Don't Poke the Bear
@ssshupe.bsky.social
Facts not lies. (Retired) public agency attorney, political moderate, anti-MAGA, cyclist, photographer, hobbyist programmer. Iowa raised, now in the Berkeley Hills. Hawkeyes/Warriors/R.E.M./Neil Young/Son Volt fan.
Dark clouds and seagull, Ile-de-Ré, France.
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Dark clouds and seagull, Ile-de-Ré, France.
How Trump signed the Epstein bill.
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
How Trump signed the Epstein bill.
The words you're looking for are "bribery" and "corruption." Why won't the New York Times just speak the truth?
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The words you're looking for are "bribery" and "corruption." Why won't the New York Times just speak the truth?
Here's someone glorifying violence.
September 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Here's someone glorifying violence.
My wife and I were less than two miles away from the Israeli attack in Doha. I guess the Trump administration cares more about keeping Israel's assassination plots secret than protecting its own citizens.
![Former US official says role in attack appears ‘confusing’
Adam Clements, a former US official, has said that the Trump administration’s role in the strikes appears “confusing” thus far.
“If the US had knowledge [of the attack], then the US would want to evacuate or at least have shelter-in-place for some diplomats and US service members who are in Qatar,” Clements told Al Jazeera.
“I am wondering who is in control here,” he added. “Is the United States telling Israel what it needs to do, or is it the other way around? And I think that’s one consideration as these situations develop.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uosz7fm6gil3xyjsq2h6wowh/bafkreiawar35j7fl7yh6or34m7e6kyzdkrsw6qtfkvyzszoftdifwwintq@jpeg)
September 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My wife and I were less than two miles away from the Israeli attack in Doha. I guess the Trump administration cares more about keeping Israel's assassination plots secret than protecting its own citizens.
New York Times: Fascism is taking over our country. I don't give a shit about any of this. We're in a critical time. Do your job.
September 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New York Times: Fascism is taking over our country. I don't give a shit about any of this. We're in a critical time. Do your job.
They should also then arrest people who desecrate the US flag like this. There are hundreds of thousands of them out there.
August 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
They should also then arrest people who desecrate the US flag like this. There are hundreds of thousands of them out there.
Mr. Spark at the beach.
August 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Mr. Spark at the beach.
Um, not really.
August 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Um, not really.
America has lost its stature and no longer leads the free world. Thank god for the Europeans.
August 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
America has lost its stature and no longer leads the free world. Thank god for the Europeans.
There's more! (From Reddit's r/WhitePeopleTwitter.)
August 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
There's more! (From Reddit's r/WhitePeopleTwitter.)
@atrupar.com FYI there's a fake account posing as you. It just posted a reply on my account.
August 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
@atrupar.com FYI there's a fake account posing as you. It just posted a reply on my account.
But wait, there's more! (Sorry, I pilfered these off of the hilarious Reddit community r/WhitePeopleTwitter.)
August 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
But wait, there's more! (Sorry, I pilfered these off of the hilarious Reddit community r/WhitePeopleTwitter.)
OOOOHHH so powerful, so alpha. (Truth: He's getting senile.)
August 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
OOOOHHH so powerful, so alpha. (Truth: He's getting senile.)
Menhir on the Ile aux Moines, Bretagne.
August 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Menhir on the Ile aux Moines, Bretagne.
There's no stupid like MAGA stupid, Example No. 3656.
July 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
There's no stupid like MAGA stupid, Example No. 3656.
The US is tumbling deeper into fascism. The NY Times' response is who-gives-a-rats-ass stories like these. Jesus Christ.
July 2, 2025 at 5:55 AM
The US is tumbling deeper into fascism. The NY Times' response is who-gives-a-rats-ass stories like these. Jesus Christ.
Shoreline on the Gulf of Morbihan, France
June 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Shoreline on the Gulf of Morbihan, France
To me this was the most remarkable thing about Saturday's protests: It wasn't just big blue cities, it was everywhere!
June 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
To me this was the most remarkable thing about Saturday's protests: It wasn't just big blue cities, it was everywhere!
400 people turned out in Muscatine, Iowa for a No Kings protest. Muscatine is a city of 22,000 and largely conservative. This happened all over the US on Saturday. Perhaps the biggest protest in US history.
The NY Times ignored it. Why?
The NY Times ignored it. Why?
June 16, 2025 at 6:53 AM
400 people turned out in Muscatine, Iowa for a No Kings protest. Muscatine is a city of 22,000 and largely conservative. This happened all over the US on Saturday. Perhaps the biggest protest in US history.
The NY Times ignored it. Why?
The NY Times ignored it. Why?
Art I made from a pic from my bike ride today in La Rochelle, France.
June 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Art I made from a pic from my bike ride today in La Rochelle, France.
This is the top, I scrolled down down down down but found nothing. "Newspaper of Record" my ass.
June 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is the top, I scrolled down down down down but found nothing. "Newspaper of Record" my ass.