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Nom DePlume

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Veteran, tradesman, programmer, broadcaster. We are stardust.

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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · Apr 22

Timothy Snyder's Lesson 18 from On Tyranny:

"Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power....

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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 8m

Rich people need money more than we need a world.

Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 20m

I wanted to see the bread at the end of the ride. 😢

Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 21m

Maybe it's a wholesale delivery.

Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 29m

If law enforcement won't protect us, then people will fight back and that's just the excuse the administration needs to push martial law.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jun 21

"ICE" beating man during arrest in Santa Ana California.

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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 2h

Kermit has legs?

Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 5h

They have some nice corn chips up there!

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The Frito Bandito Corn Chips song

YouTube video by Danny Davis

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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 5h

I never saw her as a great actress, but as a great personality. Her charisma transended her acting ability.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 7h

Fuck Woody Allen

Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 7h

That's why I don't bother to wash dishes.

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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 7h

The real divide on the left is about those who want democracy and those who want a caste system.

Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 7h

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David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 4d

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 8h

Ya gotta feel for a guy who lied his way into office and then his constituents are so ungrateful!

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🦋Fiona McGee🦋🚫👑 @judymccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 8h

a close up of a red light that is shining brightly

ALT: a close up of a red light that is shining brightly

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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 9h

Whatever happened to The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire)? As far as I know, it's never made it to TCM. The funniest movie I've ever seen and the theme lives in my head!

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Vladimir Cosma - Sirba (Le Grand Blond avec une Chaussure Noire)

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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 9h

I wish there were a reporter brave enough to ask these fools, "What hobby would interest you, if you were sent to prison?"

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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 9h

Those guys got dressed up and work for ICE now.

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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 9h

Ah, so the spoofing software needs the ability to emulate movement.

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Rebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social · 20h

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Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967

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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 18h

This is a different surfer, from Santa Cruz: Bill Lidderdale, Jr.

Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 18h

Researchers have found thousands of methane seeps linked to melting permafrost, thawing gas hydrates, and retreating glaciers.

thisweekinsciencenews.com/blog/2025/10...

A Hidden Network Awakens Beneath Antarctic Seas - This Week in Science

Scientists thought “seeps” were rare in the frozen south. But in a series of startling dives and shipboard surveys, researchers have discovered dozens of new seep sites along the Antarctic coast.

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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 18h

Does that mean I won't have to look at her death mask ever again?

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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