F Rob
@frobertponderosa.bsky.social
Here until a billionaire buys it.
I tend to follow anyone who says sensible things backed by data.
“Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.” - Jonathan Swift
I tend to follow anyone who says sensible things backed by data.
“Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.” - Jonathan Swift
Reminder: most of the Nazi concentration camps were outside Germany.
ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and send
www.mprnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Reminder: most of the Nazi concentration camps were outside Germany.
Admittedly, it’s a tough moral quandary but I land on the side of giving space to properly develop SRM in case we need it as a last resort. SRM is a potentially dangerous Band-Aid but nothing on the horizon competes on immediacy of effect (on global temps) or cost.
Smart argument against a moratorium for deployment of sunlight reflection SRM from Sue Biniaz (former top US climate negotiator) and @bodansk.bsky.social (environmental lawyer).
www.justsecurity.org...
www.justsecurity.org...
Why Global “Moratorium” on SRM Deployment Should Get a Chilly Reception
A bottom-up norm-setting approach would rectify the concerns of agreeing to a global moratorium on solar radiation management deployment.
www.justsecurity.org
May 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Admittedly, it’s a tough moral quandary but I land on the side of giving space to properly develop SRM in case we need it as a last resort. SRM is a potentially dangerous Band-Aid but nothing on the horizon competes on immediacy of effect (on global temps) or cost.
“they correctly mimic the aesthetic of things we find true” nails it perfectly
There are many, many obviously incorrect claims in there - but it is packed with links, references, and technical-sounding jargon that is sometimes very correct.
**this** is why chatbots have such extreme new bullshitting power: they correctly mimic the aesthetic of things we find true
**this** is why chatbots have such extreme new bullshitting power: they correctly mimic the aesthetic of things we find true
May 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“they correctly mimic the aesthetic of things we find true” nails it perfectly
So much winning
U.S. auto loans applications are being rejected at the highest rate in more than a decade #EconSky
March 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
So much winning
Is anything quite as annoying as when you find a great pangram in @nytimes.com #spellingbee but it’s not allowed.
LAVATORIAL
LAVATORIAL
March 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is anything quite as annoying as when you find a great pangram in @nytimes.com #spellingbee but it’s not allowed.
LAVATORIAL
LAVATORIAL
Even more interesting if you think about how those circles are growing or shrinking
1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
March 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Even more interesting if you think about how those circles are growing or shrinking
⬇️ stocks
⬇️ crypto
⬆️ eggs
⬆️ measles
Any questions?
⬇️ crypto
⬆️ eggs
⬆️ measles
Any questions?
March 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
⬇️ stocks
⬇️ crypto
⬆️ eggs
⬆️ measles
Any questions?
⬇️ crypto
⬆️ eggs
⬆️ measles
Any questions?
Same as it’s ever been?
When have we ever been trustable to not flip-flop or pull out precipitously from foreign entanglements?
Afghanistan 2021
Iraq 2011, 2021
Somalia 1994
Lebanon 1984
Vietnam 1973
Korea 1953
China (civil war) 1949
Philippines 1902
Samoa 1889
Etc
When have we ever been trustable to not flip-flop or pull out precipitously from foreign entanglements?
Afghanistan 2021
Iraq 2011, 2021
Somalia 1994
Lebanon 1984
Vietnam 1973
Korea 1953
China (civil war) 1949
Philippines 1902
Samoa 1889
Etc
America is over. There is no coming back from this.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
February 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Same as it’s ever been?
When have we ever been trustable to not flip-flop or pull out precipitously from foreign entanglements?
Afghanistan 2021
Iraq 2011, 2021
Somalia 1994
Lebanon 1984
Vietnam 1973
Korea 1953
China (civil war) 1949
Philippines 1902
Samoa 1889
Etc
When have we ever been trustable to not flip-flop or pull out precipitously from foreign entanglements?
Afghanistan 2021
Iraq 2011, 2021
Somalia 1994
Lebanon 1984
Vietnam 1973
Korea 1953
China (civil war) 1949
Philippines 1902
Samoa 1889
Etc
London advertisement
February 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
London advertisement
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Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88
Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88
Much-loved singer known for Killing Me Softly With His Song, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson, had suffered a stroke in 2016
Roberta Flack, the US singer behind a string of hits including Killing Me…
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88
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These are brown shirts, and this is Nazi behavior.
We are not in a fight between right and left anymore. This is a fight between Americans and those who would bend the knee to a king. If you care about the soul of this country, we have to stand for each other.
We are not in a fight between right and left anymore. This is a fight between Americans and those who would bend the knee to a king. If you care about the soul of this country, we have to stand for each other.
There's going to be news about a woman illegally detained and being forcely removed from a Coeur d'Alene Idaho Town Hall meeting taking place at the high school by men that would not identify themselves wearing plain clothes because she opposed the republican viewpoints.
youtube.com/shorts/hhJdH...
youtube.com/shorts/hhJdH...
KCRCC Town Hall in Coeur d'Alene Idaho woman illegally detained
YouTube video by Devin Prewett
youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
These are brown shirts, and this is Nazi behavior.
We are not in a fight between right and left anymore. This is a fight between Americans and those who would bend the knee to a king. If you care about the soul of this country, we have to stand for each other.
We are not in a fight between right and left anymore. This is a fight between Americans and those who would bend the knee to a king. If you care about the soul of this country, we have to stand for each other.
So much this.
You know what the mid-20th century descent into facism did not have?
Climate change.
Do you know what is great at creating a facism positive feedback loop?
Climate-linked disasters.
Don't mind me I'll be learning how to distill my own liquor for when I can't afford booze or sobriety.
Climate change.
Do you know what is great at creating a facism positive feedback loop?
Climate-linked disasters.
Don't mind me I'll be learning how to distill my own liquor for when I can't afford booze or sobriety.
February 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
So much this.
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Keir Starmer op-ed in @telegraphnews.bsky.social tomorrow ✊🚩🇬🇧🇺🇦 It’s happening. Finally. Thank you, Prime Minister.
February 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Keir Starmer op-ed in @telegraphnews.bsky.social tomorrow ✊🚩🇬🇧🇺🇦 It’s happening. Finally. Thank you, Prime Minister.
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Hold the fuck on — the so-called “anti-woke” party has two daddies?
February 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Hold the fuck on — the so-called “anti-woke” party has two daddies?
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Makes watergate look like checkers
Chris Murphy: "I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate. The president is attempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes ... he's trying to crush his opposition ... this is a red alert moment ... our democracy is at risk"
February 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Makes watergate look like checkers
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He was homeschooled so this is particularly devastating
February 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
He was homeschooled so this is particularly devastating
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This probably isn’t the developers’ top priority (although it should be), but I’d love to see the Bluesky app have an option to switch to the Julian calendar for those of us who reject the lies of Pope Gregory XIII
February 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This probably isn’t the developers’ top priority (although it should be), but I’d love to see the Bluesky app have an option to switch to the Julian calendar for those of us who reject the lies of Pope Gregory XIII
I’m sorry but whenever I read “bain-marie” in a recipe I think “surely that’s a sex thing”.
February 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I’m sorry but whenever I read “bain-marie” in a recipe I think “surely that’s a sex thing”.
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Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
2025 just set a record for the highest yearly minimum global surface temperature, and likely the highest minimum in the last 120,000 years.
This year's record high minimum of 13.13°C was set on January 13, 2025.
Code Yikes!
2025 just set a record for the highest yearly minimum global surface temperature, and likely the highest minimum in the last 120,000 years.
This year's record high minimum of 13.13°C was set on January 13, 2025.
February 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
2025 just set a record for the highest yearly minimum global surface temperature, and likely the highest minimum in the last 120,000 years.
This year's record high minimum of 13.13°C was set on January 13, 2025.
Code Yikes!
2025 just set a record for the highest yearly minimum global surface temperature, and likely the highest minimum in the last 120,000 years.
This year's record high minimum of 13.13°C was set on January 13, 2025.
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Relax everyone I'm sure robert mueller will come through
February 7, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Relax everyone I'm sure robert mueller will come through
I fear Bruce Willis is too diminished to help this time.
February 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I fear Bruce Willis is too diminished to help this time.
The people who voted for the human hand-grenade seem awfully surprised that arms and legs are getting blown off.
February 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The people who voted for the human hand-grenade seem awfully surprised that arms and legs are getting blown off.
So the battle of our time is the autist libertarians (with fascist tendencies) vs the statist institutionalists.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
January 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
So the battle of our time is the autist libertarians (with fascist tendencies) vs the statist institutionalists.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
This isn’t just a train wreck, it’s a train crashing into a three ring circus featuring a bull in a china shop, a goat rodeo, a cat herder, Keystone Cops riding in a clown car, all capering for a ring leader carrying 10lbs of elephant shit in a 5lb bag.
January 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This isn’t just a train wreck, it’s a train crashing into a three ring circus featuring a bull in a china shop, a goat rodeo, a cat herder, Keystone Cops riding in a clown car, all capering for a ring leader carrying 10lbs of elephant shit in a 5lb bag.