Richard W.
@ilovaussiesheps.bsky.social
Disabled low income American getting by w/ help of fam & friends, Loved by Australian Shepherds Loves Photography, etc
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http://PayPal.Me/RichardLeeWard
https://venmo.com/Richard-Ward-168
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Amazon List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2DJAYS8FMEIL7?r
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http://PayPal.Me/RichardLeeWard
https://venmo.com/Richard-Ward-168
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Amazon List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2DJAYS8FMEIL7?r
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Why does "entrepreneur" mean "a man who takes VC cash to make vaporware and then lay everybody off" and not "the woman selling homemade papusas in a pop-up tent at the bottom of my street"?
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Why does "entrepreneur" mean "a man who takes VC cash to make vaporware and then lay everybody off" and not "the woman selling homemade papusas in a pop-up tent at the bottom of my street"?
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Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
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We already have a massive nursing shortage that the Dept of Ed just ensured will get even worse. Hospitals are going to become increasingly dangerous places to be.
I’m sorry that I don’t have anything intelligent to say right now because I am so fucking angry
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
We already have a massive nursing shortage that the Dept of Ed just ensured will get even worse. Hospitals are going to become increasingly dangerous places to be.
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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Rolling rolling rolling
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Rolling rolling rolling
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anyway good night (and beware the danger beans)
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 AM
anyway good night (and beware the danger beans)
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Karoline Leavitt is the Eva Braun among the Housewives of the Fourth Reich.
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Karoline Leavitt is the Eva Braun among the Housewives of the Fourth Reich.
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Seems like the billionaires behind Trump puppet Matt Van Epps are nervous, now dumping mountains of money into attacking Aftyn Behn with absurd fearmongering
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Seems like the billionaires behind Trump puppet Matt Van Epps are nervous, now dumping mountains of money into attacking Aftyn Behn with absurd fearmongering
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Mars - Olympus Mons - Hope Mission, Orbit 12 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2nCU5NP
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Mars - Olympus Mons - Hope Mission, Orbit 12 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2nCU5NP
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Whether it's Barack Obama wearing a tan suit to a press conference or Donald Trump calling for the execution of Democrats, both presidents engaged in norm-busting behavior.
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Whether it's Barack Obama wearing a tan suit to a press conference or Donald Trump calling for the execution of Democrats, both presidents engaged in norm-busting behavior.
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And Alroy (the highland cow) decided to play too!
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
And Alroy (the highland cow) decided to play too!
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A great reminder of the dangers of teaching a sanitized history www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
A great reminder of the dangers of teaching a sanitized history www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Double schrimp rounds
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Double schrimp rounds
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I just released the most recent book in my ongoing cyberpunk novella heist series, Run With the Hunted!
There are three narrators
Bristol, the self-made socialite
Bits, the hacker
Dolly, the former supersoldier
itch.io/c/5506291/ru...
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
There are three narrators
Bristol, the self-made socialite
Bits, the hacker
Dolly, the former supersoldier
itch.io/c/5506291/ru...
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I just released the most recent book in my ongoing cyberpunk novella heist series, Run With the Hunted!
There are three narrators
Bristol, the self-made socialite
Bits, the hacker
Dolly, the former supersoldier
itch.io/c/5506291/ru...
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
There are three narrators
Bristol, the self-made socialite
Bits, the hacker
Dolly, the former supersoldier
itch.io/c/5506291/ru...
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
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What a lovely idea! I'm an AuDHD photographer and I try and use my pictures as a way to examine how I see the world through and autistic lens (fnar). Examples here! The duck is going up for sale soon as a non-limited (and therefore cheaper!) print!
My site is hyperfocus.photography
My site is hyperfocus.photography
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What a lovely idea! I'm an AuDHD photographer and I try and use my pictures as a way to examine how I see the world through and autistic lens (fnar). Examples here! The duck is going up for sale soon as a non-limited (and therefore cheaper!) print!
My site is hyperfocus.photography
My site is hyperfocus.photography
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10 days to go!
COMING DECEMBER 2025 #PoveratiXmas
Start prepping those wishlists and setting up paylinks
Get ready to share widely and hopefully some Xmas Angels will make some wishes come true!
Start prepping those wishlists and setting up paylinks
Get ready to share widely and hopefully some Xmas Angels will make some wishes come true!
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
10 days to go!
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#Edwards1000SixtiesMovies
209/1000:
THE LONGEST DAY
This black and white WWII motion picture just made it to my all-time top 10 war movies, as it devoted full detail to how the Allied forces, the French resistance fighters, and the enemy Germans prepared for the invasion of Normandy, or D-Day.
209/1000:
THE LONGEST DAY
This black and white WWII motion picture just made it to my all-time top 10 war movies, as it devoted full detail to how the Allied forces, the French resistance fighters, and the enemy Germans prepared for the invasion of Normandy, or D-Day.
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
#Edwards1000SixtiesMovies
209/1000:
THE LONGEST DAY
This black and white WWII motion picture just made it to my all-time top 10 war movies, as it devoted full detail to how the Allied forces, the French resistance fighters, and the enemy Germans prepared for the invasion of Normandy, or D-Day.
209/1000:
THE LONGEST DAY
This black and white WWII motion picture just made it to my all-time top 10 war movies, as it devoted full detail to how the Allied forces, the French resistance fighters, and the enemy Germans prepared for the invasion of Normandy, or D-Day.
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.
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TIL Edmund Fitzgerald, namesake of the ship lost with all hands in a Lake Superior storm in November 1975, had a great uncle Edmond Fitzgerald who also had a ship named after him, the Edmond Fitzgerald, which was lost with all hands in a Lake Erie storm in November 1883
How the Fitzgerald Sank Twice
An excerpt
greatlakespeopleandplaces.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
TIL Edmund Fitzgerald, namesake of the ship lost with all hands in a Lake Superior storm in November 1975, had a great uncle Edmond Fitzgerald who also had a ship named after him, the Edmond Fitzgerald, which was lost with all hands in a Lake Erie storm in November 1883
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Holy crap.
This isn’t even AI slop…this is just straight-up theft of their work.
This isn’t even AI slop…this is just straight-up theft of their work.
This is perfect. A Fox 52 episode podcast about the life of Jesus, apparently built on subterfuge, theft and lies. Many or most of the actors billed as participating had their voices repurposed from other work and didn't even know they were part of it. ew.com/celebrities-...
Kristen Bell, Malcolm McDowell, more had 'no knowledge' their voices would be used in Fox News Jesus podcast
Kristen Bell, Malcolm McDowell, and more stars had 'no knowledge' that their voices would be used in a Fox News podcast about Jesus until this week, as they recorded audio for a separate project 15 ye...
ew.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Holy crap.
This isn’t even AI slop…this is just straight-up theft of their work.
This isn’t even AI slop…this is just straight-up theft of their work.
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This is terrible, that kind of information should only come from your refrigerator
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This is terrible, that kind of information should only come from your refrigerator
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New York City as captured by a KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite in 1974 and Maxar/Vantor ~45 years later.
Images sources:
www.flickr.com/photos/19484...
storage.pardot.com/1084652/1731...
Images sources:
www.flickr.com/photos/19484...
storage.pardot.com/1084652/1731...
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
New York City as captured by a KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite in 1974 and Maxar/Vantor ~45 years later.
Images sources:
www.flickr.com/photos/19484...
storage.pardot.com/1084652/1731...
Images sources:
www.flickr.com/photos/19484...
storage.pardot.com/1084652/1731...
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www.southernliving.com/blue-bell-ch... I am delighted to report that I have this ice cream in my house. It’s amazing, as always.
Blue Bell Announces The Return Of Yet Another Fan-Favorite Holiday Flavor
Blue Bell has returned Christmas Cookies Ice Cream to our freezer aisles.
www.southernliving.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
www.southernliving.com/blue-bell-ch... I am delighted to report that I have this ice cream in my house. It’s amazing, as always.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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