Jeff Lord
@jeffreyalord.bsky.social
Retired IT Professional; Gamer since GCOS 6; Amateur Photographer; Pappy; Astronomy/Science; Classic Rock;
"Science Always Wins" "Bros For Roe"
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Born in the year 11960 of the Human Era
Maineiac now in SC
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"Science Always Wins" "Bros For Roe"
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Born in the year 11960 of the Human Era
Maineiac now in SC
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Okay, I know it's not Saturday but I did bake some Maine Baked Beans today to share with my local pharmacy folks. I'm now down in SC so wanted them to try. Followed Mom's receipt, though more brown sugar. Also, left out salt pork as one lady is a vegetarian. #mainebakedbeans #bakedbeans
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TONIGHT at the Internet Archive! In-person & online ⬇️
Next week! Tues, 12/9 @7:30pm PT (Zoom or in person at The Internet Archive, SF): “Bringing Internet Archive Collections to Life,” Brewster Kahle, Founder of The Internet Archive, and BS Computer Science & Engineering.
Zoom registration:
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December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
TONIGHT at the Internet Archive! In-person & online ⬇️
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Florida’s rampant charter school scheme has so decimated public schools that Orange County (includes Orlando) might close seven campuses, including my elementary school. Some of these schools only have half the students they used to enroll.
Orange school district may close 7 campuses as enrollment declines
If the seven schools are closed, they would shut at the end of the current academic year with their students assigned to new campuses for the 2026-27 year.
www.orlandosentinel.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Florida’s rampant charter school scheme has so decimated public schools that Orange County (includes Orlando) might close seven campuses, including my elementary school. Some of these schools only have half the students they used to enroll.
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Before DeSantis, Central Florida public schools were so crowded they became sprawling fields of portables. Now they’re ghost towns.
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Before DeSantis, Central Florida public schools were so crowded they became sprawling fields of portables. Now they’re ghost towns.
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Moving students from the closed schools would mean busing longer distances or forcing parents to figure out transportation much farther from home. And would entirely negate ability for students to walk/bike to school.
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Moving students from the closed schools would mean busing longer distances or forcing parents to figure out transportation much farther from home. And would entirely negate ability for students to walk/bike to school.
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Another change DeSantis made was allowing charter schools to demand space in public schools free of charge, forcing counties to foot the bill for space while losing money on per-student funding.
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Another change DeSantis made was allowing charter schools to demand space in public schools free of charge, forcing counties to foot the bill for space while losing money on per-student funding.
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If it all sounds like the intentional decimation of public education while providing welfare for privatization, that’s because it is.
December 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If it all sounds like the intentional decimation of public education while providing welfare for privatization, that’s because it is.
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USDA leaves US soybean export outlook unchanged after China sales resume reut.rs/4pTkaLj
USDA leaves US soybean export outlook unchanged after China sales resume
The U.S. Department of Agriculture left its U.S. soybean export forecast unchanged in a monthly report on Tuesday as sales resumed to China, which for months shunned purchases because of its trade war with Washington.
reut.rs
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
USDA leaves US soybean export outlook unchanged after China sales resume reut.rs/4pTkaLj
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Congrats again to the people who continuously said Biden did nothing about student loans for four years! www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/s...
Trump officials move to end student loan payment pause for millions of borrowers
The Trump administration announced a proposed joint settlement with Missouri that would soon force millions of student loan borrowers into repayment.
www.cnbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Congrats again to the people who continuously said Biden did nothing about student loans for four years! www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/s...
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IT: Welcome to Derry doesn't rely on using a bunch of slurs to depict racism and I really like that. it's honestly pretty fucking clear even without n-words strewn about
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
IT: Welcome to Derry doesn't rely on using a bunch of slurs to depict racism and I really like that. it's honestly pretty fucking clear even without n-words strewn about
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I have never read Stephen King so it was interesting to learn the original novel was full of slurs and I'm relieved the show didn't replicate that
"Welcome to Derry" sets racist evil ablaze without incendiary insults
As the season nears its finale, the town's racist destruction burns brightly in vile and deadly acts, not slurs.
www.salon.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I have never read Stephen King so it was interesting to learn the original novel was full of slurs and I'm relieved the show didn't replicate that
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With the National Security Strategy, this will be forced upon on any country that wants to trade with the USA.
www.linkedin.com/posts/laura-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/laura-...
BREAKING: The Heritage Foundation's Policy Priorities for 2026, based on Project 2025, have just dropped. Expect to see the same rights violations and further entrenchment of… | Laura Kittel, PhD
BREAKING: The Heritage Foundation's Policy Priorities for 2026, based on Project 2025, have just dropped. Expect to see the same rights violations and further entrenchment of authoritarianism.
Projec...
www.linkedin.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
With the National Security Strategy, this will be forced upon on any country that wants to trade with the USA.
www.linkedin.com/posts/laura-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/laura-...
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Ensuring our troops have access to IVF is not a poison pill.
Shame on Trump for standing by as Speaker Johnson stole IVF coverage away from our servicemembers for the second year in a row.
He's no "father of IVF." He's a deadbeat dad who never keeps his promises.
Shame on Trump for standing by as Speaker Johnson stole IVF coverage away from our servicemembers for the second year in a row.
He's no "father of IVF." He's a deadbeat dad who never keeps his promises.
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Ensuring our troops have access to IVF is not a poison pill.
Shame on Trump for standing by as Speaker Johnson stole IVF coverage away from our servicemembers for the second year in a row.
He's no "father of IVF." He's a deadbeat dad who never keeps his promises.
Shame on Trump for standing by as Speaker Johnson stole IVF coverage away from our servicemembers for the second year in a row.
He's no "father of IVF." He's a deadbeat dad who never keeps his promises.
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Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts
Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
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CINCINNATI: “ICE agent arrested on domestic violence charges for for alleged assault, strangulation”
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
CINCINNATI: “ICE agent arrested on domestic violence charges for for alleged assault, strangulation”
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
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I commented on RFK Jr's poor pull-up form on a Threads post & got piled on by guys because I said I actually could do 20, chin to bar. How DARE I, being a "girl".
"No you can't" and "Prove it" were screamed at me many times.
I do two sets of 10 pull-ups three times a week as part of my workout.
"No you can't" and "Prove it" were screamed at me many times.
I do two sets of 10 pull-ups three times a week as part of my workout.
December 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I commented on RFK Jr's poor pull-up form on a Threads post & got piled on by guys because I said I actually could do 20, chin to bar. How DARE I, being a "girl".
"No you can't" and "Prove it" were screamed at me many times.
I do two sets of 10 pull-ups three times a week as part of my workout.
"No you can't" and "Prove it" were screamed at me many times.
I do two sets of 10 pull-ups three times a week as part of my workout.
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Threads is so fueled by outrage and the algorithms there are evil. I don't post there much at ALL.
Also... I can prove I can do a ton of pull-ups. There's a video pinned right on my instagram page. Mschew.
Also... I can prove I can do a ton of pull-ups. There's a video pinned right on my instagram page. Mschew.
December 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Threads is so fueled by outrage and the algorithms there are evil. I don't post there much at ALL.
Also... I can prove I can do a ton of pull-ups. There's a video pinned right on my instagram page. Mschew.
Also... I can prove I can do a ton of pull-ups. There's a video pinned right on my instagram page. Mschew.
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✈️‼️🇰🇷 Nine Chinese and Russian military aircraft entered South Korea's air defense identification zone over waters in the east and south of the country, - Yonhap
At about 10 a.m. on December 9 local time, two Chinese and seven Russian aircraft entered the zone.
At about 10 a.m. on December 9 local time, two Chinese and seven Russian aircraft entered the zone.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
✈️‼️🇰🇷 Nine Chinese and Russian military aircraft entered South Korea's air defense identification zone over waters in the east and south of the country, - Yonhap
At about 10 a.m. on December 9 local time, two Chinese and seven Russian aircraft entered the zone.
At about 10 a.m. on December 9 local time, two Chinese and seven Russian aircraft entered the zone.
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This forced the South Korean military to put fighter jets on standby to respond to possible unforeseen actions.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This forced the South Korean military to put fighter jets on standby to respond to possible unforeseen actions.
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New research found that Instacart is charging shoppers different prices — despite ordering the same items from the same store at the same time.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer Reports
Exclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.
www.consumerreports.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
New research found that Instacart is charging shoppers different prices — despite ordering the same items from the same store at the same time.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four.
Corporate greed is out of control.
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An analysis of #earthquakes on the Central San Andreas Fault in #ScienceAdvances shows that ordinary earthquakes are more affected by annual loadings of groundwater, while low-frequency earthquakes are more affected by the daily tide. https://scim.ag/48wSBjV
Tidal and hydrological seismicity modulations reveal pore fluid diffusion during earthquake nucleation
Seismicity responds differently to annual hydrological and daily tidal loading, revealing how fluids affect earthquake triggering.
scim.ag
December 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
An analysis of #earthquakes on the Central San Andreas Fault in #ScienceAdvances shows that ordinary earthquakes are more affected by annual loadings of groundwater, while low-frequency earthquakes are more affected by the daily tide. https://scim.ag/48wSBjV
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This was one of my favorite projects I did at The Verge -- also my last! A fitting send off
Our last free-to-read story of the day is this classic whopper from @lorengrush.bsky.social:
Worshippers of Elon Musk have flocked to the middle of nowhere in Texas to watch SpaceX’s attempts to build a space-worthy rocket — and to find friends.
Worshippers of Elon Musk have flocked to the middle of nowhere in Texas to watch SpaceX’s attempts to build a space-worthy rocket — and to find friends.
Encounters with SpaceX fans who uprooted their lives and moved to Starbase
Trying to understand the people who feel “trapped on Earth” and would like to live on Mars
www.theverge.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This was one of my favorite projects I did at The Verge -- also my last! A fitting send off
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
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you’ve definitely heard of elf on the shelf but are you ready for
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
you’ve definitely heard of elf on the shelf but are you ready for
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ICE Points Guns at Crowd Protesting Arrest of Student at Augsburg University in Minneapolis
ICE Points Guns at Crowd Protesting Arrest of Student at Augsburg University in Minneapolis
In Minnesota, students and staff at Augsburg University in Minneapolis say federal immigration agents pointed guns at a crowd that gathered to protest the arrest of an undergraduate student on Saturday.
www.democracynow.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
ICE Points Guns at Crowd Protesting Arrest of Student at Augsburg University in Minneapolis