Soft Secessionist
@theferg.bsky.social
Love my twin daughters and love my wife. Hockey player and a Marine (0311). Worked for a bunch of big companies and now I work for myself.
Results are a lag measure.
Execution is the lead indicator.
Where is your focus?
Results are a lag measure.
Execution is the lead indicator.
Where is your focus?
Pinned
Soft Secessionist
@theferg.bsky.social
· Dec 21
News Literacy Project
The News Literacy Project works with educators and journalists to give students the skills they need to discern fact from fiction and to know what to trust.
newslit.org
I was exposed to misinformation early. We inserted into Iraq in April of 1991 and it was bad. A news article posted 10 days before our arrival by a respected news magazine from the town we took painted a much different picture.
According to them it was horrific.
Free your mind.
newslit.org
According to them it was horrific.
Free your mind.
newslit.org
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This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
Woke up wondering why it’s so easy for some to use the term illegal alien and push back on white supremacy. Kinda like the inability to reconcile pro-life and universal healthcare?
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Woke up wondering why it’s so easy for some to use the term illegal alien and push back on white supremacy. Kinda like the inability to reconcile pro-life and universal healthcare?
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Today was a very stupid day but I have faith tomorrow will be stupider
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Today was a very stupid day but I have faith tomorrow will be stupider
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On this Veterans Day let’s have a moment of appreciation for the partners and spouses of those that serve for their sacrifices
This is my mothers side of my parents gravestone at Arlington National Cemetery
Thank you
This is my mothers side of my parents gravestone at Arlington National Cemetery
Thank you
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
On this Veterans Day let’s have a moment of appreciation for the partners and spouses of those that serve for their sacrifices
This is my mothers side of my parents gravestone at Arlington National Cemetery
Thank you
This is my mothers side of my parents gravestone at Arlington National Cemetery
Thank you
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To the 1% who bravely raised their hand to serve—thank you for your sacrifice; I’ll never stop fighting to make sure you get the care, benefits, and respect you’ve earned. #VeteransDay
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
To the 1% who bravely raised their hand to serve—thank you for your sacrifice; I’ll never stop fighting to make sure you get the care, benefits, and respect you’ve earned. #VeteransDay
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On Veterans Day, we honor the brave men and women who have served our nation and defended our democracy.
Their courage and sacrifice embody the best of America. We owe our veterans and their families the deepest gratitude today and every day.
Their courage and sacrifice embody the best of America. We owe our veterans and their families the deepest gratitude today and every day.
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
On Veterans Day, we honor the brave men and women who have served our nation and defended our democracy.
Their courage and sacrifice embody the best of America. We owe our veterans and their families the deepest gratitude today and every day.
Their courage and sacrifice embody the best of America. We owe our veterans and their families the deepest gratitude today and every day.
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Service is the truest measure of patriotism. On Veterans Day, we honor all who have taken the oath and worn the uniform - and our nation recommits to keeping its promises to every veteran who served our country.
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Service is the truest measure of patriotism. On Veterans Day, we honor all who have taken the oath and worn the uniform - and our nation recommits to keeping its promises to every veteran who served our country.
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Amazon:
Just hit a record high stock price.
Stock up 14% over the last two days.
Valued at $2.7 trillion.
Announced $38 billion with OpenAI.
...Just cut 14,000 corporate jobs.
$AMZN
Just hit a record high stock price.
Stock up 14% over the last two days.
Valued at $2.7 trillion.
Announced $38 billion with OpenAI.
...Just cut 14,000 corporate jobs.
$AMZN
November 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Amazon:
Just hit a record high stock price.
Stock up 14% over the last two days.
Valued at $2.7 trillion.
Announced $38 billion with OpenAI.
...Just cut 14,000 corporate jobs.
$AMZN
Just hit a record high stock price.
Stock up 14% over the last two days.
Valued at $2.7 trillion.
Announced $38 billion with OpenAI.
...Just cut 14,000 corporate jobs.
$AMZN
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This is an excellent idea!!!
November 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is an excellent idea!!!
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To quote Dave Wasserman, I've seen enough
Calling it. CBS News has died.
Yikes — Under Bari Weiss CBS NEWS is laying off 1000… but trying to hire Scott Jennings 😬
(Translation: RIP @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy )
(Translation: RIP @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy )
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
To quote Dave Wasserman, I've seen enough
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It’s our origin story but whatever
October 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It’s our origin story but whatever
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Celebrate with me. #IndigenousPeoplesDay 🪶✊🏾
October 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Celebrate with me. #IndigenousPeoplesDay 🪶✊🏾
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👇🏼
October 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
👇🏼
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Sad, but true.
September 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Sad, but true.
Wishing a happy birthday to @markhamillofficial.bsky.social.
a man with a beard is wearing a hooded jacket and a white shirt
ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a hooded jacket and a white shirt
media.tenor.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Wishing a happy birthday to @markhamillofficial.bsky.social.
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I'd love to frame this one.
September 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I'd love to frame this one.
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Has the White House released this weekend's approved TV schedule yet?
September 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Has the White House released this weekend's approved TV schedule yet?
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I was going to post the last Roy Hobbs homer without comment, which seemed appropriate, but then after I watched it I clicked on another clip of The Natural, and then another, and now I've watched maybe 3/5 of the movie and might be late for work
September 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I was going to post the last Roy Hobbs homer without comment, which seemed appropriate, but then after I watched it I clicked on another clip of The Natural, and then another, and now I've watched maybe 3/5 of the movie and might be late for work
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😢Nooo! #RIP “Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at 89.”
apnews.com/article/robe...
apnews.com/article/robe...
Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor, director and indie patriarch, dies at 89
Robert Redford has died at 89. The Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema died in Utah on Tuesday.
apnews.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
😢Nooo! #RIP “Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at 89.”
apnews.com/article/robe...
apnews.com/article/robe...
Seems as though the Brazilians know how to deal with a coup.
Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil
Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Seems as though the Brazilians know how to deal with a coup.
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been so long since i’ve seen a functional supreme court that i’d almost forgotten what one looks like
*BRAZIL COURT SENTENCES BOLSONARO TO 27 YEARS IN PRISON
September 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
been so long since i’ve seen a functional supreme court that i’d almost forgotten what one looks like