alrais.bsky.social
Dad, Twitter refugee, budding historian Iraq Vet and all around geek. We roll D20s in this house and quote Tolkien whenever possible
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We had a Columbus statue taken down a couple years ago. The pedestal is still there though. Def one of those things where the man was a footnote then but became popular when convenient and useful for the then current era
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Congrats! You’ve certainly worked hard enough to earn it
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Hey buddy. Reach out if you need someone to vent to
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And gives oxygen for future events!
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I’d also suggest the book In the Garden of Beasts. It’s about the US ambassador to Germany right before WW2. Our Man in Tokyo is the same idea but for the pacific
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Don’t be sorry. History repeats itself only if we let it
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If no Mohawk happens the title chicken should be bandied about
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We’ve sent men to the moon yet can engineer that pickle -_-
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Also I swore an oath to the constitution once. I didn’t have any other choice then attend one
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I’ve been on the fence about watching because I’m not sure I want to look that close into a mirror but now I must
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Hot take. He’s the glue holding Disney together
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Andor is gritty but is quite a mirror in a galaxy far far away. It isn’t a comedy but Alan Tudyk came back to perform/voice a sarcastic assassin droid
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Do you do signed copies by chance?
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That’s not tooo different than some of the headlines people believe…
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It’s truly better here…
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Ha! Love it
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lol. True words
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But you liver! It might not be able to take it
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Brought my son to his first protest today. He’s a toddler like his sister was at her first rally but try to instill civics early
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But technically marching lol
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If you can’t run walk. If not can’t walk crawl. I know going to one won’t solve it but send a message and gives oxygen to more action
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Historical perspective is a hell of a thing
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Just think of how many barracks could have been upgraded per minute with cost of whatever that was…
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I saw the ad for it but didn’t get a chance to check it out, glad to hear it was good. Hoping to watch it later
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I sincerely hope that vignette makes it into the future Ken Burns documentary
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Ours did god bless America. It was moving
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I’d get behind that. Connects with the core mission of the revolution in the first place
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Solid
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Well they had to be there so they were. They had to march so they did. However the quality of said march is not part of said order lol
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Community theater is the heartbeat of a town so far as I’m concerned
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Hopefully that trend continues. With my daughter I barely had a week. With my son I had 3 and it rocked
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Saw a whole lotta glorious malicious compliance today. Warmed my heart
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Can’t talk the talk without doing stuff like this
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How this house do ;)
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I just saw that clip. I think it was Levi’s jeans used it in an add along time ago and while odd not as hilarious as this
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My son’s first protest
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Doing our part more locally
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I live the next state over from Lexington and Concord. I don’t think we are quite there yet but the chances I feel are certainly getting closer. I just mused that everyone there did not think they were at the start of something as big as the revolution.