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@carldownunder.bsky.social

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Ex-pat American serviceman 🇺🇸 living Down Under. Retired engineering professor; cat 🐈‍⬛ owned; be polite or F off. Follow me at your own risk ⚠️

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Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 39m

People who fell for this deliberate propaganda need to check their cognitive pulse. They want their opposition to spend their energy over reacting and be too exhausted to focus on the long game.

The TrumpRussiaGuide 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumprussiaties.bsky.social · 45m

Hegseth Slammed By Critics For 'Clarification' On Qatar Deal: 'That's Not What You Said' | HuffPost

www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...

Social Media Critics Slam Trump Admin For 'Continual Corrections' After Hegseth Blunder

The defense secretary announced Friday at the Pentagon that the U.S. will "build a Qatari Emeri Air Force facility" in Idaho, then issued a correction amid backlash.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3h

Fat Satan got his COVID booster shot yesterday. If he doesn’t listen to his Trumpshit-crazy HHS Secretary, why should we?

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Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 48m

They ‘ARE’ sending their ‘BEST’

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 11h

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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 11h

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Dr Pete Olusoga @dr-peter-olusoga.bsky.social · 1d

It's World Mental Health Day.

This is all I got for you.

#worldmentalhealthday

Black text on a yellow background reading "It's probably best to just be nice to people."

Dr Pete Olusoga
eightypercentmental.com

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 12h

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Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 12h

WTF is a vegan tampon?

Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 12h

Clever

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NPR @npr.org · 13h

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 13h

Another billionaire fascist drinks the Kool Aid. What a fraud

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Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 16h

Hartcher loves the smell of his own farts 💨

Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 16h

BlueSky just asked me if I was writing in Chechen so I said yes. Ha ha.

If I sound foreign you’ll know why

Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 16h

Nah. This is a huge distraction

Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 16h

Glue it to your forehead works better cuz you’d be a dickhead I’d you believe this kind of nonsense

Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 1d

The plan: we all get rich by selling fake foreskin on ebay with the promise it cures autism if you glue it to your penis

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 19h

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Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 16h

I’m not surprised they all agree with Putin. What they also have in common is they’re all national security risks

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Wen should direct more attention to incidents like these because Americans are more likely to respond to brutality to pets than to brutality to human beings.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 17h

Quite a lot I’d imagine. I’m surprised they’re still willing to ally themselves with such a fickle and unstable government like the US

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 17h

Listen to Paul. Same thing I said when the ‘news’ broke earlier today. We can’t afford to jump at every shadow cuz there’ll be a lot more coming down the pike.

Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 19h

You asked. My thoughts on the Qatar expansion of Mountain Home Air Base.

Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 17h

Simple joy

John-y-Cash @john-y-cash.bsky.social · 17h

Bonne journée à vous ! 🙏

C'est Samedi, ne comptez pas sur moi pour être beaucoup plus productif que ça ! 🐼

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Pacific Observation Post @carldownunder.bsky.social · 17h

I like AC/DC