Bill Lamb
@zachvat.bsky.social
Retired newspaper editor.
Graduate, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.
Mac user since 1985.
Photo: Lake Zürich on a sunny, but chilly December day with the snow-covered peaks of Switzerland in the background.
Graduate, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.
Mac user since 1985.
Photo: Lake Zürich on a sunny, but chilly December day with the snow-covered peaks of Switzerland in the background.
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Welcome to the Public Domain, THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) 🦅💎
🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Welcome to the Public Domain, THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) 🦅💎
🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
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What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
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Happy New Year! Be happy and be merry...💖
January 1, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Happy New Year! Be happy and be merry...💖
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I can’t imagine why Trump, Bondi, Patel and Mike Johnson have fought so hard to cover up the Epstein files.
January 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I can’t imagine why Trump, Bondi, Patel and Mike Johnson have fought so hard to cover up the Epstein files.
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Republicans did this. We must keep reminding people of that.
January 1, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Republicans did this. We must keep reminding people of that.
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If 2025 didn't stop you nothing will
January 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
If 2025 didn't stop you nothing will
His final sundowning of the year.
He’s president but he’s spending New Year’s Eve complaining about Dems
January 1, 2026 at 4:39 AM
His final sundowning of the year.
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I've been following Yukio Akamine online for 20 years. During this time, the world has seen Myspace and Facebook get overtaken by blogging platforms such as WordPress and Tumblr, which in turn got overtaken by social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter. 🧵
January 1, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I've been following Yukio Akamine online for 20 years. During this time, the world has seen Myspace and Facebook get overtaken by blogging platforms such as WordPress and Tumblr, which in turn got overtaken by social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter. 🧵
Idle Thought: Just because a national general strike is unlikely and difficult at best doesn't mean it can't happen no matter how difficult. Just let The Mango Mussolini and his MAGA minions go far enough.
January 1, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Idle Thought: Just because a national general strike is unlikely and difficult at best doesn't mean it can't happen no matter how difficult. Just let The Mango Mussolini and his MAGA minions go far enough.
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Good grief.
Welp ... some breaking news on New Year's Eve:
On a podcast, NIH Director Bhattacharya says the agency will likely not renew grants that were reinstated as part of a court decision earlier this year
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
On a podcast, NIH Director Bhattacharya says the agency will likely not renew grants that were reinstated as part of a court decision earlier this year
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
NIH director says DEI-related grants that were restored under a court order won’t be renewed
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya told a podcaster that DEI-related grants restored under a court order won't be renewed in 2026
www.statnews.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Good grief.
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Land grab, cash grab.
Dump has terminated the 50-year lease between the National Park Service and the nonprofit National Links Trust which runs three public golf courses in DC. I’m willing to bet his plan is to take them over personally and turn them into private Trump owned clubs. 🤬🤬
www.alternet.org/trump/trump-...
www.alternet.org/trump/trump-...
Trump terminates lease of local golf course to enact his DC takeover
The National Links Trust has been officially cast aside after President Donald Trump's administration seized control of the three public golf courses in Washington, D.C. The Washington Post reported W...
www.alternet.org
January 1, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Land grab, cash grab.
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January 1, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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Sometimes you just want to eat like a teenaged boy.
January 1, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Sometimes you just want to eat like a teenaged boy.
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My fellow older Boomers and I have lived through some weird shit in our lives but this past year … uh … exceeded expectations.
January 1, 2026 at 3:13 AM
My fellow older Boomers and I have lived through some weird shit in our lives but this past year … uh … exceeded expectations.
Sue 'em. Again and again and again.
Make sure Dementia Don doesn't see the end of it.
Make sure Dementia Don doesn't see the end of it.
January 1, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Sue 'em. Again and again and again.
Make sure Dementia Don doesn't see the end of it.
Make sure Dementia Don doesn't see the end of it.
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The flu vaccine had nanobots in it that counteracted the Covid vaccine death clock
🧪A few more hours to go…
January 1, 2026 at 1:15 AM
The flu vaccine had nanobots in it that counteracted the Covid vaccine death clock
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Starting AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936) now so the murder happens at the stroke of midnight.
New Year's Eve w/ Nick and Nora! 🥂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdqK... #FilmSky #NewYearsEve
New Year's Eve w/ Nick and Nora! 🥂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdqK... #FilmSky #NewYearsEve
January 1, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Starting AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936) now so the murder happens at the stroke of midnight.
New Year's Eve w/ Nick and Nora! 🥂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdqK... #FilmSky #NewYearsEve
New Year's Eve w/ Nick and Nora! 🥂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdqK... #FilmSky #NewYearsEve
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On Jack Smith deposition, now released:
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
December 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
On Jack Smith deposition, now released:
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
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Unlike, for example, us www.euronews.com/2025/12/31/p...
Pope Leo XIV asks that Rome welcome foreigners as 2025 draws to an end
The Vatican this week released statistics showing 3.2 million people had participated in Vatican liturgies, audiences, Angelus prayers and Jubilee audiences this year.
www.euronews.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Unlike, for example, us www.euronews.com/2025/12/31/p...
The Mango Mussolini was gonna be toast were it not for his owning SCOTUS.
Smith said he would have welcomed calling or cross-examining Trump's alleged co-conspirators as trial witnesses.
December 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Mango Mussolini was gonna be toast were it not for his owning SCOTUS.
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JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
December 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/