Bill Swallow

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

Birds 🧪

No issues here.

I’ve used a ton of software in my lifetime. Bose wins for flakiest, most user-unfriendly. I recently changed internet providers and had to set my SoundTouch 30 speaker up on the new router. That… was an experience that reinforced my decision to never again buy another Bose product.

Sir, you grew up in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Absolutely no one was encouraging you and your little friends to bring guns to school. You are thinking of a Looney Tunes you watched one time in 1954.

Anyone else having a ton of issues with the new @duolingoverde.bsky.social flash card feature? Nothing like being told your pronunciation is wrong only to have it parrot the exact same pronunciation back at you as a correct example. If these are their AI improvements, no thank you.

My grandmother was on it for years. I guess if the dose is high enough…

I know there’s swelling but that much within a few days? Wow

Yeah, if that’s from Prednisone, that must be one hell of a constant dose he’s on to bloat up that much that quickly.

Beach and jetty, Cape Cod bay.

Last hurrah. Back home tomorrow, back to work on Monday.

Caught a “Stuff The Bus” promo on TV this morning. You know, collect donated school supplies. Wouldn’t it be great if the taxes we already pay go to things like this? To teacher salaries? To healthcare? To things that make meaningful impact for everyone?

I need to stop waking up every morning thinking it will be a normal day. Or maybe this is now normal? Scary thought.

I don't want a ballroom in The White House. I want healthcare.

Love me a bit of Sade.

Let them eat cake.

Enjoying a couple of mid-afternoon beers at Oak Bay Brewing in Hyannis, MA. Great mellow spot.

He’s just dripping with empathy.

Don't sweep the leg.

Good job, Duo. 🤦‍♂️

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For the most part, I still love Apple's Magic Mouse, but I absolutely hate having to put it up on bricks every time it needs charging.

Watching clips from Back to the Beginning on YouTube and man, I wish I was there. The lineups have been epic. I’ve been beside-myself giddy all evening.

Three Things in Trump’s Budget That Aren’t Getting Enough Attention They might affect the bill’s fate… if more people learn about them and speak up.

In addition to kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance, cutting taxes for the wealthy, and adding trillions to the deficit, other parts of Trump’s Budget are also harmful and unpopular.

We need to make sure more people learn about them.

Tariffs.
Stock market down.
Medicaid slashed
Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans.
National guard and marines deployed in LA.
No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine
Bombing Iran

This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.

No kidding, and my half-awake, startled brain went right to last night’s news.

It shook the whole house.

It felt like it was right overhead here. Ridiculously loud, and long.

It is, but DuoLingo ignores punctuation as well as capitalization.