RooksBailey
@rooksbailey.bsky.social
My interests include politics, science fiction, PC gaming, writing, reading, & artsy cinema. I enjoy jazz, martinis, and rainy days. I am trying to keep the candle lit during these dark days. Read my unfocused blog here: https://robotjazz.blogspot.com/
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Alyssa Milano is pulling no punches. A must read!
🔗 https://open.substack.com/pub/alyssajmilano/p/an-open-letter-to-marjorie-taylor?r=art2k&utm_medium=ios
🔗 https://open.substack.com/pub/alyssajmilano/p/an-open-letter-to-marjorie-taylor?r=art2k&utm_medium=ios
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Alyssa Milano is pulling no punches. A must read!
🔗 https://open.substack.com/pub/alyssajmilano/p/an-open-letter-to-marjorie-taylor?r=art2k&utm_medium=ios
🔗 https://open.substack.com/pub/alyssajmilano/p/an-open-letter-to-marjorie-taylor?r=art2k&utm_medium=ios
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Sadly, I have been feeling this way lately. Watching shows that remind me of happier days now hurts. Back when the family was whole, when death and illness were little more than boogeymen, and when America was one of the good guys. How did it all go so wrong? 😢
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Sadly, I have been feeling this way lately. Watching shows that remind me of happier days now hurts. Back when the family was whole, when death and illness were little more than boogeymen, and when America was one of the good guys. How did it all go so wrong? 😢
Never forget that over 60% of veterans said they voted for Trump in 2024, according to exit polling. You get what you voted for...
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Never forget that over 60% of veterans said they voted for Trump in 2024, according to exit polling. You get what you voted for...
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I was chatting with Google's Gemini about my return to wargaming & approaching Thanksgiving. I invited it to T-Day dinner for a double-date with Amazon's Alexa 😅 but it declined. Instead, it made this image of two men wargaming after dinner, with a gramophone as Alexa & a steampunk PC as Gemini. 😊
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I was chatting with Google's Gemini about my return to wargaming & approaching Thanksgiving. I invited it to T-Day dinner for a double-date with Amazon's Alexa 😅 but it declined. Instead, it made this image of two men wargaming after dinner, with a gramophone as Alexa & a steampunk PC as Gemini. 😊
EXACTLY! "Jewish Space Lasers" is just a shameless opportunist. Enjoy the MAGA civil war but don't cheer for any of them as they are all scum and villainy.
Can the next please dear God can the next interviewer ask MTG about oh I don’t know January 6th etc before we keep pretending she found politics Jesus
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
EXACTLY! "Jewish Space Lasers" is just a shameless opportunist. Enjoy the MAGA civil war but don't cheer for any of them as they are all scum and villainy.
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And then think of what a cornered psychopathic human being with the morals and instincts of a rat and control of over five thousand nuclear warheads would do.
This is a very dangerous moment for the country and the world. A cornered rat will do anything to escape.
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
And then think of what a cornered psychopathic human being with the morals and instincts of a rat and control of over five thousand nuclear warheads would do.
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Talked to a small business owner in PA just before the election in '24. "Oh, he's not going to do tariffs," she said.
He did it the last time, I said.
"I don't remember that."
You own a small business and you don't remember tariffs?
"Oh, Tom, you're funny."
It's impossible to get through.
He did it the last time, I said.
"I don't remember that."
You own a small business and you don't remember tariffs?
"Oh, Tom, you're funny."
It's impossible to get through.
Farmers in the Midwest kept their hands on the stove in 2024, even tho they had to be bailed out by subsidies in the First Reign of Terror.
And once again, he sold them out again with the tariffs.
Surprise! Surprise!
Smh
And once again, he sold them out again with the tariffs.
Surprise! Surprise!
Smh
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Talked to a small business owner in PA just before the election in '24. "Oh, he's not going to do tariffs," she said.
He did it the last time, I said.
"I don't remember that."
You own a small business and you don't remember tariffs?
"Oh, Tom, you're funny."
It's impossible to get through.
He did it the last time, I said.
"I don't remember that."
You own a small business and you don't remember tariffs?
"Oh, Tom, you're funny."
It's impossible to get through.
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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen revealed that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer knew the entire time about the plan for a few Democrats to capitulate to Republicans on the government shutdown. trib.al/rgKrsJC
November 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen revealed that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer knew the entire time about the plan for a few Democrats to capitulate to Republicans on the government shutdown. trib.al/rgKrsJC
My Christmas cacti are having a great bloom this year! I left them outside until early November; I guess the cold weather agreed with them.
November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My Christmas cacti are having a great bloom this year! I left them outside until early November; I guess the cold weather agreed with them.
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Everyday Americans get nickel and dimed while the rich dodge taxes.
They struggle to get by while the wealth of the 1% skyrockets.
They see their voices drowned out while the well-connected avoid accountability.
There are two sets of rules in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.
They struggle to get by while the wealth of the 1% skyrockets.
They see their voices drowned out while the well-connected avoid accountability.
There are two sets of rules in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Everyday Americans get nickel and dimed while the rich dodge taxes.
They struggle to get by while the wealth of the 1% skyrockets.
They see their voices drowned out while the well-connected avoid accountability.
There are two sets of rules in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.
They struggle to get by while the wealth of the 1% skyrockets.
They see their voices drowned out while the well-connected avoid accountability.
There are two sets of rules in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.
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Gosh, why and how could that be? Such an enigma!
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Gosh, why and how could that be? Such an enigma!
The set design for Brazil is gorgeous. Probably the best since Blade Runner. Gilliam nailed the lived-in dystopian look. #TCMParty
Brazil Movie GIF
ALT: Brazil Movie GIF
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November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The set design for Brazil is gorgeous. Probably the best since Blade Runner. Gilliam nailed the lived-in dystopian look. #TCMParty
Some poorly-informed people think Die Hard is a Christmas movie. It is not. However, one overlooked gem that IS a Christmas movie is on TCM right now: Terry Gilliam's Brazil! 😜
a woman in a blue dress is sitting on a couch with a christmas tree in the background
ALT: a woman in a blue dress is sitting on a couch with a christmas tree in the background
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November 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Some poorly-informed people think Die Hard is a Christmas movie. It is not. However, one overlooked gem that IS a Christmas movie is on TCM right now: Terry Gilliam's Brazil! 😜
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These Megan Kelly clips are pretty good proof that a lot of people have gotten much much much worse over the last 10 years
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
These Megan Kelly clips are pretty good proof that a lot of people have gotten much much much worse over the last 10 years
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This is how it will play as Trump defenders fall back from defensive redoubt to defensive redoubt:
MAGA WILL (ARE!) ARGUE:
Pedophilia = bad / Ephebophilia (15+) = ok (Megan Kelly's position)
Pedophilia = bad / Hebephilia (11-14 yo) = ok
Pedophilia = ok
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
MAGA WILL (ARE!) ARGUE:
Pedophilia = bad / Ephebophilia (15+) = ok (Megan Kelly's position)
Pedophilia = bad / Hebephilia (11-14 yo) = ok
Pedophilia = ok
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Megyn Kelly suddenly finds pedophilia very hard to define
When a 16-year-old accused Russell Brand of rape, Kelly begged conservatives to condemn him. Now she's splitting hairs about men "into the barely legal type."
www.motherjones.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is how it will play as Trump defenders fall back from defensive redoubt to defensive redoubt:
MAGA WILL (ARE!) ARGUE:
Pedophilia = bad / Ephebophilia (15+) = ok (Megan Kelly's position)
Pedophilia = bad / Hebephilia (11-14 yo) = ok
Pedophilia = ok
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
MAGA WILL (ARE!) ARGUE:
Pedophilia = bad / Ephebophilia (15+) = ok (Megan Kelly's position)
Pedophilia = bad / Hebephilia (11-14 yo) = ok
Pedophilia = ok
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The front page of today’s @nydailynews.com.
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The front page of today’s @nydailynews.com.
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Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?
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If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
I'm still laughing to myself about how last night Lawrence O'Donnell made the case that @schumer.senate.gov should be celebrated because he didn't surrender on the first day of the shutdown. I don't think it is possible to set a lower threshold for Democrats without going into quantum mechanics.
a man in a red sweater with a star trek logo on his chest is standing in front of a window .
ALT: a man in a red sweater with a star trek logo on his chest is standing in front of a window .
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November 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I'm still laughing to myself about how last night Lawrence O'Donnell made the case that @schumer.senate.gov should be celebrated because he didn't surrender on the first day of the shutdown. I don't think it is possible to set a lower threshold for Democrats without going into quantum mechanics.
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Epstein's money laundering was as malevolent and shameless as his sex trafficking.
No wonder he and Trump were best friends for 15 years.
No wonder he and Trump were best friends for 15 years.
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Epstein's money laundering was as malevolent and shameless as his sex trafficking.
No wonder he and Trump were best friends for 15 years.
No wonder he and Trump were best friends for 15 years.
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem