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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 15h
KELVIN WAVE ALERT!!!! Were you living on the west coast of North America in May & June 2026? There were Kelvin waves then. Kelvin waves are NOT tsunamis. Kelvin waves happen every strong El Niño for a couple months at a time. Don't let sensationalist headlines divert you from #EpsteinFiles.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 16h
Transcript, in which AI blames humans for bad instructions. And AI says that humans reward AIs for doing it. I did this using a regular Google search. 1/6 #AI-did-it-not-me
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 17h
Author George Saunders on using AI: "Writing is the most precious way one person can communicate their essence to another person. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get better at making myself present in my writing. Why would I want to sacrifice even one iota of that?" on.substack.com/p/model-beha...
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Model Behavior: George Saunders
“Of course, if AI can cure cancer, bravo. I’m all for it. But even with cancer cured, death will still arrive somehow.”
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An opinion about Mitch McConnell today, from the point of view of a paramedic nicholasjorcutt.substack.com/p/they-lied-...
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They Lied to You About CPR. Mitch McConnell Is the Proof.
They Want You to Think CPR Is a Reset Button. It Isn't.
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Colin Robinson @fermiparasocks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
there should be a downside to being corrupt in congress
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I agree.
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 22/09/2026
Seattle area people! Anybody got room to foster a mom and some wee little puppies?
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEWS: Six officials just told the WaPo that Trump's Pentagon is undercounting the Americans killed in his war with Iran — at least 22 dead, not the 18 on the public ledger, with the families of four service members not even worth acknowledging. Every Republican backing this war owns it with him.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@delilahsdawson.bsky.social Hoping you can point me to where I might get a signed copy of Malevolent Souls! Thanks.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
20 y/o me would be relieved I was still alive.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hashim Thaci, who led Kosovo’s independence struggle in the 1990s, has been convicted for arbitrary detention, torture and murder. We have some people in this country who are responsible for arbitrary detention, torture and murder. We can do better than 25 years. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/w...
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Kosovo’s Former Leader Is Sentenced to 25 Years in War Crimes Case (Gift Article)
A tribunal in The Hague found Hashim Thaci, who led Kosovo’s independence struggle in the 1990s, responsible for arbitrary detention, torture and murder.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#WritingCommunity Translation request I need someone to translate into Mexico City Spanish with a touch of street slang to be saying: "Oh, girlfriend, you're so pretty. I don't see Jessie around here; do you want to come home with me?" Thanks! PS The guy's petting a dog
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
RIP my desktop speakers. They've been acting up for a while and I've pretended it wasnt happening. In my face how much these days requires sound on but no way I'm driving into town for replacements. I suppose I could use my laptop. Or I could take a day off from the keyboard. Ta! #HardwareDeath
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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 11/09/2026
You mean return over a trillion dollars to us. The federal government gets its money from us. He’s trying to bribe us with our own money.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Author Steven F. Havill, 81, passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2026. The family requests a period of private mourning and respectfully asks that no flowers, gifts, or phone calls be sent or made at this time. #WritingCommunity Obituary www.danielsfuneral.com/obituaries/s...
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Steven Frederick Havill Obituary Aug 27, 2026 - Daniels Family Funerals & Cremation
View Steven Frederick Havill's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Are there people for hire who read books & come up with great comps? I've never understood the comp thing. Isn't the point to write a unique book, not one that is like other books? #WritingCommunity
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I'll be at two events this week with books to sell and/or sign. Concho AZ Public Library on Wednesday and Pie Town NM Pie Festival on Saturday. Get directions on my blog. www.lifstrand.com/where-am-i-t...
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Where am I this week? - LIF STRAND
I’ll be at Concho AZ Public Library on Wednesday September 9.  Hope to see some fans of Jessie Torres there! Mapquest directions   I’ll be at the Pie Town Pie Festival on Saturday, September 12, from ...
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I bought a whole cherry pie yesterday at the Farmers Market. What the hell was I thinking? Now I have to eat the whole thing. What? OBVIOUSLY I'm not going to share it with anyone. Why? I'm sorry, if you have to ask, you're not a cherry pie lover and I can't explain. #cherrypie
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Why don't judges start penalizing the government for trying to bypass the Constitution? www.notus.org/2026-electio...
notus.org
Trump Asks the Supreme Court to Reinstate Mail-In Ballot Rules
A lower court stayed the Postal Service from implementing new rules on ballots ahead of the midterms.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#photography pals: I keep upgrading my cell phones for better photos only because I can carry a phone in my pocket. I've reached the point in my photography where I simply must have a decent camera. I'm looking for suggestions for a hi-res compact digital w/an excellent optical zoom. Suggestions?
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Book review and commentary by Dexter Oliver. If you don't want to read the book, at least read the article about the people I have decided to call "Antichrist Nationalists". [free article] www.eacourier.com/opinion/opin...
eacourier.com
Opinion: A Lone Voice in Congress
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
RIP Gloria Steinem "Law and justice are not always the same." I used this quote from her on the cover of my most recently published book, COLD TRAIL.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The former head of Border Patrol is currently encouraging US citizens to spill blood on US soil to quell an imaginary “invasion”
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Read the underlined part a couple times if you have any confusion about why "billionaire" has become a bad word. Then think about this: I'm pretty sure nobody has ever referred to Dolly Parton as "multi-millionaire Dolly Parton".
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Some give, some take. You are either in one crowd or the other. There's no way to be both. Your choice.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Sadly I couldn't find the creator of this image to credit, but maybe that person didn't want credit because, you know. St. Upid is vindictive. scontent-phx1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-...
A satirical image of a saint who works for satan. Or something like that.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Excited to find out I get to review Enheduanna's Song from the Sands, by Ellen Rachlin! It's the untold story of Enheduanna, the world's first named author. The book is a fusion of history, myth, and female leadership in ancient Mesopotania. (This is via @LibraryThing Early Reviewers program)
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I just learned a new word today. Clanker. I like it.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Holy SHIT! RIP Dolly Parton Gone too soon www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
nytimes.com
Dolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80
Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Only cult members believe such BS. Grocery store beef prices only got incredibly high in the past months = Trump not Biden! US herds are downsized due to drought & rising feed prices. So now foreign beef will undercut American? How do herds grow if ranchers can't sell beef to pay for feed?
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
My opinion: If you wear perv glassses, you're not only a pervert, you're a stupid one. lifstrand1.substack.com/p/perv-glass...
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Perv glasses
If you wear pervert glasses you probably are a pervert of some kind
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I feel worn down and worn out due to the fascist regime in this country. That said, worn down and worn out doesn't mean giving up. It means more pissed off than ever.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This
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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 20/08/2026
Live your life such that 400 people gather to sing you to your rest.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Rocky Mountain bee blossom reimagined (c) 2026 Lif Strand I love bee blossom (Cleome serrulata) and loved the reflection in the cattle tank. I (ahem) did push the color a bit. #Gaia #photography #flowers #DailyPhoto ko-fi.com/i/IT2F625DLID 08/19/26
Rocky Mountain bee blossom reimagined
(c) 2026 Lif Strand
I love bee blossom (Cleome serrulata) and loved the reflection in the cattle tank. It was just after sunset & overcast, though, and I couldn't resist playing with the color, so... I got crazy and reimagined the color I was seeing in my head.
#Gaia #photography #flowers #DailyPhoto
https://ko-fi.com/i/IT2F625DLID
08/19/26
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
77 days This shouldn't be considered a radical position.
A basic statement of why I vote the way I do.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
No one has mentioned the obvious thing. Yes it would cost billions and result in years of delays - but let's not forget: Those ships would be docked, not out on the ocean doing what they were built to do.
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rickdrake07.bsky.social @rickdrake07.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
They'll roll over like the obedient dogs they are if he does it. They should be forcing the release of the Epstein files and they refuse to help.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
@angry
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Psyche cleanser: A National Champion Arabian stallion acting like Arabian stallions used to. Photo taken by me in 1988
A dark bay horse with a toddler sitting on its back. This was taken at a 26th birthday party for the Arabian stallion, Bohanni, a US National Champion.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Introduce yourself as what killed you: Hi, I'm the Monterey pine that fell down in a wind storm, my truck crushing a metal fence panel and my branches straddling the horse and the woman standing next to the fence. 🌲
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GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🎯🎯🎯
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I wish I thought this would motivate the WH Press Corp to start doing more honest and balanced reporting on Trump, but they've disappointed me every time.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
GOP's blind hypocrisy.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Unpopular opinion: Humans have been screwing with the ecosystem ever since there were humans, but the magnitude of the impact of that is way greater now. It's been slow suicide for thousands of years, but the cumulative effect means we're taking down every other species with us now, and faster.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Food for thought: Dexter Oliver opinion piece www.eacourier.com/opinion/edit...
eacourier.com
OPINION: Litigation, Loopholes, and Lasting Shame
“They cry in the dark, so you can’t see their tears.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Seen on my walk/jog last evening, western NM at 7000' altitude. Prairie rattlesnake aka Great Plains rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis). I estimated this one to be about 10" long - maybe less - before it scooted under the plant and coiled. It did not rattle, or at least I didn't hear it. #snakes
A prairie rattlesnake coiled under a silverleaf nightshade plant. The snake was approx 10" long, maybe less. It did not rattle.
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Midnight surprise 4" of Tiger centipede (see ALT). Venomous: can cause necrosis but also medically interesting with peptides that have antimicrobial effects. The cats were having a lovely time with it - RIGHT NEXT TO MY BED IN THE WEE HOURS LAST NIGHT. It was returned to the wild, of course.
Wikipedia photo: Scolopendra polymorpha
Tiger centipede found in the US SW
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopendra_polymorpha
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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Our government is meant to be OF, BY, & FOR THE PEOPLE. There is no point in supporting a government that isn't working that way. There is absolutely no reason why citizens shouldn't feel free to fire, recall, #impeach, or depose anyone in government that doesn't understand WE ARE THE BOSS OF THEM.
Closeup of the preamble to the US Constitution.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
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