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Jack Nahrgang

@tradespurs4wings.bsky.social
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Voracious reader; atoms before bytes. My opinion about research? Read. Read. Read. Part owner of Canada, so don't mistake kindness for weakness! Yes, I realize America can take us over, but it will pay a price.

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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Agreed. "What Lincoln and Jefferson Read," published in The Atlantic, in 1991, changed my teaching about reading, and made Jefferson's habit of "commonplacing" an anchor in my classes. I re-read it every year, to remind myself of the America we've lost.🍁💔 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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🐈‍⬛💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 28/04/2026
Or you know give people enough money in their welfare payments to buy their own groceries. But no we'd rather fund more programs and warehouses than people.
au.news.yahoo.com
Free groceries offer to Aussies in new $2.8million social supermarket trend
Across the country, about one in three people say they’re worried about where their next meal will come from.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
KIMMEL: “You know how sometimes you wake up and the First Lady demands you be fired? We’ve all been there, right? — I agree hateful, violent rhetoric is something we should reject… a great place to start to dial that back would be to talk to your husband.”
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Careful! There's the occasional Neanderthal passing himself off as Cro-Magnon Man!😉
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Outstanding.❤️And like any successful influencer, in the last three seconds, she/he looks at the camera to see if the take was🔥.
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
So true . . . except for the chairs. Gotta improve that part of the game!😉
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Pasterski took her flying lessons in Canada and SOLOED at age 13!🍁 Her PBS interview about building her own plane is awesome!
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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
"No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." Edward R. Murrow, who died on this day in 1965
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The Best Place in the World. #BookSky
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
This is just cruel if you're not going to share . . .❤️🍁🥧
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Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social Your #WildWalkPrompt inspired a wave of nostalgia today 💚💚💚 #Patch #Poetry #Childhood
The Patch

A scrap of green
pressed between ochre-brick rows,
where muddy paths
carved by small, determined feet
mapped out friendship.

Children ruled a summer-lit kingdom:
a scuffed football,
a chalked goalpost
on the side wall of number twenty-one,
the sun catching every kick.

Winter softened the alleyway edges:
boots, scarves, red noses,
rolling grey snow into thin men
with mud-brown eyes
and crooked grass-blade smiles.

The Patch was the world.
Now it is a car park.
Concrete over the memory of feet,
over tanners and spangles
pressed into the dirt.

Warning signs stand there now.
A new generation
robbed of 
freedom.
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
You're right! And rhymes with duck face!😜
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Dibs on the neighbouring desserts if you guys keep cowering!🍁
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Uh-huh. You can all have Sunday off to recover from the trauma. But Monday? Release the Epstein Files.
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Wag the Dog.
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
My mom bought her family a giant kick-ass dictionary. But then, she guided them through the Depression and the Second World War, and knew that when the dark times ended, literate, well-read children would have better lives. But in the Trump era? I hear the stock market's hot.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
**Low rated President
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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I saw this yesterday. I love when words have multiple meanings.
@ BobGolen

The speed at which a virus spreads depends on:
1. How dense the population is.
2. How dense the population is.
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Boom.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Note that there's been no threat to sue over this statement. I know I would be suing for tens of millions if I was innocent.
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
So true. But after viewing the GOP going AWOL to support that POS posing as POTUS, I LOL at such opinions. I mean, seriously, WTF?😉
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Well, hell. I'm saving this post. Methinks Pete could be visiting The Hague in the near future. And I grit my teeth when I hear such a term as "warfighters."
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
JFK, October 1963 -- Amherst College: “When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses." LOVE poetry month.❤️
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Yep. Especially for military leadership.😜 Zander: My God. How could this happen? Carmen: We thought we were smarter than the Bugs.
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Dr. Dave @drdave1999.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Q: Maybe Americans should think twice before voting for a demented octogenarian sociopath. A: Maybe Americans should THINK before they cast a vote in a presidential election. It’d be great if the candidate had more positives than just, “He hates the same people that I do.”
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Pope Leo turned the question around like the boss he is.
Screenshot of a tweet by perrito barista (@Carlitospindola), translated from Spanish, quoting Pope Leo responding to a question about migration by reframing it: "What is the global North doing to help the global South in its situation that forces them to migrate?" The embedded video shows the Pope holding a microphone aboard what appears to be a plane, with clergy visible behind him.
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Paying attention Canada? Can't trust America in trade agreements, our nation constantly insulted, and with the largest Ukrainian ex-pat community in the West, we need to grab the Ferrari-Frisbee lesson: drones and MANPADS. For when the (inevitable) whip comes down.🍁 open.spotify.com/track/0xCgcD...
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Suzanne Daley @suzannedaley.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
A book is a loaded gun in the house next door...Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man? ~ Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 🖋 📖 #greenwitch #books #learning #reading #stephenking #truth #facts #sciencefiction #peace
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
One sentence to destroy them all.
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It IS politically correct to wear fur . . . when it's your pal's!❤️
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Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
#writingcommunity #poetry #poem #nationalpoetrymonth Poem by David Whyte from Everything is Waiting for You
THE LIGHTEST TOUCH
By David Whyte 

Good poetry begins with the lightest touch,
a breeze arriving from nowhere, a whispered healing arrival, a word in your ear, a settling into things,
then like a hand in the dark it arrests the whole body, steeling you for revelation.
In the silence that follows a great line you can feel Lazarus deep inside
even the laziest, most deathly afraid part of you,
lift up his hands and walk toward the light.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Remembering Amal Khalil
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Raf M. Niezabitowski 🌍 @niezabitowski.com · 23/04/2026
Why is the USA incapable of removing an obviously insane and incompetent President?
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Is your dog named Michael Flatley? 'Cause that's some serious footwork!❤️🍁
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Agreed. If testosterone were a weather system then there'll be a Cat 5 hurricane over Pittsburgh for the next three days. And yet . . . women, who love football, will need to grit their teeth and provide top-notch coverage in the midst of the storm. Unbelievable.
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Excellent article -- and thanks for the repost to my attention, Saerd!🍁❤️
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joes-spot.bsky.social @joes-spot.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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Faolan @brujofaolan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
DENMARK AND FRANCE 🇩🇰🇫🇷 bans all Microsoft products from all public offices. The phaseout is expected to be completed before autumn 2026. Their products are being replaced with customer versions of Linux and LibreOffice. This is digital sovereignty being taken back
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
For I minute I thought it was January 6th! No . . . wait! What . . .?😉
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I keep hearing you don't need us Canadians, so why the fuck are you assholes complaining, just piss off with your impetuous comments, you are acting like a bully who doesn't get his way. We will not allow our markets to be flooded with US goods, we don't need your crap.
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Sunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Morning friends. There are still those amongst us that need to wake up.
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
From CBC: "Washington demanding 'entry fee' from Ottawa before trade talks: sources" So the U.S. wants concessions from us BEFORE negotiations begin? Just when I'm gathering sympathy for the plight of our southern neighbours. Time to follow the Ukrainian example: build drones and buy MANPADS. 🍁
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I only have one quibble with this post -- I'd like to see the deletion of the word "Women's." I was hooked from the start; The Mercy Step should be jockeying for The 2026 Prize for Fiction. Full stop. Now THAT might be surreal.❤️🍁
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happy Earth Day, people. We all have governments that could do more to preserve this beautiful blue jewel, but for a variety of reasons do not. But individuals can step up, even for a day: pick up garbage, use less water, have a conversation with family and neighbours. This is a great home.❤️
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Eventually the Iran/USA quagmire will end and Trump's "Canada has no cards/We need nothing from Canada/Canada's dairy industry is unfair, etc" yak will recommence. Until then, we must endure "Nutlick," J. Jonah Jameson" Greer, and other proxy villains disparaging our country. Stay strong Canada!🍁
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Yep. Listen to Ben Rhodes eloquently explain the original JCPOA, especially what happened AFTER Trump cancelled it in 2018. open.spotify.com/episode/2FO7...
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Ben Rhodes: Trump Is Getting a Terrible Deal
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Maybe he didn't see the video of the 13 members' remains arriving at Dover. Not seeing something is his go-to play.
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Hey, where's our apology for your coming to Alberta two years ago and interfering in Canadian politics?🍁 Of course, it was only a stopover on your flight to see Vlad in Moscow. Man, you are one liminal dude.
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
My Fellow 'Murrican neighbours, (yeah, that's how it's spelled!🍁😜), have a listen to Amanda Carpenter from Protect Democracy as she discusses some DJT's ideas for stealing the midterms. The Bulwark is fast becoming one of my preferred podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/23nn...
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Amanda Carpenter: The Worst President Ever
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Jack Nahrgang @tradespurs4wings.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
And I wore out that album . . .❤️🍁
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