TomB
@wafter99.bsky.social
Old computer nerd, music lover, reader, art & beauty fan, mostly vegan..
POTUS should listen up...
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Art of Cinema on Instagram: "This is now more relevant than ever
The only movie of Joe Pesci's career to be rated PG-13.
Film: With Honors"
61K likes, 363 comments - artof.cinema on November 24, 2025: "This is now more relevant than ever
The only movie of Joe Pesci's career to be rated PG-13.
Film: With Honors".
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January 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
POTUS should listen up...
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Code maintenance was how entry level programmers learned to write bulletproof programs in the early 70's. AI is eliminating that need and the jobs that go with it. This article points out some of the dangers for another profession...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The Problem With Letting AI Do the Grunt Work
Artificial intelligence is destroying the career ladder for aspiring artists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Code maintenance was how entry level programmers learned to write bulletproof programs in the early 70's. AI is eliminating that need and the jobs that go with it. This article points out some of the dangers for another profession...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
If you don't like history, just change the records, and the only art that counts are the arts that your largest donors want to see or that honor...you...
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‘Their first instinct was to loot’: how Trump’s acolytes are plundering the Kennedy Center
Sheldon Whitehouse, an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board, remains undeterred and determined to press on with his investigation
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January 1, 2026 at 8:11 PM
If you don't like history, just change the records, and the only art that counts are the arts that your largest donors want to see or that honor...you...
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While Washington insights the Chinese have steadily plodded ahead of the US in tech, weaponry, and production...
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A ‘Trump Class’ Folly on the High Seas
Ukraine sees the future of naval warfare. The White House doesn’t.
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December 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
While Washington insights the Chinese have steadily plodded ahead of the US in tech, weaponry, and production...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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China already has workers, heavy manufacturing, and out produces us at almost every level. The most incompetent and least tech savvy person running our government has made sure we would be dust in a war with China...nice work...
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RIP American Tech Dominance
Lifting export controls on Nvidia’s second-best chip jeopardizes America’s AI advantage over China.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
China already has workers, heavy manufacturing, and out produces us at almost every level. The most incompetent and least tech savvy person running our government has made sure we would be dust in a war with China...nice work...
www.theatlantic.com/economy/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/economy/2025...
According to the new Code of Federal Regulations advanced nursing degrees are not considered professionals...
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Nursing No Longer Classified as a Professional Degree: What’s at Stake?
A recent change by the U.S. Department of Education excludes nursing from its list of “professional degrees.” Discover how this impacts nurses at every level.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
According to the new Code of Federal Regulations advanced nursing degrees are not considered professionals...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Not a smoker but this man lived to be over 100 years old smoking non-filtered cigarettes since he was 16 and played like this all his life...
Charleston Rag - Eubie Blake
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Charleston Rag - Eubie Blake
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Eubie Blake - Charleston Rag
YouTube video by kenjikent
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November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Not a smoker but this man lived to be over 100 years old smoking non-filtered cigarettes since he was 16 and played like this all his life...
Charleston Rag - Eubie Blake
youtu.be/mN89vHZ414s?...
Charleston Rag - Eubie Blake
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So. it appears, NOTHING is easy...
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Why Can’t I Just Watch Sports on Television?
It shouldn’t be this hard to be a fan.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
So. it appears, NOTHING is easy...
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Pardon me...but NO one person is worth $1tn... especially when so much of the world is starving...
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‘Musk is Tesla and Tesla is Musk’ – why investors are happy to pay him $1tn
Making Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire appears to fit a US investment culture of backing high-flying innovators
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November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Pardon me...but NO one person is worth $1tn... especially when so much of the world is starving...
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What a night!!! VA, NJ, NYC and other democrat wins. My 18yo great niece voted for the first time..she will be over the moon…
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
What a night!!! VA, NJ, NYC and other democrat wins. My 18yo great niece voted for the first time..she will be over the moon…
This is scarier than any halloween costume or movie I've ever seen... www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This is scarier than any halloween costume or movie I've ever seen... www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
This is one of my biggest fears. In the negotiations, if you want to call it that, with China allowing Nvidia to sell it's highest level to them is in the deal. China can already outproduce us and has a lot more people to throw at a war...
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The U.S. Is on Track to Lose a War With China
Modern warfare is decided by production capacity and technological mastery, not by individual valor.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is one of my biggest fears. In the negotiations, if you want to call it that, with China allowing Nvidia to sell it's highest level to them is in the deal. China can already outproduce us and has a lot more people to throw at a war...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Anyone think Russia or China are slowing their defense production?
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'Something is going wrong on the assembly lines' of US defense manufacturers: report
On May 1, roughly 4000 employees of defense manufacturers — including Lockheed Martin — went on strike. And in another strike, around 3000 employees of Pratt & Whitney (which manufactures essential co...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Anyone think Russia or China are slowing their defense production?
www.alternet.org/lockheed-mar...
www.alternet.org/lockheed-mar...
This disgusting monstrosity with Lincoln squatting under it is more important than healthcare or the US sinking into illiteracy..
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Waving his flag all over the place: Trump adds ‘Arc de Trump’ to presidential renovations
In addition to a new ballroom, flagpoles, gilding the Oval Office and paving over the Rose Garden, the US president proposes an arch
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October 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This disgusting monstrosity with Lincoln squatting under it is more important than healthcare or the US sinking into illiteracy..
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Very good article by David Brooks...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.
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October 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Very good article by David Brooks...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Dictatorship or cult...you decide...
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The not-so secret language of fascist fashion
Today’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you
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October 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Dictatorship or cult...you decide...
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Meloni expresses what many women think when meeting the orange madman...without saying a word...
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MSN
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October 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Meloni expresses what many women think when meeting the orange madman...without saying a word...
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Our country is being taken over by armed thugs, criminals, and maniacal politicians. Not a shot fired in resistance and not a single elected official stands up for the people…this is the reality of the USA in 2025… www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Trump bypasses the Senate — and the courts — to install loyal US attorneys
The lack of oversight raises the specter of politicized U.S. attorney’s offices doing the White House’s bidding.
www.politico.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Our country is being taken over by armed thugs, criminals, and maniacal politicians. Not a shot fired in resistance and not a single elected official stands up for the people…this is the reality of the USA in 2025… www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
So the new rule is...there are no rules...welcome to the dictatorship...
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MSN
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July 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So the new rule is...there are no rules...welcome to the dictatorship...
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I feel a deep sadness for our country…like when my mother and brother died…it is no longer a country to be proud of IMHO.
July 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I feel a deep sadness for our country…like when my mother and brother died…it is no longer a country to be proud of IMHO.
This story focuses on what concerns me about AI and the information DB's it searches..what value do the results have if the source is corrupted?
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MSN
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June 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This story focuses on what concerns me about AI and the information DB's it searches..what value do the results have if the source is corrupted?
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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Thanks to Robert Reich for sharing this call to action...
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A remarkable message
You need to read this.
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June 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thanks to Robert Reich for sharing this call to action...
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"My Old Man" by Zac Brown Band | Charlie Rose
YouTube video by Charlie Rose
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June 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM