{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Brad Enslen ","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/bradenslen","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"8742","username":"bradenslen","bio":"Now: Partner in Village Land Co, LLC, blogger. Past: Started building niche web directories in 1998. Was an Admin or Moderator of several SEO forums. He/Him Midwest, USA. ","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":208,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2025/08/8742.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"89914090","content_html":"

Read: ‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds | The Guardian

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I heard a rumor Trump cellphones have been canceled. Those that paid $100 deposit will not get a refund. No refunds.

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Good morning.

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Notice how nobody is ever held accountable in Washington.

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2008 finacial crisis, no bankers held to account. That’s on Obama.

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DOJ has had Epstein Files for years, and we are not sure anyone is even investigating the crimes.

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Nobody will seriously prosecute the Trumpies for crimes.

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Nobody...

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Read: Judge says DOGE grant terminations are unlawful and ‘troubling’ | ABC

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Good morning.

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It’s about more than coffee. A Starbucks and a Dunkin (Donuts) sit next door to each other: a line of cars wraps around the Dunkin store almost into the street, but only two cars at the Starbucks drive thru and an empty lot.

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Read: California farmers must destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte closes its canneries and cancels more than $550 million in long-term contracts | Fortune

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Nobody will say everything is falling apart, but there will be signs.

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Finished Reading: The Four Jacks Annotated, Uncensored, by Robert Pavchick (Author), R. J. Novotney (Editor).

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The book was hard to put down. Humorous, a bit crass and compelling all at the same time. A Generation Jones tale of friendship. Recommended.

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Good morning.

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Drink coffee.

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It’s Frozen Pizza Friday.

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Get plenty of sleep.

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Tax billionaires.

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Break up monopolies.

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Trust no one.

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Read: CDC’s cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks | CBS

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The steep cuts to the program’s inspectors baffled CDC officials since the small team’s staff is not paid for by taxpayer dollars.

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RFK, Jr. has amazingly bad timing as well.

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Read: As Russia Expands Internet Blackouts, Kremlin Tells Citizens to Use the Radio | United 24

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Good morning.

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Still no Epstein Files. I’m betting they are being/have been destroyed to protect Trump and Celebs and Billionaires (Oh, My!).

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Meanwhile, that pd by donations, $250 M Trump ballroom is turning into a taxpayer funded $1 B Trump ballroom. Bait and Switch suckers.

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Read: Russia is ramping up its attempts to kill opponents in Europe, intelligence officials say | AP

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Breaking: Bigfoot sighting in Ohio per Fox News

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No, I’m not even going to link to it.

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Good morning.

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Seen and Heard: Up Shit Creek Files - In the Iran War, Trump is just trying to settle for as things were before he launched the war. Everything he has done has made things worse for everybody. So many people died, no war goals achieved and a fortune spent for nothing. Zero.

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Read: Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile website | Ars Technica

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Reddit REALLY wants you to use its app.

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Good morning.

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The Iran War is shaping up to be either: 1. a forever war, 2. a frozen conflict, or 3. a humiliating loss for the USA. The first two can linger for years or even decades with high costs. #3 can happen if Trump gets distracted and/or frustrated and gives up.

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Good morning.

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I’m remembering my parents telling me, “Clean your plate there are children starving in Europe.” My parents where kids and teens during the Great Depression and World War II so that was what their parents said to them. My parents saw no reason to update that with me in the 1960’s.

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Good morning.

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I’m thinking about Trump’s obsession with Jimmy Kimmel and all late night comedians: if Trump and his goons would just shut up Kimmel would have a lot less joke material. When Trump days stupid things, daily, hourly, he can expect to be called on it.

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Read: 20 discontinued Hostess snacks that fans still crave | Stacker

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There seems to be a lot of confusion over who shot the Secret Service agent at the WH Correspondents Dinner: the alleged assasin or another Fed agent. If it wasn’t either of them then I’m betting the shot came from the Grassy Knoll.

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#IYKYK

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Read: The Old Internet is Still Here

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Read: The Last Time We Reduced Troops in Europe, a War Broke Out | The Bulwark

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Read: AI music is flooding streaming platforms. But listeners like it less and less | NPR

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The frost warning was accurate. Frost on the roofs and on the grass this morning.

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Good morning.

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Trump is playing to the strong isolationist streak in American politics when it comes to Europe and kinda in Asia. He’s playing to Big Oil combined with doofus streak in the Middle East. And he’s playing to the “Mine, Mine, Mine!” streak in the Americas.

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@ceciliapeartree.bsky.social I always love it when something I really enjoy turns out to be good for me.

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@JohnPhilpin They all end up in bunkers.

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@markpltz.bsky.social I missed that.

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@JohnPhilpin :-)

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@JohnPhilpin It’s definitely a pre-meditated dark pattern. I’m seeing a lot more use of dark patterns from many corporations.

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@WiredDifferently I’ve often said that American companies aren’t even trying and this seems like one of them.

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@Miraz What a nice beach. Lucky you!

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@cherizilla This is a Super Power. You get to wear a cape next.

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@adders Heal well and quickly.

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@9irene.bsky.social My remark was a joke not really a statement of fact, nor a defense of Trump.

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@AndySylvester Congratulations!

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@DiplomaticDiva He can go deeper. He’s still digging.

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@johnjohnston I was a pre-schooler, but I remember seeing much older kids wearing metal leg braces. My mother thought it was probably polio. I was young enough to get the vaccine, they didn’t. But for the grace of God…

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@bradenslen Also, McDonald’s could not sell me a milkshake of any kind because the machine was down. I think others have said online that this is a frequent occurence at McD’s, but I can’t confirm because I rarely order them from there. grump grump grump

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@JohnPhilpin Trump is setting up Vance to fail.

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@amit Brilliant! I have the same problem with emoji, I can’t make any sense out of them either. Thanks for making and sharing this.

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@rnovotney.bsky.social Ordered. Congratulations and best wishes!

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@JohnPhilpin LOL. Yeah, my advice works better if there are no oceans or pesky mountain ranges in the way.

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@manton Both of my blogs gave off theme errors when I switched to 0.158. Something about a footer. I switched them back to earlier Hugo, cleared errors and thay seem to be rendering okay.

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@moob-it.bsky.social Oh that’s about it and rewards are usually a lot less fancy than a steak. For others I do try to compliment people for a job well done, something I think we often overlook.

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@fgtech Could be. While investigating for my OP, I saw some comments that gave a couple of chocolate brands carried by Aldi as being good for quality, flavor and fair trade grown, etc. I don’t eat chocolate bars hardly at all any more but I might try the Aldi stuff.

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I’m kinda sad about Cadbury, cough-forty-cough years ago when I lived breifly in the UK I discovered Cadbury Fruit and Nut bars and thought they were much better than American candy bars.

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@help @manton Spell check seems to be weird on Microblog web recently. Most of the time it does not show up unless I add a few blank spaces and then backspace once or twice.

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Vivaldi browser on Linux.

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@DiplomaticDiva I like that even better.

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@tracydurnell I can relate. I’m a sucker for corned beef and can’t turn it down.

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@DiplomaticDiva This is definitely not the USA I grew up in. This is not the world I envisioned and hoped for.

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I’m old and retired now, I don’t have bosses I have to answer to, which gives me some extra freedom to speak out against things I consider wrong and unjust.

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Thank you for reading my rants. Thank you for commenting, cos it tells me I’m not just yelling into the Void.

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Stay strong.

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