Grumpy Rootbeer
@grumpyrootbeer.bsky.social
He/him, mid-30s, Iowan, nerd, leftist, cat lover
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
They've had fifteen years to come up with alternatives to the ACA and just never bothered because they don't want an alternative, they just want tens of millions of Americans excluded from the healthcare system.
Repeal Obamacare” has failed. So now what?
— GOP is sprinting to create ACA alternatives (again)
— Economists warn Trump’s plan won’t work
— Democrats say the best, popular path is to just extend expiring ACA subsidies
At stake: millions of people’s health care
w @paigecunningham.bsky.social
— GOP is sprinting to create ACA alternatives (again)
— Economists warn Trump’s plan won’t work
— Democrats say the best, popular path is to just extend expiring ACA subsidies
At stake: millions of people’s health care
w @paigecunningham.bsky.social
GOP plans to replace Obamacare have failed. Here’s what lawmakers propose now.
Lawmakers are racing toward a mid-December deadline, with Republicans hoping to present side-by-side legislation with Democrats’ plan to extend ACA subsidies.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
They've had fifteen years to come up with alternatives to the ACA and just never bothered because they don't want an alternative, they just want tens of millions of Americans excluded from the healthcare system.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Eternal Darkness. Been thinking about that game recently and lamenting my long lost copy of it.
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Eternal Darkness. Been thinking about that game recently and lamenting my long lost copy of it.
Transformers: The Movie is a skeleton key for so much of what I find aesthetically pleasing. Led directly to my love for Power Rangers, Beast Wars (of course), Battletech, Macross, and eventually Gundam. Giant robots are my jam and this is why.
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Transformers: The Movie is a skeleton key for so much of what I find aesthetically pleasing. Led directly to my love for Power Rangers, Beast Wars (of course), Battletech, Macross, and eventually Gundam. Giant robots are my jam and this is why.
Thanksgiving pulled pork underway
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Thanksgiving pulled pork underway
I'm tired, someone put these groceries away for me.
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I'm tired, someone put these groceries away for me.
Main work system is down so instead everyone at the office is having loud conversations about which Thanksgiving foods suck (all of them, apparently)
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Main work system is down so instead everyone at the office is having loud conversations about which Thanksgiving foods suck (all of them, apparently)
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Anyway time to post this again.
AI is a tool of fascism.
AI is a tool of fascism.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Anyway time to post this again.
AI is a tool of fascism.
AI is a tool of fascism.
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in the latest episode of our podcast, @lioneltrolling.bsky.social and i talked the apparent MAGA crack-up
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November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
in the latest episode of our podcast, @lioneltrolling.bsky.social and i talked the apparent MAGA crack-up
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free to do what | patreon.com/lubchansky
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
free to do what | patreon.com/lubchansky
Heisei Godzillas are in the bag. A really great bunch of movies. Space Godzilla is the only real dud of the bunch. Series started a little weak, but finished strong. Looking forward to the Millennium movies, then finally tackling the Monsterverse.
Godzilla: Heisei Era
Round two for Godzilla. These I've seen fewer of.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Heisei Godzillas are in the bag. A really great bunch of movies. Space Godzilla is the only real dud of the bunch. Series started a little weak, but finished strong. Looking forward to the Millennium movies, then finally tackling the Monsterverse.
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
I like to say that subsequent generations have looked at Enron, the housing crash, WeWork, etc. and had their primary reaction be: "whoa, fraud is a great way to make a lot of money really fast" and it works because we stopped treating it like a serious crime.
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I like to say that subsequent generations have looked at Enron, the housing crash, WeWork, etc. and had their primary reaction be: "whoa, fraud is a great way to make a lot of money really fast" and it works because we stopped treating it like a serious crime.
When I was in high school, I did a job shadow with a technical writer. He was a weird guy who couldn't make eye contact and made the job seem like the most boring shit in the world. Anyhow, a decade later I got a job as technical writer and I'm still doing it today.
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 AM
When I was in high school, I did a job shadow with a technical writer. He was a weird guy who couldn't make eye contact and made the job seem like the most boring shit in the world. Anyhow, a decade later I got a job as technical writer and I'm still doing it today.
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Reading about the bolsheviks and if podcasts had existed back then all these guys would've done that instead
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Reading about the bolsheviks and if podcasts had existed back then all these guys would've done that instead
Honestly thought she would fight harder.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Honestly thought she would fight harder.
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
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Getting close to being done with the Heisei Godzillas. A couple duds, but on balance really enjoyable, especially as a guy who grew up on Americanized mecha and tokusatsu content. Also, Clue in theaters was so fun!
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Getting close to being done with the Heisei Godzillas. A couple duds, but on balance really enjoyable, especially as a guy who grew up on Americanized mecha and tokusatsu content. Also, Clue in theaters was so fun!
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It’s never a bad time for this meme, but International Men’s Day might be the best time
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It’s never a bad time for this meme, but International Men’s Day might be the best time
Aw yeah, baby!
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November 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Aw yeah, baby!
We elected the most embarrassing guy at the frat who all the other brothers spend all their time mocking and pulling pranks on to be vice president
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
We elected the most embarrassing guy at the frat who all the other brothers spend all their time mocking and pulling pranks on to be vice president