MN Grubert
@grsmn.bsky.social
Optimistic Stoic. musician, electronics, computers, construction, builder, occasional McGyver.
People watcher; amazing species. What will become of them?
People watcher; amazing species. What will become of them?
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MN Grubert
@grsmn.bsky.social
· May 24
My mission is to write clearly and affirmatively.
It's common to use metaphor and imagery, which is fine, but it can lead to misunderstanding. Overuse is obfuscatory, excessive use is a red flag of intentional bullshitting.
But I get it, a lot of folk are reluctant to say what they really mean.
It's common to use metaphor and imagery, which is fine, but it can lead to misunderstanding. Overuse is obfuscatory, excessive use is a red flag of intentional bullshitting.
But I get it, a lot of folk are reluctant to say what they really mean.
Fan of Jones in general.
Or maybe just a fan of her style, mox nix.
Or maybe just a fan of her style, mox nix.
Leslie Jones on how she'd react to Trump calling her piggy 🤣
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Fan of Jones in general.
Or maybe just a fan of her style, mox nix.
Or maybe just a fan of her style, mox nix.
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Secretive Rapid Response Networks Are Operating in Communities ‘Terrorized’ By ICE Raids talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/secr...
Secretive Rapid Response Networks Are Operating in Communities ‘Terrorized’ By ICE Raids
The school was on lockdown. Nov. 12 was supposed to be an...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Secretive Rapid Response Networks Are Operating in Communities ‘Terrorized’ By ICE Raids talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/secr...
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"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
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Justices Roberts, Kavanaugh, & ACB all assisted GW Bush’s legal team in the dispute over the 2000 presidential election results.
The 4th was their colleague, Clarence Thomas, who joined the Supreme Court majority halting a recount & was appointed by GW Bush in 1991.
The 4th was their colleague, Clarence Thomas, who joined the Supreme Court majority halting a recount & was appointed by GW Bush in 1991.
25 Years After Bush v. Gore, Supreme Court and Election Law Still Feel the Fallout
The 5–4 decision started a long slide in public approval for the court, accentuated by a widening partisan gap.
www.brennancenter.org
December 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Justices Roberts, Kavanaugh, & ACB all assisted GW Bush’s legal team in the dispute over the 2000 presidential election results.
The 4th was their colleague, Clarence Thomas, who joined the Supreme Court majority halting a recount & was appointed by GW Bush in 1991.
The 4th was their colleague, Clarence Thomas, who joined the Supreme Court majority halting a recount & was appointed by GW Bush in 1991.
I consider the decades when we trusted the news companies to tell us important things and basically be honest about it..
Those years were a bit of a dream.
Red pill time, as far as that topic goes.
Those years were a bit of a dream.
Red pill time, as far as that topic goes.
Yea, it's confusing when everyone uses different information to explain the same thing forcing us to look at multiple sources to understand, which is fine as we shouldn't be using a single source for news, but still...
December 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I consider the decades when we trusted the news companies to tell us important things and basically be honest about it..
Those years were a bit of a dream.
Red pill time, as far as that topic goes.
Those years were a bit of a dream.
Red pill time, as far as that topic goes.
He will always be "Meathead" to me.. RIP.
I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
December 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
He will always be "Meathead" to me.. RIP.
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Mass shootings
Australia - 50 people have been killed since 1996.
America - 390 people have been killed in 2025.
But sure strict gun laws don’t work.
Australia - 50 people have been killed since 1996.
America - 390 people have been killed in 2025.
But sure strict gun laws don’t work.
December 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Mass shootings
Australia - 50 people have been killed since 1996.
America - 390 people have been killed in 2025.
But sure strict gun laws don’t work.
Australia - 50 people have been killed since 1996.
America - 390 people have been killed in 2025.
But sure strict gun laws don’t work.
TDS was invented as an insult against those who saw what Trump really is..
And it was weak and ridiculous, like being whipped with a pasta noodle.
The most transparent case of psychological projection ever.
And it was weak and ridiculous, like being whipped with a pasta noodle.
The most transparent case of psychological projection ever.
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
TDS was invented as an insult against those who saw what Trump really is..
And it was weak and ridiculous, like being whipped with a pasta noodle.
The most transparent case of psychological projection ever.
And it was weak and ridiculous, like being whipped with a pasta noodle.
The most transparent case of psychological projection ever.
SCOTUS imperial rule can most quickly be solved by Jurisdiction Stripping.
Here's a funny bit of mumbo jumbo claiming JS "won't work" because.. get this, it damages the Separation Of Powers.
So we forced to have a dictator, lest we damage our precious SOP.
columbialawreview.org/content/the-...
Here's a funny bit of mumbo jumbo claiming JS "won't work" because.. get this, it damages the Separation Of Powers.
So we forced to have a dictator, lest we damage our precious SOP.
columbialawreview.org/content/the-...
December 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
SCOTUS imperial rule can most quickly be solved by Jurisdiction Stripping.
Here's a funny bit of mumbo jumbo claiming JS "won't work" because.. get this, it damages the Separation Of Powers.
So we forced to have a dictator, lest we damage our precious SOP.
columbialawreview.org/content/the-...
Here's a funny bit of mumbo jumbo claiming JS "won't work" because.. get this, it damages the Separation Of Powers.
So we forced to have a dictator, lest we damage our precious SOP.
columbialawreview.org/content/the-...
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Trump thrives on cruelty.
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trump thrives on cruelty.
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New post: "Async and finaliser deadlocks", based on an accidental poke from a recent episode of the excellent @oxide.computer podcast tratt.net/laurie/blog/...
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New post: "Async and finaliser deadlocks", based on an accidental poke from a recent episode of the excellent @oxide.computer podcast tratt.net/laurie/blog/...
It outraged me at the time, and created the frame by which Trump is merely is the same crap, just piled higher and deeper.
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
It outraged me at the time, and created the frame by which Trump is merely is the same crap, just piled higher and deeper.
I feel there's a certain "horse sense" aspect to this, yet so many humans don't appear to get it.
Great read.
Great read.
Reading the Fine Print: Unmasking Hidden Assumptions (Essay #13)
Reading the Fine Print: Unmasking Hidden Assumptions (Essay #13)
Every argument has hidden assumptions connecting evidence to conclusions. Learning to find them - and evaluate them - is how you stop accepting bad reasoning from your own side.
rachelandthecity.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I feel there's a certain "horse sense" aspect to this, yet so many humans don't appear to get it.
Great read.
Great read.
Fresh from the Zombie Apocalypse..
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Fresh from the Zombie Apocalypse..
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The Kremlin has announced their employees of the month.
December 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Kremlin has announced their employees of the month.
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Senator Chris Murphy speaks the truth! Trump's Ukraine "peace deal" is just a mafia corruption scheme to enrich Trump's family and friends by selling out Ukraine.
December 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Senator Chris Murphy speaks the truth! Trump's Ukraine "peace deal" is just a mafia corruption scheme to enrich Trump's family and friends by selling out Ukraine.
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The US is down at least $30 billion in tourism for 2025. International boycotts and a loss in appeal to visit due to Donald Trump has resulted in millions of trips canceled.
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The US is down at least $30 billion in tourism for 2025. International boycotts and a loss in appeal to visit due to Donald Trump has resulted in millions of trips canceled.
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Felon Trump’s America is disgusting.
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Felon Trump’s America is disgusting.
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I've always thought that the whole "natural immunity is the best way to protect people" thing was a bit like saying "getting pregnant is the best form of birth control."
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I've always thought that the whole "natural immunity is the best way to protect people" thing was a bit like saying "getting pregnant is the best form of birth control."
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
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He's right.
The rest of the world are wondering when this madness ends and
the ONLY answer is
THE MADNESS ENDS WHEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DECIDES IT ENDS
The rest of the world are wondering when this madness ends and
the ONLY answer is
THE MADNESS ENDS WHEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DECIDES IT ENDS
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
He's right.
The rest of the world are wondering when this madness ends and
the ONLY answer is
THE MADNESS ENDS WHEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DECIDES IT ENDS
The rest of the world are wondering when this madness ends and
the ONLY answer is
THE MADNESS ENDS WHEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DECIDES IT ENDS
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Ukrainian defenders show harsh weather on the front in a new social media trend.
December 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Ukrainian defenders show harsh weather on the front in a new social media trend.
Billionaires are some of the worst people. Even the "good ones" are merely less awful than usual.
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Billionaires are some of the worst people. Even the "good ones" are merely less awful than usual.
Could it be Trump demands his minions to concoct phoney charge of very specific crimes; the crimes Trump knows about cause he crimed them himself, as all he knows about the world is what he has done in it?
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
December 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Could it be Trump demands his minions to concoct phoney charge of very specific crimes; the crimes Trump knows about cause he crimed them himself, as all he knows about the world is what he has done in it?
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This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
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"Russia has welcomed Donald Trump's new US National Security Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New US Security Strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Russia has welcomed Donald Trump's new US National Security Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...