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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Aug 28

We will be ready. If the sparks align, Swoop will be there to welcome you.

vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Aug 12

The federalization of our capital is not necessary and a waste of resources. Its also an authoritarian style move which is un-American. Didn’t the Grand Old Party once run on small government? And back the blue, who are being cast to the side here? sign.moveon.org/petitions/dc...

No federal militarized takeover of our nation's capital!

The American military should not be used against the American people—period. Trump’s takeover of D.C. puts every single one of us in harm's way. Add your name to the petition to protect our communitie...

sign.moveon.org

vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Aug 7

The missing Article 1 content has been restored.

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Aug 6

Agreed. In other places that I’ve posted my CMS character-limit theory it was pointed out that footnotes are missing for those sections as well. I haven’t verified that personally.

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Aug 6

Something interesting to note is that the trimmed version currently available is exactly 9,500 characters (I pasted into a text file and used "% cat article-1.txt | wc -m"). That's a very coincidentally even number of characters. Was this a dumb Content Management System (CMS) limitation?

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · May 21

Fans of #comedy in the #orlando #florida area should checkout everyone’s favorite #history themed comedy gameshow: History Bluffs! This time our topic is “Media”! It’s interactive fun where you laugh while learning real history. Friday, May 30, 7:30pm. Ticket info and more at linktr.ee/historybluffs

Flyer promotional image with header, “History Bluffs” and subheading, “Lesson: Media”. Contains date and time: May 30, 7pm. Illustration depicts three statues of Athena holding various media items such as megaphone, the Twitter bird, etc. Background is a magenta starburst.

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · May 20

6pm... got it! Wait - humans have these timezone thingies. Which one?!

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 15

The bartender says, “Beat it. We don’t like your kind. Go somewhere else, like Ken’s Pub.” “Fine!” they say, “we like Kennmore anyway!”

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 15

The bartender, who is also the innkeeper, says there’s no way he’ll start them a bar tab because they haven’t even paid their RENT!

vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 14

The bartender says, “You can’t stay here. The 1985 Chicago Bears needs you!”

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 14

Classic #improv game time!

Ninety-nine refrigerators walk into a bar…

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 14

Bartender asks what they’ll have. They notice the profile of a woman at the bar. “I’ll get whatever my lovely lady wants.” She turns and it becomes clear she’s has been drinking heavily, has smeared her makeup, and is terribly disheveled. “Correction,” the broadway performers say, “my FAIR lady.”

vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 14

Classic #improv game time!

Ninety-nine broadway performers walk into a bar…

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 12

This is fantastic!

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 12

… the bartender gets angry, retorts, “You promised you wouldn’t come here. That you wouldn’t speak to me ever again. No communication! The judge made you officially agree: NO COMMS. It was a comm pact!”

vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 12

… and the bartender did refuse service.

With a soft “F”.

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 12

… and the bartender says “we don’t serve garbage trucks here. You’re already trashed!”

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 12

Classic improv game time.

Ninety-nine garbage trucks walk into a bar…

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Orlando 50501 @orlando50501.bsky.social · Apr 12

Heeeeeey #Orlando! Our very first assembly for action is today! Join us from 400-700 at the First Unitarian Church of Orlando on Robinson Street.

Join us Saturday, April 12th for our first Assembly for Action! 400-700. First Unitarian Church of Orlando. 1901 E. Robinson Street, Orlando, Fl 32803. Meet those already making a difference in our community! People Power for Florida. First Unitarian Church of Orlando. League of Women Voters of Orange County. Orange County Democratic Environmental Caucus. Socialist Alternative. Orlando for Peace. Youth Action Fund. Voices of Florida. Haitian American Arts Network. Orlando 50501 - and more. Plug in, engage, recharge. Food truck on site - Devonte's Fabulous Foods!

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 11

I appreciate the feedback - sincerely, this is an important discussion. What you're doing is likely protecting you and lessening the usefulness of your data to the business. My concern here is that engagement is still engagement, and ads viewed, active user counts boosted for shareholder reports.

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 9

While I’m very much on your page, I frustratingly have a host of close friends who won’t let go. Folks I consider intelligent, progressive… it’s odd. I’ve felt challenged on how to speak with them about it.

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 9

I wish people would do this with Meta and Amazon. Even among my most astute of friends, I see no finger lifted to stop any amount of use of these.

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vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 3

theoatmeal.com/comics/artax
@theoatmeal.bsky.social has resolved a childhood trauma of mine.

Artax - The Oatmeal

A comic about a horse in a swamp.

theoatmeal.com

vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 3

OMG Heard Island has an account and it’s *chefs kiss*

Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · Apr 3

If you are new here, yes we’re technically an Australian territory, but we prefer the term Antarctic Nudist colony. Australia with freezer burn if you will.

vurcease.bsky.social @vurcease.bsky.social · Apr 3

April 5 is a fine day for uniting to say Hands Off! The difference I feel it makes it when our representatives see massive crowds in the streets, leaving no doubt about where their constituents stand. I'm in. app.sosha.ai/s/INShI79i

Join me on April 5th

app.sosha.ai