MN Grubert
@grsmn.bsky.social
Optimistic Stoic. musician, electronics, computers, construction, builder, occasional McGyver.
People watcher; amazing species. What will become of them?
People watcher; amazing species. What will become of them?
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MN Grubert
@grsmn.bsky.social
· May 24
My mission is to write clearly and affirmatively.
It's common to use metaphor and imagery, which is fine, but it can lead to misunderstanding. Overuse is obfuscatory, excessive use is a red flag of intentional bullshitting.
But I get it, a lot of folk are reluctant to say what they really mean.
It's common to use metaphor and imagery, which is fine, but it can lead to misunderstanding. Overuse is obfuscatory, excessive use is a red flag of intentional bullshitting.
But I get it, a lot of folk are reluctant to say what they really mean.
SCOTUS imperial rule can most quickly be solved by Jurisdiction Stripping.
Here's a funny bit of mumbo jumbo claiming JS "won't work" because.. get this, it damages the Separation Of Powers.
So we forced to have a dictator, lest we damage our precious SOP.
columbialawreview.org/content/the-...
Here's a funny bit of mumbo jumbo claiming JS "won't work" because.. get this, it damages the Separation Of Powers.
So we forced to have a dictator, lest we damage our precious SOP.
columbialawreview.org/content/the-...
December 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
SCOTUS imperial rule can most quickly be solved by Jurisdiction Stripping.
Here's a funny bit of mumbo jumbo claiming JS "won't work" because.. get this, it damages the Separation Of Powers.
So we forced to have a dictator, lest we damage our precious SOP.
columbialawreview.org/content/the-...
Here's a funny bit of mumbo jumbo claiming JS "won't work" because.. get this, it damages the Separation Of Powers.
So we forced to have a dictator, lest we damage our precious SOP.
columbialawreview.org/content/the-...
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Trump thrives on cruelty.
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trump thrives on cruelty.
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New post: "Async and finaliser deadlocks", based on an accidental poke from a recent episode of the excellent @oxide.computer podcast tratt.net/laurie/blog/...
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New post: "Async and finaliser deadlocks", based on an accidental poke from a recent episode of the excellent @oxide.computer podcast tratt.net/laurie/blog/...
It outraged me at the time, and created the frame by which Trump is merely is the same crap, just piled higher and deeper.
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
It outraged me at the time, and created the frame by which Trump is merely is the same crap, just piled higher and deeper.
I feel there's a certain "horse sense" aspect to this, yet so many humans don't appear to get it.
Great read.
Great read.
Reading the Fine Print: Unmasking Hidden Assumptions (Essay #13)
Reading the Fine Print: Unmasking Hidden Assumptions (Essay #13)
Every argument has hidden assumptions connecting evidence to conclusions. Learning to find them - and evaluate them - is how you stop accepting bad reasoning from your own side.
rachelandthecity.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I feel there's a certain "horse sense" aspect to this, yet so many humans don't appear to get it.
Great read.
Great read.
Fresh from the Zombie Apocalypse..
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Fresh from the Zombie Apocalypse..
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The Kremlin has announced their employees of the month.
December 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Kremlin has announced their employees of the month.
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Senator Chris Murphy speaks the truth! Trump's Ukraine "peace deal" is just a mafia corruption scheme to enrich Trump's family and friends by selling out Ukraine.
December 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Senator Chris Murphy speaks the truth! Trump's Ukraine "peace deal" is just a mafia corruption scheme to enrich Trump's family and friends by selling out Ukraine.
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The US is down at least $30 billion in tourism for 2025. International boycotts and a loss in appeal to visit due to Donald Trump has resulted in millions of trips canceled.
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The US is down at least $30 billion in tourism for 2025. International boycotts and a loss in appeal to visit due to Donald Trump has resulted in millions of trips canceled.
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Felon Trump’s America is disgusting.
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Felon Trump’s America is disgusting.
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I've always thought that the whole "natural immunity is the best way to protect people" thing was a bit like saying "getting pregnant is the best form of birth control."
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I've always thought that the whole "natural immunity is the best way to protect people" thing was a bit like saying "getting pregnant is the best form of birth control."
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
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He's right.
The rest of the world are wondering when this madness ends and
the ONLY answer is
THE MADNESS ENDS WHEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DECIDES IT ENDS
The rest of the world are wondering when this madness ends and
the ONLY answer is
THE MADNESS ENDS WHEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DECIDES IT ENDS
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
He's right.
The rest of the world are wondering when this madness ends and
the ONLY answer is
THE MADNESS ENDS WHEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DECIDES IT ENDS
The rest of the world are wondering when this madness ends and
the ONLY answer is
THE MADNESS ENDS WHEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DECIDES IT ENDS
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Ukrainian defenders show harsh weather on the front in a new social media trend.
December 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Ukrainian defenders show harsh weather on the front in a new social media trend.
Billionaires are some of the worst people. Even the "good ones" are merely less awful than usual.
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Billionaires are some of the worst people. Even the "good ones" are merely less awful than usual.
Could it be Trump demands his minions to concoct phoney charge of very specific crimes; the crimes Trump knows about cause he crimed them himself, as all he knows about the world is what he has done in it?
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
December 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Could it be Trump demands his minions to concoct phoney charge of very specific crimes; the crimes Trump knows about cause he crimed them himself, as all he knows about the world is what he has done in it?
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This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
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"Russia has welcomed Donald Trump's new US National Security Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New US Security Strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Russia has welcomed Donald Trump's new US National Security Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
One problem getting people to understand this is poor awareness of numbers. Four or five orders of magnitude between merely being rich and having Elon Musk level oligarch wealth.
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
One problem getting people to understand this is poor awareness of numbers. Four or five orders of magnitude between merely being rich and having Elon Musk level oligarch wealth.
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Every time someone tells Musk no, he acts out & throws a tantrum. He presents a clear & present danger to the United States, NATO & its member states, the EU & its member states, & most other nation-states. He should be dealt with accordingly.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Every time someone tells Musk no, he acts out & throws a tantrum. He presents a clear & present danger to the United States, NATO & its member states, the EU & its member states, & most other nation-states. He should be dealt with accordingly.
When I see a clown show so clownish it feels intentional, I wonder what it's distracting me from.
Trump and his show, as deserving as they are of hatred, will nevertheless serve a protective role, being the main target of anger for actions done by not-clownish oligarchs who put him in power.
Trump and his show, as deserving as they are of hatred, will nevertheless serve a protective role, being the main target of anger for actions done by not-clownish oligarchs who put him in power.
Donald Trump chose incompetent and inexperienced people to lead top agencies in his administration. As a result, he undermined his own agenda. #Velshi
The Incompetence Undermining Trump’s Agenda
Donald Trump chose fealty and showmanship over experience and skill when choosing people for top positions in his administration. As a result, he undermined his own agenda, as his handpicked leaders get overrun with one scandal after another. Ali Velshi ticks through some examples of how Kash Patel, Kristi Noem, and Pete Hegseth are becoming liabilities to the White House and the country.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
When I see a clown show so clownish it feels intentional, I wonder what it's distracting me from.
Trump and his show, as deserving as they are of hatred, will nevertheless serve a protective role, being the main target of anger for actions done by not-clownish oligarchs who put him in power.
Trump and his show, as deserving as they are of hatred, will nevertheless serve a protective role, being the main target of anger for actions done by not-clownish oligarchs who put him in power.
In Madison v Marbury the Supreme Court "rewrote" the Constitution, giving themselves a fundamental and overarching power not explicitly granted by the original document.
A convenient power grab for oligarchs, it was normalized.
Now the game is too evident to ignore.
A convenient power grab for oligarchs, it was normalized.
Now the game is too evident to ignore.
There isn’t much for our Supreme Court to hear, the Constitution is already clear. And just to be absolutely clear: the Supreme Court does not have the power to overrule or rewrite our Constitution.
December 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In Madison v Marbury the Supreme Court "rewrote" the Constitution, giving themselves a fundamental and overarching power not explicitly granted by the original document.
A convenient power grab for oligarchs, it was normalized.
Now the game is too evident to ignore.
A convenient power grab for oligarchs, it was normalized.
Now the game is too evident to ignore.
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When Trump did his only natsec/foreign policy speech back in April 2016, I referred to it as national security narcissism & teased the Trump Doctrine out of it. You can read that at the link below.
This document goes well beyond natsec narcissism right to full on racist, revanchist beligerency. 2/
This document goes well beyond natsec narcissism right to full on racist, revanchist beligerency. 2/
Balloon Juice - Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Speech Part the Second: The Trump Doctrine
I’ve had a chance to read and reread the transcript of Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech, as well as reflect on both what was written and what was delivered. I will leave the fiskings and point by ...
balloon-juice.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
When Trump did his only natsec/foreign policy speech back in April 2016, I referred to it as national security narcissism & teased the Trump Doctrine out of it. You can read that at the link below.
This document goes well beyond natsec narcissism right to full on racist, revanchist beligerency. 2/
This document goes well beyond natsec narcissism right to full on racist, revanchist beligerency. 2/
Safety, safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety... x 1000.
No room left for freedom.
No room left for freedom.
This echoes what EFF’s @maassive.bsky.social and Rindala Alajaji reported last month about similar surveillance of protests all across the nation. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national
www.eff.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Safety, safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety,safety... x 1000.
No room left for freedom.
No room left for freedom.
I was stunned to learn that most kids ( millennials ) never experience bullying. My school years ( late boomer ) were soaked in it..
No, I didn't do it, but got it and saw others get it worse.
Still thinking leaded gasoline was main culprit.
No, I didn't do it, but got it and saw others get it worse.
Still thinking leaded gasoline was main culprit.
it is an underrated miracle of the 21st century that we really did massively, massively reduce bullying in schools
My experience as well. So far we're 2-for-2 on kids having a largely bullying/abuse-free middle school experience. Not without bumpy spots of course, but light years away from what I endured.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I was stunned to learn that most kids ( millennials ) never experience bullying. My school years ( late boomer ) were soaked in it..
No, I didn't do it, but got it and saw others get it worse.
Still thinking leaded gasoline was main culprit.
No, I didn't do it, but got it and saw others get it worse.
Still thinking leaded gasoline was main culprit.