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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 29/05/2026

This is some seriously Kremlin-sounding bullshit right here. We have "political advisors" on Navy vessels and in battalion TOCs now too?

Screenshot of a skeet from @danverganog.bsky.social with a headline that reads: "White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval of research grants"

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 29/05/2026

I hiked way into the woods to a beaver impoundment I found on the satellite images from Google Maps with my float tube and a fly rod. On Memorial Day when the million people living in my county are out and about. And I managed to see no humans for the whole day. This is the way.

A placid beaver impoundment on a small creek, looking upstream to a wide meadow.

A beaver impoundment. Looking downstream to the beaver dam.

A selfie of me in my float tube floating in a beaver impoundment.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 29/05/2026

My wildflower meadow is starting its glory. This is my salvation. My peace. The place I go to find the minutia. Where I rediscover love.

Lupines in early bloom. Purples and pinks in spires over broadleaf greens.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 16/05/2026

I am available to white wash for any person of color who needs to access my privilege.

Image of a Reddit post from r/BlackPeopleTwitter. The post is a reply-quote, with the quoter writing, "both my sisters are married to white guys and My aunt sends this in the group chat last night and I lost it. Put that privilege to work. Lol and the quoted tweet reads: "Whose white man can I borrow to pretend they live here so i can get my house appraised?"

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 18/03/2026

You can enrich this whole process. 1) Learn, learn, learn 2) Bike, garden, ski, fish, hunt, read, paint, game, spend time with and enjoy other people (family) 3) Stress less about the ladder, more about having a fun life 4) Die happy. You have to survive, but you can also thrive.

A meme with a bunch of people on a train/bus looking tired and overworked that reads, "Go to school. Find a job. Pay off debt. Climb the ladder. Vacation for 2 weeks. Pay off mortgage. Die.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 31/01/2026

Little cold in Vermont today.

Me in ski gear. Green helmet. Red lensed goggles on the forehead. My beard and mustache are filled with ice.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 29/01/2026

My first solo attempt at a wet on wet oil painting. Need to learn more about paint consistency.

An oil on canvas painting of wintry setting with a stream cutting through the middle. There are 4 big pine trees, 2 on either side of the stream, and an old cabin peaking out from the right side behind the foremost pine tree.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 28/01/2026

I basically agree with this. In our world, it's a clear choice: you either see all persons as humans or you see them as livestock. In America, we are currently governed by people who see us as livestock.

Screenshot of a reddit post that reads:

I really don’t care if people are here illegally.
I don’t. I tried to see why it’s a problem, but I keep hitting that dead-end where I remember a ton of billionaire parasites, mega corporations, politicians, and a host of others are the ones sucking the wealth out of the country. if illegal immigrants are a drain on our economic and social systems, it’s virtually nothing compared to what the elites and the politicians are doing to us.

And as for the ”illegal,” part? They could have fixed the immigration system at any time to make it easier to emigrate legally. And crossing the border or overstaying a visa is absolutely nothing compared to whatever is in the Epstein files that Trump refuses to release

Again, I really don’t care that people are here illegally.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 22/01/2026

New ICE vans dropping.

A sketchy van with "Free Candy" written on the side, ostensibly to entice unwitting children.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 11/01/2026

It's funny, but it's also really not funny.

an image of Greenland labeled "Epstein Island" with the following text above it: "Denmark renames Greenalnd Epstein Island so that Trump will never talk about it again."

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 08/01/2026

Remember Renee Good.

A screenshot from the TV show Andor where a man says, "They don't even bother to lie badly anymore." And a woman replies, "I suppose that's the final humiliation."

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 05/01/2026

*laughs in Minnesotan*

A picture of Gary Anderson, place kicker for the Minnesota Vikings, lying on the ground after missing his first kick of the season - which also happened to result in a loss in the NFC Championship game.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 04/01/2026

I spent a chunk of my holiday time off building a custom workout app for myself.

Screenshot of a workout application with "Today's Workout" with bench press and power clean sets and reps.

Picture of current 5 rep max numbers by workout and a weekly schedule with body part splits for workouts (upper and lower split).

A screenshot of a workout history page showing different exercises with rep and weight schemes organized by day

A training volume chart showing total volume of weight lifted, and below that a list of personal records by exercise weight and volume

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 03/01/2026

I see no reason why my skis can't be art, too. Also I might be a Bob Ross fan.

A pair of 16x24 paintings done in Bob Ross' style with oil on canvas depict snowy mountains in the distance below a partially cloudy sky, with a hill of pine between the mountains and an alpine lake, with pine trees bracketing the lake in the foreground, and a bush or twigs poking out here and there. Between the two paintings are two sets of alpine skis. The pair on the left have top sheets with a Bob Ross painting of mountains and Northern Lights. The pair on the right have a top sheet with psychedelic surfy colors of blue, orange, and yellow. The wall these items are hung on is orange peel orange.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 20/12/2025

I've never laughed so hard at a picture of someone getting punched in the mouth.

Jake Paul getting his lights turned off by Anthony Joshua. Joshua is in the foreground, back to the camera, throwing a right hand punch that is connected to Paul's left cheek. Paul is in the corner against the ropes. Both boxers are sweaty. Paul's eyes are heavy-lidded, his head turned to the left (his right). His lower lip is protuding extensively due to the deformation of his face from the connecting punch. It gives him a derpy expression.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 15/12/2025

My wife and I did a Bob Ross painting class for an anniversary date. First time using oil paints for me.

An oil on canvas painting in Bob Ross style with snowy mountains in the back, a lake in the middle, and snowy pine trees in the foreground.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 30/11/2025

Love ending a long day driving by ending in a crypt-cold hotel room. Thanks #Marriott.

Picture or a hotel room thermostat at 55F degrees.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 12/10/2025

My wife is simply brilliant.

Two carved pumpkins on a concrete front porch with a black railing. One pumpkin is on the top platform in the background, and the other is one step down in the foreground. The pumpkin in the background has a large opening with a cutout of the character Jax from Digital Circus. The pumpkin in the foreground has a wide mouth in a smiling shape with two eyes, the right eye (viewers left) is smaller than the left. The mouth and eyes are covered witl crocheted patches, which are sewn into the pumpkin through drilled holes.

A carved pumpkin at night sitting on the top step of a concrete front porch, with a black iron railing behind it. You can partially see the front door and sidelight of the house, and in the sidelight window there is a dog looking out. The pumpkin has a wide mouth in a smiling shape with two eyes, the right eye (viewers left) is smaller than the left. The mouth and eyes are covered witl crocheted patches, which are sewn into the pumpkin through drilled holes. The light from within the pumpkin highlights the crocheted pattern, giving the mouth a toothy yet ueven appearance, and the eyes the notion that they are filled with spiderwebs or some kind of hypnotic state.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 11/10/2025

I finally found a variety that didn’t require a battle against powdery mildew and bud rot (yet). Gonna rain next couple of days and I am thinking maybe today is harvest day. Thoughts?

A cannabis plant in late flower growing outdoors.

A close up of the top of a cola of a flowering cannabis plant.

A closeup of the top of a bud cluster on a cannabis plant.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 04/10/2025

Those are sick looking - I just always imagine telemark skis being wood grained for some reason. :D I was in the market for an East Coast snow day ski and J put out a Joy of Skiing issue this year... I think I can run these as daily drivers for the trip out West as well.

A picture of J Skis "Escalator" skis with the "Joy of Skiing 4" top sheet and base, featuring a painting by Bob Ross with a likeness of Bob Ross himself. The painting is of a lakeside cabin in front of a snowy mountain range, with Northern Lights arcing across the night sky.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 03/10/2025

I’m a child. I just laughed to near tears at this Reddit exchange while waiting for my flight at SEATAC.

The image shows a Reddit comment on a video posted that shows a bunch of women fighting at an airport baggage claim. The first reply says the world is crazy and that they just saw a post about a woman showing her boobs during a road fight. There is one reply to that comment saying “where’s that at”.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 18/09/2025

I appreciate the sentiment but I am not sure I can get behind "MASA" as a rallying cry. I like "Free America From Oligarchs" (FAFO).

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 24/08/2025

Once upon a time corporate marketing gurus decided the best way to handle trash everywhere is to dress up an Italian guy like a First American and have him cry about it in a TV ad to make regular folks feel like shit, instead of corporations using biodegradable and recyclable containers.

A screenshot of a Xitter post that reads, from user Big Think: "Your Netflis binge-watching makes climate change worse, say experts. The emissions generated by watching 30 minutes of Netflix is the same as driving almost 4 miles" with a reply from Lex Croucher that reads, "cool to guilt-trip ordinary people for every tiny thing that might spark joy while oil execs dip their hands in big barrels of dinosaur juice to lube up every time they have a wank"

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 23/08/2025

I used Copilot to help me plan a section of my flower meadow. I hope that doesn't make me a villain. It started with me asking it which ones to plant in the Fall versus the Spring.

A table that lists several flowers with their heights, bloom period, and where to place them in a garden relative to one another based on height and bloom period as decided by M365 Copilot (using the GPT-4 LLM). The table reads:

Flower Height (inches) Bloom Time Placement
Joe Pye Weed 60–72" Aug–Oct Back/Center
Blazing Star 24–48" Jul–Sep Mid/Back
Purple Coneflower 36–48" Jun–Sep Mid/Back
New England Aster 36–48" Aug–Oct Mid/Back
Dwarf Red Plains Coreopsis 12–24" Jun–Aug Front/Mid
Blue Flax 18–24" May–Jul Front
Siberian Wallflower 18–24" May–Jun Front

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 20/08/2025

Here's a little 18th century style racism from one of the better regarded "founding fathers." At least the last sentence suggests some self-awareness, which was undoubtedly rare for the time.

A screenshot of a letter from Benjamin Franklin to Jared Eliot dated 12 September, 1751 which reads: "Which leads me to add one remark, that the number of purely white people in the world is proportionably very small. All Africa is black or tawny; Asia chiefly tawny; America (exclusive of the new comers) wholly so. And in Europe, the Spaniards, Italians, French, Russians, and Swedes are generally of what we call a swarthy complexion; as are the Germans also, the Saxons only excepted, who, with the English, make the principal body of white people on the face of the earth. I could wish their numbers were increased. And while we are, as I may call it, scouring our planet, by clearing America of woods, and so making this side of our globe reflect a brighter light to the eyes of inhabitants in Mars or Venus, why should we, in the sight of superior beings, darken its people? Why increase the sons of Africa by planting them in America, where we have so fair an opportunity, by excluding all blacks and tawnys, of increasing the lovely white and red? But perhaps I am partial to the complexion of my country, for such kind of partiality is natural to mankind."

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 19/08/2025

Isn't this a plot thread from The Righteous Gemstones? Except in the show's case they were going to sex toy stores and buying all the product.

Reddit headline from r/news: "Kentucky church rents 'problematic' library books and doesn't return them as an act of 'civil disobedience.'"

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 07/08/2025

One possible conclusion to our current national nightmare might be a golden crown for the would-be-king who really really loves gold.

In the Game of Thrones universe, a golden crown is prominently featured in the death of Viserys Targaryen, who is killed by Khal Drogo by having molten gold poured over his head. This act is a gruesome fulfillment of Drogo's promise to give Viserys the "golden crown" he craved.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 07/08/2025

There are at least 100 bees in this picture.

A patch of Partridge Peas in full bloom with a white aster plant in the foreground. The Peas have yellow flowers all along their main atem.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 07/08/2025

This “photoperiod” plant I am/was intending to turn into a mother plant started flowering under 16 hours of light. Hrm. I guess I’ll still take clones. Worst case scenario I throw them on a table and do a sea of green grown I guess.

A large female cannabis plant in vegetative state (no flowers) growing hydroponically in a 27 gallon tote.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 01/08/2025

The bees - especially bumbles it seems - really really love this patch of Partridge Peas I have in my flower meadow.

A patch of Partridge Peas in bloom. They are green, mostly single stemmed, with yellow delicate flowers along their main stem where leaf branches start. There are also a couple black eyed susans here and there.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 31/07/2025

This is the hardest photograph I have seen in a long, long time.

A screenshot of a photo taken by photographer Roman Pillipey from his Instagram account, with the following visible message written by him: "Recently spent a few nights in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions with Ukrainian mobile air defence units of the 59th brigade and 641st anti-aircraft machine gun battalion, who guard the sky from Russian barrages of drones. While protecting the sleep of many Ukrainians, the air defence teams often get little rest themselves, as one of the soldiers said - just two hours on average, or four on a good night, and perhaps another one between drone..."

The picture is of Ukrainian troops firing an anti-aircraft gun from the back of a t 2½-ton truck. The truck sits in the middle of a blooming sunflower field, and the blast from the firing cannon is the only light source with a dark sky in the background.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 28/07/2025

They conveniently leave out the part where the more educated you are the more money you tend to make.

A screenshot from the r/Futurology subreddit with a post headline that says: "Gen Z men with college degrees now have the same unemployment rate as non-grads--a sign that the higher education payoff is dead"

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 30/06/2025

Got a couple orange rudbeckia flowers in the meadow.

A black eyes susan with dark Martin/brown center and orange petals.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 29/06/2025

My thornless blackberry plant is loaded this year.

Several immature blackberries on the vine glistening in the sun. They are reddish in color and not yet ripe.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 19/06/2025

This weekend I put up a bird feeder pole and moved my Bird Buddy to the top of it and added two additional feeders I got for Father’s Day. They made it 4 days.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 11/06/2025

I was sitting behind the food cart on 8th and 41st waiting for this amazing gyro to be finished and a lady came up and asked me where the roundabout theater is. I’m like, “no idea I don’t live here” and she goes, “oh I thought you were an actor just taking a break.”

A lamb gyro from a NYC street vendor that’s as big as your head.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 09/06/2025

We have been working on this for a few days now.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 09/06/2025

These Robin’s Plantain (I think) and yellow hawkweed patches popped up in the middle of the small part of the yard we still mow regularly. Now we mow less of it.

A patch of Robin’s Plantain - light purple aster type flowers with a yellow center.

A large patch of yellow hawkweed. They are short yellow flowers.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 07/06/2025

I have these 2 lupine plants that popped up together that are just really showing out.

A pair of lupine plants with a dozen or so 12-18 inch spires of purple flowers jutting out of them.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 05/06/2025

This is the expression of a woman who is confident that what she knows is not only right, but irrefutable under mild scrutiny.

Gwen Walz with an expression that says, “I know what’s what.”

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 01/06/2025

I guess we're no longer in a drought. Also no fly fishing for me (all the rivers around me are like this one) and it's way too windy to take the kayak out so... guess I'll complain on Bluesky.

A graph that shows two lines on the y-axis. The first is a dark blue line, which represents the water flow in feet of water. It shows the graph running at 4 feet in May with some dips, and then a sharp rise in the past couple of days to 5.66ft. The gray line is last year's flows during the same timeframe, which peak at 3 feet and show al ow around 2 feet in a a repeatable pattern based on when they open the dam on this section of the river. The river was just establishing it's normal pattern before the current rain event.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 31/05/2025

…when you are having do much fun a mouthful of dirt and grass is something you don’t even notice…

A yellow lab with a brown nose and blue collar with a happy open faced expression. Her name is Butters. The bottom of her mouth is full of dirt and her tongue is smattered with grime and had grass stuck to it.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 29/05/2025

I have this one lupine plant that is going crazy.

Purple lupine with 8 flower colas about half open.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 17/05/2025

And the wildflower meadow is off and running for year 2.

A white five spot flower with 5 purple spots at the center edge of each petal.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 16/05/2025

Google says where two or more are gathered Jesus' website will be present, so if you have six kids maybe you can just stay home anyway.

A screenshot of a Google search with the prompt: "jesus where 2 or more are gathered" with the following AI Overview response that claims Jesus' "website" is present among them. The words on the screenshot say: "The phrase "where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them" comes from Matthew 18:20. It signifies that when Christians gather together in Jesus' name, Jesus' website is present among them. This verse is often interpreted as a promise of God's presence and guidance when believers unite in prayer, fellowship, or other acts of worship."

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 01/05/2025

I guess this hotel room technically qualifies as having a view of the Empire State Building.

A picture of the top of the Empire State Building poking out from behind some square grey brick buildings in front of it. It’s night time and the Empire State Building is lit up with red blue and green Christmas type lights.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 02/04/2025

There aren’t too many things in life that fill me with joy and contentment like a dog.

A dog sleeping snuggled up against a person. The person is covered with a light brown fuzzy blanket and has their arm around the dog. The person is me.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 26/03/2025

Ski season is over for me. Transitioning to fishing season.

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Bogleg @bogleg.net · 15/03/2025

I was gonna shave and cut my hair now that ski season is basically done but I just can’t. I feel like this look is one of the few things that identifies me as not-a-middle-aged-white-guy-who-voted-for-fascism.

Old dude with long dishwater blonde hair wearing an olive drab knit hat with a mostly white beard. Think The Dude.

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