@hirschda.bsky.social
Hello, Bluesky, nice to be here! I’m a father, husband, retired high school teacher, amateur writer, book club coordinator, science fiction fan and volunteer, Star Trekker, and proud Galaxy Ranger!
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Make it sew! #startrek #picard
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The scammers are out there! Talk to your kids and elders! lifehacker.com/money/scams-...
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Mostly harmless? Looking for that passing Vogon ship; I’ll hazard the poetry! So long, and thanks for all the fish! Don’t panic! Happy Towel Day!
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Twenty years ago this evening. We still have the hat - and the love of poetry!
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“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality, was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense. - George Orwell, 1984
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2+2 = 4
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“A violent felon whose sentence was commuted by President Trump was arrested Friday and charged with violating the terms of his supervised release after he was accused of a string of crimes that included assaulting a 3-year-old child,” the New York Times reports.
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Concerned about Higher Prices? Billionaires are not! Government for us!
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"This week, with scant warning, Homeland Security cut around $20 million for more than two dozen programs from another wing of DHS, including efforts aimed at stopping terrorist attacks and school shooters." -Pro Publica GOVERNMENT FOR US!
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Concerned about National Security? Billionaires are not! Government for us!
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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/usda-halts-deliveries-food-banks-trump-00239453
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2025 World Zionist Congress voting opens today. I am on @hatikvahslate.bsky.social: their values = my values. Votes affect $1b/year for Israel & Jewish world. Last WZC, 123k votes = 152 seats; ~800 votes = voice for equality, democracy, pluralism. www.hatikvahslate.net to learn more & link to vote.
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Capricon flyer featuring events and guests - please go to capricon.org for the information. Thank you!
I am so excited for Capricon Feb 6-9! Come celebrate and have a blast at the Sheridan Grand in downtown Chicago! Never been to a fan run SFF convention? You will love it! Join me! Rooms are so reasonable and parking is fantastically inexpensive! Make a weekend of it (I am)! www.capricon.org
31.01.2025 19:04 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2A friend posted outgoing U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy's "Parting Prescription” and it is worth your attention and time. Don’t be put off by the length, it is a quick and important read - and reminder. Please take a look; here a link to a pdf copy of the full version:
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Today was retirement day 2000. It is great!
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Ghandi's social sins: Wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, religion without sacrifice, politics without principle. His grandson added: rights without responsibility.
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