HJ Armstrong
@hjarmstrong.bsky.social
It’s decorative gourd season, motherfuckers!
ND. Misfit. Searcher. Restless. Entrepreneur-ish. Genealogy is my jam, but I only post about it at @suitcasegen.bsky.social and @yoretravel.bsky.social.
Avi: 2011 US Navy Birthday Ball
ND. Misfit. Searcher. Restless. Entrepreneur-ish. Genealogy is my jam, but I only post about it at @suitcasegen.bsky.social and @yoretravel.bsky.social.
Avi: 2011 US Navy Birthday Ball
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Went to my first Celtic festival last weekend in Tucson, and a couple from Paradise, CA, had a pop-up shop there. I lived in Chico for about 6 yrs (moons ago) and was devastated when the Camp Fire decimated Paradise. These folks lost everything in the fire and have rebuilt their lives there.
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An intro to Mike, if you haven't yet read any of his posts or his newsletter. I always learn something new and interesting.
Okay, time for a much-requested thing: a THREAD OF THREADS. I've now written dozens of these sciencey threads now, and it's increasingly easy to lose them in the scrum of new stuff on here, so - here's a roundup.
First: the mystery of the BONG BONG BONG: bsky.app/profile/mike...
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First: the mystery of the BONG BONG BONG: bsky.app/profile/mike...
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OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
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In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
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November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
An intro to Mike, if you haven't yet read any of his posts or his newsletter. I always learn something new and interesting.
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Are we sure that's not just Trump's signature?
Chris Cuomo is trying to make this atrocious little mustache happen even though it looks like he drew it on with a ballpoint pen
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Are we sure that's not just Trump's signature?
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The cheapest plan available to me (a Georgian) is over $1,000 a month. Healthcare is no longer an option for me. I will ration the medication I take for as long as I can and then I will wait to die.
So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The cheapest plan available to me (a Georgian) is over $1,000 a month. Healthcare is no longer an option for me. I will ration the medication I take for as long as I can and then I will wait to die.
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
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This dude popped up in my mentions yesterday to insist that there were 50 million undocumented immigrants in the country, of which 25 million had entered under Biden, and you just have to realize that these people just make things up and then demand we change the world to accommodate their fictions.
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This dude popped up in my mentions yesterday to insist that there were 50 million undocumented immigrants in the country, of which 25 million had entered under Biden, and you just have to realize that these people just make things up and then demand we change the world to accommodate their fictions.
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
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While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
Those shots of Paul Giamatti and David Morse are from the 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams. I doubt the dipshit who made this got anyone's permission to use the footage, however brief.
DHS and the White House just collab posted this on IG.
Appeal to Heaven flag squeezed in there amongst the rest of it
Appeal to Heaven flag squeezed in there amongst the rest of it
November 9, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Those shots of Paul Giamatti and David Morse are from the 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams. I doubt the dipshit who made this got anyone's permission to use the footage, however brief.
Only one in and I already know it’s going to be good.
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Only one in and I already know it’s going to be good.
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Looking for a pup who rides paw-fectly in the car? Come meet Baxter! He's a car-ride pro!
#adoptdontshop #adoptme #dog #dfw #shelterdog #dallas
#adoptdontshop #adoptme #dog #dfw #shelterdog #dallas
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Looking for a pup who rides paw-fectly in the car? Come meet Baxter! He's a car-ride pro!
#adoptdontshop #adoptme #dog #dfw #shelterdog #dallas
#adoptdontshop #adoptme #dog #dfw #shelterdog #dallas
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As of today I have been a Wikipedia editor for 20 years
🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
As of today I have been a Wikipedia editor for 20 years
🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
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Blue prefers gazing out the window to scrolling. But she appreciates Blue Sky naming its platform after her
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Blue prefers gazing out the window to scrolling. But she appreciates Blue Sky naming its platform after her
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💙It's $5 Friday! 💙
Will you help the blind, FIV+, and FeLV+ cats with a donation? Every donation helps and is very much appreciated! You can donate at the link below! Thank you so much for loving the kitties!
Linktree: linktr.ee/BlindCatResc
Will you help the blind, FIV+, and FeLV+ cats with a donation? Every donation helps and is very much appreciated! You can donate at the link below! Thank you so much for loving the kitties!
Linktree: linktr.ee/BlindCatResc
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
💙It's $5 Friday! 💙
Will you help the blind, FIV+, and FeLV+ cats with a donation? Every donation helps and is very much appreciated! You can donate at the link below! Thank you so much for loving the kitties!
Linktree: linktr.ee/BlindCatResc
Will you help the blind, FIV+, and FeLV+ cats with a donation? Every donation helps and is very much appreciated! You can donate at the link below! Thank you so much for loving the kitties!
Linktree: linktr.ee/BlindCatResc
As a Gemini, I am offended that both of us were left out. 😤
Zodiac signs as Thanksgiving dishes. 🦃
Which one are you, and do you feel it fits? 👀
It's Libra ♎ for me, and yes it most certainly does. 🙂↕️
Which one are you, and do you feel it fits? 👀
It's Libra ♎ for me, and yes it most certainly does. 🙂↕️
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
As a Gemini, I am offended that both of us were left out. 😤
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Yes! Tucson supports its Public Schools.
azluminaria.org/2025/11/04/t...
azluminaria.org/2025/11/04/t...
TUSD override passes for first time since 1986, unofficial election results show - AZ Luminaria
For the first time in more than three decades, voters agreed to an override for the Tucson Unified School District, Wednesday evening’s unofficial preliminary results of Proposition 414 show. Prop. 41...
azluminaria.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Yes! Tucson supports its Public Schools.
azluminaria.org/2025/11/04/t...
azluminaria.org/2025/11/04/t...
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God, a thousand times this.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
God, a thousand times this.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
*sigh*
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
*sigh*
Just FYI. All of these accounts are bullshit and have all skeeted the same posts. I don't know exactly what they're up to, but I imagine they'll be trying to slide into your DMs or asking something of you soon if you follow them back. As soon as I block one, another pops up. Ugh.
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Just FYI. All of these accounts are bullshit and have all skeeted the same posts. I don't know exactly what they're up to, but I imagine they'll be trying to slide into your DMs or asking something of you soon if you follow them back. As soon as I block one, another pops up. Ugh.
These sweet babies need some foster love in Philly. ❤️
This very scared (but very sweet) pair urgently needs a warm, loving foster home — together or separately!
Icarus & Kemmit are having a rough time at the shelter.
Their human is experiencing a temporary hardship & has trusted PAWS to care for them until life is more stable & they can be reunited 🧵
Icarus & Kemmit are having a rough time at the shelter.
Their human is experiencing a temporary hardship & has trusted PAWS to care for them until life is more stable & they can be reunited 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
These sweet babies need some foster love in Philly. ❤️
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Yes, let's turn the megalomaniac billionaire into a trillionaire so he can destroy more countries and lives for his personal gain.
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes, let's turn the megalomaniac billionaire into a trillionaire so he can destroy more countries and lives for his personal gain.
That blep. 😻 I die.
Growing concerned that Boo Boo might be the world's most photogenic kitten.
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM
That blep. 😻 I die.
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coffee will fix me
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
coffee will fix me
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All November, cats and kittens are BOGO ½ off (equal or lesser adoption fee). 🐾
➡️ To learn more, head to https://bit.ly/3u2yoMD
➡️ To learn more, head to https://bit.ly/3u2yoMD
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
All November, cats and kittens are BOGO ½ off (equal or lesser adoption fee). 🐾
➡️ To learn more, head to https://bit.ly/3u2yoMD
➡️ To learn more, head to https://bit.ly/3u2yoMD