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Don’t expect much.
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For the record, this is my only bsky account. So if you’re following someone else and think it’s me, it’s not.
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I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.

When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL

I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.

The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
January 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
January 19, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.

Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 18, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Now Grok has gone TOO far!
“Sanity is a cozy lie.”

-Susan Sontag #BOTD
January 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Isn’t it time the news media stopped trying to figure out the motivations behind the actions of someone who’s clearly mentally ill?
January 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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An automaton fuelled by tomes of newly available knowledge sweeps away the old society. No, not a self-portrait by ChatGPT in the style of a Georgian satirical print, but one of several “March of Intellect” cartoons published ca. 1828: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/march-of-the-intellect
January 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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Chuck Schumer: The Trump administration lied to me in three separate briefings about their plans for Venezuela.

The Democrats: WE DEMAND A FOURTH BRIEFING IMMEDIATELY.
January 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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The US produces >13 mn barrels of oil per day. Venezuela produces <1 million bpd

There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
An excellent question.
Seriously, does the US government have a warehouse full of meter-tall steel letters that can be attached to any building on a day’s notice?
December 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
WHY IS CNN ACTING LIKE THIS IS NORMAL?
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
He’s going to start doing this every night, isn’t he?
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Someone come get grandpa he’s yelling again, and we’re concerned
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
What’s scarier? He’s not using a prompter or he is?
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Czech poster for CRIES AND WHISPERS (1972)

Written and directed by Ingmar Bergman

Starring Liv Ullmann - BOTD in 1938
December 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It’s time to give grandpa the fake Playskool cell phone.
December 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Both the use of the word “demonic” and the fact that they are showing a picture of Keith Richards (with caption naming him) and saying it’s Mick Jagger’s birthday (it’s Keith’s birthday) are things a human wouldn’t do. @wsj is using an AI bot to automatically post their articles to Bluesky
December 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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December 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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I don’t want to see “experts say Trump can’t pardon a state conviction.”

That’s like “experts say sun rises in east, and some scientists claim water is two hydrogen atoms attached to an oxygen atom.”

It’s just a fact.

He CANNOT do this.

And the media DAMN well better get their coverage right.
Trump says he's pardoned Tina Peters, but that may not save her from prison
Trump has no jurisdiction over state-level cases to offer the pardon.
www.axios.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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"Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music,

now it's your turn."

-Neil Innes #BOTD
December 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Netflix buys Warner Bros, Epstein records and World Cup groups reut.rs/4pmBx7B
Netflix buys Warner Bros, Epstein records and World Cup groups
Netflix buys Warner Brothers Discovery studios for $72 billion.
reut.rs
December 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM