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R Dean Riddlebarger

@othurone.bsky.social

Technical Consultant. Armchair Political Scientist. Aging Liberal Hippie. He/Him. On the Net since it was ARPA/Usenet.

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Young me growing up in OH dug the extra summer daylight. 20-30โ€™s me in IN found the year round EST no issue. Current me thinks we should pick a lane (no pref) and go permanent. I get your sentiment.

01.11.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

IMO still too many fractured bits (many introduced by the other side) to allow all the factions to unite. (Sadly have a history of this and lots of that relates to racist/sexist stuff.)(Sighโ€ฆ)

01.11.2025 01:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Boosting for my new MI friends.

31.10.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

True โ€˜dat. My dusty old Poli-Sci degree is fascinated by the mechanics driving this pending collapse. But my moral and ethical bits are beyond aghast at what my government is doing.

31.10.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Somebody w/time and video editing chops now has to mash-up Teen Wolf and Back To The Future based on your second candidateโ€ฆโœŒ๏ธ

31.10.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Truthbomb

โ€œWell, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know? And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.โ€ DT

31.10.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1534    ๐Ÿ” 645    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 43

Fully concur. Not a New Yorker but as a former Clevelander I get good vibes watching him.

31.10.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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31.10.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.

30.10.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1973    ๐Ÿ” 1120    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.

It's all hands on deck. I am shamelessly asking, one more time, for reposts and signal boost as this bird glides toward a landing in a few hours. It's gonna be a beautiful book, and there aren't going to be very many available afterwards!

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30.10.2025 13:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 381    ๐Ÿ” 309    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41

I want what Oz is snorting or smoking. Iโ€™m on a private retiree plan - so not ACA - and will be eating $30/mo. more next year so for ACA that $13 claim is nonsense.

29.10.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

True. On paper the programs are protected from things like shutdowns.

29.10.2025 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Following: Yes. Watching: Life says Nope. Ohtani: In awe.

29.10.2025 00:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To be fair, back in โ€˜98 I got to watch an EF-2 twister head straight for my place, and w/no basement I got into the interior bathroom and got under a futon mattress. Thankfully, that funnel took a hard right about 100 feet from the house.

28.10.2025 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks like he thinks heโ€™s Miller from The Expanse.

28.10.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In context and such, it was up front in terms of showing dark themes before light wins.

My scary thing was the scene with the troops marching from the gates. Unbridled power heading somewhere to do bad things.

28.10.2025 01:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sophomore HS me saw SW 9 times the summer it was released. But for true childhood film Iโ€™m going with Wizard of Oz.

27.10.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To quote Tom Clancy: Sierra Squared Delta Squared.

Beyond that yer on yer own. Got chow teed up for delivery and a tolerable table red openโ€ฆ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜œ

27.10.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you want to support black farmers who did not vote for Trump, check these guys out. Go to their website they will ship. Spread the word and help your fellow Americans.

26.10.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

To me itโ€™s dependent on first the platform. So, for here and for me a quote means I want to reply but add thoughts and boost to my followers. A reply means the original post deserves a response. A repost means Iโ€™ve nothing to add but think my followers will like. Varies for other SM sites.

25.10.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Surreal Saturday: Doing various tasks to launch a post-retirement online gallery and store for my spouse while the potential customer base shrinks by the day whenever POTUS pokes the Economy.

25.10.2025 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Almost an hour and 100+ posts and no mention of Mr. Michael Stanley?

โ€œThank God for the man who put the white lines on the highway.โ€

24.10.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking at the history of Kingsโ€ฆumโ€ฆpretty much yepโ€ฆ.

24.10.2025 01:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Argentina and Rural Americaโ€™s Awakening Suddenly, Trumpโ€™s contempt for his base is showing

"Rural voters tuned out or refused to believe warnings that a Trump victory would be catastrophic for the heartland, that crucial programs would be eviscerated and ag econ would be devastated by [his] trade wars."

@pkrugman.bsky.social on Trump screwing MAGA
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/argentina-...

23.10.2025 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 314    ๐Ÿ” 132    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

DNC could make hay out of this (see what I did there?) but Iโ€™m sadly not optimisticโ€ฆ

21.10.2025 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We may now safely assume he does not intend to leave. Plan accordinglyโ€ฆ

20.10.2025 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Dipshitโ€™s about to find out the close correlation between โ€œLand War in Asiaโ€ and โ€œTariff Warโ€.

20.10.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I see all the downthread replies and such, but biggest thing that hits me here is the thought that itโ€™s cool to see someone in a leadership role get into this notion.

20.10.2025 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sweet!

18.10.2025 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excellent! Saw shots earlier from down 65 in Columbus and was rather impressed by their turnout.

Watching all this remotely cuz we got our Covid boosters yesterday and unlike other times our behinds have been kickedโ€ฆ๐Ÿ˜ข (My bad on risk assessment with that scheduling.)

18.10.2025 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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