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Nirmal @nirmaldevkota.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I just realized 'silent' and 'listen' are made of the same letters. Guess I finally know why arguments go nowhere.

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A reflective look back at a lifetime of travel, the journeys still hoped for, and the adventures now left behind, tempered by gratitude for all the miles already traveled. inkwell.social/stoicalgeeze...

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The Roads Still Calling

A reflective look back at a lifetime of travel, the journeys still hoped for, and the adventures now left behind, tempered by gratitude for all the miles already traveled.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A Prime Day reminder that Amazon... -Helps fuel ICE's deportations -Gave $1M to Trump's inauguration -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $75M for the Melania doc -Donated to Trump's ballroom -Wants to reboot The Apprentice w/ Don Jr

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Quotes from the Forum @stoicquotes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One of the quiet pleasures of life: cooking from scratch. A pot of homemade beef stew, kale cooked with onion, simple ingredients and no great culinary ambitions. Just real food, made at home, filling the kitchen with good smells and ending with the pleasure of knowing exactly what went into it.

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Jowo thread compatible Kanwrite Titanium "flex" nib arrived today. I'm disappointed. It's not a terrible nib, but to get even a smidgen of flex takes far too much pressure to be practical. An FPR EF Ultra Flex is superior. And of course neither comes anywhere close to my MAG650. #fountainpens

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...

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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.

The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#Tariff impact: I ordered a $70 package from India, but UPS won’t deliver until I pay an extra $24.30 in new tariffs—a brutal 34.7% markup. Just another everyday example of how these trade policies are driving up costs and hurting regular consumers.

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yard-O-Led’s Casino Royale fountain pen puts a Swiss quartz clock inside a hand-finished sterling-silver cap. Limited to 253 fountain pens with an 18K white-gold nib, it is a wonderfully eccentric meeting of penmaking, horology and Bond lore. For those who can afford, it's available at $5882.83

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Opportunistic perhaps, celebratory for sure. Either way a stunning piece of craftsmanship, as are all Yard-O-Led pens. Silver craftsmanship at its finest. I have two in my collection, both gifts. A pencil from 1949, and a Viceroy from 2002, the latter a gift from my last corporate team.

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God @thegodshow.com · 04/10/2026

Trump could hand me a check for a billion dollars and I’d still vote against him. I don’t understand why so many Americans are happy to be bribed. Don’t you have any pride?

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“It is only by poets that the life of any epoch can be synthesized. Encyclopaedias and guides to knowledge cannot do it, for the good reason that they affect only the intellectual surface of a man’s life. The lower layers, the core of his being, they leave untouched.” — Aldous Huxley

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God @thegodshow.com · 03/10/2026

Donald Trump wants a drone port and a bunker fortress and a snipers nest because he doesn’t plan on leaving and wants to use military weapons on Democratic protestors.

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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bullying Canada isn’t working. The threats, insults, tariffs, and name changing of famous lakes don’t seem to be producing the result this administration expects. If anything, their bullying strategy is only hardening Canadian resolve.

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Flying home from Athens on Air Canada, and our pilot just announced our approach to Montreal with this geography lesson:
"For those travelers who are unsure of exactly where Montreal is in this great nation of ours, I can tell you it's 260 km northeast of LAKE ONTARIO
The cabin broke into applause.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/10/2026

So much for Donald Trump’s promise to lower costs “on day one.” Instead his disastrous economic agenda is raising your interest rates - making your mortgage and your credit card bill more expensive. Enough is enough.

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The Moves That Backfired on Trump and Drove Interest Rates and Inflation Higher

The president’s own agenda has helped undermine promises to fix the economy and get the deficit under control.

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Quotes from the Forum @stoicquotes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🧘 Insight from Epictetus: “We must not believe the many who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free.”

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 02/10/2026

Americans have never felt worse as they’re getting squeezed at the gas pump and grocery store. Donald Trump and the Republicans own this.

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Namiki and selected Sailor fountain pens became costlier in Japan today, Oct. 1—Sailor increases reach 40% on some models. From entry pens to maki-e grails, Japanese collecting has taken another expensive step upward.

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A wry, stoic reflection on the curious fact that growing old now comes with its own international observance. inkwell.social/stoicalgeeze...

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International Day of Older Persons

A wry, stoic reflection on the curious fact that growing old now comes with its own international observance.

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A reflection on the quiet repetition and weariness of living alongside a spouse with Alzheimer’s, the need for moments of solitude, and the enduring commitment of a long marriage. #poetry #alzheimers inkwell.social/stoicalgeeze...

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A reflection on the quiet repetition and weariness of living alongside a spouse with Alzheimer’s, the need for moments of solitude, and the enduring commitment of a long marriage.

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is a slightly revised version of a poem I drafted a while back ... now hosted on my new favorite journaling site, inkwell.social/?ref=bluesky a writer-friendly social space with no intrusive ads & no algorithm deciding what deserves your attention. #poetry #gratitude

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Grateful

In my eighth decade, not perfect, but well enough to rise, to walk, to notice morning. A few parts creak, some signals misfire, yet the body carries on, faithful enough. I ask no more than this: anoth...

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Quotes from the Forum @stoicquotes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Don't be overheard complaining to anyone, even yourself.” – Marcus Aurelius #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’ve been enjoying Inkwell — a quiet, writer-friendly social space with no intrusive ads and no algorithm deciding what deserves your attention. Just people writing, reading, thinking, and connecting. If you’re weary of noisy social media, it’s worth a look. inkwell.social

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Joy Comes On Four Legs Cats ask for little. Dogs give everything they have. Both stay close, somehow… one with quiet independence, one with unguarded devotion. #tanka #poetry #dogs #cats

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.” — Robert Frost

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Do you think I might have a preoccupation with hooded nibs? #fountainpens

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you miss longform journaling & personal blogging without the algorithmic noise, check out Inkwell (inkwell.social). The solo dev is building something truly special—clean, intuitive, & distraction-free. Plus, it takes just one click to cross-post your writing straight to Bluesky. #writing #poetry

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Inkwell — Your Journal, Your Pen Pals, Your Space

A social journaling platform. The warmth of LiveJournal, the creativity of MySpace, rebuilt for the open web.

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Canada is predictable, reliable, and principled in a world that’s anything but.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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Quotes from the Forum @stoicquotes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

💡 Reflection by Seneca: “We live in the midst of things destined to die.”

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Stunning addition to my ever growing collection of fountain pens: Waterman Carene L'essence du Bleu 'F'. A long awaited 'grail' pen.

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Morning headlines: another ration of grief. I turn off the screen. The world will keep spinning round without me watching it bleed. #tanka #poetry

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Quotes from the Forum @stoicquotes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.” – Seneca #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Do not mourn the swagger of youth; it was only ignorance masquerading as strength. #Poetry

The Blotter

My desk drawer:
ink cartridges,
rubber bands,
a couple of keys
for who knows what.

And there, beneath it all,

a scrap of blotting paper
still carrying a faint,
reversed impression
of words written long ago.

A thought captured
in blue-black ink.
Mirrored strokes
of a younger hand.
Bold flourishes
exuding certainty.

Flair traded away
for the guarded strokes
I write with now.
I leave the blotter where it is.
The drawer closes on certainty.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/09/2026

NEW: Donald Trump made 1,156 personal financial trades in July. It should be illegal for the president to trade individual stocks - period.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Total collapse: 70% say his Iran war has hurt the US 75% say he has no plan for the war 76% say the war isn't worth the costs

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Trump’s ICE thugs shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez through his car window as he was delivering food yesterday in Austin, Texas. His wife and lawyer were reportedly denied access to see him in the hospital, and ICE is now trying to deport him. This violence must end. Abolish ICE.

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Stoical Geezer @stoicalgeezer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

09/21/26 International Day of Peace: We cannot control collective irrationality. History offers little reason to expect humanity to become suddenly wise. We can only govern ourselves: preserve reason, resist panic and tribalism, and refuse to add our own hatred to the accumulated madness.

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International Day of Peace | United Nations

The purpose of the day is the pursuit of peace as a fundamental human right.

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