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Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social · Jun 16

PEOPLE! There are LITERAL CBRN EXPERTS on this site who will tell you that the best thing you can do for tear gas or pepper spray is to just flush your eyes and face with water.

Any “home remedy” bullshit is just that: bullshit. It won’t help and can actually make things worse.

Spread THAT word.

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 17h

I’m not passing any judgement. Y’all know I’m fond of Kingston.

Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 20h

Totally forgot it was Monday so I’m running a tad late. Apologies.

Anyway I took a stroll in Vancouver a few weeks back and wrote a few words about it….

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Vancouver

So I kept walking, on to Chinatown long enough to see street signs with golden dragons on top, then back East toward the blocks that held hundred thousand dollar watches, Ferrari’s and the AKC French ...

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 20h

Blueberry plain

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 21h

Discovered today, after a long weekend in Bear country, that my kid hid a half eaten bagel in the backseat.

Fortunately didn’t learn that lesson the hard way.

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 22h

Charlie Crocketts soul tracks are amazing. He did a zydeco tribute album recently that has some real bangers.
Leon Bridges if you haven’t already, they toured together this summer and I should’ve gone.
It’s a one off song but Joshua Ray Walkers “Sexy After Dark” is a banger.

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 23h

I want to like Charlie Crockett but I find him meh personally. Allegedly the best band in country music, and I really like his more soul sounding tracks but I just can’t personally get into him.

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 1d

Yea I mean sub on sub combat ala Tom Clancy. As best I can tell it’s only happened once, at the tail end of WW2

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 1d

There’s literally a Kosher Cajun Deli that’s been in the same location for 30 years in Metairie.

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 1d

See this is why I post things like this. Thank you.

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 1d

Theoretically two WW2 era subs could’ve dunked it out on the surface but I can’t find any evidence of this with a quick google search.

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 1d

Has a submarine ever actually fought another submarine in combat?

Think about it, the technology for a submerged submarine to engage another submerged submarine didn’t exist til after WW2 but the only submarine combat I can think of after 1945 was the English sinking an Argentine Cruiser

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 1d

Feels bad to wish death on someone and yet…

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 1d

Saw that it’s Canadian Thanksgiving and immediately remember making out with a curly haired girl in the parking lot of a Kingston bar Canadian Thanksgiving weekend 2000, so lemme shamelessly self promote for a sec

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An Outlaw's Prayer

For a long time I thought there was something wrong with me, that the reason I didn’t have faith was because I was bad or broken. I don’t believe that anymore, but I still don’t understand. How is it ...

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 1d

The first step to police reform is telling folks “we’re not sending cops because that’s not illegal” but the voters in this country overwhelmingly don’t want that.

The 911 calls never stop and until they do policing will never change.

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 1d

And note the cop refers to a “home invasion” which leads to another issue. 911 callers often, in fact they commonly, hype up their complaint in the belief it will get a more rapid response. They will turn a noise complaint into a domestic disturbance because they don’t want to wait for a response.

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 1d

What the bosses should’ve done was point out to parents that this is not illegal and police shouldn’t respond but that is unacceptable in American society. Bosses will never say “that’s not illegal and we’re not responding” because that angers voters

People WANT the cops to respond when they call

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 1d

This article highlights and issue with policing that is never addressed in the conversation of reform.

Both police officials, in Texas and Massachusetts spoke of a police response, even a SWAT response but a child inviting a homeless person into their home ISNT ILLEGAL IN EITHER STATE!

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Police are asking kids to stop pulling AI homeless man prank

The AI #homelessmanprank has gone viral, causing headaches for law enforcement.

buff.ly

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 2d

Turns out it’s a biography of a NYFD Arson investigator.

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 2d

You’d think.

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a book in this air B&B that just says “Arson!” and I’m curious if it’s pro or con.

A brown wooden side table with a stack of books. The top book has the title of “Arson!”

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 3d

like seriously team, I know y'all are working on both improving Discover and on better reply sentiment filtering and all, but it's going to take a while to tune it properly and a "never show my post on Discover" setting would be a 10 minute fix that would get 65% of why people want private accounts

Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3d

I had a post reach the Discover feed today and was once again reminded of how many people on this site are not house trained.

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 3d

Holy shit.
Want.

I cannot believe I live in a place that bakes wild caught fish with mayonnaise and ritz crackers now.

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 3d

We gave up and stopped for food

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Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 3d

When it first came out it was pretty stellar for the price point but once Safariland introduced the ALS….

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