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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 28/09/2026

“lol” is not punctuation.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 14/09/2026

I, an old turtle, Will wing me to some wither’d bough

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 14/09/2026

Dang. When you’re too racist for Karl Rove… (Let’s be fair. He’s probably just too publicly racist.)

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 16/08/2026

He's expected to be out of the lineup for 12-18 months.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 11/08/2026

As best I can tell, he didn't "quit the tenure track" so much as he "didn't get tenure."

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 07/08/2026

I don't believe Collins would have announced her vote against Blanche without knowing how Murkowksi and Cassidy were going to vote. This means that Cassidy will vote to confirm. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski comes out against Todd Blanche for attorney general, putting nomination in jeopardy

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, also said she will vote against Blanche’s nomination, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., remains undecided.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 05/08/2026

The Hobbit could easily have been a great 3 hour movie, rather than a bloated, unwatchable trilogy.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 01/08/2026

Rather than waiting years for industry-written, tepid, ineffective, obsolete-on-delivery AI regulations, lets just start by holding CEOs accountable when their companies break the law. That would incentivize better behavior across all industries.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 01/08/2026

Squeezing three lies into the first sentence is quite an achievement.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 31/07/2026

Senator Sue, chair of the Appropriations Committee, said, "she was 'very concerned' about some of DOGE’s moves." How concerned, Senator? Concerned enough to hold a single oversight hearing into DOGE? No? Not one? So, not very fucking concerned at all then. www.pressherald.com/2026/07/31/e...

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Elon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins’ U.S. Senate bid

Musk's America PAC reportedly intends to spend $100 million to $120 million to help Republicans in Senate races in Maine and several other states.

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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I don't want a "Smart Fridge" that orders milk for me. I want a fridge that lasts 25 years and doesn't have a privacy policy that allows it to share my late-night snacking habits with my health insurance provider.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 31/07/2026

This is what happens when you have a government of, by, and for racist fucking morons... who are also *chef's kiss* relying on AI to do their work for them. Nice work republicans. You must be very proud. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 30/07/2026

I want to thank the Scarborough Town Council for voting to demand stronger oversight of its ICE facility—and the many citizens who came out to demand accountability. For far too long, ICE has operated with impunity, terrorizing people and communities in service of Trump’s cruel immigration agenda.

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Scarborough calls on Congress to investigate activities at local ICE facility • Maine Morning Star

Members of the Scarborough Town Council voted Wednesday to pass a proclamation calling on Maine’s congressional delegation to look into the operations of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement p...

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

“Normal time ends” it’s Get Weird time now

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 15/07/2026

I've just gotten a bunch of obvious bot followers. All 15-30 followers, all 1.4-1.5k following, all with very short, lowercase bios, and mis-matched names and pictures. It would nice to have a "remove follower" option, like scraping gum off your shoe. "Block" suggests that they're worth noticing.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 13/07/2026

I'm not sure which is worse. a) We know that whatever ICE/DHS says about one of these murders is going to be a lie, or b) my Senator still hasn't figured that out.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Shocking images of Luis Suarez looking around before quietly biting some child’s ear

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 23/06/2026

"And in conclusion, Shalom Navidad."

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

“I’m Kid Rock.” “I’m Naomi Wolf.” “I’m Kanye West.” “I’m Matt Taibbi.” “I’m Catturd. Those stories, plus Rob Schneider, tonight on 60 Minutes.”

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 03/06/2026

Yeah, I don't think you have the cause and effect right. It's more likely to be an increase in donations after yet another dogpile by the national media.

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Delighted to announce I’m taking up deer hunting.

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

How is this the coolest two people have ever been?

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong wearing aggressively normal 1950s clothes and sitting in what looks like metal chairs in a church basement. Louis’s pants are short enough that you can see his legs above his white socks and black shoes

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 30/05/2026

Waiting until just after Xabi Alonso gets hired by Chelsea.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 24/05/2026

At no point in the article do they mention that this is the seventh weekend in a row that Trump has posted about an imminent agreement. This is just shoddy journalism.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 22/05/2026

Lobster rolls baffle me. You're paying twice as much for half the lobster and none of the flavor. They're basically leftovers, and who wants leftover seafood?

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 18/05/2026

Why hasn't Susan Collins done an actual town hall in over 25 years? Why does she have to hide from the people of Maine?

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NutHatch @nuthatchme.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

This is the sort of community information that should be used in most campaigns about most things, #data centers in this case. One page, bullet points, side-by-side. #MEpolitics

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tweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 01/05/2026

I saw people talking about their favorite Radiohead songs and that seemed fun so I thought I'd join in:

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 30/04/2026

I always got the sense that she didn't want to run in the first place. It felt like she had her arm twisted by people at the national level, who convinced her that she was the only one who could beat Collins. Hopefully they're wrong.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 29/04/2026

"[Alex] Cora, a World Series-winning manager..." Next up: "Rosie Ruiz, Boston Marathon winning runner..."

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 26/04/2026

Maybe now that the World Series cheating Alex Cora is gone, I can start rooting for the Red Sox again. Or after 7 years of them being happy with a cheater in charge, maybe I'm just done with them for good.

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Doug Hitchcox @dhitchcox.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I’ve got a new video up about AI generated birds! I do rant a bit, but it’s alarming how much this slop is becoming a problem, certainly worse than I realized before researching this. [These] Birds Aren't Real youtu.be/wdK-bI61Mhs

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[These] Birds Aren't Real

YouTube video by Doug Hitchcox

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

we built God but Its business plan turned out not to be viable

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 14/04/2026

According to @themainemonitor.org, they will build solar to generate 150MW, but claim to only need 25MW on days with "no solar output." Really? Why would they build 6x the solar generation they need? The Lewiston Sun Journal says they will need "about 82 megawatts, with a potential to scale higher."

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 14/04/2026

'We have to get beyond this trope that “taxes are always bad.” Taxes aren’t the enemy. They’re the entry fee for a state worth living in. Any businessperson who can’t see the return on that investment isn’t paying close enough attention.'

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Matt Keeter @mattkeeter.com · 09/04/2026

happy Appomattox Day to those who celebrate AMERICAN UNION PRESERVED AFRICAN SLAVERY DESTROYED BY THE UPRISING OF A GREAT PEOPLE BY THE BLOOD OF FALLEN HEROES

A statue of a sphinx in a winter landscape.

The side of the sphinx, which reads

AMERICAN UNION PRESERVED
AFRICAN SLAVERY DESTROYED
BY THE UPRISING OF A GREAT PEOPLE
BY THE BLOOD OF FALLEN HEROES

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 09/04/2026

He discovered that we had "mailing lists" before social media, there was a mailing list for "cypherpunks", both Satoshi and this guy used the word "backup" on that list, and they both use two spaces after a period. Pretty thin gruel. The article is not convincing, but at least it's long.

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Trump has learned his lesson By Susan Collins

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 07/04/2026

This weekend I put away the snowblower, driveway markers, and snowshoes, so I take full responsibility for this. I can only apologize.

Snow falling over a lawn, dock, and pond.

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Christina, mother of spiders @aikiwomannc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Reason number 42 NASA would fire me: coming out of loss of signal I would be screaming about aliens eating the crew and then cut the comms.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 06/04/2026

As someone whose livelihood depends on these data centers to house the big ass computers I've spent my career building, I'm all for this moratorium. Developers must provide complete and timely info about the impacts to local economies and environments before being allowed to start construction.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 01/04/2026

It's been a couple of hours, and I still haven't seen or heard of a single corporate joke today. I have seen at least a dozen angry, snide, or world-weary posts complaining about these elusive jokes, though.

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