Brent Scales
@boiler40.bsky.social
Midwest Coast. Automotive industry lifer. Still learning.
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Nov 25th 1976 - Apollo Creed defended his title against Rocky Balboa for the second time to prove that Rocky going the distance the first time was a fluke.
📽️📅 Rocky II (1979)
📽️📅 Rocky II (1979)
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Nov 25th 1976 - Apollo Creed defended his title against Rocky Balboa for the second time to prove that Rocky going the distance the first time was a fluke.
📽️📅 Rocky II (1979)
📽️📅 Rocky II (1979)
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Found my Grandfather’s Army-Issued field watch from WWII. He wore it across Europe to Germany, then in the Philippines.
Gonna see if I can get it running again.
If you know a good watch shop in the DC/NOVA area send me a note.
Gonna see if I can get it running again.
If you know a good watch shop in the DC/NOVA area send me a note.
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Found my Grandfather’s Army-Issued field watch from WWII. He wore it across Europe to Germany, then in the Philippines.
Gonna see if I can get it running again.
If you know a good watch shop in the DC/NOVA area send me a note.
Gonna see if I can get it running again.
If you know a good watch shop in the DC/NOVA area send me a note.
From lifelong friends made in Kansas at CGSC and a bridge to warming relations between US/former Soviet officers, to turning 68 while stumbling away from the “meat grinder” of the Russian front lines. Wild story via @gregjaffe.bsky.social @paulsonne.bsky.social 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
He Saw the Best of America and Then Fought for Russia in Ukraine
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
From lifelong friends made in Kansas at CGSC and a bridge to warming relations between US/former Soviet officers, to turning 68 while stumbling away from the “meat grinder” of the Russian front lines. Wild story via @gregjaffe.bsky.social @paulsonne.bsky.social 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
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"Freelance journalism in 2025 is an incredibly difficult place to build a career. But, it turns out, it’s a decent enough arena for a scam."
"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Freelance journalism in 2025 is an incredibly difficult place to build a career. But, it turns out, it’s a decent enough arena for a scam."
Gen X-ers, we ride at dawn.
Bring your quarters (to exchange for whatever).
Bring your quarters (to exchange for whatever).
Those still exist here! (Halifax Canada) I just checked and there is a dial tone.
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Gen X-ers, we ride at dawn.
Bring your quarters (to exchange for whatever).
Bring your quarters (to exchange for whatever).
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That’s how you photograph an airport.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
That’s how you photograph an airport.
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Gotta hand it to 'em, these are pretty cool
taskandpurpose.com/culture/navy...
taskandpurpose.com/culture/navy...
Naval Academy seniors learn their future jobs with a 'team jersey' reveal
Seniors at the Naval Academy found out what job they'll have after graduation with a custom 'team jersey' for each assigned field.
taskandpurpose.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Gotta hand it to 'em, these are pretty cool
taskandpurpose.com/culture/navy...
taskandpurpose.com/culture/navy...
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Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci
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The rising prevalence of water bottle filling stations over the last decade is one of the great under appreciated additions to our quality of life.
really wish that Fridays on Bluesky were "everyone post your weirdest finds / shower thoughts of the week"
I mean, we could just do it
I mean, we could just do it
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The rising prevalence of water bottle filling stations over the last decade is one of the great under appreciated additions to our quality of life.
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another interesting thing that jumped out at me from this story was the court security team intervening to stop ice
The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
another interesting thing that jumped out at me from this story was the court security team intervening to stop ice
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Six Democratic Lawmakers Tell Military to Refuse Illegal Orders
(I wrote about this video on Tues. I didn't think we'd still be talking about it on Thurs.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
(I wrote about this video on Tues. I didn't think we'd still be talking about it on Thurs.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Democratic Lawmakers Tell Military to Refuse Illegal Orders
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Six Democratic Lawmakers Tell Military to Refuse Illegal Orders
(I wrote about this video on Tues. I didn't think we'd still be talking about it on Thurs.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
(I wrote about this video on Tues. I didn't think we'd still be talking about it on Thurs.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Possibly the 1st meeting between Penny Hardaway and Matt Painter since the Western University Dolphins beat @boilerball.bsky.social in ‘94.
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Possibly the 1st meeting between Penny Hardaway and Matt Painter since the Western University Dolphins beat @boilerball.bsky.social in ‘94.
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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There are days when it's hard for me to remember that, at base, we all want the same things.
Today I'm trying to remember that those things don't include Nazis, pedophiles, and death sentences for disobeying illegal orders.
Right? None of us wants those things, right?
Today I'm trying to remember that those things don't include Nazis, pedophiles, and death sentences for disobeying illegal orders.
Right? None of us wants those things, right?
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
There are days when it's hard for me to remember that, at base, we all want the same things.
Today I'm trying to remember that those things don't include Nazis, pedophiles, and death sentences for disobeying illegal orders.
Right? None of us wants those things, right?
Today I'm trying to remember that those things don't include Nazis, pedophiles, and death sentences for disobeying illegal orders.
Right? None of us wants those things, right?
In addition, a 3rd IN Republican senator has been involved in a swatting incident since POTUS called out redistricting opponents within the party. www.basedinlafayette.com/p/sen-deerys...
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In addition, a 3rd IN Republican senator has been involved in a swatting incident since POTUS called out redistricting opponents within the party. www.basedinlafayette.com/p/sen-deerys...
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Trump this morning suggested executing Democratic members of Congress, reposting a Truth Social user who called to "HANG THEM"
Trump Suggests Hanging Democratic Members Of Congress
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Trump this morning suggested executing Democratic members of Congress, reposting a Truth Social user who called to "HANG THEM"
“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Rawlings lifts a 17-ton gold glove onto the roof of Westport Plaza
Rawlings lifts a 17-ton gold glove onto the roof of Westport Plaza
The 12-story gold mirrored tower at Westport Plaza got a 35,000-pound gold baseball glove affixed to its roof, courtesy of Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, its major tenant since 2024.
www.stltoday.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
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My first Big Event coverage was the 1994 World Cup at the LA Times. I was an intern and did very little, but I saw everything that historically stacked staff wrote about the biggest sport event any of them had ever covered.
DO NOT miss this lesson:
1/
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
DO NOT miss this lesson:
1/
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Fifa agrees World Cup matches can be moved at Trump’s request
The president has been warning host cities under Democratic control that he will call on Fifa’s president to switch venues if he deems there is a problem
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
My first Big Event coverage was the 1994 World Cup at the LA Times. I was an intern and did very little, but I saw everything that historically stacked staff wrote about the biggest sport event any of them had ever covered.
DO NOT miss this lesson:
1/
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
DO NOT miss this lesson:
1/
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
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At Mar A Lago, not Epstein Island
“ At just 16 years old, she took a job at Mar a Lago, believing she had secured a dream summer position. But that dream quickly morphed into a nightmare when Ghislaine Maxwell preyed upon her…. They trafficked her”
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
At Mar A Lago, not Epstein Island
Because it is difficult to keep up with daily violations of decency and norms, I missed these comments covered here by Meredith Kile via People. However, the timing of this photo included in this story is pitch perfect. people.com/donald-trump...
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Because it is difficult to keep up with daily violations of decency and norms, I missed these comments covered here by Meredith Kile via People. However, the timing of this photo included in this story is pitch perfect. people.com/donald-trump...
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it makes you think about some stuff
Larry Summers is on the board of OpenAI
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
it makes you think about some stuff
As @profhicks.bsky.social has repeatedly demonstrated with his work, services are a major factor in keeping and bringing people to towns/cities, not low taxes. Always exceptions, including bad use of funds, but it certainly holds true in this state. Latest: www.thestarpress.com/story/opinio...
Hicks: An anecdote on taxation
There’s an easy rule of thumb. If you are losing people, or your home values are declining, it is pretty likely that you have too few amenities for your current taxes.
www.thestarpress.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
As @profhicks.bsky.social has repeatedly demonstrated with his work, services are a major factor in keeping and bringing people to towns/cities, not low taxes. Always exceptions, including bad use of funds, but it certainly holds true in this state. Latest: www.thestarpress.com/story/opinio...
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Excited to contribute!
Learn about the MWG's new Vice President, Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin!
milwritersguild.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
milwritersguild.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to the new MWG Vice President!
Pauline Shanks Kaurin
milwritersguild.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Excited to contribute!