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Craig Bruce Smith @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social · 4h

Aristocrats

Craig Bruce Smith @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social · 5h

Picture day at 7 year old daughter’s school.

2nd grade girl: “Your dress is ugly”

Daughter: “Well, you just don’t know fashion”

End scene.

a woman wearing glasses and a necklace is sitting in front of a computer and says that 's all .

ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a necklace is sitting in front of a computer and says that 's all .

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Craig Bruce Smith @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social · 9h

Does that mean just Founders stuff now? Or done done?

Craig Bruce Smith @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social · 9h

Didn’t realize it was a “full” retirement

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Craig Bruce Smith @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social · 9h

Last?!?

two cowboys are riding horses in front of a sunset in a western town .

ALT: two cowboys are riding horses in front of a sunset in a western town .

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Craig Bruce Smith @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social · 10h

That would make it closer to an extra 500, higher if worn in the continetnal style

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Craig Bruce Smith @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social · 11h

There are plans for a 650 foot #GeorgeWashington statue!?! That's crazy....why not add the extra 350 feet and make it life-sized?

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Craig Bruce Smith @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social · 1d

Rarer than the True Cross. A miraculous George Washington face on a 2x3 board!

Still, my offer is nothing!

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Craig Bruce Smith @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social · 1d

George Washington does not approve!

a portrait of george washington with red eyes and a frown on his face

ALT: a portrait of george washington with red eyes and a frown on his face

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Craig Bruce Smith @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social · 2d

a man sitting on a couch with the words " don 't disturb my friend he 's dead tired " written below him

ALT: a man sitting on a couch with the words " don 't disturb my friend he 's dead tired " written below him

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Craig Bruce Smith @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social · 2d

Perhaps understanding Commando helps us to understand the nature of war and peace...

Peace: "This was the last time."

War: "Until the next time"

#HATM @schwarzenegger.bsky.social

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Tom Cutterham @tomcutterham.bsky.social · 7d

In 1776, a Scottish housepainter called James Aitken set out on a secret mission to destroy the British navy and win the War of Independence for the United States. His story is the core of my book, EMPIRE ABLAZE: The American Revolution and the Atlantic Working Class, out next summer with Verso!