hsdeb.bsky.social
@hsdeb.bsky.social
Sassy, Classy, Happy & Blessed
USMC brat & USAF Vet
former secondary math teacher
Old enough to know better, young enough to shrug and carry on anyway
USMC brat & USAF Vet
former secondary math teacher
Old enough to know better, young enough to shrug and carry on anyway
Pinned
hsdeb.bsky.social
@hsdeb.bsky.social
· Jan 31
Do you love your country...?"
"I prefer to think of it as healthy yet skeptical respect."
"Not very patriotic."
"Exactly patriotic. My country, right or wrong. Which means nothing, unless you admit your country is wrong sometimes...."
--Night School
"I prefer to think of it as healthy yet skeptical respect."
"Not very patriotic."
"Exactly patriotic. My country, right or wrong. Which means nothing, unless you admit your country is wrong sometimes...."
--Night School
"...the same local law enforcement agencies that have driven crime down over the years in these cities could do even more if given even a fraction of the massive cost of these deployments to work with locally."
The Cost of Trump’s Politicization of the Military
They’ve crossed one line after another since January - and we must not become numb to the mounting damage to our military and national security.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"...the same local law enforcement agencies that have driven crime down over the years in these cities could do even more if given even a fraction of the massive cost of these deployments to work with locally."
Profound:
“I just think about what the iPhone arrived as: a library you kept in your pocket, connected to all the world’s knowledge and what it's become: a digital vape you keep under your pillow, so you can always suck on it.”
—PJ Vogt, Search Engine
“I just think about what the iPhone arrived as: a library you kept in your pocket, connected to all the world’s knowledge and what it's become: a digital vape you keep under your pillow, so you can always suck on it.”
—PJ Vogt, Search Engine
May 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Profound:
“I just think about what the iPhone arrived as: a library you kept in your pocket, connected to all the world’s knowledge and what it's become: a digital vape you keep under your pillow, so you can always suck on it.”
—PJ Vogt, Search Engine
“I just think about what the iPhone arrived as: a library you kept in your pocket, connected to all the world’s knowledge and what it's become: a digital vape you keep under your pillow, so you can always suck on it.”
—PJ Vogt, Search Engine
America just has to get out of the 20th century. I love America, but you are no longer the greatest country in the world. You’re just not.
Things change. As a nation it’s time to just age gracefully. Be adult.
…an almost direct quote from ‘Pine Gap’
circa 2018
Prescient
Things change. As a nation it’s time to just age gracefully. Be adult.
…an almost direct quote from ‘Pine Gap’
circa 2018
Prescient
May 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
America just has to get out of the 20th century. I love America, but you are no longer the greatest country in the world. You’re just not.
Things change. As a nation it’s time to just age gracefully. Be adult.
…an almost direct quote from ‘Pine Gap’
circa 2018
Prescient
Things change. As a nation it’s time to just age gracefully. Be adult.
…an almost direct quote from ‘Pine Gap’
circa 2018
Prescient
At this point I’d settle for a string of days where I’m not embarrassed by 2.0 & that Administration.
—Afrikaners yes, fleeing war/famine, no.
—silent Rs over the non-budgetary budget bill
—accepting a jet from a foreign government
—RFK jr, in toto
—Jeanine Pirro & Ed Martin
—Casey, Kash & Kristi
—Afrikaners yes, fleeing war/famine, no.
—silent Rs over the non-budgetary budget bill
—accepting a jet from a foreign government
—RFK jr, in toto
—Jeanine Pirro & Ed Martin
—Casey, Kash & Kristi
May 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
At this point I’d settle for a string of days where I’m not embarrassed by 2.0 & that Administration.
—Afrikaners yes, fleeing war/famine, no.
—silent Rs over the non-budgetary budget bill
—accepting a jet from a foreign government
—RFK jr, in toto
—Jeanine Pirro & Ed Martin
—Casey, Kash & Kristi
—Afrikaners yes, fleeing war/famine, no.
—silent Rs over the non-budgetary budget bill
—accepting a jet from a foreign government
—RFK jr, in toto
—Jeanine Pirro & Ed Martin
—Casey, Kash & Kristi
Five years in, and we’re making
a strong case for this being the
Oh For Fucks Sake decade. 🤦🏼♀️
a strong case for this being the
Oh For Fucks Sake decade. 🤦🏼♀️
March 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Five years in, and we’re making
a strong case for this being the
Oh For Fucks Sake decade. 🤦🏼♀️
a strong case for this being the
Oh For Fucks Sake decade. 🤦🏼♀️
“Much that passes as idealism
is disguised love of power.”
—Bertrand Russell
is disguised love of power.”
—Bertrand Russell
February 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“Much that passes as idealism
is disguised love of power.”
—Bertrand Russell
is disguised love of power.”
—Bertrand Russell
You have to avoid two things: apathy and urgency.
Don’t lose your concern but don’t rush at it either.
Take it seriously but don’t get caught up in your anxiety.
Maybe if someone cries, “Constitutional Crisis!”, it helps to take a breath. Even if there is a crisis. Take a breath.
—“Civics 101”
Don’t lose your concern but don’t rush at it either.
Take it seriously but don’t get caught up in your anxiety.
Maybe if someone cries, “Constitutional Crisis!”, it helps to take a breath. Even if there is a crisis. Take a breath.
—“Civics 101”
February 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
You have to avoid two things: apathy and urgency.
Don’t lose your concern but don’t rush at it either.
Take it seriously but don’t get caught up in your anxiety.
Maybe if someone cries, “Constitutional Crisis!”, it helps to take a breath. Even if there is a crisis. Take a breath.
—“Civics 101”
Don’t lose your concern but don’t rush at it either.
Take it seriously but don’t get caught up in your anxiety.
Maybe if someone cries, “Constitutional Crisis!”, it helps to take a breath. Even if there is a crisis. Take a breath.
—“Civics 101”
If you don't like what's going on in Washington currently, contact your Senators and Representative. Don't just bitch on social media.
Contacting them likely won't do anything, but not contacting them DEFINITELY won't do anything.
50%-70% of the eligible voters didn't vote for this.
Contacting them likely won't do anything, but not contacting them DEFINITELY won't do anything.
50%-70% of the eligible voters didn't vote for this.
February 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you don't like what's going on in Washington currently, contact your Senators and Representative. Don't just bitch on social media.
Contacting them likely won't do anything, but not contacting them DEFINITELY won't do anything.
50%-70% of the eligible voters didn't vote for this.
Contacting them likely won't do anything, but not contacting them DEFINITELY won't do anything.
50%-70% of the eligible voters didn't vote for this.
Maybe we all need to be on Outbreaks Near Me if federal databases/organizations are being dismantled...
outbreaksnearme.org/us/en-US
outbreaksnearme.org/us/en-US/joi...
outbreaksnearme.org/us/en-US
outbreaksnearme.org/us/en-US/joi...
outbreaksnearme.org
January 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Maybe we all need to be on Outbreaks Near Me if federal databases/organizations are being dismantled...
outbreaksnearme.org/us/en-US
outbreaksnearme.org/us/en-US/joi...
outbreaksnearme.org/us/en-US
outbreaksnearme.org/us/en-US/joi...
Handy source/database from the Washington Post:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Tracking Trump’s progress on his campaign promises
A rundown of Donald Trump’s biggest campaign promises and whether he has — or hasn’t — delivered.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Handy source/database from the Washington Post:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
The Fire Hose of Falsehoods
…we might want to consider how the very notion of truth has been put in the deep freeze in Russia. Over the years, Khrushchev had forced Soviet citizens to open their eyes to the reality of Stalin's cruel and paranoid rule.
…we might want to consider how the very notion of truth has been put in the deep freeze in Russia. Over the years, Khrushchev had forced Soviet citizens to open their eyes to the reality of Stalin's cruel and paranoid rule.
January 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The Fire Hose of Falsehoods
…we might want to consider how the very notion of truth has been put in the deep freeze in Russia. Over the years, Khrushchev had forced Soviet citizens to open their eyes to the reality of Stalin's cruel and paranoid rule.
…we might want to consider how the very notion of truth has been put in the deep freeze in Russia. Over the years, Khrushchev had forced Soviet citizens to open their eyes to the reality of Stalin's cruel and paranoid rule.
Interesting. Y’cant just do that.
I sure hope there’s push back.
I sure hope there’s push back.
January 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Interesting. Y’cant just do that.
I sure hope there’s push back.
I sure hope there’s push back.
Timely, relevant, and interesting
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
open.spotify.com/episode/17Qz...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
open.spotify.com/episode/17Qz...
Missing on
Podcast Episode · Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 01/24/2025 · 44m
podcasts.apple.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Timely, relevant, and interesting
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
open.spotify.com/episode/17Qz...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
open.spotify.com/episode/17Qz...
🎶
1459 bottles of beer on the wall
1459 bottles of beer… 🎵
1459 bottles of beer on the wall
1459 bottles of beer… 🎵
January 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
🎶
1459 bottles of beer on the wall
1459 bottles of beer… 🎵
1459 bottles of beer on the wall
1459 bottles of beer… 🎵
Sure glad I’m not important enuf to have to kiss the ring.
#InconsequentialSerf
#InconsequentialSerf
January 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Sure glad I’m not important enuf to have to kiss the ring.
#InconsequentialSerf
#InconsequentialSerf
Trump sentencing: 3 stars.
Story was too long and the ending unsatisfying.
I wish Judge Merchan had noted what the sentence would’ve been had Trump not been President elect.
I feel cheated out of the story’s conclusion.
Story was too long and the ending unsatisfying.
I wish Judge Merchan had noted what the sentence would’ve been had Trump not been President elect.
I feel cheated out of the story’s conclusion.
January 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Trump sentencing: 3 stars.
Story was too long and the ending unsatisfying.
I wish Judge Merchan had noted what the sentence would’ve been had Trump not been President elect.
I feel cheated out of the story’s conclusion.
Story was too long and the ending unsatisfying.
I wish Judge Merchan had noted what the sentence would’ve been had Trump not been President elect.
I feel cheated out of the story’s conclusion.
"Patience is not inaction."
--Your Honor
--Your Honor
December 16, 2024 at 2:12 AM
"Patience is not inaction."
--Your Honor
--Your Honor
"It's one thing to have popularity. It's quite another to have influence." --The Crown
November 19, 2024 at 12:47 AM
"It's one thing to have popularity. It's quite another to have influence." --The Crown
It's difficult to form a cogent opinion when confronted with text far above one's comprehension level.
November 17, 2024 at 8:38 PM
It's difficult to form a cogent opinion when confronted with text far above one's comprehension level.
Do you love your country...?"
"I prefer to think of it as healthy yet skeptical respect."
"Not very patriotic."
"Exactly patriotic. My country, right or wrong. Which means nothing, unless you admit your country is wrong sometimes...."
--Night School
"I prefer to think of it as healthy yet skeptical respect."
"Not very patriotic."
"Exactly patriotic. My country, right or wrong. Which means nothing, unless you admit your country is wrong sometimes...."
--Night School
January 31, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Do you love your country...?"
"I prefer to think of it as healthy yet skeptical respect."
"Not very patriotic."
"Exactly patriotic. My country, right or wrong. Which means nothing, unless you admit your country is wrong sometimes...."
--Night School
"I prefer to think of it as healthy yet skeptical respect."
"Not very patriotic."
"Exactly patriotic. My country, right or wrong. Which means nothing, unless you admit your country is wrong sometimes...."
--Night School