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John Watson

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Asheville, NC

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jess m. ☁️'s avatar jess m. ☁️ @jam-etc.bsky.social
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The UK and France both defeated the far right, let's fucking go Canada and the US

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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Pretty much…

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Thinking about driving up from Asheville for a game later this season. How fan friendly is the park there? Looks like we could park somewhere downtown and just walk…

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Brian Hickey's avatar Brian Hickey @brianphickey.bsky.social
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Because the governor burnt the rainy day fund on busing migrants to libtard cities?

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Unbelievable how these things happen - for no reason other than the company/ CEO chasing only the bottom line at the expense of quality and passenger safety. Passenger lives - expendable, apparently. This may well be a company selected for extinction, and they have no one to blame but themselves.

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Alexandre Gangué-Ruzic's avatar Alexandre Gangué-Ruzic @alexgangueruzic.bsky.social
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It can't be understated how massive it is for the #CanMNT to reach the Copa América semi-finals

Just months ago, they had to go through a one-game playoff to reach this tournament - now, they'll finish in the top 4 and have 2 more games to play to help their 2026 World Cup prep

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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Can someone with #bluesky fix the problem with Apple news links not copying into Bluesky posts correctly when shared from News?

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Both parties need to split in two. A true multi-party system with ranked choice voting gets us closer to where we need to be.

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Agree completely. And while we're at it, no appointments for life...

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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We can wish and hope all we want, unfortunately neither candidate has the best interests of the country in mind.

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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Agree. If ESPN wants to save money on talent start here.

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Asheville FM's avatar Asheville FM @ashevillefm.bsky.social
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We are kicking off the summer with our 2nd Annual VOICES: a celebration of community, poetry + language this Friday that we are proudly hosting with Blue Ridge Pride at Eulogy! Then it’s the FREE Pride After Party = OPULENCE at 9.

Tickets and info: asheville.org/voices

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Mike Masnick's avatar Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social
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This seems pretty obviously unconstitutional.

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Dr. Jens Foell's avatar Dr. Jens Foell @fmriguy.bsky.social
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Louisiana is a beautiful state, full of wonderful people, governed by barely literate clowns suffering from brain worms

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So sad to hear of Willie Mays’ passing last night during the MiLB game at Rickwood. Can only imagine the tributes during the Giants-Cardinals game on Thursday…

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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Agree with this. These stores target small/ rural communities where the locals have few, if any, alternatives.

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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Don’t disagree wrt the costs, but that wasn’t really the argument the OP was making.

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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As an American man who married a Canadian woman in 2004 I did not assume this. In fact I engaged an attorney and followed the established procedure in place at that time. Happy for those positively impacted by this ruling, but there are lots of people out there like me who followed the rules.

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Well, after today I know not to try to ship something USPS Ground Advantage in a leftover Priority Mail box simply because I want to get rid of the box. No go - even if I paper over the box. I mean I get it, but stuff like this is why people don't want to use USPS anymore...

#USPS #redtape

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Mara Wilson's avatar Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social
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That’s awful. Just the other day, someone I met was telling me that they don’t usually experience earthquakes where they are, but they are getting them more because of fracking.

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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Pretty much. Saw the Cardinals CC for the first time yesterday. Aghhh…

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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Good morning all from #asheville. Let’s have a great day wherever you are.

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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Andrew Vaughn is not a Major League Baseball player. That’s it. #whitesox

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Yeah, we get all this in #Asheville too, especially the Mayberry bit…

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You forgot privileged whites…

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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Love the Monkees…

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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Sorry, sitting this one out.

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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Folks in #Colorado and #Florida should be thrilled their representatives are in New York spectating someone else’s trial. This is a much more appropriate use of their time than being in Washington and, you know, governing…

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I live in NC and have nothing to do with any protests but we do still wear masks in compromised environments - for flu as much as for covid. Don’t plan to change and look forward to discussing with anyone looking to arrest me…

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The Beatles as a band were done by 1970. Lennon actually quit in ‘69 though it wasn’t reported…

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Paul Frazee's avatar Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com
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Oh right! 1.81 finally has the performance fix for mobile. It should feel way better and eat way less battery

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Brendel's avatar Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social
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The thing about Jack/Elon hating moderation is that I want moderation tools for a social media site for the same reason I want HBO Max to stop showing me ads for Sister Wives:Vegas House Flippers or whatever dumb shit is on there, I want to see good content and not bad content this isn’t complicated

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Jay 🦋's avatar Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team
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Cool new audio app!

“We have released the audio distribution service Bluecast! A chat function is included, allowing broadcasters and listeners to easily communicate. Streamers can limit listeners to their Bluesky followers and mutual followers. Please feel free to use it!“

www.bluecast.app

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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What a joke...

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This is sarcasm right?

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We sincerely thank Jack for his help funding and initiating the bluesky project. Today, Bluesky is thriving as an open source social network running on atproto, the decentralized protocol we have built.

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On May 3, 2004, Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne took the microphone for the first time as Morning Edition hosts. They had big shoes and a big voice to fill — seeing that they succeeded Bob Edwards who hosted the program for nearly 25 years.

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Not sure who’s more pathetic - the Liz Truss crowd in England or the MTG crowd here…

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Andrew Hickey's avatar Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.bsky.social
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We literally now know how to stop all airborne disease, in ways that are stupidly affordable. Decent HEPA filters would get rid not only of covid, not only of bird flu, but of SARS, MERS, all strains of the flu, the common cold, RSV, norovirus... it's cheap and easy to do.

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Asheville FM's avatar Asheville FM @ashevillefm.bsky.social
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Although we are a little away from our goal of $35000, we are overwhelmed with gratitude to our donors and volunteers, all the food sponsors, our underwriters, and everyone who listens + loves us! If you haven’t donated, you can still do so at ashevillefm.org!

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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Now you're talking. Still have mine somewhere...

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Wouldn’t be a surprise. I’m convinced this is happening in the US Congress as well.

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John Watson's avatar John Watson @jpw67.bsky.social
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Approaching four years since I left #facebook. Haven’t missed it a day…

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