Oldrunner
@rmoore31415926.bsky.social
Committing the sin of empathy every chance I get.
We are the Universe trying to figure itself out. Some parts are more curious than others.
We are the Universe trying to figure itself out. Some parts are more curious than others.
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” --Anne Lamott
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” --Anne Lamott
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Let's remember that everyone's life experience is different. Trump supporters have different life experience than the rest of us. Pity over judgement.
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Let's remember that everyone's life experience is different. Trump supporters have different life experience than the rest of us. Pity over judgement.
'Trump Library' are 2 words I never thought would be in the same sentence.
Trump Library Foundation Expects to Raise $50 Million This Year
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
'Trump Library' are 2 words I never thought would be in the same sentence.
We are now into the "15 year olds are not THAT young" and "Without Trump, we have no one" level of defense.
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We are now into the "15 year olds are not THAT young" and "Without Trump, we have no one" level of defense.
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Yes, they caved because many Democrats lack a coherent or compelling vision for their party. But the shortest answer for why Democrats caved is that Chuck Schumer is the party’s leader in the Senate. The fish rots from the head. trib.al/AaaXLnQ
— @alexshephard.bsky.social
— @alexshephard.bsky.social
Chuck Schumer Needs to Go
The Democratic Senate leader has lost the thread. Everyone is suffering because of his lack of judgment.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Yes, they caved because many Democrats lack a coherent or compelling vision for their party. But the shortest answer for why Democrats caved is that Chuck Schumer is the party’s leader in the Senate. The fish rots from the head. trib.al/AaaXLnQ
— @alexshephard.bsky.social
— @alexshephard.bsky.social
GOP promises? They're not worth the toilet paper they're smeared on.
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
GOP promises? They're not worth the toilet paper they're smeared on.
Do your dog's paws smell like Fritos?
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Do your dog's paws smell like Fritos?
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One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.
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This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
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Beware the The Headless Tortoiseman!
November 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Beware the The Headless Tortoiseman!
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Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...
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With SNAP benefits stopping and ACA tax credits ending, the ballroom is Trump’s main priority!
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
With SNAP benefits stopping and ACA tax credits ending, the ballroom is Trump’s main priority!
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Painfully on-the-nose metaphor for modern conservatism
October 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Painfully on-the-nose metaphor for modern conservatism
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Pay attention -- what he means is allowing Democrats to win a free and fair election.
Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."
October 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Pay attention -- what he means is allowing Democrats to win a free and fair election.
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My 16yo heard this and responded by walking around the house screeching “das ist Mein Totenkopf” in a high-pitched haunted baby voice this morning. 😂
We concluded this was NOT a convincing behavior re “not a Nazi”
We concluded this was NOT a convincing behavior re “not a Nazi”
October 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My 16yo heard this and responded by walking around the house screeching “das ist Mein Totenkopf” in a high-pitched haunted baby voice this morning. 😂
We concluded this was NOT a convincing behavior re “not a Nazi”
We concluded this was NOT a convincing behavior re “not a Nazi”
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George Santos—a shameless fraudster who lies about everything and steals from everyone—walked free Friday night when President Trump commuted his 7-year sentence after serving just 84 days. Sound familiar?
Under a new law, New York State can correct Trump's perversion of justice. trib.al/UlIZdIz
Under a new law, New York State can correct Trump's perversion of justice. trib.al/UlIZdIz
October 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
George Santos—a shameless fraudster who lies about everything and steals from everyone—walked free Friday night when President Trump commuted his 7-year sentence after serving just 84 days. Sound familiar?
Under a new law, New York State can correct Trump's perversion of justice. trib.al/UlIZdIz
Under a new law, New York State can correct Trump's perversion of justice. trib.al/UlIZdIz
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"No, we don't want a monarchy, we want a theocracy" is a not the flex they think it is.
Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"No, we don't want a monarchy, we want a theocracy" is a not the flex they think it is.
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Things that used to be baseline expectation of public behavior from leaders: courtesy, dignity, maturity, probity, professionalism, fundamental seriousness.
Polite performance can mask all sorts of violence. But the embrace of the sheer opposite is consequential, notable.
Polite performance can mask all sorts of violence. But the embrace of the sheer opposite is consequential, notable.
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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We have friends everywhere 😇
October 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We have friends everywhere 😇
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This amused me
October 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This amused me