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Trump admits that he should be in prison.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>12 May 2026 01:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmobifzts2v</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mljsh5kzks2x</link><description>The paper was published only 2½ years after the release of ChatGPT, at a time when there couldn&#39;t possibly be enough data from which to publish a paper.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>10 May 2026 22:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljsh5kzks2x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mldyp65gak2s</link><description>Blue states are nullifying voter results while red states are ignoring their citizens&#39; demands.&#xA;https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-virginia-congress-democrats-republicans-12a31037f3c9a94d3cb9fbcaaf84d94f</description><pubDate>08 May 2026 15:01 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldyp65gak2s</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mldqy7kmak2c</link><description>A word for these trying times:&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>08 May 2026 12:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldqy7kmak2c</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mlagdzcvm22n</link><description>Georgia officials knew these companies were killing people.&#xA;&#xA;“Everyone in the region seems to know someone whose health problems, including certain types of cancer, could be caused by PFAS.”&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>07 May 2026 04:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlagdzcvm22n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mlafyp2uc22n</link><description>“A recent survey from the American Farm Bureau Federation found that about 70 percent of farmers nationwide who responded report they are unable to afford all the fertilizer they need.”&#xA;https://www.wpr.org/news/steep-fertilizer-fuel-prices-squeeze-us-farmers-months-come</description><pubDate>07 May 2026 04:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlafyp2uc22n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mlafera2rs2n</link><description>It&#39;s bonkers to say with a straight face that this Supreme Court is not political.&#xA;&#xA;This Supreme Court is primarily an extension of Donald Trump&#39;s political will.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>07 May 2026 04:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlafera2rs2n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mkzqgyziuc2x</link><description>I&#39;m reading up on the basics of #entomology pinning as a summer activity with my son. I can confidently say I&#39;ve never seen the phrase “murdered gently” in any context before.</description><pubDate>04 May 2026 13:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzqgyziuc2x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mkxw4qxwrs2t</link><description>Why do the media keep writing headlines like this? Trump *violated* court orders.&#xA;https://apnews.com/article/trump-courts-contempt-defiance-7b94b24901d42961afe323d02e352733</description><pubDate>03 May 2026 19:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxw4qxwrs2t</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mkvlitnshc2x</link><description>I found a funny post by The Babylon Bee. It seems rare and valuable.</description><pubDate>02 May 2026 21:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvlitnshc2x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mktcen2z7s2n</link><description>&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>01 May 2026 23:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktcen2z7s2n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mkqs55kz3s2x</link><description>Grandma better stop slacking and go apply to stock Amazon warehouses.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>30 Apr 2026 23:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqs55kz3s2x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mkqjz7qd6k2q</link><description>Does anyone else get “The Masque of the Red Death” vibes from the whole presidential ballroom thing?&#xA;&#xA;The conspiracy theorist in me would suggest Trump is building a fortress to protect himself as he parties during a civil war.</description><pubDate>30 Apr 2026 21:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqjz7qd6k2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mkqjjrg4ks2q</link><description>Yeah, taxpayers are funding his ballroom.</description><pubDate>30 Apr 2026 21:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqjjrg4ks2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mkqj4lsyqk2q</link><description>This is what I think of each time someone claims that America doesn&#39;t have kings because DJT is the president.</description><pubDate>30 Apr 2026 21:01 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:ngb5okv6wex2jgbaxfyon7bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqj4lsyqk2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/bcaples.bsky.social/post/3mkqgbuhwes2a</link><description>“Depending on who possesses the power, that self-interest would come at a cost to people of other nations, genders, and races. 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