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Mark Schweitzer

@markschweitzer.bsky.social

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Retired Old-School Ad Guy, Writer & Historian; Book Designer/Publisher - Polymath of the lesser sort. Love architecture, sports, tech and whatever science I can comprehend. Akron native.

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Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 19h

If Trump really wants to win a Nobel Peace Prize, maybe he should start with his own country.

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 1d

If they want to bring back "the good old days" then maybe we could compromise and have 80-year-old Jose Feliciano do the halftime show.

Aw, never mind. That wouldn't satisfy them either.

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 2d

Oh sure - he's gonna lower prices on electricity at the same time new, power-hogging AI data centers come online and drive consumer prices up by 20% or more. If he doesn't recognize the problem, he's too dumb to be president. If no one's telling him, he's surrounded by morons and cowards.

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Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 8d

Why are we bailing out Argentina - who now sells the soybeans to China that US farmers used to sell? Why bail out the dummies who voted for this ignoramus? FAFO.

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 9d

Yes they did. 😂😁😆

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 9d

The first one you posted is General Ulysses S. Grant. The photo I posted is William Tecumseh Sherman.

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 9d

Clearly this Civil War general doesn't think much of the standards either.

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 13d

Where's Teddy Roosevelt when we need him?

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 15d

Escalators know. They just know.

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 15d

Watching #TNF Seahawks vs. Cardinals. Those Cardinal uniforms...uh...why do they look like someone flicked dirt all over them?

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 15d

As it has been said, "the sign of a truly advanced society is one where old men plant trees under whose shade they will never sit." It's the opposite of what we have today.

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Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 16d

Just like he pledged to end war in The Ukraine in 24 hours...

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16d

The US president made the promise at a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, where Arab and Muslim leaders expressed their growing alarm at Israel’s actions across the Middle East on.ft.com/3VTFe7P

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Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 16d

This AppleTV show SMOKE is really good. All the acting is good, but the character of Freddy is incredible. That performance is incredible - and heartbreaking.

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 16d

Where does he think all those power tools are made?

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 20d

I'm sure they're quaking in their boots. Still waiting for bad things to happen to Russia if it doesn't agree to a cease fire with Ukraine.

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 20d

If I'm going to stuff new components in a 20+ year old case, I'll go with this one.

Circa 2003 - Sony VAIO PC Pentium 4 mid tower case.

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Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 20d

Sometimes it seems the genuine engagement on this platform is negligible. Increasingly feels like an echo chamber.

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 20d

🤚No issues. Ever.

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 20d

...like he EVER uses the word incalculable...LOL

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 20d

Still amazes me that we elected a president who not only thinks like a 16-year old jerk, but actually speaks these words publicly. The man is not fit to lead anyone. He's a disgrace to the presidency.

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 21d

Another early 20th century landmark may fall in Akron; the original Firestone Tire plant, built in 1912, may be subject to demolition. The city's Historic Preservation commission approved a city request to raze just the rear portion of the structure. Now the city wants it all.

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 21d

Even if Trump never faces criminal charges, I hope after he leaves office that the next administration will make him reimburse the US Government a few billion dollars for using it to line his own and his family's pockets for four years.

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 21d

Had fun rebuilding this 20+ year old Sony VAIO PC…it had a Pentium 4 in it. New MB, Ryzen 5, 8GB Radion graphics, 32GB RAM and 2TB of storage will replace the aging HP i3 I’ve been using the past few years. I don’t do gaming; just print graphics/design and some 1080p video work. Still looks modern.

Mark Schweitzer @markschweitzer.bsky.social · 28d

Most any other network would have fired him on the spot.

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