David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I would substitute "simplify" for "disappear." In any case, there are times in life for reckless adventure, then security-seeking (wealth-building - you do your best), and finally winding things up and settling down (simplifying) to enjoy the fruits of your labors. Something like that. 040
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026ENTERTAINING THE TROOPS What the Pentagon provides troops for their entertainment has certainly changed: 011
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's not like he ever gets invited anywhere else. 120
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026BREAKING: YOU NEED THIS Ben Meiselas assembled clips from Obama's appearance at Salem State University. Watch it, and you'll feel better (and you might shed a tear): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldl1...youtube.com🚨 Obama JUST DID IT…YouTube video by MeidasTouch 000
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ECONOMY: WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? Max from UNFTR offers a quick summary (his channel is definitely worth following): www.youtube.com/shorts/8a7ah...youtube.comNot Collapsing, Crumbling #aibubble #useconomy #privatecredit #creditcarddebt #ai #subprime #loansYouTube video by UNFTR Media 000
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026FINALLY This post is for the fellow indie writers here, most of whom have suffered due to "AI slop" flooding Amazon. The update below (assuming it's true) now limits authors to two per week: #WritingCommunity #Authors #amwriting #writers #indieauthors www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/KD...kdpcommunity.comKDP Community 162
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is just the steady, unfettered drip of the Heritage Foundation's objective to dismantle government programs designed to help the American people. It operates on its own timetable, adjusting as it goes to address perceived constraints. In this case, it has only 4 months left to bully Congress. 1169
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Autumn Equinox has arrived, but thanks to El Niño, summer's heat lingers on, which makes me grumpy. Even worse, Daylight Saving Time ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 1, 2026 (or has that been canceled? I've heard rumors). The midterms are 42 days away... 020
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I don't want to ruffle any feathers, but there's a chance our conservative court justices are corrupt AF: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8r0...youtube.comWho Secretly Poured $33 Million Into This Supreme Court Law Firm?YouTube video by Thom Hartmann Program 000
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If this is true, it would be bad for the GOP if this gets out: 165
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Worth your time (and please support the channel if you can): "𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒅 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑾𝒂𝒓 3, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒔. 𝑴𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓." www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIYx...youtube.comThe Final Chapter: Trump and the End of the American ExperimentYouTube video by UNFTR Media 120
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026TIME TO PUT ASIDE THE AI DOOMSCROLLING... WW3 IS COMING, YA'LL Seriously, maybe... Ben Meiselas builds a good case. Europe's running out of oil; Russia still has loads and knows Trump won't interfere with Putin. We're out of firepower in any case. Good times: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGUo...youtube.comAll HELL BREAKS LOOSE as EUROPE WARNS of WW3!!!YouTube video by MeidasTouch 000
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026LIFE AFTER TRUMP? Peter Zeihan offers some comforting insights here at week's end (just in time). Good analysis, brief (11 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2lH...youtube.comWhat Does Life After Donald Trump Look Like? || Peter ZeihanYouTube video by Zeihan on Geopolitics 130
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 17/09/2026INCEL WET DREAMS I hope to God this is true: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comFBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo revealsExclusive: Internal FBI memo, reviewed by the Guardian, said women wanted to dox and ‘embarrass’ agents, but provided few details 262
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Anyone near the Oval Office right now should prepare to "duck" at once. 140
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 15/09/2026If you would like to understand why OpenAI and Sam Altman are doomed, the quirky creator of the "Meerkat Explains" YouTube channel can help. (Note: I said "quirky" - you'll see.) Most of the big U.S. tech companies are in the same boat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwmP...youtube.comSam Altman was wrong about AIYouTube video by Meerkat Explains 020
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The 2024 election showed us what happens when you take all the lids off America's sewers and toss them in ocean. 020
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"National security" is his Trump Card, so to speak, which he'll deploy shortly before the midterms. 142
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 10/09/2026So much for a fair midterm election cycle; it's now tainted. The people who believe Trump's pledge are morons, and they vote. If Republicans 'win" the midterms, don't snark at me that "The vote is the vote, man! Get over it. They won!" Buying an election is not the same as "winning" an election. 110
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Can we now go back to wondering if the 2024 election was rigged without being labelled a conspiracy nut? 263
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I wish we could get the professor featured in this video to speak at Trump's convention (or any GOP town hall). He tells it like it is: 072
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I wonder what economic ripple effects hit a local economy when a large cohort retires. Presumably, they're now buying less gasoline and other work-related necessities (dry cleaning, meals out, etc.). It's probably not a huge impact, but added to all the rest, it probably adds up. 100
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 29/08/2026So, they'll be rolling Mitch McConnell back onto the Senate floor in September so he can cast the tie-breaking vote on the new farm bill. The bill will cut SNAP benefits for millions, over half of whom will be children. Mitch and his GOP pals feel kids should go to school hungry. 030
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Did Reagan Destroy the American Dream? Some may find this hard to believe, but Ronald Reagan did far, far more to destroy America's middle class than Trump could ever dream of. Max from UNFTR presents the case. (Please support his channel if you haven't already): www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDbS...youtube.comDid Reagan Destroy the American Dream?YouTube video by UNFTR Media 240
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 28/08/2026NO SOUP (OR PAY) FOR YOU, SAILORS! This seems like big news.... The Navy is writing bad checks to suppliers and can't make payroll, Putin is expediting Iran's nuclear program, and missiles are flying across Trump's guaranteed "safe" Strait of Hormuz: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBbs...youtube.comTrump BLINKS as Iran DID IT AGAIN…YouTube video by MeidasTouch 055
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is absolutely sickening and should terrify everyone. SCOTUS has now signaled they'll do anything in their power to corrupt the midterms - anything. It's time for our liberal judges on the court to speak and condemn this ruling: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comUS supreme court rules Trump can proceed with crackdown on mail-in votingJustices’ ruling comes after lower courts had blocked president’s election order ahead of November midterms 261
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 21/08/2026In case anyone is wondering, it takes roughly 790,000 head of cattle to produce 300,000 metric tons of beef 4133
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Recalled GreenWise organic frozen blueberries and mixed berries were sold at Publix grocery stores across eight states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. 141
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Will this boon of a new territory for the U.S. include any beachfront property? Some of the beaches over there are lovely. 010
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I don't want to upset anyone, but our president is nuts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jB_...youtube.comTrump LOOKS LOST on WH LAWN as PANIC SETS IN!!YouTube video by MeidasTouch 050
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 15/08/2026In case you're wondering if I'm cool, I saw them this same year in Montreux, Switzerland. On the train to Montreux, we met Timothy Leary and his wife, who were escaping to a chalet in Villars, in exile from the States to escape prosecution. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIQM...youtube.comLed Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (Live at The Royal Albert Hall 1970) [Official Video]YouTube video by Led Zeppelin 0111
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 13/08/2026BREAKING STUFF! This is exciting, fun news. Trump and Natalie Harp are being sued: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mum4...youtube.comWHOA! Trump and Natalie Harp GET SUED TOGETHER!!!YouTube video by MeidasTouch 041
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 10/08/2026PREPARING FOR MIDTERMS I'm wondering if this seems suspicious to anyone else. We all know he's going to mess with the midterms - big time. He's going to need help. This looks like an appeal for cooperation. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump officials offer cities tens of millions for Memphis-style police surges – with conditionsDoJ to give $300m for enforcement surges in four cities, as long as they abandon progressive ideologies on policing 143
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This is the best video I've ever seen in my whole life: 1113
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Some good reporting here from CNN. This could be bad for Trump if it gets out: 154
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Even though we're paying through the nose for ink for our home printers, we should all agree to print as many of these "notices" as possible and plaster them all over our towns and cities: 000
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 03/08/2026GENERATION JONES? Older Boomers (b. 1946 - 1953) contrast significantly from younger ones (b. 1954 - 1964). In this video, Austin adds a label to the latter: "Generation Jones", and for a good reason. There are real differences between older and younger Boomers. I found it very interesting:youtube.comGeneration Jones: The FORGOTTEN Half of the BoomersYouTube video by Austin Williams 020
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 01/08/2026THIS LOOKS BAD FOR TRUMP About 99% of the legal stuff surrounding Trump and his administration goes over my head, as do most of the podcasts attempting to explain it all to me—unless they're helmed by Ben Meiselas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tjz...youtube.comTrump DOJ BLOWS UP Entire ADMIN AND FOX with DISMISSAL!!YouTube video by MeidasTouch 123
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Of the 133 million households in America, 67% are living paycheck to paycheck (Investopedia). That's 89 million households (re: math). 020
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 29/07/2026CONSEQUENCES: USAID FUNDING CUTS This is on you, Elon: 244
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 27/07/2026MASS SHOOTING No weekend in America would be complete without reports of multiple deaths and injuries from a mass shooting: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...seattletimes.com‘Pure chaos’: Mass shooting at Seattle Center leaves 2 dead, 5 woundedPolice and aid crews responded to a shooting with "multiple" victims at Seattle Center, according to the Seattle Police Department. 372
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Everyone is saying America won't vote for a woman. I'm not so sure. It's possible that, if James Comey hadn't derailed Hillary, she might have been the first (look at the margins, then again when Kamala ran). What about voting for a Jew? Ossoff won his seat in GEORGIA. AOC/Ossoff ticket? 210
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 22/07/2026TODAY'S HERO I couldn't find a clip, but that woman who heckled Hegeseth at his Congressional hearing is today's hero. Anyone get her name? The hearing itself: I simply don't have what it takes to watch it, and I don't know how you all do it. Even the transcript lights me on fire. 040
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 18/07/2026"...desperate and insubstantial..." What? Maybe I'm misreading you here, but he's got the military, the National Guard, Congress, and SCOTUS in his back pocket. He sits on more power than any other president in history. 061
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 18/07/2026MIDTERM TERRORS Trump's speech was the opening salvo; now his minions are laying the groundwork. If you're expecting fair and free elections in November, you may have to reconsider if you live in a Blue State: www.youtube.com/watch?v=92_m...youtube.comBOMBSHELL: Trump official issues PRISON THREAT in shock escalationYouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen 140
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 18/07/2026CENTCOM may still be waiting for more coffins to arrive to bring our servicemen home. Is there a way to track medivac flights heading for Ramstein hospitals? 010
David Stone @david-stone.bsky.social · 18/07/2026There's an amazing amount of climate mischief occurring all around the planet. The flooding in China is beyond epic, as is/was the heatwave in Europe, and El Niño is about to make everything worse. Meanwhile, Antarctica's pending Thwaites Glacier collapse could raise sea levels in the Med. 193