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Mark Squires
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Wine Critic 2006 thru June 2023 @RobertParker Wine Advocate,mostly for Portugal, Greece,USA OFF of West Coast (like N.Y. and VA). RECOVERED LAWYER! Good at politics,SyFy, music and other things. [email protected]; Instagram; Ex-Post.
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · Mar 13
First post. In the '90s, I had what might be called one of the original wine blogs. I later started working (2001) and reviewing (2006) wines for Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, covering Portugal, Greece, the USA other than the West Coast, and other areas (until June 30, 2023; last day).
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 4h
I can still not quite even grasp what is going on. There are a lot of questions. Even more than you've raised.
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 5h
I would say greedy and unprincipled rather than stupid. But you never know!
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 6h
Nice one!
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 6h
The media have always been easy to manipulate. Now, many of them are owned by Trump supporters and/or scared of him.
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 6h
They are easy to manipulate
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 6h
I don't detect much enthusiasm outside of California.
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 11h
I would add, if Platner wins, he could hold that seat for a generation. No matter what happens, she's at best a one-term senator. Platner excites.
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 11h
In Mills, at end of her career and at a moment where she described herself as tired, she presents with Collins as two unexciting candidates, same old, same old...Guess who has the advantage under those circumstances? The incumbent.

Change the script. Not doing so is silliness. People want fresh air
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 12h
What??? Wot?

WTF?

Is it possible to opt-out of this timeline?

#ai
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 16h
A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. Included AI-generated robot porn.

www.404media.co/man-stores-a...
Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets
A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. As part of ...
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 14h
I designed my own database long ago. 😄
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 16h
i dunno, if I were MAGA I'd be insulted at them saying things so dumb. Because they expect MAGA to be fooled by it, so they must think MAGA is really dumb.
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 17h
It's kinda like the movie "The Social Network," but substitute Fox News for Twitter and Facebook; and Trump for regular posters at social media sites.
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 17h
Nothing is ever enough for him. His ego makes the Pacific Ocean looks small. He has always been exceptionally vain about that neck wattle too.
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 17h
She turns 78 in Dec. She's previously made comments that she was retiring at the end of current term, tired and done. She has served well. She shouldn't be running for a 6-year term.Platner is more energetic,a refreshing change. Too many old relics never disappear these days

www.grahamforsenate.com
Graham Platner | Democrat for U.S. Senate
Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, is a Marine and U.S. Army veteran and oyster farmer running to defeat Susan Collins and win back the seat for working Mainers.
www.grahamforsenate.com
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 18h
p.s. Last bottle. Got my money's worth.😅
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 18h
Yes, the Riserva was then $18 (2006). The regular was $15.
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 1d
I also had a 2000 regular (not a Riserva as with this 2001).
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 1d
I'll double check tomorrow, but I don't think so. If so, it was a lonnnnng time ago.
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 1d
Good choice.

Lidia Poët!

So many better choices than the made-up story of Columbus.
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 1d
20 years from now we'll see some new version of this no matter how successful Bluesky ultimately is. 🙉 But Twitter is a failure. There is no point staying on a site where the disreputable owner tweaks algorithms in his favor, changes the AI when it gives answers he doesn't like and so on.
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 1d
2/2

It has time left, but it's preferable to drink it up now. I don't think it's getting better. I liked it finally, but I'm also not sad it's the last bottle. That's good timing!

#wine #barbaresco #italy
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 1d
1/2 This Riserva (one wine used to celebrate most recent anniversary of my Italian citizenship!) is showing a little too old on the nose & a bit browning around the edges.The palate is a lot better,with a bright feel. There's a somewhat dusty finish, but it blossoms a bit with air, quite drinkable.
2001 Riserva Barbaresco from Rizzi, with glass of wine, bottle and cork
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 2d
Depends on how contracts are worded. There may be special clauses.

But you know the Citizens United answer: corporations are people. So, nothing's changed. The corporate structure is the entity. Who owns the shares, not relevant. That is in fact longstanding law.

www.npr.org/2014/07/28/3...
When Did Companies Become People? Excavating The Legal Evolution
The Supreme Court has been granting more rights to corporations, including some regarded as those solely for individuals. But Nina Totenberg finds the company-to-person shift has a long history.
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 2d
I wonder how many D cities and states will continue to use Dominion. They aren't the only game in town. But they may have contracts that are hard to cancel promptly.
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Mark Squires @marksquires.com · 2d
It's part of a pattern, right? They don't like a social media site--they buy it. They don't like a newspaper or tv station--they buy it.

We're being surrounded and boxed in, in a comprehensive fashion.
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