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Ron Hitchens

@ronsoft.com
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Girl Dad. Java Champion, Software Architect, Consultant, Curmudgeon. Mostly retired. Boomer, but one of the good ones. American, living in the UK for years, after many years in Silicon Valley (when it was cool). Don't obey in advance.

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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 19/09/2026
From my daughter's Instagram. Talent comes in all shapes and sizes. The judges are initially laughing because they think it's a joke. As it goes on, the smiles fade and they put on their serious faces.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 13/09/2026
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 09/09/2026
Irony meter, maxxed out.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 31/08/2026
Louie Nye! That's it.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 29/08/2026
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 27/08/2026
Variations of this map have been kicking around the Internet for several years now. Maybe it's not such a daft idea after all.
Variations of this map have been kicking around the Internet for several years now.

Maybe it's not such a daft idea after all.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 25/08/2026
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 25/08/2026
Are we sure this new secret beef isn't actually Soylent Green, made from detainees in ICE concentration camps?
Soylent Green is people!
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 21/08/2026
🎶 People People who stalk people Are the creepiest people, in DC 🎶
Nathalie Harp, creepy stalker person in DC
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 21/08/2026
Seems to be a pattern emerging here.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 21/08/2026
I've just watched S04E03 of Ted Lasso. Some complain that it's moving slow and the men players haven't shown up yet. I think groundwork is carefully being laid and this iteration will be brilliant too. There will be arcs for Shannon, Emma, Lizzie, Alice, etc. The ladies will deliver. Believe.
Coaches Chiton and Lasso, observing the Richmond Lady Greyhounds.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 19/08/2026
Someone should probably explain the Streisand Effect to these numbskulls in the White House. On second thought, please don't. Just carry on baiting them.
Barbra Streisand, a world famous singer and entertainer, who was surprised when she publicly demanded that aerial photos of her coastal mansion be removed from the internet and internet people said "What now?  Lemme see that".
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 19/08/2026
Oh Jon Ossoff, you brute. How could you? How could you state simple facts like that? Well, I never.
Victorian fainting couch, with Megyn Kelly being excessively dramatic.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 17/08/2026
Hehe. You said stroke. Hehehe.
Hehe.  You said stroke.  Hehehe.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 29/07/2026
I 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 this is the plot of Ted Lasso Season 3 Episode 10
I 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 this is the plot of Ted Lasso Season 3 Episode 10.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 25/07/2026
What?!?
Elizabeth Taylor as Queen Cleopatra in a totally historically accurate depiction of ancient Egypt.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 22/07/2026
It's the communistsesss. Me no like imigrantsesss and communistsesss. Preeeciousssss.
It's the communistsesss.  Me no like imigrantsesss and communistsesss.  Preeeciousssss.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 17/07/2026
"They're all deformed in some way in their appearance, in their dress, in their mannerism." Stephen Miller and his totally normal hairline. Photographed mid-twitch.
Stephen Miller with the world's most obvious spray-on fake hair.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 12/07/2026
Atta boy, Clarence.
Atta boy, Clarence.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 11/07/2026
So Ted Lasso Season 4 drops on August 5. Question is: how many times can I binge re-watch Seasons 1-3 between now and then?
So Ted Lasso Season 4 drops on August 5.

Question is: how many times can I binge re-watch Seasons 1-3 between now and then?
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 30/05/2026
Reading "Because I said so" I totally hear Allison's voice saying it while impersonating Pirro's voice. And visualize Cecily Strong sloshing a huge wine glass.
Cecily Strong as Jeanine Pirro, holding a nearly empty wine glass.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 14/05/2026
Say hello to my little friend. Hee hee!
Mickey Mouse with a machine gun
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 13/05/2026
Note that the actual Secretary of State, Li'l Marco Rubio, is the least prominent person in this photo. Don't be surprised if Trump winds up handing over Taiwan to China in exchange for some magic beans and a tacky gold China Peace Prize.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 13/05/2026
He was blinking, you absolute moron
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 09/05/2026
Khaaaaaaaaaaan!
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 07/05/2026
Nor is Trump concerned about Americans – and Iranian school girls – dying in an ongoing war that he started. Bread and circuses. Except that now the masses can't even afford bread. Which only leaves the circus, with the Clown-In-Chief.
Trump as the Clown-In-Chief
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 02/05/2026
I was in the American Air Force in the late 70s, stationed in Germany. Very young, very lonely, very lost. The Gord's Gold album almost literally saved my life. I played it over and over (on vinyl of course) and always felt better afterward. I knew every song by heart. Thank you, Gordo.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 01/05/2026
Well...isn't that convenient?
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 16/04/2026
Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865) The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977)
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 21/03/2026
Strange Magic
Jeff Lynne and a canine Jeff Lynne, both wearing very cool shades.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 14/03/2026
We hold these truths to be self-evident, ...
Healthcare, Prisons, Education --> Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 14/03/2026
Gee, thanks Boss.
Gee, thanks Boss.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 12/03/2026
Stolen from @jefftiedrich.bsky.social, who stole it from Xitter.
Zelenskyy, pointing at Iran: Shit's on fire, yo.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 11/03/2026
Remember the great stories. The ones that really mattered.
Samwise's speech to Frodo in Lord of the Rings, as they approach Mordor to destroy the Ring.  Concluding that there's good in this world and that it's worth fighting for.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 07/03/2026
Like every other tech bubble.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 06/03/2026
When you just want to play your guitar but your dad is that guy from Pink Floyd
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 06/03/2026
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 06/03/2026
Thanks for the non-toxic conversation thread. It's evening here where I am, I'm gonna go watch the latest episode of The Pitt now. I need my weekly dose of Competence Porn. Stay frosty.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 05/03/2026
As expected, Trump has shivved and dumped Kristi Noem as soon as she became an embarrassment. It's gonna be all good now because she's being replaced with, <checks notes>, Markwayne Mullin. Wait, what?!? Oh, FFS.
Kristi who?  I don't know her, never met her, a loser and a nasty woman.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 04/03/2026
I’m a dual American/Brit living in Spain. I don’t know if it’s a side effect of Brexit or Trump or whatever, but I’m noticing more packaging here is labeled in many languages — but not English. This frozen pizza box has baking instructions in 11 languages, none of them English.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 04/03/2026
What? Trump tried to fix something, but just made everything much worse. No, say it ain't so.
Donald Trump is an idiot
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 04/03/2026
I think all the enlisted ranks correspond to the Army, but the lower rank chevrons go up (like wings, get it). I notice that they've renamed plain Sergeant to Senior Airman since I was in (late 70s). I think the corresponding AF rank would be Command Chief Master Sergeant. So I was close.
Air Force enlisted rank insignia
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 02/03/2026
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 27/02/2026
Keystone CBPs
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 18/02/2026
I know the answer. The answer is no. See Schoolhouse Rock, How a Bill Becomes a Law.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 15/02/2026
Why did I just get a flashback to the War Games movie?
Why did I just get a flashback to the War Games movie?
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 12/02/2026
Donald Trump is a genius – at coming up with the stupidest take on everything.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 11/02/2026
People's lives vs money. Same as it ever was.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 10/02/2026
I was just cruisin' by on my 188' yacht with my family, another family and our servants. Just like any average Joe would do. What's the big deal?
Howard Lutnick's yacht, with helipad.
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Ron Hitchens @ronsoft.com · 09/02/2026
Ha Ha Ha
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