Ed Armstrong
@armst-ed.bsky.social
Communications professional. Loves to learn and share knowledge. Let's do this. #Environment #SocialJustice #Episcopalian #Writer. Call me Ed
Oh, no. When I was very young, I lived in way-rural WV but had WTAE and WQED on cable TV. Amazing luck that I was served up Joe, Paul, and Mr. Rogers daily despite my remote upbringing. Sixty-some years on, I still vividly recall watching them. Outstanding children's programming. #Influences 🙏💙🎸☮️
Moondoggie (Rick)@moondogrick.bsky.social · 2mo agoMan, I hate to see this. Joe Negri was a fantastic jazz guitarist and part of the local children's show Paul Shannon's Adventure Time on Pittsburgh's WTAE. National audiences later got to know him as "Handyman Negri" with Mr. Rogers. Almost 100. RIP 😥 #tvsky📺 www.post-gazette.com/news/obituar...
I regularly read Jennifer Rubin's "The Contrarian" for content like this. While many could write a tidy summary of why Texas AG #KenPaxton shouldn't serve in the Senate, she delivers it to the GOP doorstep with the rancid fury of a runaway septic pump truck. I adore that about Ms. Rubin. 🙏
Trump Saddles Republicans with Paxton
Paxton can damage Republicans beyond Texas
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Latest read: Picked up Jaime Green's The Possibility of Life for WIP research. It's a well-executed survey of #SETI type info augmented with collected #SiFi and #fantasy mini reviews from lit sources ranging from Le Guin to Sagan to Wells. A gem for #WritingCommunity & #BookSky researchers! 🔭👽🚀👏
#TheBoys series finale explained (SPOILERS!!!). Stumbled into this by accident and finished it last night. Not at all my usual fare but great fun. The #writingcommunity will appreciate the Swiftian political/cultural themes and biting satire. It's genuinely funny and poignant. Great characters!
‘The Boys’ series finale explained, from the hidden Easter eggs and callbacks to the Queen Maeve cameo that didn’t happen
Showrunner Eric Kripke also explains why he's not worried about Elon Musk coming after him for killing a character similar to him.
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This is great. Going to have to work even harder to improve on these metrics. Keep growling. 🌊
D. Earl Stephens@dearlstephens.bsky.social · 3mo ago📌BREAKING: -Trump’s approvals are at an all-time low 37% in NYT polling. -Dems lead 50%-39% among registered voters. -This would easily overcome the Republicans’ redistricting advantage. -The Senate is in play. -Democrats hold a 14-point lead among voters “almost certain” or “very likely” to vote.
I've had 15-20 governors across three states of residence in my lifetime. This one is doing one hell of a job under very difficult circumstances. Just wanted to put that out there. #GovernorWesMoore #Maryland #Democrat #POTUS
Governor Wes Moore@govwesmoore.bsky.social · 3mo agoTalbot County is the FIRST county in Maryland to reach 100% access to high-speed internet. Thank you to Secretary Day, our Office of Statewide Broadband, Council President Chuck Callahan, Mayor Megan Cook, and Easton Utilities for helping lead on this and delivering connectivity for Marylanders.
#Farmers growing increasingly desperate amid rising #energy and #fertilizer prices #Agriculture trade groups say the confluence of bad factors setting the table for worst ag outlook since the 1980s. Memo to administration: if you're going to get just one thing right, try ag and nutrition policy.
Farmers growing increasingly desperate amid rising energy and fertilizer prices
Farmers are grappling with a confluence of forces — many of them human-made, including the effects of the Iran war.
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Trade spin. Turns out the 200 #Boeing jet purchase by #China announced yesterday was less than half what they were hoping for. Company stock promptly tanked after the announcement. Good news is that China is expected to buy 9,000 new jetliners by 2045 and Boeing will be a player. Just not now.
Boeing shares drop 4% after Trump announces China orders just 200 jets
China has agreed to buy 200 Boeing jets, U.S. President Donald Trump said, a number that was far fewer than analysts had expected, and the planemaker’s shares fell.
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I 💙 curated booklists! This may be the mother of them all via @bklynlibrary.bsky.social 24 #genres, 250 titles picked for #USA250. Great stuff, #poetry, #history, #fiction, #plays, #memoirs, et al for our #writingcommunity and #Booksky crowds. I've read 38, work to do. You? tinyurl.com/2hdhfm49
250 for 250 Booklist | Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn Public Library is celebrating our country's 250th anniversary the best way we know how: with a thoughtful, surprising, irresistible booklist.
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Been around for a bit but never met a mountain bongo antelope. Turns out these critically endangered beauties are making a cautious return to Kenya’s wild forests. Locals call them "ghosts of the forest." We're rooting for you. 💙 🌎 🙏 #wildlifephotography #photography #endanderedspecies #Kenya
The ‘ghost of the forest’ makes a comeback in Kenya, in photos
Known as the “ghost of the forest” for its elusive nature and camouflage among dense vegetation, the critically endangered mountain bongo antelope is making a cautious return to Kenya’s wild forests.
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This 🪶Eastern Kingbird saw my camera and was begging me to capture him…so I did. #BirdOfTheDay #Photogenic #VermontBirds
Bob owned the late 70s! String of iconic hits. Imma go a little off the best known for my fav: "Beautiful Loser." It's so wonderfully arranged. When he brings home the last verse to just soft keys and his vocal, wow, I get misty-eyed. Top of his game. #MusicSky #RockNRoll youtu.be/5BRSTJeHwEk?...
Beautiful Loser
YouTube video by Bob Seger - Topic
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Jimusic@jimusic.bsky.social · 3mo agoHappy Birthday to Bob Seger, singer, songwriter and guitarist born in Detroit, Michigan 🇺🇸 81 years ago today. What are your favourite songs or albums by Bob Seger? #BobSeger
Ton of #election results from yesterday, I'll cherry pick. This one is big. Swing MI Senate special win assures in D control in body, MI House is R. #Trump narrowly carried this district in 24--last night #Democrat #ChedrickGreene comes through with a decisive 10-point win.
Michigan Democrats keep control of state Senate in election win that offers clues about midterms
Democrat Chedrick Greene has won a special election in Michigan, securing the party’s control of the state Senate through the remainder of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s term.
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Let's start the week with a #NaturePhotography gallery. Many thanks to The Atlantic for the timeline cleanse and refresh in my inbox. 🙏 Several excellent shots here, the "Black-Headed Gull on landing approach" really landed with me. Your fav? #HappyMonday #wildlifephotography #nature #photography
Winners of the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2026
A collection of some of this year’s winning and honored photographs. Nearly 9,000 entries were submitted to organizers by member photographers from 15 countries.
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California's #DMV enacting regs that mean cars without drivers will be subject to police ticketing I'm surprised this wasn't done before the cars were deployed and am wondering how much all this new enforcement infrastructure will cost. #AVs #Tesla #Waymo #AI #MachineLearning
Driverless Cars Will Be Subject to Moving-Violation Tickets in California Soon
By July, California will close legal loopholes that made driverless cars like Waymos exempt from some laws.
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The complex components of how we feel about #gas prices. For most, it's manageable, but creating multiple pain points: → gas cost outpacing wage growth → causing more credit card use → lowered spending for groceries. restaurants, clothing → less discretionary driving #Trump #economy #IranWar
Gas prices surge — and the pain outpaces the reality
It's the latest chapter in the current vibecession.
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Soon, the #FED will be Kevin Warsh’s problem. Powell's likely successor will first have to deal with the meddlesome #Trump, rising energy prices, an uncertain labor market (#AI), inflation and shifting tariff rates. Then comes elections, and possible #SCOTUS action on FED independence. Good luck.
‘Thoughts and prayers’: The minefield that awaits Kevin Warsh at the Fed
Jerome Powell will likely preside over his final rate-setting meeting as chair on Wednesday, ending a turbulent period as central bank chief.
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You can be forgiven if you emerged from the weekend feeling cognitively exhausted. A good start at rectifying that for a fresh week would be to exhale and listen-back to Sunday's @mikenellis.bsky.social and @adammockler.com emergency podcast. #WHCD #Trump #noviolence #no-violence
EMERGENCY LIVE: Reacting to Last Night's WHCD Shooting — with Mike Nellis and Adam Mockler
Endless Urgency is free to read, but we’re hustling to launch our new content studio and expand our team with a video editor.
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TY for the gift article. An ingenious and inspiring collection of #naturephotography right here. 👏
@gjabberbox.bsky.social · 3mo ago“On Earth Day, I wanted to share images of the incredible resilience of nature: the many ways that plants, animals, and natural processes reclaim abandoned human places and find ways to thrive.” By Alan Taylor www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
Day after #EarthDay repost to remind us every day is Earth Day. Become an educated advocate! Good read on: #Climate #Energy #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Sustainability
POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · 3mo agoCOMMENTARY: In today’s highly volatile world, oil and gas will remain on the geopolitical front line. That is a reminder to countries with water, dams and reservoirs that they can use them to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels.
Happy Earth Day! On the first #EarthDay in 1970, my small town had a kids parade to commemorate. I made a sign that said, "Get Pollution before it Gets Us!" and attached it to my bike and joined in. I think what I was trying to say was please honor and protect our #environment. For the kids 🙏
Breaking: #Trump genius strategy to steal #midterms via #redistricting. TBH, I hate this #gerrymander crap. It defiles the purpose of representative democracy and produces dysfunctional legislative districts. Thrilled to see it backfire on the #GOP in such grand style. 👏 #Virginia #election
With Virginia vote, Democrats gain edge over Trump's national GOP redistricting push
After Virginia voters weighed in on Tuesday, the redistricting set off by President Trump to help the GOP in the midterms has been countered and possibly surpassed by Democrats.
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It's Referendum Day in VA! #Yes vote crucial for saying "No" to #Trump and his deceit. Come on VA, Vote "Yes" for #Democracy.
Virginia’s redistricting vote ‘a critical step’ for the swing state
Purple state that recently elected Democratic governor will now choose whether to replace existing voting maps with ones that favor Democrats
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Latest, one of those that keeps growing on you after it's finished. Egan's brilliant at finding a weird angle within a weird concept and imbuing characters with endearing quirks. A cocky writer too, I like that. Goon Squad good? Not quite, but well worth the read. #BookSky #writingcommunity #novel
