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Captanne

@captanne.bsky.social
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NAFO fella, Prof historian, Veteran, ret military pilot C-12/5/22/21, JD from CUA, PhD from G’town. Native Washingtonian (DC). Opinions wholly, entirely and absolutely my own. I don’t interact during working hours.

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Earth @earthin24.bsky.social · 57m
🌍 2026 🗓 29th - 30th September 🕛 12:00Z 🛰 Meteosat-11
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 49m
This is such a good point. These platforms could easily identify and delete bot accts. They don't bc capitalism: there's no financial incentive to do so.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 43m
Actually reviewing the checks that Chuck Grassley released yesterday to gauge how many people clearly asked Trump to do something other than pay Melania's dress designer with the money. Someone in the The Villages was using "Stop the Steal" by 11/20/20.
A $100 check made out to Trump for President, dated Nov. 20, 2020. The memo line reads "Stop the Steal" 

The address is mostly redacted but shows it was from The Villages in Florida.
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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 43m
Stan Woodward continues to beclown himself.
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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 22m
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Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 21m
The motivation behind killer hippos is sublime. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8EmBLJR/
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 2h
The federal government has begun supplying COVID-19 vaccines to states, including Tennessee, to be used as part of a free immunization program for low-income children, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday. From @anitawadhwani.bsky.social.
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After weeks of limbo, federal government now distributing COVID vaccines to low-income kids • Tennessee Lookout
The federal government will supply COVID-19 vaccines to Tennessee, to be used as part of a free immunization program for low-income children.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h
Trump promised he would halve energy prices within his first year in office
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h
> @techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/p...
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Mark Mucci @mlmucci.bsky.social · 2h
DHS Secretary Mullin needs his binkie if he's going to talk to the mean reporters.
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SteveH @sghendricks.bsky.social · 10h
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h
The other day, Andrew Bailey, who stepped down as MO AG in hopes of becoming FBI Director, stepped down. REMARKABLY, one report said he routinely told Kash he was violating the Constitution. Today, DOJ did something profoundly corrupt in hopes of politicizing 8th C, which covers MO, MN, and IA.
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Earth @earthin24.bsky.social · 3h
🌍 2026 🗓 29th - 30th September 🕘 09:00Z 🛰 Meteosat-9
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2h
All the next day Toad sang songs to his seeds.
Toad, literally singing in the rain, serenades his seeds.

From "The Garden"
In *Frog and Toad Together*
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2h
This is so brilliant. Uncommon.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2h
As @katiephang.bsky.social and I discussed on-air last evening …. Eric Schmitt’s (R-MO) use of the term “dirtbag” for Jack Smith was juvenile and a bad example. But Schmitt’s claim Smith was “perjuring” himself … Thats’s the bigger problem and smear
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Find Moby Dick @findmobydick.bsky.social · 4h
CHAPTER 9. The Sermon. Paragraph 6
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 4h
all the things that God would have us do are hard for us to do
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Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 3h
Accusing men of sexual assault (especially when they did it) doesn’t ruin their futures in the US. We seem to really appreciate it. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8E2mM2N/
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 17h
An EV sold every 100 seconds: Australian demand for electric cars more than doubles
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An EV sold every 100 seconds: Australian demand for electric cars more than doubles
A record 157,957 new EVs were sold nationally between January and June, according to the Electric Vehicle Council * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australians are buying electric vehicles at record levels, with sales more than doubling year on year and occurring at a rate equivalent to one EV sold every 100 seconds. A record 157,957 EV sales occurred between January and June – an 117% increase on the same period last year, according to a new report released by the Electric Vehicle Council. Continue reading...
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 17h
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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 17h
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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 17h
This is the coolest girl around and I want to be her friend so bad
Girl Scouts a profile pic of a bb goth in a Girl Scout vestgirlscouts What happens when a pet owner doesn't have the information they need to properly care for a reptile?
Gold Award Girl Scout Sicilia saw how a lack of education could impact reptiles and local ecosystems, so she took action. For her #gsGoldAward project, she created educational videos focused on proper bearded dragon care and shared what she learned with younger Girl Scouts through presentations on responsible pet ownership.
By making reliable care information more accessible, Sicilia created a resource that can continue helping reptile owners make informed choices long after her project. *t
Via: @girlscoutssierranevada
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h
Where did Donald Trump's money come from? For real!
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Where Did Trump's Money Come From?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The Trump regime's new AI assistant confirmed Donald is a convicted felon, Biden won the 2020 election, and Trump is in the Epstein files before it stopped answering political questions.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h
Newsom signs California ban on electric shock gloves for law enforcement
CBS NEWS CALIFORNIA
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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just did a lunchtime doomscroll, to confirm the idiots are still running amok. Confirmed!
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Mel Brooks: You Know Morons
ALT: Mel Brooks: You Know Morons
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 17h
You go, Cornell journalists www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.
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The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings
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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 17h
There was a certain charm to life in the mid 1800s. 😳😉🤷‍♂️ 📷 From Leo Tolstoy Literature
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 17h
Unfortunately, many such case cases. Also, correct me if I am wrong, but it looks like Donald Trump's DOIJ has scrubbed data on friendly fire? I no longer can find the federal statistics on their website?? I did find reporting that 29 police dogs have been killed by friendly fire.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is why more women don't come forward, and why more rapists aren't jailed. Because mostly-male cops and prosecutors find it more believable that a 20-yr-old would want to have sex with a room full of fraternity brothers than accept she was raped. What ever happened to common fucking sense?
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Carrying That Weight—Again
I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 18h
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/jack-smith...
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Jack Smith testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee
Republicans still turn a blind eye to the Jan 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol
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Jeremy Fassler @jfassler.bsky.social · 19h
Katie Britt watching Eric Schmitt destroy his career, brought to you by Larry David.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What a fucking embarrassment
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Choosin' Blexas @fkamono.bsky.social · 18h
SEC Young Republican cultural ascendancy on full display
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 18h
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Mister Rogers Bot @misterrogersbot.bsky.social · 18h
No matter how old or young we are, we learn best from people who care about us. That relationship grows when teachers are friendly, respectful, and interested in us as unique human beings.
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Dave Krantz @weskrantz.bsky.social · 18h
He’s a solid little beast
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Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 18h
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8KyDJ3s/
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Pope Leo XIV says concerns raised by experts over AI should be taken seriously, so we don't get to the point where it can 'destroy humanity'. #AI #PopeLeoXIV #PopeLeo #BBCNews
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Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 18h
Remember this — the worst of that horrid Bill that the Congress passed before it poofed itself into some sort of vacuum will kick in after the Midterms. Don’t blame the Democrats if we get the Legislative Branch. The GOP passed this abomination.
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 20h
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Former special counsel Jack Smith said Tuesday that he stands by his decision to bring charges against President Donald Trump over his mishandling of classified documents and role in the Jan. 6 attack...
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Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 18h
Sex Crimes officer from Scotland Yard. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8KDFLwk/
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#cornell #cornelluniversity #janedoe #aroundtheworld
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S.J.💙🩵💙🦋🦓 @glimmers2.bsky.social · 20h
A study in valor. Imagine testifying against the most powerful criminal on the planet?
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Funniest part to me is Jack Smith using 110% of his lawyer brain. He avoids making the connection himself; he doesn't even say "Hawkeyes," he just says "Iowa." He knows it's better to let everyone figure it out on their own. He also knows from Klobuchar's grin that she'll dunk it for him.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
NBC: “U of Michigan survey shows Americans feel worse about the economy than during the Covid-19 pandemic or 2008 financial crisis… Trump promised a ‘Golden Age’, but under Republicans Americans are struggling more than ever.” www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"
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Captanne @captanne.bsky.social · 19h
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“Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California” is open now at NMWA! 🖼️   The exhibition traces the flow and flourishing of quilts in the context of the Second Great Migration....
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