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Charles Engelke

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Retired. Xoogler developer relations at Google Cloud. Former CTO of Info Tech

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I'm going to be on the JoCo cruise with you soon. Do I have to ask you to take this outside? We'd get pretty wet if we did, and I prefer to remain dry.

10.03.2026 23:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, I'm going to offer feedback ANYWAY. Old Man's War is simply fantastic, and I've read all of your novels and they range from very good to fantastic, too. (Abstaining on The God Engines because it is far outside my taste so I don't trust myself to have an opinion.)

SO THERE!

10.03.2026 23:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
From Marsha Blackburn. Should I assume we won't hear back from you?

From Marsha Blackburn. Should I assume we won't hear back from you?

Looking through my spam folder at the constant barrage of Republican political begging for money (I am not a Republican and have never donated money to any Republican but that's where all my spam comes from), I find the following question, below.

And I have to say, "yes, that's a safe assumption!"

07.03.2026 23:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Randy Zurcher Support Randy Zurcher for a stronger democracy. Join the movement to elect a dedicated Democrat committed to progress and community values in Georgia. Stand against fascism and oppose oligarchy.

Welcome to March 2026. It's time for another $1000 to a new challenger to Congress.

This month's donation goes to Randy Zurcher in Georgia's First district to replace the awful Earl "Buddy" Carter. I lived in the 1st in the 90s and will again soon, so this is personal for me.

randy4georgia.com

01.03.2026 18:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm hoping to help clear out the comfortable representatives who are just occupying space in Congress instead of fighting for democracy and the US Constitution by providing early support to challengers who haven't held federal office before.

Do you know of a deserving candidate? Let me know!

01.03.2026 18:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Josh Turek for Iowa Josh Turek is running for U.S. Senate to give Iowans the representation they deserve. Learn more about his campaign here!

Previous donations, part 2:

OCT - Mallory McMorrow mcmorrowformichigan.com Senate MI
NOV - Mike Sacks mikesacksforcongress.com NY 17th
DEC - Elijah Manley elijahmanley.com FL 20th
JAN - Mac Deford defordforcongress.com SC 1
FEB - Oliver Larkin oliverforcongress.com FL-23

01.03.2026 18:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nic Zateslo for Congress | Fighting for North Florida! Nic Zateslo is a husband, father of two, entrepreneur, and proud Rickards grad running to represent North Florida in Congress. Donate and sign up to join our campaign today!

Previous donations, part 1:

APR - Nic Zateslo zateslo.us FL 2nd
MAY - Kat Abughazeleh katforillinois.com IL 9th
JUN - leaderswedeserve.com
JUL - Harry Jarin harrymd5.com MD 5th
AUG - Jeremy Devito jeremytakesthehouse.org AL 5th
SEP - Josh Turek turek4iowa.com Senate IA

01.03.2026 18:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Randy Zurcher Support Randy Zurcher for a stronger democracy. Join the movement to elect a dedicated Democrat committed to progress and community values in Georgia. Stand against fascism and oppose oligarchy.

Welcome to March 2026. It's time for another $1000 to a new challenger to Congress.

This month's donation goes to Randy Zurcher in Georgia's First district to replace the awful Earl "Buddy" Carter. I lived in the 1st in the 90s and will again soon, so this is personal for me.

randy4georgia.com

01.03.2026 18:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For Trump, the Iran Attack Is the Ultimate War of Choice

More Americans want regime change in the US than in Iran.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

28.02.2026 18:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's great, but how about the 20 mg tablets?

26.02.2026 22:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Let's use signed integers instead to account for negative net worths, and cut the positive cap in half! They'll still get to be billionaires... Barely.

26.02.2026 22:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Earlier photo of Lauren Sanchez looking human.

Earlier photo of Lauren Sanchez looking human.

Later photo of Lauren Sanchez Bezos with highly altered face and gigantic spherical boobs.

Later photo of Lauren Sanchez Bezos with highly altered face and gigantic spherical boobs.

Lauren Sanchez Bezos's face and body become less and less human-looking over time. Why do so many MAGA women want to do this?

24.02.2026 18:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, when you search on Google you are giving money to me, too, because I hold a bunch of stock granted to me when I worked for them. I donate that stock to a Fidelity donor-advised fund, which I then use to grant money to charities like Immigrant Law Center of MN just today!

14.02.2026 18:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for this posting. I just donated to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota as you suggested. I should have done it sooner, but your prod reminded me that there's a great place to fund for this.

To others - check them out on Charity Navigator. Top rated, and they are doing vital work!

14.02.2026 18:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just watched clips of Pam Bondi's lying and deflecting Congressional testimony. She must have a FANTASTIC plastic surgeon! Not the ones other MAGA women are using.

She is 60 and looks decades younger.

Or maybe she's just made a deal with Satan himself and not only his earthly Trumpian emissaries.

11.02.2026 19:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had you sign my first edition of Old Man's War without personalizing it, but... I'd still prefer you don't die anytime soon!

10.02.2026 23:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of the IBM Model 029 keypunch machine.

Image of the IBM Model 029 keypunch machine.

Age verification? This was my code editor:

10.02.2026 21:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Perpetual Distraction Machine" is good, but I still like "Firehose of Bullshit".

08.02.2026 16:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He harassed my wife and her fellow high school girls mumblety-mumble years ago. (You've met her at a reading and maybe the last JoCo cruise.)

06.02.2026 01:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, his point is that it's hard for a 40 year old to tell the difference between and 17 year and 364 day old girl and an 18 year old girl? Maybe the 40 year old man shouldn't fuck anybody who isn't obviously closer to his own age instead of preying on those so much less mature than him?

05.02.2026 19:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I suppose we would then see replies "he doesn't pay his taxes" in addition to "he doesn't care about laws".

Just impeach, remove, prosecute, convict, and imprison the bastard!

05.02.2026 19:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oliver for Congress | Oliver Larkin for Florida's 23rd District Running to deliver the bold, principled leadership South Florida deserves.

A few days late, but it's still the beginning of another month, which means it's time for another $1000 to a new challenger to Congress.

This month's donation goes to Oliver Larkin in Florida's 23 district to replace Jared Moskowitz, centrist who hasn't fought for democracy.

oliverforcongress.com

03.02.2026 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm hoping to help clear out the comfortable representatives who are just occupying space in Congress instead of fighting for democracy and the US Constitution by providing early support to challengers who haven't held federal office before.

Do you know of a deserving candidate? Let me know!

03.02.2026 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Josh Turek for Iowa Josh Turek is running for U.S. Senate to give Iowans the representation they deserve. Learn more about his campaign here!

Previous donations, part 2:

SEP - Josh Turek turek4iowa.com Senate IA
OCT - Mallory McMorrow mcmorrowformichigan.com Senate MI
NOV - Mike Sacks mikesacksforcongress.com NY 17th
DEC - Elijah Manley elijahmanley.com FL 20th
JAN - Mac Deford defordforcongress.com SC 1

03.02.2026 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nic Zateslo for Congress | Fighting for North Florida! Nic Zateslo is a husband, father of two, entrepreneur, and proud Rickards grad running to represent North Florida in Congress. Donate and sign up to join our campaign today!

Previous donations, part 1:

APR - Nic Zateslo zateslo.us FL 2nd
MAY - Kat Abughazeleh katforillinois.com IL 9th
JUN - leaderswedeserve.com
JUL - Harry Jarin harrymd5.com MD 5th
AUG - Jeremy Devito jeremytakesthehouse.org AL 5th

03.02.2026 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oliver for Congress | Oliver Larkin for Florida's 23rd District Running to deliver the bold, principled leadership South Florida deserves.

A few days late, but it's still the beginning of another month, which means it's time for another $1000 to a new challenger to Congress.

This month's donation goes to Oliver Larkin in Florida's 23 district to replace Jared Moskowitz, centrist who hasn't fought for democracy.

oliverforcongress.com

03.02.2026 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mine too!

03.02.2026 04:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One more reason current Florida government makes it impossible for me to return to my home state. I'm moving east to coastal Georgia. Georgia politics are not perfect, but they are not jaw-droppingly insane.

When Georgia is more politically sane than your state, your state is in a LOT of trouble!

01.02.2026 21:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The great loss of Catherine O'Hara reminded me of perhaps the first time I ever saw her, in a movie from the early 1980s called Oh Susannah. Based on a 1982 novel by Kate Wilhelm it's about a women who hits her head and suffers from confabulation. It's her perfect role.

I can find no record of it.

31.01.2026 01:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Amazon "Customers who viewed items in your browsing history also viewed" page 1 of 7, showing four shoulder pulley/over the door exercise sets.

Amazon "Customers who viewed items in your browsing history also viewed" page 1 of 7, showing four shoulder pulley/over the door exercise sets.

Amazon is supposed to have sophisticated analyses of our purchases to maximize their sales. But in reality it seems quite dumb. I bought an over the door pulley set for my home physical therapy... and now Amazon is suggesting 14 similar items.

How many doors (and shoulders) do they think I have?

27.01.2026 16:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0