Strix Varia
@peterb77.bsky.social
Pro Democracy, Photographer, Birder, Trekkie, IDIC, 🖖🙂
“With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." - Jean-Luc Picard
“With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." - Jean-Luc Picard
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What the absolute [expletive] was that?!?
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
What the absolute [expletive] was that?!?
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This could have been an email.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This could have been an email.
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
"Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars, LOTR, or Marvel."
December 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars, LOTR, or Marvel."
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CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
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“I’m a Grok guy” tells you absolutely everything you need to know about a dude.
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“I’m a Grok guy” tells you absolutely everything you need to know about a dude.
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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Alternate headline: Elise Stefanik announces retirement from politics.
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Alternate headline: Elise Stefanik announces retirement from politics.
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So it turns out that Trump, not Biden, is the one who didn’t know who he was pardoning.
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
So it turns out that Trump, not Biden, is the one who didn’t know who he was pardoning.
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ICE in Portland: “Dear God, they’re Jazzercising in formation! Light ‘em up!”
October 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
ICE in Portland: “Dear God, they’re Jazzercising in formation! Light ‘em up!”
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When a bad man does a good thing, he does not cease to be a bad man. This is a complicated moment in the Middle East. Each of us must work to make sense of it. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
Joy. Sorrow. Fury. Disgust. And Hope. All at Once.
Reacting to this disorienting, misrepresented, misperceived moment in the Middle East.
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
When a bad man does a good thing, he does not cease to be a bad man. This is a complicated moment in the Middle East. Each of us must work to make sense of it. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
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I saw this, laughed, changed screens and now I can't find it again or I would credit it fully: Someone described Kid Rock, who was apparently attempting to opine on something tonight, as being "the human equivalent of an above-ground pool."
Perfect.
Perfect.
October 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I saw this, laughed, changed screens and now I can't find it again or I would credit it fully: Someone described Kid Rock, who was apparently attempting to opine on something tonight, as being "the human equivalent of an above-ground pool."
Perfect.
Perfect.
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MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
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Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.
October 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
What a vile, dishonest, immoral human being.
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
October 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
What a vile, dishonest, immoral human being.
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There was a time when I thought Bill Barr was as bad as they could get.
Then Pam Bondi speaks.
Then Pam Bondi speaks.
October 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There was a time when I thought Bill Barr was as bad as they could get.
Then Pam Bondi speaks.
Then Pam Bondi speaks.
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“.. Lower population growth as the president presses ahead with mass deportations will knock between 0.5 and one percentage points off America’s GDP growth between mid-2025 and mid-2026, according to S&P Global Ratings.”
@telegraphnews.bsky.social
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October 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“.. Lower population growth as the president presses ahead with mass deportations will knock between 0.5 and one percentage points off America’s GDP growth between mid-2025 and mid-2026, according to S&P Global Ratings.”
@telegraphnews.bsky.social
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Not just a trait of the MAGA politicians, but also of their voters. In fact, I think being unkind to people they dislike is what motivates many of them to the polls. Sad.
The thing that bothers me so much is not the “we have to enforce our borders and laws.” We do.
It’s the giddy joy and celebration they have at the misery of people far less fortunate.
Always punching down
It’s the giddy joy and celebration they have at the misery of people far less fortunate.
Always punching down
October 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Not just a trait of the MAGA politicians, but also of their voters. In fact, I think being unkind to people they dislike is what motivates many of them to the polls. Sad.
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Judging by their speeches, neither Trump nor Hegseth has paid the slightest attention to how actual wars are being fought in the actual world. The “war fighting” and “lethality” they plan is inside their own country and comes from conflicts inside their own minds.
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Judging by their speeches, neither Trump nor Hegseth has paid the slightest attention to how actual wars are being fought in the actual world. The “war fighting” and “lethality” they plan is inside their own country and comes from conflicts inside their own minds.
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What I would give for a completely honest, anonymous assessment of this appalling and ludicrous spectacle from the commanders in the room.
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What I would give for a completely honest, anonymous assessment of this appalling and ludicrous spectacle from the commanders in the room.