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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When I built my house in 2001, everything was state of the art. Today, I replaced my HVAC (before it died during some extreme weather). Besides improved efficiency, my heat is now electric (generated from my solar system). The only remaining gas appliance is my stove (which I rarely use).

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I subscribed to the @sacbee.com in 1986. It excelled at state news, politics, and investigative reporting. Little such coverage is now included. If someone does in California what the Washington Sun is doing in DC, I’d switch in a minute. The layoffs announced today might be the final straw

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hearing 47's plea to his supporters to vote in the midterm like he's on the ballot makes me wonder if this shouldn't actually be the D's campaign theme.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I thought I'd save Natalie the trouble so I tried ChatGPT for her.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Driving home from campus last night, for some reason, I started thinking of the lyrics to Nine to Five. I don't know why but the timing was amazing.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"If all car tyres were filled with CO2, would this cut atmospheric carbon significantly?" I just read this headline in @theguardian.com as "if all cars were filled with CO2." My thought was, of course because all the drivers would die. So I re-read it.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Maybe Natalie Harp will end up being the Cassidy Hutchinson of the second term

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Miller: ". . . and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan." When I was an EMS agency director, I got a call from the mother of a kid who was hit by a car. She was mad that the ambulance transported him without her permission.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

How's this scenario: 47 fires Blanche for DOJ dropping the Reflecting Pool case? Saves face on R opposition to the nomination and looks for an AG with even fewer values to refile the case.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Scalise: "Anybody that (sic) gets on an airplane has to show a picture ID to vote." Wouldn't this be covered by the proposed ban on voting by mail or is airmail exempt?

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Having now studied the movie "Dave" are Kentucky Republicans frantically searching for a McConnell impersonator?

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

About six years ago, I thought I was on track to remarry (nine years after my wife's death). For a year after she unexpectedly dumped me, I had "Once upon a time, I was falling in love. But now I'm only falling apart." stuck in my head. RIP #BonnieTyler

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Mike Royko (Chicago columnist) labeled a young Jerry Brown as "Gov. Moonbeam" partly based on Brown's speculation about California launching its own satellite. This week, three satellites were launched to help in early detection of wildfires in California (with a plan for a global system).

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

So, a candidate who everyone was warned had problems waits until the last minute. He'll be replaced by someone who will be forced to throw together a campaign at the last minute against a candidate who's been preparing for years. Deja vu all over again?

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Quickly scanning through the BlueSky stream can be dangerous. I was looking at a post wondering about what is really happening with Mitch McConnel and scrolled into "They say it’s “routine maintenance” and that they’re painting the columns."

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Can you believe that FIFA gave its prestigious FIFA Peace Prize to a guy who admits that he didn't know what a red card was? What were they thinking?

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Obviously, the founders weren't perfect human beings and didn't live up to the ideals they spoke of. But, you have to respect their dedication to the cause. History shows us that they even worked right through the holiday weekend to make sure that the Declaration was finished on time.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

If you ever think that students don't remember what we say in class. A graduate from about 15 years ago wrote to say that she was sitting in a bar and got into a discussion about words people commonly misuse and remembered how I told them that "preventative" was one of my pet peeves.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Is the suffix "maxxing" popping up everywhere recently or am I just noticing it? Merriam-Webster has a definition ("making an act or practice as effective and fruitful as possible"). There's a Wikipedia page, etc. It was the subject of a NYT "On Language" column 10/11/2025 so at least that old.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It seems like studies about coffee take turns on whether it's good or bad. As I drink my pot of coffee each morning, I think I'm going to stick with this one: www.medpagetoday.com/gastroentero...

medpagetoday.com

Coffee Lovers and Their Livers Can Celebrate, Study Suggests

Five or more cups a day linked to the greatest benefit

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I think I'm less concerned that Dr. Oz doesn't understand the purpose of insurance than him not understanding how risk pools work and how pulling all the health people out would throw the pool into a death spiral. Can it be that his goal is really to leave single payer as the only option?

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I'm going to break my policy of ignoring celebrity weddings to wonder which will draw more fans--Taylor Swift's wedding or 47's July 4th rally.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Vance: "I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story." The saddest part of this is that he could be right.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Tom Tillis gets the quote of the day award: "But my guess is, based on his past experience, it's going to be another hot steaming pile of DOGE shit" (on Pulte's planned cutbacks as Director of National Intelligence).

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

We want to think it couldn't happen here but yesterday, it did. Just weeks after graduating from high school, he wanted to do a "Columbine massacre type shooting” so took his rifle to the library. Two killed. One wounded. He was captured without additional shots fired. Yes, it can happen here.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Did Truth Social just add a polling function or did someone just show 47 how to use it?

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

In my paranoid moments, I always worry more about a someone exploding a dirty bomb in a major city than an actual nuclear attack. I guess that I shouldn't worry since it's not very valuable stuff and it wouldn't be easy to bring in or anything #emergencymanagement #graysky

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Evidently, something happened in NYC last night that will allow me to stop ignoring basketball so I can move onto ignoring soccer. Don't these people know that it's baseball season?

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Interesting but no mention that the decision to not expand Medicaid under the ACA was a public policy choice that the state made. In rural Alabama, efforts to reopen the only hospital in town www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...

marketplace.org

In rural Alabama, efforts to reopen the only hospital in town

The Thomasville Regional Medical Center opened in 2020, with state-of-the-art facilities. It closed less than five years later because of financial hardship.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I'm very relieved that, when he cut the number of "recognized religious faiths and belief systems" from 211 to 31, Hegseth left in #Quakers. Given the great number of Quakers in the military, I just hope that we don't overload the system. www.military.com/dod-official... #peace-testimony-anyone?

military.com

DOD Officially Drops 180 Faiths From Military's Recognized Religion List

Defense Secretary Hegseth previously announced the change due to an "impractical" system.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

My mother was a type 2 diabetic. When she was president of her local chapter of the American Diabetes Association, the entire chapter quit and formed a new group that wasn't affiliated with the ADA. She said that the ADA didn't care about serving diabetics. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...

nytimes.com

Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I always like the feeling of having voted but this year’s I Voted stickers are weird

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

See the pictures of the latest exercise in bad taste being constructed at the White House, can someone tell me if there is a commitment to take it down afterwards?

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I successfully used Chrome's "Ask Gemini" to learn how to get rid of the Ask Gemini button from Chrome. Who said that AI can't help you in your daily life?

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I hope that anyone who is supporting the 47-named buildings, etc. is paying attention to what's happening with schools, streets, and parks named after Cesar Chavez. www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-vani...

publicnotice.co

The vanity presidency

He's trying to turn the whole country into a tacky branded property.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I just renewed my monthly donation to the Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter.org) . Thanks to the DOJ for reminding me to do this.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Which of these headlines is less expected on Easter? “Pope Leo Calls for Peace and Warns of a World Indifferent to Violence” “Trump to Iran: "Open the Fuckin' Strait" or face bombing Tuesday“

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

"Hegseth on when US objectives will be achieved: 'He said four to six weeks, six to eight weeks, three weeks -- it could by any particular number. It will be the president's determination.' " And, of course, if the enemy has a vote, it's another example of voter fraud.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

47 on Cuba: "They're not in a hurricane zone, which is nice for a change, you know? They won't be asking us for money for hurricanes every week." Is this actually a complaint he's making about Florida and Texas?

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Okay, so I understand that when the price of oil goes up we make money. My question is whether my oil bonus will come before or after my tariffs bonus.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Are there any historians on here who can tell me what happened to the people with Hitler Derangement Syndrome (HDS)?

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

My students are supposed to complete ICS 100 and 200 this week. I just learned that the DHS budget means that the on-line training isn't available. !@#$%^ #emergencymanagement #greysky

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

SB Sunday is a tough day to get volunteers so instead of watching, I again volunteered at a homeless shelter. But, maybe it's time to dump the half-time show, ads, and other non-football parts of the day so we can ignore the actual game and go back to watching baseball like we're supposed to.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Noem: peaceful protesters don't come with guns. Essayli: approaching police with guns justifies them shooting you. Let's agree. Blue states should enact laws forbidding guns at protests and near LEOs. Then, watch the gun rights people's heads explode as they try to justify their opposition.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Reading about ICE's purported "total immunity" I was thinking about how some British soldiers were tried after the Boston Massacre. There wasn't even immunity sought for the real King's troops! Two of the nine were convicted of manslaughter. Their defense counsel was future president John Adams.

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Rick Narad (he/him) @rnarad.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I understand the concern that Russian or China could take over Greenland and that we have security concerns. Too bad there isn't some international organization that could ensure that allies would be there to help. Denmark could join that and the US could help even without having to own Greenland.

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