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Don

@oltmannd.bsky.social
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Retired RR guy. Data geek. Train nerd. Occasional optimist. Mechanical Engineer by education and essence.

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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Because vaccines are well tested and shown to be effective. Shingles cases dropping among people who got chickenpox vaccine, data shows The virus that causes chickenpox can reactivate during adulthood, causing the painful, itchy rash known as shingles.
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Shingles cases dropping among people who got chickenpox vaccine, data shows
The virus that causes chickenpox can reactivate during adulthood, causing the painful, itchy rash known as shingles.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Please please please stop making a big deal out of the G7 reserves release. Yes, it’s 100 million barrels over 4 months. We - the planet - use 100 million barrels of crude every…single…day. Almost literally a drop in the bucket.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You really can’t make this shit up.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mentions on Fox shows of the very newsworthy confrontation between Schmitt and Jack Smith: Ingraham (7-8pm): 0 Watters (8-9): 0 Hannity (9-10): 0 Gutfeld (10-11): 0 Fox & Friends this AM: 0
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why won’t network evening news broadcasts show their audience video of Trump dozing off during press events in the Oval Office in the middle of the day while people are talking, as he’s done dozens and dozen of times? Is that not newsworthy? Is it impolite? Will you lose access?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All Trump’s malevolence and psychosis will be on full display right after the midterms. We’ve been here before in Nov 2020, and here we go again. The national nightmare of Trump refusing to accept defeat and dragging the country through lies, conspiracies and drama begins again.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Your regular reminder -- yes, I'm going to keep on with this -- that Republicans in Congress are just fine with everything he's doing.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Correction: it’s not that he misunderstands it. It’s that he doesn’t understand it at all.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026
LOL -- Fox News ticks through all of Ken Paxton's scandals with on air graphics during an interview with Ken Paxton and Bret Baier says, "there's a long list here"
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Miss Ivonne 🌊 @missivonne.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The explanation by @radiofreetom.bsky.social of why Canada lives rent-free in #PresidentDunce's head is a must-read. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Why Trump Has It Out for Canada
When the president is frustrated, he lashes out at friends harder than he does enemies.
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You know things have gone completely off the rails when @atrupar.com is ready to break out the tequila at 4:10 PM just to survive the RNC stream. If you’d like to fund his coping mechanism today: ☕ buymeacoffee.com/atrupar Venmo: @atrupar
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Aaron Rupar
Independent journalist and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter. Your support makes my work possible, including all the clipping I do across my social media channels.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump could have made the ceremony with 9/11 first responders today about the many heroes who died attempting to rescue people and others who risked their lives & long term health. But instead, he created a fictitious event featuring himself, who did nothing, as the hero of 9/11.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Long after Trump and Rubio are out of office, maybe. This will never happen while these people are in power. The only thing Trump/Rubio have to offer the people of Venezuela is perpetuation of the Maduro regime and pillaged oil.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The title really says it all.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Absolutely yes.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING MUST CREDIT: US Trade Representative doesn’t understand how trade works
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In a country so deeply divided, isn't it nice to have something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheFiles-BeginTheTrials ⚖️
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
mRNA
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
And there it is … bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Fair
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
News: The U.S. economy grew at a disappointing 1.5% in the 2nd quarter of 2026. Congratulations to @sarahbca.bsky.social for her “Bookmark this” comment last December when Howard Lutnick said 2Q of 2026 would be “amazing.” @atrupar.com
Lutnick: "Look for the second quarter of 2026 to be amazing."
SarahBCalif: "Bookmark this."
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Don @oltmannd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This is what makes me the saddest. Pax Americana is dead. I don't think it's fixable.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Oh how the cultists used to cheer at his campaign rallies when he said this.
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Don @oltmannd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Maybe the speeches should be covered in Mystery Science Theater 2000 fashion?
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 10/07/2026
NEW: The brand-new logo of the Donald J Trump International Airport appears to be AI slop, featuring an eagle with garbled talons, an asymmetrical number of feathers on each wing, and more glaring irregularities futurism.com/artificial-i...
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The Logo for Donald Trump International Airport Appears to Have AI Slop in It
The logo for officially renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport appears to be generated with AI.
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Don @oltmannd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Incremental power use should be yield priced. Newest large customers should pay a lot more. New generation and distribution costs a lot. Shouldn't be spread on existing customers like peanut butter. Good decision.
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The Halfway Post @halfwaypost.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
BREAKING: A reporter asked Mike Johnson at a press conference today, “Should we bother asking you any questions about Trump reigniting his illegal Iran War without any Constitutionally mandatory Congressional deliberation and authorization... or have you not heard about it yet?"
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Don @oltmannd.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
If ever there was a need for a regulatory push, this is it.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"After analyzing federal and industry records, including never-before-examined data on vehicle dimensions, we found that the rise of large pickups and S.U.V.s is an important factor." i'm sorry but how the fuck is this correlation just coming to light now?
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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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Don @oltmannd.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Yep.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
RT=Endorsement
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
GW never said this and neither did anybody else. The only official symbolism in the Flag Resolution is the stars are "representing a new constellation." The rest is just an iteration on the Red Ensign, and likely the East India Company's white stripes on it. The colors have no particular meaning.

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"We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity, representing our liberty." —George Washington
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
They warned me that if I voted for Kamala Harris we’d get a new deal with the Iranian regime worse than the JCPOA. I voted for Kamala, and they were right.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
As I kept reminding people, the reason most intel agencies in the world - not just us - believed that Iraq was hiding WMD is because *that's what Saddam wanted everyone to think* Well, he got his wish. We believed him. (That doesn't excuse George "Slam Dunk" Tenet, but it wasn't a lie.)
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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Don @oltmannd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Beach in FL last year on Memorial day: Lots of Trump flags, signs, etc. This year: None.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Tim Miller: This is a front page story and weeks long scandal for anyone other than Trump.
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Don @oltmannd.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Today's laugh. Saw a headline started with, "Trump thinks..."
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Don @oltmannd.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
...as is the CAHSR project!
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Holy crap this thread
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Don @oltmannd.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Tom had this exactly right.
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Don @oltmannd.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Go, go, go! Love the $ amount.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is the Secretary of Defense campaigning in KY while on duty being paid by US taxpayers. It is a completely lawless gangster government in every area at all levels.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This should be the headline story on every news publication and telecast including local news every day for several days. But it won’t. It will be shrugged off like so much else by so much of media. The most corrupt thing that has ever come out of the US govt.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
MacFarlane: We know this is our money. This is taxpayer money. And we will not know who gets the money, how much they get. This is not a transparent process. This is all happening behind closed doors. This is like a rotten egg salad sandwich politically for Republicans so far
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Don @oltmannd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The lead in is "I'm good with anyone who is mentally stable and in no way sympathetic or beholden to a hostile foreign power. That's it. Policy just doesn't matter." Me, too.
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Don @oltmannd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Me, too.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/05/2026
Oh my.
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