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@pensivepeter.bsky.social

Polyglot, polymath, part-time perfectionist. Retired public official and diplomat covering tech policy; lazy reader, writer, and musician; but intellectually stimulated by everything quirky, novel or different. Oh, and analogue synthesisers

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Thatโ€™s probably where MTG plans to step in

16.11.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Weโ€™re all fuckoffee, right?

15.06.2025 03:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Musk is very specific here but doesnโ€™t mention the money he fronted. Is he basically admitting that he helped rig the elections in those marginal seats?

06.06.2025 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“

29.05.2025 03:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Make America Cluck Again

29.05.2025 03:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œCan you point me to the bathroom?โ€ฆthanksโ€ฆ. No key? No code?โ€ฆgreatโ€

08.02.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No glory in that win if weโ€™re right ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

06.02.2025 03:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I said as much weeksโ€™ agoโ€ฆ

06.02.2025 03:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You mean, do what the Republicans do all the fucking time? Iโ€™m shocked.
And how did that work for GOP, you say? Erm, they got 3 Supreme Court Justices and gummed up most of Obama and Bidenโ€™s legislative agenda. So it worked pretty damned well

05.02.2025 03:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just wait until federal government contracts are paid in cryptocurrencies - public money siphoned off, no transparency, no accountability and, probably, no paying of US taxes

19.01.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Shit for brains

09.12.2024 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Shit for brains

09.12.2024 22:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m not commenting on the validity of the pardon (for the record I think it was absolutely valid) but that Biden painted himself into a corner stating, time and again, that he would not pardon his son. He didnโ€™t need to do that and he was poorly advised.

04.12.2024 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who the hell has been advising President Biden regarding his sonโ€™s travails? Theyโ€™ve done a piss-poor job and handed priceless ammunition to President Trump with this flip-flop

03.12.2024 22:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Analog Solutions Colossus ๐Ÿ˜Ž

27.11.2024 23:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chemists create worldโ€™s thinnest spaghetti The worldโ€™s thinnest spaghetti, about 200 times thinner than a human hair, has been created by a UCL-led research team.

Elastopasta
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/no...

27.11.2024 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Musk is not a โ€œCabinet nomineeโ€. Stop giving him credibility

26.11.2024 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*tap tap* โ€œunsubscribeโ€
โ€œPlease give a reason
a. I donโ€™t want them any more
b. I donโ€™t recall subscribing
c. โ€ฆโ€ etc
No. I didnโ€™t subscribe. Not โ€œI donโ€™t recallโ€.
How many services from which you ask to unsubscribe try to gaslight like this?

26.11.2024 22:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The U.S. and Europe May Be Headed for a Divorce Trumpโ€™s re-election has exposed aesthetic and substantive divisions within the alliance.

Couples counselling seriously needed
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

26.11.2024 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The backroom stitch-up of the EU commissioner hearings What ought to have been a robust democratic exercise turned into political theatre with a predetermined script. The parliamentโ€™s mainstream groups โ€” European People's Party (EPP), Socialists & Democra...

Meanwhile, in Brusselsโ€ฆ
โ€œthe parliament risks irrelevance, becoming little more than a rubber-stamping body for an unaccountable executive.โ€
euobserver.com/eu-political...

26.11.2024 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gaetz withdrawing?
Thatโ€™s a first

21.11.2024 18:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just adding a link www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/11/...

21.11.2024 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Just reiterating this. I see no reason for the current President to do this. You can be damned sure T-47 would do the same

21.11.2024 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dear Joe - the Supreme Court has granted you (yes, you too; not just the orange cockwomble) immunity for all official acts. Use it:
Publish everything the federal government has on Gaetz and all the grifters. Let Americans see who they are.

19.11.2024 01:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Through Executive order, he should mandate that the details and results be made public, in the public interest

21.11.2024 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Through executive order, President Biden should mandate that the FBI conduct background investigations on Trumpโ€™s picks and instruct the FBI to begin the process now. The U.S. Senate should use its power to request the same of the FBI.

20.11.2024 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6050    ๐Ÿ” 1885    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 265    ๐Ÿ“Œ 118
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Matt Gaetz withdraws from consideration to be Trumpโ€™s attorney general โ€” Guardian US Gaetzโ€™s withdrawal comes amid intense scrutiny of allegations of sexual misconduct against the cabinet nominee

Classic misdirection - look over here while we try to sneak Gabbard and Hegsith throughโ€ฆ
apple.news/A1j-nYLiYT8q...

21.11.2024 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Proof, if needed, that GOPโ€™s morals are in the toilet

20.11.2024 03:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah - letโ€™s start with Congress, hmm? ๐Ÿค”

19.11.2024 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Her seat is possibly too vulnerable?

19.11.2024 23:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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