I lost track when I saw that Maneskin is playing!! Hopefully not just a one off.
Senior PowerPoint Engineer@ryxcommar.bsky.social · yesterdayYour real age is 70 minus the number of musicians you recognize playing at Coachella 2027
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Senior PowerPoint Engineer@ryxcommar.bsky.social · yesterdayMainers, avoid 95 North after exit 53. Crash has traffic very backed up. I should be only 15 mons from home at this point.
Ahhh so the barrage of political ads was hiding all the AI ads. Hyundai, CPort credit union…. 🤢
Yes! In all the hubbub I somehow missed who won my state rep race. Seeing it flip after the attack ads that were run against her is so satisfying.
Pine Tree Activism@pinetreeactivism.org · 6d ago======================== MAINE STATE HOUSE VICTORIES 2026 Democratic Party winners for Maine State Senate & House of Representatives, creating a Super Majority in the Senate & expanding Dem seats in the House. Ten images, per MaineDems, showing which seats were flips. #Maine #Midterms #MEpolitics
I just got the most dramatic performance of happy birthday from my nieces 4 & 6 and I’m cackling like a loon during intermission at the ballet. It’s been a pretty great week.
Y’all. Saw on FB this morning a state rep in a neighboring district who lost her seat is alleging foreign interference in the race. 😄 Like a foreign group wants to meddle in a state race in suburban Maine? Make that make sense. Oh, right. She’s a J6er.
Perks of my job. Brother Arnold gave me a slice of the most decadent French chocolate cake at our visit for my birthday today. 🤤 The kids got spiced apple cookies.
Just when I thought I could breathe, Dunlap pulls ahead of LePage in CD2.
Woman Crosses Fingers Hoping for Good Luck
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I'm going to be so tired tomorrow. Thank goodness it's my day of honors classes. Back to finishing grading.
Dan Levy: Most Beautiful Thing I've Heard Anyone Say
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Maine Morning Star@mainemorningstar.com · 2w ago“It has been the honor of my life to serve the people of Maine in the United States Senate,” Collins said in a release shortly before 12:30 a.m. She said she called Jackson “to congratulate him and to assure him that my staff and I will work to ensure a smooth transition.”
The Senate Leadership Fund and others spent SO MUCH on heinous negative attack ads on Collins's behalf. Sucks to be them! Also this is how my school voted today in our mock election. They have proven to be a good indicator also choosing Hannah Pingree.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2w agoCNN PROJECTS TROY JACKSON WILL DEFEAT SUSAN COLLINS
50% of the vote in, notably neither Bangor or Lewiston has reported yet, and it's this close? Ranked choice could be what decides this.
Ack! We’ve fallen victim to one of the most classic blunders! - Again. 😒
Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2w agoI can't believe firing all the generals, mandatory testosterone testing and starting (and losing) a major land war in Asia made all the professionals want to quit
Today’s view. Final Fiddlicious concert of 2026 at the Franco Center in Lewiston. Our guest artist this year is Denny Breau! Starts at 2pm.
So we all asked The Great Pumpkin for the same thing right?
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
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My mom is on the phone with an AI assistant about something to do with medicare. It has rustling papers, ringing phones, and keyboard noises in the background. The tell is that when you interrupt it, it is completely silent and restarts the canned response again.
Apparently late night is when they start running the “socialists are out to destroy the country” because they want to “defund the police” and “force men into women’s sports” so vote for Collins ads. 😠
Yesterday my congress person visited my favorite place, supporting efforts very near and dear to my heart. Can’t wait to head up there tomorrow!
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree@pingree.house.gov · 2w agoPreserving Maine’s history means investing in the people and places keeping it alive. Yesterday, I visited Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester to see its exciting restoration projects—and hear about the work ahead at the world’s last active Shaker community.
Thursday political text count: 7.
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The number of out of state texts telling me that I'm listed as a "likely" voter or that I voted in 2022 and 2024 are nuts. The latest one was for some website to check my record, with the reminder that it's public info. I'm all set, I don't need reminding that I'm a regular voter.
I just saw this groups ad that straight out calls Jackson a creep, brings up the fight from when he was 19, insinuates his family is icky, and ties him to Platner not due to political views but because they must have the same attitude towards women. It was gross. mainedems.org/new-in-nbc-n...
NEW IN NBC NEWS: Union Leader Sends Cease and Desist to Susan Collins’ Super PAC For “False and Defamatory” Attack Ad - Maine Democratic Party
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Just wrapped up what has to be the best parent-teacher conferences I've ever had. I have a great slate of kids this year so I just spend 2 evenings gushing to parents about their kids and telling stories of our trips to Shaker Village. Instead of feeling drained I am full of joy.
Cute Penguin's Autumn Dance
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His role in Space Camp will be a perennial favorite. My cousins and I spent a good chunk of time watching it and Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer on repeat taped on VHS.
Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 3w agoTom Skerritt, Emmy-winning actor with roles in ‘Picket Fences,’ ‘Alien’ and ‘Top Gun,’ dies at 93
Ok. Lady A is doing a very meh version of my favorite song at the Dolly tribute. It’s fine. But boring. #islandsinthestream
Which is only about .004% of the student population for this year. (168,000+)
Maine Public@mainepublic.org · 4w ago7,000 students have left Maine's public school system, five years after non-medical exemptions for vaccines repealed https://www.mainepublic.org/education-news/2026-10-16/7-000-students-have-left-maines-public-school-system-five-years-after-non-medical-exemptions-for-vaccines-repealed
The Maine new women’s soccer team name and imagery has been announced and like everything this club does, it holds so much symbolism and thought. I dig it.
Verizon has an AI assistant answer the phone now. She sounds quite convincing, but still cadence and background noise was off. I asked for a real person three times, it's not a simple issue to explain. She just kept trying to get information from me. Nope. No thank you.