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Engineer. Musician. Wily Chaote. Full-Stack Acerbic Humanist. Bandcamp: https://thebellmechanical.bandcamp.com/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/the_bell_mechanical Musings: https://nopeanutsinchurch.com/ Middle of Massachusetts. USENET refugee.

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ive invented a new theorem: light goes really super fast, and if you went close to that fast, weird stuff might happen.

11.03.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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This is the guy who likes to downplay non-fatal injuries suffered by US service members in combat.

11.03.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 7801 πŸ” 2155 πŸ’¬ 485 πŸ“Œ 94
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Secretive Russian military satellites release mystery object into orbit The classified Kosmos satellite trio has sparked intrigue in space-tracking circles.

www.space.com/space-explor...

10.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 236 πŸ” 149 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 8
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Not really breaking any news here.

11.03.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 18015 πŸ” 3980 πŸ’¬ 886 πŸ“Œ 287
...The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton MA has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Massachusetts...

Taunton River Near Bridgewater affecting Bristol and Plymouth
Counties.

For the Taunton River...including Bridgewater...Minor flooding is
forecast.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Taunton River near Bridgewater.

* WHEN...From late tonight to early Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 8.0 feet, Backwater flooding from the Taunton River
will cause flooding of lower Purchade Brook in Middleboro.  This
will cause Woloski Park to become impassable by most vehicles.
Beware of the dangers of crossing flooded roadways.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:45 PM EDT Tuesday the stage was 8.0 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 8.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 8.0
feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below
flood stage tomorrow evening.
- Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

...The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton MA has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Massachusetts... Taunton River Near Bridgewater affecting Bristol and Plymouth Counties. For the Taunton River...including Bridgewater...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Taunton River near Bridgewater. * WHEN...From late tonight to early Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...At 8.0 feet, Backwater flooding from the Taunton River will cause flooding of lower Purchade Brook in Middleboro. This will cause Woloski Park to become impassable by most vehicles. Beware of the dangers of crossing flooded roadways. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:45 PM EDT Tuesday the stage was 8.0 feet. - Bankfull stage is 8.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 8.0 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow evening. - Flood stage is 8.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

🚨 Flood Warning issued March 10 at 10:53PM EDT until March 12 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA 🚨
Additional Details Here.

11.03.2026 03:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Justice Department Poised to Preserve Ticketmaster Monopoly - The American Prospect Settlement talks on a monopolization case against Live Nation are under way, with Kellyanne Conway and other MAGA lobbyists seeking a sweetheart deal.

I would still like some acknowledgement from certain Matt Stoller post leftist circles that they participated in propping up the lie that Trump 2.0 would be a "Lina Khan esque" extension of good faith populist antitrust busting

10.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 160 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

"JUST ONE MORE LINE!!!" ::cough, cough, of bombing runs::

"JUST ONE MORE BUMP!!!!" ::ahem, cough, oops, a BRIEF BUMP in GAS PRICES, I mean...::

I see a pattern, here...πŸ€”

10.03.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Iran war is almost over bro, just one more bombing, please that’s all we need, just gotta do one more set of strikes, there’s nothing left there bro we’re almost done, just one more bombing run, they’ve got nothing left, just some more TLAM strikes, bro just one more airstrike, bro plz

09.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 432 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2
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Just take a look at this exquisite piece of vintage guitar heritage. CRAVE Guitars' 1962 Gretsch 6120 Double Cutaway Chet Akins Hollowbody. Very Cool & Rare.
www.craveguitars.co.uk/home/feature...

Truth. Peace. Love. Music
Love Vintage Guitars ❀️🎸
#craveguitars #vintageguitars #ovation

10.03.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are we still looking for waste, fraud, and abuse? I think I found some.

10.03.2026 10:48 πŸ‘ 5410 πŸ” 2319 πŸ’¬ 331 πŸ“Œ 156
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Pete Hegseth's "Department of War" spent $7.4 million on lobster tails, more than $15 million on ribeye steaks, and hundreds of thousands on doughnuts...in September.

openthebooks.substack.com/p/pentagon-s...

10.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 565 πŸ” 247 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 153

Paul Shaffer

10.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 251 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Long-time buddies Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were out for a pleasant van drive in Oklahoma when, all of a sudden, their lives would change.

10.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 9251 πŸ” 1866 πŸ’¬ 175 πŸ“Œ 39

we never did find out who taught the No. Koreans to make Re-entry Bodies...πŸ€”πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

10.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

increasingly baffled that Russia or actors within aren't just selling them tbh

10.03.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2

It’s why they hated Biden so much. Having to sit through four years briefings about of infrastructure funding and trade negotiations was torture for these guys

10.03.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Turns out that things like "Object Permanence" and "Cause & Effect" are leadership requirements.

Who Knew...!?

10.03.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ditch the cap, and Social Security is saved for all of us.

09.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 195 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

The playful, prolific use of hyperlinks in online journalism (eg Slate, Pitchfork) didn’t anticipate link-rot. Now so many articles are pock-marked with cryptic allusions that some long-dead link once explained. Weird how quickly a new style comes to feel more archaic than the traditional format

10.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 588 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 16
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The Unbelievable Madness of Our War With Iran Last year, I warned about the possibility that Israel might drag the United States into a regional conflict. What’s happening now is worse than I could have ever imagined.

Leaders around the world appear to be struggling to respond to an American administration that is no longer constrained by pretending to care about human lives, the law, or the cost of its hubris. trib.al/TNOqWQK

10.03.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 251 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 11
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a man with a beard and mustache is smiling and says yes ALT: a man with a beard and mustache is smiling and says yes

Diesel at $4.00+

::thinks of all the 'rolling coal' T-Baggers paying almost $200 to fill their trucks::

www.cnn.com/2026/03/09/p...

10.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember guys, you can’t afford a gas rig, or a coal mine, or a nuclear power station, but you can afford to put some cheap solar panels on your roof.

That’s why the fossil fuel industry has spent billions trying to kill renewable energy.

The dealer needs to keep you addicted.

10.03.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 5995 πŸ” 2048 πŸ’¬ 220 πŸ“Œ 84
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RFK, Jr.’s overhauled autism advisory board cancels first public meeting The cancellation of a meeting of the committee that guides federal autism research funding follows an announcement that an independent group of autism scientists would meet the same day

The cancellation of a meeting of the committee that guides federal autism research funding follows an announcement that an independent group of autism scientists would meet the same day

10.03.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Oracle Axing Huge Number of Jobs as AI Crisis Intensifies Oracle is planning to cut thousands of jobs due to a "cash crunch" resulting from a massive AI data center expansion effort.

Sooo did Ellison basically try to β€œtoo big too fail” himself out of bankruptcy with large media purchases

futurism.com/artificial-i...

10.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Efficient!

10.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.03.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 17198 πŸ” 5043 πŸ’¬ 478 πŸ“Œ 232

Live your life in such a way that the entire world doesn’t wake up every morning hoping to hear the news that you’re finally dead.

10.03.2026 11:42 πŸ‘ 111 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Part of my disgust and disdain for so many people in this country is that that they are so easily duped. All that fuck has to do is call some egregious bill the β€œSAVE AMERICA” act and the stupids rush to vote against their own interests, while accusing us of not wanting to β€œsave America”.

09.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 8933 πŸ” 2132 πŸ’¬ 1071 πŸ“Œ 225

β€œThe American military is tremendous. It is the greatest in the world.”

I applaud the members of our military and we have very expensive technology.

But organizations are only as good as their leaders, and we have some dumb people running our military. It shows.

Repost if you agree #BlueCrew

10.03.2026 07:23 πŸ‘ 3705 πŸ” 1260 πŸ’¬ 277 πŸ“Œ 61
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EXCLUSIVE: Secret ICE Detention Facilities Exist Around Colorado, Data Shows Just west of downtown Glenwood Springs, perched between Midland Avenue and Interstate 70, a strip mall houses a gym, a chiropractor’s office, a tax accountant, and on the far end...

And people kept saying this was hyperbole to think they would use secret prisons.

10.03.2026 04:02 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0