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Armath Early

@armathearly.bsky.social

Gardener, woodworker, backpacker. Ham radio and bushcraft. Historian of 19th Century American Religion and a smidge of 15th Century "German". MA in History, Luther Seminary.

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"Dark, and smelling of the first decay of autumn. The first chill of winter on the back of the slight breeze stirring bright leaves. The promise of the biting, voracious cold that makes skin ache when exposed. The bleakness of the hungry season, the time when it is the strongest."

07.10.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excerpt from "Hunger" by Phoenix Boudreau, in "Never Whistle at Night." It's about a possessed man stalking a woman, but it struck me as, hey that sounds like cold-weather me looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner:

07.10.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone, somewhere, is saying "You must be wrong, because both teams are in the NL and wouldn't play each other in the World Series. You must mean League Championship. Be better."

06.10.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone's grandma is gonna be all over this at Thanksgiving

06.10.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

LinkedIn: "Brad is still awaiting your response."

Yeah, and I don't anticipate that changing soon.

06.10.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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an owl a duck and a chicken are standing together ALT: an owl a duck and a chicken are standing together

โ€œTackle by Lance Littlebearโ€

04.10.2025 03:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Funny observation of the evening: Our high school team with one non-white kid has a Native American mascot, and tonight we played a bunch of kids from the reservation who are represented by a Trojan.

04.10.2025 03:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

03.10.2025 21:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26048    ๐Ÿ” 6630    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 480    ๐Ÿ“Œ 155
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I'm not sold on the success potential of a model train, ham radio, and antique book emporium with a sarcastic owner who insults the customers.

03.10.2025 22:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dial-in BBS with ASCII art are back, baby. We've come full circle.

03.10.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The biggest blunder in modern history was moving from forums to social media.

25.09.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Dial-in BBS with ASCII art are back, baby. We've come full-circle.

03.10.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Man, there ain't enough xanax and zyns to get me through this today

03.10.2025 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Man, there ain't enough xanax and zyns to get me through this today

03.10.2025 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Apple pulls US immigration official tracking apps The creator of ICEBlock accuses the tech giant of "capitulating to an authoritarian regime" by removing his app.

I'm not sure why people are shocked by this. Revolt is never officially sanctioned.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

03.10.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

really funny to say this when a month ago you were banning people making charlie kirk jokes

03.10.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2370    ๐Ÿ” 383    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Microsoft says its Agent Mode in Excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for evaluating an Al model's ability to edit real world spreadsheets. This result

Microsoft says its Agent Mode in Excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for evaluating an Al model's ability to edit real world spreadsheets. This result

As someone who does accounting and data validation, this would get me fired:

02.10.2025 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 753    ๐Ÿ” 158    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

"I was talking to a cop last night and told him I was looking to drive truck and he told me to check with you guys"

Uh, sir, that doesn't bolster your chances much.

03.10.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dudes - someone looking like Dollar Tree Jelly Roll just came in for a job application, wearing a shirt that said "Eat your girl out or I will."

03.10.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tell that to Jamal Kashogi you fuckin' asswipe.

03.10.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"contrarian bent" is a cool way to say 'oligarch dick and balls crammed entirely all the way in throat'

02.10.2025 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive | Bari Weiss to lead CBS News as part of major Paramount Skydance shakeup: sources Weiss will report directly to Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison as she helps set the editorial direction at the third-place CBS News, a source close to the situation said.

Oh goodie. Another fake leftist.

nypost.com/2025/10/02/m...

02.10.2025 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Human Flesh: A Wendigo Thriller

One sentence review: Interesting format, engrossing story, wish it were longer!

amzn.to/3WkwCqM

02.10.2025 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

02.10.2025 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44310    ๐Ÿ” 10042    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1036    ๐Ÿ“Œ 510
Telnet BBS Guide

Enjoy :)

www.telnetbbsguide.com

02.10.2025 18:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An overly-complicated one with sub-chats and grifting, at that.

02.10.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is why I still telnet into BBS servers for shits 'n' giggles.

02.10.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hold still

01.10.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 218    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

You know that guy who rammed his truck w American flags into an LDS church and murdered 4 people before setting the place on fire?

I canโ€™t find a single story about his politics

Help me out here if Iโ€™m missing something

01.10.2025 22:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1796    ๐Ÿ” 447    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 135    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41
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a man is playing a guitar and singing into a microphone while another man plays drums . ALT: a man is playing a guitar and singing into a microphone while another man plays drums .
02.10.2025 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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