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Bob G.

@bobg.whizbang.me
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Software engineer, citizen, dad, not necessarily in that order

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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 07/06/2026
For most of 1901-1945, America had a president with a double-o in his name: two Roosevelts, a Hoover, a Coolidge, and a Woodrow. In fact no candidate with a double-o has ever lost a presidential election, except when facing an opponent who also had a double-o. Dems, do with this info what you will.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 04/06/2026
O beautiful For SpaceX skies Monsanto waves of grain For dynamiting mountaintops Into the fruited plains America, America God shed His grace on thee Then commerce came And stalked a claim From sea to LLC
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Patrick Webb @patrickwbb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The Epstein case is so bad the government gave you a war, a new virus, and aliens to keep you distracted from it. Sit with that as long as you need.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 01/05/2026
I remember the Soviet refugee who abandoned the China market in a principled fight against censorship and on behalf of privacy for human rights activists. I miss that Sergey Brin.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 25/04/2026
Of all the Jesus Fucking Christy things right now, this is among the Jesus Fucking Christiest.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Today, I urge everyone to find and financially support an independent news outlet — one that will not be attending a spectacle dinner tonight to schmooze with the Trump administration while they berate the press.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 09/04/2026
Western snowpack too small in spring -> Dry conditions in summer, risk of wildfires Western snowpack too big in spring -> More vegetation in summer, risk of wildfires
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 07/04/2026
I don't know if the Hague has a dungeon, but if it does, I will contribute to a fund for preserving a cell there for a certain someone.
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Dez Fenton @butisitart.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
You know how in a library no one’s trying to sell you anything? That’s how the internet was.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 14/03/2026
They said Biden was too old - to deflect from Trump's age. They said Kamala would take us to war - to deflect from their war plans. They said Dems had a pedophile ring - to deflect from their pedophile ring. Now they're telling you elections are being stolen.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 18/01/2025
Two halves. First half is white men in suits, captioned: "Ask a farmer: Monocultures weaken and die." Second half is a rainbow assortment of men and women of all races, captioned: "Diversity = strength."
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 12/03/2026
Pitch an unnecessary sequel The Seventh Sense
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
NO NO NO YOU DON’T GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL tell everyone you know www.freetaxusa.com
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 07/03/2026
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Pretty good advice, right up until he's in the middle of starting World War III. Then, don't wait for the midterms. Interrupt.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 23/02/2026
State of the Union drinking game: Every time Trump says a word, drink.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
We bought Article II of the United Nations Charter with the blood of a hundred million human beings, and less than a century later, it's being sold for nothing by people who don't even understand what they're doing.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 14/02/2026
Defeating the Nazis was in the same category as changing a flat tire: an untidy business that men were expected to know how to do. - @nealstephenson.bsky.social
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microblap @microblap.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
@cybelecanterel.bsky.social is making some of the best, most thoughtful, insightful, and CORRECT analysis videos of our moment. you get smarter by watching them.
youtu.be
We’re Not Living in the Same Reality Anymore
YouTube video by Cy Canterel
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 13/02/2026
I bristled at the Orwellian overtones of the "Department of Homeland Security" before it was cool.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 13/02/2026
GOP: Government is the enemy! Voters: Yeah!! [GOP takes over federal gov't, declares war on basically everything.] GOP: See??
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/02/2026
also the venn diagram of people mad they can't understand the lyrics and the people who think born in the usa is about how good america is is a circle
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 09/02/2026
Neat! Apparently I'm a "Progressive American Democrat," not to be confused with an "American Progressive Democrat."
Screen grab from a zoomed-in part of bluesky-map.theo.io
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 09/02/2026
That halftime show was *aggressively* anti-white-nationalist. 👏
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 06/02/2026
When Democrats are back in power, and conservatives voice outrage about something a Democratic politician has done, we are going to have so much "Where were you when..." material we won't even know where to start.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 06/02/2026
In the 1978 film, when Clark Kent needs to become Superman for the first time, he pauses briefly at a modern unenclosed phone booth - then new - before finding another place to change unobserved. It got a big laugh from audiences at the time! Do today's audiences even understand that moment?
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 06/02/2026
FTFY 😢
Masthead of The Washington Post, updated so the last two words of its slogan - "Democracy Dies In Darkness" - are crossed out.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 05/02/2026
Hey Hollywood folks / @lincolnproject.us: The Epstein files are terrible enough as it is - but we can make them terribler. Dramatize a few dozen snippets. Drop them as 30-second videos on social media. Pictures are worth a thousand words, and the public conscience isn't wounded nearly enough.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 05/02/2026
In our representative democracy, our political leaders are - guess what? - not leaders. They are our representatives. While we're looking to them for leadership, they are looking to us - for leadership. Let's show them what we need them to do, and make sure they do it.
quora.com
Did Franklin Roosevelt ever say, "I agree with you; I want to do it; now make me do it"?
Answer: Yes. Like much of FDR’s career, it’s more deft than it looks. The gist of the story — the context — is that some folks that we might now call Social Justice Warriors went to see Eleanor, hop...
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 04/02/2026
Billionaires employ lots of assistants. Many of them have access to info that could embarrass the billionaire, or worse, if made public. No such person should leak any such info, and especially shouldn't include a Bitcoin payment address to which grateful citizens might send money.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes." After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 03/02/2026
We need to stay angry. But staying angry is unhealthy. So once in a while, take a day off. Take two days off. Take a week off. Do what you need to reset: exercise, gardening, painting, knitting, videogames, music, whatever. Whatever you need to be able to come back to your anger.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 29/01/2026
Sailor's knuckles tattooed with the letters HOLD FAST, in a screenshot from Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 29/01/2026
Tried the dishwashing powder created in collaboration with @techconnectify.bsky.social. Dishwashing-perfectionist wife reports it's the cleanest she's ever seen our dishes. Happy wife, happy life.
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Good Store - EcoGeek - Dishwasher Powder
Made in collaboration with Technology Connections, this dishwasher powder ditches the plastic pods for a cleaner clean. It tackles grease and grime head-on, rinses away without residue, and helps rest...
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 29/01/2026
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Washington Post headline, originally reading, "Justice Dept. charges 16 Minneapolis protesters with assault, interference," altered to read, "Justice Dept., illegally refusing to release Epstein files for 40th day, charges 16 Minneapolis protesters with assault, interference instead."
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 28/01/2026
FTFY. So easy to do. Try it sometime, @cnn.com!
CNN headline altered from "Justice Department expects to release its Epstein files soon, top officials say" to more accurate, "Justice Department won't provide "specific date" for when it will stop breaking the law"
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 27/01/2026
After 365+ days of the screws tightening, it's easy for one day of them loosening to feel like victory. Beware. It isn't.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 26/01/2026
Join the mass call tonight: "Eyes on ICE"
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 26/01/2026
Bravo, @schiff.senate.gov!
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Not One More Dime for ICE or CBP
I joined NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday to react to the horrific shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, and say clearly that I will not vote to give ICE or CBP one more dime.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 25/01/2026
It is surprising how much I'm hearing "Fuck ICE" even from acquaintances with whom my interactions before now have been aggressively apolitical.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 25/01/2026
I need everyone to take their rage and channel it into... more peaceful, lawful protest. Nothing would fill them with more glee than if we stooped to violence. On the other hand, staying cool will make them feel the rage you're feeling. Yes, their rage means we suffer... right up until we win.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 25/01/2026
Maybe Renee Good and Alex Pretti were just the regrettable collateral damage of an otherwise essential and worthwhile operation. If so, there must be some metrics, some success criteria to tell us whether the benefits are worth the horrifying costs. And those are...? Anyone? Anyone?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Holy shit.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 25/01/2026
Last we heard from Kamala on this platform was a bromide about MLK Jr. on his day. Before that: a Christmas greeting. And she wants to be president?? Shit is happening, lady. Daily. Some people are stepping up and speaking out. Where are you?
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 24/01/2026
An idea for @governorwalz.mn.gov and the MN legislature: If a law-enforcement officer has failed to identify him or herself in the commission of a suspected crime, any other member of the same agency may be held accountable in their stead, up to and including prosecution.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
It’s CONGRESS that can stop ICE and CBP deployment to MN. The Dems (and any responsible Rs?) should introduce legislation and agitate for a vote: “No federal funds may be used for further activities of ICE or CBP in the state of Minnesota, except for their prompt withdrawal.”
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 24/01/2026
Where are the principled resignations from ICE? If they were happening, would we know?
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 22/01/2026
I propose a constitutional amendment: add the sentence "Yes, really" to the end of this text.
Text of the fourth amendment of the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures.
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Bob G. @bobg.whizbang.me · 22/01/2026
Solidarity with Minneapolis this Friday. Don't be like Congress. Take some action.
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