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Matt Dierks

@stryker73

Life is hard.. Either take some pills or get over it

New Berlin, TX Katılım Mart 2009
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The Babylon Bee
The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee·
Elizabeth Warren Proudly Displays Scalp Of Spirit Airlines buff.ly/bMPnC2o
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Breaking911
Breaking911@Breaking911·
BREAKING: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized in critical condition, according to his spokesman. The cause of his hospitalization is currently unknown.
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Ashley (TeamTrump47)
Ashley (TeamTrump47)@TeamTrump47·
❌OMG…IS HE HIGH?❌ Forget a presidential cognitive test, folks. We need DRUG tests! This isn’t normal behavior. 👇🏼
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Black Hole
Black Hole@konstructivizm·
100 years ago, this photo would have ended every newspaper headline on Earth. Today it'll get scrolled past in 2 seconds. This is a photograph of Mars. Taken today. 140 million miles away from us NASA.
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ArchaeoHistories
ArchaeoHistories@histories_arch·
It was two in the morning on December 16, 1811, when the sleeping towns of the Mississippi Valley were swallowed by something ancient and terrifying. No warning. No rumble building slowly in the distance. Just a sudden, savage lurch that threw men and women out of their beds and sent furniture crashing across the floor. Children screamed. Dogs howled. The cold December air filled with the sound of splintering timber and exploding brick. People ran barefoot into frozen fields, wearing nothing but nightclothes, watching their homes shake apart in the darkness. The ground beneath them was no longer solid. It moved in waves, like the surface of a lake struck by a stone. Massive fissures tore open in the earth, some wide enough to swallow a man, then slammed shut again. Sand and water exploded upward in geysers thirty feet high. Out on the Mississippi River, a Scottish naturalist named John Bradbury was traveling by boat. The quake hurled him from his bunk. When he clawed his way onto the deck, he witnessed something that defied every law of nature he had ever learned. The river had stopped. The mighty Mississippi, draining half a continent, sat momentarily still. Then it began to flow the other way. Upstream. Boats were dragged backward. Vessels collided in the chaos. Riverbanks caved into the churning water. Islands that had stood for generations disappeared beneath the surface. That was only the first act. On January 23, 1812, the earth struck again, possibly with even greater force. Survivors who had begun rebuilding watched their repairs collapse in seconds. Then came February 7, the most violent blow of all. Estimated between magnitude 7.7 and 8.1, the shaking was felt across fifty thousand square miles. Church bells rang spontaneously in Boston, more than a thousand miles away. Clocks stopped mid-swing in South Carolina. People stumbled through the streets of Washington D.C., convinced the city was under attack. In western Tennessee, an entire forest sank into the earth and filled with water. Within days, a lake fifteen thousand acres wide had appeared from nothing. Reelfoot Lake. It still exists today. The New Madrid Seismic Zone never went quiet. It is still active. Memphis sits directly above it. St. Louis lies within its reach. Seismologists put the odds of another magnitude-7 quake in the next fifty years at somewhere between seven and ten percent. The infrastructure of the central United States, bridges, pipelines, power grids, was never designed for this kind of violence. Damage estimates for a repeat event exceed three hundred billion dollars. Most Americans have never heard of New Madrid. The fault has not forgotten us. 📷© United States Geological Survey (Restored & Colorized) © The History Drop #archaeohistories
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𝐃𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐇
𝐃𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐇@pr0ud_americans·
🚂 History on Rails! Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 Heads East for America's 250th Anniversary 🇺🇸 The world's largest operating steam locomotive — the mighty Union Pacific 4014 "Big Boy" — is making its first-ever trip to the East Coast in 2026 as part of an epic coast-to-coast tour celebrating our nation's 250th birthday! After wrapping its western leg, the Big Boy kicks off the eastern journey on May 25 from Cheyenne, WY, rolling over Norfolk Southern rails through 10 states with more than 50 whistle-stops and major public displays. This is a rare collaboration between UP and NS, bringing this 1.2-million-pound beast to communities that shaped America's industrial heartland. Key Highlights: - Major Display Days (free admission, check UP site for details/shuttles/tickets where required): - May 30: Omaha, NE - June 3: West Chicago, IL - June 10: Buffalo, NY - June 15-16: Scranton, PA (Steamtown) - July 4-5: Philadelphia, PA — Fourth of July celebration! - July 9-10: Altoona, PA - July 14: Fostoria, OH - July 19: St. Louis, MO - One special passenger excursion: June 14 through the Poconos on vintage cars (tickets via Union Pacific Museum). This 4-8-8-4 articulated monster was built in 1941 to conquer the Wasatch Mountains. Restored and back in action since 2019, it's a living legend of American engineering. Safety first, railfans: Stay 25+ feet back from tracks, no trespassing, expect trains anytime. Who's catching a glimpse of this thunderous giant? Drop your planned spot below! 🔥 #BigBoy4014
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🇺🇸Hot Pepper
🇺🇸Hot Pepper@Hot_Pepper76·
I didn’t realize how many rock stars are still touring past the age of 70… until I made this list. I double checked for upcoming dates, though of course, some may change. Honestly, good for them. Still out there doing what they love. Don’t you just love that? Who did I miss?
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Johnny Cadillac
Johnny Cadillac@lippyent·
Name a famous ship other than the Titanic? Hmm 😒 🤔?¿
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Matt Dierks@stryker73·
@ronsterd89 That's where we kept the monster we used to keep the kiddos in line
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Ron wright
Ron wright@ronsterd89·
Every home used to have one of these what is it?
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First Lady Melania Trump
Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America. People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate. A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him. Enough is enough.  It is time for ABC to take a stand.  How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.
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Traces of Texas
Traces of Texas@TracesofTexas·
Happy 93rd birthday to Carol Burnett, born in San Antonio in 1933. Who remembers her Tarzan yells? What about Mama's Family?
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The Babylon Bee
The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee·
Abraham Pretty Sure This Feud Between Ishmael And Isaac Will Blow Over Soon buff.ly/4m5n9g7
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LTFrankDrebin
LTFrankDrebin@LTFrankDrebin3·
@landofthe80s Watched the show growing up, even then I knew that adding a baby always will be a way to ruin a show
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Bite-Sized Nostalgia
Bite-Sized Nostalgia@landofthe80s·
TV audiences said goodbye to the Seaver family as "Growing Pains" aired its final episode today in 1992. BITE-SIZED FACT | The show ran for seven seasons, consisting of 166 episodes. #80s
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Sara Mary ⭐❤️
Sara Mary ⭐❤️@saniyafatma1278·
I do not have a cat. I’ve never had a cat, and yet this cat came by randomly (no idea where from) and came into my house. Do I now have a cat? Is that how it works?
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NEWSMAX
NEWSMAX@NEWSMAX·
A new report suggests that fructose — a common sugar found in many foods and beverages — may play a more significant role in driving obesity and metabolic disease than previously understood. bit.ly/4u8SoNd
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