...40% of American adults read zero books in 2025. YouGov tells us that the “median American read two books in 2025.” Another 40% of Americans read from one to nine books. The top 4% of readers alone did nearly half of all Americans’ book reading. tinyurl.com/ptjskpuh

@britwarmemorial.bsky.social I was a tour guide in Scotland for many years. For several years I lived with a retired colonel in Her Majesty's Royal borders guards. One day we were traveling the west coast of and pulled over and pulled over to look at a World War I Memorial.

"Other psychics I’ve gone to will be very scattered or go off on tangents. I think: “Why am I paying money for this?” You answered every question fully and took time to make sure I understood what you were saying. I definitely got my money’s worth and will be referring friends. "

I'm running a special for my Bluesky friends. Right now a one hour Reading including a free recording is just $125. That's half off the regular price. Learn more about me here roberthayes.com Head to this page tinyurl.com/4j5a5hk3 to reserve your appointment. Here's what one client had to say:

@julienolke.bsky.social You're wonderful! And very funny! Keep up the good... whatever it is you do. Please! (<-- polite American)

#money #budget #doge What do all these dollars really mean? A simple exercise that makes it easy for everyone to comprehend is to convert them to time. • One million seconds equates to 11 ½ days. • One billion seconds equates to 31.7 years. • One trillion seconds equates to 31,700 years.

#money #budget #doge “A billion dollars here and a billion dollars there and it soon adds up to real money.” - Sen. Everett Dirksen

I have lost Top Of Page Arrow in the lower left corner of the screen. Is this part of a recent upgrade? Anyone?

Spring up, Fall back. It's like a synchronized Rhythm Method for the entire nation.

Does this latest idea of Trump's to sell US citizenship mean we can now bequeath our citizenship along with our organs to our heirs (to sell)?

Fellow blue skyers: Please don't post links to news or other sources that require downloading their app to your phone in order to read the story (smarnews et al). Thank you.

@joyannreid.bsky.social You are such an inspiration! Thank you! We'll be looking for you.

Not stirring things up, a legitimate question: does anyone with technical background know how the operational level of Tesla automobiles will be affected if the company goes dark? Will they have a significant decrease in functionality if they are unable to phone home? I ask because there was so much

Sadly, this bears repeating. "There is a cult of ignorance in America, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life...‪

If you received your childhood measles vaccination prior to 1968, you need to get a new one now. They used a version of dead measles to create those vaxes and it is no longer effective on measles today. Also: Wow, you're old! Had mine yesterday at Costco. Easy-peasy, no side effects at all.

It all makes "Release the Kraken!" look sort of manageable by comparison.

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Sometimes it feels like the human world is coming apart at the seams... and taking the natural world with it. That doesn't mean that we have to sacrifice our personal lives or our plans and desires.

#Psychic Where Will You Go This Year? One Hour Psychic Readings Are 30% Off Through February Readings for yourself, or as a Gift are just $175. Half-hour Readings are $100. I look forward to speaking with you soon! Robert Hayes 415-651-4018 www.roberthayes.com

Sometimes it feels like the human world is coming apart at the seams... and taking the natural world with it. That doesn't mean that we have to sacrifice our personal lives or our plans and desires. This February I'll be teaching another six hour workshop on Visualizing and Manifestation.

If you don''t know @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social , watch and listen. He may be our next George Carlin. On Elon and MAGA: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8NP...

I'm curious how many people out here have had a psychic reading?

50-year-old CorningWare pyroceram. Bread made with 1/4 five-grain breakfast cereal. Slow cooked overnight. And the bread had a 2-hour second rise. The bread, for all that, had a very short life. But it did have a delicious end.

Open minded? Here's a great book that has one theory of what we're witnessing in our society right now. Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme by Richard Brodie tinyurl.com/4f8ewpay Specifically, the two memes that can not be changed once established: the Faith meme and Skeptic meme.

Winter, winter, winter. Noon, and I find myself poised between finally taking action, and taking my first nap.

When most people say they're 'thinking things over', they're really not. They're just rearranging their prejudices to allow new information to come in in a way it won't cause them discomfort.

A well adjusted mind in a profoundly sick society is no indication of mental health. -- J. Krishnamurti

By way of introduction: You don't tell other people you're psychic. Other people tell you you're psychic. Otherwise there's a 50-50 chance you're just nuts. --Edmund Foard, a mentor

A tongue weighs almost nothing, but so few people can hold it. -- African proverb

"There is a cult of ignorance in America, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life...‪

Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever. -- Aristophenes, 448-386 BC