Ionut Gradinaru
ionutg.bsky.social
Ionut Gradinaru
@ionutg.bsky.social
Tech geek, unapologetic liberal.

I post about hiking, backpacking, tech, sometimes politics and traveling
Kaua’I has amazing mountains, beaches, truly a paradise.
The Waimea Canyon is a must, I would have liked to have more time to hike there
April 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Hmm… so after 25 hours staying up and speaking Cory Booker went to give some interviews?!?
I’m quite impressed, great show of fighting for a right cause! Maybe a good choice for Democratic leadership…
April 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Some early spring signs in WA!
The view from Dirty Harry trail and the cherry blossoms at UW Quad
April 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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2. Help Democrats

The success of any opposition rests on the opposing party taking power. Next time you want to attack a Democrat for being too much of this or too little of that, realize that you are only helping the GOP. Instead, find a Democrat you support and volunteer for their campaign.
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I’m proud to call the amazing cartoonist Ed Wexler a friend.
January 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Chasing frozen waterfalls
Franklin Falls, WA
January 27, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I know David Lynch’s “Dune” didn’t do well in theaters, but I really liked that version, I believe Kyle MacLachan played very well as Paul Atreides. Also, loved Twin Peaks!!!
RIP, you gave us so much to enjoy
January 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Well… looks like Zuck and Mosseri are taking Threads on the same path as Twitter. It was fun while it lasted, which is not that much :)
As long as BlueSky is independent, I’ll continue sharing my thoughts here…
January 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just donated 25$ to #Wikipedia, with company match is going to be 50.
Next time Elon attacks them I’ll do are again, let’s see how this is going to work for him…
December 25, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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What does it say that this took me zero time to understand.
December 21, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Looks like I’ve been wrong about Elon. He’s an amazing investor, with $44 billion for Twitter and $850 million for Trump he gets to run the country. And if things go south, which most likely is a when, rather than if, he was never elected, so he doesn’t need to answer to anybody.
December 19, 2024 at 5:43 PM
I wonder if Obama would have pushed in Syria in 2011 how would history looked like…
Would Russia have had less power and influence? How would Europe look without the migrant crisis?
December 8, 2024 at 7:46 PM
I know why I would not use Twitter, but between BlueSky and Threads, I feel it’s hard to say which one would be better. And I get Threads is owned by Meta, so that could be a reason to just go for BlueSky, I’m just not sure what other differentiators are there.
December 7, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Well… the presidential e eroina in Romania were annulled by the constitutional court.
The good part is that we avoid a catastrophic event, where the far-right, Russian leaning Călin Georgescu could have won.
December 6, 2024 at 7:40 PM
I went for a run and got in the middle of a movie set, which was very confusing. Realized something was not right went I saw all the bodies covered on the road… #ChicagoFire #running
December 5, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Not exactly sure how BlueSky works, but here are some pictures from North Cascades National Park, from earlier this year. #pnw #hiking
December 4, 2024 at 8:25 PM