Joe Rugola
@joerugola.bsky.social
IT oddball, West coast night owl, reader. He/him
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"But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have gone woke, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it."
February 15, 2026 at 9:49 AM
"But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have gone woke, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it."
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had a very respectful chat about theology tonight
February 14, 2026 at 4:59 AM
had a very respectful chat about theology tonight
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millions of children will die but it might erode American soft power a little bit relative to Russia and China so who’s to say if demolishing USAID was bad or not
February 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
millions of children will die but it might erode American soft power a little bit relative to Russia and China so who’s to say if demolishing USAID was bad or not
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Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.
February 11, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.
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We bought Article II of the United Nations Charter with the blood of a hundred million human beings, and less than a century later, it's being sold for nothing by people who don't even understand what they're doing.
i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
February 14, 2026 at 8:03 PM
We bought Article II of the United Nations Charter with the blood of a hundred million human beings, and less than a century later, it's being sold for nothing by people who don't even understand what they're doing.
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"I have some Reasonable Concerns about trans participation in women's sports which is why I support a worldwide crusade against transition care and trans recognition and want trans people unable to participate in public life or exist in society."
"Because of the Reasonable Concerns. About sports."
"Because of the Reasonable Concerns. About sports."
February 12, 2026 at 8:39 AM
"I have some Reasonable Concerns about trans participation in women's sports which is why I support a worldwide crusade against transition care and trans recognition and want trans people unable to participate in public life or exist in society."
"Because of the Reasonable Concerns. About sports."
"Because of the Reasonable Concerns. About sports."
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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Amazing to come together as a labor movement standing up to ICE.
The stakes are high. Recently, this administration's personal militia murdered a union member in broad daylight. Today, it gassed thousands of us members in Portland, preventing us from exercising our first amendment rights. UNLAWFUL!
The stakes are high. Recently, this administration's personal militia murdered a union member in broad daylight. Today, it gassed thousands of us members in Portland, preventing us from exercising our first amendment rights. UNLAWFUL!
February 1, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Amazing to come together as a labor movement standing up to ICE.
The stakes are high. Recently, this administration's personal militia murdered a union member in broad daylight. Today, it gassed thousands of us members in Portland, preventing us from exercising our first amendment rights. UNLAWFUL!
The stakes are high. Recently, this administration's personal militia murdered a union member in broad daylight. Today, it gassed thousands of us members in Portland, preventing us from exercising our first amendment rights. UNLAWFUL!
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It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM
It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
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Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
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If this was any other set of medical treatments, the entire medical community would be scrambling to study how they could improve their own treatments.
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
If this was any other set of medical treatments, the entire medical community would be scrambling to study how they could improve their own treatments.
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Motto of the coming decade
January 14, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Motto of the coming decade
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If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
January 11, 2026 at 9:28 AM
If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
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Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
January 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
Ex-f***ing-scuse me?
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Ex-f***ing-scuse me?
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These people are evil and hate you and you ought to return that hate.
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 6:14 AM
These people are evil and hate you and you ought to return that hate.
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today is a good day for democrats to put out statements reminding everyone who carries a gun for the government that if you get an illegal order, when the wheel turns those who quit rather than follow them will get their careers back and then some, & those who follow those orders will be prosecuted
January 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
today is a good day for democrats to put out statements reminding everyone who carries a gun for the government that if you get an illegal order, when the wheel turns those who quit rather than follow them will get their careers back and then some, & those who follow those orders will be prosecuted
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Five years ago today, Donald Trump ignited a violent mob to attack the Capitol and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power.
Last year, Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 of those insurrectionists.
It's an assault on American democracy.
Last year, Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 of those insurrectionists.
It's an assault on American democracy.
January 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Five years ago today, Donald Trump ignited a violent mob to attack the Capitol and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power.
Last year, Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 of those insurrectionists.
It's an assault on American democracy.
Last year, Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 of those insurrectionists.
It's an assault on American democracy.
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it's good to base your politics on compassion for the oppressed but it's also ok to have a little hate in your heart, as a treat.
January 5, 2026 at 12:45 AM
it's good to base your politics on compassion for the oppressed but it's also ok to have a little hate in your heart, as a treat.
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
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January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.