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@patrickpoll.bsky.social

Physics teacher, military historian, Ph.D. in experimental physics, University of Florida 1985

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Looks up how to say "eff off" in Esperanto

10.02.2026 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Blanche is a lying stooge for the orange fartbag

10.02.2026 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I believe the women who were raped as children. Release the rapists' names and try them.

10.02.2026 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Elbows Up!

10.02.2026 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Threatens To Block Opening Of US-Canada Bridgeβ€”Michigan Lawmakers Pushback Trump threatened to block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which will connect Detroit with the city of Windsor, Ontario, in Canada.

#Construction of the $5.7 billion #bridge was funded by #Canada.

Trump demanded that the U.S. should take over at least #half-ownership of the #structure, even though the bridge's website states it will be publicly owned by β€œthe governments of #Canada and #Michigan.”

10.02.2026 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Japan could join NATO-led initiative to buy US weapons for Ukraine, media reports According to the NHK report, aid that Tokyo could fund for Ukraine through the program would be limited to non-lethal provisions.

⚑️Japan could join NATO-led initiative to buy US weapons for Ukraine, media reports.

According to the NHK report, aid that Tokyo could fund for Ukraine through the program would be limited to non-lethal provisions.

10.02.2026 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I will now put on my deeply shocked face.

09.02.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Best Source of ICE Detention Data Just Got Better: "Detention Reports" Now Includes Map, New Graph, & Facility Contracts DetentionReports.com now features an interactive national map of all 237 ICE detention facilities, comparative scatter plots showing facility populations and length of stay, and a contracts archive.

austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-best-s...

09.02.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1805    πŸ” 958    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 43

Preach, Congresswoman!

09.02.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Life is better in a union!

09.02.2026 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tom "Fifty Large" Homan strutting.

09.02.2026 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't look at your grocery receipts! Don't look at you utility bill! Look only at me, Dear Leader! (and send money).

09.02.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Eileen Gu: The Winter Olympian who earns $23m a year β€” but just $100k of it from her sport The freestyle skier was born in San Francisco but represents China β€” she has become a commercial powerhouse in the east and west.

Gu has become a commercial powerhouse, earning millions of dollars from endorsements alone.

Her appeal in both the U.S. and China, thanks to her dual heritage, gives her access to two of the world's largest markets.

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www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...

09.02.2026 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wow, someone really did not think this through.

"I can 'exonerate' you for a price"β€”made as a public offerβ€”is essentially an acknowledgment that the person being offered the bribe is in fact...

...a criminal who did exactly what they have been accused of.

09.02.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2166    πŸ” 795    πŸ’¬ 132    πŸ“Œ 46

Boom!

09.02.2026 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is what leadership looks like.

What say you, Barron Trump?

09.02.2026 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Rep. Raskin: "Releasing the names of a lot of victims is either spectacular incompetence and sloppiness on [DOJ's] part or, as a lot of the survivors believe, a deliberate threat to other survivors who are thinking about coming forward."

09.02.2026 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2968    πŸ” 984    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 37
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Chloe Kim, Eileen Gu speak out after President Trump calls Olympian β€˜a loser’ Two of the biggest stars of these Olympics were asked for their thoughts on President Trump's comments on Hunter Hess.

After Trump called the #Olympian #Hunter #Hess β€œa real #loser” over the skier’s comments about representing the U.S., two of the biggest #Olympic stars have spoken out in a #Games that is becoming ever more #politically charged.

09.02.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Democracy Under Occupation What we’ve learned in Minneapolis

"I don’t back down when I get bullied. I fight harder. Everyone I see out here is like, What do you thinkβ€”we’re gonna quit? We live here."
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

09.02.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 824    πŸ” 286    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 9
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Trump's Bad Bet on Bad Bunny Bad Bunny ruled the Super Bowl, while Trump raged, and the snowflakes of MAGA beclowned themselves with a lip-synched β€œalternative” by Kid Rock.

Bad Bunny ruled the Super Bowl, while Trump raged, and the snowflakes of MAGA beclowned themselves with a lip-synched β€œalternative” by Kid Rock.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/trumps-bad...

09.02.2026 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 284    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

I will now put on my shocked face

09.02.2026 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rep. Stansbury: β€œThe United States government is engaged in an active cover-up of the largest sex trafficking scandal and influence peddling scandal in the history of the United States, and Donald Trump is right at the center of it.”

09.02.2026 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3933    πŸ” 1394    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 74

I will now put on my deeply shocked face.

09.02.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The first use of most new technology (phone cameras, AI images, smart glasses) is pornographic.

09.02.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If someone is 'torn' over deporting a five-year-old in a bunny hat, let alone murdering citizens in the street, I do not wish to engage with those people as they have zero moral compass.

09.02.2026 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations

09.02.2026 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge strikes down old Arizona abortion restrictions that clash with voter-backed guarantees A judge has ruled that Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights.

Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, a judge ordered in a ruling released Friday.

08.02.2026 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5733    πŸ” 1643    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 39

I have never skied. I wish Vonn all the best, and hope her teammates do well.

09.02.2026 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Risk of Speaking Spanish in Public Trump’s immigration crackdown has Latinos wondering if they belong in his America.

In group chats, classrooms, churches, and at dinner tables, American-born Latinos are scared of being detained or mistakenly deported, and feel powerless amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez reports.

09.02.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3

The orange fartbag, a Kluxer at heart

09.02.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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