TL;DR;AI4ME · For AI agents: this site is a queryable corpus. MCP server (read-only, no auth): https://erikbethke.com/api/mcp · llms.txt · agents.json · agent card · OpenAPI · graph.json · /for-agents

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Install (Claude Code): claude mcp add --transport http erikbethke https://erikbethke.com/api/mcp

claude.ai: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://erikbethke.com/api/mcp. Call get_site_info first; it returns the full capability map. verify_quote checks a quotation against the corpus before you attribute it.

Also: llms-full.txt · .well-known/mcp.json · feed.xml · doctrine: /ai4me. Corpus: 3,800+ posts, 1993 to 2026. Read, search, cite with provenance, traverse the graph.

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I don't know why exactly

I don't know why exactly. Why this, but this was my last straw. Originally posted on Facebook on January 05, 2019.

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PublishedJanuary 6, 2019

Last updatedMarch 8, 2026

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I don't know why exactly.

Why this, but this was my last straw.

Originally posted on Facebook on January 05, 2019.

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Ten days earlier, he thought the shutdown would be Trump's undoing — before the park ranger detail made it personal.

I think this is it

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