Rick Geissal
@rickgeissal.bsky.social
Reader/writer, one-time litigator, current events aficionado, St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan, romantic, have written a memoir about child abuse and resulting damage/PTSD: Damaged: A Life in 5 Parts
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Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich not to throw a huge embarrassing snit over not having his ego fluffed.
tell me if you've heard this one before: a billionaire gets upset for being criticized for saying stupid things on social media, then confidentially concludes the problem is most certainly everybody else
Mark Cuban Says It’s ‘CRAZY’ That 'Real Conversations' Are Easier On X Or Threads Than On Bluesky
Mark Cuban, billionaire entrepreneur and longtime "Shark Tank" star, is stepping back from Bluesky, the social media platform once hailed as a kinder, more
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December 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich not to throw a huge embarrassing snit over not having his ego fluffed.
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Yeah, but you have to understand, Trump’s bone spurs are acting up
Biden went right into the war zone in Ukraine.
Trump on visiting Ukraine: "I would like to get the deal done and not necessarily have to go"
December 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Yeah, but you have to understand, Trump’s bone spurs are acting up
Are they also sharing their precious bodily fluids?
North Korean and Russian leaders celebrate their 'precious' shared experience of war, bloodshed in New Year greetings https://aje.io/297ysz
December 27, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Are they also sharing their precious bodily fluids?
Winter Holidays
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Winter Holidays
Another Year Passes
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December 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Winter Holidays
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The only thing he should have his name on.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The only thing he should have his name on.
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
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There’s nothing stopping the people in Washington DC from naming their own things after the president
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
December 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
There’s nothing stopping the people in Washington DC from naming their own things after the president
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
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Rep. @ruwaromman.bsky.social (Georgia candidate for governor): “Every time the economy tanks Republicans just get meaner about whatever group-now it’s Muslims. my hope is by running I’m showing now isn’t the time to cower in fear, it’s the time to be braver.”
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December 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Rep. @ruwaromman.bsky.social (Georgia candidate for governor): “Every time the economy tanks Republicans just get meaner about whatever group-now it’s Muslims. my hope is by running I’m showing now isn’t the time to cower in fear, it’s the time to be braver.”
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One of my favorite relatives has a much more fun menorah than I have.
December 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
One of my favorite relatives has a much more fun menorah than I have.
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very impressive, almost as good as when she told off Jack Nicholson in Witches of Eastwick.
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
very impressive, almost as good as when she told off Jack Nicholson in Witches of Eastwick.
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Elise Stefanik, I would like you to meet Karma.
December 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Elise Stefanik, I would like you to meet Karma.
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In this Indiana diner, everyone has three questions: How's the tenderloin? Is the quarry hiring? And when can we watch Steven Pinker debate Ross Douthat on CBS?
December 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
In this Indiana diner, everyone has three questions: How's the tenderloin? Is the quarry hiring? And when can we watch Steven Pinker debate Ross Douthat on CBS?
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It's giving VEEP meets House of Cards meets Lord of the Flies
December 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
It's giving VEEP meets House of Cards meets Lord of the Flies
Lots News, Once Again
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Lotsa News, Once Again
Very Special Boy
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December 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Lots News, Once Again
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After four years of Democrat Party chaos, America is finally under the resolute leadership of President Donald J. Trump, who reminds me of my alcoholic father.
by Susie Wiles
by Susie Wiles
December 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
After four years of Democrat Party chaos, America is finally under the resolute leadership of President Donald J. Trump, who reminds me of my alcoholic father.
by Susie Wiles
by Susie Wiles
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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David Remnick asks the rhetorical question of the decade: "Have you ever in your life encountered a character as wretched as Donald Trump?" No. Never. Ever. I'd be surprised if anyone ever has. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation
On a weekend of terrible violent events, you would not expect a President of the United States to make matters even worse. But, of course, he did.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
David Remnick asks the rhetorical question of the decade: "Have you ever in your life encountered a character as wretched as Donald Trump?" No. Never. Ever. I'd be surprised if anyone ever has. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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The fact that not a single reporter tells Mike Johnson “let me read it for you” or “here it is” when he claims he hasn’t seen or doesn’t know a thing about the psychotic ramblings of the head of state is not only a dereliction of journalistic duty, but a display of pure cowardice.
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The fact that not a single reporter tells Mike Johnson “let me read it for you” or “here it is” when he claims he hasn’t seen or doesn’t know a thing about the psychotic ramblings of the head of state is not only a dereliction of journalistic duty, but a display of pure cowardice.
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#psjminfo: 2 x 3-year PostDoc positions, deadline Jan 4. We'll study the effects of border change, in ways that overlap with many subfields in CompPol and IR: e.g., HPE, PE of development, state formation, pol. geography, identity, ethnic politics. Also lots of (new) methods (ML, GIS, CausalInf...)!
🚨Jobs!🚨
3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!
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3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!
Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Research Officer
Research Officer,
,
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December 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#psjminfo: 2 x 3-year PostDoc positions, deadline Jan 4. We'll study the effects of border change, in ways that overlap with many subfields in CompPol and IR: e.g., HPE, PE of development, state formation, pol. geography, identity, ethnic politics. Also lots of (new) methods (ML, GIS, CausalInf...)!
I write my Congressman, Part 5:
Do you have anything to publicly proclaim in LOUD opposition to the disgraceful words and behavior of the Orange God-King, as follows:
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director
Do you have anything to publicly proclaim in LOUD opposition to the disgraceful words and behavior of the Orange God-King, as follows:
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director
December 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I write my Congressman, Part 5:
Do you have anything to publicly proclaim in LOUD opposition to the disgraceful words and behavior of the Orange God-King, as follows:
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director
Do you have anything to publicly proclaim in LOUD opposition to the disgraceful words and behavior of the Orange God-King, as follows:
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director
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thinking about the contrast with the Boulder Public Library that has an all-gender bathroom, but put a security guard in front of it in case of anti-trans weirdos.
75 years since the civil rights movement and we still can't be normal about peeing in this country
75 years since the civil rights movement and we still can't be normal about peeing in this country
December 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
thinking about the contrast with the Boulder Public Library that has an all-gender bathroom, but put a security guard in front of it in case of anti-trans weirdos.
75 years since the civil rights movement and we still can't be normal about peeing in this country
75 years since the civil rights movement and we still can't be normal about peeing in this country
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Signaling their bold new commitment to AI, Purdue is changing its mascot from the Boilermakers to the Bullshitters.
It’s been fun while it lasted: “Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students demonstrate basic competency in artificial intelligence starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.”
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Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads
Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students meet an AI competency requirement starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Signaling their bold new commitment to AI, Purdue is changing its mascot from the Boilermakers to the Bullshitters.
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We really (me included) need to stop engaging/arguing with gun nuts.
They are beyond rationality and they don't care how many people die.
There are a lot more of us than there are of them.
Instead, we need to elect enough of us to defeat and get serious, on a national level, about gun laws.
They are beyond rationality and they don't care how many people die.
There are a lot more of us than there are of them.
Instead, we need to elect enough of us to defeat and get serious, on a national level, about gun laws.
December 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We really (me included) need to stop engaging/arguing with gun nuts.
They are beyond rationality and they don't care how many people die.
There are a lot more of us than there are of them.
Instead, we need to elect enough of us to defeat and get serious, on a national level, about gun laws.
They are beyond rationality and they don't care how many people die.
There are a lot more of us than there are of them.
Instead, we need to elect enough of us to defeat and get serious, on a national level, about gun laws.