SoBoBob
@sobobob.bsky.social
Old White Guy, Humanist
Engineer, Explorer, Cyclist, Hiker, Skier, traveler, and opera buff (stories of bad decisions set to music). LotR and Hobbit fan Love learning the history of the peoples of the world as a series of wonderful (and scary) stories
Engineer, Explorer, Cyclist, Hiker, Skier, traveler, and opera buff (stories of bad decisions set to music). LotR and Hobbit fan Love learning the history of the peoples of the world as a series of wonderful (and scary) stories
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Tonight’s stupendous aurora-fest as seen in Louisville CO. As always, the phone camera makes these far more vivid than they actually looked to the naked eye. Still plenty bright—the most colorful I’ve seen anywhere, anytime.
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Tonight’s stupendous aurora-fest as seen in Louisville CO. As always, the phone camera makes these far more vivid than they actually looked to the naked eye. Still plenty bright—the most colorful I’ve seen anywhere, anytime.
I've played this game on I-70 in Kansas and Colorado and I-80 in Nebraska and Wyoming
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I've played this game on I-70 in Kansas and Colorado and I-80 in Nebraska and Wyoming
No Boulder CCL @cclusa.org Chapter meeting tonight! The November Chapter meeting is moved to Saturday, November 15, 10:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Register for the Watch Party here: tinyurl.com/Nov15WatchPa...
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
No Boulder CCL @cclusa.org Chapter meeting tonight! The November Chapter meeting is moved to Saturday, November 15, 10:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Register for the Watch Party here: tinyurl.com/Nov15WatchPa...
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I’m an old man and I find the thought of spending hours in a room alone with Trump repulsive.
The thought of a girl forced to so is truly hideous
The thought of a girl forced to so is truly hideous
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I’m an old man and I find the thought of spending hours in a room alone with Trump repulsive.
The thought of a girl forced to so is truly hideous
The thought of a girl forced to so is truly hideous
Colorado @cclusa.org November newsletter -- full of good info! 6poix.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/mr/sh/SMJ...
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Colorado @cclusa.org November newsletter -- full of good info! 6poix.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/mr/sh/SMJ...
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It's unconstitutional. Or is it? weeklysift.com/2025/11/03/c...
Could a Third Term Happen?
It’s far-fetched but not impossible. For months Trump has alternately encouraged and then tamped down speculation that he might seek a third term. Wednesday, he acknowledged the constitutiona…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It's unconstitutional. Or is it? weeklysift.com/2025/11/03/c...
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It's all a political game until children start missing meals.
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The Shutdown Gets Serious
If you’re poor in America, food and healthcare just got way more expensive. Up until Saturday, most Americans had been able ignore the government shutdown. If you didn’t work for the fe…
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November 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It's all a political game until children start missing meals.
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This week: SNAP, shutdown, tariffs, elections, and a parody of a Paul Simon classic. weeklysift.com/2025/11/03/d...
Despotic Encroachment
It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutio…
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November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This week: SNAP, shutdown, tariffs, elections, and a parody of a Paul Simon classic. weeklysift.com/2025/11/03/d...
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Let's take seriously Mike Johnson's claim that Republicans really do have ideas that will lead to a healthcare reform proposal. What would Johnson's system look like? weeklysift.com/2025/11/10/w...
What would a Republican healthcare plan look like?
The government can cut healthcare spending if it tempts people into gambling with their lives. The longest government shutdown in American history came down to one issue: healthcare. Republicans ha…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Let's take seriously Mike Johnson's claim that Republicans really do have ideas that will lead to a healthcare reform proposal. What would Johnson's system look like? weeklysift.com/2025/11/10/w...
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This week: elections, shutdown ending, federal thugs in Chicago, tariff arguments, Pelosi, Cheney, and a penguin with a lot of fish. weeklysift.com/2025/11/10/l...
Law and Order
Our residents have been attacked by a lawless entity, and we can’t just stand by and pretend this is acceptable. – Mayor Daniel Biss of Evanston,commenting on Border Patrol attacks on E…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This week: elections, shutdown ending, federal thugs in Chicago, tariff arguments, Pelosi, Cheney, and a penguin with a lot of fish. weeklysift.com/2025/11/10/l...
Very helpful -- @cclusa.org check it out.
🌎 Share the facts on climate change with a new slide deck from Climate Central, available in English and Spanish. 🌎 www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Very helpful -- @cclusa.org check it out.
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🌎 Share the facts on climate change with a new slide deck from Climate Central, available in English and Spanish. 🌎 www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🌎 Share the facts on climate change with a new slide deck from Climate Central, available in English and Spanish. 🌎 www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
Reminder: Boulder area @cclusa.org people: The November Chapter meeting is moved to Saturday, November 15, 10:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Register for the Watch Party here: tinyurl.com/Nov15WatchPa...
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Reminder: Boulder area @cclusa.org people: The November Chapter meeting is moved to Saturday, November 15, 10:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Register for the Watch Party here: tinyurl.com/Nov15WatchPa...
That is a great, on point cartoon.
Cartoonists so often capture a mood.
Here it's @ellabaron.bsky.social on a beaming Mamdani holding a torch to shine on a defeated-looking Statue Liberty hunkering on the pavement, beneath a dark Trump Tower.
Here it's @ellabaron.bsky.social on a beaming Mamdani holding a torch to shine on a defeated-looking Statue Liberty hunkering on the pavement, beneath a dark Trump Tower.
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
That is a great, on point cartoon.
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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
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The growing wildfire crisis won't wait, and neither can we. It's why we came together to write bipartisan legislation to protect our communities. www.youtube.com/shorts/FOcqu...
The growing wildfire crisis won't wait, and neither can we.
YouTube video by Senator John Hickenlooper
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October 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The growing wildfire crisis won't wait, and neither can we. It's why we came together to write bipartisan legislation to protect our communities. www.youtube.com/shorts/FOcqu...
Very special All Souls' remembrance www.youtube.com/live/4lopmeS...
All Souls | Rev. David Schwartz, Rachel Alba, Dr. Emily Koriath | 11/2/2025
YouTube video by Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
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November 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Very special All Souls' remembrance www.youtube.com/live/4lopmeS...
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Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
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Former chair of the Tennessee libertarian party 👇🏽
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Former chair of the Tennessee libertarian party 👇🏽
Boulder area @cclusa.org people:
Boulder area people -- The November Chapter meeting is moved to Saturday, November 15, 10:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Register:
tinyurl.com/Nov15WatchPa...
Boulder area people -- The November Chapter meeting is moved to Saturday, November 15, 10:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Register:
tinyurl.com/Nov15WatchPa...
October 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Boulder area @cclusa.org people:
Boulder area people -- The November Chapter meeting is moved to Saturday, November 15, 10:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Register:
tinyurl.com/Nov15WatchPa...
Boulder area people -- The November Chapter meeting is moved to Saturday, November 15, 10:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Register:
tinyurl.com/Nov15WatchPa...
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Wow, well, here's a nice metaphor for the dismantling of democracy.
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Wow, well, here's a nice metaphor for the dismantling of democracy.
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This week: No Kings, shutdown, Gaza, voting rights, Montana Plan, and the greatest performance in baseball history. weeklysift.com/2025/10/20/i...
In Free Countries
For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other. – Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776) No Sift next week. The next …
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October 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This week: No Kings, shutdown, Gaza, voting rights, Montana Plan, and the greatest performance in baseball history. weeklysift.com/2025/10/20/i...
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The Trump-invincibility narrative hit a few bumps this week. weeklysift.com/2025/10/20/t...
The Resistance Stiffens
Chicago on Saturday. The No Kings rallies were the most obvious signs of resistance to Trump’s authoritarian rule, but congressional Democrats, Pentagon reporters, major universities, and an …
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October 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Trump-invincibility narrative hit a few bumps this week. weeklysift.com/2025/10/20/t...