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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · Aug 31

Fine Saturday evening we have here

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Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social · 2h

ducolax is banned by the chemical weapons convention but

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Travis Klempan @travisklempan.bsky.social · 3h

Happy to say I’ve done a few of these differently, many not at all, and invented a few new ones in HAVE SNAKES, NEED BIRDS.

TimeNowEncore @petermolin.bsky.social · 3h

"...a smart young writer-buck might pack all 20 of the motifs I’ve named into one super-story that then becomes more popular than American Sniper..." From June 11, 2015. acolytesofwar.com/2015/06/11/b...

Been There, Done That: Contemporary War Writing Stock Scenes

For all those contemplating or currently writing memoir, fiction, or poetry about war in Iraq or Afghanistan and its aftermath, I’ve listed twenty events or ways of describing events that I’ve enco…

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 3h

The absolute gall as a defendant to ask the plaintiffs attorney for help with filling out forms for this case lmao. No sir, go get your own lawyer

a man in a suit is smiling and saying good one .

Alt: a man in a suit is smiling and saying good one .

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 4h

Absolutely

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Bottom

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 5h

Not to mention when insurance denies claim, the workers is now hurt, out of a job, and isn't getting anything taken care. It's overwhelming for anyone but it's worse when your 75 or don't speak English and dont have a strong support structure in place

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 5h

workers comp plaintiffs work is traditionally done on % of settlement so that isn't a problem. some problems are that they get hurt and don't know their rights, and that they get hurt but can't afford to stay afloat on temporary disability checks that are irregular and not always right

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Nom de Plume Brett @maverickbrett.bsky.social · 6h

Open and free standards >>>>>> then everything else and DoD moving away from it in the ‘90’s was a mistake and an actual neoliberal policy that has demonstrably harmed the American defense industry.

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 9h

The flip side of this is that government owned code is a nightmare. The UARCs build things that are somehow worse and they lie about cost, schedule, and performance just as much.

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🎃 Really Spooky Smith @reallyseansmith.bsky.social · 6h

One of the great lines from the Western cultural canon:

Pam from Archer tells Cheryl "Don't try to body shame me, dog tits!

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Russell the Love Muscle 💪 @rpg-volley.bsky.social · 6h

sitting and chatting with a civilian whose only purpose at the moment was to save a seat for a 3-star. Upon arrival, the 3-star was preceded by an aide who walked up, tapped the woman on the shoulder and the way she just stopped mid sentence, got up, and walked away with the aide was Pavlovian.

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 6h

Thinking of the most vulnerable people in the worker's comp system, and imho its seniors and ESL folks. I'm not sure how best to structurally help them.

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Destiny is tired of all the S#!t 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @destinysraven.bsky.social · 8h

I need some dopamine.
Someone send me pictures of their pets in costumes.
Please.

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 17h

Did you drop it into unsuspecting bystanders* morning coffee?

*me

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Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social · 18h

the reason(s)* for which my team was awarded a national intelligence meritorious unit citation are, and likely will remain, classified.

*testing CIA’s most powerful laxative

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 18h

I don't really know what any of this means lol

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 19h

a man in a blue shirt says nothing can go wrong in front of a whiteboard

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 19h

I'll just say I think they aren't wearing MARPAT for a reason

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 19h

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 21h

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For fifteen years or so, I’d been kicking around the idea of resurrecting the artist-apprentice model that reigned in the art world for hundreds of...

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 20h

I remember listening to this song as a kid, and wondering what the hype about California was, because I was living there. I had never been to LA but I was always confused that California had a grip on other peoples psyche

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 20h

Plane watching is fun. I live in a major crossover for flight paths and sometimes I go Outside and get boozed up and yell at planes with my buddies at night

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 21h

No you don't understand, none of the modern American BB's were taken out of action by planes. with 80k tons you have 2x the displacement to put anti aircraft guns and fire control on

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 22h

Why would anyone build anything other than Uber-Battleships after figuring out this was possible????

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OhBraains🧟‍♂️ @ohnono.bsky.social · 1d

They had been building cruiser subs carrying airplanes since the 20s. In the late war they were building class I-400, able to carry 3 float planes, in order to bomb targets in the Americas. Three were finished and on their way to bomb the Panama Canal when the war ended.

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Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 1d

Having to compel discovery is ridiculous. Like just produce the docs and answer some questions. This isn't a freaking mob case, it's workers comp.

Hoosier Homer is reading In The Ruins of Empire by Spector @hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 1d

Haha yes that'll do it