Howard Gluckman
@hgluckman.bsky.social
Retired Data Architect, and avid golfer. Travel, Space Exploration, Space Development, Cats, Bluegrass/Acoustic Music and whatever else is of interest.
Ocala, Fl
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Howard Gluckman
@hgluckman.bsky.social
· Nov 17
For new followers, I've been following rocketry and spaceflight for 64 of my 70 years.
I have very conflicted feelings about SpaceX. On one hand, they are doing amazing engineering, and revolutionizing spaceflight. On the other, the owner/CEO is a despicable person.
Expect Starship skeets this week
I have very conflicted feelings about SpaceX. On one hand, they are doing amazing engineering, and revolutionizing spaceflight. On the other, the owner/CEO is a despicable person.
Expect Starship skeets this week
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A hideous, unbelievable insult to our allies, who suffered a full third of the war dead in Afghanistan. And this from a soulless swine who knows everything about using his bone spurs to stay all the way back, entirely off the front lines.
Every day, he shames the United States as a nation.
Every day, he shames the United States as a nation.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 23, 2026 at 1:26 AM
A hideous, unbelievable insult to our allies, who suffered a full third of the war dead in Afghanistan. And this from a soulless swine who knows everything about using his bone spurs to stay all the way back, entirely off the front lines.
Every day, he shames the United States as a nation.
Every day, he shames the United States as a nation.
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I mean this sincerely, I like that they set up all the Trump administration's lawlessness in MPLS -- arresting toddlers, claiming they can enter homes, using pepper spray sadistically, etc. -- and then they close out the front page with Smith challenging Trump's lawlessness. Well done.
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I mean this sincerely, I like that they set up all the Trump administration's lawlessness in MPLS -- arresting toddlers, claiming they can enter homes, using pepper spray sadistically, etc. -- and then they close out the front page with Smith challenging Trump's lawlessness. Well done.
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
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I only discovered New Grass in the early 90s after they had already disbanded. I had a friend who had introduced me to bluegrass in the early 80s, and I asked him why he never told us about New Grass.
He wrinkled up his face and said "they...they were plugged in!"
He wrinkled up his face and said "they...they were plugged in!"
Check the latest video from our archives: New Grass Revival's 1987 appearance on New Country.
The NGR lineup included Sam Bush, John Cowan, Béla Fleck, and Pat Flynn from Nov 1981 until their final show on Dec 31, 1989.
Want more NGR history? Start here archivesincowtown.org/allartinfo.p...
The NGR lineup included Sam Bush, John Cowan, Béla Fleck, and Pat Flynn from Nov 1981 until their final show on Dec 31, 1989.
Want more NGR history? Start here archivesincowtown.org/allartinfo.p...
New Grass Revival - New Country (1987)
YouTube video by Archives in Cowtown
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I only discovered New Grass in the early 90s after they had already disbanded. I had a friend who had introduced me to bluegrass in the early 80s, and I asked him why he never told us about New Grass.
He wrinkled up his face and said "they...they were plugged in!"
He wrinkled up his face and said "they...they were plugged in!"
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The funny thing about this standard MAGA response to protest is that in this case not only is it once again a lie, but the people they’re protesting — immigration officers — are literally paid agitators and chaos agents from out of state.
Emmer: "The people you're seeing in these videos, the vast majority of them I do not believe are from Minnesota. These are organized chaos agents, paid agitators. The vast majority of Minnesotans that are talking to me appreciate that law enforcement has arrived, and they are happy they're there."
January 22, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The funny thing about this standard MAGA response to protest is that in this case not only is it once again a lie, but the people they’re protesting — immigration officers — are literally paid agitators and chaos agents from out of state.
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This manages to be both mind-blowing. and not at all surprising.
The director of the FBI: "I don't read."
His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 22, 2026 at 7:26 PM
This manages to be both mind-blowing. and not at all surprising.
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Check the latest video from our archives: New Grass Revival's 1987 appearance on New Country.
The NGR lineup included Sam Bush, John Cowan, Béla Fleck, and Pat Flynn from Nov 1981 until their final show on Dec 31, 1989.
Want more NGR history? Start here archivesincowtown.org/allartinfo.p...
The NGR lineup included Sam Bush, John Cowan, Béla Fleck, and Pat Flynn from Nov 1981 until their final show on Dec 31, 1989.
Want more NGR history? Start here archivesincowtown.org/allartinfo.p...
New Grass Revival - New Country (1987)
YouTube video by Archives in Cowtown
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Check the latest video from our archives: New Grass Revival's 1987 appearance on New Country.
The NGR lineup included Sam Bush, John Cowan, Béla Fleck, and Pat Flynn from Nov 1981 until their final show on Dec 31, 1989.
Want more NGR history? Start here archivesincowtown.org/allartinfo.p...
The NGR lineup included Sam Bush, John Cowan, Béla Fleck, and Pat Flynn from Nov 1981 until their final show on Dec 31, 1989.
Want more NGR history? Start here archivesincowtown.org/allartinfo.p...
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“Look: Rome wasn’t burned in a day.”
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 7:04 PM
“Look: Rome wasn’t burned in a day.”
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Wow. That really is the metaphor he chose.
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Wow. That really is the metaphor he chose.
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It is obvious why the Insurrection Act appeals to Trump: He undoubtedly imagines it as a kind of cheat code that would make him omnipotent and allow him to establish MAGA dictatorship in an instance.
But it is just not true. And it is imperative we push back against such notions of inevitability.
But it is just not true. And it is imperative we push back against such notions of inevitability.
January 22, 2026 at 4:58 PM
It is obvious why the Insurrection Act appeals to Trump: He undoubtedly imagines it as a kind of cheat code that would make him omnipotent and allow him to establish MAGA dictatorship in an instance.
But it is just not true. And it is imperative we push back against such notions of inevitability.
But it is just not true. And it is imperative we push back against such notions of inevitability.
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Nate not realizing that our "unincorporated territories in the Caribbean" were acquired from Denmark in the first place in exchange for... relinquishing all claims to Greenland.
Peak punditry right there.
10/10, don't ever change.
Peak punditry right there.
10/10, don't ever change.
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Nate not realizing that our "unincorporated territories in the Caribbean" were acquired from Denmark in the first place in exchange for... relinquishing all claims to Greenland.
Peak punditry right there.
10/10, don't ever change.
Peak punditry right there.
10/10, don't ever change.
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Donald Trump's AI-generated "Board of Peace" logo is so bad it doesn't even have Greenland on it, the territory he almost took the US to war this week to seize. No, really, look closely:
January 22, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Donald Trump's AI-generated "Board of Peace" logo is so bad it doesn't even have Greenland on it, the territory he almost took the US to war this week to seize. No, really, look closely:
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"The lies this administration is telling about Ms. Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything. They’re a projection of power." — @radleybalko.bsky.social
Gifted.
Gifted.
Opinion | I’ve Covered Police Abuse for 20 Years. What ICE Is Doing Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:36 PM
"The lies this administration is telling about Ms. Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything. They’re a projection of power." — @radleybalko.bsky.social
Gifted.
Gifted.
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The program was going well until @marshallglasses.bsky.social pulled out a leafblower in the studio for his noise lawsuit story.
January 22, 2026 at 2:57 AM
The program was going well until @marshallglasses.bsky.social pulled out a leafblower in the studio for his noise lawsuit story.
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NEW: Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly (R) is joining DA George Brauchler (R) in distancing themselves from an ordinance they joined GOP commissioners to unveil: deterring crime by punishing some crime victims.
January 22, 2026 at 3:11 AM
NEW: Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly (R) is joining DA George Brauchler (R) in distancing themselves from an ordinance they joined GOP commissioners to unveil: deterring crime by punishing some crime victims.
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They should have to carry their own gas, bag heir own lunch and piss in bottles wherever they go. And no one should pass them on a street without reminding them that every last one is masked and gutless fascist trash.
January 22, 2026 at 12:36 PM
They should have to carry their own gas, bag heir own lunch and piss in bottles wherever they go. And no one should pass them on a street without reminding them that every last one is masked and gutless fascist trash.
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You’re arresting terrified children and using them as bait. Arresting kids getting treatment at doctors’ offices. Blinding protesters. Illegally raiding homes. Making people terrified to leave their homes.
You want to pee in peace?
Quit your fucking job.
You want to pee in peace?
Quit your fucking job.
Border Patrol agents are very sad that everyone in Minnesota hates them.
“At each gas station where the agents stopped to use the restroom, groups of agitators appeared, yelled at them, stalked them, and even tried to prevent law enforcement vehicles from leaving…”
“At each gas station where the agents stopped to use the restroom, groups of agitators appeared, yelled at them, stalked them, and even tried to prevent law enforcement vehicles from leaving…”
January 22, 2026 at 5:27 AM
You’re arresting terrified children and using them as bait. Arresting kids getting treatment at doctors’ offices. Blinding protesters. Illegally raiding homes. Making people terrified to leave their homes.
You want to pee in peace?
Quit your fucking job.
You want to pee in peace?
Quit your fucking job.
Five concerts you've seen with female lead singers
Janis Ian
Kate Wolf
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Shawn Colvin
Maura O'Connell
#MusicSky #MusicChallenge
Janis Ian
Kate Wolf
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Shawn Colvin
Maura O'Connell
#MusicSky #MusicChallenge
Five concerts you've seen with female lead singers
Dale Ann Bradley & Coon Creek
Indigo Girls
Heart
Go-Go's
Parachute Club
(and 1 bonus)
(wish I'd seen) Kirsty MacColl
#MusicSky #MusicChallenge
Dale Ann Bradley & Coon Creek
Indigo Girls
Heart
Go-Go's
Parachute Club
(and 1 bonus)
(wish I'd seen) Kirsty MacColl
#MusicSky #MusicChallenge
Five concerts you've seen with female lead singers
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
The Pretenders
Indigo Girls
Pat Benatar
Bonnie Raitt
Aretha Franklin (and 1 bonus)
(wish I'd seen) Janis Joplin
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
The Pretenders
Indigo Girls
Pat Benatar
Bonnie Raitt
Aretha Franklin (and 1 bonus)
(wish I'd seen) Janis Joplin
January 22, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Five concerts you've seen with female lead singers
Janis Ian
Kate Wolf
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Shawn Colvin
Maura O'Connell
#MusicSky #MusicChallenge
Janis Ian
Kate Wolf
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Shawn Colvin
Maura O'Connell
#MusicSky #MusicChallenge
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Denmark solved the dispute by reclassifying it as eldercare.
January 22, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Denmark solved the dispute by reclassifying it as eldercare.
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AOC: The president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways. It is really damning when we think about the degree to which media outlets reported on Joe Biden, yet we are seeing behavior from Trump that is alarming and everyone is pretending this is normal.
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
AOC: The president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways. It is really damning when we think about the degree to which media outlets reported on Joe Biden, yet we are seeing behavior from Trump that is alarming and everyone is pretending this is normal.
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The NYT has no equal when it comes to confidently misunderstanding online discourse
January 21, 2026 at 10:53 PM
The NYT has no equal when it comes to confidently misunderstanding online discourse
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Trump: Give me Greenland or I'll take it
Denmark: You can have a couple military bases, which you already have
Batya: ART OF THE DEAL!
Denmark: You can have a couple military bases, which you already have
Batya: ART OF THE DEAL!
January 21, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Trump: Give me Greenland or I'll take it
Denmark: You can have a couple military bases, which you already have
Batya: ART OF THE DEAL!
Denmark: You can have a couple military bases, which you already have
Batya: ART OF THE DEAL!