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Hank Layfield

@hlayfield.bsky.social
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Father, husband, urban cyclist, active life enthusiast, ANTIFAscist, Star Trek nerd. Baseball is my religion.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
like, this isn’t even an “AI could create that much value” versus “no it can’t” argument - let’s grant the premise, let’s say it does in that world, with these people in charge, unemployment and poverty explode and no safety net is built to handle it
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yeah, I don't even understand what they are talking about.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes, he is obsessed with wanting to harm places like California and Massachusetts. But in this case, he was suggesting that Iran bombing Los Angeles would be a bad thing. Both of these things can be true.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you accept that he wasn't calling for Iran to bomb cities in California, then you can't really claim it was a hostile statement toward California. Logic fails that connection. Trump is despicable for many reasons, no need to make up new ones.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The fan shouldn't have done that, but it's clear from the footage that the ball was going to remain in play. The umps made the right call, changing it from a homerun to a double, so what is the basis for any complaint? The Yankees scored a run, there was no scenario in which that hit scores two.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Very important to know about this.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'd say she properly reads his thought that she was depraved. And he would be right to think that.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Good. This fortress Columbia sham has strongly alienated my daughter as an alum.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I share your concern about the businesses in that building re-opening. Even if they do want to give it a try, it can take a few years for the various insurers involved to agree on a settlement. Most mom and pops do not have remotely enough business disruption coverage, and can't ride it out.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My favorite at Joe's is the #9 (peppers, mushrooms, onions, and cheese).
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh, that sucks. I'm such a fan of Joe's Famous down the street that I've never stopped at Ugi's, but I have heard so many good things about the place.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Well, they got the red part right.
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All Kinds Of Nope @woozleweasels.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I feel like whoever named them Red Delicious apples has never actually eaten a delicious apple.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tebow was always a grifter.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You have been describing mimicry, albeit in a sophisticated form. That is not the same as thinking.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Susan Collins must resign.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Jason thinks his experience is unique and grants him special standing.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You can thank partisan district design for that.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My goto C64 game was Colonial Conquest.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We get a lot of cold weather in Boston, and pretty much bike rider I know rides year round. There is no bad weather for riding a bike, only bad clothing.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Good advice, though I recommend a 2nd u-lock, to go with the first one and the cable. Make your bike harder to steal than the others in the rack.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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They'Re The Same Adam
ALT: They'Re The Same Adam
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The essence of conservatism is only caring about an issue that directly impacts them as individuals.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
All the best cities smell like weed and tacos, it's just a thing.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Last time I was in Paris was summer '19. Even then, 6-7 months pre-pandemic, I could see where the city was heading. But it still wasn't a full network. Boston has some interesting infrastructure today, without making it always obvious or easy to use. We could be Paris 5 years from now. Will we?
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Activism is a long, incremental process, but positive change does happen.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The mistake was in not planning to eat the entire wedge to begin with.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Good, concise thread, pay special attention to the 5th post, it says a lot.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I didn't see your answer, beforehand. Seems a rather pedantic point, wouldn't you agree? When are you going to renounce your bogus claim?
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This intersection is dangerous by design. It made Louisa's death inevitable, it continues to leave people at risk. When will Mayor @wutrain.bsky.social understand that enough is enough. Safe streets can't wait!
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You seem like the sort to block other viewpoints, but I'm happy to quote tweet you if you are willing to acknowledge the untruth in your post.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I defend honesty, your post is clearly a lie. Kraft is easy to criticize without needing to lie.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
People used social media to make outrageous claims designed to generate outrage. Far too many just uncritically accept what they see because it suits their preconceived notions. Kraft may be a scumbag, but this claim is a complete fabrication.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When there is no credible source for the claim, it's probably easiest to simply copy/paste, and hope to fan the artificially generated outrage.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Where do you get this figure? My understanding has always been that Gillete relieved virtually no public subsidy. There was about $70 million in publicly funded infrastructure, which may or may not have been needed anyway, but that is a far cry from $34 billion.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I had the opposite experience, being shocked at the extent to which counties are meaningless in Massachusetts, coming from California, where they are perhaps the most important layer of government.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tell me you know nothing about finance and economics without saying it.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If I stop buying groceries and gas, I'll be rich!
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
That's laughably wrong. It was once considered a fact that black people were 3/5 of a person. That was not the, and certainly not now, a fact. It was a convenience, a belief, a tool of oppression, eventually conquered with critical thinking. There are always some consensus ideas that are not true.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is definitely not the right approach. Many so-called facts are at least somewhat subjective. Teach critical thinking instead.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The best schools teach critical thinking, not specific facts. Too many US schools now focus on the "facts" that show up as answers in standardized testing, which is where propaganda becomes a risk.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
That varies by state and school system. But obviously, education anywhere is going to happen from a local cultural point of view. That's unavoidable regarding anything that is said to be factual.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Decades of underfunding our school systems has brought us to this point.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Exactly. I have either a long walk, or a reasonably short bus ride to the subway. Now that I can know just when the bus is going to be at my stop, it is fantastically easy to take that option.
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's wild that he flashed the smile before the 9th pitch. Payton to baseball superstition: "we don't need no stinking superstition!"
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Did someone really write a "For the first time, country music represents the underdog" take? I'm embarrassed for that person by proxy.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/09/2026
his basic ignorance of the subject is evident in that he equates country music with white rurality. not only does he appear unaware of the diversity of rural america, but he doesn’t seem to get that the principle audience for this stuff is suburban and exurban
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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@nloewen.bsky.social says it better: bsky.app/profile/nloe...
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