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Offering my two cents' worth in 300 characters or less. Too slept to be a Democrat, too logical to be GOP, too sarcastic to take seriously.
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I don't block users simply because I hold differing views, beliefs, or ideologies than them. I welcome contradictory discussions as long as they're civil, sincere, and not ad hominem. I find such discussions interesting and @bsky.app would bore me if it was just an echo chamber.
A recounting of my first psilocybin mushroom experience shortly after moving to Miami. Alongside my friends, we hunted for mushrooms in a cow pasture, consumed them raw, and I navigated a psychedelic journey filled with euphoria and ego death. The trip highlighted the novelty of my life in Florida.
The mushroom hunt and bagging the biggest catch
In this installment of the Tool Guys Chronicles, I recount my first psilocybin mushroom experience shortly after moving to Miami. Alongside friends, we hunted for mushrooms in a cow pasture, ate th…
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January 9, 2026 at 4:06 AM
A recounting of my first psilocybin mushroom experience shortly after moving to Miami. Alongside my friends, we hunted for mushrooms in a cow pasture, consumed them raw, and I navigated a psychedelic journey filled with euphoria and ego death. The trip highlighted the novelty of my life in Florida.
Why is no one expressing concern for the Venezuelan civilians who were killed by the United States military when it abducted Nicolas Maduro?
January 8, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Why is no one expressing concern for the Venezuelan civilians who were killed by the United States military when it abducted Nicolas Maduro?
Of course she tried to drive away. There were unmarked, masked, armed men trying to abduct her. That woman is not a domestic terrorist!
January 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Of course she tried to drive away. There were unmarked, masked, armed men trying to abduct her. That woman is not a domestic terrorist!
Take an ultra-talented power trio, sprinkle in a quarter of a million raving fans, heat it up to a hundred degrees, and you get one epic rock performance.
Triumph – Live at the US Festival (Official DVD Version)
YouTube video by TriumphAlliedForces
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January 7, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Take an ultra-talented power trio, sprinkle in a quarter of a million raving fans, heat it up to a hundred degrees, and you get one epic rock performance.
Back the Blue! On this day in 2021, 141 law enforcement officers were injured, some of them to within an inch of their lives, by a violent mob intent on breaking into the U.S. Capitol to disrupt the constitutional process that transfers presidential power. The mob injured officers by…
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January 6, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Back the Blue! On this day in 2021, 141 law enforcement officers were injured, some of them to within an inch of their lives, by a violent mob intent on breaking into the U.S. Capitol to disrupt the constitutional process that transfers presidential power. The mob injured officers by…
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The only time since the War of 1812 that the Capitol has been attacked, in which thousands of violent insurrectionists attempted to prevent Congress from performing its constitutional duty to declare the duly elected leader of the country for the transfer of power in the office of the U.S. President
January 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The only time since the War of 1812 that the Capitol has been attacked, in which thousands of violent insurrectionists attempted to prevent Congress from performing its constitutional duty to declare the duly elected leader of the country for the transfer of power in the office of the U.S. President
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Based on current standards, if Nicolas Maduro is convicted on all charges—he’d qualify to be the next U.S. President.
January 5, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Based on current standards, if Nicolas Maduro is convicted on all charges—he’d qualify to be the next U.S. President.
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Trump: "We need Greenland from a national security situation. It's so strategic. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not gonna be able to do it ... the EU needs us to have it"
January 5, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Trump: "We need Greenland from a national security situation. It's so strategic. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not gonna be able to do it ... the EU needs us to have it"
If you're asked who was Canada's greatest rock power trio, don't get in a Rush to answer because it's a closer call than you might at first think.
Triumph - Lay It On The Line
YouTube video by TriumphVEVO
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January 4, 2026 at 11:51 PM
If you're asked who was Canada's greatest rock power trio, don't get in a Rush to answer because it's a closer call than you might at first think.
Can someone explain to me why we decapitated Venezuela before we invaded Greenland, occupied the Panama Canal Zone, and annexed Canada as the 51st state? I'm trying to make Trump's foreign policy make sense.
January 4, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Can someone explain to me why we decapitated Venezuela before we invaded Greenland, occupied the Panama Canal Zone, and annexed Canada as the 51st state? I'm trying to make Trump's foreign policy make sense.
Two great sounds that sound great together.
Daughtry - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Official Music Video) ft. Lzzy Hale ft. Lzzy Hale
YouTube video by daughtryVEVO
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January 2, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Two great sounds that sound great together.
When do we start bombing Russians who are killing Christians in Ukraine like we did ISIS in Nigeria? Make this make sense, MAGA.
December 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
When do we start bombing Russians who are killing Christians in Ukraine like we did ISIS in Nigeria? Make this make sense, MAGA.
"Don't worry, be anti-fragile" doesn't have a great ring to it as a lyric but it resonates with me as a philosophy.
Don't chase happiness. Become antifragile | Tal Ben-Shahar: Full Interview
YouTube video by Big Think
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December 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"Don't worry, be anti-fragile" doesn't have a great ring to it as a lyric but it resonates with me as a philosophy.
A winter photo from the post-apocalyptic hellhole MAGAmuricans like to call California to help warm up my fellow Americans freezing their @sse$ off in the Midwest.
December 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A winter photo from the post-apocalyptic hellhole MAGAmuricans like to call California to help warm up my fellow Americans freezing their @sse$ off in the Midwest.
I do not vouch for the accuracy of this quote, only its sentiment 👹
December 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I do not vouch for the accuracy of this quote, only its sentiment 👹
I probably would have voted for Freddie Mercury but I am not going to quibble with sixty-seven percent of Billboard readers' choice. Steve Perry would have been my number two. Who would have been your top vote for greatest rock singer of all time?
This '80s Icon Voted 'Greatest Rock Singer of All Time'
He won with a huge majority of votes.
parade.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I probably would have voted for Freddie Mercury but I am not going to quibble with sixty-seven percent of Billboard readers' choice. Steve Perry would have been my number two. Who would have been your top vote for greatest rock singer of all time?
If I were listing the nine worst Trump scandals of 2025, these are likely the ones that I would choose too. But there are still a few days left in the year, so don't be surprised if we'll need to add a tenth scandal to the list. Are there any that you can think of that should have been included?
The Nine Worst Trump Scandals of 2025
Trump’s second term has been so lurid in its corruption that it was genuinely hard to narrow this list down.
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Trump’s second term has been so lurid in its corruption that it was genuinely hard to narrow this list down.
newrepublic.com/post/204659/...
The Nine Worst Trump Scandals of 2025
Trump’s second term has been so lurid in its corruption that it was genuinely hard to narrow this list down.
newrepublic.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
If I were listing the nine worst Trump scandals of 2025, these are likely the ones that I would choose too. But there are still a few days left in the year, so don't be surprised if we'll need to add a tenth scandal to the list. Are there any that you can think of that should have been included?
Why are so few Americans concerned about the mountains of their private personal, financial, and medical data that DOGE and Elon Musk hoovered out of the most restricted and secure databases of the IRS, the Treasury, the Social Security Administration, Health and Human Services and any…
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December 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Why are so few Americans concerned about the mountains of their private personal, financial, and medical data that DOGE and Elon Musk hoovered out of the most restricted and secure databases of the IRS, the Treasury, the Social Security Administration, Health and Human Services and any…
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He and his people have decimated our ability to adequately defend this country. One well-placed strike and our country, possibly the whole world, is over in a couple of hours.
December 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
He and his people have decimated our ability to adequately defend this country. One well-placed strike and our country, possibly the whole world, is over in a couple of hours.
“…many … will accuse me of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). I believe I suffer from a different ailment, DAS: Democracy Addiction Syndrome. And Daddy needs his fix.”
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December 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“…many … will accuse me of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). I believe I suffer from a different ailment, DAS: Democracy Addiction Syndrome. And Daddy needs his fix.”
─ @profgalloway.com
─ @profgalloway.com
The MS in MSNBC stood for Microsoft. Does the MS in MS NOW also stand for Microsoft?
December 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The MS in MSNBC stood for Microsoft. Does the MS in MS NOW also stand for Microsoft?
This is how it's done, classic rockers ─ retire before they have to wheel you onto the stage. The last time I saw Queen in concert was in 2019. The show was epic but Brian May is now almost an octogenarian. I'd rather reminisce on seeing them with Freddie Mercury and listen to their studio work.
Legendary rock band announces the end of touring days
This legendary rock band will stop touring in favor of one-off shows.
www.masslive.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This is how it's done, classic rockers ─ retire before they have to wheel you onto the stage. The last time I saw Queen in concert was in 2019. The show was epic but Brian May is now almost an octogenarian. I'd rather reminisce on seeing them with Freddie Mercury and listen to their studio work.
The American Gestapo at work. In the previous 63 years of my life, I never imagined that I would see the federal government on the streets of California treating law-abiding American citizens like this.
Inside an Immigration Raid That Swept Up U.S. Citizens | Visual Investigations
YouTube video by The New York Times
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The American Gestapo at work. In the previous 63 years of my life, I never imagined that I would see the federal government on the streets of California treating law-abiding American citizens like this.
Merry Griftmas to all and to all some Trump spite.
How Much Money Is Trump Profiting from the Presidency? | The New Yorker
YouTube video by The New Yorker
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December 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Merry Griftmas to all and to all some Trump spite.