Hal 10000
@hal10000.bsky.social
Pennsylvania Astronomer, writer at Ordinary Times, maker of YouTube videos, caretaker of two kids and two dogs.
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelSiegel14
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Hal 10000
@hal10000.bsky.social
· Nov 16
The main side effect vaccines have on children is that they live to be adults.
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Every single New Yorker, Mamdani very much included, is more American than any queen of England.
December 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Every single New Yorker, Mamdani very much included, is more American than any queen of England.
Vance still think Trump won't gleefully stab him in the back at an opportune moment. I love that for us.
wow so it really took less than a year to sink dreams of a third Trump term huh www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
December 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Vance still think Trump won't gleefully stab him in the back at an opportune moment. I love that for us.
Heston was openly conservative and still got roles. Eastwood is very conservative and people love his movies. Mel Gibson is crazier than a shithouse rat but everyone recognized Hacksaw Ridge was amazing.
Maybe ... it's not your views, oh star of the grand Hollywood epic Deuce Bigalow.
Maybe ... it's not your views, oh star of the grand Hollywood epic Deuce Bigalow.
The "lost the rest of my barbershop quartet" guy thinks it's his politics that keep the roles away
December 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Heston was openly conservative and still got roles. Eastwood is very conservative and people love his movies. Mel Gibson is crazier than a shithouse rat but everyone recognized Hacksaw Ridge was amazing.
Maybe ... it's not your views, oh star of the grand Hollywood epic Deuce Bigalow.
Maybe ... it's not your views, oh star of the grand Hollywood epic Deuce Bigalow.
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An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
Michael Dukakis being up 17 points in early polling was one of the most bizarre moments in the history of political polling. It was like if polls showed Americans like mayonaise on their pizza.
1. I did not vote for him.
2. His Greekness did not move me; as one political operative in my state said to me: "I knew Michael before he was Greek."
3. I laid down a C-note against him in the summer of 1988 when he was 17 pts ahead and the Dem who bet me never paid up when Bush won.
2. His Greekness did not move me; as one political operative in my state said to me: "I knew Michael before he was Greek."
3. I laid down a C-note against him in the summer of 1988 when he was 17 pts ahead and the Dem who bet me never paid up when Bush won.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Off-topic, but what did you think of Michael Dukakis, not only a New England governor when nominated for president in 1988 but also the first Greek-American to be a major party nominee for the presidency?
December 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Michael Dukakis being up 17 points in early polling was one of the most bizarre moments in the history of political polling. It was like if polls showed Americans like mayonaise on their pizza.
True as far as it goes. Most previous President drew a distinction between supporting Israel and handing them a blank check.
Netanyahu: We've never had a friend like President Trump in the White House. It's not even close. I think Israel is very blessed to have President Trump leading the United States.
December 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
True as far as it goes. Most previous President drew a distinction between supporting Israel and handing them a blank check.
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2/2
One raped a minor under 15 when he was in his 20s
The other had previously been homeless and got caught urinating outside because he couldn't access bathrooms regularly.
They're on the same sex offender registry as if they're equally a threat to public safety.
One raped a minor under 15 when he was in his 20s
The other had previously been homeless and got caught urinating outside because he couldn't access bathrooms regularly.
They're on the same sex offender registry as if they're equally a threat to public safety.
December 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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One raped a minor under 15 when he was in his 20s
The other had previously been homeless and got caught urinating outside because he couldn't access bathrooms regularly.
They're on the same sex offender registry as if they're equally a threat to public safety.
One raped a minor under 15 when he was in his 20s
The other had previously been homeless and got caught urinating outside because he couldn't access bathrooms regularly.
They're on the same sex offender registry as if they're equally a threat to public safety.
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reminder that many people on the sex offender registry aren't violent or sex offenders.
I've mentioned it before, but I had an apartment 2 neighbors were on the sex offender registry.
Obviously I wanted more information, but when I looked up their names I found out that
(1/2)
I've mentioned it before, but I had an apartment 2 neighbors were on the sex offender registry.
Obviously I wanted more information, but when I looked up their names I found out that
(1/2)
NEW: beginning january 1, chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
it’s the latest in a concerted effort by mayor johnson’s admin to criminalize homelessness on cta trains + buses and in public parks during the coldest months of the year.
it’s the latest in a concerted effort by mayor johnson’s admin to criminalize homelessness on cta trains + buses and in public parks during the coldest months of the year.
‘An impossible situation’ - Chicago Reader
Beginning January 1, the City of Chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
chicagoreader.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
reminder that many people on the sex offender registry aren't violent or sex offenders.
I've mentioned it before, but I had an apartment 2 neighbors were on the sex offender registry.
Obviously I wanted more information, but when I looked up their names I found out that
(1/2)
I've mentioned it before, but I had an apartment 2 neighbors were on the sex offender registry.
Obviously I wanted more information, but when I looked up their names I found out that
(1/2)
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This is staggeringly stupid and unprofessional.
This is why you don't fucking hire trolls and clout chasers for fucking high level positions.
Harmeet is manifestly unfit for her fucking job, which I suppose puts her in good company, nobody running shit at the DOJ is fit for their god damn job.
This is why you don't fucking hire trolls and clout chasers for fucking high level positions.
Harmeet is manifestly unfit for her fucking job, which I suppose puts her in good company, nobody running shit at the DOJ is fit for their god damn job.
This is not how a normal Justice Department talks about an ongoing investigation—or about putative targets and their uncharged conduct.
December 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is staggeringly stupid and unprofessional.
This is why you don't fucking hire trolls and clout chasers for fucking high level positions.
Harmeet is manifestly unfit for her fucking job, which I suppose puts her in good company, nobody running shit at the DOJ is fit for their god damn job.
This is why you don't fucking hire trolls and clout chasers for fucking high level positions.
Harmeet is manifestly unfit for her fucking job, which I suppose puts her in good company, nobody running shit at the DOJ is fit for their god damn job.
I have found that the best mixer for eggnog is pouring it down the drain.
[ducks]
[ducks]
December 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I have found that the best mixer for eggnog is pouring it down the drain.
[ducks]
[ducks]
I switched to a paid account a couple of years ago. Absolutely worth it to fund the work he's doing. His recent post on the boat bombing was a thorough point-by-point destruction of every Administration talking point.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I switched to a paid account a couple of years ago. Absolutely worth it to fund the work he's doing. His recent post on the boat bombing was a thorough point-by-point destruction of every Administration talking point.
Blackpink Floyd
Ruin two bands by combining them:
Fall OutKast Boy
Fall OutKast Boy
ruin two bands by combining them:
the aerosmiths
the aerosmiths
December 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Blackpink Floyd
At some point, the concept of "moral hazard" will reach Washington. But it is not this day.
Most underrated Biden admin mistake was bailing out Silicon Valley Bank.
SVB bet big on low interest rates and lost. Rich tech VCs who put too many eggs in that basket generated a bank run, then called for govt money.
Got their bailout, helped elect Trump, and now reaping rewards from corruption.
SVB bet big on low interest rates and lost. Rich tech VCs who put too many eggs in that basket generated a bank run, then called for govt money.
Got their bailout, helped elect Trump, and now reaping rewards from corruption.
David Sacks, presumably, on the push by some in the tech and VC world to fund a primary challenge to Congressman Khanna.
December 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
At some point, the concept of "moral hazard" will reach Washington. But it is not this day.
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"Will you fuckers read the fucking book one fucking time" challenge level impossible. Again.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
"Will you fuckers read the fucking book one fucking time" challenge level impossible. Again.
Miller is not only a bigot, he's a stupid one.
Immigrant-hating Stephen Miller talks about Americans being "first to harness the atom." But the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was conducted by a team led by Italian immigrant Enrico Fermi, who didn't become a U.S. citizen until a year and a half later.
December 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Miller is not only a bigot, he's a stupid one.
“Stuff happens on Jan 6 2021”. Oh, you mean stuff like an attempted coup? That stuff?
Remember when these people went completely non linear because Omar said “some people did some things” on 9/11?
Remember when these people went completely non linear because Omar said “some people did some things” on 9/11?
This is not how a normal Justice Department talks about an ongoing investigation—or about putative targets and their uncharged conduct.
December 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“Stuff happens on Jan 6 2021”. Oh, you mean stuff like an attempted coup? That stuff?
Remember when these people went completely non linear because Omar said “some people did some things” on 9/11?
Remember when these people went completely non linear because Omar said “some people did some things” on 9/11?
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I am annoyed by the persistence of 'resist libs are tired of resisting Trump' line.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
December 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I am annoyed by the persistence of 'resist libs are tired of resisting Trump' line.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
Scary day. Forgot beta blocker yesterday and this morning and pulse shot up to 140 when sitting down. One Lorazepam and one beta blocker later, all back to normal.
December 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Scary day. Forgot beta blocker yesterday and this morning and pulse shot up to 140 when sitting down. One Lorazepam and one beta blocker later, all back to normal.
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This has got to be eating away at Trump from the inside. He was practically salivating at the prospect of all the fancy ppl doing performances in his honor at one of the fanciest performance centers in the world.
Now it's just an empty amusement park that I guess he can invite the UFC to.
Now it's just an empty amusement park that I guess he can invite the UFC to.
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This has got to be eating away at Trump from the inside. He was practically salivating at the prospect of all the fancy ppl doing performances in his honor at one of the fanciest performance centers in the world.
Now it's just an empty amusement park that I guess he can invite the UFC to.
Now it's just an empty amusement park that I guess he can invite the UFC to.
Toba Eruption? Lab leak. Lake Nyos? Lab leak. Vesuvius? Lab leak.
Next up: Black Plague was a lab leak, dinosaur extinction was a lab leak, Big Bang was a lab leak.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Toba Eruption? Lab leak. Lake Nyos? Lab leak. Vesuvius? Lab leak.
Butter
Travel
Pussy
😳
This better be about me traveling somewhere to adopt a cat named Butter.
Travel
Pussy
😳
This better be about me traveling somewhere to adopt a cat named Butter.
The first 3 words you see will define your 2026.
Wine
Money
Friend
Wine
Money
Friend
December 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Butter
Travel
Pussy
😳
This better be about me traveling somewhere to adopt a cat named Butter.
Travel
Pussy
😳
This better be about me traveling somewhere to adopt a cat named Butter.
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Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
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“We’re healthy, we don’t need a shot,” makes just as much sense as, “We won’t get in a crash, we don’t need to buckle up.”
You can’t know that. You cannot know if you or your kids are merely one infection away from being horribly unwell.
You can’t know that. You cannot know if you or your kids are merely one infection away from being horribly unwell.
The death of any child is tragic. We always think it will not be my child, they are healthy. Severe influenza can be unpredictable & deadly. Getting vaccinated considerably reduces dz severity and deaths. Please make sure you are vaccinated & your children are too.
people.com/alabama-boy-...
people.com/alabama-boy-...
Boy, 11, Dies After Severe Case of the Flu: ‘Jace Never Even Got to Open His Christmas Gifts’
Jace Watkins, 11, of Alabama died on Dec. 27 after being hospitalized due to complications from the flu.
people.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“We’re healthy, we don’t need a shot,” makes just as much sense as, “We won’t get in a crash, we don’t need to buckle up.”
You can’t know that. You cannot know if you or your kids are merely one infection away from being horribly unwell.
You can’t know that. You cannot know if you or your kids are merely one infection away from being horribly unwell.
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Harmeet has really achieved her natural level of professionalism and character. Congrats to her.
December 29, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Harmeet has really achieved her natural level of professionalism and character. Congrats to her.
Feel dirty but used AI to assist the thumbnail for today's video. It helped. But the original version had what looked like two gay Supermen fighting over a baby. My brother put it well: AI doesn't know what a person is; it only knows what a picture of a person is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=puUc...
Was Sheldon Right About Superman (1978)?
YouTube video by Michael Siegel
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December 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Feel dirty but used AI to assist the thumbnail for today's video. It helped. But the original version had what looked like two gay Supermen fighting over a baby. My brother put it well: AI doesn't know what a person is; it only knows what a picture of a person is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=puUc...