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Eric

@karhald.bsky.social
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Educator, family man, US->Japan immigrant. MAGAts are blocked for the same reason a toilet gets flushed. DMs treated with extreme suspicion. I stop and watch pet photos/videos a bit too much. 日本語も大丈夫です。

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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I bought a dog from the blacksmith. As soon as I got him home he made a bolt for the door.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@stephenking.bsky.social I vaguely remember you wrote a little story that started with a premise like this: www.yahoo.com/news/science...
yahoo.com
Russian researcher ‘dies of plague released by lab accident’
A researcher in Siberia has reportedly died of a disease suspected to be a form of plague released by a laboratory accident.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#cats #catsofbluesky 1/2 Is anyone out there involved in rescue/adoption groups? What are some things I can do to make my house more attractive to the agencies that make the decision whether or not to adopt? Also, I've seen that some of the cats at a particular shelter have been there for over 10
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Thinking about adopting these little angels. Hope our application is accepted!
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Hey... Guess what happens if you make a promise like getting a dog if your son hits a home run in a ranked kids league game? So.... My wife made that promise. So I guess we're getting a dog. He crushed that ball!
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The DOW! the DOW is over fifty thousand... No, 49 48 47? 46... Uh oh. 45 thousand and still falling.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
When it's 2am and you need siracha right now! In Okinawa
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
USA: YoU hAve to SpEnd MoRe on DeFenSe!!! EU: Okay. US Defense Industry: (pumps fist) Hell yeah. EU: (Starts investing heavily on EU defense production) Yeah, we got this. Lots of great stuff being produced here. USA and US Defense Industry: Not like that... no. Not like that.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Today's activity: Write about a secret you have. Don't write anything too personal, but just what you're willing to tell me about your secret. Some amazingly hilarious confessions! "My mom hides snacks in her closet, but when she leaves the house I sneak in and steal her snacks."
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Have a special spring vacation class that goes for 6 days. My assigned room is room: 404. I chuckle to myself, "Uh oh, room 404, I won't be able to find it." stupid internet humor. The rooms on this floor don't have any numbers written on them. It's just 'guess which one is yours!' Err......
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Just picked up some really great games on Steam, super deep cuts, saved about $50 on them, only spent $20.... Now, to let them sit in my library, unplayed, for years, next to the other games that I bought and never touched for years after purchasing. Because that's what it means to be an adult...
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Reading student journals. One student decided to share his hobby this year. He went to the movie theater about 100 times and probably spent over 150,000 yen in total. I... I have no response to that. He seems to have no regrets, so... okay! Sounds like he had a lot of fun.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
She knows me too well.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Party time is over. We got some big wins, but just getting one good punch in doesn't mean you won the boxing match. GOP is already screaming about 'affordability' and trying to adopt our strategies to appeal to their base. Don't let them take that talking point. It's ours! Fuck them.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Get to work, look in my desk for today's quiz. Hmmm.. Forgot to print it. Okay. Open Computer to load the libre office draw file. No permission. Shit. Hmm. Turn on Steam Deck. Open Dropbox, try to load same file. Success! Print to PDF, copy to a USB, take it to a work computer and print the quiz.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Great job to the true patriots back home. Massive protests, peaceful, and resistant to antagonism from the fascists. Frog up America!
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Congratulations to Maria Machado for her Nobel peace prize win. And to the person who had to clean ketchup off the walls in mara Lago... My sympathies.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Okay... Thanks for sharing.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Rude
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Sitting on the train next to a little old lady. I'm doing a lesson on Duolingo and she keeps peeping at my phone. Then she pulls out her phone and starts a Duolingo lesson. Haha
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
So I'm learning German with Duolingo and it doesn't accept my German pronunciation unless I'm speaking ANGRILY. .. Wtf?
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Linux Post(s): So, I redesigned all of my syllabi using LibreOffice Draw, a program that works in both Windows and Linux. When I was using my laptop yesterday, (Win11) I made a small fix on a mistake in one of the files and printed to file (PDF) to update it on Google Classroom.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Hey, did I say it was a distraction? I did say it was a distraction. apnews.com/article/jeff...
apnews.com
Senate Republicans defeat Democrats' effort to force the release of Epstein files
Senate Republicans have barely defeated an effort by Democrats to insert language into Congress’ annual defense authorization bill that would have forced the public release of case files on the sex tr...
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Smells like another distraction. Release the Epstein files.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Good night!
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Really want to buy a SteamDeck, but I know I won't have time to play it and my boys will constantly be begging me to use it... and then fight each other for time on it. ....sigh...
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Democrats better be absolutely savage with calling out every single republican who voted to protect the pedo.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
My wife thinks I'm weird because I fell asleep during an MRI. yeah, it was noisy, but also quite relaxing in there zzzzzzz
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
THEY'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT EPSTEIN'S LIST! MORE DISTRACTIONS! CHANGE THE NARRATIVE!!!!
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
We're not callous and unfeeling. We've told them time and time again what will happen if they vote for him. They ignored us. Now they reap what they sew. It's the equivalent of letting the child touch the hot stove. Except we're not going to grab ice packs and kiss the ouchie.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Putting together a small group project for students: Imagine you're going to go to New York City for a week. You want to rent a 50cc moped/scooter (げんつき)for the week. Go online, research what you need to do to rent a moped. Find out what license you need and how much it costs.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
bsky.app/profile/osak... Learn something new every day!
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Grading essays do be like this sometimes.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
In my writing classes, there are three short essays that are due throughout the semester. Nothing big, just little essays where the form and writing process is focused on. One student comes up to me after class asking for permission to write about a specific topic: Comparing McDonald's in Japan 1/
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Crime in Japan is getting out of control! www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/b...
tokyoreporter.com
Osaka man accused of selling colorized versions of 1954 ‘Godzilla’ film TokyoReporter
Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 66-year-old man for allegedly colorizing the first "Godzilla" movie without permission and selling copies
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Israel conducts a massive military strike on Iran. Trump: I'm gonna go to my burfday perede!!! G7 Summit: (exists) Trump: No, I don wanna gooo becawze of Izwael and Iwan.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Even the geese are peacefully (geesefully) protesting. And if you know geese, peace normally isn't an option.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Your extremists commit assassinations. Our extremists burn a couple cars. We are not the fucking same.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
When I was little I was always asking questions: Why is the sky blue? Where does air come from? I'm older, but still asking questions, they're different though. Why do my knees hurt? Why am I bleeding?!
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Time to grade midterm tests! Picture was from last week, I'm almost finished, already returned 3 class tests and was quite pleasantly surprised at how well the classes have done so far.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Not really sharing, want to watch this later, but there isn't a 'save post for later viewing' function that I can find here on BlueSky.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Chill out DuoLingo, I'll get to it soon. Relax. My Mondays are crazy busy.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Finally tried DuoLingo, got 7 days in a row and they gave me 3 days of the paid app for free, not even some scam that you forget to cancel and then start paying out the nose. Just, great job, here's 3 days free. So I hit a bunch of German lessons and just did a listening exercise and understood all.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Here's an idea, stop calling them 'Lone Wolf' attacks like they're some kind of rugged hero. Domestic Terrorists are what they are. Terminology matters, you dipshits.
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I do enjoy using chatGPT to create nonsense articles for my students to read and try and identify the red flags in obviously fake news. Sometimes it's laughable, sometimes I could see someone falling for it. See below:
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Halbeerz @halz.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
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Eric @karhald.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Drunken Janine Pirro was just named to an important cabinet position. He just loves those DUI hires. Just hilariously inept.
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