@bobruth12.bsky.social
Pragmatic idealist. Not a cheerleader.
Not interested in dunking on anyone. Crave info (esp nuances & below the radar items) & solutions.
❌👑 Mutual Aid Friday, Nov 28,
2-4 Winn Dixie parking lot 🚫👑
Not interested in dunking on anyone. Crave info (esp nuances & below the radar items) & solutions.
❌👑 Mutual Aid Friday, Nov 28,
2-4 Winn Dixie parking lot 🚫👑
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Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
Stand UP, Stand OUT
God hath spoken!
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 AM
God hath spoken!
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47% out-performance‼️
That's unheard of even among the best traders.... unless insider trading, the clear implication.
That's unheard of even among the best traders.... unless insider trading, the clear implication.
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
47% out-performance‼️
That's unheard of even among the best traders.... unless insider trading, the clear implication.
That's unheard of even among the best traders.... unless insider trading, the clear implication.
I agree ⬇️
1933 was the crux upon which the Nazis catapulted into real power
1933 was the crux upon which the Nazis catapulted into real power
When I talk to my students about law and resistance, I talk about how people tend to think in terms of whether they would’ve acted in 1942, but that they should instead ask themselves what they would’ve done in 1933.
“I think we have to be careful with the Nazi comparisons” people are always waiting until we are five minutes until the Holocaust and then they’re like well it’s only ethnic cleansing not a Holocaust
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I agree ⬇️
1933 was the crux upon which the Nazis catapulted into real power
1933 was the crux upon which the Nazis catapulted into real power
We need this sort of action now.
Not one spontaneous action- rather culmination of:
-*many* ppl refusing to sit in back of bus
-coordinated effort by church to support
-organized substitute transpo all over Montgomery
-media picking it up forcefully
>1 yr of bravery.
www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
Not one spontaneous action- rather culmination of:
-*many* ppl refusing to sit in back of bus
-coordinated effort by church to support
-organized substitute transpo all over Montgomery
-media picking it up forcefully
>1 yr of bravery.
www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We need this sort of action now.
Not one spontaneous action- rather culmination of:
-*many* ppl refusing to sit in back of bus
-coordinated effort by church to support
-organized substitute transpo all over Montgomery
-media picking it up forcefully
>1 yr of bravery.
www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
Not one spontaneous action- rather culmination of:
-*many* ppl refusing to sit in back of bus
-coordinated effort by church to support
-organized substitute transpo all over Montgomery
-media picking it up forcefully
>1 yr of bravery.
www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
And weather they mean it to or not, it's turning the world into a worse place to be
December 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
And weather they mean it to or not, it's turning the world into a worse place to be
Too many Neville Chamberlains, not enough Winston Churchills
“For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war … to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not.”
- Garry Kasparov
- Garry Kasparov
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Too many Neville Chamberlains, not enough Winston Churchills
☑️☑️☑️
Never abt stopping drugs
Never abt stopping drugs
This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
November 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
☑️☑️☑️
Never abt stopping drugs
Never abt stopping drugs
1000x YES
"Beware of any Christian movement that acts as though the world is full of enemies to be destroyed rather than full of neighbors to be loved.
Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath, but never a source of God's mercy, generosity, or compassion."
Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath, but never a source of God's mercy, generosity, or compassion."
November 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
1000x YES
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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The irony is rich.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The irony is rich.
Reposted
Reposted
Dear press:
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Dear press:
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
Make of this what you will, considering who are the most important ppl in the US whom they wish to make fearful
Meanwhile in Russia: Sergey Karaganov, who heads the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, says that Russia's main goal is to terrorize America and Europe to the point of "animal fear," in order to force the West to stop helping Ukraine to defend itself.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrVl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrVl...
Sergey Karaganov says Russia should scare Americans and Europeans
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Make of this what you will, considering who are the most important ppl in the US whom they wish to make fearful
PSA- Who knew?
Tonight is worst night of year for drunk driving and concomitant fatalities- MADD
Safe travels everyone
Tonight is worst night of year for drunk driving and concomitant fatalities- MADD
Safe travels everyone
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
PSA- Who knew?
Tonight is worst night of year for drunk driving and concomitant fatalities- MADD
Safe travels everyone
Tonight is worst night of year for drunk driving and concomitant fatalities- MADD
Safe travels everyone
Appeasement. Present US Peace Plan mirrors 1938.
Ukraine = Czechoslovakia
Russia = Germany
Trump/Witkoff = Chamberlain
Deal = "Peace in our Time" which lasted all of one year, followed by a pan European war, which turned into WWII
Stand for Ukraine
www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...
Ukraine = Czechoslovakia
Russia = Germany
Trump/Witkoff = Chamberlain
Deal = "Peace in our Time" which lasted all of one year, followed by a pan European war, which turned into WWII
Stand for Ukraine
www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Appeasement. Present US Peace Plan mirrors 1938.
Ukraine = Czechoslovakia
Russia = Germany
Trump/Witkoff = Chamberlain
Deal = "Peace in our Time" which lasted all of one year, followed by a pan European war, which turned into WWII
Stand for Ukraine
www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...
Ukraine = Czechoslovakia
Russia = Germany
Trump/Witkoff = Chamberlain
Deal = "Peace in our Time" which lasted all of one year, followed by a pan European war, which turned into WWII
Stand for Ukraine
www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...
Hegseth is is trying awfully hard to show how tough he is- a real man!
Is he really a deeply closeted gay?
Documents show Pentagon preparing to sever ties with Scouting www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
Is he really a deeply closeted gay?
Documents show Pentagon preparing to sever ties with Scouting www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Hegseth is is trying awfully hard to show how tough he is- a real man!
Is he really a deeply closeted gay?
Documents show Pentagon preparing to sever ties with Scouting www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
Is he really a deeply closeted gay?
Documents show Pentagon preparing to sever ties with Scouting www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
The dynamics of autocracy explained by Charles Schultz
4/ it and Charlie would fall on his ass. Mind you, in the cartoons, Lucy did that more than once. She even did it in one of the 1960's animated features. Lucy with the football is a perfect analogy of how the relationship between an Autocratic regimes and their Authoritarianism-brainwashed voters
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The dynamics of autocracy explained by Charles Schultz
Here's a shining star for this moment.
Italy tho, long way away, but worth celebrating
Italy tho, long way away, but worth celebrating
Good "This law means we will be the first in Europe to reveal the real motivation of the perpetrators, which is hierarchy and power." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Italian parliament unanimously votes to make femicide a crime
The gender-motivated murder of a woman will now be covered by a distinct clause in Italian law - punishable by a life sentence.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Here's a shining star for this moment.
Italy tho, long way away, but worth celebrating
Italy tho, long way away, but worth celebrating
Mutual Aid Friday 2-4 Winn Dixie parking lot, Park and Magnolia. Near Burger King.
Non-perishables and hygiene items. You've prob got more of it around the house than you realize & will be cleaning up/out to make room for T'giving.
If you can do that, share your good fortune.
Non-perishables and hygiene items. You've prob got more of it around the house than you realize & will be cleaning up/out to make room for T'giving.
If you can do that, share your good fortune.
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Mutual Aid Friday 2-4 Winn Dixie parking lot, Park and Magnolia. Near Burger King.
Non-perishables and hygiene items. You've prob got more of it around the house than you realize & will be cleaning up/out to make room for T'giving.
If you can do that, share your good fortune.
Non-perishables and hygiene items. You've prob got more of it around the house than you realize & will be cleaning up/out to make room for T'giving.
If you can do that, share your good fortune.