Roger Grow
@rogergrow.bsky.social
Star Trek, model trains, politics, music and art, rugby; Vermont.
Occasionally ideas found pondering…
Occasionally ideas found pondering…
New Squidge! 🏉
Over the last decade, a handful of coaches led by Rassie Erasmus have totally transformed rugby from a 15 to 23 player game. In the first Deep Dive of a new era, we track how the bench has revolutionised rugby forever...
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So how did the bench revolutionise rugby? | A Squidge Rugby Deep Dive
YouTube video by Squidge Rugby
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January 29, 2026 at 9:19 PM
New Squidge! 🏉
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So sorry to hear about this. Hoping for a quick recovery. He will certainly be missed as a player.
France prop Uini Atonio has retired from rugby union after suffering a heart attack that has left him in intensive care in hospital.
https://www.tntsports.co.uk/rugby/french-prop-uini-atonio-retires-after-suffering-heart-attack-remains-in-intensive-care-in-hospital_sto23264077/story.shtml
https://www.tntsports.co.uk/rugby/french-prop-uini-atonio-retires-after-suffering-heart-attack-remains-in-intensive-care-in-hospital_sto23264077/story.shtml
French prop Atonio retires after heart attack
France prop Uini Atonio has retired from rugby union after suffering a heart attack that has left him in intensive care in hospital.
www.tntsports.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 4:40 PM
So sorry to hear about this. Hoping for a quick recovery. He will certainly be missed as a player.
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ilhan omar is actually one of the bravest people in the world.
January 28, 2026 at 2:05 AM
ilhan omar is actually one of the bravest people in the world.
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Does it confuse you that both sides of the political spectrum claim to be advocates of free speech? Let me translate that for you:
Free speech for the Left: We want to be able to speak freely without facing retribution from the government.
Free speech for the Right: Let us say all the slurs.
Free speech for the Left: We want to be able to speak freely without facing retribution from the government.
Free speech for the Right: Let us say all the slurs.
January 27, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Does it confuse you that both sides of the political spectrum claim to be advocates of free speech? Let me translate that for you:
Free speech for the Left: We want to be able to speak freely without facing retribution from the government.
Free speech for the Right: Let us say all the slurs.
Free speech for the Left: We want to be able to speak freely without facing retribution from the government.
Free speech for the Right: Let us say all the slurs.
There aren’t words for this. Evil comes close. 🤬
Kanew: “One clapped. Another said it was like playing a video game. The way they are brazenly lying about Alex Pretti shows how full of 💩 they were about Renee Good. We are far off the cliff here, folks… Shame on anyone who tells you not to believe your own eyes.”
January 26, 2026 at 8:36 PM
There aren’t words for this. Evil comes close. 🤬
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Dear elected Democrats,
If your statements about Minneapolis do not mention ICE, or call for "better training" instead of abolition, and you're taking money from the corporations getting ICE contracts...
...then you're not actually standing up to fascism, you're normalizing it.
If your statements about Minneapolis do not mention ICE, or call for "better training" instead of abolition, and you're taking money from the corporations getting ICE contracts...
...then you're not actually standing up to fascism, you're normalizing it.
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Dear elected Democrats,
If your statements about Minneapolis do not mention ICE, or call for "better training" instead of abolition, and you're taking money from the corporations getting ICE contracts...
...then you're not actually standing up to fascism, you're normalizing it.
If your statements about Minneapolis do not mention ICE, or call for "better training" instead of abolition, and you're taking money from the corporations getting ICE contracts...
...then you're not actually standing up to fascism, you're normalizing it.
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There needs to be some education on the right about what “obstruction” means in a law enforcement context because it does not mean any sort of interaction with law enforcement at all, which is apparently their bar for when a cop can shoot a person in the back, and what they’re going with
January 25, 2026 at 9:43 PM
There needs to be some education on the right about what “obstruction” means in a law enforcement context because it does not mean any sort of interaction with law enforcement at all, which is apparently their bar for when a cop can shoot a person in the back, and what they’re going with
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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The idea that law “enforcement” (that’s not what ICE does) is not just allowed to, but encouraged to, execute the people they’re meant to *protect* whenever the pigs want to pretend to feel “threatened”? That’s a very recent invention! Cops killing civilians used to be exceedingly rare, not routine!
January 25, 2026 at 9:58 PM
The idea that law “enforcement” (that’s not what ICE does) is not just allowed to, but encouraged to, execute the people they’re meant to *protect* whenever the pigs want to pretend to feel “threatened”? That’s a very recent invention! Cops killing civilians used to be exceedingly rare, not routine!
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Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum
January 25, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum
I have some hope that we have seen our Kent State.
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I have some hope that we have seen our Kent State.
Star Trek fans would do well to remember the idea of “if you don’t have anything nice to say, stay quiet.”
Opinions are all good and well, but why bash on something that others do like?
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Opinions are all good and well, but why bash on something that others do like?
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January 25, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Star Trek fans would do well to remember the idea of “if you don’t have anything nice to say, stay quiet.”
Opinions are all good and well, but why bash on something that others do like?
🖖🏼
Opinions are all good and well, but why bash on something that others do like?
🖖🏼
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If we were serious about crime, we would never hire another beat/gun-carrying cop at any level, and only hire forensic accountants and data analysts. And ICE would be assigned to audit employers and arrest those who profit off the undocumented.
January 25, 2026 at 5:24 PM
If we were serious about crime, we would never hire another beat/gun-carrying cop at any level, and only hire forensic accountants and data analysts. And ICE would be assigned to audit employers and arrest those who profit off the undocumented.
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It has been more than 30 days since the Department of Justice was required by federal law to make all of the Epstein Files public. According to the DOJ’s own estimates, it has released less than 1% so far. The last time the Department of Justice released any documents was Dec. 23, 2025.
The DOJ offers only excuses as the Epstein Files remain secret
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:58 PM
It has been more than 30 days since the Department of Justice was required by federal law to make all of the Epstein Files public. According to the DOJ’s own estimates, it has released less than 1% so far. The last time the Department of Justice released any documents was Dec. 23, 2025.
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“Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs. Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.”
January 25, 2026 at 5:04 PM
“Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs. Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.”
The ultimate philosophy is to train your mind to never have unkind or incorrect thoughts.
January 25, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The ultimate philosophy is to train your mind to never have unkind or incorrect thoughts.
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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Van Hollen: "The Trump admin has essentially said to folks at ICE, 'Anything goes. You have a license to kill. And by the way, we won't investigate you. We'll take care of this for you.' When they're calling these Americans 'domestic terrorists,' what they're saying to ICE is we got your back."
January 25, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Van Hollen: "The Trump admin has essentially said to folks at ICE, 'Anything goes. You have a license to kill. And by the way, we won't investigate you. We'll take care of this for you.' When they're calling these Americans 'domestic terrorists,' what they're saying to ICE is we got your back."
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America's religion is capitalism.
The color green trumps white.
The 1% and all the Trump bootlickers are fine with fascism unless it hurts their bottom line.
That's the only thing that will end their complicity with this terrorism.
So, use your dollar. Boycott. Strike. Shame them. Mock them.
The color green trumps white.
The 1% and all the Trump bootlickers are fine with fascism unless it hurts their bottom line.
That's the only thing that will end their complicity with this terrorism.
So, use your dollar. Boycott. Strike. Shame them. Mock them.
January 24, 2026 at 10:44 PM
America's religion is capitalism.
The color green trumps white.
The 1% and all the Trump bootlickers are fine with fascism unless it hurts their bottom line.
That's the only thing that will end their complicity with this terrorism.
So, use your dollar. Boycott. Strike. Shame them. Mock them.
The color green trumps white.
The 1% and all the Trump bootlickers are fine with fascism unless it hurts their bottom line.
That's the only thing that will end their complicity with this terrorism.
So, use your dollar. Boycott. Strike. Shame them. Mock them.
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These are days when only cowards are proud.
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
These are days when only cowards are proud.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Gangsters of Capitalism, Chapter 17: America, p. 325-326
January 24, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Gangsters of Capitalism, Chapter 17: America, p. 325-326
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You can see pretti’s hands under the pile all the way up to where gray jacket guy takes the gun.
Pretti clearly never pulled it out.
Pretti clearly never pulled it out.
January 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM
You can see pretti’s hands under the pile all the way up to where gray jacket guy takes the gun.
Pretti clearly never pulled it out.
Pretti clearly never pulled it out.