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Kiel Ortega

@kielortega.bsky.social
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Radar things, hail freak, beer enthusiast, and small-time adventurer

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BARTENDER: another round JIMMY OLSEN: no we’re done thanks BARTENDER: *removes glasses from bar* LOIS LANE: omg it’s superbar
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 06/10/2026
people will ask you to imagine a democrat saying this but no president of either party in american history would have said this
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 06/10/2026
just did a quick google "San Diego is the heart of U.S. naval and Marine Corps power, home to more than 115000 active duty service members and a $52.6 billion military economy."
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 05/10/2026
The joker saying you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Be the iceberg you want to see in the world.
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Bobby Football @robpaul.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
John Mateer gonna John Mateer, and Chris Cole gonna Chris Cole. One is a bad QB and the other is a potential first-round pick
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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My goodness, what an incredible moment. After Justin Verlander secured the final out of his career, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout...to summon Verlander's daughter out to embrace her dad on the mound.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Nor'easter" has got to be the black sheep of the contraction family. Doesn't even save a syllable.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We should try having some group of people who get to vote on approving agency heads like OMB director.

Sen. Susan Collins

@SenatorCollins
Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration.  This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress’s Constitutional power of the purse. 
 
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.  
  
Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress’s appropriations powers.  OMB is an agency of the executive branch.  It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
 
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
 
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I remember when X sued advertisers over this kind of thing. I recall a Trump Admin settlement over allegations of anticompetitive conduct for refusing ads www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
ftc.gov
FTC Takes Action to Restore Competition in the Digital Advertising Ecosystem
The Federal Trade Commission, along with a coalition of states, took decisive action today to stop collusion between the nation’s largest advertising agencies that distorted America’s modern public
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Plot to Enslave America:
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A skydiver's odds of landing near an angry red kangaroo are slim, but in Australia's outback, never quite zero.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Call me crazy but, seven months in, that we're still not reporting, "HOLY SHIT why won't Trump appoint real experts to negotiate with Iran instead of his family and his crypto business partner" is part of why we're here.
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Kiel Ortega @kielortega.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
this is a journey that must be read just to respect the "post thru it" effort...holy...
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.
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Kiel Ortega @kielortega.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just the dumbest shit from the City of Norman...there's three sprayers for the fucking signal post...there's like maybe 2 sq feet of dirt there
A newly constructed street corner with small areas for grass being over watered by sprayers.
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Rick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I just think it’s strange that all the gambling companies have ads with athletes and celebrities instead of featuring all their users who have become millionaires betting, very strange indeed
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NC State called The Aristocrats
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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 19/09/2026
WHEN THE INTENTIONAL SAFETY GOES WRONG NC STATE FUMBLES AND VANDY RECOVERS AND WINS AS TIME EXPIRES
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 18/09/2026
A tornado touched down in Davis County Friday afternoon, part of a swath of storms that hit the area. Read more: www.sltrib.com/news/2026/09/18/torn… 
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Stephanie 🍉 @ageofoddish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
mmygod
the slut gnomes of false berlin jeopardy bluesky posttoday's jeopardy categories. the last 2 are "false berlin" and "bizarre little men"
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Kiel Ortega @kielortega.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Over the weekend, we noticed Frankie sleeping on one of her favorite squeaky toys (and intentionally grabbing it and sleeping back on it when we would move it). Tonight, she got a fresh tennis ball, played with it for 20 minutes, and now this
A mini dachshund-Austrailian cattle dog sleeps with her head resting on her little tennis ball because her new mood is to sleep on her favorite toys
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Your reminder that Jared Kushner is not an employee of the US government.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/09/2026
i hate this thing they do where they pretend like they are fulfilling some long and pent up demand. just own that you’re engaged in naked idolatry
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 04/09/2026
The NIH Director confirms they are giving away biomedical research money used to develop treatments and cures for infectious diseases such as influenza, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, Ebola, and other dangerous pathogens, to the Department of Defense. Outrageous.
Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD
@NIHDirector_Jay

NIH funds should be used to improve the health of Americans.
Far from siphoning money away from research, this partnership between @NIH and @DeptofWar focuses on research projects that will drive discoveries to improve the health of American citizens and members of the military.
Led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, all work will be 100% aligned with our public health mission.
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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 03/09/2026
OMG the actual post that picture was a response to
OP:
Another coyote just went viral in SoCal for being the first known coyote to capture a roadrunner. How does that make you feel?

Reply: Coyote holding a sign that says We cannot judge our worth on the work of others.

Reply: Mental Health Advocate Wile E. Coyote is the motivational hero we need in these times
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Robin Sevakis @jadedsketch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Wile E. Coyote is doing a reddit AMA right now for Coyote vs ACME and strictly answering through signs, and it's genius.
Wile E Coyote in an office, pointing to a sign he's holding that reads "WE CANNOT JUDGE OUR WORTH ON THE WORK OF OTHERS"
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The Plot to Enslave America
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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“Really bad shape” as in you’re no longer a Constitutional democracy.
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Kiel Ortega @kielortega.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Go to play a game with friends and instead gets absolutely bodies
A Manuscript card from the game "The Publish or Perish Game" where you try to publish with actions cards that have different research related topics (e.g., theory, idea). The title of this manuscript is "The Compulsive Condiment Collector: An Analysis of Expiry Dates and Emotional Attachment". See my refrigerator and pantry for proof
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
They attack and kill our people then deny us justice. Intolerable.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Scoop: For nearly a year, NSF has struggled to make new grants. Now we know that it will not catch up. In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.
nature.com
Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades
The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I am *extremely insistently* tapping the sign to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free news how and where you are able to
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Bex 🖤🏴 @thinlyveiledtruth.cryptoanarchy.network · 03/08/2026
"meep meep ass location" i cannot breathe omfg 💀
The quoted post reads "Liminal Stop Sign," Monument Valley, Utah. The image shows a very isolated stop sign at an intersection of what is presumably a highway. It is a desert climate, with two towering rock formations in the background, and a perfectly clear sky. 

When I tell you it looks EXACTLY like a still from the Warner Brothers Wile E Coyote cartoon.

The quote says "meep meep ass location." It was here where I stopped being able to breathe.

(Meep meep is the sound the Roadrunner makes, whom Wile E Coyote kept trying to kill with elaborate schemes that would backfire in the most hilarious ways)

I'm still giggling at this one.
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Kiel Ortega @kielortega.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
When I challenge my grade on the thermodynamics quiz
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Stealing from us like we're conquered territory. Intolerable.
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Dr. Larissa @rissarwx.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
So uh, we're doing a thing and it's very fucking cool
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
For those of you who are still over there because of "the reach" or "the discourse" or whatever.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Musk calls for the assassination of a reporter who embarrassed him with basic questions
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
His father-in-law (and the grandfather of the white appearing baby he’s holding) is Dinesh D’Souza, who was born in India and first set foot in the US at the age of 17.
Brandon Gill • is at White House. •
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The American Dream belongs to Americans. It does not belong to the world.
The American dream belongs to Americans.
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
You might get sick of hearing this but if he keeps doing it I'm gonna keep saying it: this is an unconstitutional impoundment, violating both Congress' Article I spending authority and the 1974 Impoundment Control act, and immediately impeachable.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Well that makes sense of the murder spree. Prosecute everyone.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The ruling class want to enslave people who actually work for a living
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Stuff like this the inescapable dipshitery of Unitary Executive Theory. Successive presidents can just create and dismantle these things over and over again.
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Kiel Ortega @kielortega.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
First year we have noticed Queen caterpillars on our milkweeds.
A Queen butterfly caterpillar on milkweed. It has 6 red antenna, is a pale green with black and yellow stripes.
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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · 02/07/2026
america has a fun shortage and it's important we talk about it (decline in third spaces, etc etc)
a bloomberg info graphic showing four different dramatically declining types of spaces in order 'Bars and Nightclubs' 'Bowling Alleys' 'Marinas' and 'Movie Theaters' from 2001 to 2025 text on top reading 'Fewer Places to Relax and Socalize' 'US establiments per 100,000 people' 'Note: movie theaters includes dirve-ins.' 2025 population data based on US Census. Sources US Bureau of Labor Statistics, World Bank, US Census'
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Let's hear it for President Dealmaker, who negotiated and signed USMCA (calling it the “best and most important trade deal ever made"), then ran against it, won, and breached it while asking "who would ever sign a thing like this?' from the same desk where he signed it, and now won't renew it.
bloomberg.com
US Decides Against Renewing USMCA, Shifting to Rolling Talks
The US won’t renew its trade deal with Canada and Mexico, choosing instead to conduct annual reviews of the pact in a decision that risks adding uncertainty for companies producing goods across North ...
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