼💙🤛🏼

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Anna Pilette @atomicdumpling.com · 15h

@fivetimessix.bsky.social

Can you guess what today is?

75!
youtu.be/qq09UkPRdFY?...

Mariah Carey - Fantasy (Official 4K Video)

YouTube video by MariahCareyVEVO

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🦋Nathan Chapman Enough is Enough🦋Just Stand🌊 @nchapman.bsky.social · 12h

'"A lot of folks on your side are too,” Johnson said, when Dean pressed him about the “unhinged” and “unwell” mental state the president demonstrated during his dystopian speech to military officials — a rant lowlighted by his vow to use the armed forces against American cities."

He's never "just joking"

And Republicans know it, even as they play dumb.

www.publicnotice.co

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Halbeerz @halz.bsky.social · 1d

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 12h

Our job is not to throw 15 million people off health care and double insurance premiums for more than 20 million.

Our job is not to shutter community health centers, nursing homes and rural hospitals.

Our job is to fix a broken system and guarantee health care to all.

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 15h

"Hedge fund Alden Global Capital gobbles up newspapers across America and guts them. No one knows why, until journalist Julie Reynolds investigates. Her findings trigger journalist rebellions at Alden-owned newspapers nationwide."

Full documentary streaming at @pbs.org.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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ShelbieNameless @shelbienameless.bsky.social · 15h

#HappyCaturday

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah. Almost forgot…

Release the #EpsteinFiles!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

NEW: So it IS a second home and not an investment property. Motion to dismiss for abuse of the grand jury process in 3...2...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

In the Eye of a Political Storm, a Tiny Yellow House in Norfolk, Va.

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Dave Brockman 💙💛 @davebrockman.bsky.social · 1d

Where's Philomena when you need her? #TOTP

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14h

Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c

Tweet from Fred Wellman: “Weird. I was told it’s a war zone.”
Below is a Time Out Chicago post showing a scenic city skyline at sunset with the text: “Chicago has been voted the Best Big City in the U.S. for the ninth consecutive year.”

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