@averagejoe3571.bsky.social
Bassist. I like music. I'm going to start making art again someday.
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The median American has $8,000 in savings in the bank. In other words, this is like giving the median American an opportunity to make a massive, scandalous crime go away for a fine of $240.
December 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The median American has $8,000 in savings in the bank. In other words, this is like giving the median American an opportunity to make a massive, scandalous crime go away for a fine of $240.
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Merry Christmas to all, and to Donald Trump, good night
December 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Merry Christmas to all, and to Donald Trump, good night
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But why has nobody asked Pennywise for his side of the story?
December 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
But why has nobody asked Pennywise for his side of the story?
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Never forget that DJT mocked a physically disabled man in 2016 & people still voted for him. This is no different. Somehow, he gets a pass for every lousy thing he does.
November 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Never forget that DJT mocked a physically disabled man in 2016 & people still voted for him. This is no different. Somehow, he gets a pass for every lousy thing he does.
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You just know Waltz is aching to say what he really wants to.
Amazes me how by the book Dems are expected to be while republicans just constantly get to be monsters with no push back that matches their cruelty.
Amazes me how by the book Dems are expected to be while republicans just constantly get to be monsters with no push back that matches their cruelty.
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
You just know Waltz is aching to say what he really wants to.
Amazes me how by the book Dems are expected to be while republicans just constantly get to be monsters with no push back that matches their cruelty.
Amazes me how by the book Dems are expected to be while republicans just constantly get to be monsters with no push back that matches their cruelty.
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Some #astrobiology reading for a Saturday morning: I really enjoyed this pop sci BBC article on finding biology like mould and frogs (!) adapting to life in radioactive Chernobyl by increasing melanin, i.e. what shields human skin from UV rays 🧪🔭 ”Life, uh, finds a way”
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The mysterious black fungus from Chernobyl that may eat radiation
Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield space travellers from cosmic rays?
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Some #astrobiology reading for a Saturday morning: I really enjoyed this pop sci BBC article on finding biology like mould and frogs (!) adapting to life in radioactive Chernobyl by increasing melanin, i.e. what shields human skin from UV rays 🧪🔭 ”Life, uh, finds a way”
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."
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A real Congress would impeach.
Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A real Congress would impeach.
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If (knock on wood) Dems sweep Tuesday’s elections handily, can we ease discourse away from its obsession over whether Dems are too left wing to win, and take greater notice of the fact that Republicans are in a civil war over whether to be Nazis or merely lesser fascists?
Exploit The GOP's Nazi Meltdown
Are we really going to accept the conceit that the central issue in politics is whether DEMOCRATS are too extreme?
www.offmessage.net
November 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If (knock on wood) Dems sweep Tuesday’s elections handily, can we ease discourse away from its obsession over whether Dems are too left wing to win, and take greater notice of the fact that Republicans are in a civil war over whether to be Nazis or merely lesser fascists?
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In a major victory, a court ruled the Trump administration must use emergency funds to provide food stamps to Americans.
No one should choose between paying bills and buying groceries.
We'll continue our lawsuit to fight for our families and the services they deserve.
No one should choose between paying bills and buying groceries.
We'll continue our lawsuit to fight for our families and the services they deserve.
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
In a major victory, a court ruled the Trump administration must use emergency funds to provide food stamps to Americans.
No one should choose between paying bills and buying groceries.
We'll continue our lawsuit to fight for our families and the services they deserve.
No one should choose between paying bills and buying groceries.
We'll continue our lawsuit to fight for our families and the services they deserve.
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Uh-oh…it turns out JP Morgan Chase has flagged $1 billion in “suspicious” transactions involving Jeffrey Epstein and prominent Wall Street figures, and notified the Trump admin back in 2019.
October 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Uh-oh…it turns out JP Morgan Chase has flagged $1 billion in “suspicious” transactions involving Jeffrey Epstein and prominent Wall Street figures, and notified the Trump admin back in 2019.
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A classified State Department report released just days before the current ceasefire agreement went into effect found that Israel has committed “many hundreds” of potential human rights violations in Gaza that would render it illegal to continue sending weapons to many Israeli military units.
State Dept Finds Israel Has Committed “Hundreds” of Potential Violations That Would Render Arms Transfers Illegal
The State Department has a bespoke process for probes into Israel that is deferential to its military.
truthout.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A classified State Department report released just days before the current ceasefire agreement went into effect found that Israel has committed “many hundreds” of potential human rights violations in Gaza that would render it illegal to continue sending weapons to many Israeli military units.
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WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
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Step 4 The US increasingly becomes a pariah state as the tourism industry continues to bleed, foreign businesses rethink US investments and college-aged students & researchers increasingly reject the idea of studying in the US. If the tariffs don't get us, the economic and cultural isolation will.
October 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Step 4 The US increasingly becomes a pariah state as the tourism industry continues to bleed, foreign businesses rethink US investments and college-aged students & researchers increasingly reject the idea of studying in the US. If the tariffs don't get us, the economic and cultural isolation will.
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Step one: Trump allegedly bombs boat of fishermen, killing innocent people.
Step two: President of Colombia says U.S. bombed boat killing innocent fishermen.
Step three: Trump ends aid and any relations with Colombia. Calls President of Colombia names.
This is how the us operatives in 2025.
Step two: President of Colombia says U.S. bombed boat killing innocent fishermen.
Step three: Trump ends aid and any relations with Colombia. Calls President of Colombia names.
This is how the us operatives in 2025.
October 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Step one: Trump allegedly bombs boat of fishermen, killing innocent people.
Step two: President of Colombia says U.S. bombed boat killing innocent fishermen.
Step three: Trump ends aid and any relations with Colombia. Calls President of Colombia names.
This is how the us operatives in 2025.
Step two: President of Colombia says U.S. bombed boat killing innocent fishermen.
Step three: Trump ends aid and any relations with Colombia. Calls President of Colombia names.
This is how the us operatives in 2025.
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Deep dive for @meidastouch.com on 1929 and 2009 differences and parallels. Wall Street had built a moat to insulate itself from its own reckless behavior and Trump is driving the economy into the ground.
Trump’s FATAL DECISION today is Identical TO GREAT DEPRESSION
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Deep dive for @meidastouch.com on 1929 and 2009 differences and parallels. Wall Street had built a moat to insulate itself from its own reckless behavior and Trump is driving the economy into the ground.
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Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
October 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
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This whole “ Dems want to give free healthcare to illegal immigrants” lie just illustrates how much they’ve got us fighting over crumbs,
October 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This whole “ Dems want to give free healthcare to illegal immigrants” lie just illustrates how much they’ve got us fighting over crumbs,
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Delays have occurred before but explanations and a new release date have always been provided. Not so here.
September 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Delays have occurred before but explanations and a new release date have always been provided. Not so here.
