Just do something that gets the Industrial Revolution started 100 years sooner.
Just do something that gets the Industrial Revolution started 100 years sooner.
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Occasionally, my short-short stories remind me how dumb I really was at 25.
#vss #100words #flashfiction
The news from the past few days is a stunning example of what happens when the state decides it wants to crush just one guy
If nothing else, Marco certainly has an old manโs ears!
Just taking a break from my regular 100-word grind.
Spread from my graphic novel KENT STATE. The National Guard unleashes their deadly fusillade into a parking lot full of unarmed students.
55 years ago today. Kent State. May 4 is never about Star Wars in these parts.
Please take a moment at 12:24 this afternoon and remember... because a repeat of something like this is closer than you know.
When my pen pal, raymondsbrain.bsky.social, was studying in Japan, he also taught some English on the side. He once confided that he had wanted to use some of my letters as examples for his students. This 100-word story provides a clue why he couldn't. #vss #flashfiction #้ฐๆฏ
In a heartbeat!
Curses! Iโve been looking for a new source for years. Marmiteโs good, but not great.
a picture of the apple logo with the caption "0% tariff" next to a picture of a real apple with the caption "10% tariff"
A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy:
I still carry my Student Card from 1979. I canโt even begin to calculate the money Iโve saved!
Working this week on the ๐จ๐ฆ election campaign, Iโve been pressed into doing a lot more data entry than Iโve done in a while . . . made a whole lot easier by this simple little trick I remembered from back in the โ90s.
#vss #flashfiction #microfiction
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
Not nearly fast enough, if you ask me. www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approv...
I don't think I've ever gotten through the night without peeing. The man is super human.
X is not worth 33 billion. He basically just paid himself $33B from another company, presumably to pay off his debts from the initial buy because he knows he'll never be able to raise the capital from X itself.
He is his own ponzi scheme.
Here's one. I think the artist captured the very essence of the man.
Sadly, I am afraid of dyingโthough that could changeโbut Iโm certainly not afraid of sharing a cell with a bunch of other old cranky Canadians. So, sign me up for some #sabotaage!
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible and to call on our government to stand up for our citizens who are being denied their rights through arbitrary detention in the United States.
Here's a 100-word story about my favourite candy store growing up. Fifty years later and my only regretโbesides the wretched state of my teethโis that I went for the candy and eschewed their cashews.
#flashfiction #microfiction #drabble
My family had a similar one from the 1970s. I always thought those random bars paid to be included.
Dick Tater.
For #PiDay, a 100-word poem of young love and irrational numbers . . .
They let Obama drive, too; and with only his comedic license. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Trump lied saying the secret service wouldnโt let him drive the Tesla at the White Houseโฆ.well they let Biden drive a Jeep around
Cardboard cutout of Wayne Gretzky put out with the trash with the words Please take this maga goon written on it
Seen on trash day in Toronto. I wish we could all take out the trash like this ๐ฎ
And the chances are good that he, too, will die on the toilet.