Grumpy Old Me.
@grumpyoldme.bsky.social
Just a guy looking at the world today and thinking...$#!@$!!! Navy veteran, world traveler, fantastic cook.
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Upcoming: 24 hour MAGA tirade about Joe Biden sabotaging Trump’s teleprompter by loading it with complete sentences.
December 18, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Upcoming: 24 hour MAGA tirade about Joe Biden sabotaging Trump’s teleprompter by loading it with complete sentences.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
Trump's economy.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
Trump's economy.
December 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
Trump's economy.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
Trump's economy.
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Imagine if Donald Trump had been President during WW II.
December 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Imagine if Donald Trump had been President during WW II.
Just reposting this from last December.
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Just reposting this from last December.
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ANA and Japan’s space agency are accelerating efforts to use sensors mounted on commercial jets to improve the monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions. 👉 ebx.sh/xqWaNg
December 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
ANA and Japan’s space agency are accelerating efforts to use sensors mounted on commercial jets to improve the monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions. 👉 ebx.sh/xqWaNg
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I really hate to miss Trump's speech tonight, but a friend invited me over to listen to Yoko Ono's Greatest Hits CD...and their speakers go all the way up to 11.
December 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I really hate to miss Trump's speech tonight, but a friend invited me over to listen to Yoko Ono's Greatest Hits CD...and their speakers go all the way up to 11.
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Japan’s internet can look a bit weird to outsiders — dense pages, information overload, text burned into images. But, like most things in Japan, there’s a cultural logic behind it.
Why Japan’s internet looks weird — unless you live here
A closer look at Japan’s maximalist web design shows how cultural values and practical needs create an online world richer than it appears.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Japan’s internet can look a bit weird to outsiders — dense pages, information overload, text burned into images. But, like most things in Japan, there’s a cultural logic behind it.
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It’s been a particularly heavy start to Hanukkah this year.
May the memories of those who were killed be a blessing.
May we keep in our minds the suffering of those injured.
And may we share our prayers with their families and the Jewish community in Australia.
May the memories of those who were killed be a blessing.
May we keep in our minds the suffering of those injured.
And may we share our prayers with their families and the Jewish community in Australia.
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It’s been a particularly heavy start to Hanukkah this year.
May the memories of those who were killed be a blessing.
May we keep in our minds the suffering of those injured.
And may we share our prayers with their families and the Jewish community in Australia.
May the memories of those who were killed be a blessing.
May we keep in our minds the suffering of those injured.
And may we share our prayers with their families and the Jewish community in Australia.
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Very interesting: Washington Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu (who's retiring soon) won't apply equal protection to invalidate discrimination against the poor because she's afraid of giving SCOTUS an opportunity to further weaken the 14th Amendment. Remarkably candid. www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...
![YU, J. (dissenting) — I agree with the majority’s summation of federal equal
protection law and its limited application to the issue before us. However, I cannot
overlook the inherent unfairness of disregarding the economic value of community
service used to pay legal financial obligations in Blake1 cases. Thus, I must dissent
from the majority in result.
Nevertheless, I cannot join the analysis proffered by the dissent of Justice
Mungia. I am not persuaded that current federal due process and equal protection
doctrines fit the fact pattern before us, and I am reluctant to attempt to expand
these doctrines at this time. Doing so risks weakening established jurisprudence
that is already being weakened, as the United States Supreme Court “retreat[s]
from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most.” United States v.
Skrmetti, 605 U.S. 495, 579, 145 S. Ct. 1816, 222 L. Ed. 2d 136 (2025)
(Sotomayor, J., dissenting).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreigdg42uobfcz47exzh545urdhsh3j55firp64l2smr632kvnhme6a@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Very interesting: Washington Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu (who's retiring soon) won't apply equal protection to invalidate discrimination against the poor because she's afraid of giving SCOTUS an opportunity to further weaken the 14th Amendment. Remarkably candid. www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...
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The Undocumented Underground Is Fighting Back Inside New York’s Notorious Immigration Court talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
The Undocumented Underground Is Fighting Back Inside New York’s Notorious Immigration Court
One day last month, a Peruvian mother and her daughter went into...
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December 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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A new study of the last 50 years of US pop music shows “a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity.”
Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023
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December 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A new study of the last 50 years of US pop music shows “a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity.”
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Haaa! Reminding him he’s full of shit..Still!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
December 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Haaa! Reminding him he’s full of shit..Still!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Growing concern? If this wasn’t your concern from day one, then you have way more faith in this DoJ than I do!
DAY AHEAD: Growing concern that the Epstein case files have been altered or tainted … ahead of their public release
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Growing concern the Epstein case files have been altered or tainted.. ahead of their public release
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS
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December 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Growing concern? If this wasn’t your concern from day one, then you have way more faith in this DoJ than I do!
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I think this is probably a new era of grand jury practice where there is communal awareness of abusive policing.
The GJ just doesn't believe the state.
I'm not an expert on the history of grand juries, but my sense is that this is the first time we are seeing that phenomenon at scale.
The GJ just doesn't believe the state.
I'm not an expert on the history of grand juries, but my sense is that this is the first time we are seeing that phenomenon at scale.
JUST IN: Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Snell just confirmed, at the prodding of U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling, that this motion for dismissal followed a "no bill" from a grand jury.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
U.S. prosecutors in Chicago are dropping another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz, "without prejudice."
It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint.
The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.
It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint.
The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I think this is probably a new era of grand jury practice where there is communal awareness of abusive policing.
The GJ just doesn't believe the state.
I'm not an expert on the history of grand juries, but my sense is that this is the first time we are seeing that phenomenon at scale.
The GJ just doesn't believe the state.
I'm not an expert on the history of grand juries, but my sense is that this is the first time we are seeing that phenomenon at scale.
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The best reading of this article: Trump is going to use FDA to restrict medication abortion, but he wants to wait until after the midterms so the Republicans don't experience blowback. But that just makes the midterms more important. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
FDA Slow Walking a Long-Awaited Abortion Pill Safety Study
The Food and Drug Administration has delayed a promised review of safety data for the abortion drug mifepristone at Commissioner Marty Makary’s request to put it off until after the midterm elections,...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The best reading of this article: Trump is going to use FDA to restrict medication abortion, but he wants to wait until after the midterms so the Republicans don't experience blowback. But that just makes the midterms more important. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Want to add that people CHOOSE to be citizens. It's like getting married. You fall in love. You get to know the in laws and their beliefs. And you decide you want to spend the rest of your life with them.
These folks were snubbed at the alter by the crazy uncle you don't want at Thanksgiving.
These folks were snubbed at the alter by the crazy uncle you don't want at Thanksgiving.
December 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Want to add that people CHOOSE to be citizens. It's like getting married. You fall in love. You get to know the in laws and their beliefs. And you decide you want to spend the rest of your life with them.
These folks were snubbed at the alter by the crazy uncle you don't want at Thanksgiving.
These folks were snubbed at the alter by the crazy uncle you don't want at Thanksgiving.
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“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
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the supreme court birthright citizenship case will not determine the answer to any constitutional question, but it will determine which justices do not meet the bar’s character and fitness requirements
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
the supreme court birthright citizenship case will not determine the answer to any constitutional question, but it will determine which justices do not meet the bar’s character and fitness requirements
This is bad policy on so many levels.
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
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There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
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December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is bad policy on so many levels.
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On the bright side, MAGATS have no issue with self-identifing. One can spot them from a safe distance.
December 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
On the bright side, MAGATS have no issue with self-identifing. One can spot them from a safe distance.
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Not sure this tell me much one way or the other abt the larger political/societal debates about AI. But this fascinating science. Working of scientists believes they're now able to decode or understand the language of sperm whales using AI/LLMs. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | I’m a Marine Biologist. This Is How I Talk to Whales.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Not sure this tell me much one way or the other abt the larger political/societal debates about AI. But this fascinating science. Working of scientists believes they're now able to decode or understand the language of sperm whales using AI/LLMs. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...