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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 13h

THE MILITARY OFFICER CORPS DEFIED TRUMP ON SEPTEMBER 30th; IT WILL NOT ABANDON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO A DICTATORSHIP; IT WILL OPPOSE IT WITH THEIR LIVES AND SACRED HONOR thewestpointhistoryprofessor.substack.com/p/the-milita...

THE MILITARY OFFICER CORPS DEFIED TRUMP ON SEPTEMBER 30th; IT WILL NOT ABANDON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO A DICTATORSHIP; IT WILL OPPOSE IT WITH THEIR LIVES AND SACRED HONOR

THE THREE PRECEDENTS WHERE THE U,S ARMY DEFIED A SITTING PRESIDENT AND AGGRESSIVELY ACTED TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT. WE DISCUSS THE FIRST EXAMPLE TODAY. BUT FIRST A SIDEBAR.

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 2d

LinkedIn will use your data to train its AI unless you opt out now | Malwarebytes www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

LinkedIn will use your data to train its AI unless you opt out now

LinkedIn has changed its Terms to include users data for Microsoft's AI training. Read here how you can opt out

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 4d

Who was Columbus, really? (Probably not all that Genoese.)
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Who Was Columbus Really?

We all know the rhyme: 'In 1482, Columbus said the ocean blue.'

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5d

The US is deporting a journalist today

Mario Guevara was live streaming ICE atrocities

They grabbed him

Detained him for 100 Days and are sending him to El Salvador without letting him say goodbye to his family

The ACLU confirmed he was working in the US legally

They’re attacking the free press

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 5d

I call this one a must-read!
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Twelve Steps to National Collapse: A Blueprint for How Democracies Die

A historian’s alarm: when these twelve familiar steps appear in a nation, the result is often irreversible—unless citizens rise up and demand otherwise…

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9d

It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 12d

I got to talk about this very issue on #WITHpod with @chrislhayes.bsky.social. An electricity cost crisis is coming. We need efficiency, smart technologies and policies, resilient infrastructure, and lots of clean energy. open.spotify.com/episode/32ps...

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 10d

"Maiden voyage": Sunday walk in new shoes. 100% Merino wool! I like ' em.

I'm standing in front of our hedge on the sidewalk in front of our house. Wearing fall clothes, as it's 16℃. Shoes are khaki-colored. That's also a wool shirt and cap. But the black scarf is silk.

Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 10d

Why English is full of silent letters youtu.be/NXVqZpHY5R8?...

Why English is full of silent letters

YouTube video by RobWords

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 12d

All I can say is, watch it!

Testing if AI would break my legs to avoid shutdown. youtu.be/gIxq03dipUw?...

Testing if AI would break my legs to avoid shutdown.

YouTube video by InsideAI

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 12d

A school in Kentucky banned phones. Remarkable things started happening. wapo.st/3Wft0pT

A school in Kentucky banned phones. Remarkable things started happening.

After Ballard High School banned phones, they saw a 67% increase in students checking out library books.

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 13d

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals wapo.st/4nidndf

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals

The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14d

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Number of Migrants Known to Have Been Disappeared By the Trump Regime Rises From 450 to 1,200 in Just the Last 24 Hours; True Number Could Be Many Times Higher

Miami Herald: Two-Thirds of Immigrants Held at “Alligator Alcatraz” in July Have Disappeared

In immigration news, hundreds of people who were once detained at the troubled immigration jail in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” have disappeared. The Miami Herald reports about t...

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 13d

4 vaccines that are linked to a lower risk of dementia - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

4 vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementia, according to science

Some vaccine-preventable diseases are linked to accelerated brain atrophy and increased dementia risk years down the line.

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 13d

The Books They Don’t Want You to Read thewesternspirit.substack.com/p/the-books-...

The Books They Don’t Want You to Read

How Europe survived 1,000 years of Islamic conquest

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 14d

The OLDEST MUSIC EVER WRITTEN...Sounds more modern than you think! youtu.be/7z1WpYihkRQ?...

The OLDEST MUSIC EVER WRITTEN...Sounds more modern than you think!

YouTube video by Ben Maton - The Salisbury Organist

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 14d

8, count 'em, 8! handstand push-ups for a new p.b. I turn 70 three months from today.

#calisthenics #seniorfitness #handstandpushups #nogym #noequipment #fitsky

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8, count 'em, 8! handstand push-ups for a new p.b. I turn 70 three months from today.

YouTube video by Fit for Life with Dallman Ross

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 16d

Tesla influencers just tried Elon Musk’s coast-to-coast self-driving challenge from 2017, crashed before 60 miles | Electrek electrek.co/2025/09/21/t...

Tesla influencers tried Elon Musk’s coast-to-coast self-driving, crashed before 60 miles

A duo of Tesla shareholder-influencers tried to complete Elon Musk’s coast-to-coast self-driving ride that he claimed Tesla would be able...

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 17d

102 at 69: pushin' through, it feels just fine! youtu.be/zT6K-fiTQZk

#calisthenics #pushups #seniorfitness #fitness #fitsky

102 at 69: pushin' through, it feels just fine!

YouTube video by Fit for Life with Dallman Ross

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 20d

#EURUSD A post on the flip-the-bird site about the weakening dollar.

Graph shows a downward spike (looks like a cliff) in the dollar this past day.

Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 22d

I wish MacKenzie Scott would consider buying out her ex's interest in the Washington Post and saving the paper from further decline and recidivism, so to say. #journalism

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22d

The Washington Post was the paper of my teen dreams -- whose courage helped convince me to chose a life in journalism. Monday's firing of the Post's moral beacon, Karen Attiah, proved that a newsroom I'd believed in is now dead to me

Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

The Washington Post has broken my heart | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, the best Democrat in America right now.

www.inquirer.com

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 22d

Jane Austen Loved Music. What Was on Her Playlist? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/a...

Jane Austen Loved Music. What Was on Her Playlist?

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 24d

Create a separate account for work.

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Dallman Ross @spamless.bsky.social · 24d

101 redux: solid form's the real crux. I'm 69; I feel just fine! youtu.be/thKN7oYv1gY

101 redux: solid form's the real crux. I'm 69; I feel just fine!

YouTube video by Fit for Life with Dallman Ross

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