Gary B
@thegaryb.bsky.social
Baseball nerd. Fan of PWHL's Vancouver Goldeneyes and all 27 MLB teams not named Yankees, Red Sox, or Nationals.
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Gary B
@thegaryb.bsky.social
· Jan 20
On Tyranny - YouTube
www.youtube.com
Most of us know "Do not obey in advance," but there are 19 more lessons on tyranny from historian Timothy Snyder. All 20 lessons are available in video format (5-12 min. each). See
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#democracy #autocracy #USA #Canada
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#democracy #autocracy #USA #Canada
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A reminder to the haters it takes this many states to outnumber the American citizens in Puerto Rico
(~3.5m v. ~3.2m)
(~3.5m v. ~3.2m)
February 9, 2026 at 2:34 AM
A reminder to the haters it takes this many states to outnumber the American citizens in Puerto Rico
(~3.5m v. ~3.2m)
(~3.5m v. ~3.2m)
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If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Washington’s Corruption Has Created Another Humanitarian Crisis in Puerto Rico
The island’s earthquakes are its latest man-made disaster.
slate.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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For those unaware about the significance of the light poles during the song El Apagón it’s because of the Puerto Rican power system and the constant black outs. There have been a lot of protests on the island over this.
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 AM
For those unaware about the significance of the light poles during the song El Apagón it’s because of the Puerto Rican power system and the constant black outs. There have been a lot of protests on the island over this.
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Bad Bunny was born in Puerto Rico, which is part of the United States. Ted Cruz was born in Canada.
Bad Bunny is eligible to run for president because he’s a natural born citizen. Ted Cruz is not.
Thought that was a fun little fact.
Bad Bunny is eligible to run for president because he’s a natural born citizen. Ted Cruz is not.
Thought that was a fun little fact.
October 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Bad Bunny was born in Puerto Rico, which is part of the United States. Ted Cruz was born in Canada.
Bad Bunny is eligible to run for president because he’s a natural born citizen. Ted Cruz is not.
Thought that was a fun little fact.
Bad Bunny is eligible to run for president because he’s a natural born citizen. Ted Cruz is not.
Thought that was a fun little fact.
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Bad Bunny: "God bless America.
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Bolivia
Paraguay
Brazil
Ecuador
Peru
Colombia
Venezuela
Cuba
Republica Dominicana
Puerto Rico
Panama
Haiti
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Belize
Costa Rica
...
[Finally he ends with]
United States
Canada"
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Bolivia
Paraguay
Brazil
Ecuador
Peru
Colombia
Venezuela
Cuba
Republica Dominicana
Puerto Rico
Panama
Haiti
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Belize
Costa Rica
...
[Finally he ends with]
United States
Canada"
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Bad Bunny: "God bless America.
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Bolivia
Paraguay
Brazil
Ecuador
Peru
Colombia
Venezuela
Cuba
Republica Dominicana
Puerto Rico
Panama
Haiti
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Belize
Costa Rica
...
[Finally he ends with]
United States
Canada"
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Bolivia
Paraguay
Brazil
Ecuador
Peru
Colombia
Venezuela
Cuba
Republica Dominicana
Puerto Rico
Panama
Haiti
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Belize
Costa Rica
...
[Finally he ends with]
United States
Canada"
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Stop saying the American Idiot album came out 21 years ago and that Billie Joe Armstrong is 53. You're lying. It was just a few years ago. Please.
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Stop saying the American Idiot album came out 21 years ago and that Billie Joe Armstrong is 53. You're lying. It was just a few years ago. Please.
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Happy Green Day and Bad Bunny Day
February 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Happy Green Day and Bad Bunny Day
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His stage name is BAD BUNNY... a bad-ass artist and honey-of-a-Bunny. His given name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. He is a handsome 31-year-old American citizen. Make no mistake. 1917: The Jones Act grants U.S. citizenship to all Puerto Ricans. I'll be watching... I'm a huge fan!
February 8, 2026 at 3:46 AM
His stage name is BAD BUNNY... a bad-ass artist and honey-of-a-Bunny. His given name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. He is a handsome 31-year-old American citizen. Make no mistake. 1917: The Jones Act grants U.S. citizenship to all Puerto Ricans. I'll be watching... I'm a huge fan!
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Epstein emailed himself the photo, possibly after a dinner with tech moguls.
Mark Zuckerberg And Elon Musk Seen At Dinner In Epstein Files Photo
Epstein emailed himself the photo, possibly after a dinner with tech moguls.
www.forbes.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Epstein emailed himself the photo, possibly after a dinner with tech moguls.
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Good.
Hiding the names of people asking for 10 year old girls is fucking disgusting.
Hiding the names of people asking for 10 year old girls is fucking disgusting.
February 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Good.
Hiding the names of people asking for 10 year old girls is fucking disgusting.
Hiding the names of people asking for 10 year old girls is fucking disgusting.
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I solved my announcer issues for women's Olympic hockey by installing the TOU.TV app on my smart TV. Presto, I have French-language commentary. I don't have to listen to Cheryl Pounder anymore and I get to brush up on my terrible French. A win-win.
February 8, 2026 at 8:57 PM
I solved my announcer issues for women's Olympic hockey by installing the TOU.TV app on my smart TV. Presto, I have French-language commentary. I don't have to listen to Cheryl Pounder anymore and I get to brush up on my terrible French. A win-win.
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Hunter Hess is now going to get death threats.
when trump does stuff like this, it's not just a joke. it's a way to direct Nazi harassment at people he doesn't like.
when trump does stuff like this, it's not just a joke. it's a way to direct Nazi harassment at people he doesn't like.
February 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Hunter Hess is now going to get death threats.
when trump does stuff like this, it's not just a joke. it's a way to direct Nazi harassment at people he doesn't like.
when trump does stuff like this, it's not just a joke. it's a way to direct Nazi harassment at people he doesn't like.
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At the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, six Canadian women became heroes with their achievements at the Games. In the first Games where women could compete in athletics, they became known as The Matchless Six.
youtu.be/bfUcySYj98Q
youtu.be/bfUcySYj98Q
The Matchless Six
YouTube video by Canadian History Ehx
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
At the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, six Canadian women became heroes with their achievements at the Games. In the first Games where women could compete in athletics, they became known as The Matchless Six.
youtu.be/bfUcySYj98Q
youtu.be/bfUcySYj98Q
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2017 email shows Jeffrey Epstein telling Michael Wolff that dinner guests were “concerned about dementia” after being with Donald Trump.
February 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
2017 email shows Jeffrey Epstein telling Michael Wolff that dinner guests were “concerned about dementia” after being with Donald Trump.
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Donald Trump and Mar-a-Lago appear over 38,000 times in the Epstein files.
More mentions than Epstein himself.
More mentions than Epstein himself.
February 8, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Donald Trump and Mar-a-Lago appear over 38,000 times in the Epstein files.
More mentions than Epstein himself.
More mentions than Epstein himself.
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Another Olympics in an ongoing pandemic, another few weeks of feigned surprise about viral illness outbreaks among athletes.
February 5, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Another Olympics in an ongoing pandemic, another few weeks of feigned surprise about viral illness outbreaks among athletes.
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It's often the same people: dual Russian-Israeli citizens involved in organized crime. This dates back to the USSR and Semion Mogilevich (whose Israeli passport was procured by Robert Maxwell) to today's oligarchs like Roman Abramovich, who got Israeli citizenship after Russia was sanctioned.
February 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
It's often the same people: dual Russian-Israeli citizens involved in organized crime. This dates back to the USSR and Semion Mogilevich (whose Israeli passport was procured by Robert Maxwell) to today's oligarchs like Roman Abramovich, who got Israeli citizenship after Russia was sanctioned.
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They already were intertwined but Israel has been a fallback state for organized crime since the days of Meyer Lansky. It's not only Russia who uses it as that, but in the 1970s/1980s, gangsters from the USSR increasingly did -- sometimes as a stopping point on the way to Europe and the US.
February 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
They already were intertwined but Israel has been a fallback state for organized crime since the days of Meyer Lansky. It's not only Russia who uses it as that, but in the 1970s/1980s, gangsters from the USSR increasingly did -- sometimes as a stopping point on the way to Europe and the US.
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The newspapers and history books of the time depicted Israel as a refuge for organized crime. Because it was and still is. It's also a refuge for pedophiles:
www.cbsnews.com/news/how-jew...
www.timesofisrael.com/diaspora-ped...
www.cbsnews.com/news/how-jew...
www.timesofisrael.com/diaspora-ped...
How Jewish American pedophiles hide from justice in Israel
One woman who helps track suspects down says the little-discussed problem is widespread; "the exact same thing" as the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The newspapers and history books of the time depicted Israel as a refuge for organized crime. Because it was and still is. It's also a refuge for pedophiles:
www.cbsnews.com/news/how-jew...
www.timesofisrael.com/diaspora-ped...
www.cbsnews.com/news/how-jew...
www.timesofisrael.com/diaspora-ped...
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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Yes, exactly! Also linked to the prevalence of nepo babies and elites in journalism, which was facilitated by centering media in the most expensive cities (NY, DC, SF) and requiring unpaid internships, low-paid labor, and expensive degrees for entry. The reporters won't report on corrupt friends.
February 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Yes, exactly! Also linked to the prevalence of nepo babies and elites in journalism, which was facilitated by centering media in the most expensive cities (NY, DC, SF) and requiring unpaid internships, low-paid labor, and expensive degrees for entry. The reporters won't report on corrupt friends.