Baron von Awesome

30 years of #Halloween get-ups.

Weird Al Jourgensen.

Happy Halloween.

C'mon over!

#HappyHalloween

The penultimate day of October in my neighborhood.

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Trump’s approval rating hits a new low as poll shows him 19-points underwater Despite the president’s brag to the contrary, his overall favorability is down again in latest survey of public opinion about his performance as commander-in-chief

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Retail therapy. 🔥

Layoffs since April:

Amazon: 30k
Intel: 25k
Microsoft: 15k
Meta: 3600
Target: 1800
Charter: 1200
Paramount: 1000
Rivian: 600
xAI: 500

Reminder: Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for reporting accurate job numbers to cover up his handling of the economy.

This chart serves as a reminder to Australians (and Turks, and Japanese, and Brits etc) that their country is doing much better than the US in some basic social justice measures.

This is a fantastic idea if you're a baker in Chicago. Bake pie and help hungry people!

Benjamin Franklin wanted a 🦃 for the US! 😆

While the majority is busy turning back the maga tide, why don't we use this opportunity to also provide basic social care to compete with the majority of the free world?

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Italy celebrates La Befana during the holidays. They're cool with witches.

I'm pretty sure I know what the missus is about to concoct in the crock pot for dinner label.

And she damn well got the brand right. Fits the bill. 😅

The tragic change a single year has made in America | Margaret Sullivan As we approach the anniversary of the 2024 election, we awake to new horrors each day. But we must not give up hope

I'm hopeful as well.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Grand day out with the family!

-Enjoyed our return to Keller Farm Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard (tradition)

-Dinner at Crusade Burgers (first time and awesome/Yum!)

-Visited a Haunted House built in the front yard of the owner's house (props to this guy...outstanding!)

A lot of fun!

About my favorite time of year.

And especially for hiking.

Autumn in the Upper Midwest. Can't be beat.

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Weekend breakfasts are the best breakfasts.

DNA from Napoleon’s ill-fated 1812 army reveals what likely led to the soldiers’ demise | CNN Researchers uncover two previously undetected bacteria in teeth from Napoleon’s soldiers, revealing a possible combination of illness that ravaged his army in 1812.

But if the witches in the federal government have their say, they'd like to roll back technology and medicine to pre-Napoleonic times.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/s...

Prost to your weekend!

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@laschet.bsky.social
#Spaten #Urmarzen #Germanbeer
#OktoberfestisntoveruntilIsayitis

Pre-dawn walk in the neighborhood. Gone are my warm-weather compadres. 29°F out the door at 0640.

Quite frosty, but our Jack Skellington was still happy to see me upon my return.

In the mAgA world..

Walking around my office complex post-work in what I dub the "O'Hare Basin".

The autumnal sky sure makes it pretty around 530p in late October.

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Can Ken Burns Win the American Revolution?

This is an example of why history was my undergraduate degree. It is why I study the topic even more as I get older.

It is also why the world, America in particular, needs to be far better educated on the topic.

Looking forward to this:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/a...

In a rather cruel example of history repeating itself, Eric Stoltz was fired from The Big Lebowski as he had been from Back to the Future.
This is the only remaining footage of him as The Dude.

Early Ramones.

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Christian music star born without arms arrested on child porn charges Sheptock was arrested while he was ministering at a nearby women’s prison

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...