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CIVILIZATION VI Theme Live | Cadogan Hall 2016
YouTube video by Sid Meier's Civilization
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November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
An early #Caturday post to show the progress from today’s #CatHouse build. This will be a warm box shelter for the neighborhood ferals that we serve food to every night. More to come as I had to really…really…over-engineer this sucker.
It’s ready for a #MontanaWinter in #Tennessee.
It’s ready for a #MontanaWinter in #Tennessee.
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
An early #Caturday post to show the progress from today’s #CatHouse build. This will be a warm box shelter for the neighborhood ferals that we serve food to every night. More to come as I had to really…really…over-engineer this sucker.
It’s ready for a #MontanaWinter in #Tennessee.
It’s ready for a #MontanaWinter in #Tennessee.
“Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, a million miles away Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, written in the stars".”
1M miles won’t even get you to a single star from Earth. It barely gets you past the moon’s orbit, relatively speaking.
#badastronomy #songlyrics
youtu.be/YgFyi74DVjc
1M miles won’t even get you to a single star from Earth. It barely gets you past the moon’s orbit, relatively speaking.
#badastronomy #songlyrics
youtu.be/YgFyi74DVjc
Tinie Tempah - Written In The Stars ft. Eric Turner
YouTube video by TINIE TEMPAH
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November 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
“Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, a million miles away Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, written in the stars".”
1M miles won’t even get you to a single star from Earth. It barely gets you past the moon’s orbit, relatively speaking.
#badastronomy #songlyrics
youtu.be/YgFyi74DVjc
1M miles won’t even get you to a single star from Earth. It barely gets you past the moon’s orbit, relatively speaking.
#badastronomy #songlyrics
youtu.be/YgFyi74DVjc
What Perfect Album came out the year you turned 16?
1991. JFC, can you even imagine?
"Nevermind"
"Achtung Baby"
"Ten"
"Blood Sugar Sex Magik"
"Metallica"
"Temple of the Dog"
"Use Your Illusion I & II"
"Girlfriend"
"We Can't Dance"
"Diamond and Pearls"
"Cypress Hill"
1991. JFC, can you even imagine?
"Nevermind"
"Achtung Baby"
"Ten"
"Blood Sugar Sex Magik"
"Metallica"
"Temple of the Dog"
"Use Your Illusion I & II"
"Girlfriend"
"We Can't Dance"
"Diamond and Pearls"
"Cypress Hill"
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What Perfect Album came out the year you turned 16?
1991. JFC, can you even imagine?
"Nevermind"
"Achtung Baby"
"Ten"
"Blood Sugar Sex Magik"
"Metallica"
"Temple of the Dog"
"Use Your Illusion I & II"
"Girlfriend"
"We Can't Dance"
"Diamond and Pearls"
"Cypress Hill"
1991. JFC, can you even imagine?
"Nevermind"
"Achtung Baby"
"Ten"
"Blood Sugar Sex Magik"
"Metallica"
"Temple of the Dog"
"Use Your Illusion I & II"
"Girlfriend"
"We Can't Dance"
"Diamond and Pearls"
"Cypress Hill"
Hello, police, I'd like to report an avunculicide.
(Yes, I know the paternal uncle Latin would make it 'patruicide', but bite me, nerd.)
(Yes, I know the paternal uncle Latin would make it 'patruicide', but bite me, nerd.)
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Hello, police, I'd like to report an avunculicide.
(Yes, I know the paternal uncle Latin would make it 'patruicide', but bite me, nerd.)
(Yes, I know the paternal uncle Latin would make it 'patruicide', but bite me, nerd.)
So, to be clear, this is a direct admission from them the tariffs were being paid by American consumers.
But will the MAGA crowd understand this?
But will the MAGA crowd understand this?
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
So, to be clear, this is a direct admission from them the tariffs were being paid by American consumers.
But will the MAGA crowd understand this?
But will the MAGA crowd understand this?
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Democrats are conservatives from a bygone era. The Republicans are, of course, actual fascists now. So, if you want to compare things to Nazis and Germany, the Democrats are closer to the followers of Papen, Hugenberg, and the Weimar government in general: weak, ineffectual, naive.
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Democrats are conservatives from a bygone era. The Republicans are, of course, actual fascists now. So, if you want to compare things to Nazis and Germany, the Democrats are closer to the followers of Papen, Hugenberg, and the Weimar government in general: weak, ineffectual, naive.
If Republican men are able to get their Gilead founded and enslave women as their breeder-harems, Megyn Kelly will be one of the Aunt Lydia holding women's legs open.
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If Republican men are able to get their Gilead founded and enslave women as their breeder-harems, Megyn Kelly will be one of the Aunt Lydia holding women's legs open.
I'm left handed. Cursive, for me, was a punishment because no one cared that I had to do everything backwards or that my hand got all dirty and smudged and that my handwriting was abysmal. I switched to engineer-printing minus the blocky capital letters in everything and learned to type 120 wpm.
How mamy oomfs can still read and write in cursive? Is this truly a dying skill? I'm appalled
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I'm left handed. Cursive, for me, was a punishment because no one cared that I had to do everything backwards or that my hand got all dirty and smudged and that my handwriting was abysmal. I switched to engineer-printing minus the blocky capital letters in everything and learned to type 120 wpm.
You know, as a fellow wage-slave to Lottie, this guy is pretty pass-aggro about my time off. Like dude, I'm a CONTRACTOR. I don't depend on Lottie. I have almost a billion bells in the bank, bucko. I'll take as much time as I want.
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
You know, as a fellow wage-slave to Lottie, this guy is pretty pass-aggro about my time off. Like dude, I'm a CONTRACTOR. I don't depend on Lottie. I have almost a billion bells in the bank, bucko. I'll take as much time as I want.
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
Just checked my #AnimalCrossing save after reading more about the new free update coming.
Given all the stuff I have hoarded and how long it took me to find/scrounge/buy it, I will *not* be starting my island over again. No way.
Given all the stuff I have hoarded and how long it took me to find/scrounge/buy it, I will *not* be starting my island over again. No way.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Just checked my #AnimalCrossing save after reading more about the new free update coming.
Given all the stuff I have hoarded and how long it took me to find/scrounge/buy it, I will *not* be starting my island over again. No way.
Given all the stuff I have hoarded and how long it took me to find/scrounge/buy it, I will *not* be starting my island over again. No way.
📌 Major development: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson of SCOTUS issued an administrative stay of a district-court order that had required full November SNAP payments to ~42 million Americans during the government shutdown. 
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Supreme Court temporarily blocks order on releasing SNAP benefits
The order pauses, for now, a lower court ruling directing the Trump administration to release November benefits in full on Friday.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
📌 Major development: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson of SCOTUS issued an administrative stay of a district-court order that had required full November SNAP payments to ~42 million Americans during the government shutdown. 
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The road to Stamps Cemetery winds like a thought you can’t quite let go of.
Tennessee hills, old stones, and a man who keeps the veil tended.
🕯️ Faith, Fear, and Limestone
A Southern story of faith, folklore, and the dead who never quite leave us.
#SouthernGothic #Tennessee #Folklore #Appalachia
Tennessee hills, old stones, and a man who keeps the veil tended.
🕯️ Faith, Fear, and Limestone
A Southern story of faith, folklore, and the dead who never quite leave us.
#SouthernGothic #Tennessee #Folklore #Appalachia
Faith, Fear, and Limestone
In the hills of Middle Tennessee, the veil between worlds is thin — and lovingly mowed.
medium.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The road to Stamps Cemetery winds like a thought you can’t quite let go of.
Tennessee hills, old stones, and a man who keeps the veil tended.
🕯️ Faith, Fear, and Limestone
A Southern story of faith, folklore, and the dead who never quite leave us.
#SouthernGothic #Tennessee #Folklore #Appalachia
Tennessee hills, old stones, and a man who keeps the veil tended.
🕯️ Faith, Fear, and Limestone
A Southern story of faith, folklore, and the dead who never quite leave us.
#SouthernGothic #Tennessee #Folklore #Appalachia
I guess I'm GPU middle-class?
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I guess I'm GPU middle-class?
Wow, the denoise function in the latest #Lightroom is....actually good.
The auto-culling function works, I guess. I'm going to have to play with it a bit longer.
The auto-culling function works, I guess. I'm going to have to play with it a bit longer.
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Wow, the denoise function in the latest #Lightroom is....actually good.
The auto-culling function works, I guess. I'm going to have to play with it a bit longer.
The auto-culling function works, I guess. I'm going to have to play with it a bit longer.
No, seriously. I have been to both places. NYC wins hands down and I am not even wealthy, especially not wealthy enough to really enjoy that city.
Dallas is a pit, a layover from hell.
Dallas is a pit, a layover from hell.
Anyone talking about how the wealthy are going to leave NYC for Dallas have never been to NYC or Dallas.
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
No, seriously. I have been to both places. NYC wins hands down and I am not even wealthy, especially not wealthy enough to really enjoy that city.
Dallas is a pit, a layover from hell.
Dallas is a pit, a layover from hell.
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"Well guys, you're gonna have to learn his f*cking name now."
I went on a rant at the Zohran Mamdani event last night, against billionaires who spent millions to try and stop a guy whose name they refuse to correctly pronounce.
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I went on a rant at the Zohran Mamdani event last night, against billionaires who spent millions to try and stop a guy whose name they refuse to correctly pronounce.
Watch/share/subscribe to Zeteo: zeteo.com/subscribe
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"Well guys, you're gonna have to learn his f*cking name now."
I went on a rant at the Zohran Mamdani event last night, against billionaires who spent millions to try and stop a guy whose name they refuse to correctly pronounce.
Watch/share/subscribe to Zeteo: zeteo.com/subscribe
I went on a rant at the Zohran Mamdani event last night, against billionaires who spent millions to try and stop a guy whose name they refuse to correctly pronounce.
Watch/share/subscribe to Zeteo: zeteo.com/subscribe
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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Good morning, Bluesky
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Good morning, Bluesky
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On the ballot today:
-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50
This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50
This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
On the ballot today:
-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50
This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50
This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
Hope he enjoys his place in Hell right next to Henry Kissinger, Rush Limbaugh, and Pat Robertson.
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Hope he enjoys his place in Hell right next to Henry Kissinger, Rush Limbaugh, and Pat Robertson.
I'm very proud of this piece. It was a bit more personal than I usually write, but this area is dear to me.
Unfortunately, the photography for the newspaper didn't come through nearly as much.
#graveyardstories
#history
#localnewspapers
#writers
www.herald-citizen.com/features/sta...
Unfortunately, the photography for the newspaper didn't come through nearly as much.
#graveyardstories
#history
#localnewspapers
#writers
www.herald-citizen.com/features/sta...
Stamps Cemetery a labor of love, history
The road to Stamps Cemetery winds like a thought you can't quite let go of, narrow, cracked, and shaded by trees that seemed older than the idea of Tennessee itself.
www.herald-citizen.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'm very proud of this piece. It was a bit more personal than I usually write, but this area is dear to me.
Unfortunately, the photography for the newspaper didn't come through nearly as much.
#graveyardstories
#history
#localnewspapers
#writers
www.herald-citizen.com/features/sta...
Unfortunately, the photography for the newspaper didn't come through nearly as much.
#graveyardstories
#history
#localnewspapers
#writers
www.herald-citizen.com/features/sta...