Bob K
@rjkelly60.bsky.social
Retired tech worker raising a teenager and playing Mr. Mom. Lifelong learner and Democratic activist. Also a snarky smart ass.
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Great advice!!! Reclaim your attention span and joy.
Buy a book.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Dan Robinson (@bookmandan.bsky.social)
Retired. Interested in just about everything. Avid reader.
bookmandan.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Great advice!!! Reclaim your attention span and joy.
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No, we don't want "free" healthcare.
We want universal healthcare paid for by our taxes that covers everyone and leaves no one bankrupted and sick.
This isn’t difficult to comprehend.
We want universal healthcare paid for by our taxes that covers everyone and leaves no one bankrupted and sick.
This isn’t difficult to comprehend.
October 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
No, we don't want "free" healthcare.
We want universal healthcare paid for by our taxes that covers everyone and leaves no one bankrupted and sick.
This isn’t difficult to comprehend.
We want universal healthcare paid for by our taxes that covers everyone and leaves no one bankrupted and sick.
This isn’t difficult to comprehend.
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First Marge flees the sinking GOP ship… now Nancy? Yikes
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
First Marge flees the sinking GOP ship… now Nancy? Yikes
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Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
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It’s time for folks at DoD and in the IC to start lawyering up.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It’s time for folks at DoD and in the IC to start lawyering up.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
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ATTN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The VA sent out an announcement with a link for employees to self-report their disabilities. I wouldn’t do this if I were you. They’ll likely use it to discriminate against you.
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
ATTN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The VA sent out an announcement with a link for employees to self-report their disabilities. I wouldn’t do this if I were you. They’ll likely use it to discriminate against you.
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This story sums up Trump: No need for evidence. No need for laws or treaties. No need for discussions. If Trump decides (based upon whatever random information or maybe just heartburn) that someone is in the wrong, he believes he has the right to kill them.
The US is now a rogue nation.
The US is now a rogue nation.
December 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This story sums up Trump: No need for evidence. No need for laws or treaties. No need for discussions. If Trump decides (based upon whatever random information or maybe just heartburn) that someone is in the wrong, he believes he has the right to kill them.
The US is now a rogue nation.
The US is now a rogue nation.
Monsters, Inc.
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Monsters, Inc.
Trump’s economy! ETTD!
"Widespread job losses, with declines in employment among manufacturers, construction companies and professional services firms. Losses were concentrated among small businesses..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
Private Employers Cut Jobs in November, the Latest Sign of a Slowdown
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Trump’s economy! ETTD!
Release ALL the files. Epstein, Classified Docs, everything!
This
🤨
they claim to be the most transparent administration in history, yet another cover up.
Trump is trying to block the classified documents probe done by Jack Smith.
🤨
they claim to be the most transparent administration in history, yet another cover up.
Trump is trying to block the classified documents probe done by Jack Smith.
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Release ALL the files. Epstein, Classified Docs, everything!
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This
🤨
they claim to be the most transparent administration in history, yet another cover up.
Trump is trying to block the classified documents probe done by Jack Smith.
🤨
they claim to be the most transparent administration in history, yet another cover up.
Trump is trying to block the classified documents probe done by Jack Smith.
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This
🤨
they claim to be the most transparent administration in history, yet another cover up.
Trump is trying to block the classified documents probe done by Jack Smith.
🤨
they claim to be the most transparent administration in history, yet another cover up.
Trump is trying to block the classified documents probe done by Jack Smith.
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As the Epstein Island tapes are dropping and powerful people are sweating. That place was nicknamed “Orgy Island” and is why they tried to bury it. It also retraumatizes women who were just girls when this happened.
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
As the Epstein Island tapes are dropping and powerful people are sweating. That place was nicknamed “Orgy Island” and is why they tried to bury it. It also retraumatizes women who were just girls when this happened.
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i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
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Mike Johnson is powerless to stop this:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Mike Johnson is powerless to stop this:
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Slotkin: I’m not going to be dissuaded from standing up for the Constitution just because he threatens us. I’m not going to let him intimidate us out of speaking our minds.
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Slotkin: I’m not going to be dissuaded from standing up for the Constitution just because he threatens us. I’m not going to let him intimidate us out of speaking our minds.
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I never turned anyone into a pig.
Some people are pigs; I make them
Look like pigs.
— Louise Gluck, Circe’s Power
Some people are pigs; I make them
Look like pigs.
— Louise Gluck, Circe’s Power
“This is not about the American people. This is not about democracy… This is just pigs at the trough.”
@karaswisher.bsky.social has thoughts on Trump’s AI czar David Sacks — and the tech bros rushing to defend him.
@karaswisher.bsky.social has thoughts on Trump’s AI czar David Sacks — and the tech bros rushing to defend him.
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I never turned anyone into a pig.
Some people are pigs; I make them
Look like pigs.
— Louise Gluck, Circe’s Power
Some people are pigs; I make them
Look like pigs.
— Louise Gluck, Circe’s Power
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GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I’m surprised I have to say this but no group of humans should ever be referred to as “garbage.”
It’s the language used by teenagers, not heads of state.
It’s the language used by teenagers, not heads of state.
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I’m surprised I have to say this but no group of humans should ever be referred to as “garbage.”
It’s the language used by teenagers, not heads of state.
It’s the language used by teenagers, not heads of state.
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America: Did you order the code Red?
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
America: Did you order the code Red?
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.