Bill Lamb

Retired newspaper editor.

Graduate of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.

Mac user since 1985.

#journalism #photography #security #privacy #travel #food #Czechia #DLIFLC

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2024-10-22 20:33:34

Airline reservations made for our fall/winter vacation. We enjoy Thanksgiving in countries that don't celebrate it. Thanksgiving dinner last year was a Burger & Lobster Sohon in London.
We'll be in Switzerland this year, but not sure where yet.
#travel #food #Switzerland

2024-10-09 15:56:46

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@npub1jup…77gr
Why does no one criticize him for being orange? Why?

2024-10-09 15:55:35

Ah! I see we've been upgraded. 👍

2024-10-09 02:14:41

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@npub1z9l…4trf
Transmit was my go to FTP app back in the day.

2024-10-08 22:28:18

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@npub15c8…fal0
Who?

2024-10-08 22:22:02

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@npub108x…8n99
Eat the rich.

2024-10-08 22:20:22

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@npub1m2k…3kc3
Bugging out? 😆

2024-10-07 20:07:51

When you think you know more than Tolkien. Or ... you've never heard of him.
The Critical Drinker: "Rings Of Power Season 2: A Post-Mortem"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxxrla_zblY&t=23s

2024-10-07 19:38:15

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@npub1jup…77gr
The Republican Party is anti-American and anti-democracy. It's an ongoing danger to the US and our national security. It must be DISMANTLED in an expedited way.

2024-10-07 19:35:14

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@npub1wln…ew3j
Little pr**k.

2024-10-03 21:52:18

Idle Thought: Are all airlines in Europe now owned by Lufthansa? 🤣
#travel

2024-10-03 19:30:34

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@npub1nqz…838y
If she's just GOTTA get election to something she should try her HOA board. 😆

2024-10-03 19:18:36

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@npub1aq2…4nfw
The grift goes on.
Sounds like they realized they screwed up publicity-wise, and tried to walk it all back. Too late.

2024-10-02 17:20:43

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@npub1gva…r9v2
Yet the man has a college degree.

2024-10-01 21:45:18

idle Thought: Too many blog posts are simply way, way too long. A hazard of working without an editor.

2024-10-01 15:45:45

A reminder that:
1. Nothing really changes. (Or hasn't yet, at least.)
2. This was one the best sitcoms ever.
"'Yes, Prime Minister' On the Arabs and Israel"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgLg9zQH3vU

2024-09-30 18:04:37

The Critical Drinker: "Has The Rey Movie Been Quietly Cancelled?"
Likely so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fSWZWe2WeE
#movies #StarWars

2024-09-30 16:54:20

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@npub1nn8…8sed
Not so surprised by the age of the tree, but by the age of the fence.

2024-09-30 16:36:57

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@npub14e7…4v9k
Thankfully, individual Teamsters and their locals have figured out they don't need O'Brien.

2024-09-29 22:52:48

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@npub1u3t…c6ug
License to lie.

2024-09-28 16:21:00

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@npub1z2d…7yfv
Polls these days are just tools used by cable and other news orgs to keep your attention through fear and anxiety. IMO.

2024-09-28 16:16:11

Idle Thought: Were your foot as cancerous as the present U.S. Supreme Court would you not treat it? Even remove it need be?
Why should SCOTUS be any different?
Ignoring SCOTUS decisions would be amputation of last resort. How about discounting the votes of both Thomas and Roberts on every decision?
So a 6-3 vote becomes a 4-3 vote. In that case nothing would change, but that would not always be the case.
Actually, I prefer Wyden's reform bill. But that's not quite immediate enough.

2024-09-28 16:02:55

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@npub1x4p…hjr3
I fully support Elmo in command of that very first manned mission.

2024-09-28 16:00:26

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@npub1zsj…hn6g
Bright side: Dollars to donuts MAGAts don't read Reason. 😏

2024-09-28 15:57:24

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@npub1dts…6798
I thought it was "east the rich." 🤷‍♂️

2024-09-28 15:55:28

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@npub1w30…dh68
An aside: I did not know The Mary Sue was still around.

2024-09-28 15:48:31

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@npub1lqt…8pag
1. Of course, he will. Early in the evening, too. Zero doubt.
2. Yes, she does, as does Stormy! 😂

2024-09-26 19:08:36

Idle Thought: Everyone everywhere in both parties is neck-and-neck, with 1 point, tied, and oh my God, please send $5.
So tired of it.

2024-09-26 18:41:31

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@npub1zfn…yxu0
Portrait of a cracker.

2024-09-25 22:34:25

Oh. This is what The Mango Mussolini was chest-thumping about earlier.
"Donald Trump briefed on suspected Iranian assassination plot"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/25/trump-iran-assassination-plot

2024-09-25 22:25:08

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@npub1su4…a0dw
Go the office so they can get on the same Zoom calls they do at home?
It's the usual story. Companies have invested heavily in office space and, by God, it has to be filled!
Also, the bosses - the bigger, the more Boomer - have little to do without someone to boss around all day.
And derivatives of these reasons.
IMO.

2024-09-24 16:08:18

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@npub1k9d…eal5
Yay! 😀 The Mango Mussolini despises me!

2024-09-20 23:28:55

Idle Thought: Everybody is neck and neck. Everybody is tied. Everybody is SO close.
Please send $5.
🤦‍♂️

2024-09-20 21:50:37

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@npub13k2…tw0p
I'd have had to get out the .410. 😂

2024-09-20 19:10:11

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@npub1pc2…eqwt
Move fast and break things turned out to be BS.

2024-09-20 18:42:09

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@npub1rm7…mazl
I flashed on the theme from Jaws.

2024-09-20 17:19:49

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@npub10vt…jz06
Professor Farnsworth put it more succinctly: "I don't want to live on this planet anymore."
Concur.

2024-09-19 23:34:22

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@npub12ks…cwu4
Knowing Trump and his campaign, Duda may not have even known about it. 🤣

2024-09-19 22:17:31

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@npub1vg3…06fu
One of the coolest cities we've visited.

2024-09-19 20:56:03

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@npub1q42…a4u7
Dumb as a giant sack of ... very dumb things.

2024-09-19 19:46:36

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@npub1t5e…nx96
Wonder if the Ruskies would like to buy some new pagers. Cheap.

2024-09-19 19:35:59

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@npub1v2s…mqq5
Confirmed (Yet Again): He's an asshole.

2024-09-17 21:21:16

Idle Thought: It's always the same. Candidate on social media be like, "It's tied/almost even/we can still do this. Send money!"
True or not, the reader never knows. But it's not a good look.

2024-09-17 21:15:12

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@npub1q42…a4u7
She is a ... gooberette.

2024-09-17 16:59:30

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@npub13q8…ann7
Genius! 🤣

2024-09-17 03:40:01

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@npub17l5…za2f
So many MAGAts are, basically, just pr**ks.

2024-09-16 19:17:11

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@npub1k4q…4nh2
"Keep it to yourself, but I just dirtied my diaper."

2024-09-16 17:57:39

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@npub1gva…r9v2
To paraphrase comedian Richard Pryor when Bill Cosby, noted at the time for his Coca-Cola commercials, criticized Pryor for his liberal use of profanity in his act:
Have some coke and a smile and STFU.

2024-09-16 15:35:45

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@npub1su4…a0dw
Because he wants to sell it? 😎

2024-09-16 15:33:14

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@npub1pc2…eqwt
Well. One "analyst" and a supply chain survey. 🤷‍♂️
I'll just say:
https://newsie.social/@zachvat/113147576171104523

2024-09-15 21:24:34

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@npub1jup…77gr
Would have gone straight to my junk folder. But, hey, that's me. 😏

2024-09-15 20:40:26

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@npub172w…3dze
Yes! 🤣

2024-09-15 20:26:01

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@npub1w30…dh68
Did he grab his ear and fall to the ground? 😏

2024-09-15 17:03:30

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@npub1jup…77gr
Oh, so that's why The Mango Mussolini lashed out today a the NYT.
Eff Trump.
And Roberts needs to go and/or SCOTUS expanded.

2024-09-15 04:02:10

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@npub1thu…q4ye
Heard this, or a variation of it, today: A man may change his politics, but sex is unchanging.
Count on Trump to be Trump.

2024-09-13 18:57:55

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@npub1q42…a4u7
HIs suits and ties along should disqualify him.

2024-09-11 21:39:29

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@npub17z6…4mp8
Believe it or not, Taylor Swift and I are very much alike ... in that neither of us lose sleep over what some woman named Megyn Kelly says. 🤷‍♂️

2024-09-10 21:39:15

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@npub16mz…uzxf
Mostly, I stay on social media for the humor.

2024-09-10 16:05:32

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@npub1jup…77gr
What is it about this situation that makes ANYONE think Thomas will EVER resign or recuse?
Just more fear-and-anger-based clickbait.

2024-09-10 16:01:58

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@npub1jup…77gr
The NYT wants to tell you The Mango Mussolini is not as batsh*t crazy as he always seems, and it wants you to pay them to tell you that.

2024-09-09 21:06:26

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@npub1aq2…4nfw
1. Damn.
2. Damn, I'm old.

2024-09-09 18:47:42

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@npub1dq0…glnl
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

2024-09-09 16:26:32

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@npub1gds…cvzz
I kind of hope he does try some shenanigans. No immunity for orange pr**k this time.

2024-09-08 22:22:36

Idle Thought: Among phrases that make me click away: "In my latest newsletter."

2024-09-08 22:15:29

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@npub1dqt…h0gl
You can call him nuts, a dementia-addled old narcissist. And, yes, he's all that.
But at heart he's just an old orange pr**k.

2024-09-08 22:06:29

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@npub1g97…y82s
When's the last time presidential candidates were NOT within the margin of error?

2024-09-08 22:04:09

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@npub1xr6…mddg
Aren't he always?
I'll vote for him. I hope he wins.
But the only thing I ever hear about/from him is that he's another $5 of my money away from winning. 😏

2024-09-08 17:35:14

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@npub123v…32tm
Will def make those books a priority now!

2024-09-08 16:28:33

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@npub1z9l…4trf
I'm with Gruber. I wouldn't touch an EU iPhone with a 10-meter regulation. 😏
#privacy #security

2024-09-07 18:32:25

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Yes, those were my good old days.
But no complaints about today.

2024-09-07 18:30:47

Idle Thought: Never forget that Carly Simon sang it best. These are the good old days.

2024-09-06 19:11:33

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@npub16t9…t04y
Could?
🤣
Check back with me later, K?

2024-09-06 19:10:08

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@npub1pc2…eqwt
No. Not even thank you.

2024-09-05 22:19:41

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@npub1g0e…nch6
Foxsky.

2024-09-05 22:17:09

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@npub1psy…pasy
Surgeon at work!

2024-09-05 16:43:14

Idle Thought: So, Melania is now living in NYC, having abandoned the Mar-a-Botox crowd.
That noise the final tear of very expensive sheets?
Has there been a superseding prenup, as well?

2024-09-04 20:57:43

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@npub1vgg…pm2j
Yes, please.

2024-09-04 20:56:48

Idle Thought: Maybe we need a union for high school students, and an immediate national strike over safety standards.

2024-09-04 20:53:29

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@npub166j…vns0
Taking sides for a moment: Three squares and a cot sounds more appealing. Why make the lives of your captors easier?

2024-09-04 20:51:30

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@npub1l54…4nkm
I'd say "work" is a pretty strong word. 🤣

2024-09-04 20:10:10

From The Critical Drinker: "Trap - Wasted Potential"
Shorter: Meh.
#movies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ron2p5MnjU4

2024-09-04 15:45:38

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@npub1uyx…dmcm
FUBAR. Christ.

2024-09-04 15:22:36

Idle Thought: Is it just my imagination, or are "margins of error" in polls getting larger?
IMHO, if someone in your poll is ahead by 5 points, yet is still within your margin of error ... your poll sucks bigly.

2024-09-04 07:03:57

"Carry On Camping" is quite possibly my favorite of the series, though I haven't seen them all.
"‘We didn’t worry about a few dirty laughs!’ The Carry On women on playing nags, bra-burners and ‘crumpet’"
#movies
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/sep/04/we-didnt-worry-about-a-few-dirty-laughs-carry-on-women-playing-nags-bra-burners-crumpet

2024-09-04 03:44:50

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@npub1976…pwmv
It was different, but dark and damp like this. I'm reminded of the forests of Bavaria. Lived in a village there for a couple of years. Wonderful any time of year.

2024-09-03 21:11:48

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@npub1su4…a0dw
So long as it's "clank" instead of "crack" I'll take a pass on the game.

2024-09-03 19:06:17

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@npub1v2s…mqq5
Annex it. 😎

2024-09-02 15:50:57

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@npub12j3…y6qj
Around here it appears to be mostly penis extension.

2024-09-01 21:57:14

Idle Thought: Today's Netflix promo email sounds and looks more like an Onion social media post.

2024-09-01 15:46:02

Idle Thought: Just dawned on me that probably 95% of The NY Times headlines I see are posted by people complaining about that headline and/or article. Otherwise, I'd not see any NYT stuff.
I feel there's a lesson there somewhere.

2024-08-31 21:09:48

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@npub1xxt…f2tp
I tried it, but it failed to hook me. I left it.

2024-08-31 16:26:25

The Critical Drinker on Rings of Power Season 2: "The Ultimate Insult To Tolkien."
"An abomination, a ruined and corrupted form of entertainment."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8T1LPtS4-A

2024-08-30 22:35:38

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@npub1vhv…785f
True.
But I don't like these "what would Republicans say if Biden/Obama/Harris said/did this thing" posts.
Yeah, true. Yet kind of lazy.

2024-08-30 22:31:56

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@npub1vg3…06fu
Oh! Kaos already? I'm there!

2024-08-30 22:28:23

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@npub1h0d…qs5p
CYA, anyone?

2024-08-30 17:58:46

Idle Thought: Mastodon stream today be like 1) "Ahead in the polls! Momentum! Let's go!" while also 2) We're all gonna die!"
🤣

2024-08-30 04:21:05

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@npub1v2s…mqq5
Brilliant answer.

2024-08-29 18:38:06

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@npub1jup…77gr
His internal polling no doubt shows he's worse off than that.
Except Rasmussen, of course. 😜

2024-08-29 18:36:35

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@npub1jup…77gr
Weird little fu***r thinks himself a master of recruiting women voters. 😆

2024-08-29 16:46:48

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@npub16t9…t04y
I used to say politics tried to imitate sports. But there's so much money now in sports that it's trying to imitate politics. 😏