@tristanraisch.bsky.social
I feel like I'm neither important nor self-absorbed enough to warrant a bio.
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My wife and I pay for life insurance even though we have never died. I pay for fire insurance even though my house has never burned down. That's not because we want to throw money at insurance companies. It's because THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My wife and I pay for life insurance even though we have never died. I pay for fire insurance even though my house has never burned down. That's not because we want to throw money at insurance companies. It's because THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS.
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Watched a thing about coffee makers and how cleverly they are designed with heating elements and bubble valves, truly a marvel of simplicity and effectiveness, but the people who designed the coffee maker never thought they should be in charge of America like Silicon Valley did, they just did coffee
March 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Watched a thing about coffee makers and how cleverly they are designed with heating elements and bubble valves, truly a marvel of simplicity and effectiveness, but the people who designed the coffee maker never thought they should be in charge of America like Silicon Valley did, they just did coffee
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The ‘can machines do creative writing’ thing is mostly a distraction from the use of the machines to go through text and images to cancel grants and put people on deportation lists
March 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The ‘can machines do creative writing’ thing is mostly a distraction from the use of the machines to go through text and images to cancel grants and put people on deportation lists
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Holy shit. The United States was not invited to the NATO summit on Ukraine in Paris on March 11.
There’s no other meaning:
The United States was just benched for colluding with the enemy.
There’s no other meaning:
The United States was just benched for colluding with the enemy.
March 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Holy shit. The United States was not invited to the NATO summit on Ukraine in Paris on March 11.
There’s no other meaning:
The United States was just benched for colluding with the enemy.
There’s no other meaning:
The United States was just benched for colluding with the enemy.
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So Russia is an ally but Canada is our enemy?
March 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So Russia is an ally but Canada is our enemy?
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As they plan their multi-trillion dollar tax cut for billionaires, the Trump-Musk administration is attacking local farmers, schools, and food banks.
March 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
As they plan their multi-trillion dollar tax cut for billionaires, the Trump-Musk administration is attacking local farmers, schools, and food banks.
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@aoc.bsky.social: "They're saying cut $880 billion from the Energy & Commerce Committee. I sit on that committee. Almost the entire budget that Energy & Commerce explores is Medicaid and Medicare. There is no way they can make their math square without enormous and devastating cuts to Medicaid."
March 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
@aoc.bsky.social: "They're saying cut $880 billion from the Energy & Commerce Committee. I sit on that committee. Almost the entire budget that Energy & Commerce explores is Medicaid and Medicare. There is no way they can make their math square without enormous and devastating cuts to Medicaid."
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So tired of having to think about the goddamned president all the time. The president should have to think about me all the time. I should think about my job or anime or whatever I want.
March 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
So tired of having to think about the goddamned president all the time. The president should have to think about me all the time. I should think about my job or anime or whatever I want.
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"The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over," Trump says, as Elon looks on from the gallery.
March 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
"The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over," Trump says, as Elon looks on from the gallery.
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okay, it’s time for me to finally weigh in: it’s probably a bad sign that guys are just doing sieg heils in public again
February 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
okay, it’s time for me to finally weigh in: it’s probably a bad sign that guys are just doing sieg heils in public again
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This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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"The best and the worst thing about vaccination is that it 'makes nothing happen.'
A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."
A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."
A leading pediatrician was already worried about the future of vaccines. Then RFK Jr. came along
In a new book, pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Adam Ratner details the history of measles, a virus that’s often a bellwether for public health disasters.
www.latimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"The best and the worst thing about vaccination is that it 'makes nothing happen.'
A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."
A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."
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How does this improve your life?
A new statement from the White House makes it clear they’re going to reverse the Biden administration’s reforms on overdraft fees and blocking medical debt from being listed on credit reports.
February 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
How does this improve your life?
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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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"Well, it must've been a minority's fault" is just pure uncut racism.
Rep. Andy Ogles on the DCA plane crash: "Did DEI play a role in this type a thing?"
January 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"Well, it must've been a minority's fault" is just pure uncut racism.
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if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools
January 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools
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I will never, not ever, not for as long as I live, understand how ANYONE actually believed for a single fucking second, that Donald Trump gave a shit about the people of Gaza.
The Muslim ban guy.
I mean, are you fucking kidding me??
The Muslim ban guy.
I mean, are you fucking kidding me??
January 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I will never, not ever, not for as long as I live, understand how ANYONE actually believed for a single fucking second, that Donald Trump gave a shit about the people of Gaza.
The Muslim ban guy.
I mean, are you fucking kidding me??
The Muslim ban guy.
I mean, are you fucking kidding me??
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I keep getting texts and messages asking me why most Democrats have rolled over and played dead.
I’m as baffled as everyone else.
They’re not going to gain anything by being quiet or becoming MAGA Lite.
All they’re doing is making sure they share the blame when this all goes south.
I’m as baffled as everyone else.
They’re not going to gain anything by being quiet or becoming MAGA Lite.
All they’re doing is making sure they share the blame when this all goes south.
Anxious Nation Waits For Democratic Party To Do Something, Anything In Face of Republican Assault On Life And Liberty
January 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I keep getting texts and messages asking me why most Democrats have rolled over and played dead.
I’m as baffled as everyone else.
They’re not going to gain anything by being quiet or becoming MAGA Lite.
All they’re doing is making sure they share the blame when this all goes south.
I’m as baffled as everyone else.
They’re not going to gain anything by being quiet or becoming MAGA Lite.
All they’re doing is making sure they share the blame when this all goes south.
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"Vice President Harris never called a little girl cute or commented on her outfit; instead, she'd say, 'You look like the smartest person in your class.' The vice president would say, 'Let me hear you say, 'I am a leader,'' and even the youngest girls would say it back." slate.com/news-and-pol...
I Was Kamala Harris’ Videographer. I Wish I Could Show You What I’ve Seen.
She completely changed me.
slate.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"Vice President Harris never called a little girl cute or commented on her outfit; instead, she'd say, 'You look like the smartest person in your class.' The vice president would say, 'Let me hear you say, 'I am a leader,'' and even the youngest girls would say it back." slate.com/news-and-pol...
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
January 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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Btw, bc Trump's people don't understand biology, his executive order which insists sex and gender are set based on what you are at conception means everyone is now female. There is no sex differentiation from the mother until about 7 weeks in, so all are female first. Hilarious.
January 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Btw, bc Trump's people don't understand biology, his executive order which insists sex and gender are set based on what you are at conception means everyone is now female. There is no sex differentiation from the mother until about 7 weeks in, so all are female first. Hilarious.