Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 02/02/2025People have told me “Hey republicans aren’t all ignorant. There are republican doctors, lawyers, CEOs, see what I mean?” So THAT’S why we have ivermectin, Rudy Giuliani and Ronald Rump 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Delusion is when the stop light is red and you tell the cop it was green. You know you’re right but still get a ticket, then fire the cop, get the ticket reversed and eliminate all stop lights in the city. The light was still red, asshole. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 31/01/2025VPN, Proton email, Signal messaging, 2FA, extra long random passwords, get off Meta, Twitter, air gapped computers … let’s see, what am I missing… 011
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 31/01/2025While all people are created equal (nature), we’ve really messed up how we’ve raised them (nurture). These problems didn’t start with Rump but are the sum total of our false beliefs, blind spots, laziness, poor education, poor thinking skills and not eating enough broccoli. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 31/01/2025If you haven’t already it’s time to permanently log off meta products. If you want to show off vacation pictures, invite people over for a slideshow. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 31/01/2025After Monday and if Cash Patel takes charge, the FBI will simply be enforcers of Rumps knee-jerk vendettas. They will become government thugs. Senators, if you vote yes on Cash, you, and we, will no longer be safe. And the people will do something about it. Vote no. 011
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 30/01/2025VIP military transport in DC. Who gets to ride those other than the president and vice president? 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Rump doesn’t get credit for doing anything clever. He’s a dullard; too lazy to think, to petulant to be kind, to narcissistic to care and very easily led around by his nose. He’s also not in charge. No one is. Each person he hires is out for themselves. Get them fired one by one. 001
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Look up DeepSeek the Chinese AI firm. They just embarrassed the entire world’s AI industry. Tech dudes lost billions of $ They are currently undergoing a DOS attack to stop people from registering. Take your time and register. It is an open source AI. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 27/01/2025I have a relative who says: releasing the J6 guys is ok because Biden pardoned cop killers. Not the sharpest knife, not the brightest bulb, half a brick short of a full load, a few cards short of a full deck, fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down 030
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 26/01/2025It is hard to get off the polarization bandwagon both parties have created. It is to their advantage to trigger an emotional response - you'll donate. I say dial it back with a little understanding. www.skeptic.com/michael-sher...skeptic.com497. Kurt Gray — What Are We Really Fighting Over? Understanding Outrage Through Moral PsychologyJoin Michael Shermer and Kurt Gray as they unravel the science behind moral outrage and political division. Discover why morality stems from harm perception, how evolutionary psychology shapes our val... 010
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 26/01/2025I think we need to catalog Rumps treatment of people for when he and his mates get deported back to their mother R www.dw.com/en/brazil-co...dw.comBrazil condemns US after deportees arrive handcuffed – DW – 01/26/2025Brazil's government decried the US after dozens of deportees arrived on a plane in handcuffs. The Brazilian justice minister called it a "blatant disrespect" of their rights. 010
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 26/01/2025I’m just checking out the procedures to use. www.dw.com/en/s-korean-...dw.comS. Korean prosecutors indict President Yoon over martial law – DW – 01/26/2025South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, on charges of leading a rebellion. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 26/01/2025I found the Gulf of Mexico on Google this morning. Good to check these things daily. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Expect more of this. There is a vaccine, so Darwin will help us again in the fight against tyranny. www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...cjonline.comKansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded historyKansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 25/01/2025“I have had a great many troubles, but most of them never happened “ - Mark Twain Stop worrying about what might happen. Save your energy for what IS happening. It’s bad enough. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 24/01/2025It must be some kind of record to go from tech hero to neo-hitler in a months time. I understand DT has been coaching him. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Now that the Biden weather modification crew has moved out, southern states won’t be getting the hurricanes. A win-win. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 24/01/2025DT will no longer be talking about egg prices. His promises are empty. His technical solutions foolish. 110
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 23/01/2025I think there should be a tax deduction for this. p.dw.com/p/4pUrTp.dw.comBloomberg to fund UN climate body after Trump withdrawal – DW – 01/23/2025 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Don't obey unconstitutional orders. Certain folks in Idaho have lived by this mantra for decades so I bet they're all on our side now. 😉 Thank you Governor Pritzker. 010
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Where are all the “constitution is everything “ republicans now? I’m thinking they never got past the 2nd amendment. You know, reading is hard. It’s good they’ll be getting work in the fields now that the military will be guarding the border. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 21/01/2025It takes more than an executive order to change the constitution. This is a stunt for the uninformed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...brennancenter.orgPresidents Can't End Birthright CitizenshipPresident Trump's executive order is almost certain to be struck down. 010
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Since I expect the FDA to become moribund after today, I wanted to get this out there before it’s removed. www.fda.gov/food/hfp-con...fda.govRevoking Authorization for the Use of Red No. 3 in Food/Ingested DrugsThe FDA is revoking the authorization for the use of FD&C Red No. 3 based on the Delaney Clause of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). 010
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Ok, this is funny. contrarian.substack.com/p/inaugurati...contrarian.substack.comInauguration to be Held Inside CybertruckWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In an eleventh-hour decision on Sunday, the Inauguration of Donald J. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Ohio is funding Catholic schools with taxpayer money. I'm turning over in my grave and I'm not even dead yet. www.propublica.org/article/ohio...propublica.orgIn an Unprecedented Move, Ohio Is Funding the Construction of Private Religious SchoolsThe state is giving millions in taxpayer dollars directly to private schools to help them renovate and expand their campuses. It may be the next frontier in the push to increase the use of school vouc... 010
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Indoctrinating: repeating beliefs and opinions until they are accepted without question. Teaching: repeating facts and methods until they are understood well enough that beliefs and opinions can be questioned. I want my kids taught, not indoctrinated. 001
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Clearly this is the first retaliation by Greenlanders. We have to get our hands on their weather modification tech. 010
Reposted by WilberIndivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 18/01/2025PROTECTIVE RESOURCES. The incoming Trump admin has directly threatened Chicago with mass deportations. Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) shares info & resources (incl a hotline) for people who may be at risk. Find English & Spanish versions of Know Your Rights pages:icirr.orgFamily Support Network & Hotline | ICIRR 02921
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Let people know. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Deportation Plan Is Said to Start Next Week in Chicago (Gift Article)The size of the planned immigration raids is unclear, but they would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 17/01/2025The trumpettes are going to hate this www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...americanprogress.orgThe ERA Solidifies Women’s Rights in the Constitution as the 28th AmendmentThe federal government has finally recognized the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ushering in a whole new era for gender parity in this country. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 17/01/2025It is not socialist to want to reduce the wealth inequity in the US, it is a way to maintain a middle class with purchasing power. 000
Reposted by WilberMark25 @mvassmer.bsky.social · 17/01/2025 Wrong prescription. Ask your Senator for a second opinion. 021
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 17/01/2025If you want to objectively respond to a social media comment there are three tasks to do first. 1. Use a barf bucket to get the initial reaction out of your system 2. Question your own assumptions on the matter 3. Get some work done around the house, you don’t have to answer 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Recommend to download this. It will be scrubbed from the NOAA website under the new administration. www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...noaa.govWildfire climate connectionClimate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ... 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Happy birthday Charles! ncse.ngo/darwin-day-2...ncse.ngoDarwin Day 2025 approaches | National Center for Science Education 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Why are most Republicans so easily led around by the nose? 010
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Nice symbolism. A good pressure washer will clean that up. 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 12/01/2025The rocket scientists working for Donny think that if Forest Service could just do a better job of thinning the trees (but no burning) then the consequences of wildfires would be diminished. Oh, and more timber harvesting will also help. pg 308 P2025 - thanks Daren Bakst What nonsense. 021
Reposted by WilberProPublica @propublica.org · 12/01/2025In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers. See what changes are in store for your county. By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmithpropub.liNew Climate Maps Show a Transformed United StatesAccording to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North… 28763112927
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Our " disillusionment stems from the popular belief ... that our political system is so corrupted by money that only wealthy individuals and giant corporations can expect to have their interests attended to by the state", Jan. 2000 by historian Eric Foner www.thirdworldtraveler.com/History/TheC...thirdworldtraveler.comThe Century: A Nation's-Eye View 000
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 10/01/2025It’s getting hotter whether you believe in Climate Change or not. www.scientificamerican.com/article/2024...scientificamerican.comEarth Surpasses 1.5 Degrees C in Hottest Year on Record2024 was the hottest year on record and the first to top 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. All 10 of the hottest years have been in the last decade 021
Wilber @hikeabike.bsky.social · 10/01/2025When you hear a claim that fits what you already believe do you question it? You should. Belief is not evidence and claims are not facts. 010