Brad Howes
@b-r-h.bsky.social
Indie Swift developer in Paris focused on AUv3 development. https://github.com/bradhowes
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"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
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This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
And there was Rush Limbaugh repeatedly stating on his radio program that he wanted Obama to fail.
Does Noah Smith live in a different timeline than the rest of us? Because…
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
And there was Rush Limbaugh repeatedly stating on his radio program that he wanted Obama to fail.
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This is so idiotic.
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is so idiotic.
What a mess account management has turned into. I’m trying to cancel various recurring subscriptions that my elderly mother has gotten involved with. Her use of multiple email IDs does not help. Easiest would be to just cancel linked credit card.
November 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What a mess account management has turned into. I’m trying to cancel various recurring subscriptions that my elderly mother has gotten involved with. Her use of multiple email IDs does not help. Easiest would be to just cancel linked credit card.
Back in the US to visit mom. Bummed I did not get to see Kristi Noem video in airport blaming Dems for shutdown. POS.
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Back in the US to visit mom. Bummed I did not get to see Kristi Noem video in airport blaming Dems for shutdown. POS.
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The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
October 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
Know Nothing Party returns - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_No...
October 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Know Nothing Party returns - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_No...
Low energy.
DUDE. Trump is walking around the Japanese Prime Minister like a lost zombie running on low brain fuel.
I had to watch this video twice. Once to say WTF to Trump. And twice to say WTF to the insane headlines on the news ticker!
WTF!!
I had to watch this video twice. Once to say WTF to Trump. And twice to say WTF to the insane headlines on the news ticker!
WTF!!
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Low energy.
On TGV to house in Brittany. Listening to Kraftwerk’s “Europe Endless”. For now, the world is ok.
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
On TGV to house in Brittany. Listening to Kraftwerk’s “Europe Endless”. For now, the world is ok.
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The legendary Diane Keaton has died.
She was 79.
First reported by People.
She was 79.
First reported by People.
October 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The legendary Diane Keaton has died.
She was 79.
First reported by People.
She was 79.
First reported by People.
The English Beat - Two Swords (Live at US Festival 9/3/1982)
YouTube video by ShoutFactoryMusic
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October 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
5 hour drive from Paris to Lyon to drop off daughter’s stuff. Now 2 hour train ride back. No contest which one I prefer.
September 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
5 hour drive from Paris to Lyon to drop off daughter’s stuff. Now 2 hour train ride back. No contest which one I prefer.
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Somewhere in Hell Qaddafi smiles knowing his will never again be seen as the most demented speech in UN General Assembly history.
September 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Somewhere in Hell Qaddafi smiles knowing his will never again be seen as the most demented speech in UN General Assembly history.
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In Motion: Someone captured @throwingmuses.bsky.social's full concert at La Marbrerie in Paris a few days ago, one of the last dates of the band's Euro/UK tour this year. Enjoy it!
Throwing Muses - Paris 2025 - La Marbrerie en Montreuil - 7 September, 2025
YouTube video by jungleboy
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September 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In Motion: Someone captured @throwingmuses.bsky.social's full concert at La Marbrerie in Paris a few days ago, one of the last dates of the band's Euro/UK tour this year. Enjoy it!
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Köln, January 24, 1975, Part I (Live)
YouTube video by Keith Jarrett - Topic
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August 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Our history is littered with charlatans and crooks who all talked “so confidently”. There’s even an English term for them, though women too can be members. In many ways it is the time of the death of expertise, but it is also the rise of the hunger to follow and be lead.
Watching the Titan documentary on Netflix and one of the former employees or contractors says, “I mean it was clear he was a genius, he talked so confidently!” Dude you are talking about someone who knowingly, for ten years, sent people to depths of 4000 in a sub he knew could implode at any time.
August 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Our history is littered with charlatans and crooks who all talked “so confidently”. There’s even an English term for them, though women too can be members. In many ways it is the time of the death of expertise, but it is also the rise of the hunger to follow and be lead.
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"stick to menswear"
August 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"stick to menswear"
The Blish books were my first collectible. They were for sale at a grocery store or drugstore I went to with my mom. I ended up with all of them I think, even took them to 2nd grade one day to show off. I had a few of the ADF books as well but Blish was a hit for me.
my love language is “I saw this at a yard sale / in a free pile / at a thrift shop and grabbed it for you immediately” and can I just say that if I gave out Straight Guy of the Year awards my D&D friend Stephen earned one for gifting me with this bounty tonight, I did cry a little
August 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The Blish books were my first collectible. They were for sale at a grocery store or drugstore I went to with my mom. I ended up with all of them I think, even took them to 2nd grade one day to show off. I had a few of the ADF books as well but Blish was a hit for me.
Has anyone asked Melania what she thinks of Epstein?
July 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Has anyone asked Melania what she thinks of Epstein?
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July 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM