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Eric Chandler

@shmof16.bsky.social

Husband/Father/XC Skier/Writer/Pilot/Veteran. Temporarily immortal. Author of Kekekabic: http://bit.ly/33jIP7r and Hugging This Rock: http://goo.gl/h7CfYh. Angry Shmo Substack: https://ericchandler.substack.com/p/angry-shmo

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Kirk Rudell@rudell.bsky.social · 3d ago

Shouldn’t be shocked at any lie RFK Jr tells, but he whined to Dana Bash that businesses were shut down during the pandemic “with no just compensation.” There was an almost trillion dollar PPP loan program, and his organization got millions from it, none of it paid back, to make payroll.

WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE .. Why is my loan information here? Loan Amount $521,012 Amount Forgiven $523,907 Includes any accrued interest Where applicants said the money will go Payroll $521,009 Utilities $1 Mortgage Interest $o Health Care $0 Rent $o Refinance EIDL $0 Debt Interest $0 Location New York, NY Urban Industry Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations Date Approved Jan. 22, 2021 (Second Round) Lender HSBC Bank USA, National Association Jobs Reported 28 Business Type CorporationLOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER Why is my loan information here? Loan Amount $130,260 Amount Forgiven $131,434 Includes any accrued interest Where applicants said the money will go Payroll $130,260 Utilities $0 Mortgage Interest $0 Health Care $0 Rent $0 Refinance EIDL $0 Debt Interest $0 Location Santa Monica, CA Urban Industry Offices of Lawyers Date Approved April 10, 2020 (First Round) Lender Beneficial State Bank Jobs Reported 9Recipient WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC Location NEW YORK, NY Loan Status Forgiven as of April 1, 2021 Loan Amount $498,174 Date Approved April 27, 2020 Recipient LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER Location Santa Monica, CA Loan Status Forgiven as of July 14, 2021 Loan Amount $130,260 Date Approved Feb. 12, 2021ProPublica: Search Every Company Approved for Federal Loans Search for PPP loan applications by organization, lender, zip code and business type. Waterkeeper Search For example: trucking, hospice, television, Kasowitz Benson Torres, 90210, Sole Proprietorship 16 loans found If you're looking for an exact term, try adding quotes, e.g., "farm market" Recipient OAHU WATERKEEPER Location HONOLULU, HI Loan Status Forgiven as of June 15, 2021 Loan Amount $14,300 Date Approved April 6, 2020
Alt US Forest Service@altusfs.altgov.info · 5d ago

Chief Shultz wrote he would do this a couple days ago, but downplayed it as something done routinely. I want to point out, the implication here is managers must be directed by the Chief to “let the people go.” Why might managers be reluctant to let the people go? The answer of course, below.

Summer Chum@tjtoly.bsky.social · 5d ago

Gee. Wonder why the trump appointee heading the US Forest Service is sending remaining employees a panicked "all hands on deck" plea to fight 2026 wildfires? Couldn't be that DOGE laid off 10% of their staff in 2025, right? Incompetent idiots. thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/p/all-hands-...

Eric Chandler@shmof16.bsky.social · 5d ago

5 years ago, 20 years after I started publishing things, I came the closest I had ever come to saying what I meant to say in this piece. This only existed in print until now, so I thought I'd try to help it find new readers online. ericchandler.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/t...

This Is Not A Map

“I’ve always been fascinated by maps and cartography. A map tells you where you’ve been, where you are, and where you’re going – in a sense it’s three tenses in one. It’s also an amazing ideogram o…

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Eric Chandler@shmof16.bsky.social · last wk.

You’ve got until July 31st to submit a public comment opposing the Forest Service’s proposed rule to…eliminate public commentary. There's a link in the attached piece. Thanks to Outdoor Minimalist podcast for pointing me to this article: open.substack.com/pub/ourpubli...

Forest Service Moves to Reduce Public Oversight and Public Comments on Its Policies

New proposal aims to give USFS employees broad freedom to ignore its own procedures and eliminate the public's ability to comment on policies

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Simon Knott@simonknott.bsky.social · last wk.

Gerard Manley Hopkins was born #OTD 28 July 1844. 'What would the world be, Once bereft of wet and wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, Wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.' from 'Inversnaid'. Canongate Wall, Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh.

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Matt Eminem@legalleadtheway.bsky.social · last wk.

Sure, we’re doing extrajudicial killings that should shame all those involved for generations, but at least it also totally fails to achieve the stated objectives.

Deadly U.S. boat strikes have failed to curb cocaine supply, Pentagon and DEA officials say

The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.

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Matt Eminem@legalleadtheway.bsky.social · 4w ago

The knock-on effects of Joint Task Force Sea Murder will include generational eye-rolling at any U.S. pronouncements on LOAC. Both a crime spree & a colossal own-goal.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2w ago

The FDA has announced that 1.6 million eggs have been contaminated with salmonella, forcing a nationwide recall. Last year, the Trump administration scrapped regulations to limit salmonella and laid off hundreds of food safety inspection workers.

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