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Nils in Maine

@nils.discofrog.net

223 followers 559 following 538 posts

Software engineer, cook, gentleman farmer. Probably inside chasing bugs or outside chasing varmints.

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

As one would expect, Costco has done this properly.

A multi-aisle display of Christmas decorations, including a tree with lights.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 11/07/2026

Are you calling this sign a liar?

The Maine State Line sign on the Piscataqua bridge from New Hampshire, with text reading "Vacationland" in the lower quarter.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 06/07/2026

Also:

The top half of a Maine shellfish license with personally identifying bits obscured.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 06/07/2026

My qualifications.

A row of 2 dozen flannel shirts in a closet. Mostly LL Bean.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 10/04/2026

News used to be better.

Les Nesman fin the WKRP studio, with Johnny Fever looking over his shoulder in bemused shock.

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

Nope

NWS forecast showing “snow showers likely” tomorrow and “chance snow showers“ tomorrow night.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 02/11/2025

Obi Wan Kenobi thinking, "Andrew Sullivan. Now that's a hack I've not thought of in a long time..."

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 20/08/2025

ChatGPT insisting that "blueberry" has 3 Bs in it. "Once at the start (B in Blueberry", once in the middle (b in blue), once before the -erry ending (b in berry)".

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 07/06/2025

Hanging around courthouses and high school graduations, kidnapping people in broad daylight is not a “covert operation.”

A tweet from Lindsey Graham arguing that ICE is involved in “covert operations”

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 05/06/2025

And in a single tweet, Elon shows why Republican plans to privatize NASA, the National Weather Service, Social Security, or any other program we rely on, have always been dangerously stupid.

A tweet from Elon Musk threatening to decommission the Dragon spacecraft.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 15/05/2025

Whatever is powering the automated "Maine" feed could use a bit of tuning.

A screenshot showing a post from the automated "Maine" feed from a french newspaper with the text:
Pour avoir organisé et filmé des rodéos motorisés à Grez-Neuville (Maine-et-Loire), d’août 2023 à février 2024, cinq jeunes hommes ont écopé de peines de prison

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 08/05/2025

Ferris Bueller, of course.

Valet stealing a car, saying “you fellas have nothing to worry about. I’m a professional.

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 26/04/2025

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Nils in Maine @nils.discofrog.net · 04/04/2025

Despite the encouraging title, this editorial turns out to be a celebration of Susan Collins as a principled leader of Republicans working to limit the damage of Trump's actions. A little positive reinforcement is fine, but this is just embarrassing. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/04/04/o...