Joe Rugola
@joerugola.bsky.social
IT oddball, West coast night owl, reader. He/him
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WE ARE COMING, FATHER ABRAHAM, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE,
FROM MISSISSIPPI'S WINDING STREAM AND FROM NEW ENGLAND'S SHORE.
WE DARE NOT LOOK BEHIND US BUT STEADFASTLY BEFORE.
WE ARE COMING, FATHER ABRAHAM, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE!
FROM MISSISSIPPI'S WINDING STREAM AND FROM NEW ENGLAND'S SHORE.
WE DARE NOT LOOK BEHIND US BUT STEADFASTLY BEFORE.
WE ARE COMING, FATHER ABRAHAM, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE!
October 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
WE ARE COMING, FATHER ABRAHAM, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE,
FROM MISSISSIPPI'S WINDING STREAM AND FROM NEW ENGLAND'S SHORE.
WE DARE NOT LOOK BEHIND US BUT STEADFASTLY BEFORE.
WE ARE COMING, FATHER ABRAHAM, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE!
FROM MISSISSIPPI'S WINDING STREAM AND FROM NEW ENGLAND'S SHORE.
WE DARE NOT LOOK BEHIND US BUT STEADFASTLY BEFORE.
WE ARE COMING, FATHER ABRAHAM, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE!
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"THE EAGLE SHALL BEAR THE RATTLESNAKE IN HIS MOUTH AND REND HIM WITH HIS TALONS"
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"THE EAGLE SHALL BEAR THE RATTLESNAKE IN HIS MOUTH AND REND HIM WITH HIS TALONS"
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
We are in the midst of an almost two-century revolution in human health and longevity brought about by technologies like the MMR vaccine. That this revolution might be rolled back by idiots like RFK, at the cost of human lives, is morally repugnant.
This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
We are in the midst of an almost two-century revolution in human health and longevity brought about by technologies like the MMR vaccine. That this revolution might be rolled back by idiots like RFK, at the cost of human lives, is morally repugnant.
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"rapidly deployed" "powerful in ways we don't understand" and "safe to the end user" pick at most two
It really, really does not feel like many of the people pushing AI and robotics to go as fast as possible have a good model of how it's going to go well
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"rapidly deployed" "powerful in ways we don't understand" and "safe to the end user" pick at most two
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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"The best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy who, under the specious… garb of patriotism seeks to excuse, palliate or defend them." - Frederick Douglass
November 7, 2024 at 4:55 PM
"The best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy who, under the specious… garb of patriotism seeks to excuse, palliate or defend them." - Frederick Douglass
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I went a third of a century accepting, on the testimony of a cartoon, that coyotes chase roadrunners before I ever saw the real thing.
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I went a third of a century accepting, on the testimony of a cartoon, that coyotes chase roadrunners before I ever saw the real thing.
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THEY USED TO CALL US WOKE
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
THEY USED TO CALL US WOKE
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
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Chipp Neckwear sells a somewhat similar tie made from 100% silk (cat ties are often polyester). The design is supposed to mean something I won't repeat here bc it's vulgar. But it also represents how many cats treat their owners, so I like it. They also have dog ties. All ties are made in NYC
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Chipp Neckwear sells a somewhat similar tie made from 100% silk (cat ties are often polyester). The design is supposed to mean something I won't repeat here bc it's vulgar. But it also represents how many cats treat their owners, so I like it. They also have dog ties. All ties are made in NYC
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November 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I remember some folks insisting in 2012 that the Democrats as portrayed in LINCOLN were too evil, no one could be that racist; and peeps do I have some bad news about 19th century reactionaries in the US.
Also just reactionaries, generally.
Also just reactionaries, generally.
Your occasional reminder that test audiences for “Good Night, and Good Luck” said the actor playing Senator McCarthy was too over-the-top trying to make him into an obvious villain.
It wasn’t an actor. The film used real archival footage of the real Joseph McCarthy.
It wasn’t an actor. The film used real archival footage of the real Joseph McCarthy.
i'm reminded of that one anecdote where focus groups straight up didn't believe Romney's actual policy positions were real because they were too austere
i think a similar thing is happening for media people who live in denial of what the American right is all about, it's not just Twitter edgelords
i think a similar thing is happening for media people who live in denial of what the American right is all about, it's not just Twitter edgelords
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I remember some folks insisting in 2012 that the Democrats as portrayed in LINCOLN were too evil, no one could be that racist; and peeps do I have some bad news about 19th century reactionaries in the US.
Also just reactionaries, generally.
Also just reactionaries, generally.
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"That's so evil I don't believe you're telling me the truth" is such a specific problem with our electorate.
Recently my brother in law explained what gerrymandering was to a coworker and they didn’t believe him because if that were really happening there would be riots in the street
This week I had someone tell me they're not worried about SNAP being cut off because "that's illegal, so it's impossible Trump could do that, so obviously it's just media sensationalism." Another person told me they weren't worried about ICE because "they can't detain you if you're legally here."
November 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"That's so evil I don't believe you're telling me the truth" is such a specific problem with our electorate.
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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loving the new Lincoln Bedroom design
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
loving the new Lincoln Bedroom design
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
Really leaning into the @goldwagnathan.bsky.social “again as farce” allegations.
DHS really embracing the “we’re doing Sicario” thing on its official social media accounts
October 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Really leaning into the @goldwagnathan.bsky.social “again as farce” allegations.
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I think my favorite thing about "every city reveals its inner character" era of ice protests is that people keep saying portland is weird or cute or nice or silly when one of the most common chants at the ice building is people looking up at feds on the roof and yelling "jump! jump! jump!" in unison
Portland resists with whimsical improv theater, Chicago resists by screaming at weird jagoffs that don’t belong in the neighborhood. Every city brings its own strengths to the fight
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
October 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I think my favorite thing about "every city reveals its inner character" era of ice protests is that people keep saying portland is weird or cute or nice or silly when one of the most common chants at the ice building is people looking up at feds on the roof and yelling "jump! jump! jump!" in unison
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Portland resists with whimsical improv theater, Chicago resists by screaming at weird jagoffs that don’t belong in the neighborhood. Every city brings its own strengths to the fight
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
More from the scene
October 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Portland resists with whimsical improv theater, Chicago resists by screaming at weird jagoffs that don’t belong in the neighborhood. Every city brings its own strengths to the fight