Kirk Becker

@cepheus.us

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Husband, Father, IT Security, Curmudgeon Geek, & ranter. Everything I say is my own thoughts & not of my employer Fediverse: @cepheuskb@infosec.exchange, Xitter - cepheuskb - the rest of my socials & website found @ https://linktr.ee/cepheuskb

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Image of several of the US Founding Fathers with an image of the US Constitution in the background with a title of No Kings and a ban symbol through a crown.
View of Altantic Ocean off the back of a cruise ship Celebrity Beyond
A mostly empty Exacttech Arena in Univeristy of Florida’s campus in preparation for CLAS graduation ceremony
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Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day occur on the same date more often than you may think. Inauguration Day occurs every four years on Jan. 20 (or Jan. 21 if the 20th falls on a Sunday), according to USA.gov. Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday in 1983, and was first observed on Jan. 20, 1986. It's observed on the third Monday in January, which is around King's actual birthday on Jan. 15. Since MLK Day became a federal holiday, there have been nine presidential inaugurations. Eight of the occasions have been on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to HistoryinPieces. George Bush: Jan. 20, 1989 William J. Clinton: Jan. 20, 1993, Jan. 20, 1997 George W. Bush: Jan. 20, 2001, Jan. 20, 2005 Barack Obama: Jan. 20, 2009, Jan. 21, 2013 Donald J. Trump: Jan. 20, 2017 Joe Biden: Jan. 20, 2021 Just like his first inauguration in 2017, Trump's 2025 inauguration will fall on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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Mountain range with glaciers near Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska
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I don’t tend to use social media much, but I wanted to share some of my thoughts. When I woke up yesterday morning I was terrified to check my phone and see if what I feared had come to pass, and it did. I was flooded with a lot of emotions and desperately hoped that it must be wrong. Wished that if a felon couldn’t vote they surely couldn’t hold the highest position in this country. I also sat with myself and had a lot of thoughts and while I am terrified for what the next four years have to bring, I also found myself sad at what this country has become. The past couple of days have shown me that we have become a country of hate, animosity, and fear more than anything else. With everything that has happened, two of my friends wore all black yesterday in mourning and they are right, there is much to mourn. I mourn for my future and hope my rights aren’t stripped away more than they already have been. I mourn for a country that was supposed to welcome all and be a safe place to live. I mourn for the hope that my mom so adamantly had that we were better than this. While there is time to mourn we must also stand together. Now more than ever we must support and be there for one another. We need to continue to stand up for our beliefs, even if we don’t feel like we’re making progress, because if we give up nothing will change and those who need the representation and support will fall away into the shadows of society. I still choose to cling onto whatever hope I can because as long as we keep fighting for our beliefs and spreading science and supporting each other we cannot be wholly repressed. If anyone needs help or support I am a safe space and will do whatever I can to help.
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