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Roland Muts

@rhcmuts.bsky.social

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Working hard, sometimes not smart. Weekends traveling to SW WI for some 180 degree mental break. #camping #IslandTime Need to dust off my 80mm scope. Wildlife. Birds. Nature. Dark skies. Air shows. Pi computers. TCM. P1100. Weather station: KILSUGAR31

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2h

NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."

Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Standing with Immigrants
Oct. 21, 2025
My dear brothers and sisters, today I speak to you as your shepherd, but also as a fellow pilgrim who shares the pain of many of our immigrant communities. Families are being torn apart. Children are left in fear, and communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants.
We stand with a mother who crosses borders to feed her children. We stand with the father who labors in silence to build a better future. We stand with the young person who dreams of safety and a better future. Our parishes and schools will not turn away those who seek comfort, and we will not be silent when dignity is denied in the enforcement of the law, it is essential that we respect the dignity of every human being.
Now I want to say something directly to those immigrants without documents. Most of you have been here for years. You have worked hard. You have raised families. You have contributed to this nation. You have earned our respect. As the Archbishop of Chicago, I will insist that you be treated with dignity. Americans should not forget that we all come from immigrant families.
You are our brothers and sisters. We stand with you.
God bless you all.

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András Gáspár @andrasgaspar.bsky.social · 17h

I found a threads post about it:

www.threads.com/@cameronasin...

Cameron Sinclair (@cameronasinclair) on Threads

This week the White House is cutting down a 200 year old tree to make room for the new ballroom. It was planted around the John Adams administration. Any sane architect would have integrated it or ens...

www.threads.com

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Shervin Malekzadeh @swarthy-bastard.bsky.social · 17h

Steve Martin, “Demolition of the Cathedral at Chartres,” Cruel Shoes

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 6h

Alt

Mr. Rivers was raised in New York City, had become involved in construction, and slowly advanced to the level of crane operator for a demolition company. The firm had grown enormously, and he was shipped off to France for a special job. He started work early on a Friday and, due to a poorly drawn map, at 6:31 a.m. in February, began the demolition of the Cathedral at Chartres.

The first swing of the ball arced so deadly that it tore down nearly a third of a wall and the glass shattered almost in tones, and it seemed to scream over the noise of the engine as the fuel was pumped into the long neck of the crane that threw the ball through a window of Chartres Cathedral.

The aftermath was complex and chaotic, and Rivers was allowed to go home to New York. He opened books about the Cathedral and read about it, thinking to himself how lucky he was to have seen it before it was destroyed

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thebaldgeek @thebaldgeek.bsky.social · 1d

What started as a bit of a hobby on looking at why aircraft fly different paths from time to time, sure has grown.

I had no idea that @CNN were looking at the site / data.
Pretty interesting: www.cnn.com/2025/10/...

ADSB is there where.
ACARS is the why.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

A family member just sent this to me from Chicago O’Hare Airport-

Wow, Uber driver just told me there are delays getting rides bc ICE raids in the uber/lyft lot. Over 200 arrests today

Still 10 ICE agents in the lot forcing you to show your license to get out.

Happening last 3 days

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 18h

No mention at all of the fact that Trump doesn't have the legal authority to do this, that plans haven't even been reviewed (because the office is closed for the government shutdown), that the size and cost estimates keep changing, etc., etc.

Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place.

www.nytimes.com

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 21h

AI? I think we need to skeet about this, if she's a real person?

Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 22h

The #StanleySteemer ad with 'how did you find me' is Good.

#wolf #vibes

Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 22h

Ysed to be like this. Today no geese landing

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Geese. Lots of 'em

Corn was harvested couple of days ago, so lots of free food!

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 22h

So many flocks of geese trying to land on the new subdiv, but realizing there's nothing there, this year.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 1d

Divided Ninth Circuit panel stays injunction against President Trump’s federalization of National Guard troops in Portland:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge Graber, who is no firebrand, wrote quite a dissent—encouraging en banc review and some patience on the part of the public:

We have come to expect a dose of political theater in the political branches, drama designed to rally the base or to rile or intimidate political opponents. We also may expect there a measure of bending sometimes breaking the truth. By design of the Founders, the judicial branch stands apart. We rule on facts, not on supposition or conjecture, and certainly not on fabrication or propaganda. I urge my colleagues on this court to act swiftly to vacate the majority's order before the illegal deployment of troops under false pretenses can occur. Above all, I ask
those who are watching this case unfold to retain faith in our judicial system for just a little longer.

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

Pumpkin haul from our backyard! #pumpkin #fall

Small, palm of hand size, green yellow and warty

13 oblong pumpkins, a weird mix of summer squashy and another type of pumpkin. Yellowy with warts, but also still trying that pinkish summer squash color

18 oblong pumpkins, a weird mix of summer squashy and another type of pumpkin. Yellowy with warts, but also still trying that pinkish summer squash color.

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Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 1d

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

Showed the shit bomber fighter to my wife.

"Why would he do that?!"

#NoKings

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

Her car was easy: Aston Martin. www.imcdb.org/vehicle_3988...

Aston Martin DB2/4 in "The Birds"

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

I was surprised how low the #mississippi is low around Pool 9 #SWWI #WI. Gotta see the levels ariund that area.

Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

So, is #Arachnaphobia 'just' another #TheBirds ?

Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

#tcm #tcmparty anyone got a handle on 'Tippi' Hendren's handbag? Name, brand, model, maker, etc.?

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

"That's not a box!?"

two men are hugging each other in bed with the words `` those aren 't pillows '' written in the corner .

Alt: Trains, planes and automobiles: two men are hugging each other in bed with the words `` those aren 't pillows '' written in the corner .

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s secret police in Chicago.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

An immigration agent to a protester who was filming their vehicle’s license plate: “You can record all you want. We change the plates out every day.”

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

We've done enough terraforming, its time to stsrt looking for shelter ;-)

Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

Our mower (small one) has four-wheel steering, so mowing around these (especially when marked amd with tree protectors around them) is so easy...

While other neighbors keep their lawn immaculate, we're taking care of the wild parsnips and other nasty weeds, and make sure the native grasses grow.

Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

So now the undergrowth is under control, the slow-growing oaks, ash and walnuts getting the light and nutrition they need.

We're finally in maintenance mode!

So in order to keep doing that, we're transplanting oaks, ash, maple and other native trees into spots where they get enough room again.