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Jim Dietrich
@stpeterays.bsky.social
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South Jersey educated, Tampa Bay attitude. #BisexualDisaster 🩷💜💙
#EVLife 🚙⚡🔌
#RaysUp 🌴🍊⚾
#BeTheThunder 🌴🏒⚡
#StarTrek 🖖
#BlackLivesMatter ✊🏻🪧✊🏿
#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏳️‍🌈

*VIEWS MY OWN*
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The moon sure looks awfully pretty right now! 🌑 #LunarEclipse #BloodMoon #Moon #NightSky #Astronomy #StPete #Florida
March 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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March 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Scenes from my trip to the #Delaware Valley.

Conclusions: Yes, #EVs are great cold-weather cars (just use auto climate properly), #snow is still fun to play & drive in (but fuck shovelling it), & I miss the #food up here. But I'm so happy to head home this afternoon. #Philly #KiaEV6 #DelawareValley
A plate of homemade gnocchi in a beef, pork, and veal Bolognese sauce from Botto's Italian Line in Swedesboro, New Jersey Upside-down pepperoni pizza (cheese on bottom, sauce and toppings on top) from Brothers Pizza in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania My rental 2023 Kia EV6 electric vehicle rental covered in snow with me standing by it wearing a black Tampa Bay Rays cap with a pelican logo and a white Tampa Bay Lightning hoodie with the logo in blue. Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania From left: My friends Rich and Morgan, with myself on the far right, all playing out in the snow as it falls on Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania
January 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Scenes from my birthday yesterday. Got myself some gifts, and both my partner and @paradoxtwist.bsky.social treated me to dinner. Not a bad way to ring in 42!
Table displaying the three gifts I got myself. Clockwise from upper-left: Blue and white Reef flip-flops, A2Z Typhoon NACS-to-CCS adapter, A2Z 16' charging extension cable. Closeup of the aforementioned adapter. One end plugs into most non-Tesla EVs via CCS while the other accepts Tesla (NACS) charging cords Four-cheese ravioli with a creamy red sauce Tiramisu drizzled with chocolate sauce
January 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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My favorite albums of 2024 (and very late 2023), in no particular order:

@dualipa.bsky.social "Radical Optimism"

Talking Heads' tribute "Everyone's Getting Involved"

Peggy Gou "I Hear You"

Cher "Christmas".

Honorable Mention: @charlixcxofficial.bsky.social "brat". #YearInReview
Cover art for Dua Lipa's "Radical Optimism" album Cover art for the album "Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' 'Stop Making Sense'" Cover art for Peggy Gou's "I Hear You" album Cover art for Cher's "Christmas" album
December 20, 2024 at 1:41 AM
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All the stuff I need for my first attempt at making #coquito (minus the sweetened condensed milk). Yes, I'm using Haitian rum because this one is 🔥 and is a socially responsible, family- and woman-owned company. 1st test batch will be virgin, hence the rum extract. Let's see if I get it right!
Glass-top stove showing the ingredients for making coquito. From left, Badia cinnamon sticks, Badia ground nutmeg, Badia ground cinnamon, Coco López cream of coconut, McCormick rum extract (for virgin coquito), a 750mL bottle of Rhum Barbancourt in the "Aged 8 years" dark variety, Iberia evaporated milk, and Caribbean Dreams coconut milk. Missing is a can of sweetened condensed milk that is necessary to complete the recipe.
December 15, 2024 at 7:03 AM
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I'm feeling bougie now, not having to drag out a charger and find a place to store it. #VWID4 #VWLife #EVLife #DIY #StPete #RaysUp #RingTheBell
December 8, 2024 at 4:04 AM
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My partner & I got an early Xmas gift from @paradoxtwist.bsky.social in a NEMA 14-50 extension cord. So, until we get proper sub-breaker setup & stop using dryer jack, we have a makeshift wall mount setup to declutter our portable EV charger. Not too bad if I do say so! #EVLife #VWID4 #MustangMachE
"Before" pic of our teal, yellow, and white Shell Recharge portable EV charger wrapped up on top of a box that itself is on top of the dryer "Before" pic of a wall-mounted cord organizer with built-in charger plug holster "Before" pic of an orange and black 15-foot NEMA 14-50 extension cord with a Vevor branded carrying strap, all of which are still in the shipping box "After" pic with the Shell Recharge charger hanging on the garage wall, the receiving end of the 14-50 extension cord hanging off hooks to the upper-right of the charger, and the cord hanging off the organizer to the bottom-left of fhe charger
December 8, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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Play stupid games… #LateStageCapitalism #HealthcareIsAHumanRight
Bar graph on the left side showing claim denial rates by insurance company. In order by lowest percentage, Kaiser Permanente is 7% denial, Oscar is 12%, Ambetter is 14%, the industry average is 16%, Blue Cross Blue Shield is 17%, Cigna is 18%, Molina is 19%, Aetna is 20%, CareSource is also 20%, Anthem is 23%, Medica is 27%, and circled in red is UnitedHealthcare at 32%, double in the in-network claim denial rate of the industry average. The disclaimer at the bottom states, "Based on available in-network claim data for plans sold on the marketplace." To the right is a picture of Brian Thompson in a cloud against a black background with a caption that says, "Today we remember the legacy of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson."
December 4, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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I don't use Spotify, but here's my #YearInReview nonetheless. What were you listening to in 2024?
Apple Music Replay graphic for user's Top 15 artists. In order, Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga, Prince, Miley Cyrus, The Blessed Madonna, The Weeknd, Santana, Beyonce, Michael Jackson, Jessie Ware, The Rolling Stones, Calvin Harris, Peggy Gou, Fleetwood Mac, and Daft Punk. The mentioned artists pictures are below.
December 4, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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GenAI helps keep stupid people stupid and drags others down. Plus, it's just bad for everything. Stop using it! #FuckGenAI
November 23, 2024 at 12:36 PM
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Bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Gaetz destroyed his career in the House for AG, and now he's got nothing to show for it, and control of the House is still up for grabs because of it. Couldn't happen to a nicer coked-up pedo!
November 21, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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Civil Rights complaint filed. We don't fuck around in Pinellas, and Commissioner Nowicki is about to find that out the hard way (for context: bsky.app/profile/stpe...)
November 20, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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And this is why FB is getting harder to stay on nowadays. For context, this is a post admin/founder shared from an obv troll group called "WNBA News" that Musk & Lee Greenwood were joining up to create some mega concert or some bullshit.

This is why Trump won; we can't get out of our own way
November 18, 2024 at 3:50 AM