Graham Bolton
@gbolton.bsky.social
Dutch ex-Brit tuba-playing gay computer scientist who regards 'woke' as a compliment. Entrepreneur since 1989, now working on TypeScript#SQL, a programming language written for and by web developers
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Elon Musk: The Bigot in Full
This, I think it is safe to say, did not age well:
www.thebulwark.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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I’ll be posting this today
January 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’ll be posting this today
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Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
January 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
Running short on Ketamine, or is his mind swimming in it?
January 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Running short on Ketamine, or is his mind swimming in it?
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“Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ But conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’ And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but because conscience tells one it is right.”
MLK Jr
MLK Jr
martin luther king jr. is standing in front of a microphone giving a speech .
Alt: martin luther king jr. is standing in front of a microphone giving a speech .
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ But conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’ And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but because conscience tells one it is right.”
MLK Jr
MLK Jr
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Obama’s inauguration -
28 degrees
I’m going to leave this here ALL day Jan. 20 …..🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
28 degrees
I’m going to leave this here ALL day Jan. 20 …..🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
January 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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January 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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State-owned and controlled media, as part of "small government", is necessary for "free speech".
Not.
Not.
And there it is. Scam and grift revealed. Watch who gets rich off this. Interested also to see how legacy media covers this, which has been putrid so far.
January 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
State-owned and controlled media, as part of "small government", is necessary for "free speech".
Not.
Not.
I wonder what would happen if his supporters, some of whom paid handsomely to attend the inauguration and are now being excluded "because it is cold outside", were to storm the Capitol?
January 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I wonder what would happen if his supporters, some of whom paid handsomely to attend the inauguration and are now being excluded "because it is cold outside", were to storm the Capitol?
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Jealous Trump Throws Own State Funeral To Upstage Carter’s
theonion.com/jealous...
theonion.com/jealous...
Jealous Trump Throws Own State Funeral To Upstage Carter’s
WASHINGTON—Peeking out of his coffin with one eye open, a jealous President-elect Donald Trump reportedly threw his own state funeral Thursday in an effort to upstage the late Jimmy Carter’s ceremony. “I’m way deader than he is,” mumbled Trump, who lay at the opposite end of the National Cathedral as his senior aides attempted to […]
theonion.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Jealous Trump Throws Own State Funeral To Upstage Carter’s
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theonion.com/jealous...
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One benefit of being older I guess
January 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
One benefit of being older I guess
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In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North…
propub.li
January 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
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2014: the movie Idiocracy is basically a documentary
2024: the movie Idiocracy is a beautiful and aspirational look at a future brighter than our own. a tantalizing glimpse into a better world that has already slipped from our fingertips.
2024: the movie Idiocracy is a beautiful and aspirational look at a future brighter than our own. a tantalizing glimpse into a better world that has already slipped from our fingertips.
November 23, 2024 at 4:07 AM
2014: the movie Idiocracy is basically a documentary
2024: the movie Idiocracy is a beautiful and aspirational look at a future brighter than our own. a tantalizing glimpse into a better world that has already slipped from our fingertips.
2024: the movie Idiocracy is a beautiful and aspirational look at a future brighter than our own. a tantalizing glimpse into a better world that has already slipped from our fingertips.
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I made a blocklist for some of the new showing up to troll anti trans folks. No oxygen for these schmoes! bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 18, 2024 at 11:25 PM
I made a blocklist for some of the new showing up to troll anti trans folks. No oxygen for these schmoes! bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Now that they destroyed their own neighborhood, the Maga/Elon trolls are rolling in to BlueSky.
My recommendation is to block early, on the first offense, without explanation.
Here are my rules why I block them:
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
My recommendation is to block early, on the first offense, without explanation.
Here are my rules why I block them:
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
This Is Why I Blocked You
A list for my MAGA trolls.
open.substack.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Now that they destroyed their own neighborhood, the Maga/Elon trolls are rolling in to BlueSky.
My recommendation is to block early, on the first offense, without explanation.
Here are my rules why I block them:
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
My recommendation is to block early, on the first offense, without explanation.
Here are my rules why I block them:
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
"Grubby little control freak"
-- Vivian Gemma Wilson's excellently accurate and succinct four word description of her father
-- Vivian Gemma Wilson's excellently accurate and succinct four word description of her father
November 16, 2024 at 1:05 PM
"Grubby little control freak"
-- Vivian Gemma Wilson's excellently accurate and succinct four word description of her father
-- Vivian Gemma Wilson's excellently accurate and succinct four word description of her father