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Paul Schrum Ph D, Forestry and Environmental Resources Into Computational Geometry & Computer Modeling. Researcher at NC State in the Computer Science Department. #CSharp then #Python. Also #Godot for non-game applications. Heroes: Euler, Gödel, Bonhoeffer

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Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · Jun 12

Your point is well-taken.

But there is now one country where Davis (and those with him) wanted there to be two.

There is no legal slavery in any state.

They stopped shooting at us in ranks and files.

A through line is not the same thing as a country. The Confederacy was beaten. And will be again

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Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 52m

And when JD Vance excuses it, it tells us more about him than it does about them.

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 1h

I bet his mortgage is in perfect shape too (or he would have been indicted by now).

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 2h

Who has influence over Trump?

Who was the last person to talk to him.

(And all the world leaders know this.)

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 3h

Where is the $40 Billion coming from? I am hearing a lot about the amount, a lot about the destination, a lot about the timing, and nothing about where he's getting it. Isn't that just as important, or maybe more important, than those other things?

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 4h

I hear The Comedy Channel agreed to sign it.

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Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 17h

At least Argentines are getting paid.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 17h

Hi, county chair of a Democratic Party here.

This is a sign of a weak party. I am in a county of 750k and we're lucky to get a few hundred dollars a month.

The DNC and state party shift costs and burdens to us.

Donate to your local party, not just candidates.

Ben McAdams Memorial Act. but on BlueSky @purrtah.bsky.social · 17h

Meanwhile the Dem taking on Boebert in CO04

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Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 21h

I bet Argentina's government employees will be paid this week.

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Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Quanta Magazine. Reading this now. I am so into this topic.

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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Mathematicians have recently made strides toward understanding the behavior of ocean waves, a topic that has entranced scholars since ancient Greece. Now, a team of Italian researchers has proved a major conjecture about when waves die and when they don’t.
www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-m...

The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves Crashes Into View | Quanta Magazine

The math of even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major advances toward understanding it.

www.quantamagazine.org

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Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 1d

Also, he just summarized what this whole shutdown is really about.

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 1d

You don't even have to do satire anymore.

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 1d

And the cravings.

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 1d

We're going to see negative outcomes from this. The hardest hit will be the weakest and most innocent.

All for a political transaction.

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 1d

Right doesn't matter to the Right.

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 1d

Did they make an MST3K version of it? That would be easier to endure.

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Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 1d

At least now we know what stand back and stand by means.

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Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 2d

Biden yes, but with Blinken, and a team of hard-working civil servants at State.

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Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 2d

Also, this demonstrates clearly that the DOGE catastrophe was only partly Elosh, and Trump really wants to see all these faithful public servants leading quite lives dedicate to the greater good to suffer.

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 2d

No doubt you mean the study is great.

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 2d

Among other things, this episode demonstrates that Hegseth doesn't understand the true nature of power, especially how it is divided and counterbalanced as part of the natural order of things.

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 2d

Or "backwards".

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 2d

You would like Jan Karon.

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 3d

also Battlestar Galactica (reboot, the one with Mary McDonnell).

Paul in Raleigh philologon.bsky.social @philologon.bsky.social · 3d

Some TV is high literature:

Star Trek
The West Wing
The Closer
Major Crimes

as examples.

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