Friendly Misanthrope
@misanthropic.bsky.social
Cat dad, twin brother of my twin brother, resident of RVA, hobbyist photographer
My downstairs neighbor moved out. She wasn’t a bad neighbor, just a noisy & smelly one. She used air fresheners & deodorizers to cover for marijuana so her apartment STANK, & since the ventilation is connected between apartments, my apartment stank too. & she had grandkids who visited every weekend.
December 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
My downstairs neighbor moved out. She wasn’t a bad neighbor, just a noisy & smelly one. She used air fresheners & deodorizers to cover for marijuana so her apartment STANK, & since the ventilation is connected between apartments, my apartment stank too. & she had grandkids who visited every weekend.
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After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Someone in a diesel truck blew coal through the neighborhood and is idling outside and it’s ruining my cigarette!
December 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Someone in a diesel truck blew coal through the neighborhood and is idling outside and it’s ruining my cigarette!
I thought Republicans supported parents making decisions for their children. They campaigned on “Parental Rights“ FFS. But when a parent supports their transgender child with doctor recommended care, suddenly their rights don’t matter?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions on transgender Americans. https://to.pbs.org/4pOr8lp
WATCH: Trump administration seeks to cut off access to transgender health care for U.S. children
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administrat...
to.pbs.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I thought Republicans supported parents making decisions for their children. They campaigned on “Parental Rights“ FFS. But when a parent supports their transgender child with doctor recommended care, suddenly their rights don’t matter?
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January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
Trump is in his own Truman Show. The people around him are creating a false reality for their benefit. The grifters are circling, sensing his weakness to flattery, and the plain fact that Dementia Don has no idea what’s happening in the real world.
President Donald Trump was awarded the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize on Friday during the final draw for the 2026 World Cup.
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Trump is in his own Truman Show. The people around him are creating a false reality for their benefit. The grifters are circling, sensing his weakness to flattery, and the plain fact that Dementia Don has no idea what’s happening in the real world.
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
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This is an incredible LIE being told by the guy that manages the agency that oversees the ACA. It's obscene how easily, how frequently and how dramatically these Trump folks lie to us.
✅Fact check from the extremely reliable @kff.org (& no, KFF did not retract this.)
✅Fact check from the extremely reliable @kff.org (& no, KFF did not retract this.)
October 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an incredible LIE being told by the guy that manages the agency that oversees the ACA. It's obscene how easily, how frequently and how dramatically these Trump folks lie to us.
✅Fact check from the extremely reliable @kff.org (& no, KFF did not retract this.)
✅Fact check from the extremely reliable @kff.org (& no, KFF did not retract this.)
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A striking resemblance #pambondi #nellieoleson
October 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A striking resemblance #pambondi #nellieoleson
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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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If you’re planning to hit the streets, we've gathered some advice, as well as a list of items you may want to bring with you. Be careful, and stay safe.
How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid
If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.
wrd.cm
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
If you’re planning to hit the streets, we've gathered some advice, as well as a list of items you may want to bring with you. Be careful, and stay safe.
It’s a feature, not a bug. The Republican Party is rotten to the core.
“US Capitol police are…investigating after a US flag bearing a swastika was discovered inside the office of Republican House member Dave Taylor of OH *** The flag was displayed on what appears to be a cubicle wall behind…one of Taylor’s staff members, during a virtual meeting. 10/15/25…” 1/
US Capitol police investigating flag with swastika in Republican representative’s office – report
Authorities reportedly looking into modified flag displayed on cubicle wall of House member Dave Taylor’s staff
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It’s a feature, not a bug. The Republican Party is rotten to the core.
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I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?
October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?
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Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw
Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts
All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."
www.pbs.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw
A striking resemblance #pambondi #nellieoleson
October 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A striking resemblance #pambondi #nellieoleson
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The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.
October 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.
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Hold on, these are the "we don't have to bake your gay wedding cake" people?
Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’
Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Department of Justice is considering bringing charges after a now-fired Office Depot employee refused to print flyers advertising a vigil for Charlie Kirk.
The post Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
September 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hold on, these are the "we don't have to bake your gay wedding cake" people?
Fuck this guy. Hope he’s tormented in hell for eternity
James Dobson, the child psychologist and evangelical leader who founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family, has died at the age of 89.
August 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Fuck this guy. Hope he’s tormented in hell for eternity
This is the real reason for wage stagnation. Corporate greed. Robbing the working class to pay the wealthy.
The CEO-to-worker pay ratio at S&P 500 companies last year was 285-to-1. The median employee would have had to start working in the year 1740 to earn what the average CEO received in 2024. Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
August 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is the real reason for wage stagnation. Corporate greed. Robbing the working class to pay the wealthy.