Uberrman
@uberrman.bsky.social
Retired.
40 years in news.
Now P/T Uber driver. Learning one ride at a time.
Love travel, nature, books, music, edibles, immigrants, anything funny, Scrabble, the NBA, the Mets, walking, poker and especially grandkids.
Believer in facts.
40 years in news.
Now P/T Uber driver. Learning one ride at a time.
Love travel, nature, books, music, edibles, immigrants, anything funny, Scrabble, the NBA, the Mets, walking, poker and especially grandkids.
Believer in facts.
An important overview: Per The Guardian today, nearly 12,000 immigrants have been rounded up and detained with NO criminal record. And the numbers are accelerating. This is America?
July 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
An important overview: Per The Guardian today, nearly 12,000 immigrants have been rounded up and detained with NO criminal record. And the numbers are accelerating. This is America?
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The victims of the russian missile attack on Sumy on Palm Sunday. Every casualty is not statistics, it was a beautiful life cut short by the russian terrorism. Rest in glory.
Photo Gyunduz Mamedov.
Photo Gyunduz Mamedov.
April 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The victims of the russian missile attack on Sumy on Palm Sunday. Every casualty is not statistics, it was a beautiful life cut short by the russian terrorism. Rest in glory.
Photo Gyunduz Mamedov.
Photo Gyunduz Mamedov.
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RFK at his confirmation hearing: “I am not anti-vaccine”
After RFK confirmed as HHS head:
- CDC flu vaccine campaign pulled
- Childhood vaccine schedule reviewed
- Federal funding to schools with COVID vaccine mandates withdrawn
- Meeting to update flu vaccines cancelled
After RFK confirmed as HHS head:
- CDC flu vaccine campaign pulled
- Childhood vaccine schedule reviewed
- Federal funding to schools with COVID vaccine mandates withdrawn
- Meeting to update flu vaccines cancelled
February 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
RFK at his confirmation hearing: “I am not anti-vaccine”
After RFK confirmed as HHS head:
- CDC flu vaccine campaign pulled
- Childhood vaccine schedule reviewed
- Federal funding to schools with COVID vaccine mandates withdrawn
- Meeting to update flu vaccines cancelled
After RFK confirmed as HHS head:
- CDC flu vaccine campaign pulled
- Childhood vaccine schedule reviewed
- Federal funding to schools with COVID vaccine mandates withdrawn
- Meeting to update flu vaccines cancelled
Lucky to be in old San Juan, PR, enjoying stunning colonial architecture, beautiful beaches, gentle, warm breezes and delicious food.
Thinking Tony Hinchcliffe had to be looking into a mirror when he "joked" about this beautiful isand being "garbage."
A remarkably ignorant comment.
A total DB!
Thinking Tony Hinchcliffe had to be looking into a mirror when he "joked" about this beautiful isand being "garbage."
A remarkably ignorant comment.
A total DB!
January 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Lucky to be in old San Juan, PR, enjoying stunning colonial architecture, beautiful beaches, gentle, warm breezes and delicious food.
Thinking Tony Hinchcliffe had to be looking into a mirror when he "joked" about this beautiful isand being "garbage."
A remarkably ignorant comment.
A total DB!
Thinking Tony Hinchcliffe had to be looking into a mirror when he "joked" about this beautiful isand being "garbage."
A remarkably ignorant comment.
A total DB!
Trip with Venezuelan rider. His English bad, my Spanish worse.
Told me he had been divorced twice -- both after 8 years.
I taught him the phrase, "7 year itch."
He told me his parents divorced after 40 years.
I then taught him the phrase, "quarento annos itch."
Learning & "teaching" each ride!
Told me he had been divorced twice -- both after 8 years.
I taught him the phrase, "7 year itch."
He told me his parents divorced after 40 years.
I then taught him the phrase, "quarento annos itch."
Learning & "teaching" each ride!
December 22, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Trip with Venezuelan rider. His English bad, my Spanish worse.
Told me he had been divorced twice -- both after 8 years.
I taught him the phrase, "7 year itch."
He told me his parents divorced after 40 years.
I then taught him the phrase, "quarento annos itch."
Learning & "teaching" each ride!
Told me he had been divorced twice -- both after 8 years.
I taught him the phrase, "7 year itch."
He told me his parents divorced after 40 years.
I then taught him the phrase, "quarento annos itch."
Learning & "teaching" each ride!
Join me in subscribing to the Des Moines Register to help finance its fight against Trump's bogus lawsuit against pollster Ann Seltzer.
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December 20, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Bring back summer soon!
December 19, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Bring back summer soon!
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Absolutely Stunning timelapse of Earth rising over the Moon captured by lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya. 💫👏💫👏💫👏💫
📽: JAXA/NHK
📽: JAXA/NHK
December 16, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Absolutely Stunning timelapse of Earth rising over the Moon captured by lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya. 💫👏💫👏💫👏💫
📽: JAXA/NHK
📽: JAXA/NHK
The questions now:
--Will GeoSteph and other ABC News employees have the cahones to protest this Trump-groveling decision by Disney corporate that the vast % of producers and reporters surely oppose.
--Will David Muir and his production team even cover the story on the evening news tonight?
--Will GeoSteph and other ABC News employees have the cahones to protest this Trump-groveling decision by Disney corporate that the vast % of producers and reporters surely oppose.
--Will David Muir and his production team even cover the story on the evening news tonight?
December 16, 2024 at 1:14 PM
The questions now:
--Will GeoSteph and other ABC News employees have the cahones to protest this Trump-groveling decision by Disney corporate that the vast % of producers and reporters surely oppose.
--Will David Muir and his production team even cover the story on the evening news tonight?
--Will GeoSteph and other ABC News employees have the cahones to protest this Trump-groveling decision by Disney corporate that the vast % of producers and reporters surely oppose.
--Will David Muir and his production team even cover the story on the evening news tonight?
Uber passenger update:
Two 20-year-old women -- studying geophysics! -- explaining how New Mexico offers significant financial aid to virtually every kid trying to attend college.
A very good thing!
More and more women in the sciences.
Another very good thing!
Two 20-year-old women -- studying geophysics! -- explaining how New Mexico offers significant financial aid to virtually every kid trying to attend college.
A very good thing!
More and more women in the sciences.
Another very good thing!
December 14, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Uber passenger update:
Two 20-year-old women -- studying geophysics! -- explaining how New Mexico offers significant financial aid to virtually every kid trying to attend college.
A very good thing!
More and more women in the sciences.
Another very good thing!
Two 20-year-old women -- studying geophysics! -- explaining how New Mexico offers significant financial aid to virtually every kid trying to attend college.
A very good thing!
More and more women in the sciences.
Another very good thing!
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the media, especially right now, needs to do a lot better on the inherent instabilities, contradictions and lack of clarity in "public opinion" of migration policy
This is a highly questionable omission by @nytimes.com.
This article tells readers that exit polls show 40% favor mass deportations.
It doesn't include the fact that the same exit polls find 56% favor path to legalization.
left, NYT. right, exit poll
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/u...
This article tells readers that exit polls show 40% favor mass deportations.
It doesn't include the fact that the same exit polls find 56% favor path to legalization.
left, NYT. right, exit poll
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/u...
December 11, 2024 at 12:45 PM
the media, especially right now, needs to do a lot better on the inherent instabilities, contradictions and lack of clarity in "public opinion" of migration policy
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Not the end of rant
If I wasn't clear in my posts
THIS SHIT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME LIKE EVERY DAY
This didn't happen 5 years ago at nearly the rate it does
Insurance is important but the way it is run in the US it is just a way for rich people to siphon money from sick people
OK now I'm done
If I wasn't clear in my posts
THIS SHIT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME LIKE EVERY DAY
This didn't happen 5 years ago at nearly the rate it does
Insurance is important but the way it is run in the US it is just a way for rich people to siphon money from sick people
OK now I'm done
December 11, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Not the end of rant
If I wasn't clear in my posts
THIS SHIT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME LIKE EVERY DAY
This didn't happen 5 years ago at nearly the rate it does
Insurance is important but the way it is run in the US it is just a way for rich people to siphon money from sick people
OK now I'm done
If I wasn't clear in my posts
THIS SHIT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME LIKE EVERY DAY
This didn't happen 5 years ago at nearly the rate it does
Insurance is important but the way it is run in the US it is just a way for rich people to siphon money from sick people
OK now I'm done
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Concentration and Focus - Great Blue Heron at the local marsh #birds #ornithology #heron #birdphotography #photography
December 9, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Concentration and Focus - Great Blue Heron at the local marsh #birds #ornithology #heron #birdphotography #photography
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The image shows a young man, Abdul Wahab Daddoush, who was released from Sednaya yesterday, having lost his sanity and memory. He was identified as a former medical student who disappeared 13 years ago at the age of 20. His grieving mother, who believed he was dead, went blind from sorrow.
#Sednaya
#Sednaya
December 9, 2024 at 6:43 AM
The image shows a young man, Abdul Wahab Daddoush, who was released from Sednaya yesterday, having lost his sanity and memory. He was identified as a former medical student who disappeared 13 years ago at the age of 20. His grieving mother, who believed he was dead, went blind from sorrow.
#Sednaya
#Sednaya
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FoxOfTheDay 🦊
Beautiful Red Fox cubs at play. 💚
Please DON’T harm them. 🙏
🎦 Credit: Willem Visser.
#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Foxes
Beautiful Red Fox cubs at play. 💚
Please DON’T harm them. 🙏
🎦 Credit: Willem Visser.
#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Foxes
December 9, 2024 at 10:34 AM
FoxOfTheDay 🦊
Beautiful Red Fox cubs at play. 💚
Please DON’T harm them. 🙏
🎦 Credit: Willem Visser.
#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Foxes
Beautiful Red Fox cubs at play. 💚
Please DON’T harm them. 🙏
🎦 Credit: Willem Visser.
#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Foxes
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New here and wondering: anyone interested in reading what's it like to be an Uber driver?
If so, please show me some love and follow me.
Lots of interesting stories to tell. Maybe an occasional observation, too.
40 years in print & broadcast journalism. Better credential: 4.95 Uber rating!
If so, please show me some love and follow me.
Lots of interesting stories to tell. Maybe an occasional observation, too.
40 years in print & broadcast journalism. Better credential: 4.95 Uber rating!
November 28, 2024 at 1:34 PM
New here and wondering: anyone interested in reading what's it like to be an Uber driver?
If so, please show me some love and follow me.
Lots of interesting stories to tell. Maybe an occasional observation, too.
40 years in print & broadcast journalism. Better credential: 4.95 Uber rating!
If so, please show me some love and follow me.
Lots of interesting stories to tell. Maybe an occasional observation, too.
40 years in print & broadcast journalism. Better credential: 4.95 Uber rating!
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These Are The Type Of People I Want In My Community!
Who Agrees✋️?
@jcmillermusic.bsky.social
@electroboyusa.bsky.social
@urocklive1.bsky.social
@mysterysolvent.bsky.social
@wisewonders.bsky.social
@free2beme.bsky.social
@loriislandgirl.bsky.social
@erinkharti.bsky.social
@turquoise-cat.bsky.social
Who Agrees✋️?
@jcmillermusic.bsky.social
@electroboyusa.bsky.social
@urocklive1.bsky.social
@mysterysolvent.bsky.social
@wisewonders.bsky.social
@free2beme.bsky.social
@loriislandgirl.bsky.social
@erinkharti.bsky.social
@turquoise-cat.bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 12:53 AM
These Are The Type Of People I Want In My Community!
Who Agrees✋️?
@jcmillermusic.bsky.social
@electroboyusa.bsky.social
@urocklive1.bsky.social
@mysterysolvent.bsky.social
@wisewonders.bsky.social
@free2beme.bsky.social
@loriislandgirl.bsky.social
@erinkharti.bsky.social
@turquoise-cat.bsky.social
Who Agrees✋️?
@jcmillermusic.bsky.social
@electroboyusa.bsky.social
@urocklive1.bsky.social
@mysterysolvent.bsky.social
@wisewonders.bsky.social
@free2beme.bsky.social
@loriislandgirl.bsky.social
@erinkharti.bsky.social
@turquoise-cat.bsky.social
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Past is prologue
Progressing backward, the eternal Russian contradiction, is obviously ever so popular.
I think it fits well into the idea, that Russia is a society, built on the premise of its own destruction.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Past is prologue
Progressing backward, the eternal Russian contradiction, is obviously ever so popular.
I think it fits well into the idea, that Russia is a society, built on the premise of its own destruction.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Neo-Nazi street attacks are making a comeback in Russia. Experts link it to 2000s nostalgia, Internet clout culture, and the war. — Meduza
A dark trend has returned to Russia: far-right nationalists sharing videos of brutal attacks on ethnic minorities and other “outsiders.” Each month, at least about 100 new clips of violence against mi...
meduza.io
December 6, 2024 at 11:56 PM
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Past is prologue
Progressing backward, the eternal Russian contradiction, is obviously ever so popular.
I think it fits well into the idea, that Russia is a society, built on the premise of its own destruction.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Past is prologue
Progressing backward, the eternal Russian contradiction, is obviously ever so popular.
I think it fits well into the idea, that Russia is a society, built on the premise of its own destruction.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Uniforms of Syrian soldiers from the dictator Bashar al-Assad’s army, abandoned as they fled Damascus. A historic image marking the end of the dictator and his army.
December 8, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Uniforms of Syrian soldiers from the dictator Bashar al-Assad’s army, abandoned as they fled Damascus. A historic image marking the end of the dictator and his army.
Let's celebrate the millions of legal immigrants doing critical but low-paying jobs.
Most of all, health workers putting in long, diffult hours caring for our very elderly.
Just today, I picked up a woman from Cameroon and her elderly client. Recently, another from Botswana..
Thanks to them!
Most of all, health workers putting in long, diffult hours caring for our very elderly.
Just today, I picked up a woman from Cameroon and her elderly client. Recently, another from Botswana..
Thanks to them!
December 7, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Let's celebrate the millions of legal immigrants doing critical but low-paying jobs.
Most of all, health workers putting in long, diffult hours caring for our very elderly.
Just today, I picked up a woman from Cameroon and her elderly client. Recently, another from Botswana..
Thanks to them!
Most of all, health workers putting in long, diffult hours caring for our very elderly.
Just today, I picked up a woman from Cameroon and her elderly client. Recently, another from Botswana..
Thanks to them!
@frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social
Reassuring thoughts today from my passenger - a Justice Dept. lawyer, fraud division - about phony criminal charges being brought against Trump's political rivals.
She was confident independent-minded grand jurors would never go along.
Let's hope she's right.
Reassuring thoughts today from my passenger - a Justice Dept. lawyer, fraud division - about phony criminal charges being brought against Trump's political rivals.
She was confident independent-minded grand jurors would never go along.
Let's hope she's right.
December 6, 2024 at 5:08 PM
@frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social
Reassuring thoughts today from my passenger - a Justice Dept. lawyer, fraud division - about phony criminal charges being brought against Trump's political rivals.
She was confident independent-minded grand jurors would never go along.
Let's hope she's right.
Reassuring thoughts today from my passenger - a Justice Dept. lawyer, fraud division - about phony criminal charges being brought against Trump's political rivals.
She was confident independent-minded grand jurors would never go along.
Let's hope she's right.
So many feelings driving an Iraqi war vet today.
Even tho I was against the war..
I felt such GRATIDUDE to my passenger.
He did 3 tours of duty there...
He LOST 28 (28!) young guys in combat...
He himself has endured 15 surgeries. An IED.
I need to remember and honor their sacrifices.
December 6, 2024 at 12:59 AM
So many feelings driving an Iraqi war vet today.
Even tho I was against the war..
I felt such GRATIDUDE to my passenger.
He did 3 tours of duty there...
He LOST 28 (28!) young guys in combat...
He himself has endured 15 surgeries. An IED.
I need to remember and honor their sacrifices.
Anyone else start the day hearing a total stranger talk about her husband's erections?
Proof you can hear absolutely anything as an Uber driver!!
P.S. It was no come-on. She's 81 and her husband is being treated for prostate cancer. Even so...
Proof you can hear absolutely anything as an Uber driver!!
P.S. It was no come-on. She's 81 and her husband is being treated for prostate cancer. Even so...
December 4, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Anyone else start the day hearing a total stranger talk about her husband's erections?
Proof you can hear absolutely anything as an Uber driver!!
P.S. It was no come-on. She's 81 and her husband is being treated for prostate cancer. Even so...
Proof you can hear absolutely anything as an Uber driver!!
P.S. It was no come-on. She's 81 and her husband is being treated for prostate cancer. Even so...