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My running joke is the smartest people I know are from Ohio. They woke up one morning, realized they were in Ohio, and promptly left Ohio.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12h

In case you were wondering why Donald’s biggest fans suddenly went silent . . .

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This isn’t mere philanthropy for tax write-offs or reputation banishing. One could achieve those objectives by funding something that doesn’t involve AI or any other for of targeting. This is how charitable foundations led by CEOs disseminate their ideologies and shift public sentiment.

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

To be converted in 2028 into The Museum of the Benefits of the Trump Administration. A people united in a common cause, to shoot every toe of their right foot.

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

As one who generally advocates burning down the mission (h/t Elton John) I will gladly make an exception here.

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Veterans Against Trump @vetsat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And to absolutely no one's surprise, Palmer Luckey gets named to Hangover Hegseth's "Project Meridian" and two days later, Luckey's company gets a billion dollar defense contract.

cnbc.com

Anduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after Luckey joins Pentagon weapons group

Defense tech leaders are gaining sway in Washington in President Donald Trump's military reindustrialization push

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Calvin and Hobbes @calvin-and-hobbes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Big questions are always better under a tree with a friend. #CalvinandHobbes #DeepThoughts

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Ben Natan @thebennatan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Again the media likes Donald Trump and wants him to be president.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

To be clear I do not yearn for the days before social media. It was very difficult to move info. That helped a lot of bad things go under the radar. I'm just saying... it's ok to log off sometimes.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hot take: I don't think social media made people dumber. We've been dumb this whole time. It's just that you used to have to have a job that people sent their dumb letters to, to notice. This made "Engaging with fools" an occupational hazard rather than the 24/7 experience it is presently.

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Heard snippets of it when the radio program was talking about people who haven't heard it, I don't remember them. I also do not know any Taylor Swift songs so maybe we're the wrong demographic?

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 29/09/2026

Every time I see Ted Cruz trying to use a Senate hearing to prosecute a witness, I’m reminded that he still uses all the tricks of being a policy debater to try box in his opponent—and those tricks are explicitly designed to show off rhetorical fluency as a substitute for fact-finding.

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not for Baghdad by the Bay, that’s just another pendant.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 28/09/2026

on bluesky i operate under the default assumption that everyone on here is neurodivergent with a few fascinatingly rare exceptions

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

paper, pencil, brush, watercolor, pastels, more pencils, some tombow pen brushes, have you tried calligraphy? that's all you need.

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In this current era of it's a homer or a strikeout, is anyone breaking 4,000 K's?

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

15/ There’s much more to the story — which you can read here — but I came away with one overarching takeaway: the “responsible gaming” prompts DraftKings served me were no match for the product design and promos pushing me to do more gambling.

propublica.org

I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.

Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I came for the ratio and I am not disappointed. I suspect the authors are though, such a shame.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ultimately what is killing higher Ed in the United States is not just hostile politics at the Federal level, but the greed and ineptitude of university leadership.

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Also, don't sleep on local races. It's a long ballot, but your life will usually be more affected by the names at the bottom than the ones at the top. (This last has special urgency here, since the Corpus Christi mayor and city council have utterly failed to secure our supply of drinking water.)

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I suspect against the "wrong" candidate he could lose the CA primary, which would be a death blow for beyond '28.

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Internet Dad @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 23/09/2026

1: Fucked up pizza 2: Salads with Mayonnaise 3: 'Ope let me squeeze on by you' 4: Using the gender neutral 'y'all' 5: Cheese at every meal 6: Hotdish

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As a long distance hiker, I had to carry my poop in a bag (WagBag) until I reached the trailhead the next day. There was a special dumpster for us at Whitney Portal.

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And given the gullibility of reporters involved, it's truly fanciful, isn't it.

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Nor are foreign students and postdocs coming to the US for education. It's a double edge sword, we're losing the finished product (professors) and the raw material (students and postdocs).

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lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is true. A lucky few are moving their work to Europe, but the vast majority are simply leaving the field. A generation of researchers who will be lost to the rest of the economy, never to return.

ft.com

The next generation of American scientists is fading away

While the Trump administration racks up ‘wins’ in its anti-woke crusade, the US is eroding its talent pipeline

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What's wrong with this is that this was brought up in the previous administration (consolidation of emergency vehichle manufacturing) and nothing was said or done. Do better next time around.

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

An IBM System/360... I was raised under the floor...

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Drunks against Mad Mothers

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There are so many problems with literary culture and the publishing industry today. Bret Stephens has the unique ability to write an entire column that touches on none of them. It's like watching a guy stumble through a rainstorm without ever getting wet.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 22/09/2026

this country will not survive if democrats cannot find tough leadership capable of standing up to oligarchs, media consolidation, and propaganda it simply won't

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My ideal vacation is a solo long distance hike, John Muir Trail, High Sierra Trail and Wonderland Trail. I wonder if I'd enjoy this excursion.

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

arrgh, aarrggh? aye eye maity!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This has been an historic Congress (derogatory)

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026

Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying

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Uncle John - GDRADIO @gdradio.net · 18/09/2026

Happy 78th birthday to Betty Cantor-Jackson!

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ended Pete Wilson's political ambitions too. Those Florida and Texas pols should look to see what ol Pete thought was in front of him and what came up from behind him and bit him real hard.

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

so word on the trail is that 15 days for the whole JMT is “fast” and I am “insane”

A woman stands atop Mt Whitney’s summit at dawn, holding a sign that notes its altitude (14,505 ft)

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

First, Congratulations! Yes, 15 days is very fast. However, insanity is measured on a spectrum as we are all a bit insane, so how insane are you is the correct diagnosis. There's always Reinhold insane, he got to Whitney and turned around and walked back to Yosemite. I met him on his return trip.

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I dunno, the hangar queen was the plane we cannibalized for the operational ones on the flight-line.

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here's the thing, DJT can plaster his Name/Likeness/Image anywhere inside the building, there are multiple sections dedicated to acknowledging and thanking donors and patrons. It's because DJT wants his name on the outside is where the friction begins.

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Daniel Loxton 🇨🇦 @danielloxton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Humans aren’t good at thinking about things that do complicated stuff without intentions or consciousness. That was very tricky when writing about evolution for kids. Stuff just happens, and all the happenings accumulate over time! There’s no purpose, no direction, no design—just outcomes

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Bob A @onkelbob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A bit OT but I will never forget Colm Meany in "Moon for the Misbegotten." I saw a great deal of Broadway in those days, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Patrick Stewart, Al Pacino, but Colm's performance was the most impactful.

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The lawsuit argues this "Status 19" bottleneck directly violates federal statute. Congress mandated that NIH Institute Directors have final funding authority after peer review, deliberately building a firewall against politics.

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