Patrick Crotty
@patrickrcrotty.bsky.social
Physics prof. Basic philosophy: Data > Theory, Facts > Narrative. MAGAs, bigots, doomers, people with a hammer-and-sickle in their nym, and other obnoxious rabble get instablocked. Posts are my personal views and I don’t speak for any institution etc.
My politics vary from slightly-center-right to Sanders-flavor progressive, depending on the issue.
But oh my dear sweet Christ do I hate extremely-online extreme-leftists. Literally any conversation on Bluesky they slither into turns devolves into a flame war.
Utterly repellent, toxic people.
But oh my dear sweet Christ do I hate extremely-online extreme-leftists. Literally any conversation on Bluesky they slither into turns devolves into a flame war.
Utterly repellent, toxic people.
January 3, 2026 at 11:45 PM
My politics vary from slightly-center-right to Sanders-flavor progressive, depending on the issue.
But oh my dear sweet Christ do I hate extremely-online extreme-leftists. Literally any conversation on Bluesky they slither into turns devolves into a flame war.
Utterly repellent, toxic people.
But oh my dear sweet Christ do I hate extremely-online extreme-leftists. Literally any conversation on Bluesky they slither into turns devolves into a flame war.
Utterly repellent, toxic people.
I know the calendar says January 2026, but I suspect we’re actually in the first few days of 1968.
January 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I know the calendar says January 2026, but I suspect we’re actually in the first few days of 1968.
Congress did not authorize this. Trump must be impeached immediately.
Congress did not authorize this. Trump must be impeached immediately.
Congress did not authorize this. Trump must be impeached immediately.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
Congress did not authorize this. Trump must be impeached immediately.
Congress did not authorize this. Trump must be impeached immediately.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
Venezuela latest: Trump says US has 'captured' President Maduro in strikes on country - live updates
The US attorney general says Maduro will face
www.bbc.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Congress did not authorize this. Trump must be impeached immediately.
Congress did not authorize this. Trump must be impeached immediately.
Congress did not authorize this. Trump must be impeached immediately.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
Congress did not authorize this. Trump must be impeached immediately.
Congress did not authorize this. Trump must be impeached immediately.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
Dear non-American posters:
Please grasp something about anti-Trump Americans: we hate our current President, but we love our country.
If you’re here just to take a giant dump on our nation and people, or to give us smug, patronizing lectures about what we’re doing wrong, expect hostility.
Please grasp something about anti-Trump Americans: we hate our current President, but we love our country.
If you’re here just to take a giant dump on our nation and people, or to give us smug, patronizing lectures about what we’re doing wrong, expect hostility.
December 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Dear non-American posters:
Please grasp something about anti-Trump Americans: we hate our current President, but we love our country.
If you’re here just to take a giant dump on our nation and people, or to give us smug, patronizing lectures about what we’re doing wrong, expect hostility.
Please grasp something about anti-Trump Americans: we hate our current President, but we love our country.
If you’re here just to take a giant dump on our nation and people, or to give us smug, patronizing lectures about what we’re doing wrong, expect hostility.
There are lines which, if crossed, would render the federal government illegitimate. Meaning, a large number of Americans — including many governors, judges, and legislators — would collectively decide they owed no obedience or loyalty to any political authority beyond their state governments.
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There are lines which, if crossed, would render the federal government illegitimate. Meaning, a large number of Americans — including many governors, judges, and legislators — would collectively decide they owed no obedience or loyalty to any political authority beyond their state governments.
I don’t mean to brag, but I have it on good authority that I’m on the shortlist for the Five Guys Burgers & Fries Prize in Physics.
December 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I don’t mean to brag, but I have it on good authority that I’m on the shortlist for the Five Guys Burgers & Fries Prize in Physics.
For some reason, I’ve been adding a large number of people to my “Childish Brats” blocklist today.
December 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
For some reason, I’ve been adding a large number of people to my “Childish Brats” blocklist today.
The party of law and order. The party of Main Street. The party of average Americans struggling to pay their bills.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The party of law and order. The party of Main Street. The party of average Americans struggling to pay their bills.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Non-ironic use of "USian" = instablock.
We're Americans. That's what we've called ourselves in English for longer than we've been a country. No intelligent adult takes it as a denial of the existence of the other 34 countries of the Western Hemisphere, or a claim on their territory.
We're Americans. That's what we've called ourselves in English for longer than we've been a country. No intelligent adult takes it as a denial of the existence of the other 34 countries of the Western Hemisphere, or a claim on their territory.
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Non-ironic use of "USian" = instablock.
We're Americans. That's what we've called ourselves in English for longer than we've been a country. No intelligent adult takes it as a denial of the existence of the other 34 countries of the Western Hemisphere, or a claim on their territory.
We're Americans. That's what we've called ourselves in English for longer than we've been a country. No intelligent adult takes it as a denial of the existence of the other 34 countries of the Western Hemisphere, or a claim on their territory.
The honorless pieces of shit currently masquerading as President of the United States and Secretary of Defense are not worthy to lick the soles of Mark Kelly’s shoes.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
Pentagon says it might recall Sen. Mark Kelly to military service for court martial over ‘illegal orders’ video | CNN Politics
The Pentagon said Monday that it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired US Navy captain, in light of “serious allegations of misconduct” the department has received against him, and co...
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The honorless pieces of shit currently masquerading as President of the United States and Secretary of Defense are not worthy to lick the soles of Mark Kelly’s shoes.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
This man is a clear and present danger to the Republic, and Congress must remove him from office.
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Trump eyes federal Epstein investigation that targets his foes, but not himself
The president wants the public to see the Epstein scandal as a hoax — except the parts related to people he doesn’t like.
www.msnbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This man is a clear and present danger to the Republic, and Congress must remove him from office.
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Donald Trump is a desperate, panicking, flailing criminal whose darkest secrets are about to come out.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
Exclusive: Trump administration plans meeting over House effort to force release of all of DOJ’s Epstein files | CNN Politics
Top Trump administration officials were planning to meet Wednesday about an effort in the US House to force a vote on releasing Justice Department case files related to Jeffrey Epstein, according to m...
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Donald Trump is a desperate, panicking, flailing criminal whose darkest secrets are about to come out.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
There is a non-negligible probability that the current President of the United States is a pedophile.
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There is a non-negligible probability that the current President of the United States is a pedophile.
One thing I’ve noticed about bullies and narcissists is that they *completely lose their shit* when anyone gives them a taste of their own medicine. Laugh at the bully, point out the narcissist isn’t as smart/strong/virtuous as they pretend, and it’s like you‘ve pissed on their mother’s grave.
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
One thing I’ve noticed about bullies and narcissists is that they *completely lose their shit* when anyone gives them a taste of their own medicine. Laugh at the bully, point out the narcissist isn’t as smart/strong/virtuous as they pretend, and it’s like you‘ve pissed on their mother’s grave.
Every single Democratic Senator who doesn't, within the next few days, publicly call for Schumer to be replaced as Minority Leader needs to get primaried.
Every single one.
Every single one.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Every single Democratic Senator who doesn't, within the next few days, publicly call for Schumer to be replaced as Minority Leader needs to get primaried.
Every single one.
Every single one.
I'l reiterate a point I've seen several other people make tonight: if Schumer is a "no" vote on this surrender but enough Democrats vote for it to pass anyway, then it is proof positive of his incompetence and ineffectiveness as Minority Leader and he must resign from that position immediately.
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I'l reiterate a point I've seen several other people make tonight: if Schumer is a "no" vote on this surrender but enough Democrats vote for it to pass anyway, then it is proof positive of his incompetence and ineffectiveness as Minority Leader and he must resign from that position immediately.
Dear Democrats: do not ever ask me for money again, unless it's for a primary challenge to a Senate incumbent.
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Dear Democrats: do not ever ask me for money again, unless it's for a primary challenge to a Senate incumbent.
If either of my Senators, Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, vote to end the shutdown without getting anything on the ACA subsidies, I will be donating the maximum to their primary opponents, and leaving the lines blank if their names appear on general election ballots.
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If either of my Senators, Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, vote to end the shutdown without getting anything on the ACA subsidies, I will be donating the maximum to their primary opponents, and leaving the lines blank if their names appear on general election ballots.
Important to emphasize that this disgusting surrender is not the doing of Cornell's faculty. It was a decision made by the president and senior administrators.
Nevertheless, until every single one of these cowards has been fired, Cornell is *severely* compromised as an academic institution.
Nevertheless, until every single one of these cowards has been fired, Cornell is *severely* compromised as an academic institution.
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Important to emphasize that this disgusting surrender is not the doing of Cornell's faculty. It was a decision made by the president and senior administrators.
Nevertheless, until every single one of these cowards has been fired, Cornell is *severely* compromised as an academic institution.
Nevertheless, until every single one of these cowards has been fired, Cornell is *severely* compromised as an academic institution.
America isn't over.
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
America isn't over.
The past nine months have made clear why every billionaire is a policy failure. It's just too corrupting and destabilizing for any liberal democracy to have a tiny hyper-elite with incomprehensible wealth compared to the average citizen.
People should be able to get rich, but not *that* rich.
People should be able to get rich, but not *that* rich.
October 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The past nine months have made clear why every billionaire is a policy failure. It's just too corrupting and destabilizing for any liberal democracy to have a tiny hyper-elite with incomprehensible wealth compared to the average citizen.
People should be able to get rich, but not *that* rich.
People should be able to get rich, but not *that* rich.
Doomerism is cowardice.
October 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Doomerism is cowardice.