Gary

Gary

@glburdette.bsky.social

Jack of some trades, master of few. Fixer, tinker, maker.

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When I was a kid we had a comic book (Twilight Zone or similar) with a story about a big game hunter. He steals a magic amulet from a native African. As long as he wears it, he won't die of any injury. He ends up falling off a cliff and landing on a ledge halfway down with every bone shattered.

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The problem with people is, there's a god shaped hole in our heads where we want Something Important to live, and we insist on filling it with *something*, which might be god or king or astrology or jumped-up autocorrect.

I'm so glad we sacrificed our children on the altar of the Second Amendment in order to have the government's jack-booted thugs roaming the streets kidnapping and killing people.

@aoc.bsky.social you should introduce a bill giving working Americans a guaranteed 4 weeks pays time off and call it the Mitch McConnell Act. And then if someone says it won't make it out of committee, reply, "You're saying Mitch McConnell is dead?"

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Lindsey Graham spent the last decade of his life in public service as a US Senator, trying hard to be remembered as an enemy of the Constitution who worked to destroy American democracy and exhibited occasional signs that he knew why that was bad but kept doing it anyway. I will honor his choice.

Phil PlAIt@philplait.bsky.social

When a politician dies we see a lot of hagiographies about them. If you mention they were a terrible person IRL, you get chastised. My feeling? If you don't want people to talk shit about you after you die, don't be shitty when you're alive.

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Due to a high volume of calls, we are asking those with non-life threatening emergencies to contact our State Warning Point line at 1-800-255-2587. For road conditions, visit GoKy.Ky.Gov. Let’s keep 911 lines open so our first responders can quickly get to those most in need.

My prediction about this $1.8B slush fund is: Trump will promise it to the J6 insurrectionists, "if" he wins the election. Signalling to them that he has to win or they don't get paid. After the election, the money will disappear and no one will get paid except Trump.

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When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

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important thing to note here is dr oz cites a current american replacement rate of 1.5, which is not true. the american replacement level in 2025 was 1.79. interestingly, the white replacement rate is in fact at 1.5 though

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Dr Oz: "One in three Americans are under-babied"

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The United States of America is the ONLY Nation on earth who's citizens are permitted to have guns SPECIFICALLY in order to rise up against an Authoritarian government and yet they choose to do FUCK All 🤔 This is the feeling we have in Europe.

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Born 24 March 1935 - Carol Kaye, one of the most prolific bass guitarists, who has played on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 50 years. Kaye was the bassist on many Phil Spector and Brian Wilson productions in the 1960s and 1970s. She is 91 years old today. #CarolKaye

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Replying to @bensteele.bsky.social

Every single sector needs a strong, downwards pushing public backstop to ensure everyone can get what they need. When that backstop gets removed, prices can soar because there's no longer the chance to say you'll take the bus, go to public school, or find a social housing unit tied to income.