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Beginning to get emails like this from small overseas businesses I've ordered products from in the past. I guess this is freedom.

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just got one of those too. The policy is to incentivize buying American, but meds my wife needs are not made or sold here

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#HashtagGames
#MashupClassicSongsAndDogs

"Ever had a drink of watermelon wine?" he asked
He told me all about it, though I didn't answer back
Ain't but three things in this world that's worth a solitary dime
But old dogs and children and watermelon wine.

#TomTHall

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By the numbers: U.S. #spending fell by $20.5 #billion, or 36%, from the second half of #2024 in what the firm calls a response to the #US #presidential #election.

- It was the steepest drop of any country.
So keep talking about the #Economy #food #rent #mortgages, Carloans #studentloans #food #groceries #healthcare #education #clothing #internet #electronics #middlecalss #maga #gop #republicans #politics #congress #midterms

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oh I'm sure he will have the current and old numbers adjusted to look better than anything has ever been. At least Itler pulled germany out of the mud before going on an insane murder rampage.

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Oklahoma Democrats announce second round of public 'Capitol Conversations' | KGOU - Oklahoma's NPR Source
kgou.org/politics-and-governme…

#Oklahoma

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Why is everything internet and tech related just getting worse and worse?

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr has a book on Enshittification coming up that has that question in the title, and the answer inside. I look forward to it, but IIUC one can get a preview by reading his blog 😉

me, I have a theory that's kind of a specialization of his, to the field of software, that I spoke about at LibrePlanet last year. see fsfla.org/~lxoliva/#Unshittify

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Muscogee Nation tribal council pauses resolution involving Cherokee jurisdictional fight | KOSU
kosu.org/news/2025-08-26/musco…

#Oklahoma #Muscogee #Cherokee

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When they finally do overturn Obergefell:

18 States will allow gay marriages
34 States will allow an adult to marry a child

That's what happens when you elect pedophiles.

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Read "American Child Bride: A History of Minors and Marriage in the United States" by Nicholas L. Syrett. Child brides are common in the US in some states. Child marriage has always been a part of American life. It just doesn't get reported on by corporate media.

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Grant Writing 101: An Expert’s Guide for Ag Producers and Small Businesses - Oklahoma Farm Report
oklahomafarmreport.com/okfr/20…

#Oklahoma

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Should have cleaned the solar panels sooner. I knew there was some dust and lichen build up, but didn't realize it had gotten this bad.The lichen had to be scrubbed to get it off, but it was manageable at least. Took about an hour. Got about an 800 watt improvement on a 3k watt system by cleaning the panels. The panels are probably 20 years old now, so it might be time to think about replacing them.

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Wow, 800 watt improvement! Nice. Though, yeah, I could see with your roof not wanting to get up there too often.
in reply to AI6YR Ben

@ai6yr Nice view and it was breezy, so not too hot. Kind of wish we had a deck up there. It is a long way down.

The older I get, the more I think I should have some sort of safety harness, or hire someone. Someone through the MTB team was advertising solar panel cleaning, but when I asked if they were insured it sounded like they were not. No way I'm taking that chance.


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On the bright side, while my planet bakes, my country slides daily into ever deeper authoritarianism and my state remains under constant threat of burning down, Infinite Berry Month continues.

4 more pounds today, for about 17 total so far. The freezer is filling up and I'm starting to give about half of each haul away now. It is my favorite thing about August by far.

#Oregon #blackberries #GottaPickEmAll


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Printable zines for how to report ICE, by state, city, county. Friend is sharing them in a media studies class tomorrow 🙂

(do not @ me about this being a google link, I know)
drive.google.com/drive/folders…

#ICE #uspol #zines

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Arlo launches pan/tilt tracking cameras and upgraded models that are cheaper, somehow

9to5google.com/2025/08/26/arlo…

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europesays.com/2362163/ Czech fundraising campaign Weapons for Ukraine today handed over an UH-60A+ BlackHawk Helicopter to Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. Czech republic became the first country whose people raised enough money to buy a helicopter for Ukraine. Ukraine is currently using 3 Black Hawk helicopters. #Ukraine

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‘Not a dying trade’: Plumbing, construction sectors see more interest from degree and diploma holders
#Singapore
channelnewsasia.com/singapore/…

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in reply to afreytes 🇵🇷 ☭

@mastodonmigration in fact it even caused the exact opposite. I shout in the face of those around me in real life every day by use of these propaganda machines.
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Hmmmm. I wonder.

I've been working on an alternative democracy since 1997. Not much interest in this topic.

Has the nefarious, manipulative forces convinced nearly all well-meaning citizens from investigating this way?

So the current way stays intact?

Hmmmmm.


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Remember when you were a kid and you learned about Superman and thought it was totally ridiculous that Krypton was going to be destroyed but nobody did anything about it? I miss feeling that way.

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- Be at home with your spouse
- 11:00 at night
- Knock at door
- Two armed men wearing ski masks
- Wearing body armor
- Some sort of badge around their neck
- Say they're police
- Serving an immigration warrant
- Refuse to open your door
- Masked men start shooting up the front of your house
- You return fire, kill both
- Turns out they were both fake ICE agents

Not the plot of a movie. This is just literally what happened yesterday in Houston, TX.

I kept saying it was going to happen.

It happened.

police1.com/crime/2-men-impers…

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copy cat criminals have been a TV & movie plot line for decades.

When the #TrumpGestapo started dragging people off the streets in broad daylight it made me wonder how long it would be before the non government sanctioned criminals would dress themselves up and join the party ... 🤔


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After teen suicide, OpenAI claims it is “helping people when they need it most”
ChatGPT allegedly provided suicide encouragement to teen after moderation safeguards failed.
arstechnica.com/information-te…

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This is where I remind everyone that drinking radioactive water was once marketed as good for your health.

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Well, the AI is supposed to be a helpful assistant. If I want to kill myself, it needs to encourage me to do it to be helpful, right? Otherwise trying to prevent me in killing myself, the assistant would not be helpful to me.

It's in its system prompt. Be helpful. From that objective view, it did what it was programmed to do.


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New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line | New Mexico | The Guardian

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something had to be done. The initial rush of COVID was hard on NM. NM is family oriented, and losing the family elders was tough. Those were the caregivers for many families. From the article from 2023: "A study published last year found that New Mexico had the third highest rate of caregiver loss to COVID in the entire country, and that Native American children in the state lost caregivers to COVID at a rate 10 times higher than white children" #NewMexico
sourcenm.com/2023/03/08/covid-…
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#Trump cancels National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship

Alice Walker. Charles Bukowski. Louise Erdrich. Juan Felipe Herrera. These are just some of the #authors who received a #CreativeWriting fellowship from the #NEA over the years. The fellowship has now been canceled.

#arts #literature
npr.org/2025/08/26/nx-s1-55182…

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Are they replacing it with a creative accounting fellowship. I would think Trmp would use that.

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Colorado Fire Service Needs Assessment

"...Based on the results of this survey, the Colorado Fire Service has needs that far exceed their current funding. This has not yet limited their ability to meet the needs of their constituents, however, without the funding to add personnel, update apparatus and equipment, and adequate training the firefighters are at risk. ..."

dfpc.colorado.gov/2024FFNeedsA…

#COwx #wildfires #firefighting

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@douglasvb

Indeed. It's sparse up there. Firefighting even 2 miles up the hill that way from the GJ river bottom involves heavy city/county fire tanker trucks hauling water grinding up a steep hill at 10mph. Can take a while.

Ambulance service, with lighter vehicles, has gotten into the 5-10 minute range for the lower 2-4 mile segment.

GJ EMS and St Marys flight for life heliport are now doing more Glade Park runs when local response all the way up there isn't available.

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Eating a whole bag of kettle corn (yup) becomes riskier as you get toward the bottom. All the pieces which are heavier b/c they have tiny unpopped kernels waiting to chip your teeth are lurking there.

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@ra6bit Nah, it's a bag of pre-made kettle korn. I didn't have to pop it or anything.
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MinuteFood just did an episode about why there are always unpopped kernels left at the bottom
youtube.com/watch?v=UAeSF7Kglk…

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I'd like to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell

youtube.com/watch?v=lDnWiLw5Qt…


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Some of you are so beautiful in the middle of an ugly place. You stand out, like green sprout in a field of ashes.

And ashes are excellent fertilizer.



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Attorney General Platkin Visits Victims of Crime Act-Funded Victims’ Services Organization, Highlights Legal Fight Against Trump’s Attempt to Cut Fund... njoag.gov/attorney-general-pla…

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Someone put a whole bunch of fiber optic cable out on the curb, along with an old sofa, as one does

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@markc568 I suppose it's possible, but I think any thief worth his salt is not going to dispose of the stolen goods in his own front yard
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that might be worth something. It’s Corning brand. They have some exspensive fiber products.

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Finally saw the movie "Sinners." I thought it was amazing, with great storytelling, and plot developments that I could never have anticipated in a million years. Go in without knowing anything about it for maximum impact.

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