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Mark

@johnnyoptimist.bsky.social
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he/him Random curiosities, professional optimist, trying to stay hobby focused. Majority of cookie jars sold! On to old glassware - Mainly Fostoria & some Carnival glass. www.MacOlith.com for details.

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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 7h
1. Sounds a lot like malware/virus. Maybe stop. 2. Who is programming your program to do this? Maybe you know, don't. 3. "Our shit is so powerful it takes a gazillion energies to do it's awesomeness, but also it is so small it'll just do it's thing on your interactive teletubby"
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 12h
🚨No less than Jody Freeman, Professor of Law at Harvard, warns that BAAJA is: "structurally designed to lock in and subsidize natural gas & other fossil projects over cleaner renewables for years to come." 1/n @volts.wtf @ghgpolicy.org @kevinjkircher.com
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Tell that to "Julie". If you can find her. She suddenly disappeared.
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Greenb3ar @greenb3ar.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Okay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA
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(jeff)isageek @jeffisageek.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
recently I was laid off from Oracle and am in the market for a new job.. so if you got something in the KC area you are aware of, have a company I should check out, or a good resource for job hunting I would love to hear it.. Hit me up.. lets chat!
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I think we can all see what's gonna happen here right? Ai DC bubble is going to burst and all the bag holders are going to sell out to Russia ("definitely not Russia, just some random mega shell company, what do you mean..") & they'll put their botnets back up to feed the x/meta/other platforms.
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
*Ahem.. excusez-moi* <in the tiniest of cute voices> 💛🐧😄😍 When you're too nervous to say excuse me and there is traffic in the way.. Captured on the Antarctic Peninsula while on an expedition with @quarkexpeditions - by @ciera.ybarra #penguin #nature #naturephotography #antarctica
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"US lifts sanctions on Russian diesel." Weird. Nobody could have seen this coming.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Acting on their own" is total BS. A program was run. A person did a prompt. If neither the program nor the prompt happens, the machine doesn't do anything. I'd bet a good 1 USD that this was the answer provided by Anth. which is as good as the billion examples of authority figures flat out lying.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Looks like President Zelensky had the same Julie problem many of us had seen over the last month & had enough.
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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Last night I took this photo through the rain-splattered bathroom window 🥹
A silhouette of a teeny tiny snail through a rain splattered window. It is back light by a white ball of light
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Free invention that would get at least 1 sale if priced right: 1/2 size belts. Regular belts, but instead of the holes being at some sort of standard "size 34, 36, 38..." It would be for folks who's waist fits in the middle and Hole 1 is too tight but Hole 2 is too loose. Call them #GoldieBelts
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What could possibly cause a revolt against the machine that will "allow a 3 day work week" that can "do anything you want"? Surely people would flock to all answers machine in a catastrophic event.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hot take: That is a fucking BIZARRE definition. FWIW: This guy has a law degree from Yale. Just in case you don't think you are good enough in any thing you've put your mind to.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Watching on replay to see how sneaky Debinha is. Fades out a smidge and the second the defender turns her back Debinha's making a bee-line.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Chips are looking better w finishing touches. #Chocolate #Poker
Poker chips made out of chocolate. 8 are colored blue with white stripes and 4 are red with white stripes. They all have a gold letter C in the middle. A plastic template for the C is also on the board and some small rectangles w practice Cs on them.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I famously got my first mortgage from meta and my second from google. They used to just be out there giving everyone mortgages under their chairs for crying out loud.
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Actual LOL
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On the rare occasion I'm on the FB I had been blocking every "For You" / Suggested / Random BS they threw my way. Some days this was 20 out of 22 posts (ads not included). It cleared my feed quite well. Now that option is gone. I can only choose "not interested" or report.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"With mortgage rates 1% higher & climbing, the housing market continues to be supported by favorable economic conditions." WHAT??? The good news is prices for houses have doubled since 2020, the other good news is the interest rates are now over 7.25% for those overpriced houses. #Winning
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We desparately need more of ID's $$!! Are we going to use it for ads? No, we need to pay for Cox books & keep T out of the WH & on the road. Also going to just horde the rest to use as leverage to any R running.
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 01/10/2026
Leaving this up to gas utilities to implement is recipe for failure. Gas utilities replace things on fast schedules today because every $ they spend on pipes is a $ they can rate-base and earn shareholder profits on. If forced to give $ to households for electrification instead, I imagine they'll...
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AdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The guy came out and lied that the Charlie Kirk shooter was "indoctrinated with leftist idealogy" so he could get some play on Fox News.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Step 1: GOP Gov "writes" book Step 2: GOP pre-buys tons of copies with donations providing $$$ to publisher to pay advance & get on "best selling list" Step 3: "Give" that book to GOP donors who donate $XXX Step 4: free publicity by writing/sending PBS/other news the PR Bonus: wash actions/policy
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"You're right, and I apologize. ...." Mr. Hayes & I get very different scam emails. The ones I get are usually for services I literally do not have. "Are you still looking to sell your home..." "I see you've been in business since 2006 & don't have a website..."
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That isn't likely either. They had all the text messages, they knew which game. He & his team tried to set a trap. This is a FoxClip/RW "Perjury" sound bite that Mr. Smith didn't bite on & was debunked real time. He was more pissed that @amyklobuchar.com called him out, ruining his PR stunt.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Picture taken shortly after they realized they wore the same outfit.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Exactly. Some of us were beaten enough as kids to understand you do not ask for anything, do not accept any beverage offered, do not have needs, are not in control, and sure as fuck don't allow yourself to bring/say/do anything that might upset someone else. #SOP
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
RFK - "This PSL season is gonna be EXPLOSIVE!"
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"What do you like to do for fun?" normal person just making small talk. Me: If I had the time I'd build a financial model to work out how much / when these things were going to run out of money. I'd start /w .....
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It is so good to see @reportermatt.bsky.social, who was in like 80% of my classes in college, become the most influential reporter in Massachusetts. He just loves the place, and you can tell in everything he does. A truly wonderful man making the whole state better.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
bookmarking this for when I need a new coat in like 10 or 20 years. Some of these look pretty sharp.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A project I've been working on for 3 years finally being published: I asked every LLM if Jerry has a dog. What I found was shocking! ~Major media veteran journalist TLDR: Not only does Jerry not have a dog, it drinks from the bidet after a hard night of drinking just like Jerry.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm guessing what he really means & won't say is there are a ton of people who do not give a flying fuck about wiping out that many people, are in control of say missiles or US AID funding, & either too stupid, lazy, or actually want those results to question AI output.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Recently talked to a guy who is running for State rep here. He was unaware that MO decided it was too hard to feed kids & turned down the $. One of the issues he seemed to want to learn more about. Glad to see kids are being fed.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
More people ride this bus line in a day than live in most towns in a good number of states.
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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 23/09/2026
It rules how the Democrat establishment is saying, with their whole chest, "If you elect us, things will not get better. We will not even try. Fuck you for asking."
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My "Center for American Progress" background has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my background.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Apologies in advance, I chose the local team for my final survivor league pool rebuy (already out in my other 3 pools).
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Almost like economics wasn't why they don't like democrats
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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 22/09/2026
rolling into autumn like
framed needlepoint of Richard Scarry's Lowly Worm wearing puritan garb driving a pumpkin car instead of an apple
Credit: Reddit user /u/kenz024
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1 yr a buddy gave me a tip that PS4's were going to a couple of targets. I went down & sure enough, they had them. I got one w/ no real plan, felt wrong to list it on the ebay at a markup. A week later was talking to a realtor & after some convo asked if she knew someone who needed a PS4.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Since we were unable to take your healthcare away last year, we are just gonna remove the brokers before midterms & renewals this year. Let me be clear, we don't want you to have healthcare. Remember, vote for us, so many amazing things that we need a 2nd chance." ~The Great & Powerful Oz
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The mental toll of their own imagination. That AI will become so good that it'll stop listening to their BS, take the actual data/results that these hosers can't read/interpret & start putting social programs back into place. "Controversial" ones like.....feeding hungry kids in schools. #TheAnguish
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
TFW you've been in Congress so long you forget that you & your "friends across the aisle" are going to be the guinea pigs for the idiotmachine. The same machine that not so long ago was authorized by admin to blow up a school & last week we learned it nearly started a "bad situation" w/ China.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Its called "trickle down" for a reason.
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What does the pope do with all the crap people give him? Is it like the President where technically it is a gift to the title not the person & stays in the vaults for wealth creation, or did that one pope who quit get to take all his shitty glass balls & jerseys with him?
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Cutting staff & forcing you to do the work as well as learn our systems w/ no training while also pocketing the increase in margins from reduction of workforce......errr, um, I mean "machines that were supposed to help [customers]"
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Mark @johnnyoptimist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
TIL SeaDragons exist. I didn't realize the Wings of Fire series was based on a true story.
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