Paul Furio
@paulfurio.bsky.social
A former musician and tech guy. Now I just try to make the world a little more joyful.
What a pile of bullshit. People who can’t stand on their own merits want to tear down an arguable great leader. I hate living in a world filled with powerful people who are devoid of character.
somehow reading this made me even more persuaded that this is more about the resentments and ax grinding of professional commentators than an honest electoral analysis www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Biden Scandal Goes Well Beyond the Aging Cover-Up
The former president’s stubbornness and narcissism led to disastrous Trump victory.
www.thenation.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
What a pile of bullshit. People who can’t stand on their own merits want to tear down an arguable great leader. I hate living in a world filled with powerful people who are devoid of character.
I’m wondering how lawyers are feeling knowing that everything they’ve learned is now useless and the outcomes of all their cases are at the whims of a handful of sociopaths.
April 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I’m wondering how lawyers are feeling knowing that everything they’ve learned is now useless and the outcomes of all their cases are at the whims of a handful of sociopaths.
Just keep creating. Just keep building. Just keep performing.
If there’s anything to be learned from this shitshow, it’s that if you keep moving forward it’s harder to slow you down.
If there’s anything to be learned from this shitshow, it’s that if you keep moving forward it’s harder to slow you down.
March 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just keep creating. Just keep building. Just keep performing.
If there’s anything to be learned from this shitshow, it’s that if you keep moving forward it’s harder to slow you down.
If there’s anything to be learned from this shitshow, it’s that if you keep moving forward it’s harder to slow you down.
Six months of gains wiped out. Stellar job.
March 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Six months of gains wiped out. Stellar job.
If an e-commerce site has a problem, it doesn't suddenly collapse on someone and crush them to death under it's weight. Tech bros often forget this when they try to apply "move fast and break things" to non-tech spaces. In a reasonable society, we would have guardrails preventing these disasters.
March 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If an e-commerce site has a problem, it doesn't suddenly collapse on someone and crush them to death under it's weight. Tech bros often forget this when they try to apply "move fast and break things" to non-tech spaces. In a reasonable society, we would have guardrails preventing these disasters.
Too many "great" men suffer from the same delusion: I'm better than everyone else, the rules shouldn't apply to me.
This is ultimately a path to anarchy, for even when several people band together to achieve this goal, they will inevitably stab each other in the back at some future date.
This is ultimately a path to anarchy, for even when several people band together to achieve this goal, they will inevitably stab each other in the back at some future date.
February 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Too many "great" men suffer from the same delusion: I'm better than everyone else, the rules shouldn't apply to me.
This is ultimately a path to anarchy, for even when several people band together to achieve this goal, they will inevitably stab each other in the back at some future date.
This is ultimately a path to anarchy, for even when several people band together to achieve this goal, they will inevitably stab each other in the back at some future date.
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When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.
February 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.
The entire notion that anything other than a business should be run like a business is absolutely insane, and displays a profound shortsightedness. Governments and Society should not be run like a business. Only a heartless sociopath would want that.
February 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The entire notion that anything other than a business should be run like a business is absolutely insane, and displays a profound shortsightedness. Governments and Society should not be run like a business. Only a heartless sociopath would want that.
I keep getting texts from Democrats decrying the state of the Nation, and then asking me for money. I am no longer convinced that the Democrats are not merely a fundraising organization to fund further fundraising. I will reward them financially when I see material progress in restoring Democracy.
February 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I keep getting texts from Democrats decrying the state of the Nation, and then asking me for money. I am no longer convinced that the Democrats are not merely a fundraising organization to fund further fundraising. I will reward them financially when I see material progress in restoring Democracy.
People who have given up trying to be happy are people who will actively seek to make others miserable.
February 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
People who have given up trying to be happy are people who will actively seek to make others miserable.
I guess we’re just doing corruption in the open now.
February 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I guess we’re just doing corruption in the open now.
The first improv troupe of which I am formally a member: @hamletcheeseimprov.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The first improv troupe of which I am formally a member: @hamletcheeseimprov.bsky.social
I guess it all makes sense when you consider that Musk believes he's living in a simulation and he thinks everyone but him is an NPC.
But Jesus, wearing a baseball hat in the Oval Office? Talk about disrespect.
But Jesus, wearing a baseball hat in the Oval Office? Talk about disrespect.
February 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I guess it all makes sense when you consider that Musk believes he's living in a simulation and he thinks everyone but him is an NPC.
But Jesus, wearing a baseball hat in the Oval Office? Talk about disrespect.
But Jesus, wearing a baseball hat in the Oval Office? Talk about disrespect.
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[watching my neighbor burn my house down]
IM GONNA VOTE AGAINST YOU SO HARD AT THE NEXT HOA MEETING
IM GONNA VOTE AGAINST YOU SO HARD AT THE NEXT HOA MEETING
February 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
[watching my neighbor burn my house down]
IM GONNA VOTE AGAINST YOU SO HARD AT THE NEXT HOA MEETING
IM GONNA VOTE AGAINST YOU SO HARD AT THE NEXT HOA MEETING
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I suppose giving speeches and asking for money is ONE WAY to deal with an active crisis. Perhaps just not the way we need right now.
February 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I suppose giving speeches and asking for money is ONE WAY to deal with an active crisis. Perhaps just not the way we need right now.
Countdown to Mexico saying “I can fix him!”
February 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Countdown to Mexico saying “I can fix him!”
Trump seems to think Canada will be Ukraine for the USA. Man, he is so so wrong.
February 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Trump seems to think Canada will be Ukraine for the USA. Man, he is so so wrong.
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A FACT is information minus emotion. An OPINION is information plus experience. IGNORANCE is an opinion lacking information. STUPIDITY is an opinion that ignores a fact.
February 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A FACT is information minus emotion. An OPINION is information plus experience. IGNORANCE is an opinion lacking information. STUPIDITY is an opinion that ignores a fact.
I still don't get Democratic leadership. It's like they're the firehouse captain, seeing the couch in the living room is engulfed in flames, and deciding to give a speech on the perils of smoking indoors right before asking for a donation.
Buddy, suit up and turn on the hose!
Buddy, suit up and turn on the hose!
February 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I still don't get Democratic leadership. It's like they're the firehouse captain, seeing the couch in the living room is engulfed in flames, and deciding to give a speech on the perils of smoking indoors right before asking for a donation.
Buddy, suit up and turn on the hose!
Buddy, suit up and turn on the hose!
Perhaps waiting for an economic crisis to try to offload my music gear was a bad idea.
February 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Perhaps waiting for an economic crisis to try to offload my music gear was a bad idea.
The correct response to a crisis or tragedy is "This is terrible, our hearts go out, and we're going to do everything in our power to figure out why this happened and ensure it never happens again."
The wrong response is to take no responsibility and blame minorities. That's weakness.
The wrong response is to take no responsibility and blame minorities. That's weakness.
January 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The correct response to a crisis or tragedy is "This is terrible, our hearts go out, and we're going to do everything in our power to figure out why this happened and ensure it never happens again."
The wrong response is to take no responsibility and blame minorities. That's weakness.
The wrong response is to take no responsibility and blame minorities. That's weakness.
Sic semper tyrannis.
January 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Sic semper tyrannis.