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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 22

Since I’m in Mississippi it’s looking like my time on BlueSky is coming to a close. That’s unfortunate. Lots of stuff I could say about the current Miss. state government, but I’ll just leave it there.
#SmallFarmLife

Bluesky @bsky.app · Aug 22

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.

While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 22

I’m still able to access Bluesky at 6:13pm CDT and I definitely have a Mississippi IP. Maybe they’ll catch up to me soon and block my access. Hope not.

Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 22

I know. Ought to be another way….

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 22

I want solar power; I want wind power; I want all the other renewable power sources. Why cannot the idiots in charge see the advantage of multiple power sources? To the long-term advantage of everyone!

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 21

I feel sorry for you! I didn’t think we’d ever get fiber but our electricity provider (which we only have due to the REA push in the 1930s and 40s) partnered with an ISP a few years ago. Like Michael said, if you don’t have it now; getting it in the future seems unlikely. And that is sad.

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 21

I think our ping times are usually in the 4-6ms range.

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 21

Those in power in Mississippi claim to be pro-life, pro-family and all those other seemingly meaningless buzz-words. And then there’s this…

WJTV 12 News @wjtv.bsky.social · Aug 21

Mississippi declares public health emergency on infant mortality

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) declared a public health emergency in response to rising infant mortality rates across the state. According to the ag…

www.wjtv.com

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 21

Cleo sleeping while I work in the shop. She’s good company and the noise does not seem to bother her.

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 21

We also had Viasat with all its problems and high prices. Then went over to AT&T wireless at some point. Better and cheaper than Viasat; but still flaky. We now have 1/2 Gbps for $74/month. Full 1 Gbps is available for a bit more but the slower speed seems okay for our purposes for now.

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 21

Same here. We got fiber under the same program. Beats the heck out of satellite that we suffered through before. Now I’m concerned that it may all be going away at some point. But reducing information availability to a single force-fed source may be the point.

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 20

You matter!!

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · Aug 18

Jackson, Mississippi, has the nation's highest homicide rate, more than 3 times the rate in DC

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · Aug 18

Mississippi becomes the fourth state to deploy National Guard troops to Washington, DC. governorreeves.ms.gov/governor-ree...

Governor Reeves Statement On Mississippi National Guard Deployment to Washington, D.C.

Governor Tate Reeves today released the following statement on approving the deployment of approximately 200 Mississippi National Guard Soldiers to Washington , D.C.:

governorreeves.ms.gov

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 18

Seems like a very fitting description of the current situation in US.

Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · Aug 18

Today in 1792 Alexander Hamilton described what has happened in the last decade.

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 18

Bad news keeps getting worse. Will it ever end? Probably not. The end of life as we knew it.

WJTV 12 News @wjtv.bsky.social · Aug 18

200 Mississippi National Guard troops to deploy to DC

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) approved the deployment of 200 Mississippi National Guard soldiers to Washington, D.C. “I’ve approved the deployment of approximat…

www.wjtv.com

Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 14

I don’t do Substack.

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 11

Doomscrolling these days is really depressing. Break over; gotta get back to milling. I really need those 2x6’s I’m making today. Maybe the world and the U.S. will be better when the next break rolls around — I doubt it.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · Aug 11

So Trump’s big plan is to send in the National Guard to “crack down on violent crime” in D.C.? Funny, I don’t remember him deploying them when actual violent criminals were smashing windows and beating police officers on January 6…oh right, those were his supporters.

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · Aug 11

Crime rates in the nation’s capital are the lowest they have been in decades, and have decreased dramatically over the last two years.

Convicted Felon Trump Lies About Crime Rate In D.C., Deploys Troops

Crime rates in the nation’s capital are the lowest they have been in decades, and have decreased dramatically over the last two years.

www.huffpost.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Aug 11

Donald Trump complaining about violent crime in DC is rich.

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 11

I swore off Substack quite some time ago for just these reasons. Now that a number of people that I like to read have migrated over to Ghost, looks like I need to make account over there so I can get back to reading these wonderful authors.

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 10

Asking the universities to prove a negative is a pretty tall order; but I guess they know that already.

Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 10

Isn’t the policy in this country “innocent until proven guilty”? Guess that’s been turned on its head. And then eventually getting to the judicial system, if it’s not there already.

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 8

Yep. Cancelled our streaming subscription last week. Wish more would do the same. Don’t know if it matters but I sure feel better.

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Bill Tramel @btramel.bsky.social · Aug 8

We just finished harvesting all our black-eyed peas. Quite satisfying spending the nights shelling! We won’t go hungry this winter.

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