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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sometimes Reddit just makes me giggle.

Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"To be fair, I do think there are interesting possibilities to learn from some of the ideas behind __X__, but I'm always a bit skeptical of people who think a they can reinvent all of __Y__ based on their own guesses about how __Y__ works" Your statement generalizes very nicely. Well done. :-)

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm so excited about another BLINK festival here in Cincinnati. Past years have been epic & this year looks to be even grander on every scale. Light installations, animated murals, drone shows, and all manner of light-based art all over downtown...that's BLINK. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...

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Blink Cincinnati 2026: What's new and what's familiar

The four-night festival started in 2017, to be held every other year. It was canceled in 2021 because of lingering pandemic concerns.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's a microcosm of what he wants to do to the entire country.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Add this to the giant, steaming pile of ethical violations and literal laws broken by the Con Man-in-Chief.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A terrific (and terrifying) case study of what Chinese firms are willing to do, if not encouraged by the Chinese government to do, to "compete" with, and steal market share from, companies outside China. This is just one of many examples of pilferism as policy. www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...

tomshardware.com

Chinese chipmaker CXMT allegedly used a written roadmap to steal Samsung DRAM tech — South Korean court says 'Project Hefei' lifted 620-step recipe to build 10% global market share

If the allegations hold, the move was geopolitcs-scale plan worthy of Dr. Evil himself.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A truly stunning account of greed and corruption, even for #Ohio Republicans, who unashamedly sell out citizens' interests to any corporations who come asking for tax breaks and offering campaign donations (if not cash) in return. No more single-party rule! ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/28/o...

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Ohio politicians welcomed unregulated data centers by the hundreds. Ohio citizens are fighting back. • Ohio Capital Journal

A revolt is spreading across Ohio against the race to build more sprawling data centers here than anywhere else. Ohio politicians welcomed unregulated, massive computing facilities that deplete energy...

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Your gas car, your diesel truck -- they contribute to displaced communities & lost species the same way a lit cigarette contributes to lung cancer risks for everyone around it. Reduce, if not eliminate, your reliance on fossil fuels, or accept your part of the blame. spacedaily.com/b-the-uns-ne...

spacedaily.com

The UN's new assessment says global temperatures could be pulled back below 1.5C late this century, but the sea cannot be pulled back with them, because warm water expands and ice sheets keep shedding...

Even if humanity stops global warming mid-century, the oceans will keep rising for hundreds of years—a reckoning buried in the UN's otherwise hopeful new climate roadmap.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"NHTSA estimated its proposal would cut new vehicle costs by $930 each. But it would increase fuel consumption by around 100 ⁠billion gallons through 2050, fuel spending by $185 billion and carbon dioxide emissions by about 5%." Only a moron would make that deal. www.reuters.com/world/us-ann...

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US to announce sharply lower vehicle fuel economy requirements

The Trump administration will soon announce sharply lower vehicle fuel-economy standards, reversing a push by the prior administration to force automakers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles, Trans...

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Dark. And funny. But definintely dark.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

...that top arm of the "K-shaped economy" keeps getting smaller and smaller while the bottom leg --- the folks who feel like they're not keeping up with their dreams and aspirations, if not just their plans --- keeps getting bigger and bigger. The economy is the secret to the next two US elections.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

More and more people who have long thought they were "upper middle class" or even "lower upper class" --- generally "yeah, I'm doing fine" --- are starting to feel squeezed by Trump's war economy. Maybe gas or groceries suddenly became noticeably expensive to them. Whatever it is...

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Hegseth's favorite war is the one against truth.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm not going to hold my breath until Congress does something sensible regarding energy policy or transportation electrification. Experience suggests it will not be soon.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

And, for the record, I may forever now refer to gasoline only as "war juice". Thank you for that.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Or, even worse, these same legacy automakers cutting EV development funding because gas cars outsell EVs in most markets *today*. I guess I've always thought that if I'm paying some guy $50 mil to run a company, he can at least look past this quarter's numbers & think a few years down the road.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I wish people would stop blending and/or conflating their own (and other people's) individual religious identities with political/governmental entities. The only people that's valid for are the actual leaders of those governments. Otherwise, it's just creating a convenient (and invalid) strawman.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This story is a great reminder of how silly the "both sides" coverage around bike infrastructure is. On one side we have saving lives, reducing pollution, increasing mobility, and improving quality of life. On the other side we have "But my parking!" and toxic masculinity.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Consider this: A billionaire could give $100,000 away each and every day for 25 years straight and still have over $80 million left (and that doesn't even include interest income) #nobillionaires

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"Valvoline Global created the world’s first branded motor oil. Its parent company is Aramco." Aramco, the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, is a majority state-owned petroleum and natural gas company, and the national oil company of Saudi Arabia. :-|

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I feel like we're missing a hyphen here somewhere

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

One could argue that what we're experimenting with isn't actually capitalism, but more accurately "crony capitalism," which is characterized by rampant corruption, pay-to-play schemes, and the like. But, at the end of the day, mixing capitalism with government always seems to produce that outcome.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The more any ideology - capitalism, socialism, authoritarianism, etc. - approaches its most extreme form, the faster it implodes, taking down many in the society along with it. Right now, the US is experimenting with extreme capitalism and we're seeing the vast wealth disparity effects that result.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

“In other words, the U.S. government now spends more money just on interest on the debt that it does to fund the entire U.S. military or to provide health care for seniors.”👇

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Proving a negative -- I didn't use AI -- isn't just logically impossible, it's also increasingly logistically infeasible given the widespread and invisible integration of these models and algorithms in everything from email to word processors to social media to even just note-taking apps.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This sounds like comic book villain-level idiocy right here. Like heartless goons of some offensively disturbing and morally corrupt crime boss. Actually, now that I think about it, it all seems rather on-brand for a certain pedophile felon president.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Climate change is undeniable, and while it will always be an easy, kneejerk reaction for morons to claim "it's just weather," the root cause of our increasingly violent and destructive weather is, of course, *anthropogenic* climate change. And we, all of us, are the root cause of that.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I just heard the biggest thunderclap of my entire life. Like terrifyingly loud. Weather in Cincinnati has gone off the rails this year -- record rainfall, record heat, record storm intensity -- and I fear it's the new normal.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The US' approach to many things -- largely because of a disturbingly obsessive devotion to capitalism -- is putting unreasonable economic pressures on nearly all Americans, threatening the very fabric of our society. Healthcare is an essential service, not a luxury. www.cbsnews.com/news/hospita...

cbsnews.com

Hospitals push for upfront payments as patient deductibles and out-of-pocket costs rise

Hospitals and other medical providers are increasingly asking for payment before providing care, collecting more of what patients might owe.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

June-July was also the wettest two-month period on record for Cincinnati, Ohio, with nearly 22 inches of rain. That's roughly half of the usual annual total for here...in just two months. Climate change isn't weather, but weather is affected by climate change, and crazy weather is the new normal.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Every change the Trump administration proposes makes things worse for consumers and better for companies. Every. Single. One. And this is no different. And imagine being the airline lobbyist who has to admit his company wants more leeway to mislead customers. www.cbsnews.com/news/dot-air...

cbsnews.com

Feds could scrap rules requiring airlines to disclose airfares in full

A Transportation Department proposal could obscure the cost of a plane ticket, aviation experts warn. Here's what to know.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Calling wind power "dangerous to wildlife," when the fossil fuels energy Trump advocates is literally terminating species annually, is yet another example of the substantial long-term harm this con man and his flunkies are doing to the world. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

US strikes $1.2bn deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects

The RWE payout is the latest in a string of deals cancelling wind energy projects, a power source long derided by Trump.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This administration continues to plumb the depths of absurdity and uselessness, this time by calling bike lanes "DEI" and removing them from recommended and federally funded traffic safety initiatives. The cartoonish villainy would be amusing if it weren't so harmful. www.npr.org/2026/07/16/n...

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Bike lanes and speed cameras disappear from the DOT's list of proven safety measures

The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"gold-hued" so close to accurate

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Quite literally socializing the harms while privatizing the profits.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Knowing things leads to socialism.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

New: The 5 Attributes of the Ideal Personal Transportation (and which one comes closest to hitting all five) medium.com/p/the-5-attr...

medium.com

The 5 Attributes of the Ideal Personal Transportation

And which one comes closest to hitting all five

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

A reply by Bernie Moreno extends this policy to anyone born outside the US.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The right-wing attack on birthright citizenship is not just about birthright citizenship itself. As MAGA’s reaction to the Supreme Court ruling proves, it is part of their opposition to a broader ideal, that “All men are created equal.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Elsewhere, less tactful conservatives expressed directly what the dissenting justices chose to do in euphemism. Stephen Miller, who runs immigration policy for the Trump administration, told Fox News that “we have people from all over the world, from third-world nations, nations that on their own would have never invented the wheel, let alone modern technology, let alone medicine, let alone air travel.” He went on: “They can just come into the country, have a baby at a hospital paid for by you and me, and then that baby is automatically a citizen? That baby can sit on a jury when he turns 18 and sit in judgment of you and sit in judgment of me and sit in judgment of our loved ones? Can decide who our mayors are? Our governors are? Our presidents are?” Miller’s long-standing view is that what ruined America was the repeal of eugenics-inspired immigration restrictions that had banned immigration from Asia and Africa and from nations in Europe deemed to be composed of lesser white races.

There is very little difference between Miller’s position—if you come from a “Third World nation,” you are inferior—and that of antebellum Democrats and the opponents of the Fourteenth Amendment at the time it was adopted: American citizenship is degraded by having to share it with the biologically inferior. The justices are elite lawyers with the ability to obfuscate this project and ignore its aims, but the rest of us need not pretend. To put it bluntly, Miller’s objection, as articulated here, is not to birthright citizenship. It is to the idea that “all men are created equal.”

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This should be the new focus for evangelicals! Instead of converting non-believers and those who worship the "wrong" deities, they should go after the low-hanging fruit of people who already believe 90% of what they believe.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This featire is not at all attractive to me. The relative silence is one of the great joys of driving an EV. And I say that as someone who, at one point in my life, owned and raced Porsches.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

How do you know when your devotion to capitalism is too extreme? Maybe when it makes you a global outlier in your willingness to let companies require people to work every single week without a break. Source: www.axios.com/2026/07/02/v...

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This makes me think that maybe, as Americans approach this Independence Day, that it might be our patriotic duty to send sternly worded emails to government bureaucrats detailing our dissatisfaction with their attempts to undermine our civil liberties. www.npr.org/2026/07/01/n...

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Months after he sent a harsh email to ICE, agents tracked him to his home and a hotel

Federal agents went to a Rochester man's home to warn him that an email he sent five months ago could be an illegal threat. He was on vacation but another agent found his hotel hundreds of miles away.

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