Bob
@definitelyjustbob.bsky.social
US Navy Gulf War (OG) Veteran • War is a Racket
Scroll & Groans Society • Left Turn Assassin
Scroll & Groans Society • Left Turn Assassin
Randy Fine's district is just north of where I live. In my experience, the people up there north of Titusville are *hateful* jackasses, so he's representing them pretty well, imo.
February 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Randy Fine's district is just north of where I live. In my experience, the people up there north of Titusville are *hateful* jackasses, so he's representing them pretty well, imo.
Every so often, I see a report on a study that purports to prove that cats do or don't love us back. It always makes me wonder if the study authors have ever gone to a cat shelter and seen the well-fed cats with plenty of free space and toys who will *immediately* mob you if you enter their room.
February 18, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Every so often, I see a report on a study that purports to prove that cats do or don't love us back. It always makes me wonder if the study authors have ever gone to a cat shelter and seen the well-fed cats with plenty of free space and toys who will *immediately* mob you if you enter their room.
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Timely read on how to do democracy when authoritarian regimes control elections. >>
"Leaders of electoral authoritarian regimes use unfair elections to deceive their citizens, create the illusion of popular support, & legitimize their rule...nefarious tactics include repressing the opposition &... manipulating the law, media, electoral administration, & campaign resources."
How to Compete in Unfair Elections | Journal of Democracy
Opposition movements often boycott rigged polls rather than risk legitimizing an autocrat. It is usually a mistake. Here is the playbook for how one opposition seized the advantage.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
February 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Timely read on how to do democracy when authoritarian regimes control elections. >>
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BREAKING — WE WON! DC Superior Court Judge Darlene Soltys ordered the DC Metropolitan Police to produce ALL body cam footage of the March 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace within 14 days.
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
February 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM
BREAKING — WE WON! DC Superior Court Judge Darlene Soltys ordered the DC Metropolitan Police to produce ALL body cam footage of the March 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace within 14 days.
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
Anyone else notice that CBS tried hard to split Democrats with their press release about their interference with Stephen Colbert's interview of James Talarico? I think this was meant to pit fans of Crockett and Talarico against each other and weaken them both.
February 18, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Anyone else notice that CBS tried hard to split Democrats with their press release about their interference with Stephen Colbert's interview of James Talarico? I think this was meant to pit fans of Crockett and Talarico against each other and weaken them both.
I, for one, think it's pretty neat that Elon Musk is going to give all of his wealth away to the poor and go fuck off into the Judaean Desert for 40 days (forever).
February 18, 2026 at 12:16 PM
I, for one, think it's pretty neat that Elon Musk is going to give all of his wealth away to the poor and go fuck off into the Judaean Desert for 40 days (forever).
I just saw someone fluffing Waymo for being "honest," lol.
Waymo reveals shocking way they "assist" autonomous cars: "Public knows almost nothing"
Lawmakers question behind-the-scenes human involvement as autonomous driving technology expands nationwide rapidly.
www.newsweek.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:55 AM
I just saw someone fluffing Waymo for being "honest," lol.
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
I already post as though my spirit has passed on. Checkmate, Meta.
February 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I already post as though my spirit has passed on. Checkmate, Meta.
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This stuff, more than any of the Pizzagate 'Knives Out'-style MacGuffin clues, is like putting on the glasses from 'They Live'
Guys I found the best Epstein Files email. The one that illuminates an elite class that's cocooned themselves into an unaccountable shell of wealth and privilege, fighting to protect their secrets and offenses.
I could write a novel about this email.
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
I could write a novel about this email.
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
The Quintessential Epstein Files Email - The American Prospect
Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.
prospect.org
February 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
This stuff, more than any of the Pizzagate 'Knives Out'-style MacGuffin clues, is like putting on the glasses from 'They Live'
Judging by the inexplicably large accounts that migrated here and post either just the most obvious takes imaginable or straight up steal all their best stuff from smaller accounts, I think I get why a lot of Twitter-famous people will never leave the Nazi app.
February 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Judging by the inexplicably large accounts that migrated here and post either just the most obvious takes imaginable or straight up steal all their best stuff from smaller accounts, I think I get why a lot of Twitter-famous people will never leave the Nazi app.
Will Stancil finding out about this poast.
February 17, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Will Stancil finding out about this poast.
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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
Man, Xitter is gonna be an absolute shit(tier) show, today. RIP, Reverend Jackson.
February 17, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Man, Xitter is gonna be an absolute shit(tier) show, today. RIP, Reverend Jackson.
I love the smell of burning parchment in the morning. It smells like freedom of speech for me, but not for thee.
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Over FCC Scrutiny; Posts Interview to YouTube Instead
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
dlvr.it
February 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I love the smell of burning parchment in the morning. It smells like freedom of speech for me, but not for thee.
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I have woken up to more than a few devastating things in my life, but waking up to this during Black History Month might be top 5 because WHAT??!?!
RIP to an icon. A legend. www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...
RIP to an icon. A legend. www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...
Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies at 84
“Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement Tuesday.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:21 AM
I have woken up to more than a few devastating things in my life, but waking up to this during Black History Month might be top 5 because WHAT??!?!
RIP to an icon. A legend. www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...
RIP to an icon. A legend. www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...
Not Cory Booker pining for the good old days when mass murdering war criminal George W. Bush was president.
February 17, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Not Cory Booker pining for the good old days when mass murdering war criminal George W. Bush was president.
Julia Kristeva is still alive....
Anthropic really starting to get under his skin. xAI, at the absolute most optimistic best, could be in distant fourth place. No business model or prospect of success. The only differentiator is no guardrails. Good for porn and that's about it.
February 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Julia Kristeva is still alive....
Watched a YouTube video of a sports star talking about being a sports star. One of the topics they covered was taxes. This mf'er claimed that the wealthy pay 50% of their income to the gummit because he didn't understand marginal tax rates and SALT deductions.
Maybe the rich are just stupid, guys.
Maybe the rich are just stupid, guys.
February 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Watched a YouTube video of a sports star talking about being a sports star. One of the topics they covered was taxes. This mf'er claimed that the wealthy pay 50% of their income to the gummit because he didn't understand marginal tax rates and SALT deductions.
Maybe the rich are just stupid, guys.
Maybe the rich are just stupid, guys.
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“Readers should be able to assume that every word between quotation marks is what the speaker or writer said… The writer should, of course, omit extraneous syllables like ‘um’ and may judiciously delete false starts.”
-NYT ethical guidelines
-NYT ethical guidelines
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:48 PM
“Readers should be able to assume that every word between quotation marks is what the speaker or writer said… The writer should, of course, omit extraneous syllables like ‘um’ and may judiciously delete false starts.”
-NYT ethical guidelines
-NYT ethical guidelines
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Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
I don't know who needs to hear this, but threatening to fail your civic duty because people aren't nice enough to you is the attitude of a child or a foreign agent.
![Bluesky post that says, "I don't know who needs to hear this, but insulting potential voters isn't going to win anybody over. Unless you care more about being right on the internet, [sic] than you actually do about winning elections."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eu4mhbymwbenkogsr7sdz63d/bafkreihml2kjtj2acgrwrajj4t2lfs5kqlmrz2mqhrwmuxt2txl6khifye@jpeg)
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but threatening to fail your civic duty because people aren't nice enough to you is the attitude of a child or a foreign agent.
When I first started working in homelessness, this picture was printed out and tacked to my message board, left to me by the previous occupant. She later told me she knew I'd need it. She wasn't wrong. It didn't fix things, but it did remind me that I wasn't the only one struggling with the suck.
February 16, 2026 at 7:41 PM
When I first started working in homelessness, this picture was printed out and tacked to my message board, left to me by the previous occupant. She later told me she knew I'd need it. She wasn't wrong. It didn't fix things, but it did remind me that I wasn't the only one struggling with the suck.