SedateRinger
@ruethedane.bsky.social
Trying to understand the world and my place in it.
Parenting, world affairs, Econ, working from home fan, birds and fightins, F1
Parenting, world affairs, Econ, working from home fan, birds and fightins, F1
Saying that autocracy is un-American should not be controversial.
September 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Saying that autocracy is un-American should not be controversial.
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More than two dozen retired senior US
military officers and 22 former US ambassadors are among those telling a federal court that dismantling VOA is “unlawful and unwise,” as it helped achieve important foreign policy goals and confirmed America’s role as a beacon of democracy and freedom. #savevoa
military officers and 22 former US ambassadors are among those telling a federal court that dismantling VOA is “unlawful and unwise,” as it helped achieve important foreign policy goals and confirmed America’s role as a beacon of democracy and freedom. #savevoa
July 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
More than two dozen retired senior US
military officers and 22 former US ambassadors are among those telling a federal court that dismantling VOA is “unlawful and unwise,” as it helped achieve important foreign policy goals and confirmed America’s role as a beacon of democracy and freedom. #savevoa
military officers and 22 former US ambassadors are among those telling a federal court that dismantling VOA is “unlawful and unwise,” as it helped achieve important foreign policy goals and confirmed America’s role as a beacon of democracy and freedom. #savevoa
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We are all gonna wonder in the fucking dessert for 40 years because too many idiots listened to the people who wanted a Golden Calf.
Trump: "An old fashioned term that we use -- groceries. I used it on the campaign. It's such an old fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it."
April 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We are all gonna wonder in the fucking dessert for 40 years because too many idiots listened to the people who wanted a Golden Calf.
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I never thought I was on that particular spectrum but every single one of these resonates deeply...
March 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I never thought I was on that particular spectrum but every single one of these resonates deeply...
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“None of your hunger is because someone else has the food”
March 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“None of your hunger is because someone else has the food”
Just a couple of sociopathic fail-sons driving humanity off a cliff like Thelma and Louise
March 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Just a couple of sociopathic fail-sons driving humanity off a cliff like Thelma and Louise
modern America in one headline
Vermont Cop Fatally Struck Cyclist While Playing YouTube Video of Matt Walsh Debating Trans Woman: Report
A Vermont police officer who fatally struck a cyclist had a Matt Walsh YouTube video playing on his squad car's tablet at the time of the crash.
www.mediaite.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
modern America in one headline
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This is a wildly dangerous sign — the idea that there are only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices for work *already* done!? This should be as basic a test of Article I as you can get. And that does not bode well for decisions to come.
BREAKING: On a 5-4 order, SCOTUS denies DOJ’s motion to vacate Judge Ali’s State/USAID order, but notes that his prior deadline passed, so Ali is going to have to go back to the drawing board and “clarify” what the gov’t needs to do, “with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines.”
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 24A831
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ET AL. U. AIDS VACCINE ADVOCACY COALITION, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION TO VACATE THE ORDER ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(March 5, 2025]
On February 13, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a temporary restraining order enjoining the Government from enforcing directives pausing disbursements of foreign development assistance funds.
The present application does not challenge the Government's obligation to follow that order. On February 25, the District Court ordered the Government to issue payments for a portion of the paused disbursements-those owed for work already completed before the issuance of the District Court's temporary restraining order-by 11:59 p.m. on February 26. Several hours before that deadline, the Government filed this application to vacate the District Court's February 25 order and requested an immediate administrative stay. THE CHIEF JUSTICE entered an administrative stay shortly before the 11:59 p.m. deadline and subsequently referred the application to the Court. The application is denied. Given that the deadline in the challenged order has now passed, and in light of the ongoing preliminary injunction proceedings, the District Court should clarify what obligations the Government must fulfill to ensure compliance with the temporary restraining order, with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines. The order heretofore entered by THE CHIEF JUSTICE is vacated.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiancyolrpahy5eevk7jckhjxanf3xodqpitrzmowz5o6ke7ukg7sq@jpeg)
March 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is a wildly dangerous sign — the idea that there are only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices for work *already* done!? This should be as basic a test of Article I as you can get. And that does not bode well for decisions to come.
He’s just doing the things he said he would, and serious people knew what the consequences would be.
This is important. Previously, when the U.S. imposed tariffs, the dollar rose. The fact that it fell signals greater skepticism towards the dollar (and the U.S. economy) as a “safe harbor” amid the storm Trump himself is creating.
Dollar hits four-month low as Trump warns tariffs will cause ‘a little disturbance’, European shares rally after German debt brake deal – business live
March 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
He’s just doing the things he said he would, and serious people knew what the consequences would be.
Paul Simon looks like Mel Brooks now
February 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Paul Simon looks like Mel Brooks now
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may be beside the point/extremely obvious but i feel like you can only ignore extreme wealth inequality for so long before it metastasizes into something that fundamentally remakes and destabilizes the world by giving people access to so much money that they are fully above consequence
A consortium led by Elon Musk has made an unsolicited bid to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI for $97.4 billion. Huge scoop by @jtoonkel and @berber_jin1 www.wsj.com/tech/elon-mu...
Exclusive | Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI
The unsolicited offer complicates Sam Altman’s plans to convert OpenAI to a for-profit company.
www.wsj.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
may be beside the point/extremely obvious but i feel like you can only ignore extreme wealth inequality for so long before it metastasizes into something that fundamentally remakes and destabilizes the world by giving people access to so much money that they are fully above consequence
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Comp-sci students don't learn COBOL anymore. They don't know how to admin a mainframe. This is like asking an airline pilot trained on autonavigation and autopilot to fly a fully mechanical prop-plane.
February 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Comp-sci students don't learn COBOL anymore. They don't know how to admin a mainframe. This is like asking an airline pilot trained on autonavigation and autopilot to fly a fully mechanical prop-plane.
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It will *be a payoff.
We’ve got to start using the actual words for what’s happening.
We’ve got to start using the actual words for what’s happening.
Let's not mince words. If Paramount settles Trump's "60 Minutes" lawsuit, it will look like a payoff. Specifically, it will look like a big check to Trump (or his presidential library) in exchange for regulatory approval of Paramount's pending deal with Skydance Media. www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/m...
CBS staff alarmed by reports of settlement talks with Trump over ‘60 Minutes’ Harris interview | CNN Business
Journalists, including some at CBS News, are expressing alarm at reports that CBS parent company Paramount Global is trying to settle a legally dubious lawsuit lodged by President Donald Trump last fa...
www.cnn.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
It will *be a payoff.
We’ve got to start using the actual words for what’s happening.
We’ve got to start using the actual words for what’s happening.
Fucking love this place
February 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Fucking love this place
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Project 2025 is being implemented and this guy is prioritizing American Slop Factory production instead
The DeepSeek announcement from China has been called by some AI’s “Sputnik moment” for America.
It’s precisely why I made AI a top priority in the last Congress and will keep at it.
It’s precisely why I made AI a top priority in the last Congress and will keep at it.
January 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Project 2025 is being implemented and this guy is prioritizing American Slop Factory production instead
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Because that's what we're stuck on here.
It is *adults* that I am speaking about and to. It is *adults* who have not grown out of childish impulses. Of course I do not blame a child for being a child.
But I do blame adults for tolerating childish behavior and understandings of the world.
It is *adults* that I am speaking about and to. It is *adults* who have not grown out of childish impulses. Of course I do not blame a child for being a child.
But I do blame adults for tolerating childish behavior and understandings of the world.
January 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Because that's what we're stuck on here.
It is *adults* that I am speaking about and to. It is *adults* who have not grown out of childish impulses. Of course I do not blame a child for being a child.
But I do blame adults for tolerating childish behavior and understandings of the world.
It is *adults* that I am speaking about and to. It is *adults* who have not grown out of childish impulses. Of course I do not blame a child for being a child.
But I do blame adults for tolerating childish behavior and understandings of the world.
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1. Hundreds of companies who pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 4 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
10 corporations that kept their promises after January 6, 2021
After a violent mob stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, hundreds of corporations took action to communicate to the public that democracy itself was more important than maximizing their po...
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January 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
1. Hundreds of companies who pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 4 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
Happy “can’t believe the traitors won day” to all those who celebrate
January 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Happy “can’t believe the traitors won day” to all those who celebrate
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It's simply amazing that prominent businesspeople and investors could miscomprehend economic history this badly.
January 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It's simply amazing that prominent businesspeople and investors could miscomprehend economic history this badly.
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Love learning about, comprehending new man-made horrors
December 30, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Love learning about, comprehending new man-made horrors
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Shouting out my cousin Luigi on the news
December 23, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Shouting out my cousin Luigi on the news
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It is Daniel Penny night here. NYYRC chief Gavin Wax says that Penny is the hero that a “post-Constitutional America” needs”
December 16, 2024 at 2:21 AM
It is Daniel Penny night here. NYYRC chief Gavin Wax says that Penny is the hero that a “post-Constitutional America” needs”
A timeline where he tripped down the escalator and broke his neck
December 9, 2024 at 10:20 PM
A timeline where he tripped down the escalator and broke his neck