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John

@thisoldhaus.bsky.social

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Retired newspaper guy. History, politics, and legal-news nerd. I am perpetually awaiting a rebirth of serotonin.

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John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 19h

left swipes for life

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 21h

A great narrative read, too. I read it shortly after it came out, and I think twice in the years since.

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 22h

Donald Streisand strikes again.

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure you’re properly grasping the implications of Pascal’s and Huygens’ exposition of probability theory.

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John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 1d

I couldn't even get through it at that age. I tried at around 15 or so and permanently bogged down a few chapters in, though I was a sci-fi fan.

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 1d

I give it a 3.8

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 2d

Militubbies

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 2d

Roy Cohn’s ghost appeared on his door knocker, then in his bedroom with a handkerchief holding his jaw closed

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John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 3d

Disappointed it wouldn't take my Stephen Miller attempt, MOLEMEN.

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 4d

Wow, the administration's right, Chicago's a hellscape. Check out the October 11 NYT.

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 4d

Quick, name any other song by Lee Greenwood.

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you! Loving the outrage from the "I've never heard it pronounced that way!" fellow Americans. That's absolutely how I learned it. (Of course, I'm 147 years old.)

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 4d

I demand a recount.

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 4d

Welcome back, my friends
To the game that never ends
We're so glad you could attend
Come inside! Come inside

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 4d

After a month the Supreme Court will throw out the hanging chads and the loser will concede

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 4d

These teams will be as old as I am now before this game ends. And I'm old enough to remember Mark "The Bird" Fidrych.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 4d

Come on Tiges!

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 4d

“We had to have a coffin specially made to fit the President’s powerful 6’3” remains”

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 4d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 4d

Yup.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5d

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 4d

I’d forgotten that brilliant bit. Perfect application now.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5d

Wen should direct more attention to incidents like these because Americans are more likely to respond to brutality to pets than to brutality to human beings.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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John @thisoldhaus.bsky.social · 4d