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Andrew Donaldson

@four4thefire.bsky.social
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Made by West Virginia. Occasional talking head, frequent VA patient, Comm College culinary student M.E. ordinary-times.com WV Watch westvirginiawatch.com Forum Daily News (CA) www.forumdailynews.ca Subscribe: heardtellmedia.com

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 19m
Badly desinged healthscare clickbait "The unhealthy habits that put your gallbladder in danger" Jokes on you, hadn't had one of those since W's second term
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Father Ted Frolicking
ALT: Father Ted Frolicking
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 23m
Reporting from @lorikerseywv.bsky.social & @amelianews.bsky.social here from @westvirginiawatch.com Yikes WV Drug Czar Loyd resigns from Morrisey administration after leading state’s opioid response
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 43m
This sure seems like a way-too-close a call that some heroic folks stopped from being a horrific terrorist act news.sky.com/story/flydub...
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Flydubai latest: Flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv lands 'safely' in Saudi Arabia after 'brawl between pilots'
Follow the latest below.
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 47m
1) its a dumb name 2) President Trump is using it because the tech lords have been using it for a while now knowing they have a growing PR/Branding problem with AI 3) its a dumb name To be clear, calling LLM/souped up search engines "AI" was dumb to start with, but here we be
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 1h
Mornin' you stark raving heathens
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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 11h
Great post from my friend Em. Sometimes we can wait before we issues the hot takes.
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 13h
Evenin'
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 14h
Self explanatory at Waffle House #blueskysupperclub
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Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 17h
Original monthly supporter and I’m always pleased with their reporting. Like WBPB in written form.
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 19h
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 19h
Adding another layer of Government to explain all the layers of the US Government is the most US Government thing ever... www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
washingtonpost.com
Trump launches government chatbot, urging a wary public not to fear AI
Washington’s concerns are at a peak after rogue AI agents probed government websites, but the White House has focused on the technology’s promise.
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 19h
My friend @wvesquiress.bsky.social has more guts than most: "It won’t ever happen, I know. People love to just really get in there and let the world know what they think about a woman who says she has been sexually violated. I wonder why that is?"
ordinary-times.com
Online Rape Discourse: Just Shut Up About It - Ordinary Times
People love to just really get in there and let the world know what they think about a woman who says she has been sexually violated.
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Rufus Hickok @rufus-hickok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don't know what it is exactly, but the "Vote Blue or Die" Boomers who post here daily about the "PEDO President!!!" who "fucks little girls!!!" squick me out a little.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 21h
We had this conversation during Covid and folks didn’t really dig the whole “shared sacrifice” thing
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mornin'
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"After eight years of historically high tariffs, export controls, industrial policy, and more, we can conclude the policy has been a failure by its own objectives." [@scottlincicome.bsky.social]
cato.org
The US Is Badly Losing Its Trade War with China
US trade restrictions since 2018 have done little to alter China’s trajectory while imposing a significant cost on American companies and consumers.
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This sounds like a truly bad idea: writers in City Journal want to give cops more leverage to challenge being included in the so-called Brady lists that prosecutors compile of police officers whose history of misconduct or integrity problems make them risky to call as witnesses.
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It’s Too Easy for Prosecutors to Blacklist Cops
Time to fix the broken Brady list system—here’s how.
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Erik, of Portland, Governmental Lawlessness Disliker @erikgunderson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wrote a poem today. It doesn't violate any attorney-client privileged communications, it's too general in scope for that. But hopefully it gives you a moment of insight.
gundersonemploymentlaw.com
If You Use Artificial Intelligence To Reach Out To Me... - Gunderson Employment Law, LLC
A poem about how I react to people sending me summaries of their cases prepared by artificial intelligence. Read More ...
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Two different pastas made for the week both with cavatappi. Herb & ricotta and a passata & cream #blueskysupperclub
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/09/2026
got my kids watching darkwing duck and i had forgotten that this show had a straight up new jack swing theme song
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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
*For certain combinations of mass, orbital period and spin. But a destroyed moon is not required to explain Venus's dynamics.
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just rubbing America's face in the illegality of it, and a quarter of them of cheering it on www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
White House expands taxpayer-paid ad campaign boosting Trump
The taxpayer-funded campaign borrows the president's political rhetoric as the White House defends the spots as “public service” announcements.
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Patrick @aldrichpatrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Andrew with opens up a can of hillbilly whoop-ass on RS. Seriously, it’s a great response to a very weird Rolling Stone essay. I say that as someone who has heard the song maybe 2-3 times and just didn’t care for it.
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Miranda Allen @1mirandaallen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great. Now I have to stream Mariah's Christmas song in support of freedom of choice and acceptance of music diversity.
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Let's talk this Ella Langley "Choosin' Texas" caterwauling right quick ordinary-times.com/2026/09/28/y...
ordinary-times.com
Your Monoculture Ain't My Culture: Adventures in Choosin' Texas Discourse - Ordinary Times
Oh, good living hell...Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" is a song, not a sociology experiment with mandatory participation
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Writing about the "Choosin' Texas" caterwauling... Pray for us...
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Country
ALT: Country
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Consumer sentiment dropped in September close to the lowest level ever recorded in the 74-year history of the University of Michigan's monthly survey, fresh data on Friday showed. abcnews.com/Business/con...
abcnews.com
Consumer sentiment drops near all-time low as prices weigh on shoppers
The monthly reading is the second lowest in the 74-year history of the survey.
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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Huh. I was assured by a lot of Twitter/BSky users who apparently do rocket science in their spare time that this was physically impossible.
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
yep
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In honor of the new season of Great British Baking Show, two Cornish saffron yeast cakes. #GBBS #GBBO #CookSky #FoodSky #BlueskySupperClub
Two currant cakes, one cut open to reveal a spotted slice, other loaves and wrapping cloths visible in background.
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Y'all are planning on going to Bridge Day right? Get on it, folks officialbridgeday.com
officialbridgeday.com
Official Bridge Day 2026 Information — Bridge Day
Countdown to Bridge Day! Catch the BASE jumpers leaping 800+ feet into the New River Gorge below! Rappelling, skydiving, and more adventures abound. Bridge Day, one of the largest extreme sports event...
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our own resident @ordinarytimes.bsky.social professional pilot @captainkudzu.bsky.social walks us through US Senator Tommy Tuberville's self-beclowning over furries flying airliners... I still can't believe I have to type that out in the Year of Our Lord 2026
ordinary-times.com
Tommy Tuberville Lets the Fur Fly - Ordinary Times
Tommy Tuberville launches himself into a bizarre misinterpretation of reality that has no bearing at all on safety or anything else.
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is quite the read thehill.com/opinion/fina...
thehill.com
United in debt: America has become a nation of fake rich people
An essay by John Mac Ghlionn examines the growing divide between Americans’ physical financial realities and the performative wealth displayed through social media and consumer credit.
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yeah, no, to hell with this These grifters know what they are getting into, knowing a second act of "I was wrong" coverage pops when they shift to the next grift w/a side order of victimizing Bought the ticket. Ride the ride. Begone with the lot of them www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
washingtonpost.com
She helped lead a far-right internet movement. Then it turned on her.
Amy Dangerfield worked to become one of Nick Fuentes’s model “groypettes,” but a vicious fight left her grappling with the dark side of far-right fame.
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tater skins #blueskysupperclub
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Rufus Hickok @rufus-hickok.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One of the strangest job interviews I had was the one where I brought a milkshake and the interviewer brought out a very long straw and loudly told me he was drinking my milkshake.
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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
How much more coal are they going to burn manufacturing this?
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Win or lose, in this house we rep on Sundays Let's Go
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Scratched up some pistachio muffins w/strussel topping #blueskysupperclub
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can't Baking Come back later
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Rufus Hickok @rufus-hickok.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My general feeling about AI detection software programs is they don't work, they really obviously don't, and they play into an overal societal belief that people who make their living with art are getting away with something.
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cant... Baking Come back later
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mornin' you stark raving heathens
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That pollster is not doing middle aged sex correctly
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Count Chocula #blueskysupperclub
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Rufus Hickok @rufus-hickok.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I tried making a sarcastic joke on this, but it didn't work. I think anonymous internet users trying to drive every successful Black writer out of publishing with the latest pseudoscientific lie detector test is bullshit actually.
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His Novel Had a Shot at a Top Book Prize. Then Someone Ran an A.I. Test.
“It Was Either That Or Die,” by the Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien, was the hit of the French literary season. Now it has been pulled from the shortlist for a prestigious prize.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mark Halperin? The guy who put his dick on a woman’s shoulder?
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Intimate Toilette (A Woman Urinating), by François Boucher, 1760s
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not to pick on NY Times because others do this but good grief. Rham Emanuel is involved in 2026 because he's already been running for president for the last 18 mths enroute to 1% showing in the first primary before bowing out because he's Rahm Emanuel Ridiculous sitcom framing, just cover it as is
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It was an honor to share the stage with @profciara.bsky.social today at @waynelawschool.bsky.social. @jentaub.bsky.social
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