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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 11h

The next Remnants walking tour is on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 9 am! Let friends know, come and explore Newark on foot with us.

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Newark Earthworks Remnants Tour

Event in Heath by Newark Earthworks on Saturday, November 1 2025

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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 18h

So, Martin-Sinatra Day instead?

two men in tuxedos and bow ties standing next to each other

ALT: two men in tuxedos and bow ties standing next to each other

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 18h

1) Get rid of it: Columbus Day became a holiday in 1934 to honor Italian-Americans. Its main backers were the Knights of Columbus and rich guy Generoso Pope, who secured NY's Italian vote for FDR. Honoring Italian-Americans seems fine to me. But here's the deal: Columbus is the wrong guy for that./3

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 18h

Columbus seems to have hated being Italian. He left Italy as soon as he could and after the age of 26 never went back to Italy, never would talk about his background, and never wrote in Italian. And the "American" part of "Italian-American"? Also bad. /4

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 18h

As the guy in the White House has recently insisted, today is Columbus Day. What to do about it, given Indigenous peoples’ entirely merited dislike of the whole thing? A couple-three ideas that I've been thinking about. 1/

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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 18h

Well said, sir.

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 18h

As far as I can see, there are three basic possibilities:

1) Get rid of the holiday;

2) Rename the holiday;

3) Rethink its meaning. 2/

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 18h

When someone pays $150 million for a publication that makes $15 million in annual revenue, it’s not the business that's being bought.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 20h

I mean our friend here no disrespect when I say it is too soon to tell in regards to the level accomplishment. As long as Netanyahu runs things, it will always be so. But waiting at no political benefit to get a deal you could've had a year or more ago is not to be celebrated.

Tony Zee @tonyzeepvd.bsky.social · 20h

Trump deserves much of the grief he getsOur time in the NYC area gave us more info than we should know.

This is a titanic accomplishment…which should stand alone. The silence from the Left only hurts them. Kudos in private isn’t going to curry favor in this case.

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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 18h

a man in a purple jacket is standing next to another man who says you said it man

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

Trump greets the delegate from UAE, which put $2 billion into Trump’s crypto company: “They got a lot of cash. Unlimited cash.”

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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 1d

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“This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship.”

~ Herman Melville, “Moby Dick”

Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 1d

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“…whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off -- then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.“

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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 1d

“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially…
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 1d

Hello again! #SundayMorning

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 1d

Frustrated that the @NewarkAdvocate piece on the Oct. 18th "No Kings" demonstrations lists a hatful of Ohio cities... but not Newark's. Sigh.
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS Newark, OH · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 2d

Next fall, the similar moonrises will be three to four widths of the moon to the right (south) of the symmetry axis, a tendency that will continue until 2034 before the range starts edging back to the left (north).

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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 2d

A wonderful moonrise viewing along the symmetry axis of the Octagon Earthworks, an experience which will repeat a few more times into early 2026, but not be repeated until the first near approaches of 2044. I’ll be 83 then, so I’m making the most of these!

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Chicago Cubs @cubsbot.bsky.social · 2d

Final: Brewers 3, Cubs 1.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 2d

Disorder in the house.
There’s a flaw in the system.
And the fly in the ointment’s gonna bring the whole thing down.

~ Warren Zevon

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 3d

Oct 11: Feast of James the Deacon (C7th) companion of Paulinus of York. He remained in the north when Paulinus withdrew to Kent in 633, and as an old man championed the Roman dating of Easter at the Synod of Whitby. 📸Paul Lakin #medievalsky

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 2d

Marvellous Minoan clay vessels made by creative potters on the island of Crete during the Aegean Bronze Age around 3,500 years ago! 🤩

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology

From the Aegean Bronze Age, Minoan clay vessels with black handpainted decoration.on a pale biscuity-coloured slip

Top left - clay flask decorated in Minoan ‘Marine Style’’ with an octopus with tentacles writhing around the body of the vase. Additional motifs such as seaweed and rocks represent the seabed. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC

Top right - clay rhyton in the shape of a bull’s head. A rhyton is a type of pouring vessel used for filling cups or making liquid offerings. There is a pouring hole at the bull’s mouth. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1375 BC

Bottom left - Nautilus vessel - clay rhyton depicting the seabed with nautili, corals and seaweed. From Phaistos Palace, 1500-1450 BC

Bottom right - Basket shaped rhyton decorated with double-axe motif. There is a small pouring hole in one of the bottom corners. From Pseira, 1500-1450 BC

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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