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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

The day after an elementary school shooting in Oregon. These people are ghouls. #USPol #2A #Guns #GOP

Hi, I'm Ashley with the NRA
Victory Fund. James
Talarico is pushing a radical
anti-gun agenda and we
need your help to defeat it.
Will you protect the
Second Amendment and
vote for NRA-endorsed
Ken Paxton on or before
Nov 3rd? Paid for by NRA
Victory Fund, INC., 11250
Waples Mill Road, Fairfax,
VA 22030, (703)
26/-1238, and not
authorized by any
candidate or candidate's
committee. To end, reply
STOP.

The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Is anyone else getting “new user” requests on their server that them results in a huge number of “Undelivered mail returned to sender” emails to your admin account? I delete the account requests when I see them, but I don’t know why it’s resulting in […] [Original post on hobbitwhispers.social]

a couple of account entries from the admin dashboard. it’s a bunch or random text for addresses.

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings 🛜 The wireless here at our apartment in Penang is crap. But fortunately Mastodon seems to handle all the "network is up! no, sorry it's down again" all in stride. 🛍️ A relaxing day listening to some podcasts and taking a […] [Original post on hobbitwhispers.social]

A beautiful gradient sunset from dark purple (at the top) to a yellow-orange toward the skyline. The foreground right has a street with low buildings and some string lights across them, with a low rise on the middle left and a multi-story temple-looking building dominating the middle right of the frame.

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

It's going to be hard to phone call your way out of that one, Donald. #Trump #WorldCup #Karma

A clip from FIFA's game scores. USA 1 - 4 Belgium (with flags for each country)

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings 📝 Got another blog post done about our travels in #Vietnam. (Link in my bio, if anyone's interested) 🍽️ Good dinner at a nice little restaurant in the Old Town of Hoi An 🏠 Figured out our accommodations for our next […] [Original post on hobbitwhispers.social]

an open-air restaurant in the evening. Tables have yellow tablecloths and simple, dark wooden chairs. There are plants along the walls, and lights strung overhead. There is a retractable awning above that is open to a darkening blue sky.

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026

France, showing Dante's Levels of Hell thermostat settings - or short-term forecast for this week. #ClimateCatastrophe #GlobalHeating #ClimateChange #Environment #GlobalWarming

A map of France showing red, dark red, really dark red, grey, and white. All indicating extreme temperatures 30+ C. A scale at the bottom with "Max 40 C". A sticker in the lower right with Trump and and American Flag background, with the words "I Did That!"

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

Got caught out in a rainstorm, so chilling until it passes. #DaNang #Travel

A street with shops and restaurants. It’s evening, and the road is wet and reflecting. There is a row of motorbikes parked in the foreground.

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026

Donald Trump "leaving his mark" on America seems like: #Trump #GOP #USPol

A golden colored dog peeing on a fencepost

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

Reunification Day fireworks in Ho Chị Minh City. It’s quite a celebration! #Vietnam #Travel

Several red and gold firework bursts can be seen behind a dark building in the foreground partially obstructing them.

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026

So, they’re Gluten-free, yes - but what DO they have in them? And is there a deeper meaning to HEB’s “Higher Harvest” branding? 🤔 #HEB #Brownies #FourTwenty

A container of gluten free brownies with HEB’s “Higher Harvest” branding and a sell by sticker that reads “4 20”

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2026

🎶 "Just eat it, just eat it. Open up your face and feed it. Have a banana, have a whole bunch, it doesn't matter what you had for lunch, just eat it." 🎶 #hangryasongorpoem #HashtagGames

A reclining man in a white formal outfit. holding a knife and fork, with a sausage in his teeth. Upper left in script says "Weird Al Yankovic. Eat It"

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2026

Seen on a mom and pop restaurant in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Translation: “Business Hours” We open when we get here We close when we leave If you come by and we’re not around It’s because we didn’t cross paths. #MomAndPopSlogans #HashTagGames

Brown sign with white lettering. Reads:

“Horario de Trabajo”
Abrimos cuando venimos
Cerramos cuando nos vamos
Si vienes cuando no estamos
Es que no coincidamos

(Translation:
“Business Hours”
We open when we get here
We close when we leave
If you come by and we’re not around
It’s because we didn’t cross paths.)

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2026

Little Rock, AR had a great turnout to march across the Broadway bridge today! #NoKings #Protest #USPol #LittleRock

Crowd walking down stairs from a pedestrian overpass into a larger crowd below. There is a US flag and a cartoonish Skull and Crossbones flag; the skull is wearing a yellow and red hat/hardhat/pith helmet/something else?

Donald Trump costumed man in orange prison jumpsuit, talking to a woman with rainbow colored hair

A white haired woman in a wheelchair festooned with US flags looking at the crowd from the bridge walkway.

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026

Looking at my Global Entry app for TSA which apparently has been updated. They want me to create a PIN, but give the option to “Skip” if I don’t want to create one. And then this abomination of a message. No, I don’t want to erase all app data. But how […] [Original post on hobbitwhispers.social]

Conflicting messages:

Are you sure you want to erase all app data from this device?

Your data will not be deleted from this device but will no longer be secured with a PIN.

Yes, Delete Data
No, Create PIN

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

Galaxy Quest: The "Chompers" Gwen: "THIS SCENE WAS BADLY WRITTEN!!!" #WhenTheStoryAnnoyedMe #HashTagGames

A woman and man in a dimly lit sci-fi corridor. The woman looks stressed.

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

“Gender identity fraud”. Since words have meaning, “fraud” is intentional misrepresentation to deceive others with the purpose of achieving illicit gain at their expense. What is the illicit gain that is alleged resulting from a gender marker that […] [Original post on hobbitwhispers.social]

y) Don Moynihan ® 17m

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Some states are categorizing having an ID that does not
match gender assigned at birth as a form of fraud - “gender
identity fraud” - that is a criminal offense.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-compl...

However, not everyone can just pick up and move to another state. For thos,

remain, document mismatches open their holders to accusations of fraud: i

marker on the ID conflicts with their appearance, the assumption is that they are

using identification that doesn’t belong to them. Florida has taken this a step further.

The state doesn't just prohibit changing gender on state IDs. An official from the

Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced in a rescission

memo that anyone with a different sex marker than the one assigned at birth is

“misrepresenting” their gender, which constitutes fraud. A Texas law introduced last

year and reintroduced this January goes further still, creating the criminal offe

“gender identity fraud.”

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

Be aware that other species may have different norms regarding personal space. #SciFiEtiquette #HashTagGames

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026

Excuse me, what? I can’t disagree, but - really? Have you looked in the mirror lately, Russia? #USPol #Iran #Russia #Trump #War

Russia's Foreign Ministry called the attack "a preplanned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state.”

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings Enjoyed the premiere of “Emily Carr” chorale cantada here in San Miguel de Allende. Emily is a celebrated Canadian artist, and the cantada told her life story. Watched an episode of the Australian crime drama “My Life Is […] [Original post on hobbitwhispers.social]

A plate with a mini-casserole dish filled with sausage, scrambled egg and various other stuff. There are beans and avocado on the side. A white mug of hot chocolate is in the upper left. The mug has the word “cuddles” written on it.

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2026

Since I didn't watch it, can someone confirm that this was #Trump giving his #SOTU tonight? #SOTU #USPol #Lies #Trump

A man in a green military shirt and dark beret, holding up both hands and speaking. The background is indistinct, but looks like it may be a dust storm.

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026

Why not have AI go to class for you and learn for you? You could even have it take your tests for you! Think how much more productive you could be! #RealGeniusPredictedTheFuture #OddAiIntegrations #HashTagGames

Scene from the movie "Real Genius". A classroom with a reel-to-reel tape recorder at the teacher's desk, and cassette recorders at all the students' desks. No actual humans in sight.

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The Gaffer @thegaffer.hobbitwhispers.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/01/2026

This is in the Minnesota Star Tribune today: identifying different types of crowd control munitions, with photos h/t @stevevladeck.bsky.social RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tutkpqtfsf… #USPol #Politics #Minnesota #Minneapolis #Protests #ICE #DHS #Immigration

5 canisters of different types of crowd control munitions

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