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Graham Bolton

@gbolton.bsky.social

Dutch ex-Brit tuba-playing gay computer scientist who regards 'woke' as a compliment. Entrepreneur since 1989, now working on TypeScript#SQL, a programming language written for and by web developers

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Elon Musk: The Bigot in Full This, I think it is safe to say, did not age well:

Seems like a good day to re-up thisโ€ฆ.

www.thebulwark.com/p/elon-musk-...

20.01.2025 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 457    ๐Ÿ” 131    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Iโ€™ll be posting this today

20.01.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40206    ๐Ÿ” 9902    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 529    ๐Ÿ“Œ 620
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Elon just did thisโ€ฆ

20.01.2025 20:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7965    ๐Ÿ” 2495    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1610    ๐Ÿ“Œ 821

Thank you Susie!

20.01.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Word of the day is โ€˜catch-fartโ€™ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.

20.01.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8424    ๐Ÿ” 2454    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 242    ๐Ÿ“Œ 349

Running short on Ketamine, or is his mind swimming in it?

20.01.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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martin luther king jr. is standing in front of a microphone giving a speech . Alt: martin luther king jr. is standing in front of a microphone giving a speech .

โ€œCowardice asks the question, โ€˜Is it safe?โ€™ Expediency asks the question, โ€˜Is it politic?โ€™ But conscience asks the question, โ€˜Is it right?โ€™ And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but because conscience tells one it is right.โ€

MLK Jr

20.01.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8526    ๐Ÿ” 2796    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 105    ๐Ÿ“Œ 110
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#MLKDay2025
#MLK
#Stand
#Justice
#ChooseLove

20.01.2025 06:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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State-owned and controlled media, as part of "small government", is necessary for "free speech".

Not.

19.01.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well you know what they say: "small hands, small crowds"...

19.01.2025 10:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wonder what would happen if his supporters, some of whom paid handsomely to attend the inauguration and are now being excluded "because it is cold outside", were to storm the Capitol?

19.01.2025 10:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm 62 Jo, and that gives me the right to groan when a move involves any muscle group, except when there's anyone under 60 within earshot. Something to look forward to?

18.01.2025 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thoughts and prayers. Who would have guessed that they work from time to time..?

15.01.2025 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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True.

13.01.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4836    ๐Ÿ” 1613    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 188    ๐Ÿ“Œ 75

Who on earth is paying those ridiculous amounts, and what do they think they are buying?

15.01.2025 07:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reading this, right now, in a sans serif font. Best place for serifs is on paper

14.01.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dat is zeker!

14.01.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey Niels!

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So as a grower or wholesaler, do you put your product onto a truck which goes directly to a distribution centre with no queues and no customs paperwork?

Or do you risk the other thing? Must be hard trying to source products into the UK from the EU during a shortage. Premium prices might do it...

13.01.2025 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Zekers. A little dull but much nicer...

13.01.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We kijken... :-)

12.01.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Jealous Trump Throws Own State Funeral To Upstage Carterโ€™s WASHINGTONโ€”Peeking out of his coffin with one eye open, a jealous President-elect Donald Trump reportedly threw his own state funeral Thursday in an effort to upstage the late Jimmy Carterโ€™s ceremony. โ€œIโ€™m way deader than he is,โ€ mumbled Trump, who lay at the opposite end of the National Cathedral as his senior aides attempted to [โ€ฆ]

Jealous Trump Throws Own State Funeral To Upstage Carterโ€™s
theonion.com/jealous...

12.01.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4401    ๐Ÿ” 433    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 81    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

Perhaps I shouldn't draw this conclusion, but it strikes me that people who were raised to believe in any religion are more inclined to believe lies and disinformation than those of us who chose not to believe in Father Christmas, ghosts, any of the thousands of gods that people have invented, etc

12.01.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's one of the many remarkable properties of water: water at 4ยบC is at its densest, and that's one of the things make it possible for fish to survive the winter. It's also one of the fewest compounds which can exist in three states (solid, liquid and gas) at a range of temperatures

12.01.2025 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Assuming of course that the quoted post is not being disparaged :-)

12.01.2025 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One benefit of being older I guess

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New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in Northโ€ฆ

In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years โ€”ย combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.

See what changes are in store for your county.

By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith

12.01.2025 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6363    ๐Ÿ” 2954    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 289    ๐Ÿ“Œ 427

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