Reposted by Rob CliveHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 1hIt's actually dumber than this. Someone made a simulated image of what the F117 *might* look like compared to the F-15 as a demonstration of why stealth is pretty much required for military aircraft. 012
Reposted by Rob CliveJeremy Williams ☯️ @metalyger.bsky.social · 2hYou mean the guy who stole money from a charity for children with cancer would cheat the families of law enforcement? 2657
Reposted by Rob CliveDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4hOh retractionwatch.com/2026/10/02/p... 451079139
Reposted by Rob CliveDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1hUnless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 421170469
Reposted by Rob CliveKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h(in a voice raspy with exhaustion) imagine ... if ... if ... Joe Biden ... 471047143
Reposted by Rob CliveDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9hEvery one of these guys is thinking the same thing: how much money can I extract from giving Defense contracts to the tech industry? Even the govt officials are calculating when to make the jump over to the vendors they are nominally going to be buying from. 1136888
Reposted by Rob CliveBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 8hLet's try this again I wrote about * Tierra Walker * , who should be alive, and Ken Paxton, who is one of the reasons why she's not ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgTierra Walker’s Death Was Preventable. The Conservative Legal Movement Made It PredictableRepublican politicians have made Texas doctors increasingly afraid to provide lifesaving abortion care. 112748
Reposted by Rob CliveHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 20hOur government is run by the biggest collection of damned weirdos ever assembled in one place. 232
Reposted by Rob CliveTheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And the only way that Trump’s party is going to lose control of Congress is for everyone who opposes Trump’s policies votes for Democrats. Staying home or voting third parties absolutely nothing to stop any of this. It actually helps Trump. Because if Dems don’t win, he’ll he even MORE emboldened. 161
Reposted by Rob CliveThe Onion @theonion.com · 01/10/2026Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him theonion.com/man-who-lost-everythin… 121775227
Reposted by Rob CliveHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 23hSo someone should leave America if they call themselves a socialist? Well your Administration has nationalized parts of 30+ companies so pack your bags. I'll call you a cab. 052
Reposted by Rob CliveHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 23hThread. This is also why they want to replace teachers with AI, replace musicians and writers with AI, replace scientists with AI. They want total control of the information people are exposed to. It's a dream that would make Lenin blush. The boldest act of rebellion is always thinking for yourself 1106
Reposted by Rob CliveHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 23hFun fact: the number of abortions in the US had been declining for 30 years when Dobbs was rendered. Since then, it's increased. (Also Muslims are 1.5% of the population. This is the slowest takeover in human history.) 011
Reposted by Rob CliveHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 22h"I don't trust scientists!" "Oh, who do you trust?" "A shyster lawyer who used to take heroin and puts dead whale heads on his car." 0151
Reposted by Rob CliveHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is a great if frustrating piece. Also: "Luckey—who co-founded the defense firm Anduril Industries" -- my rule that people who name things after stuff in Lord of the Rings should be avoided at all costs remains undefeated. 512820
Reposted by Rob CliveKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Someone should tell President Trump that the best way to turn the Iran War around and stick it to the Democrats this fall is to have Pete Hegseth lead an infantry charge that they'll air on live TV. 811451172
Reposted by Rob CliveKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Seriously, unless you're going to call me a "scientist" for helping my son with his class volcano project and call me a "physician" because I applied a band-aid successfully, please please PLEASE stop calling any random crank who shits out a book about the past a "historian" 672346411
Reposted by Rob CliveAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug. 36254552174
Reposted by Rob CliveTrekkie Bill 🖖🏻 @trekkiebill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hey Spencer, it was your party that started it. 0173
Reposted by Rob CliveChrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I mean bsky.app/profile/chro... 02669
Reposted by Rob CliveBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time." 2349461147
Reposted by Rob CliveCorey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We elected a "businessman" because he would better understand the economy and he is floating the idea that a hyperinflation death spiral might be a good thing. 3155
Reposted by Rob CliveHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Huh. And what does Matthew 6:5 tell you? 353
Reposted by Rob Clive"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I, uh, I can't help but notice you left out the slaver's rebellion or the Nazis on the list of people to go fight. Funny, that. 652258368
Reposted by Rob CliveMicah @rincewind.run · 01/10/2026if this woman goes to jail she should be a day 1 pardon for the next dem administration 6101792
Reposted by Rob CliveBen Thomas @benjaminthomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026ultimately, the abstract matters little when the method, as a practical matter, cannot be other than cruel, and our justice system has repeatedly proved capable of convicting innocents 031
Reposted by Rob CliveKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"For decades, we've provided election coverage that's based on in-depth political reporting by an experienced team of journalists backed by commentary from political leaders. But now we're throwing that aside so we can tell you what some of the most irredeemable uninformed gamblers are guessing." 491314290
Reposted by Rob CliveAtticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Here’s what’s happening: they are using religious faith in a very similar way to how Putin uses the Russian Orthodox Church. In their hands it is an instrument of political power, wielded to help keep people in line. 169223
Reposted by Rob Clive"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pietas was, of course, the defining virtue of Rome's legendary ancestor-hero Aeneas. Vergil, meanwhile, gives the the unique arts of Rome as "to crown peace with laws, to spare in war the humble and to war down the proud" in the Aeneid. These guys are ignorant of the culture they claim to idolize. 834022
Reposted by Rob CliveAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I genuinely couldn't stifle a laugh at this list. Newt Gingrich is 83! 871352188
Reposted by Rob CliveAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I think we all saw that coming 42160891891
Reposted by Rob CliveHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The purpose of America dot gov is to create a ChatGPT style bot that can be programmed to spew government propaganda (kind of Elon does with Grok). So I expect it to start adhering to the public line soon. Of all the AIs that will be thrown in the sea, this one needs to go first. 131
Reposted by Rob CliveGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026one great thing about Mamdani's brand of cheerful competence is how ridiculous it makes his conservative critics look, like nobody is buying that the Mr Rogers dude who filled all the potholes is a wild eyed America hating extremist 771485
Reposted by Rob CliveMaggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"She had bought raw goat milk from a farm recommended to her in a Facebook group run by her chiropractor." By all means, pursue a case against the dairy. But also read the above sentence and then tell me the mother bears no blame. 2154
Reposted by Rob CliveHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Men treating women well won't necessarily be rewarded personally. But they will shape a society in which women are happier, safer, less scared, more willing to invest emotionally. Treat women well because it's the right thing to do. But you're also making the world a better place. For everyone. 1132
Reposted by Rob CliveMike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Between this, and the way these schools treated Gaza protesters, and so how many rolled over for Trump, I'm in favor of having the states seize the Ivy League, turning them into community colleges, turning the dorms & frats into public housing We gotta think big, people 04513
Reposted by Rob CliveDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient 202036615
Reposted by Rob CliveRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 153163865521
Reposted by Rob CliveJim Metcalf @thermochronic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This really summarizes the “I did my own research” dudes 301170181
Reposted by Rob CliveHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If they do 360's, that means they end up in the same ... you know, what ... never mind. Let her cook. 2122
Reposted by Rob CliveAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One, this hilariously outs who all got the talking points in advance and how blatantly they parrot those. Two, Schmitt really thought today he'd launch himself to the VP nomination and with that a decent shot at the presidency down the line. Instead this is the only thing he'll be remembered for. 652106414
Reposted by Rob CliveArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 177123982655
Reposted by Rob CliveMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co 723032564
