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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I confess almost complete ignorance about Mayor Kaohly Her but I am aware that she's non-white and female, so that automatically raises my skepticism when I hear stories that she's behaving in ways that suggest she should step down. Is she, or is there a lot of bigotry at play? I don't know.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

One month in Setúbal and Lisbon. This is my life now, this is what I do.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

If you see this, quote skeet a pic of yourself in sunglasses

An old man in sunglasses with dirt on his nose squints into the sun

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It doesn't matter if this administration is corrupt if nobody is convicted of corruption. It doesn't matter if Trump makes a billion dollars off self-dealing if he's never impeached and prosecuted for it. Laws ONLY have meaning when there is enforcement for EVERYONE, even -especially- the powerful.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Watching over the Sado Estuary from my post atop Castelo do Felipe

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I've always thought it weird that on my first trip to England I got this close to the Queen Mother. Her car actually brushed my leg pushing thru the crowd. There are British people go their whole lives and don't get this close to a royal, and here I am in England for less than a week.

The Queen Mother holds a transparent dome umbrella and waves as she exits her car

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 22/07/2026

Here’s an outrageous story about how Jacob Frey’s administration treats an immigrant they claim not to discriminate against, effectively doing the administration’s bidding & then dummying up for the media. www.startribune.com/immigration-...

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Immigration services misspelled his name. Then Minneapolis fired him.

The termination of Public Works employee Darley Herrera has driven a wedge between city hall and the Laborers Union.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

How to be a piece of shit as an organization: Panera Bread 1) Pester me with "Where have you been!?*" marketing emails 2) When I try to unsubscribe, pretend an error happened and don't. Repeat regularly. *Answer: I moved overseas.

Subject line of pestering marketing email reading "Hey Bob! Where have you been?"

Error message "Sorry, your preferences failed to save." which I have gotten for the past several months.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Chaka Khan was already such a legend that Prince wrote her name into a song in *1979*! Here she is still making magic almost 50 years later.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I mean, how hard can it be to find Mitch McConnell? Wherever he is, whatever condition he's in, he's not gonna be running.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Today is Bastille Day, something to think about as you read more stories of citizens murdered with impunity by government agents.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

This is SUPPOSED to be a democracy. The nation's leaders work for US. And when they, or their flunkies, are murdering citizens in the streets, they MUST be removed from power. Instead the President embezzles BILLIONS and Congress shrugs. So, each citizen, what are YOU gonna do about these murders?

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Spent the day buying and eating fresh fish, fruits, and vegetables and walking along the seashore. When the asteroid hits it will be my fault for building up all this Murphy's Law potential energy...

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Done and done! --in Setûbal, Portugal

Chillin' on a cool Domingo off the Rua de Luis Camœs.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Went for a walk in Parque do Bonfim (at 107F a walk in the park is no walk in the park) and returned to Meliã Hotel Setúbal to find they'd left us a treat!

Meliã Hotels greeted us with complimentary pastel de natas and espresso

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

My mother turns 90 today, which is strange because I'm only in my mid-Thirties. I suspect time travel. Anyway, Happy Birthday Mom!

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Final big checkbox checked! ✅

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🅼🅰🆁🆃🅸🅽 ✪ @martinthered.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I have a friend who bought two tickets for the 2026 World Cup Final on July 19, 2026. The idiot didn’t realize that he’s getting married on the same day. If anyone wants to go in his place, it’s at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York. The bride’s name is Mary, everything has already been paid for.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

If you'd like, post one photo of a painting that you took with your very own hands.

Ramon Casas' "Erik Satie, The Bohemian Poet of Montmarte"

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Everyone remembers the campaign promise to refill the swamp.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Let the National Park Service know what you think of Trump's "Triumphal Arch" thru June 15. parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm...

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ParkPlanning - Triumphal Arch - Section 106 Assessment of Effect and Draft Programmatic Agreement

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

When worlds collide! I'm an enormous fan of @doctorow.pluralistic.net whose insights and fiction are spot-on. AND I'm an even BIGGER fan of @naomikritzer.bsky.social whose science fiction is matched only by her excellent blogs. Fan-worlds collide as Doctorow reviews Kritzer's must-read "Obstetrix"

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Pluralistic: Naomi Kritzer’s “Obstetrix” (09 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The Bicentennial was a chance for the Right to beat its chest for the first time since the one-two humiliations of Vietnam and Nixon. Doubt me? Listen to Charlie Daniels' "In America." This year the Right is having a hard time pretending to be proud of a nation they are actively destroying.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

During a layover in O'Hare airport in 1987 I sat and taught myself how to use my father's 35mm camera. About the time I finished figuring that out, Jesse Jackson walked by. So my first 35mm photo was of Jackson

Rev. Jesse Jackson in a photo from June, 1987 at O'Hare Airport. His bodyguard is on his left, and is glaring suspiciously at the camera.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

As a huge fan of Tim Minchin, I was lucky enough to catch "Upright" a few years ago in which Supergirl's lead, Milly Alcock, co-stars. With "Supergirl" on the horizon, I'd like to encourage everybody to check out "Upright" a great introduction to Milly Alcock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=In1Y...

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UPRIGHT Teaser!

YouTube video by Tim Minchin

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Today I learned that flatworms are not affected by Ivermectin, which explains why this flatworm is promoting its use against the hated enemies of flatworms, roundworms. #TheMoreYouKnow

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I wish I believed this, but what I think is actually the case is that the mass media successfully shaped the narrative and persuaded millions of American citizens to vote for a criminal cretin because the American people are THAT stressed and gullible, and the mass media is THAT powerful.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Orthodox observers of Alberti Day extend all the way to Alaska! Join us! The rituals are quite painf.. painless!

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Watching Ep. 5 of Spider Noir and a cop is hurled across a room to the sound of the Wilhelm Scream. The scene ends and I see a car advertisement with John Krasinski, and a stunt motorcyclist in the scene falls... to the sound of the Wilhelm Scream. Maybe there IS such a thing as too much Wilhelm?

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Dr. Patricia Bath overcame sexism, racism & poverty and saved the sight of millions of people. She invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment, 1986; it was patented in 1988. She co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, 1976. She died #OTD in 2019. #WomenInSTEM

A vibrant color historical photograph capturing the brilliant ophthalmologist, inventor, and academic Dr. Patricia Era Bath (1942–2019) in an office or laboratory setting, radiating an aura of confident intelligence and warm approachability. Occupying the center and right of the shot, Dr. Bath sits facing forward, smiling brightly with a direct, engaging gaze at the camera. She is dressed in a professional white medical lab coat—subtly embroidered with "Dr. Bath" in red cursive on the left lapel—worn over a light blue button-down denim shirt and accented by a polished gold chain necklace. Pens are visible tucked into her left coat pocket. Positioned prominently to her right on the left side of the frame is a large, white medical laboratory microscope or ophthalmic imaging equipment with black eye-pieces. The background shows a white wooden bookshelf packed with colorful medical texts, binders, and stacked papers. This portrait carries immense historical significance, honoring a legendary trailblazer in STEM who became the first Black female doctor to patent a medical device—the revolutionary Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment—fundamentally restoring sight to millions worldwide.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I didn't realize the 'Freedom 250' concert stood for providing a weekend off for 250 bands.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Derek Chauvin's convictions: State: * 2nd-degree murder * 3rd-degree murder * 2nd-degree manslaughter Federal: * unreasonable force resulting in death of George Floyd * unreasonable force during the 2017 arrest of a 14 year old * tax fraud and tax evasion MNGOP: "Let's honor this poor victim!"

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Today I learned that Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy with It" heavily sampled from Sister Sledge's disco song "He's the Greatest Dancer," and I'm just so disappointed. Not in anything in particular, just, ew.

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Bob Alberti @a1batross.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Aw man, this episode is where the series went off the rails.

The USS Enterprise from the original series orbits above a cloudy blue planet obviously updated from the original 1960s effects. The parody name of the episode in yellow letters reads "Trek Gets Woke."

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