Simon
@sbatters.bsky.social
New Zealand-based, here to connect with curious, genuine people. Slowly discovering the world through travel. Lover of humour, music, books, health, the gym, and great movies. Optimistic this is a space to share, learn, and keep things real.
But surely those $12,000 tax cuts will trickle down to the vulnerable households so they’re probably going to be better off as well😳 (deep sarcasm here btw).
Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
June 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
But surely those $12,000 tax cuts will trickle down to the vulnerable households so they’re probably going to be better off as well😳 (deep sarcasm here btw).
Speaker phone use in public is ‘peak asshole’. Just stop. @georgehahn.com nails this with a powerful public decent message.
On behalf of everyone with a sense of courtesy, taste, and personal space… I ask you: stop it with the speakerphone. It’s peak asshole. Thanks.
June 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Speaker phone use in public is ‘peak asshole’. Just stop. @georgehahn.com nails this with a powerful public decent message.
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The hypocrisy of the highest order.
June 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The hypocrisy of the highest order.
Love a good bit of wit when serving up a burn
May 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Love a good bit of wit when serving up a burn
Imagine being born into all that privilege, given so many advantages and a huge head start in life, achieving the unthinkable & becoming president of the USA. But still be so bitter, so nasty, so selfish and cruel and pretend to be a victim. What a waste of possibility. It’s so sad to watch.
May 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Imagine being born into all that privilege, given so many advantages and a huge head start in life, achieving the unthinkable & becoming president of the USA. But still be so bitter, so nasty, so selfish and cruel and pretend to be a victim. What a waste of possibility. It’s so sad to watch.
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Bruce tells it like it is.
Truth.
🔥🔥🔥
Truth.
🔥🔥🔥
May 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Bruce tells it like it is.
Truth.
🔥🔥🔥
Truth.
🔥🔥🔥
He’d be a joke if this misinformation wasn’t so dangerous and feeding ignorance and hatred.
May 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
He’d be a joke if this misinformation wasn’t so dangerous and feeding ignorance and hatred.
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Eddie Vedder takes up where Bruce left off.
"I'm saying just to be sure that this freedom to speak will still exist in another year or two from now when we come back to this microphone."
"I'm saying just to be sure that this freedom to speak will still exist in another year or two from now when we come back to this microphone."
May 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Eddie Vedder takes up where Bruce left off.
"I'm saying just to be sure that this freedom to speak will still exist in another year or two from now when we come back to this microphone."
"I'm saying just to be sure that this freedom to speak will still exist in another year or two from now when we come back to this microphone."
We shouldn’t be surprised by just how they can go. Truly some of the worst and disgraceful people. How can anyone support or defend this family? Making jokes, while demonstrating your own stupidity, at someone else’s suffering is disgraceful. They’re sick. No class, no humility, no compassion.
May 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
We shouldn’t be surprised by just how they can go. Truly some of the worst and disgraceful people. How can anyone support or defend this family? Making jokes, while demonstrating your own stupidity, at someone else’s suffering is disgraceful. They’re sick. No class, no humility, no compassion.
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What she said.👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
No one gives someone a $400 million dollar jet for free without expecting anything in return. Be serious.
May 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What she said.👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Incredible performance! You wonder how much they’d be willing to pay if there was competent performance and good results😂
Q: worst board/CEO in media?
—5 rebrands in 5 years;
—Shares down 63% since merger;
—Paid CEO $348.2m
A: Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
—5 rebrands in 5 years;
—Shares down 63% since merger;
—Paid CEO $348.2m
A: Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
May 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Incredible performance! You wonder how much they’d be willing to pay if there was competent performance and good results😂
Keep speaking the truth Bruce👍
At his concert, Bruce Springsteen calls out Trump as a fascist authoritarian. 🙌💪👏👊👇
May 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Keep speaking the truth Bruce👍
He's always had a way with words #springsteen
SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK:
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
May 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
He's always had a way with words #springsteen
Another way of saying 'not in my lane?' GSUS the responsibility dodgers are coming at us thick and fast these days.
“I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.” - the Secretary of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr., the dumbest Kennedy.
Don’t Ask RFK Jr. for Medical Advice
“I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me,” the HHS secretary said after being asked about his vaccine views.
nymag.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Another way of saying 'not in my lane?' GSUS the responsibility dodgers are coming at us thick and fast these days.
There's a lot of 'not my lane' thinking go on around there.
May 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
There's a lot of 'not my lane' thinking go on around there.
You hope they have some reflection on their role in putting him there. Trump gave plenty of clues on how extreme he was going to be.
A lot of folks blame the podcasts or bro-casts for how we got here. But even the clout-chasers and crypto-shillers think Trump’s gone too far…
May 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
You hope they have some reflection on their role in putting him there. Trump gave plenty of clues on how extreme he was going to be.
Fucking hell.
This dude wants to feel normal so bad. Instead of fixing his own problems he thinks he can create a world where everybody is as pathetic as him.
Rich anti social misogynist wants everyone to be as lonely as him
May 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Fucking hell.
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The fascism playbook hasn't changed—only the speed we're flipping through its chapters.
May 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The fascism playbook hasn't changed—only the speed we're flipping through its chapters.
Does anyone actually believe what Trump says? The way he lies and just insist he’s right is embarrassing and disgraceful. Most people could not stand to have him as friend or trust him with their own money or family, because he lacks any integrity and character but still decided to vote for him.
May 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Does anyone actually believe what Trump says? The way he lies and just insist he’s right is embarrassing and disgraceful. Most people could not stand to have him as friend or trust him with their own money or family, because he lacks any integrity and character but still decided to vote for him.
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Raskin: The lowest 100 day approval rating since polling began. He controlled the agenda. He controlled the House, the Senate— he’s got everything going for him and his numbers are in the gutter
April 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Raskin: The lowest 100 day approval rating since polling began. He controlled the agenda. He controlled the House, the Senate— he’s got everything going for him and his numbers are in the gutter
“Music legend”….bahahaha…..only in his own mind maybe 🤔
April 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
“Music legend”….bahahaha…..only in his own mind maybe 🤔