Rege
@rjserinko.bsky.social
Mathematician, runner, political junkie, liberal.
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@rjserinko.bsky.social
· Dec 23
My mother told me when I was growing up not to talk to strangers. In accordance with this advice, I will not reply to chats from people I do not know IRL. If you want to carry on a conversation, reply to one of my posts. I may respond if you make a good point or a bad one that I want to counter.
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Trumpflation:
Trump now says his ballroom will cost $400 million (it was supposed to cost $250 million less than two months ago)
December 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Trumpflation:
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Trump calls for the arrest of Chris Wray (his handpicked former FBI director) and Merrick Garland
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Trump calls for the arrest of Chris Wray (his handpicked former FBI director) and Merrick Garland
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The little orange bars on the right are what Trump is calling “the greatest economy in history.”
December 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The little orange bars on the right are what Trump is calling “the greatest economy in history.”
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Leavitt dismisses the Vanity Fair feature as a hit piece on "the greatest president in our nation's history"
December 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Leavitt dismisses the Vanity Fair feature as a hit piece on "the greatest president in our nation's history"
"not enough restraint" Is Bacon suggesting a straightjacket with a presidential seal. If he is, I can get behind it.
GOP Rep. Bacon on President Trump: "He has a lack of self control and not enough restraint"
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"not enough restraint" Is Bacon suggesting a straightjacket with a presidential seal. If he is, I can get behind it.
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lol
Susie Wiles tells Vanity Fair Trump “has an alcoholic’s personality.” Vance’s conversion from Never Trumper has been “sort of political” and the VP has been “a conspiracy theorist for a decade.” Russell Vought is “a right-wing absolute zealot.”
Susie Wiles Talks About The First Year of Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2)
In the first half of ‘Vanity Fair’’s interview with Susie Wiles, the chief of staff discusses Elon Musk’s DOGE disaster, the FBI’s “incredible job” investigating January 6, and how Trump once berated…
www.vanityfair.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
lol
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A+++++ economy my A++
Look at broader measures of unemployment—including people who want a job but aren't in the labor force or who are working part-time but want a full-time job—and the labor market is in the worst place since the pandemic
December 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A+++++ economy my A++
But somehow Mr. Unitary Executive didn't demand her return to her original prison.
December 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
But somehow Mr. Unitary Executive didn't demand her return to her original prison.
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Benjamin Ryan, a weird guy on the internet, took a screenshot of @bencollins.bsky.social’s skeet and posted it on Twitter, suggesting that The Onion can’t edge out The Washington Post in the battle to save democracy.
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Benjamin Ryan, a weird guy on the internet, took a screenshot of @bencollins.bsky.social’s skeet and posted it on Twitter, suggesting that The Onion can’t edge out The Washington Post in the battle to save democracy.
Rat one off the ship.
Wow — White House Chief of staff Susie Wiles did not hold back. 👀
Start the clock! ⏰
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
Start the clock! ⏰
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
December 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Rat one off the ship.
Bessent is pro financial crisis.
Bessent: "These 2008, 2009, 2010 financial rules were too tight. They hamstrung the American financial system. It was time for a change ... we have to take the financial system out of this straitjacket ... the regulated system is too constrained."
December 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Bessent is pro financial crisis.
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NEW: Rob Reiner was a mensch. In death, he showed us that Trump is a schmuck. (He was also a friend, and I'll miss our very long lunches.)
Rob Reiner was a mensch. In death, he showed us Trump’s a schmuck.
The president's remarks about the murder of the filmmaker and his wife cast him as petty and callous.
www.motherjones.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
NEW: Rob Reiner was a mensch. In death, he showed us that Trump is a schmuck. (He was also a friend, and I'll miss our very long lunches.)
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There's lots of talk that MAGA people are objecting to Trump's grotesque response to the Reiner killing on Truth Social. It's true that there are some. But the vast majority are people agreeing with Trump and worse.
Don't kid yourself. They hate who he hates. It's what they love about him.
Don't kid yourself. They hate who he hates. It's what they love about him.
December 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
There's lots of talk that MAGA people are objecting to Trump's grotesque response to the Reiner killing on Truth Social. It's true that there are some. But the vast majority are people agreeing with Trump and worse.
Don't kid yourself. They hate who he hates. It's what they love about him.
Don't kid yourself. They hate who he hates. It's what they love about him.
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Some things, you keep inside the family.
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Some things, you keep inside the family.
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If I can't pick all of them, I'm not playing.
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If I can't pick all of them, I'm not playing.
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Very interesting: Washington Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu (who's retiring soon) won't apply equal protection to invalidate discrimination against the poor because she's afraid of giving SCOTUS an opportunity to further weaken the 14th Amendment. Remarkably candid. www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...
![YU, J. (dissenting) — I agree with the majority’s summation of federal equal
protection law and its limited application to the issue before us. However, I cannot
overlook the inherent unfairness of disregarding the economic value of community
service used to pay legal financial obligations in Blake1 cases. Thus, I must dissent
from the majority in result.
Nevertheless, I cannot join the analysis proffered by the dissent of Justice
Mungia. I am not persuaded that current federal due process and equal protection
doctrines fit the fact pattern before us, and I am reluctant to attempt to expand
these doctrines at this time. Doing so risks weakening established jurisprudence
that is already being weakened, as the United States Supreme Court “retreat[s]
from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most.” United States v.
Skrmetti, 605 U.S. 495, 579, 145 S. Ct. 1816, 222 L. Ed. 2d 136 (2025)
(Sotomayor, J., dissenting).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreigdg42uobfcz47exzh545urdhsh3j55firp64l2smr632kvnhme6a@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Very interesting: Washington Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu (who's retiring soon) won't apply equal protection to invalidate discrimination against the poor because she's afraid of giving SCOTUS an opportunity to further weaken the 14th Amendment. Remarkably candid. www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...
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Editor in Chief of Christianity Today Magazine 👇🏽
December 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Editor in Chief of Christianity Today Magazine 👇🏽
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One of a bunch of pieces abt Trump voters defecting.
“.. He led me into the Hilltop, where half the people inside knew his name, to a corner where we sat drinking diner coffee. ‘You won’t meet anyone more conservative than me, and I didn’t vote for this,’ Zink said.”
@politico.com #DOGE
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
@politico.com #DOGE
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
One of a bunch of pieces abt Trump voters defecting.
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Grieving for my friends, Rob and Michele Reiner. I am shocked and heartbroken. My heart goes out to their family.
December 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Grieving for my friends, Rob and Michele Reiner. I am shocked and heartbroken. My heart goes out to their family.
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Ex NYPD inspector Paul Mauro on FOX: “It turns out (Ahmed Al Ahmed) is a Muslim - you can’t ignore that nuance… the thing that struck me is he doesn’t shoot the father… the guy showed amazing restrain, and subsequently takes two rounds himself. A real hero, God bless him.”
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ex NYPD inspector Paul Mauro on FOX: “It turns out (Ahmed Al Ahmed) is a Muslim - you can’t ignore that nuance… the thing that struck me is he doesn’t shoot the father… the guy showed amazing restrain, and subsequently takes two rounds himself. A real hero, God bless him.”
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December 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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A good guy without a gun stops a bad guy with a gun.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Video shows the man rushing one of the alleged gunmen who shot dozens of people on Sunday evening in Australia
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A good guy without a gun stops a bad guy with a gun.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Trump as he rambles on and on about snakes: “Look how quiet everybody is”
December 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Trump as he rambles on and on about snakes: “Look how quiet everybody is”
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We have regular mass shootings in America because the GOP knows its project of created a second Gilded Age isn't popular with voters, so it doubles down on culture war to win votes. Gaining voters' loyalty with gun absolutism means the GOP doesn't need to give up on more tax cuts for the rich.
December 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We have regular mass shootings in America because the GOP knows its project of created a second Gilded Age isn't popular with voters, so it doubles down on culture war to win votes. Gaining voters' loyalty with gun absolutism means the GOP doesn't need to give up on more tax cuts for the rich.