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Rich Hammett

@bubbarich.bsky.social
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I’m a newly-minted patent engineer, (electrical engineer and computer programmer) who teaches the Finnish language, plays trombone and a little piano, acts and works backstage at Live Arts Theatre, and studies neuroscience in my free time.

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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 5h
I thought we were fixing that! Ei tällä kertaa ole dödösuihkeita, onkohan metaania liikaa?
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 5h
This applies to statements and actions by people in Israel, too, such as the calls for ethnic cleansing of Gaza and the ongoing ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 5h
No. Policies are things in and of themselves. They are words, and words are important. Even if you pretend the words aren't literal, many people will intend them literally, many more will take them literally.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 6h
President Donald Trump’s approval among voters aged 18 to 24 rose from 25 percent in July to 41 percent in September www.newsweek.com/donald-trump... See, kids ARE stupid, it's not just their music and their clothes!
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Trump’s Approval Rating Quietly Shifts With Youngest Voters
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 8h
Does he understand how stupid this is, and he's just trying to fool the marks?
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 10h
yle.fi/a/74-2024063...
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MOT selvitti: äärioikeistolaisia muuttaa Ahvenanmaalle, mutta muista syistä kuin supo väittää
Suojelupoliisi varoitti, että Ahvenanmaalle on muuttanut Ruotsista äärioikeistolaisia kotiopetuksen perässä. MOT selvitti, mihin väite perustuu. Kyseessä näyttää olevan väärinkäsitys.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15h
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 15h
I suspect that it really means the destruction of Israel, but they are smart enough to not say it directly. Unlimited "right of return" is one code word for the destruction of the Jewish state. Israel's current mass of war crimes and crimes against humanity is making it more difficult to defend it.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 18h
What exactly do the Greens mean by "anti-Zionist"? Are they explicitly against the existence of the state of Israel? youtube.com/post/Ugkxmoe...
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Post from Novara Media - YouTube
Green party members have voted to back a motion stating that Zionism is racism, making the Greens the first explicitly anti-Zionist mainstream political part...
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Home schooling dangerous to children. yle.fi/a/74-2024063...
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Kotiopetus on välillä laillista heitteillejättöä, sanoo rehtori Jari Andersson
Onko kotiopetus uhka lasten oikeuksille? Kotikoululaisten oppimista seuraavat opettajat sanovat MOT:lle, että järjestelmää pitää muuttaa.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Did you read the definition? You need to read it again.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
substack.com/@thiswillhol...
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This Will Hold (@thiswillhold)
70,000 people. 💔
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Patent Buddy @patentbuddy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.wired.com/story/ice-ha...
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A 28-year-old woman died of pneumonic plague in Russia, likely exposed from a broken test tube in a plague control research institute. She was infected with the airborne version, but no other infections have been observed. Many are still in quarantine. www.hs.fi/maailma/art-...
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Venäjä | 28-vuotiaan naisen epäillään kuolleen ruttoon
Naisen epäillään saaneen ruttotartunnan rikkoutuneesta koeputkesta.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A few years ago, I said greedy egg producers like Cal-Maine were using their market power to deliberately drive up egg prices. My right-wing critics fried me for saying this — but now they all have egg on their face.
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Fox News Mocked Me For Being Right
When I said three years ago that egg companies were using the avian flu as cover to price-gouge, Fox News called me craz
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We have other words for those things. The only reason Israel's opponents want to use that word is that they want to parallel it to the Holocaust. That's obviously a horrible comparison, and denigrates both Holocaust victims and the victims of Israel's current terrible crimes against humanity.
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hpylkkon.eurosky.social @hpylkkon.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
Timo R. Stewart ja Tyhmentävä rasismi
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Timo R. Stewart: Rasismi tyhmentää | Ykköskolumni
Rasismi on moraalinen ongelma, mutta se myös estää näkemästä maailmaa kirkkaasti, tutkija Timo R. Stewart huomauttaa.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I haven't been here in over 30 years, 50 years ago the first time. They're turning Temple Square into an underground Temple Mount! It's incredible!
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're burning their future up to save Trump? I don't get it.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Guess where I am!
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
👀⚖️
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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The Epstein Files Are Back in the News
Sen. Ron Wyden announced another undisclosed FBI Form FD-302, raising questions about what else the government is hiding.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's a very Trump thing to destroy the future for the present: www.reuters.com/business/ene...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: G7 countries agree on release of diesel and oil stocks after US pressure
Group of Seven countries agreed on Friday on the release 100 million barrels of diesel ‌and crude oil from emergency reserves in a move cheered by US President Donald Trump as he seeks help to cool of...
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 02/10/2026
Chief Justice John Roberts’s plan to degrade Black voting rights was apparent even before his confirmation to the Supreme Court. @jenrubin.bsky.social spoke with journalists @ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social on the issue:
contrariannews.org
Black Voting Power Is Being Dismantled. Is It Too Late to Stop Its Erosion?
Ari Berman and Pema Levy explain how the country arrived at this point and what can be done to avoid paying a greater po
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Onkohan ne kalliita saappaita?
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Please clap
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/10/2026
"I got my hands on a draft of the script, and I’ll say this: I don’t think this movie will be any more of a hit than Shapiro’s last effort."
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The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script.
Locals aren’t happy about the film’s take on the ICE shooting of Renée Good.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
-Trump Airlines -Trump Beverages -Trump Casinos -Trump Magazine -Trump Mortgage -Trump Steaks -Trump's Travel Site -Trumpnet -Trump Tower Tampa -Trump University -Trump Vodka -Trump Fragrances -Trump Mattress -Trump Mobile All massive financial failures led by Trump. Now this...
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The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.uusisuomi.fi/uutiset/a/34...
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USA:n tyly Nato-temppu kuohuttaa – Lehti kertoo Britannian, Ranskan ja Baltian simputuksesta
Pentagon sulkee osan Euroopan merkittävimmistä Nato-maista ja puolustuspanostusten tekijöistä Nato-kutsunsa ulkopuolelle, Politico kertoo. Tilanne aiheuttaa laajaa ihmetystä. ”Silloin muidenkin euroop...
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's worse than the headline sounds: the voting machines we have are now against state law, but the state has done nothing for new machines or voting procedures.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The U.S. is playing games with NATO, excluding most members from exclusive meetings it is calling about defense. USA:n tyly Nato-temppu kuohuttaa – Lehti kertoo Britannian, Ranskan ja Baltian simputuksesta
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Onko tämä hallituksen virallinen suositus suomalaisille? www.hs.fi/ruoka/art-20...
hs.fi
Arkiruoka | Kattilallinen luottokeittoani maksaa alle 8 euroa ja riittää yhdelle hengelle viideksi päiväksi
Syksyinen keitto on edullista, helppo valmistaa ja säilyy pitkään.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Onko tämä hallituksen virallinen suositus suomalaisille?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
But Biden's son sold a painting!
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
He was stabbed in an attempted murder at least ten times, including in his eye. He was attacked because of the declaration of a religious leader, and because he is a prominent person. He fits the definition very well. The Ayatollah and Rushdie were also both from the area of the origin of the term.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump's petty revenge tour hits another brick wall: another judge who remembers the law. abcnews.com/Politics/jud...
abcnews.com
Judge permanently dismisses Reflecting Pool vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn
"Today’s dismissal with prejudice ensures that the DOJ cannot bring this case against him again," the judge wrote.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Miten voi Suomen hallitus vaikuttaa dieselin hintaan? Vastustamalla Trumpia? Laskemalla veroja? Suomalaiset eivät voi kestää sote-leikkauksia.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Eihän UKK ollut yhtä korruptoitunut kuin Yhdysvaltain nykyinen tsaari, mutta ehkä hän käytti samoja teemoja saadakseen viran ja pitämään sen hallussa. www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-...
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”Innokas bordellin asiakas” – loka lensi, kun kaikkien aikojen vihatuin ehdokas nousi Suomen presidentiksi tasan 70 vuotta sitten
Urho Kekkonen nousi Suomen presidentiksi helmikuussa 70 vuotta sitten. Vaalipäivä oli täynnä juonitteluja ja petoksia.
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Audrey Dutton @audreydutton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Emma Joyce was sick and vomiting for days when she died. The next summer, Ava Joan got sick: wouldn't eat or drink, rapid breathing, and her vomit was black. It was untreated diabetes. The girls' toddler brother was next to die. Years later, another brother. www.propublica.org/article/idah...
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I would argue that Nixon was a better person and a better President than the current one. As hard as it is to get over that bar.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They're willing to rehabilitate the Austrian Corporal, so it's no surprise they're willing to refresh a man who was, by all accounts, a better President AND a better person than Trump.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New album coming from Steven Wilson. Promo video narrated by Ten. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFEG...
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The village is alive.
YouTube video by Steven Wilson
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't get it, why are you laughing?
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just to be fair, since the Governor crossed into cruel and unusual punishment, to be fair, she gets a chance to execute the Governor next. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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‘It was a mess’: Tennessee fails to execute woman after 2 lethal injections
Christa Pike’s attorneys said she was being treated at a hospital but her condition is unknown. May Martinez,, the mother of the murdered teenager Colleen Slemmer, called the botched execution “a mess...
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 01/10/2026
‘US gasoline supplies fell to the lowest level in 12 years, flashing a warning sign for higher pump prices as a global refining crisis pushes up fuel bills.’ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ken Paxton offered plea deals to at least 10 students accused of raping their classmates.
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Rich Hammett @bubbarich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the man who wrote the legal defense of torture in the Bush administration.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. They’ve already started building,” Trump said. “.. That’s not true, according to TV6 Investigates’ review of Lee County land records. The review found no major property purchases tied to the project this year.” @kwqc.com #Iowa www.kwqc.com/2026/09/29/t....
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