MN Grubert
@grsmn.bsky.social
Optimistic Stoic. musician, electronics, computers, construction, builder, occasional McGyver.
People watcher; amazing species. What will become of them?
People watcher; amazing species. What will become of them?
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MN Grubert
@grsmn.bsky.social
· May 24
My mission is to write clearly and affirmatively.
It's common to use metaphor and imagery, which is fine, but it can lead to misunderstanding. Overuse is obfuscatory, excessive use is a red flag of intentional bullshitting.
But I get it, a lot of folk are reluctant to say what they really mean.
It's common to use metaphor and imagery, which is fine, but it can lead to misunderstanding. Overuse is obfuscatory, excessive use is a red flag of intentional bullshitting.
But I get it, a lot of folk are reluctant to say what they really mean.
Significantly-sub-optimal improvement is much better than enthusiastically-active destruction.
Not exactly: as I write in Saving Ourselves, the incrementalism of the Democratic Party and their all-of-the above energy policy is highly problematic. But that is categorically different from climate denial in action in the US under Trump. cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-...
Saving Ourselves | Columbia University Press
We've known for decades that climate change is an existential crisis. For just as long, we've seen the complete failure of our institutions to rise to the ch... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Significantly-sub-optimal improvement is much better than enthusiastically-active destruction.
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Excellent reporting by Greg and @thenyt.bsky.social
It appears impossible to justify bombing the Venezuelan boats
Not only is the legal basis tenuous (we all know how well the “I was just following orders” defense goes)
The evidence that people in the boats are engaged in crimes is shaky as well
It appears impossible to justify bombing the Venezuelan boats
Not only is the legal basis tenuous (we all know how well the “I was just following orders” defense goes)
The evidence that people in the boats are engaged in crimes is shaky as well
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Excellent reporting by Greg and @thenyt.bsky.social
It appears impossible to justify bombing the Venezuelan boats
Not only is the legal basis tenuous (we all know how well the “I was just following orders” defense goes)
The evidence that people in the boats are engaged in crimes is shaky as well
It appears impossible to justify bombing the Venezuelan boats
Not only is the legal basis tenuous (we all know how well the “I was just following orders” defense goes)
The evidence that people in the boats are engaged in crimes is shaky as well
Exactly how was the shutdown helping?
Something the "Dems Folded!" crowd doesn't explain..
Something the "Dems Folded!" crowd doesn't explain..
Interesting how ICE flights weren't impacted by the shutdown. Just commercial flights. Yet we had to end the shutdown for the airlines?
Sure, Jan.
Sure, Jan.
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Exactly how was the shutdown helping?
Something the "Dems Folded!" crowd doesn't explain..
Something the "Dems Folded!" crowd doesn't explain..
And the mainstream media put a business halo on him and have been fluffing him ever since.
"Let That Sink In" TOO.
(God how I hate that phrase)
"Let That Sink In" TOO.
(God how I hate that phrase)
America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
And the mainstream media put a business halo on him and have been fluffing him ever since.
"Let That Sink In" TOO.
(God how I hate that phrase)
"Let That Sink In" TOO.
(God how I hate that phrase)
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In Virginia Giuffre's book, there is a very suspicious line that I cant stop thinking about. She is in the middle of telling part of her story and then something like "only Trump distanced himself from Epstein, no one else and didn't allow him back to Mara lago." And then back to her story.
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
In Virginia Giuffre's book, there is a very suspicious line that I cant stop thinking about. She is in the middle of telling part of her story and then something like "only Trump distanced himself from Epstein, no one else and didn't allow him back to Mara lago." And then back to her story.
Early in his first term it seemed pretty clear, to me anyway, that Trump had laundered money for Russian oligarchs via cash transactions on his real estate.
One of his sons kinda gave it away.
And for that service Trump received..
One of his sons kinda gave it away.
And for that service Trump received..
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Early in his first term it seemed pretty clear, to me anyway, that Trump had laundered money for Russian oligarchs via cash transactions on his real estate.
One of his sons kinda gave it away.
And for that service Trump received..
One of his sons kinda gave it away.
And for that service Trump received..
"Etch a Sketch" in the sky.
One pilot in Canada took to the skies for a #RemembranceDay tribute. Dimitri Neonakis has a history of special sky art in Canada, most recently a flight path supporting the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series. See www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraf... for playback of this flight and others.
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Etch a Sketch" in the sky.
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Mike Johnson refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva for 7 weeks after she won her election by about 40 points. Mitch McConnell refused to give Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, even a hearing for most of a year. Sen. Tommy Tuberville blocked all military nominations for 10 months /
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Mike Johnson refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva for 7 weeks after she won her election by about 40 points. Mitch McConnell refused to give Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, even a hearing for most of a year. Sen. Tommy Tuberville blocked all military nominations for 10 months /
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
Tempers are way too high, self righteousness abounds.
What are the worst possible consequences of continued shutdown? That's one question I don't see asked enough, much less answered. I just see rage.
What are the worst possible consequences of continued shutdown? That's one question I don't see asked enough, much less answered. I just see rage.
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Tempers are way too high, self righteousness abounds.
What are the worst possible consequences of continued shutdown? That's one question I don't see asked enough, much less answered. I just see rage.
What are the worst possible consequences of continued shutdown? That's one question I don't see asked enough, much less answered. I just see rage.
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A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
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Publicly available sources to aid open-source investigations can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com ⬇️
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations - Nieman Reports
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes Johanna Wild, an open source researcher for Bellingcat.
niemanreports.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Publicly available sources to aid open-source investigations can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com ⬇️
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
I've been so damn annoyed by the lib/left chorus of "Dems backstabbed us all!"
While upset with Senate Dems continues, this is an important reminder that it is Donald Trump who decimated medicaid & ended the ACA subsidies and it is Donald Trump who will do whatever it takes to decimate, if not completely destroy, the ACA.
Why is Trump going after America's air traffic controllers, today of all days?
It's one more way to distract from his decision to increase your health insurance premiums."
It's one more way to distract from his decision to increase your health insurance premiums."
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I've been so damn annoyed by the lib/left chorus of "Dems backstabbed us all!"
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RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
This seems important.
Also, re Mamdani's win. Money decides elections until it doesn't. When people really want a candidate, no amount of advertising can stop them.
Also, re Mamdani's win. Money decides elections until it doesn't. When people really want a candidate, no amount of advertising can stop them.
Lina Khan is on Zohran's transition team, and billionaires are shitting their pants.
This moment is so beautiful.
This moment is so beautiful.
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This seems important.
Also, re Mamdani's win. Money decides elections until it doesn't. When people really want a candidate, no amount of advertising can stop them.
Also, re Mamdani's win. Money decides elections until it doesn't. When people really want a candidate, no amount of advertising can stop them.
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
The Saga of "Assault With Sandwich" continues, generating more ridicule than fear.
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Saga of "Assault With Sandwich" continues, generating more ridicule than fear.
It's already here
add a home battery and an EV and most households would never need to pay a petrol bill ever again.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels
Labor announces ‘solar sharer’ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's already here
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Miles Davis of spontaneous ad-lib political soloing!
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Miles Davis of spontaneous ad-lib political soloing!
Forgotten the "meatbag" metaphor years ago, probably cause it's so insulting.
But damn, its undeniable.. current events demonstrate.
But damn, its undeniable.. current events demonstrate.
Who was it that used to refer to the RW masses as "programmable meatbags"?
They were told inflation is the Most Important Thing, so they dutifully echoed that back. Then they were told immigration is the Most Important Thing, so they swung that way, like a school of fish.
They were told inflation is the Most Important Thing, so they dutifully echoed that back. Then they were told immigration is the Most Important Thing, so they swung that way, like a school of fish.
Oh my god
November 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Forgotten the "meatbag" metaphor years ago, probably cause it's so insulting.
But damn, its undeniable.. current events demonstrate.
But damn, its undeniable.. current events demonstrate.
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If you ever talk to a right wing person about an issue that is relatively new, watch their eye movement. You can see them grow increasingly uncomfortable when they realize nobody has told them how to think about what you are telling them.
November 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
If you ever talk to a right wing person about an issue that is relatively new, watch their eye movement. You can see them grow increasingly uncomfortable when they realize nobody has told them how to think about what you are telling them.
The Internet of Things.
I refuse to buy any product that only works when connected to someone else's server.
My machines should work for me.
I refuse to buy any product that only works when connected to someone else's server.
My machines should work for me.
Google just stopped support for older Nest thermostats that were working great and had probably a decade more life in them.
Everyone had to buy and install expensive new devices, and their perfectly good old ones are now e-waste.
Everyone had to buy and install expensive new devices, and their perfectly good old ones are now e-waste.
But while companies might not literally disable their stuff, all they had to do was stop supporting it and we were stuffed. Like when Ferranti went bust in '93 leaving us with an unsupported pathology system. 2/2
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Internet of Things.
I refuse to buy any product that only works when connected to someone else's server.
My machines should work for me.
I refuse to buy any product that only works when connected to someone else's server.
My machines should work for me.
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In times of trouble I like to ask myself, “what would Ms. Piggy do?”
November 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In times of trouble I like to ask myself, “what would Ms. Piggy do?”
Here's what to do. Teach the media how to do their damn job while doing your own job too.
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Here's what to do. Teach the media how to do their damn job while doing your own job too.
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JD Vance: "The suffering is going to get a lot worse."
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
JD Vance: "The suffering is going to get a lot worse."