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Rus
@rusrusrus.bsky.social
Fifty-something GenX, former gubernatoial candidate (2022), writer, singer, musician, aspiring filmmaker, ordained minister, so far left I got my guns back. He/Him, Autistic, CPTSD, and uninterested in vapid blather (i.e. right-wing nonsense).
Reposted by Rus
September 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Of course it is! But he's also going to make absolutely sure that he personally makes money from the "solution".
January 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Again, I'm genuinely very sorry for anyone who is suffering a sense of loss in the wake of this. Please just know that what you are feeling is by design, not by happenstance.

💜🤘🏼
January 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Seriously. Every week without fail.

Now we're all talking about TikTok and have been doing so fervently since Friday. I'm willing to bet that it gets "solved" by Wednesday.

That's largely why I'm leaving most social media. I don't want to have to go through the Panic of the Week every Friday.
January 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
By Monday, news had gotten down to talking heads discussing what happened and by Wednesday we're just finding out what OTHER horrible things happened while that news cycle dominated everything. Then we get announcements on Thursday about what MIGHT happen Friday, and the entire cycle started over.
January 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I paid attention during Drumpf's first term. EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND was dominated by some huge news story that kept everyone distracted and ate up the news cycle. Seriously, a story broke on Friday afternoons and that was all anyone talked about on Saturday and Sunday.
January 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Confirmation hearings
Mass deportation prep
The complete lack of ANY laws or legislation meant to protect our digital privacy (b/c if you have digital privacy, we can't maximize our advertising $ on you).
Any number of other goings-on that further serve to undermine society while we're distracted.
January 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
TikTok made money. America loves money. That's really the entire story for me. It's GOING to return in one form or another. But, for right now, it's a big story that can get everyone up in arms and grab all of the attention so that no one is watching...
January 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is too perfect. I come across this gif exactly as Reel Big Fish's cover of Take On Me queues up on my playlist. 🤘🏼💜
January 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I'm much more interested in how we gtfo of here, though.
January 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
How did we get here?
1. The inexorable marriage of religion to the state under Reagan.
2. The relentless defunding of public schools.
3. Lowering standards to give the appearance of success without the substance.
4. Death of the Fairness Doctrine alongside the birth of the 24hr news cycle.
January 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Could be! I was thinking maybe 5 Queens in poker (one has to be a wild card).
January 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Just so, a Chaotic state may require the cessation of energy and become disordered before being reintroduced to move towards order.
Life, Death.
Big Bang, Heat Death.
Probably utter nonsense on stilts, but a friend commented on being engulfed in a chaotic state, and it triggered thoughts. Thanks!
January 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Chaotic simply is, Disordered was allowed to become. Both, I think, are purely subjective since order can be found within chaos, and disorder can be the state in which things are found. But that's the crux. Active and static. And disorder MUST have chaos introduced to it in order to become ordered.
January 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM