Paul
pbrainedoptimist.bsky.social
Paul
@pbrainedoptimist.bsky.social
In Bruges. Unbelievably, we have today people who are interested in staging a Nazi reboot, only this time in the United States. Stay close to the candles.
Do you know anyone suitable for Melia? A home without other dogs is required to adopt; she'll be fine living with cats.
MELIA is sleeping her days away in the shelter. She didn't get her Christmas wish. But we can make her New Years a great one. Shes a great dog just needs the right home. 💝

💻Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
🏠Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Reposted by Paul
MELIA is spending her second Christmas at the shelter. Lets end 2025 with a bang! By finding her a forever adult only home with no dogs. Cats are ok. Shes an amazing, smart, beautiful dog. Please adopt her

Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Need something to watch? Here's Thunderf00t's latest assessment of Musk's underperformance regarding his autonomous robots project.
The Optimus Disaster: 5 Years Late & Still Remote Controlled!
YouTube video by Thunderf00t
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December 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Dear Secretary of State Rubio,

Up.

Yours,

Europe
US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules
Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European Commission, says a "witch hunt" is taking place.
www.bbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
There is a pond in our garden. #heron #birds #bruges #brugge
December 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Do you wish to understand the impact of AI on our economies? And how Trump is quite possibly the worst possible person for Americans to have as President?

youtu.be/xA9nRaI71dw?...
The Biggest Disruption Is Yet to Come — ft. Justin Wolfers
YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Accidental Kingfisher. #birds
December 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Tintin and Thomson or Thompson assist with our Christmas decorations.
December 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Cheaper batteries & a longer lifespan? Yes, your battery pack could outlive your car. Sodium is the 7th most abundant element in the world, so patents aside, there are few restrictions to where sodium batteries can be made and having access to lithium will be much less important. It's happening now.
CATL Reveals Sodium Battery With 3.6 Million-Mile Lifespan — 50% Cheaper
YouTube video by Ben Alexxander
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December 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is really the only acceptable strategy for people who are this wealthy and l admire her for continuing to do so.
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $7.1B to nonprofits – DW – 12/10/2025
MacKenzie Scott donated $7.1 billion to nonprofits working on climate change and fighting for equality. She is known for charitable gifts to overlooked groups.
www.dw.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
A US podcaster thinks Adolf Hitler is cool. Here's his 6th Army after surrendering at Stalingrad. He didn't let them withdraw and even promoted General Paulus, hoping he would kill himself. 100,000 were captured and 6,000 made it home. His own people meant nothing to him. Narcissists are toxic.
December 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Trump aligns the US with Russia and offers to carve up Ukraine on Ukraine's behalf. And US oligarch Elon Musk calls for the abolition of the European Union because... tantrum? America must rid us of this nonsense, or we'll have to hold you all responsible. Trump was elected twice FFS. Get to it!
December 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Detrumpification. Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year for 2029.
December 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Owwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!
James Brown's Celebrity Hot Tub Party - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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December 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Fed up with people dropping the subject pronoun from their posts. Sorry, that should have read: I'm fed up with people dropping the subject pronoun from their posts.

If I'm sharing my opinion, shouldn't I take proper ownership of it? Otherwise, how do you know what I really think? Weasel Words.
Weasel word - Wikipedia
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November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Calming viewing of wild horses, donkeys, long shadows and the desert.
Abandoned & Forgotten Footage
Spending most of my time in the desert, I come across all kinds of opportunities. Fixing springs for wild horses is something I do. I also send cameras down 100 year old mine shafts just to see whats ...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I only have a few shareable insect pictures and this is one of them. This is a Lime Hawk Moth (Mimas tiliae) resting on a garage door in Bruges, West Flanders, taken in June 2023. #moths #lepidoptera
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Which countries experience a government shutdown when politicians can't agree the next budget? And what happens next? An interim budget? An election?

Is this another example of how poor the US' version of democracy is in effect? Like having politically appointed judges?

It's a genuine question.
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Rubbing salt into the wounds.
Well, at least someone is celebrating as 40M+ Americans wonder how they’ll feed themselves this month.🫤
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
So, Jeffrey Epstein remains dead, as does associate Jean-Luc Brunel.

Ghislaine Maxwell for now, remains in prison.

And now Prince Andrew is the Andrew formerly known as Prince.

I'm trying to formulate a list of Jeffrey Epstein's American associates who have been prosecuted or punished.
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just cannot choose between them.
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The US government must release the Jeffrey Epstein files and start bring his criminal associates to justice.
The child raped by Prince Andrew and subjected to sadomasochistic sex by Jeffrey Epstein thought she would "die a sex slave" to Epstein and his rich friends, the BBC reports. The memoir is heightening calls to release the Epstein Files, a move opposed by the GOP House. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Virginia Giuffre thought she might 'die a sex slave' at hands of Epstein and his circle, memoir reveals
The BBC obtained a copy of Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir ahead of its publication on Tuesday.
www.bbc.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
What do you see?
Extraordinary picture, I think. (#OTD in 1944, Boxtel, Holland. #WW2 #HISTORY)
October 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Why are so many Americans comfortable with Trump? Why do they see him as their leader? Most of the rest of the world see him clearly and always have done. But not half of US voters. This is a 2015 interview with Selina Scott about her 1995 film on Trump. This isn't news. So what's wrong with the US?
Selina Scott: My feud with Trump
BBC TV presenter Selina Scott has had problems with Donald Trump for a long time - since 1995, she tells Newsnight.
www.bbc.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Why do people identify with him? His speech rarely makes sense, words & meaning are left out, sentences left unfinished. So some listeners fill in the blanks with their own thoughts and become convinced that he and they think the same way. Not much has changed. This Vox article is from October 2016.
Donald Trump’s strange speaking style, as explained by linguists
Is Donald Trump a throwback to ancient oratory — or an undisciplined rambler?
www.vox.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM