Ed Broyles
@edwardbroyles.bsky.social
Retired corporate whore. Post about bicycling, photography, scale modeling, some politics. I live in Ashland, Oregon with a spouse, a daughter, and a rascally black lab named Oliver. Profile pic is November sunrise in the eastern Sierra.
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This shows what a small number of people there are who really want the US to be a theocracy.
This shows what a small number of people there are who really want the US to be a theocracy.
The great unchurching of America
A seismic shift in religion is upon U.S.
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December 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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This shows what a small number of people there are who really want the US to be a theocracy.
This shows what a small number of people there are who really want the US to be a theocracy.
North Koreans learn to use AI.
North Korea released new images of what it claims is its first nuclear-powered submarine, a massive vessel equal in size to some of the United States Navy's attack subs. https://cnn.it/4pN1Xj0
December 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
North Koreans learn to use AI.
Chilling. Those "Designated Terrorist Organizations" can be anything now. Start naming groups Trump and his minions don't like - NAACP, NRDC, Sierra Club, any Dem PAC. The Democratic Party? Who would stop them?
This startling admission comes after months of extrajudicial killings of alleged members or affiliates of "Designated Terrorist Organizations" in the waters near Venezuela, which experts and lawmakers say are outright murders.
U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
interc.pt
December 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Chilling. Those "Designated Terrorist Organizations" can be anything now. Start naming groups Trump and his minions don't like - NAACP, NRDC, Sierra Club, any Dem PAC. The Democratic Party? Who would stop them?
I'm seriously concerned about his health, too. That it isn't failing fast enough.
Dr. Jonathan Reiner on why he was alarmed by Trump's speech: "It was delivered with a manic cadence -- almost a frantic cadence ... it was disturbing to watch. It was disturbing because he's the commander in chief."
December 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I'm seriously concerned about his health, too. That it isn't failing fast enough.
Just when I think I can’t hate him anymore.
White House installs plaques mocking former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
White House installs plaques mocking former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
White House installs plaques mocking former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden
The Biden plaque refers to him as “Sleepy Joe Biden” and calls him “the worst President in American History.”
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Just when I think I can’t hate him anymore.
White House installs plaques mocking former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
White House installs plaques mocking former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
I mean who hasn’t been sitting around the kitchen table talking about how threatened they feel by Venezuela?
December 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I mean who hasn’t been sitting around the kitchen table talking about how threatened they feel by Venezuela?
Yeah, I've called male aspects of the reproductive process many slang words over the years, but "Business" wasn't one of them. Seems obvious now.
December 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Yeah, I've called male aspects of the reproductive process many slang words over the years, but "Business" wasn't one of them. Seems obvious now.
Bro says "No hunting? Wut?" Rough Legged Hawk at the Lower Klamath Wildlife Refuge 12/14. For you camera nerds - Canon R7, F7.1, 1/500, ISO160. #Birds
December 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Bro says "No hunting? Wut?" Rough Legged Hawk at the Lower Klamath Wildlife Refuge 12/14. For you camera nerds - Canon R7, F7.1, 1/500, ISO160. #Birds
Frum is truly awful.
Good to know that David Frum is always on the wrong side
December 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Frum is truly awful.
A little champagne gravel in the Ashland, Oregon watershed yesterday. It was foggy and cold in the valley. Sunny and warm up higher. Rare we can even ride this road in December. We need snow.
December 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A little champagne gravel in the Ashland, Oregon watershed yesterday. It was foggy and cold in the valley. Sunny and warm up higher. Rare we can even ride this road in December. We need snow.
Where I live the far right blames rich people from California for housing shortages and prices.
Secretary Scott Turner: "We need to continue to deport illegals that are taking houses from the American people"
December 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Where I live the far right blames rich people from California for housing shortages and prices.
What's going to stop this administration from collecting data on naturalized citizens and "de-naturalizing" them because of their party affiliation?
www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
The DHS Data Grab Is Putting US Citizens at Risk
As the US government rapidly merges data from across agencies in service of draconian immigration policies, citizens increasingly risk being caught up as well.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What's going to stop this administration from collecting data on naturalized citizens and "de-naturalizing" them because of their party affiliation?
www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
"Residents object . . . fill in the blank" is pretty much the Ashland way.
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www.ijpr.org/environment-...
Residents object to solar project planned at Ashland’s northern entrance
The 1.4 megawatt solar farm would sit just north of Ashland, off Highway 99.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Residents object . . . fill in the blank" is pretty much the Ashland way.
www.ijpr.org/environment-...
www.ijpr.org/environment-...
No one is asking for this. It's just a vague allusion to a "better" time that never actually existed.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
No one is asking for this. It's just a vague allusion to a "better" time that never actually existed.
This is a good read.
".. in his return to the presidency this year, Trump has seldom ventured across the country to anywhere other than his own clubs. .. Everyone around Trump, and everything he is seeing on TV and on his phone, is telling him that he’s right."
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is a good read.
I love this from the senators in my native state.
Senator Ruben Gallego didn't mince words. Read the full daily bulletin: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I love this from the senators in my native state.
Here's my peace plan. Get the fuck out of Ukraine's sovereign territory, and we'll maybe, possibly, after a while, think, at least a little, about asking (nicely) the rest of the world to remove sanctions.
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Here's my peace plan. Get the fuck out of Ukraine's sovereign territory, and we'll maybe, possibly, after a while, think, at least a little, about asking (nicely) the rest of the world to remove sanctions.
I still haven't heard that we're invading Little Rock, which has the fourth highest crime rate in the nation. Or maybe Salt Lake City, which has the 17th.
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I still haven't heard that we're invading Little Rock, which has the fourth highest crime rate in the nation. Or maybe Salt Lake City, which has the 17th.
Just a nice photo of a birding friend looking out over the upper Rogue Valley, which is under a thick inversion. This is from almost on top of Mt. Ashland in Oregon yesterday, where we were searching for a rarely seen (in these parts) Snow Bunting, which we heard but did not see. #birds
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Just a nice photo of a birding friend looking out over the upper Rogue Valley, which is under a thick inversion. This is from almost on top of Mt. Ashland in Oregon yesterday, where we were searching for a rarely seen (in these parts) Snow Bunting, which we heard but did not see. #birds
Back from a few days at Sacramento and Colusa refuges in California. Saw many thousands of geese and other waterfowl. Witnessed the female mallards viciously chasing each other and got a few decent photos. #birds
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Back from a few days at Sacramento and Colusa refuges in California. Saw many thousands of geese and other waterfowl. Witnessed the female mallards viciously chasing each other and got a few decent photos. #birds
The Democrats’ new platform: Hope it works out. Jesus we’re screwed.
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The Democrats’ new platform: Hope it works out. Jesus we’re screwed.
You first Tubbs!
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Yikes. Mamdani bringing fire.
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Yikes. Mamdani bringing fire.
This is utter insanity. The millions that voted for this bullshit deserve all the bad shit that's about to happen to them.
October 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is utter insanity. The millions that voted for this bullshit deserve all the bad shit that's about to happen to them.