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David Shrock
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Software; game modification; writing; cycling
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bgs.ac.uk
We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.

Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Reposted by David Shrock
scssoft.com
For the first time ever, we’re heading beyond the U.S. to British Columbia, Canada! ⛰️ Explore stunning landscapes, vibrant cities & the spirit of Canada’s westernmost province in this upcoming DLC. 🚛🇨🇦

Read more at 👉 blog.scssoft.com/2025/10/intr...
October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
dracotorre.bsky.social
For Halloween, I installed 🎃 spooky horns obtained from #WitchesOfBrackenreach World of Trucks event on my heavy-haul rig, Western Star 49X. Both horn styles play making the first note of the spooky tune sound off-key. 👻 #AmericanTruckSimulator #ATS #WoTr
in-game photo-mode screenshot of forest highway, dark-red truck with oversize-load banner hauling yellow JCB excavator. On top cab are 4 horns: two outer horns have jack-o-lantern faces which play the spooky tune, and inner horns have Western Star logo, a black W with red star in middle.
October 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
dracotorre.bsky.social
Halloween themed trailer by SCS for World of Trucks #WitchesOfBrackenreach event, here on US-197 with Mt Hood in background. #AmericanTruckSimulator #WoTr
in-game photo-mode screenshot Western Star 5700XE painted violet with red trim at bottom; trailer having painted scene depicting silhouette of castle over full moon and five witches flying on broomsticks with lanterns, two of the witches in the middle carrying jack-o-lantern. Themed trailer available by taking an external World of Trucks job hauling Halloween Treats.
October 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
dracotorre.bsky.social
Hauling Krone Square Baler 1290 HDP VC with Kenworth W900 Legacy Edition featuring Pink Ribbon Charity DLC paint #Pinktober2025 Breast Cancer Awareness #AmericanTruckSimulator #ATS by @scssoft.com #pinktober
in-game photo-mode screenshot gravel road on farm, truck painted ballet pink with pink ribbon on side of sleeper, black lowboy trailer hauling yellow-and-green square baler machinery.
October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
dracotorre.bsky.social
Delivering Krone Forage Harvester BiG X 1180 with my #Pinktober2025 Kenworth W900 #AmericanTruckSimulator #ATS
in-game photo-mode screenshot truck colored ballet pink featuring Pink Ribbon Charity paint, black lowboy trailer with yellow-and-green harvester, dirt road with white fence and pumpkins in foreground.
October 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
dracotorre.bsky.social
#Pinktober2025 highway OR-58, Western Star 5700XE featuring Pink Ribbon Charity Pack paint for #AmericanTruckSimulator #ATS #Pinktober
in-game photo-mode screenshot purple truck with pink ribbon made of tiny hearts on side and on nose.
October 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
dracotorre.bsky.social
A look at the upcoming Louisiana DLC for #AmericanTruckSimulator by @scssoft.com — custom-made timber harvest and farm depots #ATS blog.scssoft.com/2025/10/loui...
Louisiana: Custom Made Depots
SCS Software's official blog - information, screens & movies from our truck simulator games Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator.
blog.scssoft.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
dracotorre.bsky.social
Pretty pink Kenworth W900 Legacy Edition #Pinktober in Seattle #AmericanTruckSimulator #W900Legacy #Pinktober2025 #ATS
in-game photo-mode W900 flat-top cab painted ballet pink with pink ribbon made of tiny heart-shape icons on sleeper side, black-and-aluminum step-deck trailer with yellow-and-black cargo, Seattle city center in background with space needle on the left behind nose of truck. Pink ribbon for cancer awareness from optional Pink Ribbon DLC for American Truck Simulator.
October 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
dracotorre.bsky.social
I hope your weekend was as good as mine. #mountainbike
Forest with footbridge, bicycle leaned against railing, helmet from handlebars
September 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Reposted by David Shrock
scssoft.com
Are you a fan of smaller, quieter towns? 🏘️

Today, we're highlighting some more of the unique towns and charming settlements that you'll be able to pass through in our upcoming Louisiana DLC for American Truck Simulator! 🚛🇺🇸

See more 👇
blog.scssoft.com/2025/09/loui...
September 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
dracotorre.bsky.social
My 5th trip to Iowa, this time hauling JCB excavator driving the Western Star 49X. #CruisingIowa #AmericanTruckSimulator #ATS
In-game photomode screenshot of 49X truck painted violet, trailer painted red hauling JCB 245XR through Iowa countryside with windmills in background.
July 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
dracotorre.bsky.social
My heavy-haul route maps for American Truck Simulator updated with Iowa and more clearance icons. www.dracotorre.com/mods/ats_hea...
Heavy-Haul Route Map
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July 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
dracotorre.bsky.social
Heavy haul with Western Star 49X Portland to Davenport, nearly 2000 miles. Stopped at “the greatest” (according to this billboard) truck stop. #CruisingIowa #AmericanTruckSimulator
American Truck Simulator game screenshot looking at rear of truck hauling Volvo L260H with in background billboard reading, “More than just a truck stop — Explore the truckers’ paradise — The Greatest SCS Truck Station”
July 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
dracotorre.bsky.social
Dyersville Veterans Memorial on US-52 #CruisingIowa #AmericanTruckSimulator #ATS
American Truck Simulator game photo-mode screenshot of Western Star 5700XE painted violet and red with empty drop-deck trailer passing memorial. This in-game memorial marker appears to have a graphic cover depicting a soldier before stars-and-stripes. Three flags: Iowa State, USA, and a blue flag with gold star within white circle.
July 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
dracotorre.bsky.social
#CruisingIowa Western Star 5700XE hauling harvester farm machine on highway US-20 #AmericanTruckSimulator #ATS
American Truck Simulator game photo-mode depicting farmhouse beside highway with 5700XE truck painted violet with oversized-load banner on bumper, black lowboy trailer hauling green-and-black harvest farm machine.
July 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
dracotorre.bsky.social
Western Star 49X hauling log harvester in California #AmericanTruckSimulator #ATS
Dark red 49X day cab truck on multi-lane highway beside yellow sports car in other lane — screenshot from American Truck Simulator
July 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Reposted by David Shrock
xlenc.bsky.social
Truly wild photos coming in from Los Angeles right now.
Photo from Carlin Stiehl from the LA Times. Dozens of people holding American flags on the streets of LA are in frame, with a massive cloud of tear gas billowing in front of them. One protester holds a sign that reads Immigrants Make Us Great.
June 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Reposted by David Shrock
nemaha.bsky.social
#Boise #Idaho showing up for #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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live2readmore.bsky.social
Our joyful, peaceful #NoKings protest in Clackamas was awesome! Too many people to see how far it stretched—at least a couple thousand, I think. Kids w/braces to the elderly sitting on their walkers, all w/creative homemade signs. 🥰🚫👑 #IndivisibleOregon
Protesters holding an oversized orange Cheeto with a crown & comb-over, a sign saying, “A king is only a king if we bow,” and an American flag. Protesters holding signs that say, “I.C.E. = Gestapo 2.0,” “Civil Rights Matter,” and “No Kings in America! (1 if by Land, 2 if by D.C.)” Protester dressed in a Green Knight costume festooned with ivy and flowers, holding a plastic skeleton with the name “Ozymandias” across the forehead (a reference to the poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley). Protesters stretching far down the sidewalk. One sign reads, “Hands Off Clean Energy”
June 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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heathersdesk.bsky.social
Do you know how badly you have to screw up as a Republican to get this kind of turnout in IDAHO?

#NOKINGS
View of the No Kings protest from the 4th floor of the Boise Capitol Building
June 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reposted by David Shrock
planetdr.bsky.social
The Presidents Budget Request for NASA is out. It’s a bloodbath

Canceled are DAVINCI, VERITAS, Juno, OSIRIS-APEX, US participation in ExoMars and EnVision…

Huge cut to R&A. No funding to begin development of the Uranus Orbiter.

If you’ve ever cared about NASA, time to contact congress.
May 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Reposted by David Shrock
wired.com
NEWS: The courts have decided against DOGE and the US government in their legal battle to take full control of the United States Institute of Peace, including a headquarters building with an estimated value of $500 million. www.wired.com/story/usip-d...
DOGE Loses Battle to Take Over USIP—and Its $500 Million Headquarters
A federal judge called DOGE’s actions at the United States Institute of Peace ‘unlawful.’
www.wired.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Reposted by David Shrock
larianstudios.com
Are you the type of person to carefully concoct a watertight tale, complete with world-building and pronunciation guide for that mysterious new stomach bug, all so you don’t have to go to work tomorrow?

Lovely jubbly, we want your voice for our brand new storytelling department.
Gale stands around the camp fire reading from an ominous looking book, where Wyll, Shadowheart, and Lae'zel sit, their attention on the story Gale is reading.
May 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by David Shrock
evacide.bsky.social
Now is the time to stand up against the Trump administration as it tries to bully the cybersecurity community by targeting Chris Krebs. Sign on to our open letter:

www.eff.org/press/releas...
EFF Leads Prominent Security Experts in Urging Trump Administration to Leave Chris Krebs Alone
SAN FRANCISCO – The Trump Administration must cease its politically motivated investigation of former U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs, the Electronic F...
www.eff.org
April 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM