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Reposted by Geoff Caldwell

@rollingnscratching.bsky.social

I know who lives in that wide space in the middle of america between sf and nyc.

Tell you what, if your idea is so possible, you go win 10 SENATE SEATS FOR THE LEFT IN PURPLE AND RED STATES.

Because that's what it REALLY will take.

Joe manchin ain't voting for this.

Do it.

December 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM

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A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall

@rollingnscratching.bsky.social

As long as the left feels that this is all about attitude, the left will always fail in all ideas.

Feelings fix even less than letters.

You need real votes.

December 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Geoff Caldwell

@geoffcaldwell.bsky.social

Strange. Someone so sure of herself and her opinions has the comments turned off. Those Guard troops were PROUD to help and they made a HUGE difference in D.C. If not for the DC council abdicating its responsibility the Guard would have never been there in the first place.

November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM

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Catherine

@shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social

Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday

Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...

November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM

Geoff Caldwell

@geoffcaldwell.bsky.social

Wondered how long it would take you guys to blame Trump rather than who's really responsible: The DC council and left wing politicians who empty prisons and turn the judicial system into a revolving door of catch and release for thugs who know there's no consequence to their actions.

November 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM

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Mrs. Betty Bowers

@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.

Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.

Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.

November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM

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Caleb Dume

@thacalebdume.bsky.social

I’ve been alive for:

A space shuttle blowing up
The Mayor of DC getting caught smoking crack
Lorena Bobbitt
A low-speed car chase on the LA freeway
Plane hitting the Twin Towers
The Music City Miracle
Will Smith slapping Chris Rock
Kendrick v. Drake

…and today is the wildest shit I’ve ever seen.

June 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM

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Jasmine 🌌🔭

@astrojaz.bsky.social

concerned about the state of the world because of two powerful men fighting? doomscrolling again?

stop. breathe. enjoy the universe for a brief moment

Centaurus A. A glowing orange region shines at the upper left corner, with dark brown and black dust cascading diagonally down to the lower right. Distant stars dot the hazy background of space. Bright pink regions of star formation are interspersed throughout the dust.

Angled from the upper left corner to the lower right corner is a cone-shaped orange-red cloud known as Herbig-Haro 49/50. This feature takes up about three-fourths of the length of this angle. The upper left end of this feature has a translucent, rounded end. The conical feature widens slightly from the rounded end at the upper right down to the lower right. Along the cone there are additional rounded edges, like edges of a wave, and intricate foamy-like details, as well as a clearer view of the black background of space. In the upper left, overlapping with the rounded end of Herbig-Haro 49/50, is a background spiral galaxy with a concentrated blue center that fades outward to blend with red spiral arms. The background of space is speckled with some white stars and smaller, more numerous, fainter white galaxies throughout.

A massive spiral galaxy fills the image, with its bright yellow core seen near the upper left. Spiral arms whirl outward, laced through with dark brown dust and bright blue patches of star formation.

$The image is divided horizontally by an undulating line between a cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively clear upper portion. Speckled across both portions is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes. The smallest of these are small, distant, and faint points of light. The largest of these appear larger, closer, brighter, and more fully resolved with 8-point diffraction spikes. The upper portion of the image is blueish, and has wispy translucent cloud-like streaks rising from the nebula below. The orangish cloudy formation in the bottom half varies in density and ranges from translucent to opaque. The stars vary in color, the majority of which, have a blue or orange hue. The cloud-like structure of the nebula contains ridges, peaks, and valleys – an appearance very similar to a mountain range. Three long diffraction spikes from the top right edge of the image suggest the presence of a large star just out of view.$

June 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM

Geoff Caldwell

@geoffcaldwell.bsky.social

"...yet here we are, stuck with a Twilight Zone presidency with who knows who running the country and not a single Democrat member of Congress has called for President Biden to resign."
Our long Biden nightmare is almost over open.substack.com/pub/geoffcal...