Democritus
@elpenoltepeh.bsky.social
Retired engineer/ math/ science/ history/ politics. 🚫CHRISTO-FACISTS 🚫TRUMPERS.
Strict separation of church and state, and no political contributions > $1000, else we will loose our freedom and democracy.
Strict separation of church and state, and no political contributions > $1000, else we will loose our freedom and democracy.
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Newsom's Observation of Chump's Lies Last Night.......
December 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Newsom's Observation of Chump's Lies Last Night.......
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Salvation = blackmail
Real goodness can’t require coercion.
If truth requires fear to be accepted, it undermines its own goodness.
If love is conditional on belief, it’s not love.
If justice depends on eternal threats, it’s not justice.
Don't trust Christianity!
Real goodness can’t require coercion.
If truth requires fear to be accepted, it undermines its own goodness.
If love is conditional on belief, it’s not love.
If justice depends on eternal threats, it’s not justice.
Don't trust Christianity!
December 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Salvation = blackmail
Real goodness can’t require coercion.
If truth requires fear to be accepted, it undermines its own goodness.
If love is conditional on belief, it’s not love.
If justice depends on eternal threats, it’s not justice.
Don't trust Christianity!
Real goodness can’t require coercion.
If truth requires fear to be accepted, it undermines its own goodness.
If love is conditional on belief, it’s not love.
If justice depends on eternal threats, it’s not justice.
Don't trust Christianity!
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If something is true and good, we should be able to approach it without terror.
Any system that uses infinite punishment as persuasion is structurally coercive, regardless of intent.
Abrahamic religions thrive on fear, threats and coercion and are therefore morally seriously deficient!
Any system that uses infinite punishment as persuasion is structurally coercive, regardless of intent.
Abrahamic religions thrive on fear, threats and coercion and are therefore morally seriously deficient!
December 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
If something is true and good, we should be able to approach it without terror.
Any system that uses infinite punishment as persuasion is structurally coercive, regardless of intent.
Abrahamic religions thrive on fear, threats and coercion and are therefore morally seriously deficient!
Any system that uses infinite punishment as persuasion is structurally coercive, regardless of intent.
Abrahamic religions thrive on fear, threats and coercion and are therefore morally seriously deficient!
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Grateful for the endorsement from IfNotNow Chicago and the Justice Coalition.
This campaign is about naming harm, rejecting the influence of power and money, and showing up with real action.
This campaign is about naming harm, rejecting the influence of power and money, and showing up with real action.
December 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Grateful for the endorsement from IfNotNow Chicago and the Justice Coalition.
This campaign is about naming harm, rejecting the influence of power and money, and showing up with real action.
This campaign is about naming harm, rejecting the influence of power and money, and showing up with real action.
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Remind me, who was president in 2020? Oh, the *same* Donald J. Trump who is president during this *other* worst year for job growth, you say?
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Remind me, who was president in 2020? Oh, the *same* Donald J. Trump who is president during this *other* worst year for job growth, you say?
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.@pabloreports.bsky.social : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
.@pabloreports.bsky.social : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
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The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
www.axios.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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Agree with Ron 💯......
December 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Agree with Ron 💯......
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LEFT: Heartfelt condolences on Rob Reiner's death from a kind, stable person who should have been president.
RIGHT: Obscene gloating over Rob Reiner's death from a delusional sociopath who never should have been president.
RIGHT: Obscene gloating over Rob Reiner's death from a delusional sociopath who never should have been president.
December 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
LEFT: Heartfelt condolences on Rob Reiner's death from a kind, stable person who should have been president.
RIGHT: Obscene gloating over Rob Reiner's death from a delusional sociopath who never should have been president.
RIGHT: Obscene gloating over Rob Reiner's death from a delusional sociopath who never should have been president.
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The ultimate moral authority doesn't reside in Scripture, churches, mosques, or anywhere else, but within each of us individually.
Even if scripture & countless pastors, imams, and others oppose my view, integrity requires I remain true to my own conscience!
Moral duty means deciding for yourself!
Even if scripture & countless pastors, imams, and others oppose my view, integrity requires I remain true to my own conscience!
Moral duty means deciding for yourself!
December 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The ultimate moral authority doesn't reside in Scripture, churches, mosques, or anywhere else, but within each of us individually.
Even if scripture & countless pastors, imams, and others oppose my view, integrity requires I remain true to my own conscience!
Moral duty means deciding for yourself!
Even if scripture & countless pastors, imams, and others oppose my view, integrity requires I remain true to my own conscience!
Moral duty means deciding for yourself!
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MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”
Lawless.
Lawless.
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”
Lawless.
Lawless.
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This isn’t exactly newsworthy… but this is the ‘President’ of the United States filling his diaper.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #tRumpShitsHimself
#Pinks #ProudBlue #tRumpShitsHimself
December 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This isn’t exactly newsworthy… but this is the ‘President’ of the United States filling his diaper.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #tRumpShitsHimself
#Pinks #ProudBlue #tRumpShitsHimself
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Teaching chat how to make dolmas!!! Donations are MATCHED for the next 30 minutes!!!! Come chat :)
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Teaching chat how to make dolmas!!! Donations are MATCHED for the next 30 minutes!!!! Come chat :)
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ICE agents pepper sprayed a baby girl.
The baby girl, mother and father are all US Citizens - just in case you thought your family was safe.
Rafael Veraza is a U.S. citizen. His wife is a U.S. citizen. Their baby was born here.
The baby girl, mother and father are all US Citizens - just in case you thought your family was safe.
Rafael Veraza is a U.S. citizen. His wife is a U.S. citizen. Their baby was born here.
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
ICE agents pepper sprayed a baby girl.
The baby girl, mother and father are all US Citizens - just in case you thought your family was safe.
Rafael Veraza is a U.S. citizen. His wife is a U.S. citizen. Their baby was born here.
The baby girl, mother and father are all US Citizens - just in case you thought your family was safe.
Rafael Veraza is a U.S. citizen. His wife is a U.S. citizen. Their baby was born here.
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Our lack of knowledge, our ignorance shouldn't be a placeholder for any imaginary authority that gives others power over us.
Whilst it's wise to seek knowledge and learn, it's better to accept we can’t have ALL the answers.
Gods are still and likely will always remain unproven, imagined notions.
Whilst it's wise to seek knowledge and learn, it's better to accept we can’t have ALL the answers.
Gods are still and likely will always remain unproven, imagined notions.
December 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Our lack of knowledge, our ignorance shouldn't be a placeholder for any imaginary authority that gives others power over us.
Whilst it's wise to seek knowledge and learn, it's better to accept we can’t have ALL the answers.
Gods are still and likely will always remain unproven, imagined notions.
Whilst it's wise to seek knowledge and learn, it's better to accept we can’t have ALL the answers.
Gods are still and likely will always remain unproven, imagined notions.
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The Soulless Train
December 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The Soulless Train
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December 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Question for the far right
Why do societies with strong public institutions tend to be freer, healthier, and more stable?
Why do societies with strong public institutions tend to be freer, healthier, and more stable?
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Question for the far right
Why do societies with strong public institutions tend to be freer, healthier, and more stable?
Why do societies with strong public institutions tend to be freer, healthier, and more stable?
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