Curtis B Lokey
@ohm-my.bsky.social
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My column: How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...
Opinion | How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My column: How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...
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Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.
February 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
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Another WOW!😜😂
Eugene Levy & his wife invited me to a non-alcoholic party.
Drove my Chevy to the Levys but the Levys were dry.
Drove my Chevy to the Levys but the Levys were dry.
January 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Another WOW!😜😂
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The market value of a newly-launched Trump memecoin — a virtual token that appears to offer direct financial benefit to the president-elect’s family — surged to about $5.6 billion by Saturday afternoon, drawing immediate rebuke from government watchdogs.
Trump’s Memecoin Creates Billions From Thin Air Before DC Return
In tuxedos and floor-length gowns, crypto executives and adherents spilled through the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington on Friday, ready to toast the inauguration of Donald J. Trump — a leade...
www.bloomberg.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The market value of a newly-launched Trump memecoin — a virtual token that appears to offer direct financial benefit to the president-elect’s family — surged to about $5.6 billion by Saturday afternoon, drawing immediate rebuke from government watchdogs.
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Kid: "Dad what's leather made from?"
Dad: "Hide".
Kid: "What???"
Dad: "Hide... a cow’s outside".
Kid: "I'm not afraid of a cow..."
Dad: "Hide".
Kid: "What???"
Dad: "Hide... a cow’s outside".
Kid: "I'm not afraid of a cow..."
January 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Kid: "Dad what's leather made from?"
Dad: "Hide".
Kid: "What???"
Dad: "Hide... a cow’s outside".
Kid: "I'm not afraid of a cow..."
Dad: "Hide".
Kid: "What???"
Dad: "Hide... a cow’s outside".
Kid: "I'm not afraid of a cow..."
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
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A Tale Of Two Justice Systems
Thanks, @rbreich.bsky.social
Thanks, @rbreich.bsky.social
January 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A Tale Of Two Justice Systems
Thanks, @rbreich.bsky.social
Thanks, @rbreich.bsky.social
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“Fornicative units of care & kindness” got me rolling 🤣
December 6, 2024 at 1:45 AM
“Fornicative units of care & kindness” got me rolling 🤣
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This makes my day.
Twitter and Threads smothered posts that linked out to other places. That entirely sucked. Delighted Bluesky is not getting in the way of people sharing things they want to share.
Twitter and Threads smothered posts that linked out to other places. That entirely sucked. Delighted Bluesky is not getting in the way of people sharing things they want to share.
We want Bluesky to be a great home for journalists, publishers, and creators. Unlike other platforms, we don't de-promote your links. Post all the links you want — Bluesky is a lobby to the open web.
Traffic from Bluesky's @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is already 2x that of Threads
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
November 27, 2024 at 6:05 PM
This makes my day.
Twitter and Threads smothered posts that linked out to other places. That entirely sucked. Delighted Bluesky is not getting in the way of people sharing things they want to share.
Twitter and Threads smothered posts that linked out to other places. That entirely sucked. Delighted Bluesky is not getting in the way of people sharing things they want to share.
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While Russia wields imperial dreams and nuclear threats, the world suffocates — both under the weight of war and the smog of neglect.
Opinion: Nuclear escalation fears can't override Ukraine's right to defend itself
Following Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic congresswoman from New York, publicly appealed to those who had voted for both her and T...
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:06 PM
While Russia wields imperial dreams and nuclear threats, the world suffocates — both under the weight of war and the smog of neglect.
I saw a very large wild hog on Saturday, but I wasn’t able to get a picture before it disappeared into the woods. I was able, however, to get a picture of this cloud pointing to it.
November 25, 2024 at 7:35 PM
I saw a very large wild hog on Saturday, but I wasn’t able to get a picture before it disappeared into the woods. I was able, however, to get a picture of this cloud pointing to it.
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The House is about to vote on a bill that would give broad and easily abused new powers to the executive branch to allow the Secretary of Treasury to strip a U.S. nonprofit of its tax-exempt status. Tell Congress to vote NO on H.R. 9495.
Tell Congress Not To Weaponize The Treasury Department Against Nonprofits
A dangerous bill that gives broad and easily abused new powers to the executive branch would allow the Secretary of Treasury to strip a U.S. nonprofit of its tax-exempt status. Nonprofits would not ha...
act.eff.org
November 16, 2024 at 6:50 PM
The House is about to vote on a bill that would give broad and easily abused new powers to the executive branch to allow the Secretary of Treasury to strip a U.S. nonprofit of its tax-exempt status. Tell Congress to vote NO on H.R. 9495.
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“I have received some guidance to avoid terms, like ‘camps,’” because “some people think it makes us look like Nazis”
Trump allies told to quit calling Trump’s plans for new expansive camps, well, “camps”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Allies Were Told to Stop Saying They'll Put Migrants in 'Camps'
Trump’s plan to expel millions of migrants would require massive new camps. His advisers are pressing allies not to call them “camps”
www.rollingstone.com
November 16, 2024 at 3:09 PM
“I have received some guidance to avoid terms, like ‘camps,’” because “some people think it makes us look like Nazis”
