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I used to try to warn them each time, but it's clear that no one will ever listen, so instead, this is just a heads up for anyone who still thinks:

When the reactionaries were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the liberals, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the liberals and everyone else. Then, when the liberals were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the reactionaries, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the reactionaries and everyone else. Then, when the reactionaries were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the liberals, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the liberals and everyone else. Then, when the liberals were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the reactionaries, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the reactionaries and everyone else. Then, when the reactionaries were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the liberals, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the liberals and everyone else. Then, when the liberals were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the reactionaries, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the reactionaries and everyone else. Then, when the reactionaries were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the liberals, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the liberals and everyone else. Then, when the liberals were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the reactionaries, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the reactionaries and everyone else. Then, when the reactionaries were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the liberals, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the liberals and everyone else. Then, when the liberals were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the reactionaries, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the reactionaries and everyone else. Then, when the reactionaries were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the liberals, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the liberals and everyone else. Then, when the liberals were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the reactionaries, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the reactionaries and everyone else. Then, when the reactionaries were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the liberals, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the liberals and everyone else. Then, when the liberals were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the reactionaries, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the reactionaries and everyone else. Then, when the reactionaries were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the liberals, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the liberals and everyone else. Then, when the liberals were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the reactionaries, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the reactionaries and everyone else. Then, when the reactionaries were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the liberals, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the liberals and everyone else. Then, when the liberals were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the reactionaries, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the reactionaries and everyone else. Then, when the reactionaries were in charge, to exact their revenge they mocked, taunted, and generally tried to make life worse for the liberals, and they succeeded in doing so, both for the liberals and everyone else......

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So yeah, first Google "gave it away" to schools, because "Education is so important". Now that they are so intertwined with modern education that even (maybe especially?) public schools can't get along without it. And now, with American education pover a barrel, the mask has come off: 'Force your students to be the targets of our AI slop-systems, or you can't use any of our systems'

Totally not evil...

nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/goog…

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So in 2016, Stanley tools wanted to release a new insulated 40 oz steel drinking cup, and they needed marketing copy. Their bright idea was to call it a "tumbler", a word which had previously meant a delicate cocktail glass. For whatever reason, their marketing copy completely rewrote American English, to the point that apparently large swathes of the American public no longer know what the word means!

And therefore, my wife and I nearly had nervous breakdowns this weekend over a very confusing argument about whether the kids should be allowed to take highball glasses to school this term!

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Economic crisis, media legitimization, generational turnover.
The parallel is historically accurate. The Weimar Republic went from "Nazis are a joke, we don't take them seriously" to "Nazis are in the cabinet" in under four years. The cordon held because the cultural frame said it was unthinkable.
Belgian PM offered his resignation to the King, in case of and most likely to be now is re election, and who is going to win?

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Plan-A̵̛͈̬̥̿͋̓͛̕

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The rest of Europe will follow with their illusion of grandeur.
For clarification, only party here opposing this War and funding of Military and opposes Nato are the far left > and that is who gets my vote even if I'm in a minority my vote wont be given to some arsehole that pleases herd mentality voters

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I'm seriously of the opinion that allowing HR departments to call programmers "engineers" was the single biggest mistake the tech industry. They aren't. They generally have no idea how to engineer anything. They don't understand risk-benefit analyses. They don't understand that in the real world, 'efficiency' and 'optimization' which address only one variable solution spaces are neither efficient or optimized.

And we've put them in charge of our econony and our government because they are really good at making things that have less features, but at least cost more and run slower!

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@Blaise

There is a clear distinction between a develop and a Software Engineer/ Architect. Yes, you need to be a developer or programmer to become a Software Engineer/ Architect but that does not make every developer an engineer. If you HR department does not realize that then I feel sorry for your company, and your developers (I doubt they are actually programmers) as they will have more than they are capable of expected from them.

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@Blaise
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pip install keeps timing out? A step-by-step checklist

When `pip install` hangs on "Collecting..." or fails with ReadTimeoutError, go through these checks in order:

1. Run `pip install -v <package>` to see which index URL is stalling.
2. Raise the timeout and add retries: `pip install --timeout 60 --retries 5 <package>`.
3. Switch to a nearby PyPI mirror just for this install: `pip install -i <mirror-url> <package>`. To make it permanent, use `pip config set global.index-url <mirror-url>`.
4. Behind a corporate proxy? Pass `--proxy http://host:port`, or set HTTPS_PROXY. pip does not read your browser's proxy settings.
5. Seeing SSL errors? Upgrade `certifi` and pip itself first. Only add `--trusted-host` for a mirror you trust.
6. Clear a broken cache with `pip cache purge`.

For the full proxy and mirror setup, see this guide: roxi.cc/pip26.html

Written by the small team behind Roxi.

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@Roxi Team

Welcome to Rogue Project's Friendica.


Please, be sure you have read the Rules & TOS and that your account is not just for the purpose of marketing. Please, understand I simply do not allow accounts that are set up exclusively to market. That is not the function of this Instance. If that is your intent then you will need to find an Instance that allows marketing. Please feel free to ask if you are unclear as to what constitutes a marketing account.

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theonion.com/authorities-wait-…

Authorities Wait To Release Details Of Hiker’s Death Until They Learn Correct Collective Noun For Emus 

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA—Refusing to inform the press or the man’s emergency contacts until they could nail down the vocabulary for the press conference, local authorities were reportedly waiting Wednesday to release the details of a hiker’s death until t…
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Death of Cronos 💀

Just saw a comment on a #Venom YT video RIP Cronos ! 😐

I was reading and looking at their discography somewhere around last month and added some of their tracks on my #heavymetal playlist ! 🤘

I think, I first started seriously listening to #metal in 2016 and it all started from 70s bands and it took almost 5-6 years until one day I discovered Venom.

youtu.be/nBB2deqwdIs

VENOM "At War With SATAN" ( With Intro...)

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
PopeShaitan (YouTube)
#heavymetal

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Pet Rescue and Foster Volunteer Groups on Telegram: Stopping Fake Adoption Fees and Donation Scams

Animal rescues lean on group chats to coordinate fosters, transport runs, vet appointments and adoption days. The work is urgent and emotional, which unfortunately makes rescue groups attractive to scammers who know that people want to help quickly.

This post outlines a moderation approach for rescue volunteers, foster networks and adoption event groups on Telegram.

Disclosure: this guide is from the team that develops 虾宝 (Xiabao), a Telegram anti-ad and anti-scam bot that is free for group owners.

Scams that show up in rescue chats

Fake adoption listings. Photos of puppies or kittens copied from real rescue pages, offered "free to a good home" with a transport or vaccination fee paid upfront. The animal never existed.

Donation impersonation. Accounts that copy a coordinator's name and photo and post an urgent appeal with a personal payment link.

Emergency vet-bill appeals from strangers. Heartbreaking stories from accounts with no connection to the rescue, asking members to send money directly.

Pet-product spam. Bulk ads for supplements, collars and "calming" products, usually with shortened links.

Rules that protect animals and volunteers

  • Every adoptable animal is posted by a named coordinator and links to the rescue's own listing.
  • Donations go only to the payment details in the pinned message. Any other link is treated as a scam.
  • Transport and fostering requests come from coordinators, not from new members.
  • Volunteers never pay a member privately for an animal, a crate or a transport slot.


Put these four lines at the top of the pin, followed by the coordinators' usernames, so anyone can check who is genuine.

New volunteers

Rescues need new people, so screening should be light. A join question such as "Are you interested in fostering, transport, events or adopting?" sorts newcomers and filters out bulk accounts. Turn on join requests before large adoption days, when the group link is shared on posters.

Automate the background noise

Coordinators are busy with animals, not with deleting spam at midnight. A filter bot handles the bulk junk around the clock.

With Xiabao in the chat, spam links and fake appeals are removed within seconds and repeat posters are banned after a warning. Foster updates and adoption photos come through as normal. The Xiabao guide for charity and volunteer group owners covers setup and permissions; it takes a few minutes.

After an adoption day

Rotate the invite link, check members who joined during the event but never posted, and repost the donation rule. Scammers watch for big events, and a fresh pin right afterwards closes the gap.

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@Xiabao Team

Welcome to Rogue Project's Friendica.


Please, be sure you have read the Rules & TOS and that your account is not just for the purpose of marketing. I appreciate your concern in blocking scammers. Understand I simply do not allow accounts that are set up exclusively to market. That is not the function of this Instance. If that is your intent then you will need to find an Instance that allows marketing. Please feel free to ask if you are unclear as to what constitutes a marketing account.

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Google Anti Gravity

Okay, I have been struggling with an issue with Gnome 50 for about a year now. The issue was that when I right clicked an App Icon on the App Grid and tried to pin it to the Dash there was a long delay, sometimes as long as 3 seconds. The same thing just moving around App Icons on the Dash or unpinning them. This was, as you can imagine, really annoying.


Today, I installed Google's Anti Gravity and after setting it up I started having Gemini analyze the issue. I was able to work out a solution in around 30 minutes! After trying to comb through the Gnome Shell code base for over a year. I had totally missed the issue. By consolidating all of my App Icons into about a dozen Folders I had created a bottle neck for Gnome Shell. It was actually and easy work around after I found out what the issue was.


This was a hard to find bug in Gnome 50. I would have likely never found it by manually pouring through the source code. I am very happy to have my system performing up to specs now. I really do love Anti Gravity! Best new tool of the year for my toolbox!

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#AGY #Google Anti Gravity #Gnome #Gnome Shell

#gnome #AGY #Google Anti Gravity #Gnome Shell

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Forgotten


How it looms in the shadows
following me even now
in the twilight hours of my life

With nights fraught with strife
and days laced with misery
I ponder the cause
of my inequities

I forgave my foes
and forgave my friends
alas I see the ends of this means
I have forgotten to forgive me

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#Poetry #Poem

#poetry

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Challenges

To those that have stood beside me, even when I lacked faith in myself, you have my everlasting gratitude, respect and love. You are the Cornerstones that my life is built upon. There is no way I could possibly repay you for all of your kindness and respect.


To those that have condescended me and have been intolerant of my flaws, even when you had no cause to be, thank you as you also have my everlasting gratitude, respect and love. You are the foundation of my life. More than any other person I know you have motivated, challenged, and driven me to success. I could not have been me, without you. There is no way I can repay this debt to you.


To those that have been apathetic and had no interest in my life, despite that I tried earnestly to be there for you, thank you as you also have my everlasting gratitude, respect and love. You have taught me humility, tolerance and compassion. Without you, I would be far less of a human being. There is no way I can ever repay my debt to you.


To those that I have never met and do not know me, just by circumstance, I can barely wait to meet you. You are my future and the person that will invest so much of your energy into building my character, wisdom and perspective to meet the challenges I will need in that era of my life. I will owe you more than I can ever repay someday, and I will do my best to be a positive contribution in your life. But how you receive me is not my option it is entirely your choice.


To those that I will never meet, due to time constraints, I want to thank you for the many ways you have improved my life though I cannot even fathom how you have. You have influenced others that have indirectly had an indirect or direct influence on me. I thank you for filling this need and I owe you a debt I can never repay.


When I tell you that you need to love your enemies, I am not being witty or sarcastic. I mean it emphatically and quite literally. How a person treats you is beyond your control. How you react and use their influence on your life is entirely up to you. They are not responsible if you fail to accept all the wonderful experiences they can bring to your life, if you let them.


No one will fail me because I will not allow that to happen. I will find a way to make their influence a positive one. If I do not meet this challenge then I have truly failed myself. You may say this is impractical or unrealistic, and I tell you it is not optional. What we do not use to build ourselves up with, will be used to bury us with.

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#Essay #Philosophy

#philosophy #essay

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Words The Most Confusing of All Things...

It might seem on the surface that words, spoken or written, are quite fundamental, easy to understand. Is this really the case though? In all reality words are most misleading. Perhaps I should explain.


Almost every word in any given language has multiple and sometimes contradicting meanings, it is worth considering how sarcasm can reverse the meaning of a word in contemplating this. Also, every word has three distinct meanings in its simplest interpretation. The denotation of the word, which is its dictionary given meaning, which in itself is sometimes not exclusive. Ever taken a look at a dictionary some words have more than one given meaning. Then there is the connotation of a word, which is the meaning the speaker or writer is actually applying to the word. With all things considered, being that language is an attempt to communicate, this would or should be the most important interpretation of the word. The third and less obvious interpretation however is the most significant interpretation and is the listener, or reader's connotation of these words. I can not count the times I have been present to overhear a conversation between two people that I knew well, yet they had just met, and they were having a conversation and either totally agreed with each other or disagreed, and in reality were talking about two entirely different subjects to begin with, neither having a clue of this fact.


So at this point you might ask yourself. Just how do we unravel the mysterious meanings of these words? What are people really saying to me? Words in and by themselves having no real meaning that we can cling to, is there any hope of understanding someone else at all, or of them understanding us?


Consider this. When my daughter was an infant and clung to my finger smiling up at me. I needed no words to understand her at all. When she was five years old, and I stood beside her at the school bus stop, with her clinging to my hand as tight as she could with anxiety on her face and her small frame as tense as it could get. I needed no words to understand her at this moment either. Communication transcends mere words. I knew and still know my daughter's feelings, hopes and perception of life. It is what gives meaning to every word she speaks, or writes. It would be safe to say at this juncture that truly understanding the person is the key to understanding there words, whether of tongue or pen.


With that said, how often do we really even make an effort to understand the people we meet, or are we more satisfied to just accept our perception of them and judge there words by that standard? If I spoke to you, would you listen to me, or would you just hear me?

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#Essay #Philosophy

@Melissa BearTrix @Nelson

#philosophy #essay @Melissa BearTrix @Nelson

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Musk Just Dumped Another $76 Million Into The Midterms

How the hell are we allowing this to continue? Musk is literally buying our government, again.

wired.com/story/elon-musk-just…

Elon Musk Just Dumped Another $76 Million Into the Midterms

The trillionaire has given more than $445 million to Republican political groups this election cycle, as Democrats vow to investigate him.
Dell Cameron (WIRED)

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Even if the Trump regime is prevented from subverting the voting process, they will be unconstrained after November 3rd, because they'll have no more political cards to play unless they create some chaos. This is where the real danger lies. The fascists in the regime are at least constrained by political necessity right now. After the election, they literally have no political necessities, because its a lame duck administration with a hostile Congress, and Trump will see them as a means to an end.

Mark my words. In the week or so after the election, there will be major actions both within the US and in the war on the Middle East. New massive military action in Iran is my primary bet, with starting a new war with a different MIddle Eastern nation in second place (Perhaps Yemen?). Simultaneously, I expect a huge burst of blatantly unconstitutional domestic actions from the Trump regime, all of which are anti-democratic and most of which will never really be intended to survive the courts, but rather to make people confused and scared.

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My Horrible Reading Skills !
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Sometimes some books make me question my reading and comprehension skills (of English) and make me question the time I have spent over the years learning them 😐

I have been reading Ernest Bramah's "What Might Have Been" (In the US, the book is called "The Secret of the League") and I have only been able to grasp the barebone structure of the plot and think that all the intricacies have been lost upon me, it is not the first time I am reading something penned by Bramah (I have read his detective stories of Max Carrados) but the writing style here is very difficult for me to understand with archaic words used sparingly. 😞

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Harib Murshidi

Well, most of the rich and the bourgeois were actually far more smart compared to the working class mass of dunder-headed nitwits. Secondly, I wish I would be able to understand the #scifi elements like I cannot come up with a picture in my head of the flying machines described in the book as well as the fax/telegraph apparatus he has talked about ! I am still scouring the internet to see if somebody has tried to draw some #fanart about this.

I can somehow understand the satirical takes of other authors like Dorothy L. Sayers (with Lord Peter Wimsey) and Agatha Christie far more easily but I think I am probably missing the point that the book was supposedly written to thoroughly lampoon the working class while being more sympathetic with the middle class (George Salt)

#scifi #fanart

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Heartbroken

I hope it is okay to post this here.

Please don't respond in a negative way. I just don't think I could take it right now.

I posted on a different social media awhile ago about my sister and realize there needs to be more back story. My Mom cut my sister out of the will. I gave her half. She lost her job and wanted me to be there for her to talk, sometimes daily, even though I had a full time job and was a single Mom. Granted. I got really sick and needed her support. Nope. not available. She has now moved across the country to be "closer" to me and I hear and see from her less than ever. Since then, she has met a man and now I feel like I don't exist. She never texted or phoned unless I did first. She even cancelled our previous plans for Christmas. I am NOT a selfish person and don't begrudge her sharing Christmas with her new boyfriend. I just wish she hadn't said she would come, then back out. Heartbroken. Whatever. My son's 6 year partner recently broke up with him. I am heart broken. At first he was suicidal and came and stayed with me for a few days. He is still very severely depressed. Heartbroken. Our relationship has been fraught with misunderstandings and poor communication since he was a teenager. A couple of years ago a friend helped us with mediation when all my son did when he would got in touch with me was yell at me. We were doing better for awhile. For the first time in the last 20 or so years, he lives about a half hour drive away. Nearly every time I reach out to him, he ignores me. It was his 40th birthday yesterday. I sent him an e-card, posted a nice message on Facebook (which his Dad piggy backed on because he didn't have the courage or whatever to post his own) and left him a voice mail. When I didn't hear from him ... at all ...by late afternoon... I texted him. Thank God he responded! I was seriously worried that he had taken his life. And yet - not much more I can do. I have been very respectful, giving him his space. I haven't seen him in 3 weeks. Which some of you might think... not a big deal. It is a big deal to me because I know he will move away as soon as his lease is up in April and then I won't see him at all! and yet, if I say anything, he will run away even more. I know he is depressed and probably doesn't want to see anyone and that I shouldn't take it personally, though it is very challenging. Heartbroken.

Feeling like chopped liver with half of my family members. Geez

I have been crying for weeks over these two family dramas in my life.

As if that weren't enough, I finally found someone to play music with and now neither of my flutes will play very well. Those can be fixed, though in the meantime...Heartbroken.

AND I have tendinopathy in my right arm, which is preventing me from doing all of the things that I Love - crocheting, paddling and including playing my flute. I also make Christmas wreaths, which I probably won't be able to do this year. Heartbroken.

I deal with low energy, dizziness and other multiple other issues from a chronic illness every day of my life and manage to rise to many challenges. To some, these things that I have mentioned may seem minor. And compared to others, yeah, not a big deal.

I can't sleep. I lay down to sleep and I cry. Woke up at 4 am yesterday crying. My nervous system is so screwed up.

I have a counselor and she is helpful. I have friends. I am not a selfish person who makes everything about me. I have done personal growth workshops and have done a lot of work on myself.

I also have a husband who loves me and another son who does reach out often. Too bad my sons don't get along and the one who does talk to me can't handle me even bringing my other one up. sigh.

I just really need this pain to end. I am not suicidal. I just need a break.

I am not asking for advice, just understanding and moral support. Please don't respond in a negative way.

Heartbroken

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Great News ...

Well, my 14TB NAS HDD came in today ahead of schedule. Unfortunately it is defective and I had to get an RMA on it. :-( I was actually surprised to get a response from them on a Sunday. I thought I would have to wait until tomorrow to get my RMA. Now I will have to wait for this drive to get back to CA before they ship the replacement to me. Thank goodness that USPS is so fast ... said no one ever. :-(

In a few weeks when the replacement arrives I will be able to upgrade my NAS, until then it is back to waiting.

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#NAS WOES #NAS UPGRADE

#NAS WOES #NAS UPGRADE

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Rename

I wonder who they are talking about?

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#Trump #Maga


The Funny Pages

2026-10-10 15:30:17

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New Comic Strip Found: FurBabies by Nancy Beiman
FurBabies - 2026-10-09 gocomics.com/furbabies/2026/10…

#comicstrip #furbabies


#trump #maga

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Custom Hoodie

Okay, I am going to order one of these and design a few t-shirts to go with it, maybe even a jacket! ;-)

Hoodie Design for Rogue Project and Unus Nemo

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#Custom Hoodie #Custom Clothing

@Melissa BearTrix @adingbatponder 👾 @Pol Dellaiera @Geo-Jigsaw 🌏 🖊️💡🎵 🎥 🍻 @Harib Murshidi @Kasey @Plan-A̵̛͈̬̥̿͋̓͛̕

#Custom Hoodie #Custom Clothing

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It's that time again, makers! 3 Days of hands-on workshops, lessons, and displays for a couple of hundred dollars. That's like $10 per class, but you get dozens of options! Kids are welcome, and can even do the hands-on stuff (with a guardian present, yadda).

You should come...

catskillmountainmakerscamp.com…

The Catskill Mountain Makers Camp

For event info and reservations, please call (518) 634-2541
The Catskill Mountain Makers Camp

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