W.A. Kuemmel
@dogberryjr.bsky.social
Stumbling agrarian, NoVa kid, inheritant Appalachian, cheerful curmudgeon. Not above making up a word when I can't think of the right one.
“Appears older than stated age.” —My Doctor
“But he doesn’t act like it.” —My Wife.
“Appears older than stated age.” —My Doctor
“But he doesn’t act like it.” —My Wife.
Pinned
Cardle
Guess the car in 5 tries. A new car is available each day.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:59 PM
So how long until T levies a tariff on Thucydides?
January 21, 2026 at 1:59 AM
So how long until T levies a tariff on Thucydides?
Finally getting around to watching One Battle After Another, and you’re telling me this was created before BoVino was a national figure?
January 18, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Finally getting around to watching One Battle After Another, and you’re telling me this was created before BoVino was a national figure?
Man, it’s mid-January and I’m still writing “Democracy”on my checks.
January 16, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Man, it’s mid-January and I’m still writing “Democracy”on my checks.
It wasn’t meant as advice, you dolts!
“It almost feels like I’m arguing, ‘Democracy is imperfect, so let’s experiment with a little light fascism’”
-Chuck Klosterman, But What if We’re Wrong? (2016)
“It almost feels like I’m arguing, ‘Democracy is imperfect, so let’s experiment with a little light fascism’”
-Chuck Klosterman, But What if We’re Wrong? (2016)
January 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
It wasn’t meant as advice, you dolts!
“It almost feels like I’m arguing, ‘Democracy is imperfect, so let’s experiment with a little light fascism’”
-Chuck Klosterman, But What if We’re Wrong? (2016)
“It almost feels like I’m arguing, ‘Democracy is imperfect, so let’s experiment with a little light fascism’”
-Chuck Klosterman, But What if We’re Wrong? (2016)
Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist.
January 11, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist.
What have we become?
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Redirecting...
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January 11, 2026 at 1:37 AM
What have we become?
[Jake Peralta cool, cool, cool.]
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
[Jake Peralta cool, cool, cool.]
Winter's Bone (7/9) Movie CLIP - Pulled Over (2010) HD
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January 9, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Another dark day in America.
January 8, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Another dark day in America.
And then what happened?
We must speak plainly: January 6th was an attempted coup. It was an effort to nullify millions of lawful votes and subvert the will of the American people.
January 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
And then what happened?
To hairdresser: Remember Alf? Yeah, I want my hair just like his.
January 3, 2026 at 1:25 AM
To hairdresser: Remember Alf? Yeah, I want my hair just like his.
It’s a mighty big promise, Rancho Gordo, and I mean to hold you to it.
January 1, 2026 at 1:46 AM
It’s a mighty big promise, Rancho Gordo, and I mean to hold you to it.
Ah, innocent me of November 2020, who thought the worst was behind us. May 2026 kick ass.
December 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Ah, innocent me of November 2020, who thought the worst was behind us. May 2026 kick ass.
This year on Bluesky I wrote 159 posts and 1,507 replies. I received 3,199 likes, whereas 262 was from my most popular post, and apparently I love saying "not" and 🟩!
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December 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This year on Bluesky I wrote 159 posts and 1,507 replies. I received 3,199 likes, whereas 262 was from my most popular post, and apparently I love saying "not" and 🟩!
www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
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Cardle
Guess the car in 5 tries. A new car is available each day.
www.playcardle.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
When you’ve lost **GMU’s** economists.
“'The bottom line is that removing the 935,000 Venezuelans and Haitians would cause the entire economy to contract by more than $14 billion,' said Michael Clemens, a professor in the Department of Economics at George Mason University."
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Trump canceled temporary legal status for more than 1.5 million immigrants in 2025
WASHINGTON — Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due t...
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December 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
When you’ve lost **GMU’s** economists.
“Records never did a lot of what I thought they’d do for me.They didn’t make me cooler or more handsome or help me solve the secret of the universe.But they helped get me through some hard times and taught me that magic is real.”Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Everything Will Swallow You. 4.5/5
December 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“Records never did a lot of what I thought they’d do for me.They didn’t make me cooler or more handsome or help me solve the secret of the universe.But they helped get me through some hard times and taught me that magic is real.”Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Everything Will Swallow You. 4.5/5
Best thing about the day after Christmas? Ham sammiches for lunch.
December 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Best thing about the day after Christmas? Ham sammiches for lunch.
No great shakes as far as advancing scholarship, but as an undergrad, I examined a Civil War era diary at the LoC, a found at the back of it the thinnest pencil you can imagine. It was the pencil the diarist had used. It sent a shiver down my spine.
I don't have a specific story at the top of my head, but the experience of picking up a loose piece of paper and realizing when you get to the end of the page that you now know something about the past that literally no other living person knows?
Unbeatable.
Unbeatable.
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
No great shakes as far as advancing scholarship, but as an undergrad, I examined a Civil War era diary at the LoC, a found at the back of it the thinnest pencil you can imagine. It was the pencil the diarist had used. It sent a shiver down my spine.
Puck would like to speak with the manager.
December 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Puck would like to speak with the manager.
RIP James Ransone.
December 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
RIP James Ransone.
Summer in Appalachia.
December 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Summer in Appalachia.