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Sunset over campus in the Blue Ridge #virginiatech
August 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Sunset over campus in the Blue Ridge #virginiatech
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happy bday Irish writer William Butler Yeats, b.1865.
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
“For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.”
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
“For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.”
June 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
happy bday Irish writer William Butler Yeats, b.1865.
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
“For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.”
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
“For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.”
"Most rudeness, meanness, and cruelty are a mask for deep-seated weakness. Kindness in these situations is only possible for people of great strength. You have that strength. Use it."
Holiday, Ryan; The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
#dailystoic
Holiday, Ryan; The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
#dailystoic
May 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"Most rudeness, meanness, and cruelty are a mask for deep-seated weakness. Kindness in these situations is only possible for people of great strength. You have that strength. Use it."
Holiday, Ryan; The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
#dailystoic
Holiday, Ryan; The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
#dailystoic
When the Boys on the left become the Boys on the Right. #baseball open.substack.com/pub/bmattdil...
A Dad's Reflection
When the boys on the left become the boys on the right
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April 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
When the Boys on the left become the Boys on the Right. #baseball open.substack.com/pub/bmattdil...
This is one of my favorite photos from our trip to France. I took this outside the Utah Beach museum in Normandy. #BlueSkyArtShow #TheJourney #photography
March 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is one of my favorite photos from our trip to France. I took this outside the Utah Beach museum in Normandy. #BlueSkyArtShow #TheJourney #photography
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"If you really wish to do anything, resign your office." When the subject has refused allegiance, and the officer has resigned from office, then the revolution is accomplished.
Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobedience
March 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"If you really wish to do anything, resign your office." When the subject has refused allegiance, and the officer has resigned from office, then the revolution is accomplished.
Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobedience
Hope all Hokie alum and fans will donate to #VTGivingDay running from noon 2/19 to noon 2/20. Please donate. No amount is too small.
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February 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hope all Hokie alum and fans will donate to #VTGivingDay running from noon 2/19 to noon 2/20. Please donate. No amount is too small.
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If people goofed off while working from home, a big rise in WFH would show up as falling labor productivity.
The BLS says productivity grew 1.2% last quarter and avgd 1.8%/yr since 2019, higher than the 1.5% from 2008-19. www.bls.gov/news.release...
The BLS says productivity grew 1.2% last quarter and avgd 1.8%/yr since 2019, higher than the 1.5% from 2008-19. www.bls.gov/news.release...
February 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
If people goofed off while working from home, a big rise in WFH would show up as falling labor productivity.
The BLS says productivity grew 1.2% last quarter and avgd 1.8%/yr since 2019, higher than the 1.5% from 2008-19. www.bls.gov/news.release...
The BLS says productivity grew 1.2% last quarter and avgd 1.8%/yr since 2019, higher than the 1.5% from 2008-19. www.bls.gov/news.release...
"What behaved well in the past, or behaves well to-day, is not such a wonder, The wonder is, always and always, how can there be a mean man or an infidel."
-Walt Whitman
-Walt Whitman
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"What behaved well in the past, or behaves well to-day, is not such a wonder, The wonder is, always and always, how can there be a mean man or an infidel."
-Walt Whitman
-Walt Whitman
So if the goal is America First, or "Make America Great Again", all that money and resources being pulled in foreign aid from USAID is going to be redirected back into local communities to help Americans get great, right?
February 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
So if the goal is America First, or "Make America Great Again", all that money and resources being pulled in foreign aid from USAID is going to be redirected back into local communities to help Americans get great, right?
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Hi all, We’re still here at OPM.
We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building.
Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.
We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building.
Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.
February 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Hi all, We’re still here at OPM.
We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building.
Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.
We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building.
Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.
What happened to DOGE only being able to make recommendations? So much for that...
February 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
What happened to DOGE only being able to make recommendations? So much for that...
From the man who saw the United States as a shining city on the hill. How far we have fallen from these ideals...
REAGAN: “Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies; they are our allies… beware of demagogues ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, national security, and the entire free world—while cynically waving the 🇺🇸 flag.”
Trump’s bad ideas are not new.
Trump’s bad ideas are not new.
February 3, 2025 at 2:24 AM
From the man who saw the United States as a shining city on the hill. How far we have fallen from these ideals...
It will be interesting to see how this lasts.
Musk Is Halting Treasury Payments to Contractors. politicalwire.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
It will be interesting to see how this lasts.
Our Federal Employees are not the enemy!
February 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Our Federal Employees are not the enemy!
This aged well.
January 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This aged well.
Is there a correlation between the number of vacancies at FAA and the horrific loss of life in last night's tragic crash? I don't know but I find it very unacceptable. www.faa.gov/about/key_of...
www.faa.gov
January 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Is there a correlation between the number of vacancies at FAA and the horrific loss of life in last night's tragic crash? I don't know but I find it very unacceptable. www.faa.gov/about/key_of...
This should make me angry, but it made me laugh out loud.
Welcome to the Schrödinger's Cat of federal funding freezes. Courts can't block something that doesn't exist — so if they do away with the piece of paper saying it exists, but everyone who needs to know knows that it *does* still exist, does it still exist?
1. The executive orders did *not* freeze federal funding.
2. The Monday OMB memo *did* freeze federal funding.
3. OMB rescinded Monday’s memo, thereby rescinding the funding freeze.
4. The EOs (which did not freeze federal funding) are still in effect—and, for these purposes, irrelevant.
Sigh.
2. The Monday OMB memo *did* freeze federal funding.
3. OMB rescinded Monday’s memo, thereby rescinding the funding freeze.
4. The EOs (which did not freeze federal funding) are still in effect—and, for these purposes, irrelevant.
Sigh.
January 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This should make me angry, but it made me laugh out loud.
You can’t do this in federal government like you would in the private sector. Just more spaghetti being thrown at the wall to see what sticks
Trump sows chaos in federal workforce then says “resign within a week and I’ll give you 7 months severance.” Don’t fall for it! Trump told innumerable contractors he’d pay—then stiffed them. He has no authority to promise severance pay. Wait him out!
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government
The Trump administration says it will begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and is warning of future downsizing.
apnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
You can’t do this in federal government like you would in the private sector. Just more spaghetti being thrown at the wall to see what sticks
The New Colossus - Emma Lazarus
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Matt Dillard on Substack
The New Colossus - Emma Lazarus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a tor...
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January 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The New Colossus - Emma Lazarus
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I hate to brag on myself, but I will. I consider myself an exceptional piddler.
January 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I hate to brag on myself, but I will. I consider myself an exceptional piddler.