Ted like the Talks's Avatar

Ted like the Talks

@monkeypuzzle.bsky.social

Champion of lost causes, like approval voting, election reform, next gen nuclear energy, raising chickens. Zero-covid. I wear an N95 mask indoors (including at work) and in crowds.

88 Followers  |  278 Following  |  33 Posts  |  Joined: 22.06.2023  |  1.9698

Latest posts by monkeypuzzle.bsky.social on Bluesky

Video thumbnail

How awesome is this!!!

20.06.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8793    πŸ” 1262    πŸ’¬ 142    πŸ“Œ 75

Author?

08.06.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

We solved acid rain so successfully that it has become a talking point used to oppose solving environmental issues, it's maddening

25.03.2025 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3795    πŸ” 568    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 50

New phone, Houthis?

25.03.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’™

11.03.2025 07:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy shit. The United States was not invited to the NATO summit on Ukraine in Paris on March 11.

There’s no other meaning:

The United States was just benched for colluding with the enemy.

11.03.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 21541    πŸ” 5559    πŸ’¬ 1062    πŸ“Œ 457
Video thumbnail

Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.

21.02.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 18146    πŸ” 5530    πŸ’¬ 548    πŸ“Œ 1469
Video obtained by CNN shows the rear landing gear of the jet buckling and the right wing shearing away in a fireball after the plane landed hard on the runway.

Video obtained by CNN shows the rear landing gear of the jet buckling and the right wing shearing away in a fireball after the plane landed hard on the runway.

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

18.02.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 62651    πŸ” 15180    πŸ’¬ 1030    πŸ“Œ 1178

Donald Trump says he wants to rid our country of rapists and criminals.

Is he going to resign?

28.01.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10947    πŸ” 1983    πŸ’¬ 403    πŸ“Œ 95
Tweet from Jeff Stein: NEWS - How Elon Musk's vision for DOGE prevailed, culminating in Ramaswamy exit:

- Musk & Ramaswamy have had diverging ideas of how DOGE would work for months;

- Musk wanted DOGE inside the WH, where it could obtain sensitive government information across agencies. Ramaswamy had wanted a nongovernmental body, as originally pitched;

- Musk wanted "technology-first perspective," w/ data-mining & AI to achieve DOGE goals;

- Musk prevailed. Trump EO placed DOGE inside WH; internal checks on Musk's access to intel unclear;

- Some Trump allies are concerned about extent of privileged government information Musk will have access to

Tweet from Jeff Stein: NEWS - How Elon Musk's vision for DOGE prevailed, culminating in Ramaswamy exit: - Musk & Ramaswamy have had diverging ideas of how DOGE would work for months; - Musk wanted DOGE inside the WH, where it could obtain sensitive government information across agencies. Ramaswamy had wanted a nongovernmental body, as originally pitched; - Musk wanted "technology-first perspective," w/ data-mining & AI to achieve DOGE goals; - Musk prevailed. Trump EO placed DOGE inside WH; internal checks on Musk's access to intel unclear; - Some Trump allies are concerned about extent of privileged government information Musk will have access to

Boy I don't like the phrase "internal checks on Musk's access to intel unclear." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

22.01.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 833    πŸ” 258    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 63
Post image

In the meantime, our chickens are giving us an egg surplus.

19.01.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Whenever I see someone advocate Borda as the "best" voting system, it's a clear tell that they don't know a lot about voting systems. Borda is so easily gamed via Burial that it would be obvious after one or two real world elections.

16.01.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Thread by @Hotshot_Movie on Thread Reader App @Hotshot_Movie: Remember the Lahaina Fire, when feds sealed off the area for months? Every quack here said that a billionaire with an outsized presence on the island was behind it. Well...turns out th...

Check out this thread at Thread Reader App. threadreaderapp.com/thread/18722...

28.12.2024 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

According to my 2yo, "that" is not a pronoun. It is, specifically, French toast. As in, "I want THAT!"

#SaturdayBrunch

14.12.2024 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Kash-ing in: The money-making schemes of Trump's pick for FBI Director The current FBI Director, Christopher Wray, was appointed by Donald Trump during his first term.

1. Donald Trump's pick for FBI Director, Kash Patel, has a wealth of experience...

... grifting Trump supporters

Let's review

09.12.2024 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1522    πŸ” 455    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 20

This is the way.

28.11.2024 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Sen. Murphy: I’m Preparing for Dystopia In an interview with The Bulwark, the Connecticut Democrat outlines how bad it could get and what his party must now do.

"'I’m getting prepared for the worst' Senator Chris Murphy said in an interview with The Bulwark. 'Which is, you know, arrest warrants for members of Congress, shutdowns of not-for-profit organizations that are trying to cross Donald Trump.'" New from Sam Stein:

22.11.2024 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1043    πŸ” 335    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 46
Preview
Cyber-Security Experts Warn Election Was Hacked 'Musk is guilty as fuck'

Suspicious:

www.planetcritical.com/p/cyber-secu...

21.11.2024 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@threadreader.bsky.social

18.11.2024 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cartoon villains around a long table, from "Super Friends" TV cartoon

Cartoon villains around a long table, from "Super Friends" TV cartoon

If Trump's first administration was stocked with Bond Villains, it seems like the second one is going with more of a Legion of Doom vibe.

A brief thread...

18.11.2024 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6008    πŸ” 1175    πŸ’¬ 226    πŸ“Œ 165

The idea that Bluesky is insular and X is a place for diverse views is a fallacy.

X is based on an algorithm rigged to push the views of Musk and others on the far right.

Bluesky is open. You can make it whatever you want it to be.

18.11.2024 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 19038    πŸ” 3200    πŸ’¬ 352    πŸ“Œ 105

My wife persuaded me to move over so all our data won't be mined for AI training.

14.11.2024 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The big story tonight is Russia’s overt attack on America’s election - they didn’t even try to hide it - yet it’s being hugely underreported.

This is a huge deal - a superpower intervention to help Trump win.

06.11.2024 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2485    πŸ” 754    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 18

I am so surprised at how people are freaking out about a result announcement pattern that is exactly the same as it usually is. Big cities take longer. The west coast is still voting. Turn off cable news.

06.11.2024 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4918    πŸ” 876    πŸ’¬ 109    πŸ“Œ 72
Video thumbnail

I've had it with non-stop conflict. Too many people are being awful to others. This is all the fighting I can handle right now.

#election #election2024 #nonstop #conflict #fight #fighting #battle #duel #goat #goats #vote #votevotevote #VoteBlueToStopACriminalDictator #VoteBlueToPreserveYourRights

30.10.2024 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
This Is What Fascism Looks Like Today The fascist facade: "Trump’s fascist rhetoric has terrorized his true believers into submission. They feel afraid and lonely, and isolated, but he puffs them up and makes them feel strong and righteou...

I've been wanting to write this one for a while: This Is What Fascism Looks And Sounds Like Today
resolutesquare.com/articles/4Xf...

17.10.2024 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
The Project 2025 Song!
YouTube video by Kravits The Project 2025 Song!

youtu.be/CvQhTbCY4xc?...

03.10.2024 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

WALZ: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election?

VANCE: Tim, I'm focused on the future

WALZ: That's a damning non-answer

02.10.2024 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1145    πŸ” 263    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 29

How do you see that number?

01.10.2024 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@monkeypuzzle is following 19 prominent accounts