Don Linn
@donlinn.bsky.social
Books, politics, and things that make me laugh, Never give in.
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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Grant me the serenity to continue my unacceptable behavior.
December 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Grant me the serenity to continue my unacceptable behavior.
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One exciting thing I learned was that you can make a security line RESERVATION at some terminals at JFK and then you get to pop right to the front of the line for free! Why? I have no idea, but I did it and it worked www.jfkairport.com/announcement...
Aviation
www.jfkairport.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
One exciting thing I learned was that you can make a security line RESERVATION at some terminals at JFK and then you get to pop right to the front of the line for free! Why? I have no idea, but I did it and it worked www.jfkairport.com/announcement...
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Laser focused on the kitchen table issues affecting the American people
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Laser focused on the kitchen table issues affecting the American people
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Trump: "I have a great relationship with Canada"
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Trump: "I have a great relationship with Canada"
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Senator Cotton will not stand for this.
Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Senator Cotton will not stand for this.
lmao at Notre Dame not making the playoffs and
opting out of a bowl game.
opting out of a bowl game.
December 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
lmao at Notre Dame not making the playoffs and
opting out of a bowl game.
opting out of a bowl game.
What a shame about Notre Dame not making the playoffs...
Oh wait. That's not a shame at all. In fact, I'm delighted.
Oh wait. That's not a shame at all. In fact, I'm delighted.
December 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
What a shame about Notre Dame not making the playoffs...
Oh wait. That's not a shame at all. In fact, I'm delighted.
Oh wait. That's not a shame at all. In fact, I'm delighted.
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Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
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It turns out Donald Trump doesn't need a pandemic to destroy the economy.
December 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It turns out Donald Trump doesn't need a pandemic to destroy the economy.
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Don’t forget this is actually what is hiding behind the leadership at Unbound/Boundless protestations of “aw shucks publishing is a risky business market and sometimes when you’re really weally bwave and twy to help authors shit happens but we did our best honest”
Alleged Calculated Malicious Fraud
Alleged Calculated Malicious Fraud
I said in an interview that I have a lot of empathy for you because you lost your dream, too.
But Unbound's sales reports showing my second book as a flop when it actually sold out its print run was unfathomably cruel. Seeing Ingram's data, showing 10x the sales I was paid for, broke my heart.
But Unbound's sales reports showing my second book as a flop when it actually sold out its print run was unfathomably cruel. Seeing Ingram's data, showing 10x the sales I was paid for, broke my heart.
December 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Don’t forget this is actually what is hiding behind the leadership at Unbound/Boundless protestations of “aw shucks publishing is a risky business market and sometimes when you’re really weally bwave and twy to help authors shit happens but we did our best honest”
Alleged Calculated Malicious Fraud
Alleged Calculated Malicious Fraud
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📆 #OTD: Assassination of Cicero
43 BC, Roman orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formiae by soldiers under the command of Mark Antony. ➡
43 BC, Roman orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formiae by soldiers under the command of Mark Antony. ➡
December 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
📆 #OTD: Assassination of Cicero
43 BC, Roman orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formiae by soldiers under the command of Mark Antony. ➡
43 BC, Roman orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formiae by soldiers under the command of Mark Antony. ➡
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I’m just saying they should sell advent calendars in packs of 24
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I’m just saying they should sell advent calendars in packs of 24
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"Bradley told lawmakers that the orders he received from Hegseth were to kill the individuals on the approved target list, which included everyone on the boat, then destroy the drugs and sink the boat, those sources said."
They were civilians.
They were civilians.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"Bradley told lawmakers that the orders he received from Hegseth were to kill the individuals on the approved target list, which included everyone on the boat, then destroy the drugs and sink the boat, those sources said."
They were civilians.
They were civilians.
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This is how Fox News radicalizes people—as their viewers watch these three anchors casually discuss involuntary civil commitment, to the final solution of “involuntary lethal injection,” over an aesthetically curated morning tv show.
Fox News host on mentally ill people who commit crimes: “Just kill them”
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
September 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is how Fox News radicalizes people—as their viewers watch these three anchors casually discuss involuntary civil commitment, to the final solution of “involuntary lethal injection,” over an aesthetically curated morning tv show.
Please don't share the antifa Tax-ID with anyone...Or even the address.
If antifa were actually a terrorist organization, wouldn’t they be under investigation for *terrorism*??
Pam Bondi tells law enforcement agencies to investigate antifa groups for ‘tax crimes’
Move is part of Trump’s broader crackdown on leftwing groups, including designation of antifa as ‘domestic terrorism’ group
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Please don't share the antifa Tax-ID with anyone...Or even the address.
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I feel like writing “A Day In The Life of True Born Little Englander” making clear how much of their life, from emptying their bins to bringing in fish and chips, depends on immigrants of all wage levels.
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I feel like writing “A Day In The Life of True Born Little Englander” making clear how much of their life, from emptying their bins to bringing in fish and chips, depends on immigrants of all wage levels.
Good morning. It's December 7...Pearl Harbor Day.
When I was a kid, it was a huge day, much like 9/11 has been since 2001. I remember clearly the events we had on December 7 on the 20th anniversary (1961--I was 8) both at school and downtown--very solemn and patriotic in the best sense.
#Remember
When I was a kid, it was a huge day, much like 9/11 has been since 2001. I remember clearly the events we had on December 7 on the 20th anniversary (1961--I was 8) both at school and downtown--very solemn and patriotic in the best sense.
#Remember
December 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Good morning. It's December 7...Pearl Harbor Day.
When I was a kid, it was a huge day, much like 9/11 has been since 2001. I remember clearly the events we had on December 7 on the 20th anniversary (1961--I was 8) both at school and downtown--very solemn and patriotic in the best sense.
#Remember
When I was a kid, it was a huge day, much like 9/11 has been since 2001. I remember clearly the events we had on December 7 on the 20th anniversary (1961--I was 8) both at school and downtown--very solemn and patriotic in the best sense.
#Remember
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At least the Democrats shut down the government for over a month and got absolutely nothing in return
NEW: Hopes fade in Congress for a health care deal before premiums soar in January
Two weeks before recess, they're nowhere close.
Senate to vote on a bill of Dems' choosing; expected to fail.
Enhanced ACA funds set to expire, as many Republicans want.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Two weeks before recess, they're nowhere close.
Senate to vote on a bill of Dems' choosing; expected to fail.
Enhanced ACA funds set to expire, as many Republicans want.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Hopes fade in Congress for a health care deal before premiums soar in January
Billions of dollars in tax credits under the Affordable Care Act are poised to expire at the end of the year. Lawmakers in both parties say they're nowhere close to a deal to renew them.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
At least the Democrats shut down the government for over a month and got absolutely nothing in return
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Wait a minute, where is the US?
December 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Wait a minute, where is the US?
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Number 41… below Finland and Zambia…
December 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Number 41… below Finland and Zambia…
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How come Norwegians are getting all these Oscar nominations and they’re also good at sex and have trillions of dollars? How does this make any sense
December 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
How come Norwegians are getting all these Oscar nominations and they’re also good at sex and have trillions of dollars? How does this make any sense
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Pardon me while I slip into something a little more comfortable (a fugue state)
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Pardon me while I slip into something a little more comfortable (a fugue state)
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hard to believe just two months ago feds deployed tear gas outside a grocery store and elementary school in logan square.
how many times has this scene played out since then? little village. east chicago. albany park. avondale. old irving park. lakeview.
yet it's never not jarring.
how many times has this scene played out since then? little village. east chicago. albany park. avondale. old irving park. lakeview.
yet it's never not jarring.
December 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
hard to believe just two months ago feds deployed tear gas outside a grocery store and elementary school in logan square.
how many times has this scene played out since then? little village. east chicago. albany park. avondale. old irving park. lakeview.
yet it's never not jarring.
how many times has this scene played out since then? little village. east chicago. albany park. avondale. old irving park. lakeview.
yet it's never not jarring.
Most unsatisfying message from FedEx...
"Your package is still on the way and we’re actively working to get you a new delivery date."
It's great that you're actively working, but it was due today by 3:00 so maybe actively work on that instead.
Grr.
"Your package is still on the way and we’re actively working to get you a new delivery date."
It's great that you're actively working, but it was due today by 3:00 so maybe actively work on that instead.
Grr.
December 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Most unsatisfying message from FedEx...
"Your package is still on the way and we’re actively working to get you a new delivery date."
It's great that you're actively working, but it was due today by 3:00 so maybe actively work on that instead.
Grr.
"Your package is still on the way and we’re actively working to get you a new delivery date."
It's great that you're actively working, but it was due today by 3:00 so maybe actively work on that instead.
Grr.