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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 25/07/2026

Rain is passing us by so far but we did get a

A rainbow set against a dark grey sky framed by trees above fenced yards.

Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 21/07/2026

Picard: Someone once told me that the DSA is a parasite that kills its host. I rather believe that it is a symbiont that gifts us broader perspectives and imagination.

Captain Picard and Commander Riker stand thoughtfully in the wreckage of the Enterprise D's bridge.

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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 18/07/2026

Good morning spent with neighbors, @thorntonco.gov city staff, and Ward 2 council members picking up at Grandview Ponds. We also said hi to the prairie dogs. #Thornton #Colorado

A youth walks along a trail with a trash grabber. Trees stand beyond the trail. The ground is dirt with a prairie dog mound and sparse dry grass. The sky is mostly blue except for white puffy clouds just on the horizon.

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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 03/07/2026

Democratic Party leaders who have steadfastly ignored or undermined productively managing conflict within a coalition:

Michael Scott declares, "I declare unity."

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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 24/06/2026

Picked up a set of three bullet pencils. No idea how old these are (sometime before Farmland Industries co-op ended). The wrap does not seem terribly sturdy, so I suspect they sat in a drawer. Only one pencil tip had been used.

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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 17/06/2026

Kudos to Colorado's fantastic vote by mail system! My primary vote has been counted.

A round "I voted" sticker with red and white stripes beneath a stylized mountain range and an orange and yellow setting sun that evokes the C from the state flag.

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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 15/06/2026

Ducklings out for a swim this morning at @thorntonco.gov Cherry Park

A close-in photo of 11 ducklings swimming on water with their mother just behind them.

A wider shot of the ducklings and mother duck swimming on a pond surrounded by trees, grass, and plants.

Ducks are swimming away from the camera toward the shore of the pond where large cottonwood trees sit on the shore.

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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 02/06/2026

Some nice storms moving through north of Denver this afternoon

A photo of a pond surrounded by grass and trees. The water is largely reflecting the green of the vegetation as the sky is covered by clouds shading from white to dark grey.

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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 25/05/2026

In 2017, I started a commonplace notebook focused on Humanist and other nonreligious writings exploring life in our shared world. This thread reproduces a selection of entries from that notebook. The epigraph is adapted from the Humanist Manifesto III. #Humanism #nonreligion #atheism #notebook

The title page of a notebook on which is written by hand an epigraph: "Let reason guide, experience inform, and compassion inspire our actions." Beneath the epigraph is the Happy Human symbol of humanism. The page is dated with a start date of 2017-07-31 and no end date.

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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 14/05/2026

Time to update the instructional material memes.

A group of people in high visibility vests and hard hats. Most stand with backs to camera. One person faces camera and addresses the group. He holds each arm up and out with index fingers pointing up. Above each finger has been added a word: "Is" and "Ought."

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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 07/05/2026

Who has the better error message?

The Canvas LMS error screen: Two robots work on a broken rocket.

From The Simpsons: A joke broadcast TV card that says "Technical Difficulties, Please Stand By" with a drunk camera operator holding a bottle of liquor.

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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 03/05/2026

Sal Khan misunderstands learning?

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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 03/05/2026

Customer Service: A Story in Two Screenshots. Sponsored by Xcel Energy Colorado

The subject line of an email from xcelenergy.com, which promises "Your statement is ready."

A screenshot of an Xcel Energy My Account page with three red error boxes.

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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 01/05/2026

So are your primary opponents

A screenshot of an email from the Diana DeGette campaign. The subject line reads, "I'm ready to clean house."

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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 22/04/2026

Happy Earth Day! "Consider again that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives." Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot

The Voyager Pale Blue Dot photo: Earth is a small dot of light in a bar of sunlight against a dark background.

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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 16/04/2026

At the table, on the menu, or

William Balfour Ker's "From the Depths," which depicts the working masses breaking through from beneath the floor of an opulent ballroom where the wealthy revel.

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