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Ex-Optimist

@grumpyearthling.bsky.social
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I have an inferiority complex but frankly it's not a very good one. No DMs unless you're a stunning nymphomaniac brewery heiress with a father on life support.

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PeppyPanda 🐼 - Uplifting and good news @peppypanda.com · 17h
Europe just hit a major milestone! For the first time ever, electric vehicles outsold gasoline and diesel cars, signaling a powerful shift towards a cleaner future. 🚗⚡️ #EVs #ElectricVehicles #Europe #CleanEnergy
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Electric Vehicles Outsell Gasoline, Diesel in Europe for First Time
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 9h
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
FSB PURGING LEADERSHIP IN THE ARMY Major General Sergei Nikitishkin was picked up and placed in pre-trial detention. His fiefdom covered almost all of the core training infrastructure for the land based armed forces. No charges, no bail. Fifteen others have been detained 13 of them generals.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 23h
🔥 Russia’s oligarchs face a crisis: The war is costly, the Kremlin needs cash. Now Putin is coming for their money. But it cuts both ways: Russia's elites see Vladimir Putin has outlived his utility. 👉 Putin has triggered a chain reaction that will have dire consequences.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This guy is a hero 👏 That ending was peak unnecessary police overreach.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump's Losing To China In So Many Ways.......
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Robin @trumpsatwit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you dig a little you can come up with all sorts of negative stuff on trump's choice, Mesabi Metallics. I guess this is donnie's idea of making America great again, give the contract to an Indian owned company? #FuckTrump
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MAGA outraged as it discovers Trump handed $15B Iowa project to Indian company: 'Comical'
The White House boasted about 1,750 jobs that would be created from a new $15 billion steel plant announced by President Donald Trump, but several right-wing figures expressed outrage Tuesday as detai...
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🦋BlueAngel69🦋 @blueangel69.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎 @stacescases2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Don Jr wept...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nicki Minaj is not a US citizen. She’s a green card holder. Her husband, Kenneth Petty, is a registered sex offender. Her brother, Jelani Maraj, was convicted of repeatedly raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter. So, of course, she’s MAGA.
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ArnFinnArneson @arnfinnarnesson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Tom from Temecula @tomfromtemecula.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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Tony @antonyillahiwarren.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#JewsAgainstGenocide ✡️
Jewish Voice for Labour headline: Thirteen Holocaust survivors compare Zionist policies to those of the Nazis.
Monday 15 July 2024.
Picture underneath of Stephen Kapos, subtitles read: "I say this as a Holocaust survivor".
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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High performance magnet production validated, could soon challenge China
France's Orano and CEA have successfully produced high-performance NdFeB permanent magnets a year after starting their pilot line.
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Ex-Optimist @grumpyearthling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The incontinent conman is lying . . . GDP grew by 2.8% in 2024 under the Biden; current GDP growth is now 1.5%. US national debt was $36 trillion in 2024; it's now >$40 trillion. Inflation was 3.1% in 2024; it's now 3.4%. The annual deficit is now 6% of GDP; double the historical norm.
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👋I’m working on follow backs😊 @beaches1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another grifter selling fear. The business of religion.
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Tom from Temecula @tomfromtemecula.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wow..Israel gives Britain 30 days to shut its consulate in Jerusalem, a building that's been there since 1838, older than Israel itself, after the UK announced a ban on Israeli settlement imports and accused Israel of "ethnic cleansing" in the West Bank.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Israel has just banned all Arab Parties from running in their upcoming elections. Arabs make up 21% of Israeli Citizens they have now been banned from having any representation. Israel isn't like Nazi Germany. It is Nazi Germany.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think @darrigomelanie.bsky.social said everything that needs to be said.
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Ex-Optimist @grumpyearthling.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Americans probably know this already but I was surprised to hear on the Daily Beast podcast that 73 American senators are millionaires and just 27 are not.
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Paul Dickson @pauldicksontours.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The next Medieval Norwich walking tour is at 11am on Friday 2 October. Booking and more info via link www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/medieval-n...
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Tom from Temecula @tomfromtemecula.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nate Silver’s latest Senate polling averages show Democrats ahead in TEN key races: 🔵 GA: Ossoff +9.1 🔵 NC: Cooper +8.9 🔵 NH: Pappas +5.0 🔵 OH: Brown +4.5 🔵 ME: Jackson +3.5 🔵 MN: Flanagan +2.8 🔵 MI: El-Sayed +2.8 🔵 TX: Talarico +2.7 🔵 AK: Peltola +1.7 🔵 IA: Turek +0.8
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration is preparing to sanction the ICC as a whole and cut it off from everyday financial transactions, insurance providers and IT services and products, which would leave the court unable to operate, Reuters reports.
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Trump administration prepares sanctions against International Criminal Court, sources say
President ‌Donald Trump's administration has prepared sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court and plans to announce them soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that ...
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UncleRicoReturns @unclericotnt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Ex-Optimist @grumpyearthling.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm pretty sure we're all thinking 'Sonos'.
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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Abbot needs to go Daniels needs to go Paxson needs to go Cruz needs to go They are selling out Texas to Generative AI that would rather kill us all than help....they think they can control it... Texas Republicans Face ‘Generational Wipeout’ Amid Disastrous Polls www.newsweek.com/texas-republ...
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Texas Republicans Face ‘Generational Wipeout’ Amid Disastrous Polls
New polls have shown Democrats leading or within striking distance in several of Texas' biggest races.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
📌Now that you soft-ballers in the press FINALLY understand this felon is playing hardball, it's time for you to band together and refuse to cover the WH. Start calling it the way WE see it. The way it IS: A lawless regime hellbent on destroying this country. Get your heads out of your asses.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
From Robin Rouby-Progressive Cartoons
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Tom from Temecula @tomfromtemecula.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
𝟔𝟎+ 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐂 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟐. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Israel are threatening to ban from entering the country individuals associated with 11 British groups including Palestine Action, Oxfam, Save the Children, Medical Aid for Palestinians, and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign." via Defend Our Juries
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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I’m old enough to remember when George W Bush was the stupidest President there ever could be, and Sepp Blatter was the most shamelessly corrupt head of FIFA In history.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Save America Movement @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This administration would be so funny if it wasn’t so historically embarrassing and destructive. America deserves serious leaders.
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elizabelta.bsky.social @elizabelta.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a graph showing just how successful nationwide vaccines were in the UK. There really is no argument.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
$1.6 billion in taxpayer money is backing a Kazakhstan tungsten mine tied to Trump's son, while you're deciding between filling your tank or your fridge. His family's pockets get heavier while yours run dry & that math isn't an accident. #StopTrumpCorruption
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The UN is considering moving aid supplies underground so that a permanent member of the UN Security Council stops bombing them 🤦‍♀️
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olehippynudist.bsky.social @olehippynudist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Luk Van Eylen @lukfrombelgium.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
President Trump before going into office: "Under the Trump economic plan, we will cut your energy prices in half. And you can get very angry at me if we don’t do it. We are going to bring energy down by 50%, 50%, 50% within 12 months from January 20th, which is the day we go into office."
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
George Conway: "Trump is everything we teach our children not to be. He's the lowest of the low." Rock bottom has a new basement. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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