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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Would Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth considered admissible for purposes of identity validation? I think that could get around the identification issue.

Wonder Woman, Superman, and Clark Kent revealing their true identities under the influence of the Lasso of Truth

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Bullshit. This was my nephew’s helmet after his bike crash. He broke his arm and suffered a concussion. The only factors were speed, asphalt, overconfidence, and bad luck. The only MV involved was the ambulance. He’s alive because of this helmet. Helmets work. They’re good. Use them, ffs.

A cracked helmet, split nearly in two down the middle

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Two things that HAVE to be stressed here: 1. PDs widely adopted Flock’s boilerplate terms of service rather than developing or going to elected officials to develop tailored policies for use; and 2. Those boilerplate terms allow Flock to make “upgrades to system or platform” as they see fit.

2.12 Upgrades to Platform. Flock may, in its sole discretion, make any upgrades to system or platform that it deems necessary or useful to (1) maintain or enhance (a) the quality or delivery of Flock's products or services to its agencies, (b) the competitive strength of, or market for, Flock's products or services, (c) such platform or system's cost efficiency or performance, or (ii) to comply with applicable law. Parties understand that such upgrades are necessary from time to time and will not materially change any terms or conditions within this Agreement.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Surprising myself, it turns out my answer is the original final Calvin and Hobbes strip. “It’s a magical world, Hobbes ol’ buddy… …LET’S GO EXPLORING!”

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Not just a red flag for this antique show, but a Blutfahne.

A mailer for an antique show advertising

WWII German Memorabilia
Helmets, Medals & More

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“Saddle up?” YOU’RE RIDING BAREBACK

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

It’s a beautiful afternoon for a walk in Manchester! Canvassing today for @joshforct.bsky.social in the Silk City.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Yeah, that ghost who haunts the subway and is going to teach Sam how to touch things has a point!

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I’m intrigued by how much angrier Troy Jackson’s statement was at Platner than Nirav Shah’s. Shah stayed on a first-name basis in his post! Jackson sounds like he wants the voters’ support, Shah like he wants Platner’s.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Google AI is so completely broken that the fact they haven’t taken it down and slinked away in shame over foisting it on users is one of the great mysteries of the business world today.

Google AI stating (correctly) that open carry of firearms is illegal in Connecticut.

Google AI stating (incorrectly) that “open carry is generally legal in Connecticut.” The source it cites for that (incorrect) statement actually says the exact opposite.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Holy shit, that’s the Bezos rocket explosion, isn’t it? IT’S ALL CONNECTED!!

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

They said it about Al Smith in ‘28.

"Is this cry of Socialism anything new? Not to a man with my experience. I have heard it raised by the reactionary element of the Republican Party in my own State over a period of a quarter of a century. Every forward-looking, progressive, up-to-date legislative enactment in New York was at some time or another referred to by reactionary Republican leaders as State Socialism.

"I recall vividly to my mind the debate in the Assembly when I was the leader of the Democratic Party on the floor of that house on the question of pensions for widowed mothers. The Republican leader referred to it as paternalism and as Socialism. The Workmen's Compensation Act, enacted by a Democratic Legislature and signed by a Democratic Governor, was referred to as paternalistic and Socialistic. All of the salutary amendments to the factory code intended to promote the health and well being of women and children in industry were decried as being Socialistic and paternalistic.

...The cry of Socialism has been patented by the powerful interests that desire to put a damper on progressive legislation." -Al Smith, 10/24/1928, Boston, MA

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The other side is not standing idle.

An anthropomorphic collection of vegetables captioned “Starchy Pete is a Vitamin Cheat”

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

TMW you realize your co-plaintiff’s head sometimes doubles as a wildlife habitat.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

stevewalburn.com/drawing-bloo...

A 1992 editorial cartoon from Mike Luckovich comparing the swastika at the 1936 Olympics to the Georgia state flag at the upcoming 1996 Olympics

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Find someone who loves you as much as Donald Trump loves people who commit and facilitate sexual atrocities on a massive scale.

Donald Trump with his very good friend, Jeffrey Epstein

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I just bought 420 bags of tea. That’s not a pot joke or anything: I just bought a buttload of tea bags.

A big honking box of PG Tips with a not-as-big-but-still-kinda-honking box of Clipper on top of it. Not pictured: an 80-pack of Barry’s Gold and a 20-pack of Taylors of Harrogate’s Lapsang Souchong, ‘cause I was feeling a little smoky.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The sad thing is this sort of weak, whiny crap is more likely to get Trump to turn on Hegseth than murdering dozens of schoolgirls. He likes explosions, but hates implosions.

Washington Post EXCLUSIVE
Pentagon bars press photographers over
'unflattering' Hegseth photos
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's staff took issue with images taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out photographers from two subsequent news conferences.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

He’s talking about a Forever War. Congress refused to rein him in, and now Trump is promising that his illegal war will continue until he gets the regime change he wants. We have basically nobody with us except Israel, and no plan except “make stuff go boom,” and kids are dying. We’re fucked.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

It messed up Bokonon last night. How the hell is their AI so bad it can’t even copy and paste from Goodreads?

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Google’s AI is absolutely terrible.

A Google AI result that utterly mangles a passage from Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle,” even while citing sources that have the passage accurately quoted. The AI says:

This is a quote from Kurt Vonnegut's 1963 novel "Cat's Cradle". It is a calypso sung by the character Bokonon, reflecting the novel's themes of existentialism and absurdity by suggesting humans act out of necessity, often in a confused or messy manner ("muddily").
The full, often-quoted lyrics from Cat's Cradle are:
"We do, doodley do,
doodley do, doodley do,
What we must, muddily must,
muddily must, muddily must;
Muddily do, muddily do,
muddily do, muddily do,
Until we sud-denly die."

This is wrong. The actual lyrics in Cat’s Cradle are:

“We do, doodley do, doodley do, doodely do,
What we must, muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;
Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,muddily do,
Until we bust, bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust.”

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The Scouts are cowards and I am ashamed of them.* The national organization’s agreement to abandon Scouts on the trail because Pete Hegseth told them to is inexcusable and, above all, dishonorable. (* - This was also the theme of my Eagle’s Address back in 2001.)

My NESA Life Member certificate and a page from the program of my Eagle Court of Honor listing my merit badges, Eagle project, and Scouting activities including the Order of the Arrow (Brotherhood member), a Friendship Exchange to Japan, Florida Seabase, JLT, and visiting the birthplace of Scouting at Brownsea Island.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

We passed that threshold last August at the Labor Department.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Frustratingly, it only took Squire about a week to figure out how to get to the breakables on top of the 6’ bookshelves.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

If you see this, post a rabbit

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

“As mankind become more liberal they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protection of civil government… I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations in examples of justice and liberality.”