okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin

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Me, #geologist, #sysadmin, #sailor, #CubanAmerican, old, drunk, also stabby.
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Avatar is a ship's wheelhouse. Background picture is a BioBase bathymetric survey of part of Lake Minnetoka.
#BioBase #Captain #Sailing #Hydrology #Hydrography #Bathymetry #Geology #Hydrogeology
#Boating #MarineElectronics #Ceph #OpenStack #Proxmox
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2026-01-07 02:22:56 UTC

The English Breakfast Patient
#BeansAShowOrMovie #HashTagGames

2025-11-28 21:40:01 UTC

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Idiots are resourceful.

2025-09-21 20:47:52 UTC

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FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKING COW!
It's 10pm and I just got off shift and haven't had a day off since Labor Day because your pig god has made retirement impossible and this is MY ME TIME! So fucking WHAT if I'm sitting alone at a bar on my phone laughing at bonobos interacting with a polyglot dude?
NONYA!!!!!!
Go do a fucking jagey or screwball or whatever the fuck! Go puke in an alley!
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!!!
https://youtu.be/drEfteACl-E?si=D0yy4XRuDqgh5CH8

2025-09-21 03:57:56 UTC

Fucking some people.
So fucking annoying.
Why don't I just say "Fuck the motherfuck OFF!"?
Well when it is a White woman with friends, like as not they want a scene. Probably a fight. That is their hick entertainment.
Fuck these people.
Yes.
I am laughing watching videos of bonobos on my phone.
Fuck you.
Why is that your business?

2025-08-23 00:36:27 UTC

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A month ago I bought a $250 bass guitar from Germany and was required to pay $120 COD by UPS with zero documentation or reason why. I couldn't reach anyone to explain the charge. I refused shipment. Now waiting for reimbusement or explanation.

2025-08-12 21:09:36 UTC

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Minnesota has 7 million people and 2 senators
California has 40 million people and 2 senators
North Dakota has less than 800,000 people and 2 senators
Alaska has less than 800,000 people and 2 senators
Wyoming has less than 600,000 people and 2 senators
Vermont has less than 700,000 people and 2 senators
Washington DC has over 700,000 people and 0 senators
Make this shit make sense.

2025-08-07 21:07:14 UTC

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I hope you get a cut. I bought that.

2025-08-06 00:35:54 UTC

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I read the entire piece. Yes. And know someone who does crop dusting with drones, and who is desperate for better options than DJI, and now switched to the Eavision J100. He is working with a friend and me to design a heavy lift drone (80 liters). But again, in the current political situation Democrats have ZERO ability to stop Trump's tariff or trade war or barriers to DJI drones.

2025-08-06 00:09:25 UTC

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You really think Democrats can stop this? With the vast powers they wield?

2025-08-05 14:09:40 UTC

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I miss #BlackTwitter. You all could have provided the tools for that, but refused. Quote boosts, blocking people from replying, proper moderation. But nope.

2025-08-01 15:02:59 UTC

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With an OpenWRT router one can easily block or throttle access by MAC address, including timeouts times.

2025-07-31 01:17:26 UTC

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Did they vote for the Black lady? Because literally that would have had a major impact.

2025-07-17 03:50:33 UTC

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Whoa.
Shots fired!

2025-07-15 02:08:29 UTC

Hot babes love hopeless dorks.
#LifeLessonsFromSitcoms #HashTagGames

2025-07-10 14:43:19 UTC

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Can't speak about Kerr County, but the mayor of Kerrville was asked if he was invited on that call or on that call and he answered "no, I was not" to both.

2025-07-02 18:20:34 UTC

"From cradle to gravy" is a common expression people use when describing something that follows you for life.
#Gravy
#Coffee
#UnTrending

2025-07-02 16:32:41 UTC

I ditched Chrome and Firefox and now very happy with the new #gravy browser. It's lighter, faster, has a better ad-blocker and rejects #AI and #LLM scrapping. Plus it is very filling.

2025-06-28 03:27:53 UTC

Rosemary's Baby Gender Reveal
#ShowsAndMoviesTheSuburbs #HashTagGames

2025-06-03 12:37:33 UTC

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This is an AI image. Please don't do this.

2025-05-30 00:17:33 UTC

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Please don't CW these things. People need to know.

2025-05-11 05:03:29 UTC

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I 💯 get where you are coming from.
Trauma is real. Trauma is effective. They need to be subjected to trauma and stress equal or greater to what they are inflicting.

2025-05-08 12:44:08 UTC

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Data hetrogeneity is why bad data can really screw a model. Especially when it doesn't have a lot of homogenous data for that specific model. That paragraph, code snippet, or face. Bad data can overwhelm "good" data, skewing the model. This is often the problem with #LLM output & can't be overcome with more processing or algorithms, it is a math problem. The real issue is how it is marketed. They KNOW this is an issue & could easily provide you the user with confidence values. They don't 7/

2025-05-08 12:19:58 UTC

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The problems historically are
1. Data heterogenity - this is why people often preprocess data with Baysian analysis to determine the reliability (a technical term) and confidence or credibility intervals for the model. An example is you have a string of 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5. What is the credibility interval if you guess the next number is 5. Pretty high, right? Now your string is 2, 87, 36, 11, 7, 43, 24, 9, 75. What is the credibility for your guess for next in string? This can be quantified 6/

2025-05-08 12:10:37 UTC

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Back to topic.
Modelling has changed and improved a lot. Mostly due to more powerful computers allowing more brute force analysis. The math tools really haven't changed that much. Early commercial modelling included programs like #Surfer decades ago and used #Kriging, (#Gaussian peocess regression) of geostatistical data. Most current geospatial modelling uses this technique, often enhanced with #BayesianDataAnalysis (read the book by that name). So now the table is mostly set. 5/

2025-05-08 11:52:40 UTC

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Large dataset modelling has come a long way since I 1st walked into the #LANDSAT/EROS facility in Souix Falls, SD way back in the early 80's. Mouth open, eyes wide. Big tape drive computers whirring and clicking. The operators describing how they process signal returns into forest models, carbon densities, urban densities, surface temperatures, etc.. I was just a student, but fascinated by what they were able to do. Slight historical digression. 4/

2025-05-08 11:36:05 UTC

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Which brings us to an important concept, "All models are wrong, some are useful." This is a decades old aphorism, but what does it mean? The gist is another aphorism "The map is not the territory".
A model is a snapshot, based on current information, current assumptions/algorithms, and current allocation of processing resources. "Reality" which is what the models try to represent, is constantly and unpredictably changing. Our data on reality also changes, which changes the modelling 3/

2025-05-08 11:26:01 UTC

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First, there is no such thing as "#ArtificialIntelligence". It's not artificial and it isn't intelligentce. As a pursuit, it is quite real, and what it produces is not intelligence, but detailed models based on huge amounts of related archived data. The important word here is "model". So every time you see output from #Gemini or #ChatGPT, put in your mind that it is a MODEL of a paragraph on a topic, a MODEL of a picture of a sparrow on a pear, a MODEL of #python code. 2/

2025-05-08 11:15:50 UTC

Let's talk about "#AI", #LLM, and #MachineLearning, which I don't put in quotes.
First, I am not anti-science, I am anti-JUNKscience and MARKETING, and there is a difference.
Why can I discuss a field I'm not in with some knowledge? I spent over 30 years in geophysics, signal processing, and in geologic and hydro and hydrogeologic modelling. People doing this kind of work are the progenitors of the current science. 1/

2025-04-27 17:12:37 UTC

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Or Will Rogers.
- Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat.
- They want peace. But they want a gun to get it with.
- Why sleep at home when you can sleep in Congress? [Or at the Pope's funeral....]

2025-04-11 00:20:06 UTC

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And if Harold Lloyd doesn't win the second, then same.

2025-04-06 10:04:33 UTC

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Professor Peabody?

2025-04-03 13:53:30 UTC

I opened an old cooler to clean it and forgot I had left a dozen oysters in there last summer....
No bueno.
Got the heaves pretty bad.
I think the smell is still on my shirt....

2025-03-28 23:58:18 UTC

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What is standing out is those veins.

2025-03-09 00:59:50 UTC

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💯
Without Soc. Sec. and other federal money, cities will suffer, but rural communities will collapse.

2025-03-08 20:05:01 UTC

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Even one month without SocSec checks and the reaction will be widespread and violent. Will make summer of 2020 look like a kindergarten food fight.

2025-03-02 20:19:17 UTC

#Ukraine #zelenskyy
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/094/680/248/179/206/original/9cf04e9dcc7cde8f.jpg

2025-03-02 01:34:23 UTC

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Bravo
Seriously
Keep on keeping on

2025-02-23 19:57:19 UTC

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I worked with a USGS geologist last summer. She wouldn't let us buy her a $10 sandwich. Ethics.

2025-01-28 23:20:34 UTC

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That show was horrifically problematic.

2025-01-28 23:10:12 UTC

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Has nobody heard of "Dateline"? It has had 33 seasons and is still going. It is the longest running series on NBC.

2025-01-23 01:50:18 UTC

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Gonna be shutting down Small Disadvantaged Business program next?
Good luck with that, it's in federal law. This is all performative baloney.

2025-01-21 17:32:54 UTC

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#NewOrleans #Snow #WhoDatNation #NOLA
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/867/531/121/065/825/original/4d065fb44ee7363c.jpg

2024-12-23 21:39:52 UTC

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https://mastodon.social/@Okanogen/113704281727456696

2024-12-21 02:17:30 UTC

Ork on a fork
#AltElfOnTheShelf
#12DaysOfChristmas
#HashtagGames

2024-12-21 02:10:37 UTC

Stiff on a spliff
#AltElfOnTheShelf
#12DaysOfChristmas
#HashtagGames

2024-12-18 17:49:01 UTC

This is nice.
Not worried at all.
https://www.techspot.com/news/105987-cyborg-cockroach-armies-can-now-mass-produced-rate.html

2024-12-03 13:13:24 UTC

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Can't even with that guy, including humor.
Hard pass.

2024-12-03 00:22:21 UTC

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[@mekkaokereke](https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke )

2024-11-28 01:58:53 UTC

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I blame White leftists who have no idea what solidarity means, whimper about how ignored they are, have no interest in working for change, and point fingers at the people, mostly Black women, doing all the heavy lifting.
Look at the people Giulliani identified: two Black women poll workers. You don't see young, white, leftist reply guys getting that treatment.

2024-11-26 15:07:29 UTC

Trump is so fucking stupid he actually thinks Elon Musk is smart.

2024-11-24 22:23:03 UTC

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Oh please do stfu.
For decades liberals and Democrats have been fighting for unionism, inclusive social policies, equal rights, gay rights, women's rights, social justice, economic justice, environmental protection, and on and on goddamn on.
Meanwhile, fighting three fronts: a monied elite, religious extremists, and refusenik useful idiots of the totalitarian Left of the Chinese/Soviet bent.
Screw you. Move to Russia if you worship it so much.

2024-11-15 14:38:06 UTC

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Red Hat,
Bought at the Dunkin Donuts drivethrough.

2024-11-13 18:34:33 UTC

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They will 100% be the ones eating people when the apocalypse happens.

2024-11-12 22:05:20 UTC

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Good

2024-11-12 21:44:36 UTC

I look at every White Male sideways as a potential enemy now. Most White women as well.
Sorry.

2024-11-07 22:37:33 UTC

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Fucking jacobin?
Yeah. Eat my entire dick whoever runs this bot account.

2024-11-07 01:06:26 UTC

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Oh man.
I hadn't done it in years and years. But last night I was so upset and didn't want more booze and there was an "enhanced" beverage in the fridge. Just 25mg. I drank the whole thing, by about 11pm, and the worst of it, i was so fucking high I could barely move. Plus, like tripping balls. I wanted to crawl in bed, but could hardly walk. Finally, carefully, managed to negotiate the journey and pass out, shoes hanging off the side. Vivid conscious #dreams

2024-10-20 18:36:36 UTC

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#Phrasing

2024-10-12 15:57:45 UTC

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If White America elects this openly racist, convicted criminal bigot a second time, when a completely normal, rational alternative is right there in front of them, it's going to be open season, and that goes for both sides.
I don't think they have any idea what kind of hell will be unleashed. A clear rejection of any concept of the "social contract".

2024-10-08 01:26:58 UTC

Smiling in the Name Of
#PeacefulASong
#HashTagGames

2024-10-06 14:11:53 UTC

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State sanctioned murder. Murder in my name, but without my consent.

2024-10-02 05:21:03 UTC

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Ok. Barely programming #sysadmin here, so please excuse my ignorance.
Why not just teach folks to use COBOL?

2024-10-01 19:02:56 UTC

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Can't speak about California, this is a Minnesota state program.
https://cleanenergyassociation.org/minnesota-clear-energy-program-1/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=%7Bcampaign%7D&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwu-63BhC9ARIsAMMTLXQ0IQV2vuNAbfVLBqZow35tDptz9gY8mbeXGrV37ex9qcxBw6_hWMgaAgIQEALw_wcB

2024-10-01 18:38:11 UTC

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A friend got 100% grant funded solar panels on her house where she charges her Volt. Only drives 50 miles a week. A fine use case.

2024-09-21 22:33:24 UTC

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People could make money on fediverse/Mastodon, but it will be in a different way than Twatter or fecesbook.

2024-09-19 01:44:35 UTC

Describe to me, like if I were a child, the moral difference between the suicide truck bombings in Beirut in 1983 targeting US and French military forces and what #Israel just did the last two days.
#Terrorism

2024-09-18 23:50:33 UTC

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Right.
Keep the olds working until they drop so America stays a #WhiteSupremacy as long as possible.

2024-09-18 23:32:06 UTC

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No lie.
I'm 63 and have no realistic hope to ever "retire". I might have to start a small business or work as a contractor to get around the Social Security wage limits, though.

2024-09-18 14:50:28 UTC

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Candidate hired is just by happenstance the vampire's nephew.

2024-09-18 14:45:51 UTC

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Online personality test with the vampire.

2024-09-13 18:56:26 UTC

This fucking racist mutt talking about "nests" of Venezuelans.
#TrumpIsARacist

2024-09-13 00:12:06 UTC

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#Ceph would like to step in, but you need 21*3*3 so 189T storage for that, and over a minimum of 4 to 5 hardware machines....

2024-09-12 05:28:11 UTC

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Chicago sandwich shops: "Hey immigrants! Eat me!"

2024-09-12 00:11:08 UTC

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"A giant pizza pie (chart) of "I have no earthly clue!".
https://youtu.be/ooWailmzEoQ?si=_-zVbeFjPNuD-Aus

2024-09-11 16:08:38 UTC

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Did you notice when answering about the war in Ukraine, he only was concerned for the 600,000 Russian soldier's lost? Nothing about Ukrainian civilians or soldiers.

2024-09-11 04:11:25 UTC

Fucking #CNN, if someone voted for Trump in 2016 AND 2020, they are not "undecided". You wouldn't dare call a Clinton/Biden voter "undecided".
Fuck you.

2024-09-10 17:32:57 UTC

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"Gee!", they simp, "only Donald Trump knows which Donald Trump will show up tonight!", BULLSHIT!
WE ALL KNOW WHICH DONALD TRUMP WILL SHOW UP TONIGHT! THERE'S ONLY ONE FUCKING DONALD TRUMP, AND HE'S A PIECE OF SHIT!

2024-09-10 17:15:37 UTC

#CNN may be confused about "which" #DonaldTrump will show up tonight, but I'm not, it will be the racist, bigoted, grifting rapist, convicted felon and scumbag mutt.

2024-09-09 23:55:43 UTC

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"Everybody in this room is dumber after listening to what you just said."
https://youtu.be/a8JIoKeApKs?si=Sujk8eiIpJZgtsy8

2024-09-09 14:55:39 UTC

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Trump: Anyone darker than a Chic-Fil-A bag will be sent to Area 51 where we will grind them into pet food.
Media: Trump plans to build a united America will also benefit dog and cat owners.

2024-09-08 19:40:43 UTC

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My skill is to remain calm, think clearly in deadly situations. First discovered this rock climbing when I was young, trapped a thousand feet up on a huge face in a lightning/hail storm. Then again preventing a sailboat from capsizing in 100mph winds. And other similar situations. I'm always the one calming people down and acting. I think it's from an abusive childhood where I just learned to take it. Weirdly, it prevents me from taking action when human violence is involved.

2024-09-01 17:51:09 UTC

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I'm more a "quality over quantity" guy, but if you want more people to come over here, you need to provide the tools that folks have been asking for for years. Like quote posts, and banning racist accounts. So many people come here and give up because of the toxicity, and they are the ones who you would have wanted, because they post interesting, fun content.

2024-08-31 16:12:14 UTC

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This is the kind of thing which is making devs only support their software in a container, and now when shit breaks I (sysadmin) am forced to trouble shoot both containers and the applications packaged within the container. Especially when it's a single container on a hardware machine, when I would have just had that one app directly on hardware. Looking at you, #Ceph. Don't tell me it makes my life easier, I know what makes my life easier, and it ain't that.

2024-08-22 00:35:53 UTC

Ok, question.
Why are the lips flaming?
#FlamingLips

2024-08-20 23:10:03 UTC

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Bad at journalism

2024-08-19 15:10:01 UTC

Fucking motherfucking FRUIT FLIES!!!!!!!!
GODDAMMIT!
#Fruitflies

2024-08-13 15:26:28 UTC

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I'm your friend in Minnesota who works in western Wisconsin quite a bit. I'm very confident of a Harris win, I was confident of a Biden win.
The air is out of the Trump balloon. The very loud hissing sound you hear from his supporters is the air escaping.

2024-08-10 00:07:16 UTC

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I've never seen either! But I have seen clips. Not super interested so I didn't watch more.

2024-08-09 22:57:49 UTC

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Ever seen #Eraserhead?

2024-08-09 18:13:20 UTC

Fucking simping #CNN still doesn't understand punctuation can be applied to verbal speech.

2024-08-09 16:27:46 UTC

I just snorted an entire embryo out of my nose.
Fucking #Allergies

2024-08-08 22:07:01 UTC

Even worse. #TimWalz had a Command Sergeant Major rank in hand with E-9 retirement locked in, all he had to do was take some training.
He knew he wanted to run for Congress, as a longshot Democrat in a deep red district. He was told he could keep his role and defer deployments as others had. Instead, he retired, giving up his rank and over $13K per year in additional pay, as well as increased retirement benefits.
He had no reason to believe he would win.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/08/08/walz-leadership-and-jds-spin-the-ethics-of-service/

2024-08-08 00:20:24 UTC

The whole #JDVance #CouchFucker story may not be true, but it's #Truthy.
Like, it seems right in our gut.
We didn't invent this, btw, that would be Republicans.

2024-08-07 06:06:52 UTC

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Tim Walz showed you how to tie a fishing knot.

2024-08-06 23:48:50 UTC

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💯

2024-08-06 23:08:46 UTC

#JDVance somewhere whimpering that he's not on a #Couch.
#Walz

2024-08-06 20:20:41 UTC

Vivek Ramismarmy is a #weird deuchebag.

2024-08-06 13:15:47 UTC

I'm very surprised #Harris chose #Walz, but I think it will prove to be the right choice.
They will paint him as an ultra-liberal, but i don't think it will stick as a negative. He relates to people as real. He's not slick, he's not polished, but he's a very effective communicator, and he can land a punch.

2024-08-03 00:34:17 UTC

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That's kind of another thing....

2024-08-03 00:33:07 UTC

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Oh! Crap! I have no idea where to approve that!