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Ed Butt

@edb1947.bsky.social

Chicagoan retired in Michigan. Recovering lawyer. Wanna be golfer, mountain biker and sommelier. TK Little.

created November 9, 2024

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Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

We did.

4/9/2025, 5:03:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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180° sunrise today.

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4/9/2025, 11:32:47 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

A favorite Lee Trevino quip.

4/9/2025, 11:15:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Hopefully not.

3/9/2025, 1:24:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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From the Chicago protest. Make it a fact, not just a clever sign.

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3/9/2025, 1:22:51 AM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

👏👏👏👏

3/9/2025, 1:18:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Okay, if you follow me you know that @kylec.bsky.social is THE best Everyone needs to hear this.

3/9/2025, 1:16:08 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Tried to read this one to my wife. Couldn’t finish because I was literally LOLing as I tried to speak.

3/9/2025, 1:13:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

OMFG?!?!

3/9/2025, 1:11:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

77% = C+.

3/9/2025, 1:10:10 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

2/9/2025, 8:56:43 PM | 34070 9412 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social)

So maybe the forecast of rain and thunderstorms for tomorrow morning is accurate. 10:50 tee time is “questionable.”

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3/9/2025, 12:38:59 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

That is popular because it has four vowels, but D and U aren’t all that frequent. You got me thinking, so here is the frequency. My educated guess was better than I had imagined.

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2/9/2025, 9:45:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

I doubt that ATONE will be the word, but it has the three most likely vowels and two common consonants.

2/9/2025, 2:11:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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2/9/2025, 2:09:05 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is excellent!

2/9/2025, 12:11:58 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

I can’t imagine my opening word would ever be the solution.

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2/9/2025, 12:07:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Current @lakemichigan13.bsky.social conditions near Sleeping Bear

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2/9/2025, 11:52:05 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 10:19:35 AM | 40421 9382 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rex Huppke (@rexhuppke.bsky.social) reposted

BREAKING: Infirm old man gives award to other infirm old man who smells like he bathes in merlot

1/9/2025, 8:30:47 PM | 146 22 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Sleeping Bear and the Manitous are very photogenic.

1/9/2025, 7:49:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Is that North Manitou on the horizon?

31/8/2025, 11:38:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Coldwater 📦💥 (@lookitup.baby) reposted

Old Soviet joke for today: A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves. After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?” “I’m looking for the obituaries.” “The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”

30/8/2025, 5:06:33 AM | 27288 7048 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 3:12:34 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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👏👏👏

30/8/2025, 3:11:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kathleen (@artheals.bsky.social) reposted

Sunset over Lake Michigan. Pentwater, MI. #BlueSkyArtShow #shiny #LakeMichigan #PureMichigan #sunset #Beauty

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30/8/2025, 12:42:42 PM | 105 15 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

Trump needs to post an unhinged, hateful all caps screed as proof of life

30/8/2025, 6:16:58 AM | 7040 785 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) reposted

COVID vaccine update: Pharmacies in these states won't give you a shot unless you have a prescription. CVS: CO, FL, GA, KY, LA , ME, NY, NC, PA, UT, VA, WV, DC Walgreens: AZ, CO, GA, IN, LA, MO, MT, NM, NY, OR, SC, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI CVS is not yet offering COVID shots at all in MA, NV, and MN.

29/8/2025, 5:57:53 PM | 1674 1158 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted

At some point in the not too distant future the conventional wisdom will be that this was a period where the US focused on dumb shit while China took the lead in multiple domains

30/8/2025, 2:59:27 AM | 4328 977 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social)

Hmmm?!? We’ll see.

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30/8/2025, 12:05:56 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

To quote my father, “Don’t listen to what I say, listen to what I mean.”

29/8/2025, 1:00:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social)

Good Morning!

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29/8/2025, 11:04:52 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow. Beautiful. Hope you’re having a great time.

29/8/2025, 7:40:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Finally . . .

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29/8/2025, 1:27:08 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

And later . . .

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29/8/2025, 1:26:22 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

It got interesting tonight.

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29/8/2025, 1:25:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

That was to the WNW. But to the NE . . .

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29/8/2025, 12:16:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Interesting sky tonight.

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29/8/2025, 12:14:56 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rex Huppke (@rexhuppke.bsky.social) reposted

There’s basically one Republican seriously raising a red flag about RFK Jr.’s dangerous insanity, and it’s a Republican who was dumb enough - or weak enough, or both - to vote for the nutter in the first place.

28/8/2025, 9:36:40 PM | 147 29 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s very lucky NYers were so civilized as to given him “looks.” This Midwesterner would have punched him flat in the face.

28/8/2025, 1:13:33 AM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

You and the “smartest man in Washington” per Tony Kornheiser

28/8/2025, 1:08:56 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social)

Good news: Interesting sunset. Bad news: Its very far south. The end of summer is neigh.

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28/8/2025, 1:02:27 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Never. I’m a fan of the Waterloo in Louisville CO, where when you get your check it comes with a “God Bless Johnny Cash” bumper sticker.

27/8/2025, 8:53:56 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Hmmm. Pretty sure “Me” is not African-American.

27/8/2025, 1:49:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

If it doesn’t feature an alternating fifths base line I have severe reservations about its being “country.”

27/8/2025, 1:47:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

I hope you people who quibbled about Kamala are happy now. FU. 🖕

27/8/2025, 1:44:52 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

She warned us.

27/8/2025, 12:22:14 AM | 2530 462 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted

I just want a reporter to ask a question that begins with, “Many people say you are dying…”

26/8/2025, 10:58:17 PM | 2073 267 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Fedman (@dfeds.bsky.social) reposted

On Aug 23, 1945, weather forecasts, which had been banned during the war, reappeared in Japan's newspapers. That same day, the Asahi Shimbun published an editorial titled A Reflection on Our Own Guilt A short 🧵 on journalism and fascism (for our friends at the NYT) in the wake of Japan's defeat

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26/8/2025, 10:08:43 PM | 24 16 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s really farm-to-table.

27/8/2025, 1:35:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sam Shirazi (@samshirazi.bsky.social) reposted

Dems flip another state legislature district this year Partly due to their advantage now with “high propensity” voters We’ll see if this dynamic also happens in Virginia this year Governor race would be biggest red to blue flip opportunity this year

27/8/2025, 1:18:27 AM | 33 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) reposted

all im saying is if we start saying we think the first one is more woke we can really fuck with their heads

26/8/2025, 10:53:33 PM | 4193 606 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Okay. That’s it. I’m pissed. I’m never, ever, going to eat at a Cracker Barrel again. I know. I know. That’s not a big deal. I ate at one once a decade ago, and I was never going back anyway.

27/8/2025, 1:30:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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26/8/2025, 6:16:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brent Butt (@brentbutt.bsky.social) reposted

Sometimes a bit of shouting and cursing can go a long way. youtube.com/shorts/n7Lar...

26/8/2025, 4:46:55 PM | 121 38 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Encore!

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26/8/2025, 12:45:12 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Et voila!

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26/8/2025, 12:36:46 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Could be a nice one.

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26/8/2025, 12:20:22 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

And as the sun sets, add a little color.

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25/8/2025, 12:20:27 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Your definition of “scattered storms.”

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24/8/2025, 11:08:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social)

This picture describes today’s weather perfectly: A few minutes of bright sunshine and then 5 minutes of torrential downpour. Rinse and repeat.

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24/8/2025, 11:06:14 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s way over their heads.

24/8/2025, 10:27:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

You inspired me to look up from my iPad and get my lazy Butt outside.

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23/8/2025, 11:51:26 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

🤞

23/8/2025, 11:47:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

My old hockey coach preached that nothing is more dangerous than a three-goal lead.

23/8/2025, 11:44:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Cheers! Have fun.

23/8/2025, 11:38:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

You don’t need that extended warranty on your car. The life insurance on late night TV with no medical exams won’t pay your loved ones.

22/8/2025, 1:35:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jessica Ellis (@baddestmamajama.bsky.social) reposted

If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it: Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.

20/8/2025, 5:16:59 PM | 13909 5267 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Do my eyes deceive me? Or do I trust the radar?

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19/8/2025, 12:52:11 PM | 9828 2503 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

. . . and a Golden Shower video.

20/8/2025, 12:12:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

PSA: Don’t forget to “ask yourselves this question daily”

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19/8/2025, 2:47:48 PM | 5473 2061 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

President Zelenskyy taking out Marjorie Taylor Greene’s reporter boyfriend with a single line.

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19/8/2025, 6:04:33 PM | 6188 1126 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh no. Here “nothing” comes a little closer.

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20/8/2025, 12:03:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The forecast and radar don’t show rain, but . . .

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19/8/2025, 11:59:17 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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16/8/2025, 10:53:57 PM | 11396 3084 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted

If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?

17/8/2025, 1:04:08 PM | 19074 5925 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Cortney McKee (@cortneymckee.bsky.social) reposted

Here's a photo of a REAL U.S President acting appropriately around a dictator.

Putin of Russia being looked down sternly by U.S. President Barack Obama.
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Profile picture DocAtCDI (@docatcdi.com) reposted

A pessimist sees a dark tunnel. An optimist sees light at the end of the tunnel. A realist sees a freight train. The train driver sees three idiots standing on the track.

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Profile picture James Webb Space Telescope Discoveries (@jameswebbdiscovery.com) reposted

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17/8/2025, 7:44:58 AM | 5 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes. I had forgotten about that 10%. No exposés anymore. It’s like the NYSE owned 10% of the WSJ.

17/8/2025, 12:16:51 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DocAtCDI (@docatcdi.com) reposted

I ordered a chicken and an egg off of Amazon. I'll let you know.

17/8/2025, 9:31:00 AM | 41 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

👏👏👏

17/8/2025, 12:07:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah. “Creative differences” = tRump won’t like it.

17/8/2025, 12:06:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And we’ve all been afraid of the Animal Revolution.

17/8/2025, 12:03:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted

Fox News Reporter Jacqui Heinrich: The way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steam rolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left

15/8/2025, 11:32:15 PM | 27668 7733 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social)

The art of the deal: Roll over on your back and let Putin scratch your stomach. Putin owns tRump.

17/8/2025, 1:12:09 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

One more. Good night.

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17/8/2025, 1:01:24 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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After a storm. Worth going out on a wet deck for, but tonight the iPhone isn’t doing IRL justice.

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Nice now, but maybe a little color later?🤞

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Profile picture Ed Butt (@edb1947.bsky.social) reply parent

This is as good as it got. Oh well.

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15/8/2025, 1:21:25 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If those wispy clouds really catch the setting-sun orange . . . .

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15/8/2025, 12:44:22 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Okay. Those wispy clouds are showing some promise.

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15/8/2025, 12:34:03 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Check out the Lawrence Conservatory of Music. @lawrenceuni.bsky.social My classmate was a top soloist worldwide for decades.

15/8/2025, 12:31:56 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Haze. Wildfire smoke. But no clouds to speak of. Worth a beer on the deck to see if anything worthwhile shows up.

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Profile picture Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser.bsky.social) reposted

This is a textbook example of what I have for ~15 years called "privileging the lie."

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👏👏👏

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