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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It is interesting (and I suppose predictable) that the PAC released the Jackson-is-corrupt ad campaign not long before ProPublica released their story about Collins' corruption, since Collins knew the ProPublica story was coming. Preemptive whataboutism.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Solution: impose Strict Liability on the responsible party. If no one at the company takes responsibility, then the CEO/President. Sure, they will lie and cover up more, but we are moving into that phase anyway.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I am repairing several ducts and the flue pipe of our oil furnace (forced air). So turning on the heat isn't really an option. Unless the goal is to set off the Carbon Monoxide alarms. And who doesn't love rosy cheeks?

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Another reason to choose the bear.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The obvious answer is to wear a tan suit.

Various United States presidents wearing a tan suit.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"A record of working credibly with both parties". Claude, define "credibly".

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sad. Thank you. This explains the absence of Jersey peaches. Usually (in Maine) it goes Georgia, S.C., Jersey, and then flavorless California. Skipped Jersey this year, ending peach season early.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yay! The new flannel tartan patterns are out.

Flannel shirt display at L.L. Bean Freeport.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I saw a trout yawn today in an indoor tank at the newly reopened Bean store in Freeport. The head tilted back, the mouth opened wide, and the gills flared. I did not realize that fish yawn. (Pond photo because I don't have a photo of the yawn).

Fish in an indoor pond at the L.L. Bean Flagship Store in Freeport, Maine.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some photos from the hike @nativemainer.bsky.social and I took along the Carrabassett River yesterday.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Paying a living wage sounds like some of that radical nonsense from rabble rouser Adam Smith and his silly, long-ago discredited ideas about sustainable capitalism.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Mainers are never going to be able to compete with her constituents.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

To pay consultants telling them they need more ad buys. And for the paid crowds spontaneously turning out at their scripted speaking engagements.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Until there is meaningful campaign finance reform, many if not most are going to be receptive to the easy money. Fund raising full time was not the job description, but it kinda is.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Juice Media has a recurring thread about there being Sh-t and Sh-t Lite parties. Some truth to it. Both take money from members of the same donor class pushing overlapping agendas.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This time Milquetoast Garland is going to bring the hammer down!

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sad that the U.S.' most famous hallowed clown college closed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringlin...

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College - Wikipedia

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The garlic was reasonably priced and off-the-charts on quality. The maple syrup too. Now the boothes are geared toward fleecing the Massholes. Over the last few years, I have gotten apology emails from farmers that I bought from saying they got priced out. Have not done the train. Looks fun.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I miss back when the Common Ground Fair was something I looked forward to every year. Before it abandoned local farmers.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We did that passage on a day that the Cat was running on only one engine. We burned through our entire supply of nausea pills.

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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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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

<Morgan Freeman narrating> What Jason did not realize is that Trump was already planning something much, much worse...

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I feel bad for the UMaine students, who no doubt took great pride in their work, without understanding that absolutely no one else cared and that it was all a grift.

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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

Folks are saying that Belarus doesn't have adequate potash to meet U.S. needs. Perhaps not, but since such exports will transit through a Russian port, and Russia is the world's second largest potash producer, it stands to reason that this whole endeavor is designed circumvent sanctions on Russia.

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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 · 21/09/2026

RFK Junior's dabbling with the Necronomicon accidently reanimates the soldiers laid to rest at Arlington?

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Army Of Darkness Skeletons Attack

Alt: Army Of Darkness Skeletons Attack

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Liberty might want to talk to her sister Justice.

Blindfolded Lady Justice held down with her mouth forcibly covered, her scales of justice beside her on the ground by her head, the dark-suited attacker's red and blue elephant cuff links visible on his protruding white sleeves.

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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_...

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Strict liability - Wikipedia

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Guessing that a donor's pervy son wants to play FBI agent, and Patel was ordered to make that happen.

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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 · 19/09/2026

It is a lot like letting him rename NAFTA and then taking credit for the greatest win in human history. (Ignore his recent rants about the inadequacies of CUSMA).

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Collins has long tried to distance herself from Trump's tariff policies..." You can see the distance in this photo.

Susan Collins, holding a Red MAGA hat, looking on with a smile as President Trump does President Trump things in the Oval Office.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Two-hundred percent graduation rate!

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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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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Off-topic, but brings to mind DC Mayor Marion Barry holding a press conference to say that DC tap water was safe, triggering a run on bottled water.

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Flannelman @flannelforever.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"...the United States paid off part of the World War II debt by imposing taxes greater than government spending..." <gasp>

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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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