Just this guy
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Husband, father, reader, writer, runner, hiker, biker, bassist, history and weather nerd, Deadhead, ex-comms professional, twitchy Block finger
There *is* a Santa Claus!
December 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
There *is* a Santa Claus!
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It can't HAPPEN SOON ENOUGH.
“Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned.”
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When It Happens
It’s been so long, you sometimes forget that eventually, IT will HAPPEN.
It’s impossible to say when IT will HAPPEN. But it can’t be too long until...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It can't HAPPEN SOON ENOUGH.
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January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
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“Democrats now rely on a kind of upstairs-downstairs coalition … affluent urban and suburban districts coupled with poorer and heavily minority inner-city districts. Republicans rely preponderantly on a single type of district: White, small-town, exurban and rural” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat...
December 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
“Democrats now rely on a kind of upstairs-downstairs coalition … affluent urban and suburban districts coupled with poorer and heavily minority inner-city districts. Republicans rely preponderantly on a single type of district: White, small-town, exurban and rural” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat...
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
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Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”
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There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
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"Pretending to see land and then explaining that thou has not in fact spotted shore, but rather thou hast seen 'Thy mom afloat, so huge as to appear to be a land mass.'"
Jokes That Everyone on the Mayflower Is Getting Sick Of
This document was found in the records of Puritan William Bradford, sometimes referred to as “America’s First Traveler Blogger.” - - -IN THE NAME ...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Pretending to see land and then explaining that thou has not in fact spotted shore, but rather thou hast seen 'Thy mom afloat, so huge as to appear to be a land mass.'"
The Epstein files will join Trump's tax returns and the GOP healthcare proposal as things that will never see the light of day.
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Epstein files will join Trump's tax returns and the GOP healthcare proposal as things that will never see the light of day.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Verily, we live in the Golden Age of Enshittification.
October 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Verily, we live in the Golden Age of Enshittification.
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WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents
October 6, 2025 at 5:39 AM
WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents
The Colorado alpine tundra is showing its fall colors. On the trail to Chasm Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park. #thingsthatarentpolitical
October 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Colorado alpine tundra is showing its fall colors. On the trail to Chasm Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park. #thingsthatarentpolitical
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To hell with Washington, this is why I love where I live.
July 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
To hell with Washington, this is why I love where I live.
In spite of everything, there is still so much that is good. youtu.be/1Qo3F-0keq8?...
Peter Falk - Der Himmel Uber Berlin (Wings of Desire) , 1987
YouTube video by zero zero island
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March 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
In spite of everything, there is still so much that is good. youtu.be/1Qo3F-0keq8?...
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Like so many others, I've been deeply reliant on Watch Duty the last few days, a nonprofit fire wildfire tracking service. I made a donation to their work, because I have no doubt that it has literally saved lives this week. app.watchduty.org
Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts
Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby
app.watchduty.org
January 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Like so many others, I've been deeply reliant on Watch Duty the last few days, a nonprofit fire wildfire tracking service. I made a donation to their work, because I have no doubt that it has literally saved lives this week. app.watchduty.org
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this is legitimately a big deal. zillow now putting climate risk on their website.
December 29, 2024 at 10:33 PM
this is legitimately a big deal. zillow now putting climate risk on their website.
Mountain wave sunsets abound this winter
December 27, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Mountain wave sunsets abound this winter