Jim Shoes
@jimshoes51.bsky.social
Retired software developer. Social liberal, fiscal moderate, putting me square in the great unwashed of the middle. Corporate brat as a child. Not recommended as a lifestyle for kids. USMC vet. Ex-jock. Nemophilist. Kindness is wisdom.
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Jim Shoes
@jimshoes51.bsky.social
· Nov 21
My first day on BlueSky. Amazed at the number of people still showing TDS. You know, Trump Deification Syndrome.
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Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
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Tonight’s sunset. One of the best I’ve ever seen. Ocean Beach, San Diego, California
#SanDiego #sunset #OceanBeach #landscapelovers #surfing
#SanDiego #sunset #OceanBeach #landscapelovers #surfing
December 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Tonight’s sunset. One of the best I’ve ever seen. Ocean Beach, San Diego, California
#SanDiego #sunset #OceanBeach #landscapelovers #surfing
#SanDiego #sunset #OceanBeach #landscapelovers #surfing
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EPSTEIN FILES. Americans are not distracted.
December 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
EPSTEIN FILES. Americans are not distracted.
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This is how you do it folks
December 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is how you do it folks
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BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
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Flint Hills rancher works to restore biodiversity of imperiled Kansas tallgrass prairie ecosystems | via Erin Socha #ksleg
Flint Hills rancher works to restore biodiversity of imperiled Kansas tallgrass prairie ecosystems • Kansas Reflector
Cattle ranchers like Bill Sproul have translated this conservationist philosophy into land management by adopting practices collectively known as “regenerative grazing.”
kansasreflector.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Flint Hills rancher works to restore biodiversity of imperiled Kansas tallgrass prairie ecosystems | via Erin Socha #ksleg
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Remembering Jimmy Carter, who passed away one year ago
Remembering Jimmy Carter, who passed away one year ago
Georgia lost its favorite son on Dec. 29, 2024.
www.atlantanewsfirst.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Remembering Jimmy Carter, who passed away one year ago
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Dr. Nancy Roman 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 NASA's space #astronomy program.
NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, she established the program from scratch, bringing together scientists/engineers to realize the potential of orbiting telescopes & influencing decades of #astrophysics. She died #OTD in 2018. #WomenInSTEM
NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, she established the program from scratch, bringing together scientists/engineers to realize the potential of orbiting telescopes & influencing decades of #astrophysics. She died #OTD in 2018. #WomenInSTEM
December 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Dr. Nancy Roman 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 NASA's space #astronomy program.
NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, she established the program from scratch, bringing together scientists/engineers to realize the potential of orbiting telescopes & influencing decades of #astrophysics. She died #OTD in 2018. #WomenInSTEM
NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, she established the program from scratch, bringing together scientists/engineers to realize the potential of orbiting telescopes & influencing decades of #astrophysics. She died #OTD in 2018. #WomenInSTEM
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Karma knows your address.
December 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Karma knows your address.
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I've spent 30 years fighting to protect free and fair elections. From county courtrooms to the U.S. Supreme Court, I've argued and won cases that have helped decide elections. I started Democracy Docket to share most important information and analysis with you. Sign-up now. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I've spent 30 years fighting to protect free and fair elections. From county courtrooms to the U.S. Supreme Court, I've argued and won cases that have helped decide elections. I started Democracy Docket to share most important information and analysis with you. Sign-up now. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! We had an amazing morning with an ever-changing sunrise and a 7-7 tie vote at the bagel shop for the favorite, so I got to be the tiebreaker today. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
December 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! We had an amazing morning with an ever-changing sunrise and a 7-7 tie vote at the bagel shop for the favorite, so I got to be the tiebreaker today. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
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“Donald Trump is not just a failure at being President, he is a failure as a human being.”
-Rob Reiner
-Rob Reiner
December 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“Donald Trump is not just a failure at being President, he is a failure as a human being.”
-Rob Reiner
-Rob Reiner
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Naming a class of battleships after a draft dodger is an insult to all men and women who have ever worn the uniform.
December 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Naming a class of battleships after a draft dodger is an insult to all men and women who have ever worn the uniform.
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Imagine looking like Stephen Miller and thinking you’re genetically superior
December 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🤣
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His entire rant had to be fact-checked to see if there was any truth in anything he ranted about.
As usual, if his mouth is moving, he's lying.
As usual, if his mouth is moving, he's lying.
December 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
His entire rant had to be fact-checked to see if there was any truth in anything he ranted about.
As usual, if his mouth is moving, he's lying.
As usual, if his mouth is moving, he's lying.
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"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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This statement is a sick joke. US foreign policy is a sick joke, being implemented by enemies of truth, freedom & democracy - people driven by personal greed & the opportunity to exploit the suffering of others by trading US power and prestige for death & business opportunities.
December 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This statement is a sick joke. US foreign policy is a sick joke, being implemented by enemies of truth, freedom & democracy - people driven by personal greed & the opportunity to exploit the suffering of others by trading US power and prestige for death & business opportunities.
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Miniaturized versions of sleep lab equipment are revealing the extreme and somewhat quirky ways animals snooze while flying, deep diving or parenting their young.
#birding #nature #science
bit.ly/4qnGCMZ
#birding #nature #science
bit.ly/4qnGCMZ
December 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Miniaturized versions of sleep lab equipment are revealing the extreme and somewhat quirky ways animals snooze while flying, deep diving or parenting their young.
#birding #nature #science
bit.ly/4qnGCMZ
#birding #nature #science
bit.ly/4qnGCMZ
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The more we see of Chinese EV's the more we realise just how shit and out-of-date Tesla really is.
"Ignore that! Look over there! Fake robots and a Mars mission which will never happen! Please believe me, don't tank my fraud!"
"Ignore that! Look over there! Fake robots and a Mars mission which will never happen! Please believe me, don't tank my fraud!"
December 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The more we see of Chinese EV's the more we realise just how shit and out-of-date Tesla really is.
"Ignore that! Look over there! Fake robots and a Mars mission which will never happen! Please believe me, don't tank my fraud!"
"Ignore that! Look over there! Fake robots and a Mars mission which will never happen! Please believe me, don't tank my fraud!"
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Every goddam headline today should have been COVER-UP
December 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Every goddam headline today should have been COVER-UP
It's a tossup between pansies and peonies as my personal favorite flower.
December 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's a tossup between pansies and peonies as my personal favorite flower.
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Hiking the Big Carp River Trail (North Country Trail) through old-growth hemlock and maple at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for #ForestFriday!
December 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Hiking the Big Carp River Trail (North Country Trail) through old-growth hemlock and maple at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for #ForestFriday!
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The Justice Department released more than 13,000 files on Friday arising from investigations into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and said more documents would be released in the coming weeks. Here are takeaways about what the first batch of files did and did not divulge.
6 Takeaways From the First Batch of the Epstein Files
Many of the Justice Department documents were heavily redacted, and President Trump’s name was rarely mentioned. The White House also sought to make political hay of the release of photos of Bill Clinton.
nyti.ms
December 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Justice Department released more than 13,000 files on Friday arising from investigations into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and said more documents would be released in the coming weeks. Here are takeaways about what the first batch of files did and did not divulge.
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