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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Shashank Joshi wrote this criticism of what Trump wants: "The fundamental problem with a voluntary regime overseen by the White House or #AI task force, rather than a clear law that codifies these requirements, is that enforcement is essentially capricious and unpredictable, and there is every […]

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Another example, from the UK, that the bottom third of the income pyramid in rich countries is broke.

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Adi 🐾 (he/him) @ab.androiddev.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

@chadbourn.bsky.social burn down X and Grok, and fascist populists across the world would suddenly see a massive drop in popularity.

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Trump turns to Putin and Russia for diesel, before the midterms, during a war, where the USA is — apparently — on the Ukrainian side. Russian stocks spike. Sanctions? what Sanctions? Allies? What Allies? Oh, and also on the same day that the USA […] [Original post on mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

The fascist uttered:

Donald J. Trump « *
@realDonaldTrump
I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with
President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that
Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel
to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons
during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately
thereafter. Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel
Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time,
3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel. Between our TOTAL CONTROL of
the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian
Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will
be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST! Lower
prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers,
and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. This is a very big and
important announcement. Additionally, it must be understood,
that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon! Thank you for your
attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

@quidcumque @irina As with our current reality making it almost impossible to produce satire, are we reaching a place where the same is becoming true of dystopian fiction?

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COD @chrisod.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

This may not look like #FootpathFriday but that sidewalk is literally the Appalachian Trail in Harpers Ferry WV.

A Gothic-style church next to a concrete sidewalk

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social The Europeans are probably concerned about retaliating without help from the US, which obviously can’t be counted on. Since they are unlikely to need a carrier strike group, Europe can manage Russia well enough alone.

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Reg @reggiehere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/117… "“Our department is, you might say putting on the full armor of God, because while we wage physical war, we all know the real battle is spiritual,” he said. “God is good, evil is not, and America’s military must understand the […]

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

@oldredsubby.bsky.social Sad to lose most of those interesting buildings. I suspect that the construction was durable and that they were still structurally sound.

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

@hanspetermeyer Education level is strongly correlated with lifespan, so may explain a fair part of the difference.

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

@Patrickoldhiker My handwritten notes to self are essentially illegible. The value, to me, is the movement of my hand/creative (right brain) activity while allowing right brain to take it in. When I saw my, then elementary school age, daughter fill the margins of her notebooks with “marginalia,” […]

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Rev.Hans :mstdnca: @hanspetermeyer.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

The Economist asks, Is it still worthwhile to teach cursive in school? Me? I’m a cursive via fountain pen kind of guy. Writing is more than putting words on a page. It becomes ritualistic. Creative. The “auratic” meaning so much more than the illusory transparency of two-dimensional typescript […]

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

@hanspetermeyer After an entire career of remaining engaged in meetings by taking handwritten notes, I vote YES on the value of learning cursive handwriting. This is despite that fact that I returned to read those notes infrequently. #ADHD

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Trump promised affordability. He has instead given unaffordability.

X post by @lepapiklon2

"We are watching thr "Trump effect" take place in America as diesel prices hit all-time record highs of $6.50/gallon

Chart of price increases from end of Viden term to now

Gas $3.13/gal -> $4.59/gal
Electricity 17.5 cents /kwh -> 22.7 cents/kwh
Oil $70/bbl -> $124/bbl
Heating oil $2.50/gal -> $5.99/gal
Coal $116.35/ton -> $158.40/ton
Beef $5.40/lb -> $8.49/lb
Bread $2/loaf -> $2.50/loaf

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

The U.S. news today is nuts. I expect a similar pace and intensity from now through Election Day, probably beyond through Jan 3. Even amongst the swirl, though, this report of ICE/DHS latest anti-rule-of-law doings stands out […]

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

@APBBlue I was on the VRE commuter train this evening, and picked up this edition of the Old Town Crier before I got on. It features your home state of South Dakota on Page 24. The things we do when cellphone batteries are low. issuu.com/otcva/docs/old_town_crier…

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

@davidho.bsky.social This recklessness is part of my view that there is no aspect of American life that wouldn’t be made better by doubling the price of fuel through taxation.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Where is lawbreaking not just visible, but designed to be seen? Where is antisocial behaviour worn as a badge of honour? Where is pleasure gained directly from causing distress? And where is reckless endangerment often ignored by the police or treated with the mildest of punishments?" A: The roads

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

A lot of people don't know there's two fundamentally different types of PTSD and/or have heard the terms but don't understand the distinction being made. There's "standard" PTSD, which I'll call "simplex" PTSD, and "complex" PTSD, which you'll see written C-PTSD. - Simplex ("normal") PTSD […]

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16/09/2026

As I said the first time Trump proposed tariffs: this is precisely why he likes them! It makes everyone come to him on bended knee, begging for exemptions. It makes economic survival dependent on his whim. That, not any economic theory, is the whole attraction. Mafia boss thinking.

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

@volts.wtf Having worn it for some years, I have no issue with a mustache and no beard. Except for the Amish, having the beard and no mustache is just weird.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 12/09/2026

Not even coaches from opposing teams get this treatment on game day. The deafening chants of “Ted, you suck!” start about two minutes in.

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🍻 Alexander 🇪🇺 @mostlyharmless.hostux.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

About this time 25 years ago, I was telling a colleague and friend that there had been a terrible air accident in New York. I didn't know that her boyfriend and colleague of us both had flown off the day before for a meeting... ... in New York... ... In the North Tower. I didn't know. She […]

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Public Service Announcement: Even though #inflation has made US paper currency cheaper to wipe with than real toilet paper, don't do it. Because the paper is made not to fall apart if you wash it, it doesn't break up in the drain. Plumbers and drain snakes are expensive.

Stacks of US $1 bills totaling $1000. The bills are not new and edges of stacks are not straight. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Reminder that the Pentagon and Israel are investing pretty heavy on Trump propaganda and defending Hegseth, many pose as leftists or fringe leftist caricatures; their job is to finge outrage and control any criticism or backlash against the regime. “I don’t agree with (x) but (y)” Be aware.

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

@volts.wtf I'm of the opinion that the biggest advantage #Tesla has had is not that the sell electric cars. Rather, it's that they aren't saddled with American car dealers to sell their product.

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Frank Sonderborg @fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

That sentence, the Jevons Paradox, is why the unit cost of AI intelligence has fallen by a factor of roughly 1,000 in three years, and yet you are paying more to access it every month than you were paying before. Not despite the cost drop. Because of it […]

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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

Donald Trump travelled to South Carolina to campaign for the sister of Lindsey Graham. She is running for the Senate. Tom Nichols wrote about this visit: "The President of the United States went to South Carolina and ranted like a sweaty madman, said completely insane things, and it’s just […]

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

@Coolmccool The shape and legs are similar to the introduced brown marmorated stink bugs that have become common in the Eastern US in the past decade.

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sabik @sabik.rants.au.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

The existence of gender binary suggests the tantalising possibility of gender source code

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

@ai6yr Ben, the NWS Wakefield, VA bot from Krohsnest.org has been offline for about 24 hours. I know it’s not yours, but I’m passing it on in case you know (or are followed by) the developer.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026

Please don't test this.

A
snail's shell
is virtually
indestructible.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

If you're in NYC, you should consider paddling the Bronx River.

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Paddle The River - Bronx River Alliance

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

@chrisod I'm at the limits of my ability to handle heat and humidity. If I were 10-15 years younger, and therefore had to deal with a still-hotter climate, I'd try to get myself north of New York City.

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Late yesterday, my wife and I sat at home waiting for a thunderstorm to pass. She observed that we're nearing the point where we shouldn't try to hold outdoor activities during summer late afternoons and early evenings in the Southeastern US. #vawx #climate

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The U.S. president frequently threatening to bomb various countries—adversaries, partners, whatever—is bad. The fact that they react with “sure, buddy, whatever” is bad. Throwing away international credibility to posture for a domestic audience and assuage the president’s feelings of inadequacy.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/08/2026

Trump is going to ensure that US automakers fall fatally behind in the EV race, which will inevitably catch up to them, at which point we'll be asked to bail them out again. Nothing is more predictable.

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

@RonSupportsYou Employees of the mainstream media don't keep their jobs after criticizing Trump. Mr. Karl will be on Substack trying to collect enough to pay for his health insurance in 1, 2, 3...

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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

Pres. Donald Trump threatened to escalate in the #IranWar and then backed off. This happened seven times. The term for this is TACO = Trump Always Chickens Out. This is enough to destroy Trump's credibility. Source: Jonathan Karl, ABC News.

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

@DemocracyMattersALot I have connections to #Ireland and travel there every few years. The number of small businesses, and percentage of people who work in them, appears much larger than in the US.

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2 Spoopy 4 You @jcrabapple.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

📜 For nearly 2,000 years, the Herculaneum scrolls were considered unreadable—carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD into brittle lumps that crumbled when touched. Now, using particle accelerators and AI, the Vesuvius Challenge has digitally unwrapped an entire scroll for the first […]

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This Old Hiker @patrickoldhiker.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

Yesterday, I followed a #twitter link from another site using #nitter, an intermediary that doesn't require an account or direct connection. It took me less than 60 seconds to be reminded what an ugly swamp #musk has made it, and I gave up before viewing the video that I intended to see.

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Owlor 🦋 @owlor.meow.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

[neurodivergence] If it seems like autistic people tend to make a big deal about being autistic... well, mostly that's just because if we don't people will just assume we're 'just weird', but at least speaking personally if I don't remind myself I'm autistic at least once a week, I'll start […]

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