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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 1d

Columbus Ohio, with a crowd of several thousand of our fellow patriotic friends. From 2/3 of the way back from the podium.

Grateful that so many showed up with their voices!

Columbus Ohio, with a crowd of several thousand of our fellow patriotic friends. From 2/3 of the way back from the podium. October 18, 2025 No kings rally.

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 3d

The first response in the image...

"I will not risk my life in this country to supply slave labor to fascists."

I am so old that I remember being hopeful about our society. That optimism began to weaken on January 20, 1981.

Jon Stout @jonstout.bsky.social · 3d

They certainly aren't setting the best conditions here. Caught this conversation over on Threads:

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 3d

To quote a quartet of British guys from the 60's...

"Ukraine girls really knock me out, leave the west behind"...

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 3d

The mylar media was coated on both sides so cutting a notch on the other side could allow one to flip the diskette over to make it double sided. Uncovered notch is write protected, covered is write enabled.

OMG holy shit I remembered this....

Imagine how I feel using my 2Tbyte USB-C SSD...

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 5d

So would anyone want to take a bet on how quickly profit would take priority over safety protocols, fissile materials management and high level waste management?

From childhood I have thought nuclear was a powerful technology. Unfortunately I grew up to be unimpressed by executive laziness.

LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 6d

Resident of Columbus, Ohio, USA here...

Many many of us see history not with guilt but optimism that growth and learning are possible. That earning the promise we made as children is a worthwhile goal, above all others:

"With Liberty And Justice For All."

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 7d

I read The Bell Curve. Murray and Herrnstein failed to account for particulate pollution and lead pollution (atmospheric and in paint).

I cannot decide whether it was before the effects of pollution on young minds was understood.

They were wrong in a way that is too common among conservatives.

LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Sowell should find a mirror.

I know and work with people who produce goods and services, where the work is done.

They are exactly the "working class" that out of touch elitists like Sowell and the rest dismiss so casually.

We know damn well who does the work. It's not the "elite".

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 9d

Spread this message!

We have been under attack (since at least 1971, see "Lewis Powell letter") by our "own leadership".

To quote the estimable Samuel L. Jackson: "WAKE THE F*** UP!"

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 10d

"Tech people" is too broad.

With few exceptions, we recognize that life, very much including "tech", is a team sport. And we work accordingly. You do NOT want to screw over your coworkers in our world.

-- a tech worker

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 11d

Russian roulette on an international scale. Hundreds of thousands of lives wasted, no end in sight.

It is unknown how dangerous Putin's megalomania is. I wonder whether anyone does.

We do have perfect knowledge of the danger of powerful megalomaniacs.

Apply that knowledge right here right now.

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Erin Clune @drmisserin.bsky.social · 11d

500 thousand children of 500 thousand mother who birthed and loved them, sent to slaughter for one megalomaniac’s tyrannical ideal- should make everyone stop and think about why they want democracy.

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 11d

MAGA "leaders" get a double win:

Those without savings forced to beg for whatever scraps of care they can get. And be grateful.

Those with savings can have their life savings sucked into the pockets of the executive class. And then be stuck begging for help.

Brilliantly evil.

LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 13d

Half agreed: Stephen Miller is a looney tune.

But He knows EXACTLY what he is doing, pushing his partisans off into the deep end with his lies.

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 14d

...Forgot to mention...

Running a privately owned business (shop, farm, distillery, etc.) was always legal and common practice.

It's corporations with publicly traded stock amd limited liability that had the benefits and responsibilities of corporate status.

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 14d

At our founding, a "corporation" was *allowed to exist* if and only if it had a corporate charter defining its public benefits in a documented way.

The PRIVILEGE of limited liability (only for passive investors!) was balanced by government enforced responsibility.

Stripped away, decade by decade.

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 15d

I agree, that word lacks clear, specific meaning, and should be used sparingly.

That said it is used commonly in colloquial language. "Powerful" is also implied in advertisements by large organizations, often I believe dishonestly.

And it is used twice in the EMACS talk page headers. :-)

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 16d

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 15d

Yes! I was planning to write exactly that!

LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 15d

Every accusation is an admission.

Here is why: The motherless bastards are so deeply, culturally self centered that they are certain *everyone* is just like them, ready to steal everyone blind as they are doing right now.

Despite clear contrary evidence disproving that claim.

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 15d

Yes. "Conservative leaders" understand damned well that one's biology is nearly impossible to change.

One cannot be turned to gay or trans just like one cannot be turned "straight".

They know this: They cannot control their own urges.

Versus those who accept reality and behave responsibly.

LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 15d

Yes. We have the relentless threat of job loss or illness (and resulting job loss).

That relentless tension produces a focus on safety instead of creativity, productivity, etc.

Many Americans are "backed into a corner" in an unproductive defensive posture.

Our "leaders" use that against us.

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks for the points about local search vs centralization.

Providers' focus on "cloud services" and centralization are a siren call (as in Homer's Oddyssey), offering "powerful services" but saying absolutely nothimg about the control it gives them.

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 15d

I came away from business trips to Germany annd France with several observations: The Europeans that I met were confident, productive, competitive (in the good sense of creativity and diligence).

Above all though, the lesson was subtle but powerful: They know how to Live.

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LenS @lcsamuelson57.bsky.social · 15d

I read once that David Byrne became tired of fans wanting songs about "teenage angst".

I believe his audience was attracted to The Talking Heads' brilliantly creative, unique view of the world, and building amazing music around that P.O.V.

But I could be wrong...

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