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Data October Thirty-nerd

@datanerd.bsky.social
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A very fine bearded economist. Chattanooga, TN; near Washington, DC; and New Smyrna Beach, FL. Opinions are not of my employer; self-employed. Profile pic is of a gator next to a canal, banner is of roseate spoonbills, both at Merritt Island NWR.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 18h
In the vein of "public libraries could never be created today," a pitch for a calculator would get you thrown out of the boardroom. What do you mean, it just maths? Where are the ads supposed to go? How does it send usage telemetry back if it doesn't even have wifi? There isn't even a leaderboard.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 18h
Molon labe, but for two spaces after the period at the end of a sentence. Also for the oxford comma. And proper em dash use.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I still use one of these in my elderly Lexus, but it's hooked to a Bluetooth receiver so I can make calls and listen to my tunes on the phone.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I used to pick microsd cards up on sale for cheap to feed my raspberry pi addiction. Now I'm harvesting all of those for my new camera.
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james hawkins @j406.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
seriously be careful out there everyone i had 2 Microsoft Copilot licenses in my car, and someone broke in and left 4 more
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nah, only Tennessee does that. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_B...
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Tommy Burnett - Wikipedia
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Driving a car is easier than picking out a perfect avocado. I can do the former; the latter is hit or miss.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I am GenX and I was going to say the evening news, but I had forgotten about those fuckers. Welp, time for nightmares again.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Great if you make memory. The rest of us: "Christ, what an asshole."
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think everyone lost interest and he died of loneliness.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anyone who has cared about a dog knows that look. Get better Brutus.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I don't have my editing tools at hand but I would have done a black and white still of Shirley Bassey and the Propellerheads "History Repeating".
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Picturing Erling Haaland being sold at police auction like a drug lord's speedboat.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ah you're Abu bin Aardvark?
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So he can have a strawberry for dinner three nights this week, as long as it's thinly sliced?
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Southern democrat but espousing southern democratic values from the 1970s without the racism. Health care, minimum wage, that sort of thing.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
He should call the president of the Haggar Pants company like LBJ did.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
At least until we play Texas.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And a few connect through Atlanta.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Dear God, they'll have to store that using scientific notation. 5.1*10^6.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sovereign citizen before it was cool. Props to GGGramps.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/09/2026
Gas Station Price Sign Using Scientific Notation
Gas Station Price Sign Using Scientific Notation
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
No. I don't need it
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Nöw i wånt a bürgür and bêër.
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Courtney E. Smith @thecourtneyesmith.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Good morning to the woman on Threads arguing with me that not all millionaires and billionaires are unethical, may the ghost of Antonio Gramsci lecture her about cultural hegemony in her dreams, with his poofy hair and glasses.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
📈📈📈
Gas Station Price Sign Using Scientific Notation

the ONION
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Tennessee makes North Mexico? Andale, andale!
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#3, And I get to tell Mel Gibson that I thought he was Mel Brooks.
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(spoo)key @lefttwix.com · 04/09/2026
a blue flag with the words

“marked safe from
  being influential
           today”
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Bad crab rangoon sucks. Good crab rangoon is a delight. And neither are from Yangon or Rangoon. It's old school American Polynesian tiki snacks.
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DaddyJew @daddyjew.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
*puts away summer depression *takes out fall depression
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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
it's like having kermit the frog say "fuck that guy" about you
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🍄Abyssal Thaum🍂 @thaum.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Norway's renegade bus driver has stolen his fourth bus, this time he even had a passenger! He is still 14 years old.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I've been there. My dad "graduated" from hospice care. I'm lucky he had excellent medigap insurance.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Þ'all. Make thorn great again
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A pint's a pound the whole world round, so at least have a pound first.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA
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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.
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Core, The (DO NOT PERCEIVE) @the-core.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“That was a joke, here’s the password” I like this guy already
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Core, The (DO NOT PERCEIVE) @the-core.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Just out of curiosity do y’all have WiFi here” “No, but we’ve got Marlboro Reds and Camel no filters” Oh boy we’re in for one tonight folks
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KJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
there will be many ways to celebrate dolly parton and the one I want to point out is that she was a friend of Miss Piggy
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
the people will stop at nothing short of sainthood bsky.app/profile/musi...
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MJdowntheshore @mjdowntheshore.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#DollyParton
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I was today years old when I learned Dolly Parton recorded Woody Guthrie's song "Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)" in 1980. It's a heartbreaking song about immigration and specifically deportation plane that crashed in 1948 killing dozens of Mexican "bracero" workers. Her version is beautiful💔
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Dolly Parton - 04 - Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
YouTube video by littlesparrow185
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I've had one friend tell me that Best Little Whorehouse in Texas was on TCM about a month ago and she's watching it now.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 26/08/2026
A phenomenal woman
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
not to be rude but this is the stupidest thing i've ever read in my life. Roko's Bureaucracy
hailey @hailey.at
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bsky isnt ready for this but, if you need a reason to not use words like "clanker" that isn't "well its kinda not a great thing to do" (it isn't) imagine this:
future model that has you in its training data, knows you posted that word online with joy, and denies your insurance claim as a result
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O Everybody can reply
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I've done both I think. Only problem is that I can't remember who the horn player was.
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Data October Thirty-nerd @datanerd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If there's not a chicken leg sticking out, I am not buying it.
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