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@ibmenubu2.bsky.social

Philosophical pessimist; generalist & eclecticist; anti-conceptionist; agnostic-atheist; existential zen stoicurean; transhumanist; as live-&-let live as any. The truth isn't necessarily nice but I can't help seeking it anyway. Amor fati. Memento mori.

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08.10.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think that was her "doth protest too much" moment - she didn't say the photos don't exist. AND reed hoffman never contributed money to Sen Whitehouse.

08.10.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My takeaway is the Attorney General was not prepared to answer specific questions with specific answers.

Instead she had a slew of β€˜whataboutisms’ lined up…

08.10.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

07.10.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 11651    πŸ” 3546    πŸ’¬ 357    πŸ“Œ 138
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Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.

07.10.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 15437    πŸ” 4275    πŸ’¬ 378    πŸ“Œ 132
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Horrible!

πŸ˜„

08.10.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#WarRavagedPortland

08.10.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 28288    πŸ” 9165    πŸ’¬ 1082    πŸ“Œ 1417
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Renewables Drive A Stake Through The Cold, Dark Heart Of King Coal - CleanTechnica Ember reports that renewables provided more electricity to the world than coal in the first six months of the year.

Renewables Drive A Stake Through The Cold, Dark Heart Of King Coal cleantechnica.com/2025/10/07/r...

08.10.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Republicans are fully and completely complicit on this dictatorship and all of the horrible things that go with it.

07.10.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is from Marge Greene.

You know who has been warning about this for months? Democrats.

But the people who had no plan to deal with this crisis and still don’t want you to believe this is about β€œillegals.”

07.10.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2989    πŸ” 744    πŸ’¬ 289    πŸ“Œ 57
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

07.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 52935    πŸ” 20061    πŸ’¬ 1629    πŸ“Œ 1175
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β€œ.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

07.10.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 13841    πŸ” 7473    πŸ’¬ 719    πŸ“Œ 667

I'm hearing just now on Thom Hartmann (10/7/25, 2:48 PM EST) that a Supreme Court Justice could also swear her in but that Democrats may feel it's more useful as anti-Trump propaganda to keep on Johnson's ass about his trying to keep hers from being signature #218 to release the Epstein files.

07.10.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Escalating rhetoric between Mike Johnson and Chuck Schumer. Johnson has been saying Schumer forced this shutdown to protect himself from a future primary challenge by AOC; today Schumer singles out Johnson as the central obstacle to reopening the government.

07.10.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Tips from WITNESS on how to safely, ethically, and effectively film immigration enforcement abuses.

More at lab.witness.org/projects/eye...

15.08.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Vote YES on Prop 50
California

Vote YES on Prop 50 California

Consider sharing. The time for debate is over. The time for hoping they’ll play fair is over. The path forward is crystal clear: We either use the power we have, or we lose the country we love. There are no other options left. Prop 50 is the path. Vote YES on 50.
#yeson50

29.08.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Art expresses what words cannot

19.08.2025 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 9134    πŸ” 2630    πŸ’¬ 211    πŸ“Œ 100

Something to think about?

"Many will say to me on that day, β€˜Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, β€˜I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’"
Matthew 7:22-23 (NIV)

07.10.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This weekend in America.

06.10.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
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I'm so sick of the casualness of their constant lying.

07.10.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 17182    πŸ” 4544    πŸ’¬ 561    πŸ“Œ 151
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Yes, very weird. πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

06.10.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 16844    πŸ” 7048    πŸ’¬ 326    πŸ“Œ 219
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Β‘De nada!

06.10.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It pisses me off that they are allowed to wear a military combat uniform. Pisses me off.

05.10.2025 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 189    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

it's planned so they can conscript and force young folks, both sides, to fight their wars.

05.10.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

OUR TAX $$s are buying Latinos to turn on Latinos; Blacks to turn on Blacks.

This is what happens when a nation deliberately forces 80% of its population into a β€œone paycheck away from disaster” existence.

EU countries have mechanisms to prevent this. Instead, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ made the $ a religion.

05.10.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 343    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0

Public shaming is crucial right now, and so is calling out people from groups to which we ourselves belong.

05.10.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 375    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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