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John Benoit
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Vermonter working to make EV manufacturing part of our state identity. Searching for the reason why anything exists instead of nothing at all
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Re: Olivia Nuzzi
“Don’t worry about it babe” meme with the words “stock market” replaced with “brain worm” what's going on with the BRAIN WORM Imao don't worry about it babe okay ❤️ yay ❤️
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Ok what happened while I was offline
A Bluesky screenshot of two back-to-back posts: lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches... • now Bluesky Elder guy who finally decides today he has enough information to conclude donald trump is a pedophile ... Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.... • 19m Bluesky Elder Man this is shocking. No I've never heard of dennis hastert or strom thurmond, why do you ask?
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Sometimes the AI summary really winds me up in a way a computer shouldn’t be allowed to do
An AI summary from a search engine Search Assist "Person Woman Man Camera TV" is a work that reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 quarantine and the subsequent social movements, particularly focusing on issues of racial justice and police violence in America. It combines art and commentary on significant contemporary events. ฿ booklyn.org More v Auto-generated from sources. May be inaccurate.
October 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Women don’t like the vehicle
“Trump force one” trumps stupid looking Boeing 757, taking off
October 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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I reeeally hope you meant to schedule this to post tomorrow… it’s only Wednesday!
Classic 30 rock meme, “lemon, it’s Wednesday”
October 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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The guy from Vermont works as a crisis interventionist! (For now)
A Reddit post r/vermont 19 min. ago whaletacochamp ••• Top 1% Commenter Please consider emailing Lamoille County Mental Health Services to request immediate termination of Samuel Douglass from his position as crisis interventionist In case you haven't heard, Vermont State Senator Sam Douglass has been implicated in a young republicans group chat ripe with racist remarks that has been leaked. If you read Sam's bio on the state website, you will also see that he is a crisis interventionist for Lamoille County Mental Health Services. These comments undermine the trust and respect that should be paramount for a crisis interventionist. The comments also indicate a certain level of mental illness on their own, and as such a mentally unwell person should not be in a position of impact for people in crisis. In my opinion, this news should be cause for immediate termination of Sam from this position. If you agree, please email info@lamoille.org and share your feelings, or call 802-888-5026
October 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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They’ve broken the first rule of making your neighbors chili, don’t post it on the internet!
A Reddit post with a picture of three large pots of chili with the caption “Im full time in the kitchen hate it most days but I still do love food and the people who appreciate it. Every once in a while I just randomly make 30-50 pounds of something at home to give away. It makes me feel better about myself when down. Sorry I needed to vent.”
October 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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The editorial board needs to listen to a little more @lawfaremedia.org, how long must we endure the crowded theater myth 🫠
NYTimes article OPINION THE EDITORIAL BOARD The Trump Administrations Chilling Efforts to Punish Free Speech Sept. 19, 2025 An eagle is eating trumps signature “There are limits to free speech, yes, but they involve edge cases, like shouting fire in a theater or inciting an imminent act of violence.”
September 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Up right down down down appears to be a reference to a game called Helldivers. Here’s a Reddit discussion about the series of actions from two years ago www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers...
A Reddit thread with a user asking what “up right down down down” means, others respond “democracy” and “it’s the call-in code for the eagle 500kg bomb”
September 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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They don’t even know who did it but the order is out, direct from the White House. Trump had an opportunity to turn down the temperature (like he’d ever) and has chosen instead to fan the flames
Libs of TikTok + @libsoftiktok THIS IS WAR. 1:57 PM • 9/10/25 • 2.1M Views 61K likes
September 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump + The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you! 289 ReTruths 819 Likes 9/10/25, 04:40 PM
September 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Just in case you missed it 😉
Burlington based BETA’s aircraft, CX300, flying over the ocean with green rocky cliffs in the background. The electric airplane, shaped to resemble an arctic tern and painted entirely white, visited Ireland and Europe over the summer
August 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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D.W. From Arthur tv show hangs on to fence and looks longingly at the other side
August 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Respectfully
Screenshot of tweet: guys like me are mad for turtle meat @Arr The last decade has been the Democrats clinging onto the rulebook going "but a dog can't play basketball!" while a dog fucking dunks on us over and over 2:08 PM • 6/28/18 31.7K Likes 7,234 Retweets 387 Quotes
August 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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30 rocks Jenna walking into a room saying “listen up fives, a ten is speaking”
July 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Graphic design is my passion - happy 4th all!
A meme with the “guess I’ll die” shrugging man on a black background, with stylized fireworks above him. The curly text above his head says “what day is it?” In red white and blue Around his head in meme style block print it says “can’t tell!” “Could be anything” and “nobody knows!” Below that it says “Come celebrate the fourth of July with us! - the formation of the Crab Nebula (1054) - Calvin Coolidges birthday (1872) - the opening of the Tuskeegee institute (1881) - Nothing else notable that we know of” Hidden in the top left corner in a firework is a qr code that points to ICEBlock.app
July 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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You can borrow mine 😉
A man holding a WITAOD.COM sign in Vermont, February 2025
June 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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This made me laugh yesterday
Tweet with a screenshot of an iPhone conversation Zack Voell & @zackvoell • 2h My brother is not enjoying this “Libs and MAGA are both gonna key my Tesla now man god damn it”
June 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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You’ve seen “We Bought a Zoo,” now get ready for the thrilling prequel:
An old green book with the title WE FOUND A FARM CHARLES •F• SPEARE
June 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Simpsons “I sleep in a big bed with my wife” meme I FOUND THE JOE ROGAN OF THE LEFT I APPEAL TO PEOPLE WHO DONT BASE ALL THEIR VIEWS ON THE VAPID MUSINGS OF A MODERN DAY SHOCK JOCK
May 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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RIVER HEIGHTS TOWN HALL NANCY DREW Alibi in Ashes Nancy drew game cover showing a weirdly similar scene of a burning building with faux columns
May 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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@wesmars.bsky.social @henrygrabar.bsky.social @jeffspeck.bsky.social thanks to all three of you for inspiring me to get more involved in shaping the transportation system my community deserves
Dear neighbors, Tonight on a walk with my partner and our dog, I witnessed a tragedy made inevitable by public policy. As we approached the intersection of Rivers Edge Drive and Plattsburg Ave we noticed a number of parked vehicles and a crowd of people centered around something laying in the road. As we took a few steps closer, I realized that the something was really someone - a man in boots, work jeans, and jacket lying face down in the road. I asked my partner to take our dog and find a different route home and rushed to see what I could do to help. Here is where we can take some pride in being Vermonters, in being Burlingtonians. This accident must have happened no more than five minutes before we arrived, but already surrounding the semi-conscious man were a half dozen neighbors and drivers, including a healthcare worker on their way home from work, stethoscope still around his neck as he reassured the heavily bleeding man, imploring him not to move. Someone was calmly directing traffic, another was on the phone with 911. We waited there with him until EMTs arrived minutes later. So take pride in this: Vermonters rise to the moment. We care for our neighbors, whether we know their name or not. We offer all we can in one another's moments of need, regardless of what little we might have to offer. Dear neighbors, Tonight on a walk with my partner and our dog, I witnessed a tragedy made inevitable by public policy. As we approached the intersection of Rivers Edge Drive and Plattsburg Ave we noticed a number of parked vehicles and a crowd of people centered around something laying in the road. As we took a few steps closer, I realized that the something was really someone - a man in boots, work jeans, and jacket lying face down in the road. I asked my partner to take our dog and find a different route home and rushed to see what I could do to help. Here is where we can take some pride in being Vermonters, in being Burlingtonians. This accident must have happened no more than five minutes before we arrived, but already surrounding the semi-conscious man were a half dozen neighbors and drivers, including a healthcare worker on their way home from work, stethoscope still around his neck as he reassured the heavily bleeding man, imploring him not to move. Someone was calmly directing traffic, another was on the phone with 911. We waited there with him until EMTs arrived minutes later. So take pride in this: Vermonters rise to the moment. We care for our neighbors, whether we know their name or not. We offer all we can in one another's moments of need, regardless of what little we might have to offer. I don't know the cause of tonight's accident, but anyone who lives near the Beltline knows that you can hear speeding cars and motorcycles at all hours of the day and night. Our city councilor has even asked us to please report those loud noises directly to him. What I do know is that policy choices have led us here, and they can lead us to a safer future if we demand it. In 2022, the United States had an astronomical traffic-related death rate of 12.84 per 100,000 residents. Canada had just five deaths per 100k that same year. To make our streets safer, we must embrace common sense improvements that many other developed countries have made. We must stop valuing high speed and low congestion above the lives of our neighbors. We must be willing to entertain and embrace changes to the way we've experienced our streets until now - because it is clear that the world we've built for ourselves isn't working out the way we wanted it to. It is time for our city councillor, to move on from his ad-hoc data collection phase and demand that our city council and department of public works engage with the residents of the New North End NOW to make our streets safe for all kinds of travelers. It is time for Evan to drop his knee-jerk opposition to low risk, high reward programs like the temporary closure of the North Ave right turn lane onto Plattsburg Ave, which faced so much opposition from him and other residents that the program appeared to end early. I don't know what will happen to the man I saw lying in the road today. I gave the healthcare worker my jacket to place under his head - he was bleeding so profusely it was hard to tell just how severe his injuries were. But I know that he will not be the last, as long as our neighbors are willing to sacrifice a few of us each year to keep their streets just the way they are today, this will happen again, and again, and again.
May 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Mussolini in famous photo shirtless and wearing sunglasses. At least we can be thankful trump keeps his shirt on, in public
April 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Does the professor… not understand where the LLM got this information? It creates no new knowledge, only regurgitates it in half truths. This professor has AI brain rot just like half the rest of the country.

There are useful applications for AI, yet we insist on using it to replace our humanity
of my inquiry. And the astonishing part is this: the making of books such as those on my shelves, each the labor of years or decades, is quickly becoming a matter of well-designed prompts. The question is no longer whether we can write such books; they can be written endlessly, for us. The question is, do we want to read them?
April 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Also, abolish ICE
An 8.5 x 11 poster is taped to a black light pole, the message reads “ICE you are not welcome in Vermont” and includes a QR code that points to a “printable ICE know your rights card”
April 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM