Geoff Bowden
@geoffbowden.bsky.social
Political theorist. Builder. Caregiver. Savannah, GA. Advocate of peace. 🕊️🕊️ writing a book about Puritan political theology.
Thai food and ice cream for lunch. Then gonna build a solar system.
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Thai food and ice cream for lunch. Then gonna build a solar system.
Looking forward to prime rib and potatoes with the family.
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Looking forward to prime rib and potatoes with the family.
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They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
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Solid.
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Solid.
Today has been great. I worked outside for a few hours on the deck posts, and then sat on the deck with my family all afternoon until it was dark and we decided to go to dinner. Just a great day. Even rolled mom up her ramp to sit with us.
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Today has been great. I worked outside for a few hours on the deck posts, and then sat on the deck with my family all afternoon until it was dark and we decided to go to dinner. Just a great day. Even rolled mom up her ramp to sit with us.
A lot of tiredness and exhaustion from not doing your job. Imagine that.
Imagine how tired Johnson would be, if he actually exerted Congress’ prerogatives once in a while.
‘In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A lot of tiredness and exhaustion from not doing your job. Imagine that.
Dinner with the children in downtown Savannah. Gonna be a good holiday.
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Dinner with the children in downtown Savannah. Gonna be a good holiday.
Does anyone else get Marilyn Manson vibes when they see pix of Noem?
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Does anyone else get Marilyn Manson vibes when they see pix of Noem?
Just to be very clear, the problem with Trump is not that he’s old.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Just to be very clear, the problem with Trump is not that he’s old.
Assessment meeting!!
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Assessment meeting!!
Just watched Vicious. Better than the ratings. We are a horror film family.
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Just watched Vicious. Better than the ratings. We are a horror film family.
My goodness.
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My goodness.
Hmmm, what to do or say about all the people who may potentially bail on Trump for doing the unpopular things that he has always said he was going to do? Hmmm.
They weren't against the things. They were against the things being unpopular. They still fully support the things.
They weren't against the things. They were against the things being unpopular. They still fully support the things.
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Hmmm, what to do or say about all the people who may potentially bail on Trump for doing the unpopular things that he has always said he was going to do? Hmmm.
They weren't against the things. They were against the things being unpopular. They still fully support the things.
They weren't against the things. They were against the things being unpopular. They still fully support the things.
If true, an essentially meaningless stat as framed. My interpretation would be that when you try to make a college degree into something that it is not (job training), you end up doing a poor job at everything. So, my concern is did these 25% get an education?
Unemployed Americans with 4-year college degrees now make up a record 25.3% of total unemployment, per Bloomberg
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If true, an essentially meaningless stat as framed. My interpretation would be that when you try to make a college degree into something that it is not (job training), you end up doing a poor job at everything. So, my concern is did these 25% get an education?
Summoning grading motivation is 10x harder in the AI era.
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Summoning grading motivation is 10x harder in the AI era.
I’m a bad person because my wife and I agreed that we would not remodel a floor of our house until all the dogs died, and I periodically get out the measuring tape and measure right in front of the dogs.
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I’m a bad person because my wife and I agreed that we would not remodel a floor of our house until all the dogs died, and I periodically get out the measuring tape and measure right in front of the dogs.
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absolutely excellent story about the *real* big energy of the decade/millennium unfolding before us
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Accessible, cheap clean energy could spark a new world order
Unshackled from legacy fossil fuel interests, the world’s clean energy future is being forged in the bustling cities of the global south.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
absolutely excellent story about the *real* big energy of the decade/millennium unfolding before us
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
One problem with Trump v US is that there develops an equivalence between being immune from criminal prosecution and something not being a crime. Functionally for Trump, they are equivalent.
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
One problem with Trump v US is that there develops an equivalence between being immune from criminal prosecution and something not being a crime. Functionally for Trump, they are equivalent.
Gonna spend some time with my children over Thanksgiving break building off-grid solar for my wife and for neighbors when we need back-up. The DJT administration may be resisting with all they have, but the future is solar and we can keep moving in that direction without them (for now).
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Gonna spend some time with my children over Thanksgiving break building off-grid solar for my wife and for neighbors when we need back-up. The DJT administration may be resisting with all they have, but the future is solar and we can keep moving in that direction without them (for now).
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Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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Literally before anything else Trump is a celebrity who values celebrity for its own sake; fame is his only love in this world. So he's ineluctably drawn to its carriers: celebrities. And Zohran is a famous celebrity.
That's all this is
That's all this is
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Literally before anything else Trump is a celebrity who values celebrity for its own sake; fame is his only love in this world. So he's ineluctably drawn to its carriers: celebrities. And Zohran is a famous celebrity.
That's all this is
That's all this is
If the Dem leadership knew what they were doing, Trump would change his party affiliation before the midterms. The guy is putty in the right hands.
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
If the Dem leadership knew what they were doing, Trump would change his party affiliation before the midterms. The guy is putty in the right hands.
We’ve always suspected that you can charm his socks off and now we have evidence of that.
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
We’ve always suspected that you can charm his socks off and now we have evidence of that.
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.