Mike Babulic
@mikebabulic.bsky.social
Geriatric geek. Cyclist. Hiker. Hash House Harrier. Partner to Brenda. Best friend to Vinnie Van Go... he's my dog
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Mike Babulic
@mikebabulic.bsky.social
· Dec 7
I see your puppy pic, and raise you a puppy plus flüffenwolf foto
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It occurred to me last night that maybe the reason Conservatives don't like social programs supporting kids, like school breakfast or dental care, is because hungry kids with cavities grow up to be angry adults and that's the entire Conservative base.
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It occurred to me last night that maybe the reason Conservatives don't like social programs supporting kids, like school breakfast or dental care, is because hungry kids with cavities grow up to be angry adults and that's the entire Conservative base.
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It's probably past time to expect any mainstream media to call out this crazy ass shit.
We need to keep sharing it to make sure it's being seen.
We need to keep sharing it to make sure it's being seen.
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
It's probably past time to expect any mainstream media to call out this crazy ass shit.
We need to keep sharing it to make sure it's being seen.
We need to keep sharing it to make sure it's being seen.
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Lots of people don't know that the false claim that vaccines cause autism came from a guy who was trying to prevent the MMR because he personally made more money from those three vaccines being separate components.
(Wakefield, if you see that reference historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101... )
(Wakefield, if you see that reference historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101... )
History of Anti-Vaccination Movements
Though many consider vaccination a top public health achievement of modern medicine, opposition to vaccination dates back to its introduction in the early 1800s.
historyofvaccines.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Lots of people don't know that the false claim that vaccines cause autism came from a guy who was trying to prevent the MMR because he personally made more money from those three vaccines being separate components.
(Wakefield, if you see that reference historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101... )
(Wakefield, if you see that reference historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101... )
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UW and Fred Hutch researchers, and many others, are bringing us closer to a cure for HIV.
In Washington state, we're proud to thank our scientists today on World AIDS Day.
In Washington state, we're proud to thank our scientists today on World AIDS Day.
Path to HIV cure includes Seattle scientists
Two new studies provide insights into a possible cure for HIV, and feature the work of researchers from the UW and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
www.seattletimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
UW and Fred Hutch researchers, and many others, are bringing us closer to a cure for HIV.
In Washington state, we're proud to thank our scientists today on World AIDS Day.
In Washington state, we're proud to thank our scientists today on World AIDS Day.
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Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
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Please, Apple, do this one right.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
Apple TV's New Cyberpunk Show That Was Called 'Unfilmable' Is the Sci-Fi Event of the Decade
One book-to-screen adaptation that was once thought impossible is finally coming to Apple TV next year--and we couldn't be more excited.
www.cbr.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Please, Apple, do this one right.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
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My bank's website is one letter off from a gross German porn site and it's annoying because I keep accidentally visiting my bank's website.
October 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
My bank's website is one letter off from a gross German porn site and it's annoying because I keep accidentally visiting my bank's website.
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Megyn Kelly says that simply murdering the survivors of a strike on a Venezuelan fishing boat isn't enough. She would prefer that they be subjected to extended torture to heighten their pain and agony. Megyn has captured the essence of what it means to be MAGA.
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Megyn Kelly says that simply murdering the survivors of a strike on a Venezuelan fishing boat isn't enough. She would prefer that they be subjected to extended torture to heighten their pain and agony. Megyn has captured the essence of what it means to be MAGA.
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Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
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also, your kulture kommissar has particular opinions about what instructors should look like and believe.
this won’t stop at trans people.
this won’t stop at trans people.
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
also, your kulture kommissar has particular opinions about what instructors should look like and believe.
this won’t stop at trans people.
this won’t stop at trans people.
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🔥"The creation of a public-private practice model will not only start unravelling Alberta’s public health-care system, but public health care across our country. The decisions made today will have reverberations far into the future." #abpoli #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Alberta’s public-private model threatens health care all over the country
All a public-private surgical model will do is reallocate surgeries from those who need it the most to those who can pay the most. In the short term, patients will
www.thestar.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🔥"The creation of a public-private practice model will not only start unravelling Alberta’s public health-care system, but public health care across our country. The decisions made today will have reverberations far into the future." #abpoli #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Everyone at Google should look at how their company was once a verb and has now become a heaping plate of nonsense and revolt against the dipshits forcing this on everyone
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Everyone at Google should look at how their company was once a verb and has now become a heaping plate of nonsense and revolt against the dipshits forcing this on everyone
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The true guardrail of the American political system was Congress not being run by a bunch of obedient sycophants, but by people with egos and ambition.
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The true guardrail of the American political system was Congress not being run by a bunch of obedient sycophants, but by people with egos and ambition.
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By Dan Hollaway’s own standards, it should be acceptable to let all the air out of his tires and then drone strike him while he’s waiting for AAA
Pete Hegseth will face prosecution for real war crimes, not imagined ones, so there's no problem.
And come on, no one believes a podcaster is going to murder military police and martial court judges over one douchebag that's no longer in office.
And come on, no one believes a podcaster is going to murder military police and martial court judges over one douchebag that's no longer in office.
November 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
By Dan Hollaway’s own standards, it should be acceptable to let all the air out of his tires and then drone strike him while he’s waiting for AAA
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Happy birthday to Nathalie Lambert, born on this day in 1963 in Montreal!
In her speed skating career, she won a gold and two silver at the Olympics. She won 16 World Championship gold and is a member of Canada's Sprots Hall of Fame.
In her speed skating career, she won a gold and two silver at the Olympics. She won 16 World Championship gold and is a member of Canada's Sprots Hall of Fame.
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Happy birthday to Nathalie Lambert, born on this day in 1963 in Montreal!
In her speed skating career, she won a gold and two silver at the Olympics. She won 16 World Championship gold and is a member of Canada's Sprots Hall of Fame.
In her speed skating career, she won a gold and two silver at the Olympics. She won 16 World Championship gold and is a member of Canada's Sprots Hall of Fame.
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On this day in 1910, Louis Slotin was born in Winnipeg.
A physicist and chemist, he worked on the Manhattan Project. On May 21, 1946, an accident released a burst of hard radiation on him giving him what doctors called "a three dimensional sunburn".
He died nine days later.
A physicist and chemist, he worked on the Manhattan Project. On May 21, 1946, an accident released a burst of hard radiation on him giving him what doctors called "a three dimensional sunburn".
He died nine days later.
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
On this day in 1910, Louis Slotin was born in Winnipeg.
A physicist and chemist, he worked on the Manhattan Project. On May 21, 1946, an accident released a burst of hard radiation on him giving him what doctors called "a three dimensional sunburn".
He died nine days later.
A physicist and chemist, he worked on the Manhattan Project. On May 21, 1946, an accident released a burst of hard radiation on him giving him what doctors called "a three dimensional sunburn".
He died nine days later.
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People say they want to manufacture real things in America again BUT they complain that it’s “inappropriate” and “not productive” to talk about how we need lots of guillotines. Like make up your minds!
December 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
People say they want to manufacture real things in America again BUT they complain that it’s “inappropriate” and “not productive” to talk about how we need lots of guillotines. Like make up your minds!
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Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
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Our pretend facts are just as good as the real thing. If not better.
Time magazine quotes Canadian satirical website The Beaverton
A recent Time magazine article used a quote from Canadian satire site, the Beaverton, as a fact in reference to U.S. relationships with other countries.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Our pretend facts are just as good as the real thing. If not better.
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
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"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."