Optimistic Rationalist
@rationalist44.bsky.social
Optimistic Enthusiast for humanity, worried by how dismally clueless our species still is. We're barely out of the primaeval mud in truth, yet we strut around behaving important
More soon - very recent joiner escaping the damaged political Twittter.
More soon - very recent joiner escaping the damaged political Twittter.
@meiselasb.bsky.social BEN greetings from the UK
- just wondered if you'd see this reaction over here, triggered by the novel exploits of messrs Trump/Vance/Miller/Patel/Noem/Bondi etc...
Sorry about this, but needs must..
"looking at dumping all things american" :- european-alternatives.eu
- just wondered if you'd see this reaction over here, triggered by the novel exploits of messrs Trump/Vance/Miller/Patel/Noem/Bondi etc...
Sorry about this, but needs must..
"looking at dumping all things american" :- european-alternatives.eu
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January 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
@meiselasb.bsky.social BEN greetings from the UK
- just wondered if you'd see this reaction over here, triggered by the novel exploits of messrs Trump/Vance/Miller/Patel/Noem/Bondi etc...
Sorry about this, but needs must..
"looking at dumping all things american" :- european-alternatives.eu
- just wondered if you'd see this reaction over here, triggered by the novel exploits of messrs Trump/Vance/Miller/Patel/Noem/Bondi etc...
Sorry about this, but needs must..
"looking at dumping all things american" :- european-alternatives.eu
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January 2, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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As the election year begins, my law firm is currently litigating 78 voting and election cases in 39 states.
The 2026 midterm elections are shaping up to be a fight to protect free and fair election. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
The 2026 midterm elections are shaping up to be a fight to protect free and fair election. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
January 2, 2026 at 2:41 AM
As the election year begins, my law firm is currently litigating 78 voting and election cases in 39 states.
The 2026 midterm elections are shaping up to be a fight to protect free and fair election. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
The 2026 midterm elections are shaping up to be a fight to protect free and fair election. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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I won't lie, this was a tough year for democracy. But we enter 2026 with hope and optimism for the year ahead. I wish you all a happy and healthy new year.
January 1, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I won't lie, this was a tough year for democracy. But we enter 2026 with hope and optimism for the year ahead. I wish you all a happy and healthy new year.
@kattybkay.bsky.social Katty pardon me if I have misremembered, but wasn't this Carlos chap the fraudster who scammed you with his 'new media empire' some years back ?
He was supposed to serve 10 years and pay $36 million in restitution for defrauding investors. Never served a day. Not Somali.
December 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@kattybkay.bsky.social Katty pardon me if I have misremembered, but wasn't this Carlos chap the fraudster who scammed you with his 'new media empire' some years back ?
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Here a novel idea, let’s let the survivors redact the Epstein files.
December 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Here a novel idea, let’s let the survivors redact the Epstein files.
December 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
@jimalkhalili.bsky.social
Professor just reading your article on the BBC:
www.sciencefocus.com/science/the-...
This is the sort of thing that intruigues so many of us. Forgive me posing some questions:
1. If time might be 'emergent' or otherwise not part of the fabric of the universe itself, >
Professor just reading your article on the BBC:
www.sciencefocus.com/science/the-...
This is the sort of thing that intruigues so many of us. Forgive me posing some questions:
1. If time might be 'emergent' or otherwise not part of the fabric of the universe itself, >
Time might not exist – and we're starting to understand why | BBC Science Focus Magazine
The closer we look at time, the stranger it gets
www.sciencefocus.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
@jimalkhalili.bsky.social
Professor just reading your article on the BBC:
www.sciencefocus.com/science/the-...
This is the sort of thing that intruigues so many of us. Forgive me posing some questions:
1. If time might be 'emergent' or otherwise not part of the fabric of the universe itself, >
Professor just reading your article on the BBC:
www.sciencefocus.com/science/the-...
This is the sort of thing that intruigues so many of us. Forgive me posing some questions:
1. If time might be 'emergent' or otherwise not part of the fabric of the universe itself, >
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What a sick, pathetic message from a mentally unfit person who at this blip in history, occupies what was, the white house.
And it’s all about this…⬇️
And it’s all about this…⬇️
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
What a sick, pathetic message from a mentally unfit person who at this blip in history, occupies what was, the white house.
And it’s all about this…⬇️
And it’s all about this…⬇️
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
@olbermann.bsky.social
@meiselasb.bsky.social
@politicsgirl.bsky.social
@katiephang.bsky.social
Just want to share this rare version of an epic track from happiet times past...
...hope it makes you smile like it does me :)
youtu.be/v--znY7yk84?...
@meiselasb.bsky.social
@politicsgirl.bsky.social
@katiephang.bsky.social
Just want to share this rare version of an epic track from happiet times past...
...hope it makes you smile like it does me :)
youtu.be/v--znY7yk84?...
Rapper's Delight Brian Williams feat Lester Holt
YouTube video by GK BackwardInduction
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
@olbermann.bsky.social
@meiselasb.bsky.social
@politicsgirl.bsky.social
@katiephang.bsky.social
Just want to share this rare version of an epic track from happiet times past...
...hope it makes you smile like it does me :)
youtu.be/v--znY7yk84?...
@meiselasb.bsky.social
@politicsgirl.bsky.social
@katiephang.bsky.social
Just want to share this rare version of an epic track from happiet times past...
...hope it makes you smile like it does me :)
youtu.be/v--znY7yk84?...
This SAME THING (see below re Maddow ) is now happening on YouTube also to @therickwilson.bsky.social
--completely bogus channel, pretending to BE him. AI voice and video
--completely bogus channel, pretending to BE him. AI voice and video
@maddow.msnbc.com
RACHEL there's another of these "AI Impersonators" on YT *pretending to BE you* >>>
This is going to be a menace unless Google do something to stop it: lots of well known people are having it happen - Brian Cox the physicist too
youtube.com/@voiceofmadd...
RACHEL there's another of these "AI Impersonators" on YT *pretending to BE you* >>>
This is going to be a menace unless Google do something to stop it: lots of well known people are having it happen - Brian Cox the physicist too
youtube.com/@voiceofmadd...
Voice of Maddow
youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This SAME THING (see below re Maddow ) is now happening on YouTube also to @therickwilson.bsky.social
--completely bogus channel, pretending to BE him. AI voice and video
--completely bogus channel, pretending to BE him. AI voice and video
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
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The US plan for Ukraine will not end the war, but prolong it. It’s not a serious plan. It’s insulting to those who have been fighting for their lives and future and those who have supported that effort. open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...
The Five Most Outrageous Points in the 28-Point Peace Plan for Ukraine
The US plan to end the war in Ukraine not only favors Russia (the aggressor) and punishes the victim (Ukraine). It also underscores how the US no longer views Europe as essential to its security.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The US plan for Ukraine will not end the war, but prolong it. It’s not a serious plan. It’s insulting to those who have been fighting for their lives and future and those who have supported that effort. open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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I want to recommend this excellent pod and its excellent host Ivo Dalder to *everyone*.
@katiephang.bsky.social @olbermann.bsky.social @stephenfry.bsky.social
@jimmykimmel.com @taylorswifteras.bsky.social
@jaketapper.bsky.social
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@katiephang.bsky.social @olbermann.bsky.social @stephenfry.bsky.social
@jimmykimmel.com @taylorswifteras.bsky.social
@jaketapper.bsky.social
spotify.link/1wXpLf9nJXb
World Review Live—Tump-Xi to Meet; US Sanctions Russia
spotify.link
October 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I want to recommend this excellent pod and its excellent host Ivo Dalder to *everyone*.
@katiephang.bsky.social @olbermann.bsky.social @stephenfry.bsky.social
@jimmykimmel.com @taylorswifteras.bsky.social
@jaketapper.bsky.social
spotify.link/1wXpLf9nJXb
@katiephang.bsky.social @olbermann.bsky.social @stephenfry.bsky.social
@jimmykimmel.com @taylorswifteras.bsky.social
@jaketapper.bsky.social
spotify.link/1wXpLf9nJXb
@maddow.msnbc.com
RACHEL there's another of these "AI Impersonators" on YT *pretending to BE you* >>>
This is going to be a menace unless Google do something to stop it: lots of well known people are having it happen - Brian Cox the physicist too
youtube.com/@voiceofmadd...
RACHEL there's another of these "AI Impersonators" on YT *pretending to BE you* >>>
This is going to be a menace unless Google do something to stop it: lots of well known people are having it happen - Brian Cox the physicist too
youtube.com/@voiceofmadd...
Voice of Maddow
youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
@maddow.msnbc.com
RACHEL there's another of these "AI Impersonators" on YT *pretending to BE you* >>>
This is going to be a menace unless Google do something to stop it: lots of well known people are having it happen - Brian Cox the physicist too
youtube.com/@voiceofmadd...
RACHEL there's another of these "AI Impersonators" on YT *pretending to BE you* >>>
This is going to be a menace unless Google do something to stop it: lots of well known people are having it happen - Brian Cox the physicist too
youtube.com/@voiceofmadd...
Voice of Maddow
youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com
RACHEL there's another of these "AI Impersonators" on YT *pretending to BE you* >>>
This is going to be a menace unless Google do something to stop it: lots of well known people are having it happen - Brian Cox the physicist too
youtube.com/@voiceofmadd...
RACHEL there's another of these "AI Impersonators" on YT *pretending to BE you* >>>
This is going to be a menace unless Google do something to stop it: lots of well known people are having it happen - Brian Cox the physicist too
youtube.com/@voiceofmadd...
I want to recommend this excellent pod and its excellent host Ivo Dalder to *everyone*.
@katiephang.bsky.social @olbermann.bsky.social @stephenfry.bsky.social
@jimmykimmel.com @taylorswifteras.bsky.social
@jaketapper.bsky.social
spotify.link/1wXpLf9nJXb
@katiephang.bsky.social @olbermann.bsky.social @stephenfry.bsky.social
@jimmykimmel.com @taylorswifteras.bsky.social
@jaketapper.bsky.social
spotify.link/1wXpLf9nJXb
World Review Live—Tump-Xi to Meet; US Sanctions Russia
spotify.link
October 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I want to recommend this excellent pod and its excellent host Ivo Dalder to *everyone*.
@katiephang.bsky.social @olbermann.bsky.social @stephenfry.bsky.social
@jimmykimmel.com @taylorswifteras.bsky.social
@jaketapper.bsky.social
spotify.link/1wXpLf9nJXb
@katiephang.bsky.social @olbermann.bsky.social @stephenfry.bsky.social
@jimmykimmel.com @taylorswifteras.bsky.social
@jaketapper.bsky.social
spotify.link/1wXpLf9nJXb
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I know I could get into trouble for posting the Antifa battle flag, but I'm gonna do it anyway.
October 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I know I could get into trouble for posting the Antifa battle flag, but I'm gonna do it anyway.
@lopatto.bsky.social
Ms Lapatto I guess you know @olbermann.bsky.social is now your #1 fan ?
HEAR his latest pod (Countdown)....
Ms Lapatto I guess you know @olbermann.bsky.social is now your #1 fan ?
HEAR his latest pod (Countdown)....
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@lopatto.bsky.social
Ms Lapatto I guess you know @olbermann.bsky.social is now your #1 fan ?
HEAR his latest pod (Countdown)....
Ms Lapatto I guess you know @olbermann.bsky.social is now your #1 fan ?
HEAR his latest pod (Countdown)....
@jvl.bsky.social JVL - A QUICK QUESTION ?
I'm just listening to you with Sara in the other earpiece.
WHY ARE YOU NOT in Congress ??
No BS. Since starting to listen more to you on the Bulwark- your CLARITY - esp when angry - is JUST what the Dems need. RUN. Run for it. you'd WIN...
I'm just listening to you with Sara in the other earpiece.
WHY ARE YOU NOT in Congress ??
No BS. Since starting to listen more to you on the Bulwark- your CLARITY - esp when angry - is JUST what the Dems need. RUN. Run for it. you'd WIN...
October 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@jvl.bsky.social JVL - A QUICK QUESTION ?
I'm just listening to you with Sara in the other earpiece.
WHY ARE YOU NOT in Congress ??
No BS. Since starting to listen more to you on the Bulwark- your CLARITY - esp when angry - is JUST what the Dems need. RUN. Run for it. you'd WIN...
I'm just listening to you with Sara in the other earpiece.
WHY ARE YOU NOT in Congress ??
No BS. Since starting to listen more to you on the Bulwark- your CLARITY - esp when angry - is JUST what the Dems need. RUN. Run for it. you'd WIN...
The 3D print files were OPENSOURCED - so anyone can get one made... here it is on SkyFab:
sketchfab.com/3d-models/be...
Groups around america can set up their own : lets have LOTS shall we ? all different colours ? hats ? slogans ?
PLEASE REPOST #Donnie&Jeffrey3DprintStatue
sketchfab.com/3d-models/be...
Groups around america can set up their own : lets have LOTS shall we ? all different colours ? hats ? slogans ?
PLEASE REPOST #Donnie&Jeffrey3DprintStatue
October 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The 3D print files were OPENSOURCED - so anyone can get one made... here it is on SkyFab:
sketchfab.com/3d-models/be...
Groups around america can set up their own : lets have LOTS shall we ? all different colours ? hats ? slogans ?
PLEASE REPOST #Donnie&Jeffrey3DprintStatue
sketchfab.com/3d-models/be...
Groups around america can set up their own : lets have LOTS shall we ? all different colours ? hats ? slogans ?
PLEASE REPOST #Donnie&Jeffrey3DprintStatue
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Surely HE DOESN'T HAVE THAT POWER... only Congress does..
... do NONE of his aides ever just tell him,
"...FUCK OFF Donald, you DON'T HAVE any such power."
... do NONE of his aides ever just tell him,
"...FUCK OFF Donald, you DON'T HAVE any such power."
October 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Surely HE DOESN'T HAVE THAT POWER... only Congress does..
... do NONE of his aides ever just tell him,
"...FUCK OFF Donald, you DON'T HAVE any such power."
... do NONE of his aides ever just tell him,
"...FUCK OFF Donald, you DON'T HAVE any such power."