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Random coder. Some for fun. Some for $$. C#, Java, Rust, JavaScript, Smalltalk/Squeak, etc. - whatever looks interesting. Now exploring React. Occasional fan ficcer. And I have IDEAS! About things! (OMG! Another old guy with opinions. On the Internet! )
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 2d
Having a very unproductive day. Sometimes that happens.

Hopefully it will get better after lunch. Fingers crossed.
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 3d
Apparently, you're now a "terrorist" if you go to a "No Kings" protest this coming weekend?

Must be funded by "Antifa"! 😱

And Saturday's "No Kings" is now being blamed for the Epstein files not being release and the House not being in full session.

Look how powerful they've become!

#nokings
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 4d
No FDA milk inspections? People's health is no longer important?

So, not only do we have Satan's Health Minister promoting raw milk, which can make you very ill, the FDA is no longer testing milk for all sorts of bad things.

So, basically, don't drink milk! You'll live longer!

What's next? Meat?
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 5d
The Secret is Out!

According to Trump, it was Biden who was in charge on January 6th, and Biden's FBI that caused the "Insurrection"

Yeah, that's not true.

Back then the FBI was still Trump's and the Inauguration didn't happen until 3 weeks later, so Trump was still POTUS.

Signs of Dementia?
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 5d
Indigenous Peoples Day!

Celebrating the people who came to America long before the Vikings and that tool of European colonialism Columbus.

Still not sure why Columbus gets credit for anything other than being a bad guest working for the Spanish crown, not Italy, a country that didn't exist yet!
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 6d
Still no Epstein files. But plenty of other things to distract.
(Not bread! Circuses!)

How many illegal things will Trump's White House do to avoid releasing them?

Epstein! Epstein! Epstein! Never forget the reason!
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 6d
Just a reminder that all of the (illegal) firings happening are not really the result of the government shutdown.

That's just an excuse so they can blame/fire Democrats.

It's all in Project 2025 - where they replace civil service employees with toadies loyal only to POTUS.

#shutdown #trump
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 8d
Everything's bigger in Texas, including the Nanny State.
(Age verification just to buy/use apps? Yikes!)
Apple and Google reluctantly comply with Texas age verification law
Texas requires sensitive info just to check weather and sports scores, Apple says.
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 8d
Trump must be steamed about this one.

He's out there blowing up Venezuelan "drug boats" like a "Big Damn Hero!" and an actual Venezuelan gets credit for trying to bring peace, not drugs, not war, to Venezuela.

Probably just a coincidence. Think he'll try to take credit for her getting it?
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 8d
Nobel Peace Prize - Went to Maria Corina Machado

“for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

#nobel #peace
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 9d
Rubio was caught giving Trump a note about approving Truth Social posts.

So just who IS writing Trump's "policy" Truth Social posts? The ones that aren't incoherent rants?

We need a Congressional inquiry! The Public has the right to know who his puppeteer is!

(Hint, it's probably Stephen Miller)
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 9d
Things I ignore - (1) a text saying "This is my new number" from an area code I don't recognize, without ANY identifying information.

Who are you random nameless text person? Why should I care what your new number is?

Spam? Phishing expedition? Who knows. Ignored.
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 9d
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded tomorrow morning.

Is it a coincidence that Trump has a doctor appointment afterward?

If Trump wins it, I'll be surprised, and lose all faith in the Peace Prize committee. Sure it's often controversial but that would be 1 step too far.

#nobel #peace #trump
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 10d
Today's entry in the nickel & dimeing of "Life of a Showgirl" releases - the "Life is a Song Acoustic version" - with Opalite & Ruin

So that's $14.98 for 6 acoustic tracks and 6 voice memos so far? (Oops - look like the voice memos DON'T always match the acoustic tracks)

#exclusive #acoustic
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 10d
The paranoia is strong today! Is it something in the air?

Releasing the Epstein files would help!
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 10d
No, I'm not paranoid. If only I were.

It's not just Meta and Google profiting from your data. All sorts of companies profit from your app/phone/internet data/usage. And they sell it to governments, like ours, too.

ICE needn't watch social media - they can buy all the data they want from Big Data.
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 10d
If I don't HAVE to use an app to access some service, I won't.

We all know these apps are siphoning off data about us, right? Sometimes even just installing the app gets them all that PI data they love and profit from.

You don't care about your privacy? About Big Data profiling you. Selling you?
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 10d
Not getting the app. Sorry, not sorry!

I'm not a Luddite, I'm an 'informed consumer'

I refuse to use fast food apps. If I have to use your app to purchase your food it's not happening.

Which brings us to this year's McD's Monopoly game. You have to sign up thru their app to participate. Nope!
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 10d
It's Banned Books Week!

I had to go back to 2020 on the ALA's Top 10 Challenged Books lists to find any of them that I've actually read.

I'm sure if I dug deeper I'd find more in the almost 3K books challenged every year.

I do recognize a couple books in the top 10 in each year but not most.
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 10d
"Save us Taylor Swift, you're our only hope!"

Yeah... Nope.

That's not how it works. That's not how any of it works.

Like sports, Taylor Swift is in the circuses part of our current 'Bread and Circuses' march towards the apocalypse.

She may not intend for that to be her role, but it is.

#tswift
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 10d
Hopefully these acoustic tracks will eventually be available separately. Or all on a single album. Which would be cheaper. But I don’t need them.

Right now… album only. Feels a bit greedy. I’m assuming this was announced somewhere but I must have missed it. iTunes only?
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 10d
And now a 3rd version for $4.99 the “Dressing Room Rehearsal“ version. 2 different acoustic tracks and 2 related voice memo tracks. I wonder how many of these there’ll be? 4 more? So each song gets acoustic/memo tracks?

That’s $30. Clever marketing. But expensive. I’m not buying them all.
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 11d
Nobel Prize
Welcome to the Nobel Prize’s official YouTube channel, which showcases videos about Nobel Prize-awarded achievements and Nobel laureates. Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded in the fields of...
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 11d
And for those who care... the 2025 Nobel Peace prize will be awarded on Friday, October 10th.

Should be some epic meltdowns in some quarters on Friday, depending on the winner(s).

#nobel #peace #meltdown
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Frowning, Not Smiling @neocows.org · 11d
2025 Nobel Prize - Physics!

Went to several American scientists of work on quantum mechanics.

Awesome!

Enjoy it while we still have high calibre US scientists able to do such research folks. Likely to be many decades before it happens again. The science brain drain is real. 🫣

#nobel #physics
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