I J Baker

Motorcyclist, novelist, dad.

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

🧵Appreciation for your literary novel is especially nice when you're self-pubbed, and today I'm in a peculiar place. A purchaser has contacted me to say that he has read Mr O Winds Back the Clock twice in six months, and enjoyed it even more the second time. #litfic /more

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@Microinteracti1 As no one knows better than Iran's leaders, Trump's signature on a document is worthless except possibly for PR purposes.

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

@SeanTrende That which is asserted without evidence not only can be, but should be, dismissed without evidence.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Open Letter
To the President of the Russian Federation
From the President of Ukraine

When you came to power in Russia more than 26 years ago, many people in Ukraine viewed you positively. That is how it was. But that is now in the past.
Now, the overwhelming majority of Ukrainians view it positively that our long-range drones paid a visit to the opening of your forum in St. Petersburg, covering a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers. As you know very well, that distance is not the limit of our capabilities.

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@matoxley I think you meant to have "Bultaco" between "than" and "motorcycles".

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@matoxley Assuming good-faith recording, these are 100pc true for what happened though. Moreira really did reach 367kmh on the circuit. 😳 But yes, not necessarily reflective of relative performamce.

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@davegraney I think there's some research to the effect that people are much more emotionally invested in avoiding a loss than in securing a similar gain. So there's that, and the likely reality that more of their readers are mortgage holders. But yes, falling prices could be celebrated.

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@JoyceCarolOates That's assuming the US still has a military band. If Hegseth hasn't yet sacked all the musicians it's not because he thinks they are warlike.

[Mat Oxley @matoxley]

Toprak crashed this morning trying to unlock his front hole shot device. Destroyed the bike

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@ItsKieranDrew I'm guessing you borrowed that, or if not that it's been said before. Nevertheless, you've expressed beautifully the reality of unhappiness in priveliged communities. I may even use it. 😄😄

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@ColtonOgburn Yes. And that gives him the opportunity for a win-win: bring a lot of pleasure to a lot of people, AND give himself the chance to have his face on the currency.

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@RonFilipkowski @realannapaulina The great thing is that not far in the future, Putin will indeed be the one who wants peace and Ukraine really will be the party who wants the war to continue – until they've tossed every murderous Russian invader out of their country.

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@ParanormalJunk2 You've got this! Feed the desire and the literacy will follow. I did just the same thing when teaching literacy in a prison for nearly four years. And the results were spectacular, if the point was to improve people's literacy. And as they improved, they could pass units too.

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@AGHamilton29 It's really hard to see why the Iranian demands are unreasonable. They control Trump's fate and reputation: if he could see reason he'd give them what they want.

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@MikeCarlton01 @RadioFreeTom does great stuff. It's just unfortunate that Trump's being lost is just a figure of speech: we'd all be much better off if he were lost in Iran.

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@McFaul Yes and we might even find out what is actually in the deal. Just not from the US administration.

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@R_S_Russo That's good. Really good. You should give that line to one of your characters. 😀

[Joe Bonamassa (Official) @JBONAMASSA]

Thursday night canyon fun with a 1958 Les Paul Standard, Gary Moore's 1990 @soldanoamps ,Roland Re:101 and a vintage Fender reverb tank. 😎👍

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@vizurantvis And God, if he or she is a being worthy of respect, will reply: "I'm sorry. I know your life would have been easier if I had made my existence more plausible. You did well to seek evidence of my being real, and I gave you none. It's straight to Heaven for you, my beloved!"

[I J Baker @Unempayment]

@realPeterCrerar Here's an alternative analogy. It's like a painter deciding on a size for his canvas. And a writer counting words, as his first draft progresses, is like a painter looking at how much image area he still has available.

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

Lord of Free World!
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Yes or No?

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