Reposted by Redbeardjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026it's such a perfect example of what is actually alito's hallmark as a justice, shoddy, sub-undergraduate thinking dressed up with five dollar words. 453307239
Reposted by RedbeardCaolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Just a reminder that there is a city in Europe where Russian drones hunt civilians 24/7. 10472254
Reposted by Redbeard Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 22/09/2026Newsom is a dipshit, a thread: 18444122
Reposted by RedbeardJeff Rush @jeffrush.bsky.social · 30/09/2026[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT] How dare you call our President a delicious Cajun/creole dish! [JACK SMITH] Wait are you referring to the time I called him a Jumbo Liar? 1827
Reposted by RedbeardKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20752441427
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm sorry if my conduct resulted in you feeling offended. 000
Reposted by RedbeardKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776512129
Reposted by RedbeardTW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026this is fantastic and I learned something new 563182435
Reposted by Redbeard"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Higher Education is not just about training workers, but also about training citizen leaders and good citizenship in part means thinking that the details matter, that getting them right matters, because it impacts some of your fellow citizens. "It only matters if job" is poison to citizenship. 6577105
Reposted by RedbeardThe Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 15/09/2026OK. I mentioned this before, won't belabor it, but this paragraph is art. I would wager a not-inconsiderable sum that Herodotus, Pliny the Elder, Augustine, and Lon Chaney have never been cited in a single paragraph before. (And hopefully never will again.) 1026450
Reposted by RedbeardMrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 15/09/2026This is one of the funniest threads I’ve read in ages. At no point does OP break, and the landlords, well, www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c... 1184403955
Reposted by RedbeardBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 11/09/2026It’s time for me to make my yearly 9/11 repost about jokes and memory 427164
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 10/09/202625th Amendment only applies to the president. Members of Congress cannot be recalled. The only mechanism to remove a sitting senator or representative is for 2/3 of their chamber to expel them. (That's Article I, Section 5, Clause 2, which doesn't work very well as a chant.) 230
Reposted by RedbeardJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 08/09/2026Two extraordinary charts from today’s PISA test results: 1) School test scores continue to collapse internationally, underscoring how this is no longer a Covid effect but sustained decline. Those falls in reading and maths are equivalent to about two years of lost schooling. 41856344
Reposted by RedbeardRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 05/09/2026America needs its boys to do musicals. Oklahoma! West Side Story. Maybe even Pippin. 3648952
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Until then, there's the Ratio of the week list bsky.app/profile/did:... 000
Reposted by RedbeardHansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 31/08/2026SCOOP: After the Census Bureau issued a highly unusual report tied to a President Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau’s parent agency, the Commerce Department, cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, @npr.org has learned www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...npr.orgTrump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau reportAfter the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned. 23951509
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Aaron Sorkin kicking himself for not working this into The West Wing 000
Reposted by RedbeardBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/08/2026One guy has a trifecta he's using to hide cops who killed our neighbors for protesting goons putting churro ladies in concentration camps. The other says stupid shit occasionally on a Twitch stream, where he spends like 90% of his waking time. I want my party's leader to fight only the first guy. 213303309
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026(For comparison, the entire US today only has 134M households.) fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TTLHH...fred.stlouisfed.orgHousehold EstimatesHousehold Estimates 000
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Immigrants want to work, pay taxes, and establish a safe and stable life in the US? "Country's full. GTFO!" But do we have the capacity for 185 million more homes' worth of gas power generation? "You bet! Carbon is the smell of progress!!" 100
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"Just buy your kids some books with millionaires' tax cuts. Simple" 000
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Ah, the ol' Parabolic take, which comes so close to stating a good argument but then veers away just as fast and in a completely different direction. "The city should have prevented this" might be true, but is NOT a magical incantation to raise you from the dead or heal your severe wounds. 020
Reposted by RedbeardGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 226394997140
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Perhaps a helipad should be one space where the flagpole *isn't* notable, or even there at all. 020
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Your elected leaders are failing you! I should know; I'm one of them. - GOP Proverb 000
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026If he'd been hit by a car instead, there's a good chance he wouldn't be mayor anymore. 000
Reposted by RedbeardRedbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026So, could a state declare its senator to be dead under state law and thereby force the office to be vacant? (Let's assume the deceased senator does not publicly object to this, but it's a different interesting hypo if they do.) 011
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026So, could a state declare its senator to be dead under state law and thereby force the office to be vacant? (Let's assume the deceased senator does not publicly object to this, but it's a different interesting hypo if they do.) 011
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026And *when* the person dies is also significant for state law purposes. In the case of a senator, the date of the vacancy matters for the timing of any term-filling election or effective date of Gov. appointment. 110
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026(There have also been occasional cases where an individual is declared dead under state law because they have been missing for a set amount of time, but then they later turn up alive and have to go through a court process to undo their legal death.) 110
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026What if it's not guardianship, but the ultimate question of whether the person is dead? Whether an individual is dead or alive is commonly a matter of state law (and can get complicated when there's brain death with medical intervention keeping the heart pumping). 110
Reposted by RedbeardMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I think it should be allowed—with repayment plus interest, because, as they have just shown, I did not purchase the item, I extended them a line of credit secured by the digital item. (I also didn't lease or rent anything, because there was no defined term where I had right of quiet enjoyment.) 337748
Reposted by RedbeardAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.data4democracy.substack.comHook and SqueezeHow Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations. 17845351588
Reposted by RedbeardKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The president is refusing to spend taxpayer money assisting Americans suffering from natural disasters solely because their states didn't vote for him. I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level. 17962972421
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Relatedly, local candidates and campaigns have a much easier time reaching and educating voters who are physically present in the community (can attend events, see yard signs, hear TV/radio ads) than those who are outside the area during the entire election season and vote absentee. 010
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Why do we assume such voters would have any greater knowledge of local issues about the town they grew up in but where they no longer reside and have no intention to return to? Voters have a duty to learn about the topics they vote on. If they don't, that's not the fault of residency rules. 160
Reposted by RedbeardEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 10/08/2026You don’t have to like this guy‘s politics to recognize that everyone who has insisted for decades that The Issues are almost all too complicated and too nuanced to explain to voters let alone address was lying to you. 75123763000
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"Is winning is the new losing? Next on Freakonomics..." 000
Reposted by RedbeardKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/08/2026That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas? 10895452183
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Oh sure, not rewarding mediocrity or saying fans should demand less than excellence. But not every team can have a winning record, make playoffs, or win the Cup. Every team CAN give their fans a good time. Rapids appear to at least do that (cf. Crew or Miami, same home record, much higher prices) 200
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Obviously very difficult to discern a direct cause-and-effect from outbound transfers but Rapids offer fans pretty good value relative to other clubs. And STMs can get in the door for $60 cheaper than the MLS average. www.thepostcincy.com/stories/yz4q...thepostcincy.comRedbeard’s MLS Fan Value Index - 2026 Edition — The Post CincyRedbeard As the coasts are battered by heat waves and rising oceans, it’s a good time to live in the beautiful Mountain West. All the more so for fans of RSL , because the Sultans of Salt Lake (is... 100
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 31/07/2026How controversial was that position in Hollywood in 2023? 010
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The pesky courts here keep requesting "proof" and "due process" before sending these definitely real and totally guilty terrorists to prison. 010
Redbeard @nixedroar.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Well, you see, the First Amendment was written before photographic technology was prototyped in 1802. So painting and sketching are protected works by human artists but photography is just a physical process and therefore not "speech"... 1/93 010
