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NPR @npr.org · 1h

A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years. n.pr/3WYkn3o

A new fund will route millions to the literary arts

A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years.

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 2h

Pretending Not To Panic
as the country slows down and stumbles to a stop
while the world continues to speed up.
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Pretending Not To Panic

news for people who are eager and anxious about the future

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 16h

Done enough writing for today (blogs.)
Bills are all paid. (I think.)
Dinner and chores done. (And there are always more.)
Read? Watch a movie?
How rare. Gotta get used to this - and then I'll start another book.

Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 1d

Bought A Bit Of LUNR Again - October 2025
I bought some more LUNR, and...
"In the meantime, it is time for me, the author of Muddling By, A Rollercoaster Ride Through America's Wealth Classes, to do some authory stuff like telling people about the book..."
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Bought A Bit Of LUNR Again – October 2025

Once upon a time, I’d post my stock trades on the Motley Fool. This forum, my blog, seems to be a more public and more trafficked place for such things lately. So, here’s a quick note. …

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to the early buyers of
Muddling By, now available online.
What's it's like to be rich, poor, and just muddling by
I'm curious to hear their stories. Stay tuned.
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Muddling By: A Rollercoaster Ride Through America's Wealth Classes

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 1d

#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
crossing the Mississippi
"Breakfast in Yazoo City was at a fast food franchise that had a play area and a lot of elderly people in walkers.
...
How different would the play area be if it was designed for elderly folks...?"
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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 1d

Pretending Not To Panic
Ah, a Monday in an era of Mondays.
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Pretending Not To Panic

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 3d

#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
crossing the Mississippi
"Bridges over rivers like this are suprisingly tall.
...
It is just that they are man made and surrounded by air."
#bicycletrip
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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 3d

Irrational Exuberance Again
"Prices have risen high enough that stockholders rush in and out like waves, not like tides."
#IrrationalExuberance $QBTS
trimbathcreative.net/2025/10/24/i...

Irrational Exuberance Again

Irrational exuberance again? The stock market is up again? But it sounds and looks like the world is in turmoil. Isn’t it? Not-exactly-a-news-flash = the market is not the world, and a crowd …

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 4d

#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
consequences od a deep fat fried diet
"...an older population would naturally see a lot of funerals.
Nope, she assured me that these folks were in their forties and fifties."
#bicycletrip
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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 4d

Pretending Not To Panic
but at least it is Friday.
pretendingnottopanic.com #PNTP

Pretending Not To Panic

news for people who are eager and anxious about the future

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 5d

#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"The bayous showed up before I thought they would.
I hoped the next surprise wasn't an alligator lying on the side of the road." (That came later.)
#bicycletrip
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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 5d

Pretending Not To Panic
because life and maybe even reality is capricious
or at least chaotic.
Predictions can be guesses.
Sigh.
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Pretending Not To Panic

news for people who are eager and anxious about the future

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 5d

"Simply saying "tiny house" triggers responses that are sometimes suppressed, sometimes expressed, that are sometimes jeers and cheers"
www.mytinyexperiment.com/blog/tiny-ho...
#TinyHouse

Tiny House Ice Breaker — My Tiny Experiment

"So, where do you live?", asked a person at a party. "Out by the airport in a tiny house", I said. What I think they heard was "Blah blah blah blah blah blah tiny house." That's when the judgment ki...

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 6d

Pretending Not To Panic
Fog of war?
Fog of life.
Fog of reality.
Lots of fog, lately.
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Pretending Not To Panic

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 6d

My approach to politics.
Voted!
Now, back to work.

Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 7d

Pretending Not To Panic
Reminding myself that nightmares end.
Shaking it off and taking it easy in the meantime.
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Pretending Not To Panic

news for people who are eager and anxious about the future

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 7d

Ugh. Nightmare. Glad to see the day.

Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 7d

Unboxing And Delivering
"...my first box of books arrived. Books in a box are fine, but my day off became a day of unboxing and delivering copies..."
Muddling By #PersonalFinance
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Unboxing And Delivering

The next phase begins. Muddling By has been launched! But that’s just the end of the first act. Now for the transition from introverted writer to extroverted author. This morning, both behind…

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 7d

A day off? Ha! Nope. But good stuff.
Got my first box of my new book, Muddling By, which meant delivering them to friends and libraries.
Got my ballot! Yay! Vote!
And got a squash and some apple butter along the way.
A good day - and it isn't over.
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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 8d

#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"Being closer to the road, the dogs didn't have far to run before they caught up to me.
...
Some of the ones that chased me were big and right there defending every scrap of their territory...
What fun."
#bicycletrip
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 8d

🇭🇰 A cargo plane veered off a runway Monday during landing in #HongKong, hit a security patrol car and then skidded into the sea, leaving two men in the vehicle dead, authorities said.

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 8d

Pretending Not To Panic
Approximately one-seventh
of every life
is Mondays.
Unavoidable, so get on with it, I guess.
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Pretending Not To Panic

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 10d

Sitting On Decisions
"Time is precious. Life is fast enough. I'll do what I must, but I'll also treat myself to taking my time."
#personalfinance
trimbathcreative.net/2025/10/17/s...

Sitting On Decisions

A few days ago, I Sold A Bit Of QBTS (QBTS At 40 So Soon). Listen to a lot of pundits, and it would sound like the money would already be allocated, spent, redistributed. Nope. I’m sitting on…

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Tom Trimbath @tetrimbath.bsky.social · 11d

#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"...I dropped into a mega-mini-mart.
...lots of concrete, lots of gas pumps, and lots of shopping aisles.
Is this whole thing going full-circle?"
#bicycletrip
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