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Life long Michigander in SW Michigan. Retired social services worker. Politically; Slightly to the left of Bernie Sanders. Looking for serious conversations with serious people. But also like a good joke. or even a bad pun..

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Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM.
BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

The Supreme Court:

20.02.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 18948    πŸ” 4002    πŸ’¬ 142    πŸ“Œ 99

If you do not acknowledge they are humans, you are not as likely to think of them as humans.

19.02.2026 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can always tell the "totally exonerated" people, because of their claims of total exoneration twice in 4 sentences. Trump's self awareness is totally in the dumpster.

19.02.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Carvillesque triangulation on the issues is how you end up with President Bill Clinton - if your lucky.

18.02.2026 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The difference between a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant is the difference between a $20 bill and a napkin that a fascist wrote "twenty dollars" on.

17.02.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1377    πŸ” 403    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

Good news for anyone that's ever wanted to fight monsters:

We now live in the age of monsters

17.02.2026 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

seeing news about a "memory shortage." it's not a shortage. billionaires who hate you hoarded it all so they could make everything worse and stupider and more expensive, just like with most shortages

17.02.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2102    πŸ” 607    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 23

Like I don't know if there's anything in the NISPOM about requiring a cleared contractor to take a piss test but that seems like a pretty easy start

16.02.2026 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œhyper personalizing” one of the greatest communal experiences in current US culture sure is some plan all right

15.02.2026 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 182    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Oh I see... one of their reasons for being anti-dei in the military is so no niggas will be around to point out that they're being paid in plantation nickels

13.02.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i mean this genuinely: anyone who truly is willing to vote for whomever comes out of the dem primary *should not vote in the primary*

leave the primary voting for people who will not vote for a specific candidate in the general! otherwise you are potentially tanking the chances of the dem party

13.02.2026 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This will probably involve nationalizing Palantir, to be sure the databases actually no longer exist, but I am here for it.

13.02.2026 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My guess is this action will ensure all students remain in class, High School students are notorious rule followers and compulsively bend to authority.

13.02.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So your saying that ANOTHER Mike MacDonald defense is good at sign stealing. And this is a reminder, sign stealing, in and of itself, is not against the rules in the NFL, or the NCAA. Also, the Connor Stallion's sign stealing tree lives.

12.02.2026 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can we put Trump and his administration in a closed room with .5% CO2.

12.02.2026 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe this is just the mis-remembering nostalgia of a boomer, but I feel that it being a civic duty to be an informed voter was something that was instilled in me as part of my public education. Also I don't remember there being a social stigma to just not voting.

12.02.2026 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Also apparently badly lip sunk, which one involved seemed to care enough to fix.

11.02.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Given what is happening in the streets, in front of camaras for everyone to see, it is hard to believe that crimes against humanity are not happening in places where oversight is very minimal and the baseline conditions are much worse.

11.02.2026 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Truthfully, I don't think they are that stupid. I think this is more for their base. Painting singing in Spanish some big conspiracy theory.

10.02.2026 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Identifying and warning about the white supremacist & neo-Nazi threats is public interest reporting done for the safety of our communities.

Please unsuspend @bywayofplymouth.bsky.social.

@bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team

10.02.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 239    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5

They suspect. Spanish isn't some secret code you have to decipherer before they can discern what the content was.

10.02.2026 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like @acollierastro.bsky.social has more work to do.

10.02.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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	https://www.ft.com/content/a5cf86ec-47cb-448f-b4a3-56ca6390ad8e

	Elon Musk is betting that AI’s future lies not on Earth, but in orbit β€” a claim he has put at the centre of his $1.25tn plan to merge SpaceX with his lossmaking start-up xAI.

The tech billionaire, who aims to launch an initial public offering for the newly combined company this year, argues that vast fleets of satellites powered by solar energy and cooled by the vacuum of space will become the cheapest way to generate AI computing power. Musk believes this will happen within the next three years.

Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy. Email licensing@ft.com to buy additional rights. Subscribers may share up to 10 or 20 articles per month using the gift article service. More information can be found at https://help.ft.com/faq/gifting-and-sharing-an-article/what-is-a-gift-article/. https://www.ft.com/content/a5cf86ec-47cb-448f-b4a3-56ca6390ad8e Elon Musk is betting that AI’s future lies not on Earth, but in orbit β€” a claim he has put at the centre of his $1.25tn plan to merge SpaceX with his lossmaking start-up xAI. The tech billionaire, who aims to launch an initial public offering for the newly combined company this year, argues that vast fleets of satellites powered by solar energy and cooled by the vacuum of space will become the cheapest way to generate AI computing power. Musk believes this will happen within the next three years.

This would have been a good point for someone to have asked, is that really how things work? Or is vacuum in fact an excellent insulator? www.ft.com/content/a5cf...

10.02.2026 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1234    πŸ” 261    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 190

Multiple times I have seen major news outlets refer to the government violating constitutional rights as β€œcracking down,” a phrase normally used in the context of legitimate law enforcement

10.02.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 334    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.

09.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4062    πŸ” 1308    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 35

Not really sure why the former Senator from Texas thinks he has a right to complain about gerrymandering in Virginia.

07.02.2026 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

immigration is good for America and those who oppose it for reasons of ethnonationalist aesthetics should be stigmatized

06.02.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like the state mandated censorship and indoctrination is not having the desired effect.

03.02.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone would have to have rocks for brains to think a woman is ever going to achieve any real power in the GOP. Their main function it to keep conservative women engaged and enthused and give GOP men something to lust after, and it will never be anything more than that.

02.02.2026 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It seems like Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem are always on the ones on hot seat in the Trump administration. I wonder what is different about them compared to the rest of the guys.

02.02.2026 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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