Mike
@oleskool.bsky.social
Gen X, Dad, Divorcee, Cancer Survivor, Democrat, Woke, Liberal, Wannabe writer, used to be a teacher, a webpage designer and techie. Love to read. Love classic tv & movies. I've binge watched Stargate tv series and movies a lot. He/Him/Dude
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I'll never understand how any of this is acceptable.
December 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I'll never understand how any of this is acceptable.
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BREAKING: DOJ Epstein Files “Release” EXPOSED — Key Documents Are MISSING
open.substack.com/pub/levremem...
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BREAKING: DOJ Epstein Files “Release” EXPOSED — Key Documents Are MISSING
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Today was the deadline, and what we got was redactions and silence—how long will we let survivors be re-abused while the powerful stay protected and the real files “disappear”?
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
BREAKING: DOJ Epstein Files “Release” EXPOSED — Key Documents Are MISSING
open.substack.com/pub/levremem...
open.substack.com/pub/levremem...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What we know about who's buying TikTok's US business.
TikTok has signed a deal to sell a significant portion of its US operations to a consortium of American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX, with the deal expected to close on January 22, 2026.
#News
TikTok has signed a deal to sell a significant portion of its US operations to a consortium of American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX, with the deal expected to close on January 22, 2026.
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TikTok has reached a deal with investors on its US business. Read the full memo from its CEO.
The deal comes more than a year after Congress passed a law that forced its owner ByteDance to divest its US operations or face a ban.
www.businessinsider.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
What we know about who's buying TikTok's US business.
TikTok has signed a deal to sell a significant portion of its US operations to a consortium of American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX, with the deal expected to close on January 22, 2026.
#News
TikTok has signed a deal to sell a significant portion of its US operations to a consortium of American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX, with the deal expected to close on January 22, 2026.
#News
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Man is entirely unhinged. Nevertheless, politicians, former presidents, media, and anyone of influence remain silent on a grave issue merely regarded as eccentric conduct. This is not simply an idiosyncrasy, and the assertions made by Vought and Miller are profoundly unsettling.
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Man is entirely unhinged. Nevertheless, politicians, former presidents, media, and anyone of influence remain silent on a grave issue merely regarded as eccentric conduct. This is not simply an idiosyncrasy, and the assertions made by Vought and Miller are profoundly unsettling.
US tariffs force closure of 70-year steel plant—assets sold and layoffs expected.
The tariffs aimed to shield US steelmakers from cheap imports, but they've jacked up prices for everyone else in the chain. US fabricators feel the pinch hardest, forcing tough choices like selling off assets.
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The tariffs aimed to shield US steelmakers from cheap imports, but they've jacked up prices for everyone else in the chain. US fabricators feel the pinch hardest, forcing tough choices like selling off assets.
#News
Tariffs may mean more US steel jobs. Will there be workers to fill them?
Mississippi County, Arkansas, thrives with steel industry jobs, but struggles with a labor shortage. Workers commute long distances or live in RVs, despite good wages. Local economic challenges persis...
www.reuters.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:44 AM
US tariffs force closure of 70-year steel plant—assets sold and layoffs expected.
The tariffs aimed to shield US steelmakers from cheap imports, but they've jacked up prices for everyone else in the chain. US fabricators feel the pinch hardest, forcing tough choices like selling off assets.
#News
The tariffs aimed to shield US steelmakers from cheap imports, but they've jacked up prices for everyone else in the chain. US fabricators feel the pinch hardest, forcing tough choices like selling off assets.
#News
The move comes as Kentucky's $9 billion bourbon industry grapples with a glut of whiskey and a slump in demand at home.
The industry has pulled back production by more than 55 million proof-gallons.
Canada has been boycotting American spirits in retaliation for Trump's ongoing tariffs.
#News
The industry has pulled back production by more than 55 million proof-gallons.
Canada has been boycotting American spirits in retaliation for Trump's ongoing tariffs.
#News
Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
www.kentucky.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The move comes as Kentucky's $9 billion bourbon industry grapples with a glut of whiskey and a slump in demand at home.
The industry has pulled back production by more than 55 million proof-gallons.
Canada has been boycotting American spirits in retaliation for Trump's ongoing tariffs.
#News
The industry has pulled back production by more than 55 million proof-gallons.
Canada has been boycotting American spirits in retaliation for Trump's ongoing tariffs.
#News
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From the creator of Kochikame, Osamu Akimoto's Mr. Clice manga about a male spy resurrected into the body of a woman will get an anime adaptation!
Osamu Akimoto's Mr. Clice Manga Gets Anime
Manga centers on spy resurrected into body of woman
www.animenewsnetwork.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
From the creator of Kochikame, Osamu Akimoto's Mr. Clice manga about a male spy resurrected into the body of a woman will get an anime adaptation!
I'm watching the Jake Pual vs Anthony Joshua fight on Netflix. Jake Pual comes out in racist Trump supporter Hulk Hogan gear on. Yes, I know the Paul brothers are Trump supports also. I hope Anthony Joshua beats the shit out of Paul. Then knocks him out!
December 20, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I'm watching the Jake Pual vs Anthony Joshua fight on Netflix. Jake Pual comes out in racist Trump supporter Hulk Hogan gear on. Yes, I know the Paul brothers are Trump supports also. I hope Anthony Joshua beats the shit out of Paul. Then knocks him out!
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If you live in the PDX area and also need a tasty popped alternative to popcorn--this is *ridiculously* good
(It's a local business so I don't know how far they get distributed--maybe they at least make it to Seattle?)
Please help me keep them in business, this stuff is life-changing for me lol
(It's a local business so I don't know how far they get distributed--maybe they at least make it to Seattle?)
Please help me keep them in business, this stuff is life-changing for me lol
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
If you live in the PDX area and also need a tasty popped alternative to popcorn--this is *ridiculously* good
(It's a local business so I don't know how far they get distributed--maybe they at least make it to Seattle?)
Please help me keep them in business, this stuff is life-changing for me lol
(It's a local business so I don't know how far they get distributed--maybe they at least make it to Seattle?)
Please help me keep them in business, this stuff is life-changing for me lol
In northern Mesopotamia, early farming communities created designs in pottery that reflect numerical patterns and geometric structures, indicating a sophisticated understanding of mathematics.
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This 8,000-year-old art shows math before numbers existed
Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before numbers were written down. By closely studying Halafian pottery, researchers un...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
In northern Mesopotamia, early farming communities created designs in pottery that reflect numerical patterns and geometric structures, indicating a sophisticated understanding of mathematics.
#News
#News
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We now have an Entire Executive Branch that belongs locked up in a mental institution or prison for the rest of their lives.
youtu.be/u4LRxj4CHfI?...
youtu.be/u4LRxj4CHfI?...
Latest Disgraceful Stunt Proves Entire White House Is Mentally Unstable
YouTube video by Farron Balanced
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We now have an Entire Executive Branch that belongs locked up in a mental institution or prison for the rest of their lives.
youtu.be/u4LRxj4CHfI?...
youtu.be/u4LRxj4CHfI?...
The Arctic has experienced its hottest year on record, with surface air temperatures between October 2024 and September 2025 being the highest since at least 1900. This year is noted for being the warmest in the last 10 years, with temperatures rising at more than twice the global average.
#News
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Arctic warms at more than twice global rate in hottest year on record
Warming and freshening of Arctic waters can weaken ocean circulation systems that influence weather patterns across Europe and North America
www.independent.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The Arctic has experienced its hottest year on record, with surface air temperatures between October 2024 and September 2025 being the highest since at least 1900. This year is noted for being the warmest in the last 10 years, with temperatures rising at more than twice the global average.
#News
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Yayyyyy
This guy needed to go!!!
This guy needed to go!!!
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Yayyyyy
This guy needed to go!!!
This guy needed to go!!!
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FUCK
MAGA!!
MAGA!!
December 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
FUCK
MAGA!!
MAGA!!
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I support this move to ‘reschedule’ marijuana. Michiganders voted on this issue in 2018 and now the federal government is catching up. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Trump Signs Executive Order to Reclassify Marijuana, Easing Restrictions on the Drug
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I support this move to ‘reschedule’ marijuana. Michiganders voted on this issue in 2018 and now the federal government is catching up. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
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Adelaide Springett was so ashamed of her tattered boots, she took them off for this 1901 photograph.
She was 8 years old and recorded as lodging with her mother at the Salvation Army Shelter in Hanbury St.
She was 8 years old and recorded as lodging with her mother at the Salvation Army Shelter in Hanbury St.
December 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Adelaide Springett was so ashamed of her tattered boots, she took them off for this 1901 photograph.
She was 8 years old and recorded as lodging with her mother at the Salvation Army Shelter in Hanbury St.
She was 8 years old and recorded as lodging with her mother at the Salvation Army Shelter in Hanbury St.
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Enjoyed being interviewed by @sarahenni.bsky.social for @thebeliever.net about a wide variety of things, including my odd little career path, sports television, the NFL, etc
Check it out here
www.thebeliever.net/an-interview...
Check it out here
www.thebeliever.net/an-interview...
An Interview with Mina Kimes - Believer Magazine
For most of my life, I was a die-hard sports fan who considered SportsCenter as much a part of a balanced breakfast as a bowl of Wheaties. But then I turned thirty, got divorced, moved to a new city, ...
www.thebeliever.net
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Enjoyed being interviewed by @sarahenni.bsky.social for @thebeliever.net about a wide variety of things, including my odd little career path, sports television, the NFL, etc
Check it out here
www.thebeliever.net/an-interview...
Check it out here
www.thebeliever.net/an-interview...
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NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
projects.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Jean Stapleton Lived a Long Life
Edith might have met an untimely end, the woman who played her did not: Jean Stapleton died in 2013 at the age of 90. The lights of Broadway dimmed in her honor as she had begun her career on the stage. The world lost a special person the day she left this world.
Edith might have met an untimely end, the woman who played her did not: Jean Stapleton died in 2013 at the age of 90. The lights of Broadway dimmed in her honor as she had begun her career on the stage. The world lost a special person the day she left this world.
December 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Jean Stapleton Lived a Long Life
Edith might have met an untimely end, the woman who played her did not: Jean Stapleton died in 2013 at the age of 90. The lights of Broadway dimmed in her honor as she had begun her career on the stage. The world lost a special person the day she left this world.
Edith might have met an untimely end, the woman who played her did not: Jean Stapleton died in 2013 at the age of 90. The lights of Broadway dimmed in her honor as she had begun her career on the stage. The world lost a special person the day she left this world.