Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reality in Exile

@realityinexile.bsky.social

2.3K followers 4.1K following 400 posts

Future Expat. Secular Humanist. Veteran. Book Collector/Seller. Anthropology/Archaeology. Astronomy/Cosmology. Avionics/Electronics. Music!

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · Mar 2

I was never on Twitter. Never on X. Facebook was good for a while, but it's a festering cesspool now. I'm new at being old, and I'm fairly new on this platform. I met my wife on MySpace. Ha! Those were the days.

6 1 81

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 15m

I feel like I should be in Chicago right now. Or, Portland. A general strike is needed before we get screwed out of elections.

1 2

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 2d

Okay. Understandably so. Let me summarize my above statement.

If Trump gets his way now, he will invade Canada later.

If and when he does, and I am still alive, I will be on your side.

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe. But, don't wait too long, like we did in WWII. Trump is already trying to wedge a gap in our liberal west coast by invading Oregon. It's not hard to imagine him cutting a swath right up to Alaska. And we already know he's got his eye on Greenland.

1 1

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 2d

And, what kinds of things would we be saying and doing if this was happening in another country? Why aren't other countries saying and doing those things to us now?

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 3d

Eviscerate a fascist today.

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 5d

The same is true for atheism... Christianity believes that everything is for and about them (even though it clearly is not), so they therefore need to make it so.

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 6d

Gee, I wonder what inspired him to retire now? There will be many more retirements in the upcoming months.

thehill.com/policy/defen...

thehill.com

1 1

Reposted by Reality in Exile

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 6d

Isaac Stanley-Becker traveled to Portland and spent time at the demonstration that Donald Trump wants to crush. What he found is an atmosphere that is more like a carnival than combat:

Portland’s ‘War Zone’ Is Like Burning Man for the Terminally Online

There’s more absurdity than menace on the city’s streets—at least for now.

bit.ly

8 56 160

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 6d

Music is science with a soul.

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 6d

Knowledge comes from things we know are true --- things that are observable, defined, measurable, predictable, in many cases. Things that will still be true in 5000 years are part of our knowledge base. 4 + 4 will still be 8. The Earth will still be round. Everything else is a belief.

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 6d

Belief is not a suitable substitute for knowledge.

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 7d

1 2

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 8d

I can understand needing a gun to protect your house. I know one person who was in such a position and actually used it. But, you don't really need them for food, either. Someone has thoughtfully done all the hunting and gathering at the local Kroger.

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 8d

1 1 2

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 9d

It is going to take us decades to fix this mess. I won't likely see it in my lifetime. General strike. Now.

1 4

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 9d

It is time for the decent countries of the world to work together, speak frankly, and put some serious heat on our fascist regime.

1 2

Reality in Exile @realityinexile.bsky.social · 9d

When you don't have logic, reason, or actual reality to sell your opinions and beliefs, you need guns. And lots of them. That is the real reason Christian nationalists love their guns so much.