Adroitly Absurd
@adroitlyabsurd.bsky.social
🗃️ Historian, interpreter, educator, reenactor, now #Skystorian, etc. born a century or so too late. Randomly purveys wit, wisdom, & waffling. Opinions = mine, R/T ≠ endorsement
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Since Bluesky apparently deleted my pinned post (hey, wtf?) hi, it’s me, that guy from Twitter w/ the history & weird humor
Yes, not all the tweets made it over cleanly; if you find a broken 🧵, it’s something we all (especially my OCD) have to live with
Anyway… howdy howdy howdy
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Yes, not all the tweets made it over cleanly; if you find a broken 🧵, it’s something we all (especially my OCD) have to live with
Anyway… howdy howdy howdy
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Great, cannot wait to wake up to fundraising emails with subject lines like “we’re not giving up!” asking me for $3 after completely letting us down.
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Great, cannot wait to wake up to fundraising emails with subject lines like “we’re not giving up!” asking me for $3 after completely letting us down.
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Happy Birthday USMC.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Happy Birthday USMC.
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Boom. Get fucked, bigots.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Boom. Get fucked, bigots.
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I was wondering this week whether the airlines were lobbying behind the scenes.
SHUTDOWN TAKEAWAY: send home as many federal employees as you want, cut off people's food stamps, let health care system career towards a cliff, but don't mess with air travel, especially with holidays looming.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I was wondering this week whether the airlines were lobbying behind the scenes.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
These are the same clowns who publicly chastised Zelensky for being suitless
fetterman syndrome is across party lines
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
These are the same clowns who publicly chastised Zelensky for being suitless
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
That’s it - I’m giving myself a nosebleed raging over this
Throwing my phone in another room & taking something to sleep; I’ll deal w/ the bullshit tomorrow
The fury will keep
Throwing my phone in another room & taking something to sleep; I’ll deal w/ the bullshit tomorrow
The fury will keep
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
That’s it - I’m giving myself a nosebleed raging over this
Throwing my phone in another room & taking something to sleep; I’ll deal w/ the bullshit tomorrow
The fury will keep
Throwing my phone in another room & taking something to sleep; I’ll deal w/ the bullshit tomorrow
The fury will keep
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Democratic leadership:
YOU MUST VOTE HARDER.
Democratic voters:
VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Democratic leadership:
WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.
YOU MUST VOTE HARDER.
Democratic voters:
VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Democratic leadership:
WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Democratic leadership:
YOU MUST VOTE HARDER.
Democratic voters:
VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Democratic leadership:
WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.
YOU MUST VOTE HARDER.
Democratic voters:
VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Democratic leadership:
WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
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If a budget deal goes through without restoring Medicaid & ACA subsidies, they will never be restored.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If a budget deal goes through without restoring Medicaid & ACA subsidies, they will never be restored.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
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shutdown deal per AXIOS:
republicans get: government reopens and party avoids political consequences for refusing to make health care affordable
democrats get: seven beans, an old case logic CD wallet (empty), a coupon for 15% off Busch Gardens, one spiced pumpkin scented candle, a 6-pack of Zima
republicans get: government reopens and party avoids political consequences for refusing to make health care affordable
democrats get: seven beans, an old case logic CD wallet (empty), a coupon for 15% off Busch Gardens, one spiced pumpkin scented candle, a 6-pack of Zima
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
shutdown deal per AXIOS:
republicans get: government reopens and party avoids political consequences for refusing to make health care affordable
democrats get: seven beans, an old case logic CD wallet (empty), a coupon for 15% off Busch Gardens, one spiced pumpkin scented candle, a 6-pack of Zima
republicans get: government reopens and party avoids political consequences for refusing to make health care affordable
democrats get: seven beans, an old case logic CD wallet (empty), a coupon for 15% off Busch Gardens, one spiced pumpkin scented candle, a 6-pack of Zima
Something I’ve repeatedly banged my head against a Horatio Alger novel over as a historian of the industrial era
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Something I’ve repeatedly banged my head against a Horatio Alger novel over as a historian of the industrial era
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Do you really want a relationship, or do you just want to be wanted (in 17 different countries after a daring jewellery heist from the stately home of an elderly marquis)
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Do you really want a relationship, or do you just want to be wanted (in 17 different countries after a daring jewellery heist from the stately home of an elderly marquis)
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I hear Dems might vote for a bill with no guarantee of a vote on health care subsidies, just a promise from Thune. Cool. He wouldn't try to trick anyone on a traditional holiday. Unrelated to anything, here some Thanksgiving cheer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmFf...
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving - Opening
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November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I hear Dems might vote for a bill with no guarantee of a vote on health care subsidies, just a promise from Thune. Cool. He wouldn't try to trick anyone on a traditional holiday. Unrelated to anything, here some Thanksgiving cheer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmFf...