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Larry Kollar

@farfetched58.bsky.social
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Human, dad, granddad, author, and involuntarily retired tech writer. Politics is important, but don’t let it consume your life (IRL or online). Check out books.larrykollar.com for stuff I’ve written.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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This virus therapy supercharges the immune system against brain cancer
Scientists have found a way to make one of the most aggressive brain tumors vulnerable to the immune system. A single injection of a modified virus can invade glioblastoma, kill cancer cells, and summ...
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Kay 💙 @kayfultz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Ginny @gmoyer17.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today is Butterbrot Day Today celebrates the traditional open-faced buttered bread staple. Butterbrot - literally "butter bread" - dates back centuries in Germany as a basic part of breakfast, packed lunches or Abendbrot, traditional cold evening meal. Referenced as an alternative meals in 1339.
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The Cottage Garden @simonecannon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm harvesting the last of my summer #garden salad greens, including these Garden nasturtiums, which typically #flower from midsummer right through to the first autumn frosts. Both the flowers and the leaves are edible and add a peppery bite to salads #BloomScrolling #KitchenGarden #FlowersOnFriday
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MBlue.Bsky.social 🌺MB🌺 @mblue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Love this, M! And if you can, please place your ballot during early voting?! Ours begins 5 October! #LFGBlue #EarlyVotingByState
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21/09/2026
“We need a comprehensive federal privacy law that covers this sort of data collection and misuse,” EFF’s @thorinklosowski.com told @theverge.com. That means requiring opt-in consent, no deceptive design tricks, & data minimization that limits companies to only what’s needed to provide the service.
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There are ways to protect yourself from your spying TV
“Hi, LG”
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suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
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WESH 2 NEWS @wesh2news.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Great 6 hour today with this crew! If anyone is looking for their drone please call Hot Spots!” charter captain Daniel Arsenault wrote. >> Details: www.wesh.com/article/florida-fishin… 
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Top tip: when using a new stove top coffee pot for the first time it is best to remove the little leaflet of instructions before making the coffee.
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Larry Kollar @farfetched58.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Man, it is such a trip moving from vim to Atom, especially when you learned vi around 1983.
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Larry Kollar @farfetched58.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Got new tires for Little Zook, so it’s now fully operational. Good timing, it gets 60 MPG with no hotdogging.
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🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Part owner of Canada) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Vesna @vesnavoice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Good Saturday morning everyone🤗☀️ from Lake Ontario with sparkly diamonds🥰
View of Lake Ontario on a sunny day, sky is blue, there are diamonds sparkling on the surface of lake. Rocks on shore line with some bushes at side
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Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Any official emails from the team will be from an @/can-con.org domain Anyone else is an imposter 👀 Please do always feel free to reach out if you're concerned about the validity of an email!
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There are things to see
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
1/ Maybe we’ve been fighting disinformation backward. Fact-checkers chase lies after they spread. But a growing body of research suggests something more powerful: teach people the manipulation tactics first, and they become harder to fool later. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Eiscomic (Vic) @eiscomic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
cara.app/post/6e9f36d... Hope you feel better asap, and hope you like this :)
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Vic P Gar (@eis1) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform
This is a little longer than i've posted 'til now story... it's clearly inspired by a certain 90's comic book and, i have to say, i'm really happy how the story went. i like sope pages, i like some ot...
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas." -- Johnny Cash, who died #OTD 2003
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Larry Kollar @farfetched58.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Psst. Hey. Looking for some free/cheap entertainment this weekend? Find out which parks are hosting youth and/or adult sports. No admission, bring your cooler along (and maybe a folding chair for soccer) and enjoy it. U19 soccer can be really high-octane, especially in the higher level leagues.
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Philo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Good morning happy Caturday ☕️
Smol cat held in a humans hand
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Larry Kollar @farfetched58.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I guess it’s time for my annual declaration: pumpkin spice isn’t my thing, but I will never stop someone from enjoying it.
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Goodport (GP) @goodport.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#FridayFunDay #fridayfunnies #funnymemes
A large, canine-shaped mist of pumpkin spice shows up to envelope a town.
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Malcolm D. @mdpb53.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Daily Reminder: SOCIAL SECURITY IS OUR MONEY!
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Beware. DO NOT use VoteSafe. Use: vote.org or vote.gov www.snopes.com/fact-check/v...
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Elon Musk's VoteSafe.org shares users' personal information. Here's how we know
Musk's America PAC funds the online voter registration hub.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/09/2026
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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Larry Kollar @farfetched58.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I had to bring Charlie to the orthodontist to fix a missing band and sharp edge. There’s a girl, maybe 12, in the waiting room with her grandmom. The kid has her own style: t-shirt, lacy skirt, heavy hiking boots. #RockItKid #ReadyForAnything
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GGmaJoy @ggmajoyc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
SUNDAY FUNNIES I hope the weekend is good for everyone! Hang in there, folks. #jokesters
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Larry Kollar @farfetched58.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I saw a great sign on a church today: Lord, whatever you’re baking outside, it’s done!
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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Before women could vote, ‘Big Annie’ led historic labor strike in Michigan’s Copper Country
She is now immortalized in bronze, carrying her signature 6-by-10-foot American flag.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
This is demonstrably, measurably improving the health of the people who live there. Most notably, it increases the respiratory *& cognitive* health of children. They literally do better in school. If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list.
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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 03/09/2026
The heat is here to stay for the middle part of the country through this Labor Day weekend. Planning to be outdoors? Stay hydrated, take cooling breaks, and know the signs of heat illness. weather.gov/heat
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💖 Birdhism Jen @birdhism.com · 02/09/2026
Paint them things please. #climate #windpower #birds
Scientists painted one wind turbine blade black, and bird deaths dropped by 70% in a long-term study in Norway. 
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"Imagine the solution being this simple the whole time."
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AKA Pippysqueakspeaks 🐶 @mamaaintplayin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Larry Kollar @farfetched58.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Wild, Wild Life youtu.be/616-QGQyx-I?...
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Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life (Official Video)
YouTube video by Talking Heads
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Larry Kollar @farfetched58.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Love the “WTF are YOU looking at?!” energy in this.
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Jim Ferguson 🫘 @jimferguson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
And keep an off site back up. We back everything up monthly to drives we keep at Andi's sister's house. The automatic backups are done daily or weekly depending on how frequently things change.
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borodda @borodda.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In Chicago, I’ve never waited longer than 10 minutes to vote after 15 years living here. I’m from Memphis. Down south, if you are brown, you will likely wait several hours. This is intentional and not about “saving money,” down there they hope to sweat you out.
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Here’s some shitty etymology
Cream-colored etymology infographic titled “Polite Company.” It traces the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root **skei-*—“to cut, split, separate”—into three English words: shit through Proto-Germanic and Old English; science through Latin scīre and scientia, then Old French; and schism through Ancient Greek skhízein and skhísma, then Latin. The graphic contrasts the words’ modern meanings: excrement, systematic knowledge, and a formal religious division.
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Runs with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Larry Kollar @farfetched58.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Miya was ticking at the porch door off schedule, yesterday. She wanted to show me a tailless lizard, dead long enough for rigor mortis. Critters come to her porch, but they don’t last long.
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Larry Kollar @farfetched58.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Also back up before system updates. Hosed systems after and update are rare, but they do happen.
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Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏 @mrhands31.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When it comes to your important data, remember the eternal words of Céline Dion: - Keep it near (your computer or phone) - Keep it far (a hard drive not in your home) - Keep it wherever you are (a data center)
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Jesus Jones @jesusjonesband.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The best of times.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026
Next time your local or state legislature parrots some lobbyists talking points trying to tell you data centers will "increase our tax revenue," ask them about this NINETY-ONE PERCENT LOSS in tax revenue in Georgia & elsewhere, and whether & How they can guarantee the same thing won't happen to you.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
After years of testing, USDA has just approved releasing GMO American chestnut trees, potentially giving us the chance to bring back an iconic species destroyed in the early 20th century by an imported disease. (Chauvinistic note: I've had American chestnuts, and they are better than European ones.)
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USDA Approval Advances Efforts to Restore the American Chestnut
Efforts by researchers at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) to restore the American chestnut tree to the American landscape took a significant leap forward with an approved desi...
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Larry Kollar @farfetched58.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The loan #telescammers keep going. I've updated the log through August: pastebin.com/KHsWAzJa Callback numbers in August included: 321-395-8702 323-618-2844 331-888-1773 369-216-6437 626-877-7833 669-310-5700 775-438-1770 858-666-9980
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Loan_telescammers.csv - Pastebin.com
Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.
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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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