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Flannelman

@flannelforever.bsky.social
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Living in Maine. Originally from Away. Winter is coming. Flannel is ready.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 23h
Some photos from the hike @nativemainer.bsky.social and I took along the Carrabassett River yesterday.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A reminder that Peter Thiel has evacuated his family from the U.S. to Argentina (where all the BEST people flee) in advance of the midterms, that his company Palantir operates Trump's voter eligibility database, and that Palantir software powers ICE agents' handhelds.
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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Well this helps explain why Susan Collins supports Trump at every turn
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The plan to import potash from Belarus has been in the works since at least December, when the U.S. lifted sanctions on Belarus' biggest producer. bsky.app/profile/flan...
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I thought a President's power to overrule state regulations under the Defense Production Act was settled law. It isn't: www.georgetownclimate.org/articles/gcc...
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Given all the hand-wringing over A.I., wouldn't the simplest solution be to statutorily impose Strict Liability on the A.I. companies? I suppose systemic political corruption makes this unrealistic. Plus, companies would try even harder to coverup. Still, though. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict_...
en.wikipedia.org
Strict liability - Wikipedia
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I have difficulty believing that the FBI bestiality thing is happening in the abstract. More likely, there is someone Patel needs to onboard. Presumably a person with connections. Who, I wonder? 🤔
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Um. I am at a loss for words. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
cbc.ca
Republican senator warns Carney: Closer ties to EU hurts chance of trade deal with U.S. | CBC News
A long-serving Republican senator from a border state is warning Prime Minister Mark Carney against strengthening Canada's economic and political ties to the European Union.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 14/09/2026
Newsletter: The supposedly “unprecedented” ethics restrictions in the industry-written Clarity Act exempt Trump’s crypto businesses and leave enforcement to his loyalists. Senators must vote no on cloture tomorrow.
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The Senate must reject the Clarity Act’s ethics charade
The supposedly “unprecedented” ethics restrictions exempt Trump’s crypto businesses and leave enforcement to his loyalists
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I have always been so haunted by the story of Marcy Borders. She may have survived 9/11, that day, that attack, but her life was a misery afterward. She deserved so much more than being referred to as “the Dust Lady.” I’m glad the King Center posted this remembrance.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Why does Trump hate #Canada so much? Because (like Putin and Ukraine) he can't imagine that it's actually an independent country and that it doesn't just do what he tells it to do. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
theatlantic.com
Why Trump Has It Out for Canada
The superficial similarities between the U.S. and its closest friend are likely driving much of the president’s vitriol.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today is the first day of flannel season! (Cool weather here in Maine).
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I am admittedly curious how Maine-CD2 candidate Paul LePage is flying back-and-forth between Maine and his Florida home: is he flying commercial or private?
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"Mapped: The Top Import Partner of Every U.S. State" www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-t...
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Prosperity was woke.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The U.S. Navy's 237 year emphasis on defending The Constitution is really biting them in the ass.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
At what point does the mule realize that the carrot is hanging from a string attached to a stick attached to its back, and that moving forward, it is never going to reach the carrot?
Fedex tracking info for package slowly working its way across the U.S. west.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Found my 1976 Freedom Train ticket, an HO model of the train, and a Bangor & Aroostook boxcar.
An HO model of the 1976 Freedom Train, a matching caboose, and a Bangor & Aroostook box car, along with a physical ticket for the Freedom Train.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Setting aside the politics, the proposed Paramount-Warner Brothers merger has a very Kmart-Sears energy. www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6509683
nbcnews.com
Kmart to acquire Sears in $11 billion deal
A resurgent Kmart, home of the blue light special, is buying the once-dominant Sears department store chain in a surprising $11 billion gamble it is counting on to help both better compete with Wal-Ma...
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Scuba Steve is my favorite Katmai bear this season. youtu.be/oC_TA3dfuyY?...
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Katmai Brown Bears ▪︎ A Long Look At 27 "Scuba Steve" ▪︎ July 2026 ▪︎ Explore.org
YouTube video by JMcNature
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
A Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in There
A trove of documents generated by Anthropic's Claude were indexed by Google. They included medical records and student information.
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Debora Whitten @nativemainer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Tamagoyaki for breakfast made by @flannelforever.bsky.social . Served with bacon because...bacon.
Blue and white checked plate with 3 slices of crisp bacon and rolled tamagoyaki eggs.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Whether it's Susan Collins enabling mass murder or Troy Jackson throwing a water bottle, both Maine Senate candidates have had their problems.
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“Marines exposed to TCE at Camp Lejeune were 70% more likely to have Parkinson’s than those stationed at Camp Pendleton. And in a follow-up study last year, he showed that disease progression in Lejeune vets with the highest exposure to TCE was faster than those with low or no exposure, too.”
wired.com
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Central Maine Power restored power at Camp. Only problem is the re-energized line was torn off the building and is hanging a couple feet above the ground. Hopefully no critters take an interest before it is fixed.
Power line to camp a couple feet above the ground.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A.I.s have started driving long-haul trucks, and A.I.s have started writing (derivative) music. How long until we start hearing A.I.-written country songs about being an A.I. out on the road?
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Leery of loading Steam onto my computer. This reminds me why. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
tomshardware.com
Florida man arrested after allegedly stealing $220,000 in crypto using malware hidden in Steam Games — 8,000 devices infected
The 21-year-old allegedly financed and marketed the infected games.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"In reality, high profits tend much more to raise the price of work than high wages... In raising the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates in the same manner as simple interest does in the accumulation of debt. The rise of profit operates like compound interest." - Adam Smith, 1776
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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
You read the news again, didn’t you.
Pink lotus, devastated by the state of the world, keels over and tries to find a way back into the swamp.
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Remaining fans in the World Cup 🇫🇷 France: We can win 🇪🇸 Spain: We can win 🇳🇴 Norway: We might win this but either way this is so fun 🇦🇷 Argentina: FIFA will make sure we win 🇨🇭 Switzerland: We have a chance at winning 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England:
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Star Wars C3PO: We're Doomed!
ALT: Star Wars C3PO: We're Doomed!
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Tiffany Bond @tiffanybond.com · 08/07/2026
The amount of people from away trying to tell Maine what to do with our politics while we are in the throws of peak people from away season just feels way too peopley all around. I'd like a less peopley political experience. Please and thank you.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The view from Bluesky this morning: vocal Platner supporters in Maine, Mainers who saw this all coming, and a host of armchair quarterbacks outside of Maine. Situation Normal...
Three Spidermen pointing at each other.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
If only there had been warning signs <eyeroll>
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
While not generally enthusiastic about A.I. being added to everything, it would be nice if Explore.org had an A.I. identify the Katmai bears that are onscreen by name and number. Aside from Chunk and his broken jaw, because f-ck that bear.
explore.org
Explore.org
Explore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Our mission is to champion the selfless acts of others, create a portal into the soul of humanity...
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
If our antenna could pull-in ABC, I would totally watch this. Alas, it cannot. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
cbc.ca
Late-night host John Oliver is fulfilling his lifelong dream ... of becoming a soap opera star | CBC News
Even someone as accomplished as comedian and late-night host John Oliver can still harbour a desire for something more. And come the beginning of July, he’ll finally be able to say he’s achieved it: h...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 21/06/2026
Algae are prolific producers of oxygen (and consumers of carbon dioxide), en masse producing a huge proportion of the oxygen we breathe, which means that the greening of the Reflecting Pool might be the most pro-climate thing Trump has ever done.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Do communities that are welcoming construction of A.I. data centers know or care that what comes next is a co-located nuclear reactor? www.energy.gov/ne/articles/...
energy.gov
Advantages and Challenges of Nuclear-Powered Data Centers
Nuclear power has the potential to be a great partner for data centers but there are some hurdles to clear.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Oh no. Roku has been a neutral platform, supporting most everyone's apps, and was low key and unobstrusive about trying to get me to buy more content. Likely that's coming to an end.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Based on petulant past conduct, there is the unfortunate possibility that the Kennedy Center will be razed in retaliation.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
russia literally did the meme today
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April Fools Joke: 'It's Fine' Meme
ALT: April Fools Joke: 'It's Fine' Meme
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
You can almost hear her silent scream, her eyes following you in desperation as you pass her booth at the flea market.
A doll with bright blue eyes, staring at the camera, partially buried in a pile including a teddy bear and child's purse with a rotary telephone motif.
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David Costello @davidcostello.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I understand the Platner campaign’s logic in withdrawing from the 5 scheduled debates, yet this move cuts short important policy discussions and conversations and shortchanges Maine voters, most of whom haven’t fully focused on June’s primary election. I hope he’ll reconsider #MEpolitics
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Clippy is 25 years dead. Obnoxious to the end, a harbinger of today's embedded A.I. insistently offering unprompted services that can't be disabled. www.tomshardware.com/software/win...
tomshardware.com
Clippy, Microsoft’s hapless Office assistant, was retired 25 years ago today — its irritating spirit lives on in 100+ Copilots
Due to rose-tinted retro spectacles, people may have forgotten their frustrations with Clippy.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 09/04/2026
Making a Chicago guy the Pope has got to be the funniest thing the college of cardinals has ever done
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
In view of the ongoing war, can we look forward to Hobby Lobby stocking Persian antiquities? Because the Iraqi antiquities are running super low.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
If you hit a paywall, the site is jmail.world/wiki. Looks like a work in progress.
jmail.world
The Jmail Encyclopedia
The Jmail Encyclopedia — AI-generated encyclopedia of the Epstein scandal, grounded in Jmail data. People, places, and events from government-released emails and documents. A supplement to Wikipedia.
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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
In view of the ongoing Epstein revelations, what are the odds that Biden was encouraged to choose Harris as his VP to guarantee she would NOT be considered for Attorney General?
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