Rich MacDonald
@richmacdonald.bsky.social
ChemE Programmer Jayhawk Sebago Bananaboy Dad.
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Image thanks to International Buddhist Meditation Center - Los Angeles, CA
Via Samuel Long
Via Samuel Long
October 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Image thanks to International Buddhist Meditation Center - Los Angeles, CA
Via Samuel Long
Via Samuel Long
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Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
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"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power."
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Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military
If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.
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August 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power."
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The second amendment guarantees the right to a militia to guard against federal tyranny. But if a president can use that force against its own state, against the wishes of that state, then it is no militia at all and a clear violation of the second amendment.
August 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The second amendment guarantees the right to a militia to guard against federal tyranny. But if a president can use that force against its own state, against the wishes of that state, then it is no militia at all and a clear violation of the second amendment.
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WW2
WW1
Taiping Revolt
US Civil War
Napoleonic War…
…. did not end in any meaningful, compromise, negotiated peace.
The peace treaty was delivered to the vanquished at the tip of a bayonet.
WW1
Taiping Revolt
US Civil War
Napoleonic War…
…. did not end in any meaningful, compromise, negotiated peace.
The peace treaty was delivered to the vanquished at the tip of a bayonet.
JD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
August 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
WW2
WW1
Taiping Revolt
US Civil War
Napoleonic War…
…. did not end in any meaningful, compromise, negotiated peace.
The peace treaty was delivered to the vanquished at the tip of a bayonet.
WW1
Taiping Revolt
US Civil War
Napoleonic War…
…. did not end in any meaningful, compromise, negotiated peace.
The peace treaty was delivered to the vanquished at the tip of a bayonet.
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Just a reminder that Trump/DOJ continuing to let Abrego Garcia sit in CECOT is *a crime*. Deprivation of rights under color of law is a crime. Was it an "error" at first? Maybe. But once they were aware of the error, and ordered by a judge to return him, and then refusing, it's willful 1/
April 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Just a reminder that Trump/DOJ continuing to let Abrego Garcia sit in CECOT is *a crime*. Deprivation of rights under color of law is a crime. Was it an "error" at first? Maybe. But once they were aware of the error, and ordered by a judge to return him, and then refusing, it's willful 1/
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Solid weasel wording from the Times
April 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Solid weasel wording from the Times
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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I don’t know whose sign this is but Bravo!
April 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I don’t know whose sign this is but Bravo!
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UPDATE: From the original poster of the letter on FB:
March 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
UPDATE: From the original poster of the letter on FB:
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This message from Sturgill Simpson is everything 🔥🤘
November 24, 2024 at 10:43 PM
This message from Sturgill Simpson is everything 🔥🤘
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The Iowa GOP advanced a bill making it a misdemeanor for a healthcare provider to administer a Covid vaccine.
Even when a person has requested a Covid vaccine.
Even when a person has requested a Covid vaccine.
March 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The Iowa GOP advanced a bill making it a misdemeanor for a healthcare provider to administer a Covid vaccine.
Even when a person has requested a Covid vaccine.
Even when a person has requested a Covid vaccine.
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wanna feel old? it used to be Crime AND Punishment
March 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
wanna feel old? it used to be Crime AND Punishment
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The broader lesson of Ukraine's failure to reach an agreement with Trump is that nobody can, because Trump is a simple crook.
March 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The broader lesson of Ukraine's failure to reach an agreement with Trump is that nobody can, because Trump is a simple crook.
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Worth noting that when the war started Zelensky’s English was very shaky and he’s clearly spent a ton of time improving it for exactly this purpose.
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Worth noting that when the war started Zelensky’s English was very shaky and he’s clearly spent a ton of time improving it for exactly this purpose.
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I often get asked why I bother challenging disinformation and engaging with anti science anti vaccine conspiracy theory nutcases.
Well - not enough of us did that.
And now they are in power.
Well - not enough of us did that.
And now they are in power.
February 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I often get asked why I bother challenging disinformation and engaging with anti science anti vaccine conspiracy theory nutcases.
Well - not enough of us did that.
And now they are in power.
Well - not enough of us did that.
And now they are in power.
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Dear Mr. Musk:
1. Your mom
2. Your mom
3. Your mom
4. Your mom
5. Your mom
I hope this answers any questions you might have, son.
Sincerely,
Kiss my ass
1. Your mom
2. Your mom
3. Your mom
4. Your mom
5. Your mom
I hope this answers any questions you might have, son.
Sincerely,
Kiss my ass
February 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Dear Mr. Musk:
1. Your mom
2. Your mom
3. Your mom
4. Your mom
5. Your mom
I hope this answers any questions you might have, son.
Sincerely,
Kiss my ass
1. Your mom
2. Your mom
3. Your mom
4. Your mom
5. Your mom
I hope this answers any questions you might have, son.
Sincerely,
Kiss my ass
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Why does @NancyMace expect us to believe her story if she doesn’t believe @ejeancarroll’s?
February 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Why does @NancyMace expect us to believe her story if she doesn’t believe @ejeancarroll’s?
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this attitude — paperwork is for sissies, real wars are won by Big Strong Men — is traditionally a harbinger of ruinous for defeat for everyone who holds it
Bureaucracy, famously not important in war
February 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
this attitude — paperwork is for sissies, real wars are won by Big Strong Men — is traditionally a harbinger of ruinous for defeat for everyone who holds it
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A quick search of Cotton’s accounts show that the first time he posted a single word critical of USAID was 5 days ago, despite serving in the Senate for 10 years and the House before that.
February 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A quick search of Cotton’s accounts show that the first time he posted a single word critical of USAID was 5 days ago, despite serving in the Senate for 10 years and the House before that.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Republicans in Congress want Americans struggling to afford student loan payments to shell out nearly $200 more each month to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
February 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Republicans in Congress want Americans struggling to afford student loan payments to shell out nearly $200 more each month to fund tax cuts for billionaires.