Grumpy Old Git (70)
@gog70.bsky.social
He/Him/His
1970 edition in pale Caucasian with vinyl bucket seats
Not associated with the band "The B52s" but can belt out a decent version of "Love Shack"
Entertaining oneself while waiting for the last vestiges of optimism to fade. "ergo, to trudge"
1970 edition in pale Caucasian with vinyl bucket seats
Not associated with the band "The B52s" but can belt out a decent version of "Love Shack"
Entertaining oneself while waiting for the last vestiges of optimism to fade. "ergo, to trudge"
If you take a cynical look over the last 35 years of US Domestic Policy, the erosion of a country that uses the word "freedom" like a nervous stutter, bears little resemblance of the brave new world, promised in its constitution.
We all know it's corrupt.
We all know it's B.S.
We all know it's corrupt.
We all know it's B.S.
January 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If you take a cynical look over the last 35 years of US Domestic Policy, the erosion of a country that uses the word "freedom" like a nervous stutter, bears little resemblance of the brave new world, promised in its constitution.
We all know it's corrupt.
We all know it's B.S.
We all know it's corrupt.
We all know it's B.S.
Well, if 2024 has shown us anything, there's an alternative to the Golden Parachute waiting at the end of a CEO's career.
Available in Metric and Imperial.
Available in Metric and Imperial.
January 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
And the timing is just terrible. For the following reasons.
-Kids back to school with runny noses
-Remote workers being forced back into offices
-Wearing masks in public BANNED in some states
-Conspiracy Theorists who think it's all about who just got elected
-Who just got elected
#H5N1
-Kids back to school with runny noses
-Remote workers being forced back into offices
-Wearing masks in public BANNED in some states
-Conspiracy Theorists who think it's all about who just got elected
-Who just got elected
#H5N1
The bird flu virus "is a serious threat and it has historically been a deadly virus," said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of Public Health. “This is just a tragic reminder of that.”
https://buff.ly/40n3QsA
https://buff.ly/40n3QsA
January 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
And the timing is just terrible. For the following reasons.
-Kids back to school with runny noses
-Remote workers being forced back into offices
-Wearing masks in public BANNED in some states
-Conspiracy Theorists who think it's all about who just got elected
-Who just got elected
#H5N1
-Kids back to school with runny noses
-Remote workers being forced back into offices
-Wearing masks in public BANNED in some states
-Conspiracy Theorists who think it's all about who just got elected
-Who just got elected
#H5N1
Guess that was another war LBJ didn't do so well in.
Next up Nixon's "War on Drugs" - still doing jack shit but stealing futures.
The War on Terror?
Not going so great.
War. What is it good for?
Next up Nixon's "War on Drugs" - still doing jack shit but stealing futures.
The War on Terror?
Not going so great.
War. What is it good for?
On Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America.”
Read more about what happened on this date: t.ly/bc2NQ
Read more about what happened on this date: t.ly/bc2NQ
January 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Guess that was another war LBJ didn't do so well in.
Next up Nixon's "War on Drugs" - still doing jack shit but stealing futures.
The War on Terror?
Not going so great.
War. What is it good for?
Next up Nixon's "War on Drugs" - still doing jack shit but stealing futures.
The War on Terror?
Not going so great.
War. What is it good for?
Freedom of the Press - when they're not doing the behest of their Billionaire sponsors, owners and shareholders - once that goes, it's a speedy trip to the bad place.
I understand the hostility to journalists, when you never see any on OANN and NewsMax, it's hard to relate.
I understand the hostility to journalists, when you never see any on OANN and NewsMax, it's hard to relate.
December 30, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Freedom of the Press - when they're not doing the behest of their Billionaire sponsors, owners and shareholders - once that goes, it's a speedy trip to the bad place.
I understand the hostility to journalists, when you never see any on OANN and NewsMax, it's hard to relate.
I understand the hostility to journalists, when you never see any on OANN and NewsMax, it's hard to relate.
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Frank Dikötter
How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century article @theguardian.com
Did you sleep last night @renmakesmusic.bsky.social?
I was dreaming in living colour about your next remake. There were books everywhere filled with edits by false profits …
#booklr
How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century article @theguardian.com
Did you sleep last night @renmakesmusic.bsky.social?
I was dreaming in living colour about your next remake. There were books everywhere filled with edits by false profits …
#booklr
How to Be a Dictator by Frank Dikötter review – the cult of personality
Charisma, a lust for power, an absence of principles … what links Mao, Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler and other 20th-century dictators?
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Frank Dikötter
How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century article @theguardian.com
Did you sleep last night @renmakesmusic.bsky.social?
I was dreaming in living colour about your next remake. There were books everywhere filled with edits by false profits …
#booklr
How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century article @theguardian.com
Did you sleep last night @renmakesmusic.bsky.social?
I was dreaming in living colour about your next remake. There were books everywhere filled with edits by false profits …
#booklr
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Large waves kill three people and close ports in Ecuador, Chile and Peru
Large waves kill three along South American coastline
Fishing boats capsized along the Peruvian coastline as waves were reported to be as high as four metres. Dozens of ports also had to be closed.
www.euronews.com
December 30, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Large waves kill three people and close ports in Ecuador, Chile and Peru
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Germany accuses Elon Musk of trying to influence its election - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Duh! He did it here in the US!🤬
Duh! He did it here in the US!🤬
Berlin says Elon Musk trying to exert influence over German election
U.S. billionaire Elon Musk is trying to exert influence over the German election taking place in February, a government spokesperson said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
December 30, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Germany accuses Elon Musk of trying to influence its election - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Duh! He did it here in the US!🤬
Duh! He did it here in the US!🤬
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An annual reminder that I didn’t listen to enough current music this year:
Best Songs of 2024
Listen to 68 tracks that made major statements, boosted big beefs, propelled up-and-comers and soundtracked the party this year.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 4:51 PM
An annual reminder that I didn’t listen to enough current music this year:
The amount of shifty underhanded shit that gets done in plain view is astonishing.
Just imagine what we DON'T know yet.
The Iranian Hostages were influential, but Democratic President Carter inherited a garbage economic situation from... surprise, surprise, a Republican President. (2 of 'em-gate)
Just imagine what we DON'T know yet.
The Iranian Hostages were influential, but Democratic President Carter inherited a garbage economic situation from... surprise, surprise, a Republican President. (2 of 'em-gate)
This was NOT mentioned at all in the report on NBC4 DC last night. The reporter just said the hostage crisis was devastating to Jimmy Carter’s presidency. *Maybe* journalists didn’t know this then, but they certainly know it now and it should be noted every time it’s talked about. @nbcnews.com
Remember the right-wing plot to sabotage Jimmy Carter’s re-election by urging Iran to hold American hostages longer? You don’t? It’s a shocking example of the American right’s treachery that more people should know about. (Gift link to 2023 NYT story.)
December 30, 2024 at 5:10 PM
The amount of shifty underhanded shit that gets done in plain view is astonishing.
Just imagine what we DON'T know yet.
The Iranian Hostages were influential, but Democratic President Carter inherited a garbage economic situation from... surprise, surprise, a Republican President. (2 of 'em-gate)
Just imagine what we DON'T know yet.
The Iranian Hostages were influential, but Democratic President Carter inherited a garbage economic situation from... surprise, surprise, a Republican President. (2 of 'em-gate)
AKA: "Can white people say the N-word out loud, yet without getting cancelled?"
No, numbskull, just like you can't say the C-word in front of your granny.
Freedom of Speech ✅
Freedom from consequences of said Speech ❌
No, numbskull, just like you can't say the C-word in front of your granny.
Freedom of Speech ✅
Freedom from consequences of said Speech ❌
Social Media Companies Face Global Tug-of-War Over Free Speech www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/t...
Social Media Companies Face Global Tug-of-War Over Free Speech
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online. That conflicts with European regulators who are pushing for stricter moderation.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 5:05 PM
AKA: "Can white people say the N-word out loud, yet without getting cancelled?"
No, numbskull, just like you can't say the C-word in front of your granny.
Freedom of Speech ✅
Freedom from consequences of said Speech ❌
No, numbskull, just like you can't say the C-word in front of your granny.
Freedom of Speech ✅
Freedom from consequences of said Speech ❌
The Cyclist hate in the UK is something else entirely.
FFS, Britain. Don't be a bunch of flippin' doughnuts.
Treat them like Tractors:
Yeah, getting behind them is inconvenient for a whole 2 minutes of your day as you are forced to decelerate from 35 to 25 mph.
The horror.
FFS, Britain. Don't be a bunch of flippin' doughnuts.
Treat them like Tractors:
Yeah, getting behind them is inconvenient for a whole 2 minutes of your day as you are forced to decelerate from 35 to 25 mph.
The horror.
NEW: I interviewed Chris Boardman about his many careers, including his current role at Active Travel England. He told me that fact-free anti-cycling media stories are harming the UK's health, as they put off politicians from making brave but necessary decisions.
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
Anti-cycling stories are bad for the UK’s health, says Chris Boardman
Racing champion turned active travel advocate criticises parts of the media for safety scaremongering
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2024 at 5:03 PM
The Cyclist hate in the UK is something else entirely.
FFS, Britain. Don't be a bunch of flippin' doughnuts.
Treat them like Tractors:
Yeah, getting behind them is inconvenient for a whole 2 minutes of your day as you are forced to decelerate from 35 to 25 mph.
The horror.
FFS, Britain. Don't be a bunch of flippin' doughnuts.
Treat them like Tractors:
Yeah, getting behind them is inconvenient for a whole 2 minutes of your day as you are forced to decelerate from 35 to 25 mph.
The horror.
It's that time of the year when caring, sensitive insurance companies - those who didn't want to "spoil" the holidays - send out decline notices for all those Pre-Authorized, Expensive medications that lets some of us do more than just merely SURVIVE each day.
December 29, 2024 at 3:20 PM
It's that time of the year when caring, sensitive insurance companies - those who didn't want to "spoil" the holidays - send out decline notices for all those Pre-Authorized, Expensive medications that lets some of us do more than just merely SURVIVE each day.
The other day, NPR 930a News with Dwayne Brown. (If I recall correctly)
Story 1: Biden O/T Rule Tossed out by Judge Shopping Corp Interests.
Story 2: Story about scary immigration
Story 3: Story about "Domestic Terrorism" - I do not recall the story details
Story 1: Biden O/T Rule Tossed out by Judge Shopping Corp Interests.
Story 2: Story about scary immigration
Story 3: Story about "Domestic Terrorism" - I do not recall the story details
December 26, 2024 at 2:53 PM
The other day, NPR 930a News with Dwayne Brown. (If I recall correctly)
Story 1: Biden O/T Rule Tossed out by Judge Shopping Corp Interests.
Story 2: Story about scary immigration
Story 3: Story about "Domestic Terrorism" - I do not recall the story details
Story 1: Biden O/T Rule Tossed out by Judge Shopping Corp Interests.
Story 2: Story about scary immigration
Story 3: Story about "Domestic Terrorism" - I do not recall the story details
Happy Boxing Day.
When the revolution comes, can we make this a mandated holiday so that all the workers who had to get Xmas taken care of get this day off each year?
Right after National "Are you F----g Kidding me?" day.
When the revolution comes, can we make this a mandated holiday so that all the workers who had to get Xmas taken care of get this day off each year?
Right after National "Are you F----g Kidding me?" day.
December 26, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Happy Boxing Day.
When the revolution comes, can we make this a mandated holiday so that all the workers who had to get Xmas taken care of get this day off each year?
Right after National "Are you F----g Kidding me?" day.
When the revolution comes, can we make this a mandated holiday so that all the workers who had to get Xmas taken care of get this day off each year?
Right after National "Are you F----g Kidding me?" day.
I don't think it's changed... Capitalism has just abandoned its safety goggles so it can see its targets clearer.
We were warned throughout the 90s that, unchecked, it would become a monster.
Turns out all the Praying For Time only got us about 30 years.
We were warned throughout the 90s that, unchecked, it would become a monster.
Turns out all the Praying For Time only got us about 30 years.
CRACK-UP CAPITALISM by @quinnslobodian.com isn’t just an analysis of libertarian thought. “It’s also partly a powerful new account of how capitalism itself has changed in the last 30 years.” (From the archive)
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
The state of capitalism
Two books try to situate capitalism within its proper, current context. Should we, or should we not, emulate Singapore?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 26, 2024 at 2:46 PM
I don't think it's changed... Capitalism has just abandoned its safety goggles so it can see its targets clearer.
We were warned throughout the 90s that, unchecked, it would become a monster.
Turns out all the Praying For Time only got us about 30 years.
We were warned throughout the 90s that, unchecked, it would become a monster.
Turns out all the Praying For Time only got us about 30 years.
Immigration
The winning formula for getting the diminishing, NIMBY middle class to fall into line.
Skeery Foreigners!! Taking yer Jerbs!
(Now... if you're a Native American, I can completely support your trepidation - BUT, if you're a 4th Generation import, you need a slap upside the head)
The winning formula for getting the diminishing, NIMBY middle class to fall into line.
Skeery Foreigners!! Taking yer Jerbs!
(Now... if you're a Native American, I can completely support your trepidation - BUT, if you're a 4th Generation import, you need a slap upside the head)
U.S. Rep.-elect Gabe Evans will soon be the second person to represent Colorado’s competitive 8th Congressional District.
By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social
coloradonewsline.com/2024/12/26/c...
By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social
coloradonewsline.com/2024/12/26/c...
New to Congress, Colorado's Gabe Evans wants to secure border, improve cost of living • Colorado Newsline
U.S. Rep.-elect Gabe Evans will soon be the second person to represent Colorado’s competitive 8th Congressional District.
coloradonewsline.com
December 26, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Immigration
The winning formula for getting the diminishing, NIMBY middle class to fall into line.
Skeery Foreigners!! Taking yer Jerbs!
(Now... if you're a Native American, I can completely support your trepidation - BUT, if you're a 4th Generation import, you need a slap upside the head)
The winning formula for getting the diminishing, NIMBY middle class to fall into line.
Skeery Foreigners!! Taking yer Jerbs!
(Now... if you're a Native American, I can completely support your trepidation - BUT, if you're a 4th Generation import, you need a slap upside the head)
Merry Xmas, UK.
Don't beat up Labour TOO bad next year, give them 6 months. And then say to yourself, do we really want the Tories???
No, you need better Labour MPs - what you want is immaterial. Otherwise you'll be in the same shit these poor f=====s are over here.
Tories = U.S. Democrat Party
Don't beat up Labour TOO bad next year, give them 6 months. And then say to yourself, do we really want the Tories???
No, you need better Labour MPs - what you want is immaterial. Otherwise you'll be in the same shit these poor f=====s are over here.
Tories = U.S. Democrat Party
December 25, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Merry Xmas, UK.
Don't beat up Labour TOO bad next year, give them 6 months. And then say to yourself, do we really want the Tories???
No, you need better Labour MPs - what you want is immaterial. Otherwise you'll be in the same shit these poor f=====s are over here.
Tories = U.S. Democrat Party
Don't beat up Labour TOO bad next year, give them 6 months. And then say to yourself, do we really want the Tories???
No, you need better Labour MPs - what you want is immaterial. Otherwise you'll be in the same shit these poor f=====s are over here.
Tories = U.S. Democrat Party
@robertllewellyn
Dammit. That would have been far too easy.
Dammit. That would have been far too easy.
December 25, 2024 at 12:40 AM
@robertllewellyn
Dammit. That would have been far too easy.
Dammit. That would have been far too easy.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but you don’t have to be around anyone that hurt you just because it's a holiday.
November 16, 2023 at 3:28 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but you don’t have to be around anyone that hurt you just because it's a holiday.
Anyone consider it's because the other Social Media companies play ball with the USG?
The Supreme Court may soon decide the fate of TikTok. Though banning the app could be politically expedient in the short term, it would come at the cost of weakening the First and Fifth Amendments for all Americans.
Supreme Court to hear TikTok ban case
The Supreme Court has granted TikTok's request for a hearing on the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications (PAFACA) Act. The
reason.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Anyone consider it's because the other Social Media companies play ball with the USG?
Some of this is undoubtedly climate shock.
How does this graph stack with Population and Inequality Index? @nytimes.com
How does this graph stack with Population and Inequality Index? @nytimes.com
As climate shocks worsen, insurers are deserting homeowners in a shift that could have profound consequences.
Insurers Are Dropping Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen
Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home.
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Some of this is undoubtedly climate shock.
How does this graph stack with Population and Inequality Index? @nytimes.com
How does this graph stack with Population and Inequality Index? @nytimes.com
#BankOfAmerica #BOA
How is this company still in business?
Do they just kill it on Commercial?
'cos from a retail/consumer/payments standpoint - interacting with them feels like you're calling them in December 1999.
How is this company still in business?
Do they just kill it on Commercial?
'cos from a retail/consumer/payments standpoint - interacting with them feels like you're calling them in December 1999.
December 19, 2024 at 2:09 AM
#BankOfAmerica #BOA
How is this company still in business?
Do they just kill it on Commercial?
'cos from a retail/consumer/payments standpoint - interacting with them feels like you're calling them in December 1999.
How is this company still in business?
Do they just kill it on Commercial?
'cos from a retail/consumer/payments standpoint - interacting with them feels like you're calling them in December 1999.