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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Good morning, everyone. It's Monday, August 31, day 2259 of the Royale. It's also my last morning as host, so befriend Scott O'Kelley if you haven't already.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Good morning, everyone. It's morning 2258 of our Royale. Welcome.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Good morning, folks. I'm glad it's Saturday, and I'm glad I get to see your faces. Today is August 29, and it's day 2257 of the Royale.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Good morning, party people. The girl lost tooth number two last night. She was awake before seven to claim her plunder from beneath the pillow. It's Friday, August 28, day 2256 of our Royale. Scott O'Kelley takes over on September 1. Thanks for sharing the month with me.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Good morning and welcome to edition 2255 of the Royale. Don't forget that Scott O'Kelley will be taking over host duties on September 1. If you aren't already his friend, just shoot him a request. Is it Friday yet?

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's Hump Day, y'all, nothing less, nothing more. It's also Royale 22-54. So wave your mugs in the air, and snap a selfie like you just don't care. And take a moment of silence for the great Dolly.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Good morning, friends. It's a school day, and it is still far too hot in north Florida. It's day 2253 of our favorite ritual, the Royale. Glenn started it in March 2020, and Scott O'Kelley will take over as host on September 1. Shoot Scotto a friend request if you're not already friends with him.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It's day 2252, you know what to do. Willie's month of hosting the Royale will be wrapping up soon. Your once and future host, the inimitable Scott O'Kelley, master of chiaroscuro and favorite son of Missouri, will take over on September the first.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It's day 2250, of our funny little nifty, ritual we call "Royale." It's August 22, it's the weekend, and it's my daughter Ruby's birthday. She's the girl long known as "Li'l Gem" to her dad's internet pals. Now she's 26, living in Toronto, and I'm proud of her bold spirit.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

TGIF! It's day 2249 of our ritual. So drop in, say hi, have some hugs, take a load off. No one but us here with our Royales, our first beverages of the day. We'd love to see your face.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Good morning, all. Today is the 2,248th edition of this ritual in which a loose bunch of folks greet each other with a selfie and their first cup of coffee of the day, the "Royale." We're live and let live kinda folks for the most part, so interpret it loosely. We just want to see you and say hi.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Good morning! It's day 2246 of our Royale ritual. It's also Poppy's first day of school. She was conceived about four months into the Royale. She is now five years old and starting school. Daddy's selfies have always been part of the texture of her life. Welcome to our family.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It's Monday, August 17, day 2245 of the fabulous Royale. Y'all know what to do. Show your faces and share the love.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Good morning, and welcome to day 2244 of the Royale! That number feels like it should be meaningful, but I have no immediate interpretation. Does anyone remember *Room 222*, a series from the late 60s/early 70s?

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

It's Saturday! Woohoo! It's day 2243 of our li'l ol' Royale. I'm your host, and though I hate to boast, I'm warm like butter and crisp like toast. Show us what you got!

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Good morning, friends. Welcome to our Royale, the ritual started by Glenn Raucher early in the COVID lockdowns to bring us together and maintain contact. As many can attest, it fulfilled that purpose and more. This is the 2,242nd day, Friday, August 14, 2026.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Our first visit from the tooth fairy! During bedtime reading last night our girl lost her first tooth. It's very exciting! The other bottom middle incisor will probably come out today, too. Heady times chez Shotwell.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Howdy, y'all! It's Hump Day, August 12, 2026, day 2240 of our li'l ol' ritual called "the Royale." Glenn started it and did the yeoman's work for years, until we shifted into a rotating cast of hosts and hostesses.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Good morning, friends! It's Tuesday, August 11, day 2239 of the fabulous Royale. We welcome selfies of you with your first beverage of the day. Yes, you, even the lurkers. It's cool, we don't bite, and it's a great thing to see each other every day.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Welcome to day 2238 of our Royale. It's Monday, August 10. Back to physical therapy today for the ankle. Otherwise, just the usual. Checking in on my online classes, prepping for the fall semester, dadding it up with the kid.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Welcome to Royale 2236. It's Saturday, August 8, 2026. No big plans today except yard work and house work. Let's see your faces. Have a great weekend!

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Good morning, friends. It's Friday, August 7, day 2235 of our Royale ritual. Nothing major to report. Just adjusting to being back home. I hope to get the house clean before school starts. I'm thinking maybe fire or a meteor will take care of it.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Whoa! My phone died during the night and I slept almost nine hours. It's day 2234 of our Royale, Thursday, August 6. Y'all know the drill. Join us this morning with your favorite beverage.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Good morning. This is day 2233 of our Royale ritual. Say hi with a selfie of you and a cup of coffee or whatever you drink in the morning. We'd love to see you.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Good morning and happy Monday. It's day 2231 of our little Royale. Come join us with your face and a cup of coffee (or morning beverage of your choice).

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Good morning. It's day 2230 of the Royale! Come join us with a selfie with your favorite morning beverage.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

My high school classmate. AHS 84!

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Poppy made two bouquets out of tp rolls and flowery hair clips. Then we had a ceremony and both she and her mama got married to me. I'm a lucky guy. How is your day?

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Outside my yard, the world. Inside my house, fresh cut flowers.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/06/2025

Newsom: "Speaker Johnson -- his eloquence was elevated when he called to 'tar and feather' the governor of California. Very religious man. I guess that's the spirit. The word of the Lord."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Relaxing a bit after a hellacious week and a half.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Happy 206th birthday to Walt Whitman, "dear father, graybeard, lonely old courage-teacher." #WaltWhitman

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/05/2025

Last night was the largest air and drone attack on Ukraine against civilian targets by Russia of the war. They are desperate...why? Because they are LOSING: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvVI...

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Still Think Russia Is Defeating Ukraine? Watch This

YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Zinnias in bloom means fresh cut flowers every day.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I'm here for Pope jokes and Dalai Lama jokes.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I see that the EU is putting together a half-billion dollar fund to lure US scientists to Europe. Dammit, even the Europeans don't care about rescuing those of us in the humanities.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Somehow, Trump has declared that we’re under numerous national emergencies from the Southern Border Emergency to the Energy Emergency, Trade Emergency, Public Lands Emergency, and Immigration Enforcement Emergency. Yet these crises seem so “urgent” that he finds time to golf every weekend. Odd.

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Willie Shotwell @dubshot.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

THIS is what we should be doing while the machines and AI do the grunt work - read poems and map the range of animals through time. These folks are doing my kind of work. www.sciencenews.org/article/anci...

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Ancient poems document the decline of the Yangtze finless porpoise

The porpoise is critically endangered. Ancient Chinese poems reveal the animal’s range has dropped about 65 percent over the past 1,400 years.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/11/2024

resolved: people who insist that all social media sites must be places where users are constantly encountering and arguing with people over fundamental disagreement do so because their actual, real lives are echo chambers where they do not encounter any meaningful difference from day-to-day.

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