Gus

Gus

@bbdad77.bsky.social

Dad. Geochemist. Sports fan.

140 followers153 following192 posts

Gus reposted

This is what weak and insecure people think confidence looks like: buffoonish bluster and swagger, like a 12-year-old bully. It doesn‘t inspire trust or security. It inspires grave concern for the lives of the people serving our nation whose fate is in the hands of these overcompensating oafs.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "Death & destruction from the sky all day. We're playing for keeps. Our warfighters have maximum authorities granted personally by POTUS & yours truly. Our rules of engagement are bold, precise designed to unleash American power, not shackle it ... we are punching them while they are down"

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That’s the issue, though. Shit like this is the reason sundown towns still exist (and often thrive) in this country. Their founders and town leaders are treated with respect that they do not deserve, nor is it warranted Could a non-white reporter do this story? No

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This movie kicks all kinds of ass I might just put it on right now.

Russ Burlingame@russburlingame.com

A quick question for anybody who wants to answer, just because I'm trying to get my creative juices flowing... What's your favorite movie or movies that was a box office flop? I'm not talking about like "Man of Steel made $700 million rather than $1 billion," I'm talking about movies that bombed.

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Again: if you were trying to completely implode rural America and force mass Urban flight I am really unsure how you would be doing anything different.

ESG Hound@esghound.com

If this bill passes, the hospital closures start nearly immediately. Can't even imagine how many tens or hundreds of billions in corporate debt/credit is calculated on the presumption of these funds. We are potentially talking "GOP loses every single senate race in 2026" territory

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Replying to @humblenovice.bsky.social

They *want* to lose, they want to be the pure tiny minority in a sea of degenerates They have no interest in winning, coalition building, governance, or outcomes Its just ego and vibes, all the way down

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Ukraine just carried out what may prove to be the most strategically devastating insurgent attack on military assets in the 21st century, an eighteen month cross border drone infiltration / raid potentially destroying a third or so of Russia's best long range bombers

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and coming from the most thin skinned and whiniest group of people constantly complaining about people being mean to them

Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com

One of the weirdest fads of MAGA rhetoric is a loathing of "empathy." (Sometimes they talk of "suicidal empathy," which Elon Musk, that colossal jackass, calls a "civilizational risk.") Let's examine the stupidities and hypocrisies of this anti-empathy rhetoric: www.thebulwark.com/p/bizarre-ri...

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reminder to check and see if you have REAL ID (likely a bigass star on the top right of your driver’s license)

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com

A whole lot of Americans will not be able to get REAL ID appointments before May and will have to cancel planned air travel. You’d think the airlines would be angrier about the Trump administration’s constant efforts to specifically destroy their business.

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Replying to @hunterub.bsky.social

See also: Idiot Elon Musk and the DOGEbros convincing themselves that millions of dead people are collecting social security and they, the twentysomething temp workers, were the only people in govt who ever noticed.

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Oh so we're REALLY gonna do Cool Zone

makena kelly@makenakelly.bsky.social

SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me. The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI. www.wired.com/story/doge-r...

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The core guiding philosophy of conservatism is that you are always the victim, and everyone else suffering deserves it because it's a fraction of how you've suffered. They are typically among the most privileged people on the planet. An entire philosophy of being bitch-ass whiners.

Michael R Strain@michaelrstrain.bsky.social

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People need reminding: the fatal flaw in our system, as in the Communist system, is human nature. Where Communists don’t allow for self-interest and greed, we don’t allow for lack of moderation and common sense. In the total absence of it we will fall hard and fast.

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Replying to @carlquintanilla.bsky.social

Farmers absolutely voted for this. Trump did this during his first term and gave farmers 10s of billions of dollars in government welfare because of it. They just assumed they'd be fine this time, too, while he harmed people they don't like.

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people who think and act this way shouldn't be allowed to live in society. we need to bring back exile. stick this lady on a boat and shove her off into the sea.

Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social

Anyway, this is about as gross and anti-social a statement from an antivaxxer as you'll find, but also probably pretty par for the course www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...