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Dana Decker

@thedanadecker.bsky.social
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Astronomy, walking, photographs, mathematics

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Dana Decker @thedanadecker.bsky.social · 3h
Tarp is down while Steinway pianos are removed from the JFK Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.
picture of building with protestors and truck moving out pianos - tarp taken down
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The Best Words @thebestwords.bsky.social · 5h
l.smartnews.com/p-8BmdRn7W/x.... Look at Trump selling Kennedy Center treasures out of the back of a truck! What a criminal!
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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos (AlterNet)
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week, and British music journalist N...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How is El Niño likely to affect me in the short term? An explainer. youtu.be/snp4YOoKH2o?...
youtu.be
The Impacts of the 2026/2027 El Niño event
YouTube video by Zeke Hausfather
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I guess at the end of the day that's the trump secret sauce, he's the ultimate dysfunctional compulsive babybrain liar and enough of the worst people in the country see themselves in him & love what they see
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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
this is why i’m not interested in “Bibi told Trump to do this war so it’s Bibi’s fault.” Bibi had told every president since Clinton to bomb Iran. It’s the President’s job to know when a foreign leader is being a bloodthirsty idiot and NOT LISTEN TO THAT GUY. This war is because of Trump.
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Dana Decker @thedanadecker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
for DM
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For decades, the Middle East rested on a deal. US provides: security, air defense, relative stability, deter Iran, help autocrats stay in power Saudis and other Gulf Arab states provide: basing rights, cooperation on counterterrorism, smooth flow of oil Trump broke that. And it's not coming back.
foreignpolicy.com
Saudi Arabia Bribed the Wrong People
Riyadh’s bet on Trumpism has failed.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
anyway
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Dana Decker @thedanadecker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Dana Decker @thedanadecker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Can God create a rock so heavy that even he cannot lift it? Can AI design a computer so secure that even it cannot hack into it?
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slotsqueen3.bsky.social @slotsqueen3.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
He said he was going to re-write History and this is another thing from our culture he's planning to erase exactly like the East Wing of the Whitehouse..this is Project 2025
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Republicans, in their infinite wisdom, left a big gambling loophole in the Medicaid work requirements. I'm no fan of the gambling industry, but if you are on Medicaid and struggling to deal with the work requirements, taking a $580 bet on both sides of an outcome is one way of getting around them.
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Fella Historian🌻 @thisuserisdumb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Apparently I am in the mood to make new memes mocking Trump and Republican Congressmen, or -at the very least- I'm in the mood to update old memes. I originally made this meme almost 5 months ago with the bull's horn being the Strait of Hormuz goring Trump as the matador.
#NAFOmemes
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This does not sound like an administration that has a credible plan to steal or overturn the midterms
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ron White to Joe Rogan: Talarico didn't cost this state $6 million in fines and lawsuits, and that happened with Ken Paxton. Guess who paid that $6 million? You and me paid the $6 million for his bribery. His own party impeached him. He's a criminal. He's a piece of shit.
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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
To understand Donald Trump, you must understand that he is the incarnation of rape. Everything is rape to him. He cannot even apprehend a reality where everything is not rape.
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Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I remember many years ago reading about various views on how the Executive power should be wielded by a committee elected congress for a single term. It would have been a very weak Executive. I thought it was silly. Now I’m pretty sure the proponents knew better than most.
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46&2 @7719deftones.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Dana Decker @thedanadecker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
How is AI going to be able to hack into an air-gapped computer where all input is an OCR read of a monitor (of another computer). Commands / requests are restricted in scope and syntax.
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Dana Decker @thedanadecker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For a DM. Audacity used to ALWAYS display arrow buttons on the left & right side of the horizontal scroll bar (1st image). Newer versions (3.7.7) don't display arrows unless the pointer is moved in the scroll bar space (2nd image, pointer is elsewhere). Takes longer to find them and click on them.
Left arrow button circled in redNo left arrow on the horizontal scroll bar.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 13/09/2026
My two favorite photos of Trump's trip to Ireland, where he seems not to have gotten his ass kissed like he expected.
Trump sitting with Irish President Catherine Connolly looking beaten down and haggard. She is smiling winsomelyTrump leaving his meeting with Irish President Catherine Connolly, looking even more beaten down. He's wearing the face he wore after meeting privately with Putin in Helsinki. Putin smiled broadly after that meeting. Connolly is smiling too.
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Dana Decker @thedanadecker.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Perfect for cats, as this picture clearly shows.
Item: cat elevated feeder

Picture: dog using feeder
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Dana Decker @thedanadecker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Is there any detailed AI scenario where it takes over the world? How is AI, running in a data center, going to do anything in the real world? How can it open doors, mix chemicals, build a tank? It can't by itself. (to start) Humans are necessary. Humans + AI can wreak havoc. AI alone cannot.
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Sen. Lemon Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Anyone have a Detroit Lions podcast they like? I know how to Google so, please, sincere references only. thanks.
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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Dear Americans, if there were ever a ‘most impeachable high crime’ by the President, and a ‘most repugnant crime that demands prosecution’ by the DOJ lawyers… faking a crime to charge & arrest an innocent person to please an insane teetering would-be tyrant would be that crime
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
what is there to even say. it's jumping up and down screaming I'm the bad guy from every political morality tale deeply embedded in Western culture from ancient Rome to Hitler. They aren't unaware of that, they revel in it. They are bad people and they want bad things.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Donald Trump reiterates his promise to give every American adult a $5,000 “dividend” if Republicans retain control of Congress in November: “When I say something, I mean it! The $5,000 Dividend will happen… VOTE REPUBLICAN.”
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Dana Decker @thedanadecker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/qjur... Why are we using USPS to send out ballots? If election officials sent out ballots via UPS, Amazon, or FedEx, they'd get to voters w/o USPS screening for citizenship. Per-ballot cost shouldn't be very high if elec officials pre-sort, like magazines use do do.
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roddy chops @rod-learmonth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Just a gaping black hole of endless narcissism and neediness.
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 08/09/2026
I wish I was kidding, but fuck this guy. thehill.com/policy/techn...
thehill.com
Hunter Biden to launch crypto meme coin
Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, announced Monday that he’s debuting a meme coin, traded under the ticker $LAPTOP, in reference to the political controversy that swarmed him in 2020…
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
NUTLICK: "If you are gonna mess with the United States of America and its economy and you're right adjacent to our northern border, it was really disrespectful. When you treat Donald Trump disrespectfully, he knows it. And that's what happened. It's just sad the way Canada has treated us." #cdnpoli
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Land of 10,000 Stakes @notokayfabe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Look, we all know it’s a cult but this is truly staggering. What information about Canada could you possibly have been told to suddenly think they’re “the enemy” other than just being told that’s who you’re supposed to hate now?
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Dana Decker @thedanadecker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Maybe this will have an impact by election time this year.
https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social/post/3muhdrsfqd22u
Carl Quintanilla
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Hormuz crossings:
@bloomberg.com
[chart of crossings dropping from 70/d to about 5/d since Mar 1]https://bsky.app/profile/professormusgrave.bsky.social/post/3muhxvasyck2q
HR @ Weyland-Yutani
@professormusgrave.bsky.social
Are you ready for a meltdown
Matthew Gertz
 @mattgertz.bsky.social
Personal heuristic: If the lead story on the NY Times website is about the bond market, things are not going well with the economy.
[chart showing rising bond yields]https://bsky.app/profile/mikezaccardi.bsky.social/post/3muhzw2ytcq2x
Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
Heating oil/diesel new highs. 
No. 2 fuel oil is looking like No. 1!
[chart showing heating oil close to $5/gal]
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It is effectively a license for Trump to cancel the election in whichever states and counties he wants — it only takes one ostensibly variant ballot to not transmit a vastly larger batch of fully compliant ballots, which is insane.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Personal heuristic: If the lead story on the NY Times website is about the bond market, things are not going well with the economy.
nyt website is all about bonds
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Dana Decker @thedanadecker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I expect the country to be ungovernable after the mid-terms. Trump will use any means at his disposal to prevent Democrats from taking the House or Senate. It'll be ugly. Declarations of emergencies, troop on the streets, ICE repurposed as ballot security teams. I hope I'm wrong about this.
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Dana Decker @thedanadecker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Google could easily put "Lake America" on the U.S. portion of the lake, and "Lake Ontario" on the Canadian portion. Shown here via MapQuest tool. gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario That respects both nations' preferred names of bodies of water they control. (actually Canada's and crazypants Trump's)
Map with "Lake America" on the U.S. portion of the lake, and "Lake Ontario" on the Canadian portion
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Centrists like to pretend that's a nuanced, thoughtful position but it comes across to normies as bullshit because it is bullshit. No sentient creature reaches that position from principled analysis, they get there through cynical triangulation. Might as well tattoo "SLEAZY POLITICIAN" on your face.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026
Trump is now threatening to report NBC’s Kristen Welker to the FCC for “rebuke or punishment” because she said his endorsements have had “mixed results.” He then calls on FCC Chair Brendan Carr to “take this Threat to our Country very seriously.” Truly psychotic and anti-American.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Just expel him, Canada.
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Dana Decker @thedanadecker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
the tie bsky.app/profile/hami...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🧵🧵🧵Here’s a thread with 10 fairly obscure examples of Trump’s derangement and dishonesty. See if you’re familiar with all 10. 10 BATSHIT TRUMP FACTS YOU MAY NOT KNOW 🧵1. Last year, Trump reposted a Truth Social user’s claim that Joe Biden was “executed in 2020” and replaced by a robotic clone.
nytimes.com
Trump Amplifies Another Outlandish Conspiracy Theory: Biden Is a Robotic Clone (Gift Article)
President Trump reposted another user’s false claim that the former president had been “executed” in 2020 and replaced by a robotic clone.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
USPS’s job is to deliver the mail even if some mailed ballots genuinely are fake, illegal, fraudulent, or otherwise invalid. It’s on election administrators to catch and reject those, and they do. USPS has no role in it and the very idea mucks up the systems we actually have for election integrity.
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Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Babies fed less sugar in their first two years have dramatically lower rates of cancer, diabetes, and dementia as adults.
theconversation.com
Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk
Britain’s postwar sugar rationing was an accidental experiment. Decades on, it’s revealing how early diet shapes cancer risk, ageing and eating habits for life.
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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The top stories on the cbc.ca site right now.
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Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Oracle, MySQL, IBM DB2...I prefer a real database

Microsoft Access....I said a real database

Excel...perfection
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The debt incurred by Donald Trump in order to make the wealthiest 0.1% of Americans much, much wealthier... and to fight a few pointless wars on the side.
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Dana Decker @thedanadecker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Donald Trump, 80, Thirsts Over ‘Young, Beautiful Girls’ in Creepy Rant lots of comments www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
yahoo.com
Donald Trump, 80, Thirsts Over ‘Young, Beautiful Girls’ in Creepy Rant
President Donald Trump used a law-and-order rally with New York police officers to repeatedly thirst over the “young, beautiful girls” he sees in the White House. In a bizarre and somewhat creepy rant...
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