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Play out the supposed Jack Smith in Atlanta scandal: 1) A U.S. Attorney is in Atlanta at the same time as the Fulton Ct DA. Not a scandal. 2) A U.S.Att. is at the same bball game as a Ct DA. Not a scandal. 3) A U.S.Att. Bumps into and says hello to a Ct DA at a bball game. Not a scandal.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 7h

I want to see a picture of his legs. I mean, I don't WANT to see a picture of his legs, but we're talking broomsticks...right?

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 8h

But isn’t the ACA (beyond the regulations of what a plan should or shouldn’t be) essentially just people choosing their private insurance plans on a government website?

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 9h

We’d be in a better place if instead of interviewers asking something like, “What is your opinion on the standoff between China and Taiwan and control of the South China Sea?” They just pushed three SAT level reading comprehension questions across the table and asked them to answer.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 9h

I’m going to keep going on this Jack Smith Schmitt, because we should keep a news cycle going for once and it has everything:

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 20h

So the defense now seems to be “there was one NBA game that night, Warriors/Harks.” Not only does that clearly ignore big time women’s basketball, there were six NBA games that night. They lie like they need breath.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Another thing L’Affaire d’Hawk(eye)s exposes, once again, is all the “paid protesters/supporters” accusations is all projection. They can’t fathom actual support or protest because all of their’s is paid for and choreographed.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think Amy Klobuchar did good with here, "Are you thinking of the Iowa Hawk(eye)s," but judging by the amount of Minnesotans reacting with "Ohhhh, damn!!!! Get 'im Klobo!!" There are a lot of folks over estimate the effects of passive aggression on people outside of Minnesota.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Hawks v Hawk’ idiocy is hilarious, but the true comedy is “…you’re not aware we have these.” (staff text messages). Yes, I’m sure the career prosecutor is unaware you subpoenaed his offices phone records and is in the dark on your crack investigative techniques.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We really need to get back to a time when idiotically embarrassing yourself in front of the Senate or being idiotically embarrassing as a senator was thought as something to be avoided like the plague.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just saw a reel of some folks on a frozen lake having a campfire, “things you need to know about living in Minnesota from a Minnesotan.” Didn’t read on, but since they didn’t know, not to take metal folding chairs to sit on a frozen lake, I’m gonna question the advice.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fred the Cat does not like to miss an opportunity for sink water.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The company is called Foxonite.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

2026-27 Vikings QB prediction: They catch lightning a second time Kyler Murray wins 12+ but they crash out in the playoffs. Determined not to repeat the Darnold situation, they resign Murray who crashes to earth and a 8-9 record next year. While a QB who they pass on in the draft goes meteoric.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I hope there's a "Mission Accomplished" sign.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thinking about trying to make eclairs, but every time I say it I say Eau Claire. I think it’s as a kid I equated the two words and now I can’t untangle them. Never thought they sounded the same, just semi-humorously similar.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Do good things happen for anybody when fascists start talking about "The Final Battle?"

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thinking about fermenting some zucchini into a kraut of sort. Not sure if that’s a “nobody likes zucchini, they just hide it in things” recipe or an embracing the zuke recipe.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Which also, can’t we get a DFL ad pointing out the role Demuth had in bringing the occupation last winter?

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lisa Demith ad, “If you commit fraud in Minnesota, you will be prosecuted and put in jail.” Yeah…we know…that’s what happened. Even without you and your YouTuber friend’s help.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So I’m just going to assume “rare and contested” is 2026 journalism speak for illegal.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So...uhhhh...gas docks exist, right?

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm an old, so I find it kind of weird to bring a beverage of any sort to a job interview, but it would also give me pause as an interviewee if they didn't offer me water or coffee or something, and may affect my view of how they treat employees.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Latest round of why do cyclists not warn me/are yelling at me to get out of the way discourse has me realize folks just do not like to perceive people doing things in a different way than them, and the internet has given them somewhere to complain/find friends/and decide "it really is a problem."

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wait…Evangelical Prosperity Gospel stuff is a grift? Well…I….Tammy Faye must be rolling in her grave.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Every photo on this trip looks like Xi just feels sorry for him.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think we’re just going to have to accept the Packers just aren’t very good.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Watching a BBC documentary on the Plantagenet Kings of England. What I’ve learned is, if one of these medieval kings could’ve avoided dysentery while on campaign they probably could’ve ruled forever.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Re: Shirtless Tim Walz and Mr. Engelhart, it’s because that is the quintessential Minnesota Guy archetype. Stocky, white hair, thinning but more than you’d expect, usually a baseball cap. They’re everywhere! My father in law is one!

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Strange, I wonder what is driving their voting habits?

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If he wanted to “be the code” he should’ve become a Building Official, not the President.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

With “good” insurance I avoid interacting with the American healthcare system at all costs, I’m sure it’s worse of a hassle for folks with ACA plans. Thats on top of avoiding being poked and prodding in weird ways at the doctor. So yes, folks are going to buy insurance and try not to use it.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Does an Atari 800 count as a computer?

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Has anybody had a random person show up at there door wanting to see your Xcel bill so they can see if you use more than 100kWh so the solar companies can give you a discount?

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Pretty clear this would bankrupt the whole system, so are the insurance companies that make up the system cool with this?

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm just a thawed out caveman structural engineer, but Isn't the whole basic premise of insurance to get a bunch of folks to buy it and never file a claim to pay for the folks that do file claims?

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Would a horse need a tandem bicycle? Is this a “how would a horse wear pants” situation?

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Super fun that in the year of our lord twenty twenty-six, there is like a 20% chance an IT department mandated computer update just "bricks" your computer.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I have long held the "Amusement Park VIP Pass" theory of societal decline. We should never allow people to pay money to line jump.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is the time of year Minnesota Dads of all types really earn their titles. Who is the best st strategic timing of opening and closing windows to maximize chilly nose big pile of blankets sleeps, while not turning on the furnace to warm things up in the morning.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Serious question, is there anything like this in Minneapolis? Just the tour, not with the Mayor. The Mayor does this, but it's that Dinner du Nord thing and it's lame. I'm looking for just a tour of the City. Did an architecture. boat tour in Milwaukee, something like that, or historic sites?

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just developed the term “project density” for kitchen design. As in we are processing tomatoes and getting stew meat dried to sear, and we are pushing maximum project density in our kitchen. This should become an industry standard design term.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Reactionaries: TrEeS nOt BiKeS! City Staff: Bikes won’t affect trees. R: BiKeS aRe CuTtInG dOwN tReEs! CS: What? No we just sai- R: ThEy ArEnT lIsTeNiNg To Us!!

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I get the fear of “He’s not going to leave in 2029,” but what is the actual mechanism here? He’s still in the White House issuing edicts on truth social? Okay. Put the real president up in an AirBnB turn of the electricity to the WH, and ignore the “edicts.”

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Last winter I found an excellent oven braised beef stew recipe. Last spring I finally figured out sourdough. So I may be slightly early for stew season, but today I’m finally elevating my stew game with a crusty sourdough sop.

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Everybody is twelve theory is undefeated. 5th grader doodling in a social studies notebook idea of a triumphant arch. “Oooohh, and there are lasers, and…”

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B-Rye @gorillaengineer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Watching “Top Gun: Maverick” again. Admittedly Greatest (Dad) Movie of All Time. But premise at the start, hasn’t hit Mach 10 so gonna be replaced by drones. What can drones do that can only be replicated by a guy in a jet doing Mach 10?

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