Author | Lightnews

Shredgar

@shredgar.bsky.social

270 followers 1.3K following 430 posts

Financial Advisor Turned Outdoor Philosopher On A Bicycle. Exploring the great outdoors & political landscapes one Bluesky post at a time. 🌅 This Is The Place ❄️ The Greatest Snow On Earth 🏜️ Unusual Occurrences in The Desert 🧺 It's all about the picnic!

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Shredgar @shredgar.bsky.social · Dec 23

My all time favorite three minute ski video, about Dave the farmer at Alta Utah. He passed away the following fall. These are some of the last turns of a life well lived. Make a run for Dave ❄️⛷️🌞
youtu.be/u6nuxLCt1LM?...

Steeped In Tradition Episode 8 - The Farmer

YouTube video by AltaSkiArea

youtu.be

1 6

Reposted by Shredgar

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10h

When you bike during the morning rush hour, you see drivers do all sorts of distracting stuff that takes their eyes off the road while driving: use a smart phone, put on make up, eat (sometimes with silverware!), reach for stuff far away in the car, and give stuff to kids. What else have you seen?

4 1 10

Shredgar @shredgar.bsky.social · 9h

When I was bicycle commuting to work, I'd look around and every driver would be on their phone.

Reposted by Shredgar

Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 9h

Local “Man” insists cyclists should ‘share the road’ by staying out of it entirely. Experts confirm he has not shared anything since 1998.

Picture of lifted white truck rolling Coal on cyclist

1 9 53

Shredgar @shredgar.bsky.social · 9h

Hahaha that's funny. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent became chief investment officer for Soros’s firm and played a major role in several landmark financial trades, including the 1992 bet against the British pound that earned Soros over $1 billion (“Black Wednesday”).

3 17

Reposted by Shredgar

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

Our story so far:
Trump orders minions to destroy the Capitol on Jan 6.
He's banned from YouTube.
He returns to the White House.
He sues YouTube for banning him.
They settle for $22 million.
That money is used by Trump to destroy the East Wing
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/t...

Trump White House East Wing ballroom project got $22M boost from YouTube legal settlement

President Trump has said he and donors will cover the costs of the White House East Wing ballroom, but it is not clear who all the contributors are.

www.cnbc.com

21 220 440

Reposted by Shredgar

stunt tulpa @highplainsdrifter.bsky.social · 21h

This write up from someone who demoed one for several days makes me think itll actually be interesting.

www.rivianforums.com/review-i-rod...

Review: I rode the ALSO TM-B E-Bike: Rivian Micromobility Startup’s First EV

I just spent the day in San Francisco riding a bike unlike any other I’ve ever ridden. This is it. It’s not your average looking or functioning bike—and that may not come as a surprise once you hear i...

www.rivianforums.com

1 1 4

Reposted by Shredgar

Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 18h

Fascism isn’t some high-flown ideology

It’s what happens when you shut down higher brain functions and think only with your lizard brain.

Hate. Fear. Violence. Cruelty. Us vs. Them

It’s the opposite of thinking

2 30 91

Shredgar @shredgar.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks, Barry!

The Kevin Costner article is very interesting. Spouse is a big Yellowstone fan.

We are currently in southern Utah about 12 miles away from the Territory Studios location, but I'm not able to find anything about it on Google maps 🤷🏻‍♂️

Reposted by Shredgar

Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz.bsky.social · 13h

10 Thursday AM Reads

ritholtz.com/2025/10/10-t...

10 Thursday AM Reads - The Big Picture

My morning train WFH reads: • The Myth of the Stock-Picker’s Market: Investors, be warned: Hope springs eternal, but outperformance is rare. (Morningstar) • Brokerages Battle to Win Over Active Invest...

ritholtz.com

1 1 7

Reposted by Shredgar

Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act”
—George Orwell

Keep speaking truth

4 100 220

Reposted by Shredgar

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

One year ago: 🇺🇸

@economist.com

54 380 1.1K

Reposted by Shredgar

Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 2d

Midwest Farmer Chainsaw Massacre

3 16 51

Reposted by Shredgar

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 2d

Trump's fly-by — A cartoon by Nick Anderson

Trump's fly-by

A cartoon by Nick Anderson

contrarian.substack.com

5 50 190

Reposted by Shredgar

Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s the problem

MAGA is thrilled Trump is killing people

1 17 58

Shredgar @shredgar.bsky.social · 2d

Is that the lady on TV who wears the big cross?

Religious hypocrisy.

"There's no hate like Christian love."

Reposted by Shredgar

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2d

400 3.5K 11K

Shredgar @shredgar.bsky.social · 2d

37 years ago in 1989 the Trump casino application in Sydney Australia was rejected because of Trump's ties to organize crime.

37 years ago.
1989.
Ties to organized crime.

1 1

Reposted by Shredgar

Little Miss FAFO @nofuxgiven.bsky.social · 2d

No caption needed

140 2.1K 5.7K

Reposted by Shredgar

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2d

In an old movie called “Fantastic Voyage,” scientists were miniaturized and inserted into a patient’s bloodstream on a mission to remove a clot in his brain. I've been thinking about the clot lodged in the media’s brain since 2015. So I took a voyage into the media's thought process. My new piece.

My exclusive Trump-era tour inside the media’s brain

What were America’s journalists thinking? I have strong suspicions.

www.stopthepresses.news

7 38 110

Shredgar @shredgar.bsky.social · 2d

The media's thought process should also include the fact that Trump was rejected in 1989 for a casino license in Sydney Australia, because of his ties to organize crime.

1989. Ties to organized crime.

Reposted by Shredgar

Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 3d

A quick sketch

2 14 68

Reposted by Shredgar

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

Frogs in slowly heating water is a popular allegory for being unaware that you are being destroyed in an incrementally worsening situation.

But I'm drawing hope from the past week that we frogs may be a bit more aware of our situation than those allegorical frogs. #Hop

320 4.1K 19K

Reposted by Shredgar

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

One more reason why Democrats need to take back Congress. We need hearings, subpoenas, and daylight on every back-channel to Moscow.

We have no ‘friends’ at the Kremlin‼️

120 850 2K

Reposted by Shredgar

Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 3d

Lots of this “violent left” spirit at the No Kings rallies

Woody Guthrie would have approved

2 69 210

Shredgar @shredgar.bsky.social · 3d

Mike Royko quote for the win!