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I like to go fast. Moved to Boston in 1976 to attend MIT. Decided this was home. The Cradle of Liberty. Retired software engineer. Some of my software flew on the Space Shuttle. Motorcyclist, photographer, hacker, reader of all kinds of things.

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A US Senator claims he saw 2 survivors try to right a blown up heavy boat fragment that was on fire.

I remember the effort it took to right a 100lb intact capsized aluminum canoe when we weren't injured in a training exercise.

This senator is just stupid and nuts.

05.12.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember when his building on the MIT campus opened. The 100% cost overruns cost the president his job, the windows had to be reinstalled, alarms went off spontaneously for a year, just fundamentally never worked as a building for any task.

It's really pretty in aerial shots though, as intended.

05.12.2025 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot from The Onion, originally published October 9, 2002.

Headline: Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches for Grandkids

Below it, a photo of a plate with multiple deconstructed sandwiches balanced precariously, vaguely resembling a Frank Gehry building.

Screenshot from The Onion, originally published October 9, 2002. Headline: Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches for Grandkids Below it, a photo of a plate with multiple deconstructed sandwiches balanced precariously, vaguely resembling a Frank Gehry building.

Frank Gehry, 1929โ€“2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

05.12.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1798    ๐Ÿ” 392    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.

05.12.2025 01:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17845    ๐Ÿ” 4051    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 304    ๐Ÿ“Œ 140

wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics

05.12.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7064    ๐Ÿ” 1251    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 375    ๐Ÿ“Œ 95

You can't get any farther from a hostile combatant than somebody who is literally asking for your help.

04.12.2025 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

At least one other boat, the one with the Colombian fisherman, was adrift and displaying a distress signal with its engine out of the water. To attack a disabled vessel in distress and signaling for assistance is basically in the same category as killing shipwrecked survivors clinging to wreckage.

04.12.2025 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 983    ๐Ÿ” 256    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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You may see people advising you to grab WB-owned titles on physical media and you may wonder if this is overreacting.

It isn't. Movie studios have always put preservation and convenient availability last, outright junking films that they no longer value.

Being a movie fan is rife with stress.

05.12.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 142    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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It's Fireblade Friday. ๐Ÿ™‚
#motosky #motorcycle #bikesky #bikersky #motorbike #honda #cbr900rr

05.12.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/jami...

05.12.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

GOP repeal and replace ACA is a lot like ...

the East Wing thing?

05.12.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same here.

05.12.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Earth Temperature Timeline

A timeline of Earthโ€™s average temperature since the last ice age. Spoiler alert: Itโ€™s definitely getting warmer. And itโ€™s happening increasingly, scarily fast. xkcd.com/1732/

05.12.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 474    ๐Ÿ” 197    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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Today in electric motorcycle news ...

Well, not so much 'news' as simple appreciation. I've loved the design of the Zero S for a number of years now, regardless of it being the base street model for Zero. I even test rode one in Melbourne in February and loved it.
www.instagram.com/p/DR2eGNID2vT/

04.12.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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He's never actually been in combat.

05.12.2025 18:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hegseth actually used a Canadian children's book to piss out his drunken propaganda. The internet had some comments.

05.12.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We attacked with a drone. If the survivors were still a threat, who were they threatening? We didn't even have any personnel there.

05.12.2025 18:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A war criminal without a war It's just murder.

New in PN: A war criminal without a war

"Weโ€™re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, itโ€™s just murder."

05.12.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8149    ๐Ÿ” 2639    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 406    ๐Ÿ“Œ 168
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My great grandmother painted for fun. I grew up with one of her paintings โ€“ a stand of pine trees weighted down with heavy snow. Iโ€™ve always loved that painting so I thought I would create my own version. I hope you enjoy the results!

SNOWY TREES, 12x12โ€, Acrylic ยฉ2025 Jim Musil

05.12.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1636    ๐Ÿ” 128    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Looks more like their blood, boiling.

05.12.2025 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

NEW: GRAND JURY REFUSES TO RE-INDICT LETITIA JAMES per @nicollewallace.bsky.social on Deadline White House. HAHAHAHA

04.12.2025 22:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18445    ๐Ÿ” 3395    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 466    ๐Ÿ“Œ 220

An excellent outcome. Karma smiled.
You both deserved it.

05.12.2025 07:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At one point or another, we're all going to need to see a doctor.

But our health care system remains unaffordable, inaccessible, and deeply dysfunctional. It is unacceptable.

Thatโ€™s why a strong majority of Americans agree: We need Medicare for All.

04.12.2025 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1793    ๐Ÿ” 528    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 83    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35
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I sold my books by providing free talks at civic events, libraries, schools, and bookstores. I contacted local media to offer myself as a guest.
One local morning TV talk show had me on as a guest as each book came out. Local newspapers were glad to write about a successful Tampa Bay author.

04.12.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Of course, you can't beat a Classic British bike. This is a Classic Triumph T120V (5 gears) from the 1972 model year (which ran from July 1971 to July 1972). #motosky #motorcycle #bikesky #bikersky #motorbike #triumph #bonneville #t120v

04.12.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have you ever tried to flip a boat over from the water? Itโ€™s impossibleโ€ฆtry it with something small like a canoe and let me know how it goes, then try it in the ocean with huge swells.

04.12.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TRYING TO FLIPโ€ THE BOAT MEANS THE BOAT WAS CAPSIZED AND THEY WERE SHIPWRECKED IN THE WATER.

04.12.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5719    ๐Ÿ” 1120    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 659    ๐Ÿ“Œ 83
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Meat Loaf Kitty

04.12.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#motosky #Triumph
Fun bike my friend just bought.
I guess it's not the Daytona but the Sprint ST.
Anyone ever own one?
#LooksFast

03.12.2025 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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