Sir Angus of the Prune

Sir Angus of the Prune

@manrayon.bsky.social

Amateur musician. General music nerd, especially #jazz, #bluegrass, #alternative-rock. Contributor to #musicbrainz. Tech skeptical retired techie. Occasional yeast rancher. Suffering SF Giants fan.

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Sir Angus of the Prune
@manrayon.bsky.social

The cabinet must have an office pool where they all kick in like $100 on Monday and at the end of the week, whoever has said the stupidest and vilest thing collects it all.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Erin Maye Quade
@erinmayequade.bsky.social

Musk would do this through those f*cking Trump Accounts they opened in every child's name without parental consent. I HATE these SO much. Parents cannot close the accounts. Parents cannot reject donations to the accounts. And we must hold on to donations for at least 5 years. I'm a state lawmaker.

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Micah
@rincewind.run

since California ballots are now out: prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box yes on 40, no on 41 and 42

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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

Excerpts from Michael Lewis on DOGE (Guardian article). 1. Gavin Kliger, white nationalist, refused to shake hands with the Black IRS staffer who briefed him on privacy issues. Or pay attention. Kliger now has a defense start-up valued at 1.4B thanks to DOGE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Sam
@samd.bsky.social

hard to think of a cartoon that better sums up the mind of a Trump voter than this

Secretary of Defense Rock@sodrock.bsky.social

Every single one of these stories is like this and it pisses me off to no end

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Grant Brisbee
@grantbrisbee.bsky.social

Listen, between the racists and the abusers, we're in a bit of a pickle. Only thing to do is support them and hope for the best.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Erick Erickson: "I do think they're going to lose Ohio ... the polling in Ohio for the GOP is pretty bleak. You have the white nationalists who don't want to support Vivek Ramaswamy for governor. You have the Max Miller situation that is actually dragging down the ticket."

Sir Angus of the Prune
@manrayon.bsky.social

50 people have collectively donated $1.7 BILLION to convince you that the GOP is on the side of the working class.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Trump and the GOP's REAL base of support — the billionaires, Big Oil, Big Tech and AI, Big Crypto, defense contractors, and Wall Street — know that the midterm elections may limit what they can get away with in the future. Understand the stakes and vote accordingly.

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Sam
@samd.bsky.social

I love Talarico and hope he wins. But he’s already raised $70M On the flipside, control of critical state legislatures will come down to seats where candidates raise 0.1% of that. I’ve researched the highest leverage swing district candidates you should donate to secure.actblue.com/donate/donat...

secure.actblue.comDonate to the candidates on the front lines of the fight against MAGA gerrymanderingThese are anti-MAGA state candidates in *extremely* close races

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BeshearStan
@beshearstan.bsky.social

What makes this midterm environment more different then in the past is just how many people are voting to spite the incumbent. 43% is highest its ever been in these polls

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Matt Ford
@mford.bsky.social

Canada is a sovereign country, but in practical terms it is more important/integral to the U.S. economy than at least a few U.S. states. Once again the “nationalists” know almost nothing about this nation.

☠°。Die Siebenschläfern *.ﾟ☠@sababausa.bsky.social

In 2024, the US imported ~12 million metric tons of potassic fertilizers from Canada (hillnotes.ca/2025/06/05/p...) Specialized ships can carry ~60k metric tons, tho container ships <half that (www.sasktoday.ca/central/loca...) So we'd need at least 200 ships loaded from [checks notes] Belarus

Sir Angus of the Prune
@manrayon.bsky.social

A triumphal arch with sniper facilities and large quantities of ammunition. Under any other president this would be the most insane idea ever. With Trump it might not even be the most insane this week. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.comTrump claims triumphal arch will serve as a ‘top grade military complex’ to store weaponsUS president on Truth Social claims his new plan for the 250ft arch comes at the ‘strong request’ of the US military
Sir Angus of the Prune
@manrayon.bsky.social

Watching the #sfgiants and wondering why I don't recognize anyone...only 3 players from the opening day roster are on the active roster today (Lee, Koss, and Roupp). Philip Abner? Jason Foley? Who the hell are these guys?

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adonis (and cait)
@cait.bsky.social

I keep seeing videos of a guy who catches crabs and lobsters, cracks all the barnacles off them, puts a shrimp in their claws and throws them back. can you imagine. abducted by aliens but they just give you a spa day and hand you two hot dogs and let you go

Sir Angus of the Prune
@manrayon.bsky.social

The sitcom pitch just writes itself.

Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social

NEW: Pope Leo XIV’s brother, John, told Italian media that the pope helped him file his tax return and, over a video call, got him back into a computer he had locked himself out of. Prevost propped his iPad on the dead machine and asked his brother what to do. “Because I’m computer illiterate.”

thelettersfromleo.comPope Leo XIV Does Tech Support and Tax Prep for His Brother in Suburban ChicagoJohn Prevost locked himself out of a new computer, propped his iPad on top of it, and called the Vatican. Then he told Italian TV what makes him proudest of his brother: “He hasn’t collapsed yet.”

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Horatio Pornviewer
@stuntbirdarmy.bsky.social

The distracted driving discourse is already popping off but I’d just like to throw in: I’ve been an insurance adjuster for almost 13 years. When I started, we almost never saw high speed rear end impacts. Now they’re like the most common type of claim. It’s distractions, this is obvious.

Sir Angus of the Prune
@manrayon.bsky.social

It is beyond insane that we would shut this down over $2m per year when we're spending a billion dollars A DAY attacking Iran.

Ross@rossengineer.bsky.social

As someone who helped baseline this mission at NASA back in the 1990s, this is absolutely heartbreaking. The Trump administration is determined to destroy science, discovery, and curiosity. I will never forgive or forget the Republican Party's betrayal of our collective future.