David Butler
@dvdbutler.bsky.social
The 116,323,211,678th person to ever live. The Internet's Most Analytical Cyclist.
Left Leaning Evil-doer without any Nazi tattoos.
Offering opinions on things….
Left Leaning Evil-doer without any Nazi tattoos.
Offering opinions on things….
What has it got in its pocketses?
Absolute carnage in the family group chat as my cousin posts a Christmas riddle from her fiancé’s office that no one can figure out, only to find that someone in the office got ChatGPT to make up the riddle and it’s gibberish that doesn’t have a solution
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
What has it got in its pocketses?
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Northern lights in interior Alaska.
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Northern lights in interior Alaska.
Partway through the Dungeon crawler Carl book… don’t usually read this sorta thing but so far so good.
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Partway through the Dungeon crawler Carl book… don’t usually read this sorta thing but so far so good.
Smudged but this phone can actually capture Andromeda…
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Smudged but this phone can actually capture Andromeda…
Little reddish glow of Northerm lights in Nashville
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Little reddish glow of Northerm lights in Nashville
A post-apocalyptic setting where people are on their way out but are desperate for toys to remember things from’before’ and give the toys more than they could ask for and it ends with us being let go by the toys this time around.
Sniff
Sniff
The TOY STORY films work best as symbolic of the parent experience - and 4 was surprisingly poignant in that regard, about how parents adjust when the kids leave the house and grow up. But unless TOY STORY 5 is about the toys going into a retirement home, this towel's just about wrung out.
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A post-apocalyptic setting where people are on their way out but are desperate for toys to remember things from’before’ and give the toys more than they could ask for and it ends with us being let go by the toys this time around.
Sniff
Sniff
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every one of these ass-kissing sessions has the cadence of the deathbed
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
every one of these ass-kissing sessions has the cadence of the deathbed
Tony from the top rope!
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Tony from the top rope!
The problem is that it was more than 8 who decided on this and likely the entirety of the party.
Vote them all out
Vote them all out
Eight Senate Democratic Caucus members broke ranks Sunday and voted to advance a deal to reopen the government.
There are few obvious threads connecting the group who broke the partisan impasse this time.
There are few obvious threads connecting the group who broke the partisan impasse this time.
The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown
There are few obvious threads connecting the group who broke the partisan impasse.
www.politico.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The problem is that it was more than 8 who decided on this and likely the entirety of the party.
Vote them all out
Vote them all out
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If they're fine with nuking the ACA expanded subsidies I don't see why they would care about the fallout from SNAP cuts
if you believe Dems that they were never going to cave and leave shit shutdown til x despite being blamed for it, they think politics is over
if you believe Dems that they were never going to cave and leave shit shutdown til x despite being blamed for it, they think politics is over
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
If they're fine with nuking the ACA expanded subsidies I don't see why they would care about the fallout from SNAP cuts
if you believe Dems that they were never going to cave and leave shit shutdown til x despite being blamed for it, they think politics is over
if you believe Dems that they were never going to cave and leave shit shutdown til x despite being blamed for it, they think politics is over
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For reference. I might print this out and hang it in my house:
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
For reference. I might print this out and hang it in my house:
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every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
she KNOWS that this vote never happens. She KNOWS it!!
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
she KNOWS that this vote never happens. She KNOWS it!!
First time in a full year I've even seen/heard from this particular Senator on anything, and it's a capitulation to Trump.
Who the fck needs an Enabling Act when you have institutional Democrats?
Who the fck needs an Enabling Act when you have institutional Democrats?
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
First time in a full year I've even seen/heard from this particular Senator on anything, and it's a capitulation to Trump.
Who the fck needs an Enabling Act when you have institutional Democrats?
Who the fck needs an Enabling Act when you have institutional Democrats?
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The US Senate is a worthless institution that has, with a few very brief exceptions, been a reactionary force in the US for all its history, holding back progress, holding back the will of the voters, upholding a grossly oligarchic, patriarchal, racist hierarchy. Flush it down the toilet.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The US Senate is a worthless institution that has, with a few very brief exceptions, been a reactionary force in the US for all its history, holding back progress, holding back the will of the voters, upholding a grossly oligarchic, patriarchal, racist hierarchy. Flush it down the toilet.
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Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
"VIRTUAL SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED..... VSC, VSC"
I also need this to happen when driving to/from work.
I also need this to happen when driving to/from work.
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"VIRTUAL SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED..... VSC, VSC"
I also need this to happen when driving to/from work.
I also need this to happen when driving to/from work.
I need the AI safety car voice in WEC to work in my daily life/activites when there are danger issues...
"Full course yellow in 15 seconds. Full course yellow, full course yellow is active..."
"Full course yellow in 15 seconds. Full course yellow, full course yellow is active..."
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I need the AI safety car voice in WEC to work in my daily life/activites when there are danger issues...
"Full course yellow in 15 seconds. Full course yellow, full course yellow is active..."
"Full course yellow in 15 seconds. Full course yellow, full course yellow is active..."
and if you think this doesn't have a portent for 2026....
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
and if you think this doesn't have a portent for 2026....
The thing about these Democratic leaders is that issues only matter if they are leverage for their next election and they don't give two shits about anything progressive. They'd be perfectly happy fighting over rights to eating soylent green as they would over healthcare costs.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The thing about these Democratic leaders is that issues only matter if they are leverage for their next election and they don't give two shits about anything progressive. They'd be perfectly happy fighting over rights to eating soylent green as they would over healthcare costs.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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I personally do not think maintaining federal employee jobs should be priority number one when more and more parts of the federal government are being used to institute a police state
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I personally do not think maintaining federal employee jobs should be priority number one when more and more parts of the federal government are being used to institute a police state
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The god tier southern strategy tbh. There’s no amount of good that could be done for everyone that will override the racism of the below average white person
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The god tier southern strategy tbh. There’s no amount of good that could be done for everyone that will override the racism of the below average white person
It would seem that the Democratic Party has informally conceded defeat to Trump and that he now rules as a dictator in fashion and form
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
It would seem that the Democratic Party has informally conceded defeat to Trump and that he now rules as a dictator in fashion and form