ridiculata

ridiculata

@ridiculata.com

Small biz (tech) owner. Mom of 2 brilliant daughters. 3x grandma. :) Eppur si muove. #WTAF #isthisreallife #wakemewhenitsover

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Was in Chicago today. The Trump Tower is trying to lease riverwalk retail spaces. I don't think a single one is being leased. Wonder why? ;)

The same steps where MLK gave his I Have a Dream speech. Don't think that this isn't intentional. The GOP super power is that they have zero capacity for shame.

Bill Madden@maddenifico.bsky.social

The UFC press conference was postponed due to rain and lightening. Thank you Jesus. 😂🤣👇

@velshi.com Yes, we in Indiana have some of the highest gas prices. That is even with a 30-day suspension of the 7% state gas tax by the governor, who is trying to keep lipstick on Trump's petroleum pig.

It sounds like a line from Home Alone. Tracks on so many levels.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

"Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell" -- Jake Tapper reads Trump's Truth Social post on air

Using power without purpose is just bullying.

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com

War has a way of exposing the difference between power and strategy. The United States has enormous power. What remains unclear right now is whether anyone running this war has a strategy. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Throwback COVID #caturday. These are rescue brothers Flower and Orange. We miss them dearly after their journeys over the 🌈 bridge. They were goofy, beautiful, and loving boys.

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ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement. "I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish. Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature. Minneapolis, MN

The U.S. exports 10M barrels of oil a day. So... this covers Mon-Fri this week. Definitely worth the $millions spent on the mission & injuries to 7 U.S. soldiers. Not to mention the lives of 75 others killed to bring in just TWO indicted defendants. #makeitstop www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...

cnbc.comTrump says Venezuela to give up to 50 million barrels of oil to U.S.Trump's announcement came days after U.S. forces attacked Venezuela and captured its leader, Nicolas Maduro, to be prosecuted on drug-trafficking charges.

I don't know how much wood a #woodchuck chucks, but this little dude is sawing some serious logs. (His big old sigh after he settles is epic.) The outdoor cats weren't crazy about this cat condo squatter.

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Holy shit. This legit gave me chills. Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote. WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD.

How the heck can the job numbers for May and June be this far off the mark initially? Instead of a combined 293,000 originally reported, the actual combined number was just 35,000 jobs? So they were "only" off by 78%. Data (and stock market) manipulation if I've ever seen it.

Meet Pusstachio, the newest feral/free roamer who has discovered our Kitty Cafeteria. Not sure if boy or girl, but he/she has a tipped ear, indicating TNR. Welcome to the crew!

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There’s a sinister tax loophole for billionaires hidden in Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” - and it practically pays billionaires to redirect their tax dollars away from the federal government to private schools. Here's what you need to know about the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA).

This is like when your barely tech-saavy brother-in-law says he can fix what's wrong with your computer, and then hands it back to you slower, less functional than it was before, and you'll have to spend more to get it fixed by Geek Squad. (And he "accidentally" deleted all of your photos.)

John Sipher@johnsipher.bsky.social

How much do you want to bet that after all this pain, carnage and loss of talent - all in the name of “savings” - next year we will learn that spending is up, the deficit is up and the debt is higher?

At least they're wearing suits for an Oval Office meeting.

Libby Whittemore@libbage55.bsky.social

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue Happy Friday people. The good news is that we have nothing to fear… The penguins are on the march!

The simple Dem response to these GOP claims should be a loud "PROVE IT!" With the thousands of cuts, they should be able to produce proof of fraud, abuse or waste for EACH ONE.

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com

DOGE: Fake Savings Elon’s DOGE keeps claiming savings and taking credit for canceling contracts that ended years ago. 🔘 Canceled a 2005 Coast Guard contract—but it ended two decades ago. Claimed $53.7M in “savings.” 🔘 Canceled a $14M contract that ended in 2021. This isn’t savings—it’s fraud.

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If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help

It WILL get worse. There will be worse days than today.

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com

“Friday, February 28, 2025, will go into the history books as one of the grimmest days in American diplomacy,” writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social. Now “Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us”: theatln.tc/FHJeRVAj

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Trump’s disgusting behavior in our Oval Office in the company of a genuine hero and defender of democracy like Volodymyr Zelensky may be the most disgraceful public behavior by any president in our history.

Are eggs too expensive to redo the fried egg anti-drug campaign that explains "this is your brains on drugs"? Maybe only if they can get it in one take.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Bringing back the Nancy Reagan classics.