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Vintage bike rider, book reader, retired software engineer, disappointed in political developments in the US. https://linktr.ee/skip.montanaro

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I expected that GIF to have her face behind the binocs...

06.03.2026 01:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very similar to my day, though I don't do number 1.

06.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thoughts & prayers to the EPA :(

04.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 1967 πŸ” 668 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 39

Trump wants to distract from the failing economy, ICE murders, and his corruption scandals

Netanyahu wants to distract from the Gaza genocide, West Bank settler attacks, and his own corruption scandals.

Both are using the same playbook: wage war to blot out everything else.

04.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 1913 πŸ” 653 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 24

As Nillson's The Pointed man once said, "you see what you wanna see - and you hear what you wanna hear."

You're pissed because you saw some bike riders break some traffic laws, basically only endangering themselves. OTOH, you failed to notice drivers do the same thing, mostly endangering others. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

04.03.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Launches Real-Time Discovery Machine for Monitoring the Night Sky | Rubin Observatory NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory has issued its first scientific alerts, marking a historic milestone in astrophysics. Expected to increase to seven million alerts per night, these first alerts start a new e...

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"Expected to increase to seven million alerts per night..."

That alert frequency might overflow my inbox... πŸ˜‰

rubinobservatory.org/news/first-a...

04.03.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIf Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace. I am peace.” - Trump, 11/1/24

β€œI’m not going to start a war, I’m going to stop wars.” - Trump, 11/5/24

28.02.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 6617 πŸ” 2056 πŸ’¬ 151 πŸ“Œ 99

Oh, and Ms. FLOTUS likely has some deets germane to this investigation.

03.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And... The Epstein class continues to successfully stonewall and investigation into at least a generation of child sexual assault, rape and (apparently) murder.

03.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Are the nimrods in the administration completely oblivious to the fact that they fuck up everything they touch?

03.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
#texas

01.03.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 290 πŸ” 99 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
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Sullydawg (@sullydawg2) This is how we got here. The lack of judgement is just staggering. Dated: June 21, 2025

A history of horrible decisions by the πŸ†πŸ₯”. Here's a biggie.

substack.com/@sullydawg2/...

03.03.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fish rots from the head.

03.03.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can we maybe not call this a "war?" That implies some sort of justification, logic behind it, and at least tacit Congressional support.

I don't know what the right term is, but maybe something like "Trump was bored so he bombed Iran?" TWBSHBI. Post your ideas in the comments.

01.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.02.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 22202 πŸ” 8143 πŸ’¬ 1023 πŸ“Œ 771

Still hoping for an "edit post" button.

s/keep post/key part/

28.02.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CBS, Fox, the Washington Post, and Twitter are all owned by Trump-loving billionaires and soon CNN will be too. Here's why American media has a liberal bias problem.

27.02.2026 00:12 πŸ‘ 2848 πŸ” 777 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 22

Sure, but Netflix might have been better stewards of the Paramount properties. We know the Ellisons are completely in the tank for Trump. Look what's happened to CBS in a few short months.

bsky.app/profile/rbre...

28.02.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI

Good analogy. The problem appears to be that legislation/regulations haven't caught up with the technology. The lack of legal guardrails seems to be a keep post of Dario Amodei's statement.

www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

28.02.2026 01:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I just *knew* we should have started a GoFundMe for Netflix to keep them in the hunt.

28.02.2026 01:36 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ummm... President Clinton hadn't yet testified to the committee. That's later today. Forever Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified yesterday. You need to get basic facts straight to be trusted as a news source. Consider Fox News...

27.02.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm reading @dkthomp.bsky.social's interview with Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly. In an interview on the @pbsnews.org Hour yesterday, Andy Beshear talked about speaking plainly to voters, e.g., "addiction," not "substance abuse disorder." I noticed that Ricks never says "addiction." Why is that?

27.02.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

26.02.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 38947 πŸ” 16531 πŸ’¬ 1827 πŸ“Œ 1084
tweet from lisa desjardins reporting SOTU might be up to 3 hours long

tweet from lisa desjardins reporting SOTU might be up to 3 hours long

It’s both funny and cosmically correct that the U.S. men’s hockey chodes will have to sit through 2+ hours of rambling from their addled little king while the U.S. Women’s team gets to skip the speech and party with Flavor Flav in Vegas

24.02.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 10684 πŸ” 1808 πŸ’¬ 359 πŸ“Œ 167
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A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.

24.02.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 17112 πŸ” 3836 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1

Love me some good stone soup, especially with no additions...

25.02.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kristi Noem Repeatedly Claimed ICE Deported a Cannibal. It Was β€œCompletely Made Up.” Law enforcement sources told The Intercept that Noem’s tale about a cannibal was a fabrication.

This wasn't on my bingo card, but now I'm waiting for the day when a cannibal is discovered ... among the Republican caucus in the House of Representatives.

theintercept.com/2026/02/23/k...

24.02.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice!

24.02.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We need a new verb, to Waymo, as in, "I'm sorry Chicago, but you've been Waymoed."

24.02.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Your Tariff Questions

@lazarogamio.bsky.social What about the penguins? It's not clear from your graphic in today's Times whether they will pay higher or lower tariffs. Will they have enough money left over to buy fish?

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/b...

24.02.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0