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RobE
@robertelliott.bsky.social
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Middle-aged cat dad. Ally to all those who are decent and compassionate. #veg*n #FTA people are my people #liberal
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November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
Dear lort. It actually says, "Radical Left Democrat" on a government website. I don't suppose it mentions anything about the nuclear option they used to approve Trump appointees?

www.politico.com/live-updates...
Question in a search engine: Can the senate use the nuclear option for the government shutdown? AI response: Yes, the nuclear option could be used to bypass the filibuster and pass funding to end a government shutdown, but it is politically contentious and has not been employed to date for this purpose.
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
robertelliott.bsky.social
Yeah, some of these sites may not be legitimate, and many are clearly recycling someone else's story, but it's telling that from every quarter of the internet, the media is pushing a narrative...
Headlines from an internet search related to Trump and Israel-Hamas ceasefire, all pushing a narrative that Trump was responsible for a peace deal. Headlines from an internet search related to Trump and Israel-Hamas ceasefire, all pushing a narrative that Trump was responsible for a peace deal. Headlines from an internet search related to Trump and Israel-Hamas ceasefire, all pushing a narrative that Trump was responsible for a peace deal.
October 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
"...keep an eye on it"...for $2000/mo. That's about the level of care I get too. If my costs go up this year, I'm dropping it. I'll not only save the monthly fee, I'll get about $100 or so to put towards my own savings for any issues.
"Apple Watch has all these health features that maybe sort of work but are fairly imprecise by design. So Apple says “Talk to your doctor” and then if you talk to your doctor they're like “Huh, yeah, I dunno keep an eye on it” as they type frantically into Epic MyChart during your 8-minute visit."
October 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
"James Yokeley ... flagged down an officer ... to inform him that his two granddaughters found pills in their Dairy Queen Blizzards, according to the Wilmington [PD]."

Almost looks like he was trying to set up a lawsuit. Definitely endangered the kids tho, and it's yet another crime by the GOP.
Part of an article from the Huffpost, which reads: "The GOP chair of a local elections board in North Carolina has been arrested after being accused of putting MDMA and cocaine in his grandchildren’s ice cream. James Yokeley — a Republican who was selected to chair the Surry County Board of Elections in June — flagged down an officer at a Sheetz convenience store to inform him that his two granddaughters found pills in their Dairy Queen Blizzards, according to the Wilmington Police Department. After it was determined that the two hadn’t ingested the substances, preliminary field tests indicated that the pills were illegal narcotics, and they were taken to a state lab for further testing. Video footage showed Yokeley placing the pills in his grandchildren’s frozen treats, per Wilmington Police."
August 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
Very cool. Learned a whole bunch of new terms - meat paradox, omnivore's akrasia, akratic/akrates, strategic ignorance, malakia...

Looks like many of those "annoying vegans" are doing the right thing:
Text highlighted on a web page that reads: ...providing images of animals with meat recipes renders meat less inviting. Empirical research also manifests that if individuals are told about the suffering faced by animals in animal industries, they begin to re-evaluate meat
August 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
robertelliott.bsky.social
So Newsom proposes to strip people of rights? Can you point to policies he proposed in that vein which were implemented?

"No one can tear down his track record"

Grow up.

www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Members of the Legislature’s LGBTQ caucus were reluctant to criticize Newsom publicly, even if they were not happy with his attention-grabbing comments. “His podcast career is his podcast career,” said Assemblymember Alex Lee. “Whatever he wants to do with Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk, whatever. But he hasn’t changed his policies. He’s not done anything differently. He said bullshit on a stupid podcast.” Lee said while Newsom has a long history of being “usually on the right side,” his recent maneuvers are not politically savvy unless he “wants to run in the Republican primary, I guess, where all they do is talk about culture wars.” LGBTQ Victory Fund President Evan Low, a former California state lawmaker, said Republicans were continuing to hammer trans rights to distract from their unpopular policy positions. He praised Newsom’s record on LGBTQ issues and cautioned against playing into Republicans’ playbook. “No one can tear down his track record,” said Low. “At the same time, I urge caution to many in our ecosystem to not fall into the trap of this false narrative being an issue.”
August 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
And you didn't even bother to look at the article I linked. Your own community...
Members of the Legislature’s LGBTQ caucus were reluctant to criticize Newsom publicly, even if they were not happy with his attention-grabbing comments. “His podcast career is his podcast career,” said Assemblymember Alex Lee. “Whatever he wants to do with Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk, whatever. But he hasn’t changed his policies. He’s not done anything differently. He said bullshit on a stupid podcast.” Lee said while Newsom has a long history of being “usually on the right side,” his recent maneuvers are not politically savvy unless he “wants to run in the Republican primary, I guess, where all they do is talk about culture wars.” LGBTQ Victory Fund President Evan Low, a former California state lawmaker, said Republicans were continuing to hammer trans rights to distract from their unpopular policy positions. He praised Newsom’s record on LGBTQ issues and cautioned against playing into Republicans’ playbook. “No one can tear down his track record,” said Low. “At the same time, I urge caution to many in our ecosystem to not fall into the trap of this false narrative being an issue.”
August 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
For the record, and so that others can be aware of this entity and its dishonesty and tactics, here is the rest of the interaction with the troll. After which, it "followed" me.
Troll thread part 1 Troll thread part 2 Troll thread part 3 Sub troll thread
August 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
ICE...limp dick mutherfuckers...
August 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
....and *both* of the accounts that responded saying the series got worse were MAGAt trolls. Of course.
jobrycki.bsky.social says, "Suddenly liberals care about Jewish people."
August 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
Love to. Can't.
Image of pop-up window showing an example of, "User Blocking You", on Bluesky.
August 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
I *think* this one was my response to that. That creature just kept ignoring what I would say, and kept coming back with the same weak attempt to say you're a psychopath if you have evidence of harm and suffering. 🤦‍♂️Eventually he flipped out, threatened me, and blocked me.
Image says: Not remotely. Your assertion is very plainly wrong. Nobody would think that someone advocating for animal rights and to expose the horrors of what people do to animals, having evidence of that in order to make people aware of it, would think they're a "fucking psychopath".
August 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
@tompowelljr.bsky.social
"Comments are turned off".

Just in case that wasn't intentional...
A YouTube video showing that "Comments are turned off."
July 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
robertelliott.bsky.social
@airborne1970.bsky.social, are you aware your video from tonight shows this?
A video on YouTube is blocked, and shows only, "Video unavailable This video contains content from SME, who has blocked it on copyright grounds"
July 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
robertelliott.bsky.social
Mm hm.
A group of social media influencers hold up binders labeled, "The Epstein Files: Phase 1", outside the White House, in February 2025.
July 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
There are no Epstein Files 😆 Now get Joni to tell her constituents there really *is* an Easter Bunny...
'From left, Rogan O'Handley, Chaya Raichik, Scott Presler, Liz Wheeler and Chad Prather carry binders labeled "The Epstein Files: Phase 1" as they walk out of the West Wing of the White House on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. ' -https://www.cbsnews.com/news/right-wing-influencers-get-binders-labeled-the-epstein-files-but-downplay-revelations/
July 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
Something about Trump's head doesn't look right. I mean more than usual. But either way, I wonder what the MAGAs would be saying if it looked more like this...they'd *never* shut up about his association with a perverted sex-trafficking abuser.
A fake image of P Diddy, Joe Biden, and Melania Trump
July 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
If you think voting doesn't matter, remember that Republicans can ALWAYS make things *even worse*.
July 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/@rockykanaka has some great stories on YouTube as well - they're long, but they can be so heartwarming.
Images of several Rocky Kanaka videos on YouTube, with titles such as, "Dumped on the Highway, She Won't Let Anyone in Her Kennel Until This...", "Here's what Happened to the Husky they said was a 'Lost Cause'", "Watch his reaction when he’s told he’s a GOOD BOY for the first time", and, "Watch My Reaction when I Figured Out What They Used Her For"
June 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
Too bad. I really liked department stores.
Meme showing the grim reaper knocking on the door of the "Dem Establishment", with open doors and trails of blood leading out of the doors of, "Department Stores", and, "Chain Restaurants" behind him.
June 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
Took several months, but finally...victory (and a reminder). I went direct to local florists this year - many of them now have easy-to-use websites so you can very conveniently order from across the country.
Partial text of an email from 1-800-FLOWERS confirming account data deletion, and a reminder in a password file not to use them anymore because they support Trump and Project 2025
June 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
Thank you for this. I've been looking for additional places to donate that might actually be able to help inside Gaza. Before donating, I like to read up a little about an organization, and found this unfortunate story, but also this from their website, which is encouraging:
Text from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Soup_Kitchen#Israeli_drone_strikes along with text from the "About" page on https://gazasoupkitchen.com/ below the section titled, "Our Expansion and Life-Saving Impact"
June 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
robertelliott.bsky.social
I happened to screenshot the conversation just in case it was deleted. Instead it looks like I've been blocked...for being an aggressive, annoying vegan, or all the other names they use (?).
A reply to the original post by dipradan (reply 1): Lol. Good luck with all that. Reply to reply 1, by RobE (reply 2): You posted this to troll people you don't agree with who care about animals and want their suffering and killing to stop? Reply to reply 2, by dipradan (reply 3): We don't care what you want. Animals are delicious, we'll let you vegan freakazoids to what you want, but you aren't taking our juicy steaks, pork and chicken away. So you can go fuck yourselves. Reply to reply 3, by RobE (reply 4): Re-read what you just wrote and tell me if you think you're a decent person. Ignore the fact that we clearly disagree about the suffering and killing of animals. Just read your words and your tone.
June 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
robertelliott.bsky.social
If we're suffering from TDS, is what *they're* suffering from, Hananiamania?
On the third day, we heard from Richard Hanania, who is the author of the book The Origins of Woke—blurbed by billionaire Peter Thiel as showing that “we need … government violence to exorcise the diversity demon.” Hanania is also the author of blatantly white supremacist articles, as HuffPost reported not long after I attended UATX. Writing under the pseudonym “Richard Hoste” in the early 2010s, Hanania advocated ethnic cleansing and forced sterilizations based on IQ tests. When HuffPost disclosed this at the beginning of August, Hanania claimed that his views had since changed—as would any neo-Nazi who cares about his upcoming book’s sales. The thing is, recent writing under Hanania’s own name is no less fascistic. He is the author of tweets supporting eugenics and calling for “more policing, incarceration, and surveillance of black people.”
May 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM