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patrick

@ptpower.bsky.social
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Aging and once-hopeful citizen living in a beautiful city but a cruel, cruel world. Event, portrait and street photographer. Vegan. Generally of good spirit. I blog at ptpower.blogspot.com, although these days, I avoid politics there.

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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh, man... this is SO good. It drives the point home (pardon the pun) without resorting (again, pardon the pun) to the dark, foreboding music and voiceover.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Velour Shirt @object.works · 29/09/2026
This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
American Dictator: the board game
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every word of this thread...
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Moments ago... #SanFrancisco #sunset
Three-frame photographic panorama of a San Francisco sunset beyond Buena Vista Heights
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
50 percent tariffs for our beloved neighbor and historic ally, Canada. A red carpet and a military flyover for Communist China’s leader. Donald Trump is a sick man and a danger to America.
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jaysus fucking Christ what a stooge!
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Possible future with the FBI?
totalprosports.com
Florida Husband Exposes Wife After Catching Her Performing Despicable S-x Acts With Family Dog On Nanny Cam
Florida mom Malia Nummerdor faces severe animal abuse charges after her husband discovered highly disturbing bedroom security camera footage.
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GamerDad @gamerdad8six.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Only in America can the president find so many cases of fraud yet not one perpetrator of it is brought to court to pay for their crimes … it’s almost like they’re making all this shit up to cut funds for programs so they can use it on missiles and tax cuts for the wealthy
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
To be fair, Bankruptcies = WINNING! to Trump.
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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What could go wrong?
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Data centers Video by laurenfichten/CBS news on Instagram.
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I think this is a genius idea, and that there should be a huge fleet of these circling the offices and/or homes of lawmakers who support data centers. Video by couriertexas at Instagram.
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is an amazing dissection by @alimcforever.bsky.social of the whole Sheeran/Macklemore/Kraft situation, and then some...
alimcforever.substack.com
The Crowd Was the Product
How Ed Sheeran built music that turns private feeling into collective participation, how the stadium converts that participation into property, and what happened when a political sentence interrupted ...
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John Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Also notable here: Scalise is using Trump's appearance at the White House Correspondents Dinner as evidence to claim that Trump is a fan of the press. The people who organized the dinner are being used exactly as predicted.
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I tried watching Widow's Bay several weeks ago but couldn't get past the first ten minutes or so. Since it won most of the major Emmy awards last week, I thought I'd give it another try. Again, not long into the first episode, I wanted to quit again, but thought I'd wait it out.
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm pleased to see that a second series of Small Prophets is in the works...
bbc.com
Small Prophets to return for a second series
The story of the magical and mundane in a suburban cul-de-sac is the BBC’s biggest new comedy of the year
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey, @nytimes.com... fixed it for you...
Screenshot of a portion of a New York Times article with the headline: 47 Shows to Watch This Fall

The second show on the list is CBS's 60 Minutes with a blurb that reads: '60 MINUTES' After an annus horribilis of infighting and high-profile departures, the once pre-eminent newsmagazine will be closely watched as it begins its 59th season. (CBS, Sunday)

The screenshot shows a rudimentary editing of the text to read: '60 MINUTES' After an annus horribilis of infighting and high-profile departures, the once pre-eminent newsmagazine will be watched less as it begins its 59th season. (CBS, Sunday)
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I get blocked by the weirdest accounts...
Screenshot of profile page for impeccablebunny.bsky.social which shows that the account has 50 followers; is following 144 accounts, and has zero posts, replies, media, or videos.
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The replies...
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Nathan Bulmer @natemorebikes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Which would surprise nobody who's been paying attention.
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I might as well start early on this... NO to data centers... NO on Prop. 45.
Photograph of a group of people holding signs that read: NO ON PROP 45. THEY POLLUTE YOU PAY.

Photograph by Brooke Anderson, @MovementPhotographer
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Netanyahu is a terrorist... in stochastic terms and in deed.
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Skinnie Talls @skinnietalls.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
those after school specials have failed us all spectacularly
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And, of course, the dumbfucks will listen...
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
These are the people who should make millions
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The meme that keeps giving...
Variation of the old internet meme of the stock image of the guy with his girlfriend whose head has been turned by another woman. In this case the guy is wearing a shirt depicting with Canada's red and white Maple leaf symbolism, and his partner is a gross-looking Donald Trump wearing an outfit made of the United States flag. The guy's head has been turned as he's appreciating a blonde big-boobed woman whose wearing a spaghetti-strapped tank top with the symbol of the European Union emblazoned on it.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"No one is going to vote for a Democrat because they came out for a trans sports ban. No one is on the fence being like, "If they just came out for a trans sports ban, then I would vote for them. I don't think that person exists," says @evanurquhart.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2154...
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Demonstration going on in front of Scott Wiener's campaign headquarters... I can read JEWS SAY LET GAZA LIVE on T-shirts.
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump and the Republican Party/FOX have basically turned election integrity into a partisan issue—if you vote for Republicans, you believe significant fraud exists; if you vote for Independents or Democrats, you accept that it doesn't exist because of the overwhelming evidence that it doesn't.
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It seems to me that should we have a presidential election in 2028 and a Democrat wins, undoing the ratfuckery within the Census Bureau should be given a high priority.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Dow tanking, time for Donny to announce again that the Strait is open and “Iran wants a deal.”
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As astonishing as this is, it really isn't all that surprising. We have a whole generation of FOX viewers doing nothing but complaining about Democrats because that's what they watch all day. It's only natural that their kids are just as misinformed.
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What the actual fuck?!?
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I seriously hope people don't trust the polls...
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I think he said something but I'm not sure what...
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Maybe I'm just a dreamer but it sure would be nice to get a midterm voter turnout that's greater than 2020's 62.8%.
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Crazy...
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's kind of crazy to think I've had a sixty-year crush on Sally Field.
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
At this point, I wouldn't use the USPS if I were to drop it off a month early. Official drop boxes only for me. You can be sure, though, that GOP thugs will do whatever they can to make even dropboxes unsafe for ballots.
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When my son was 5 he had a sartorial flair To go to arts delicatessen he wore a midnight blue cape, top hat &monocle As we were leaving an older gent stopped him saying “young man, i like your style” Meant the world to our son that man was Bob Mackie RIP
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Kind of weird that the @nytimes.com has an editorial about brain rot and doesn't mention Trump once...
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Truth About Brain Rot: It’s a Cry for Help
Maybe consuming meaningless content is the only way to be free online.
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I wonder how Sheeran will eventually react to the roasting he's deservedly getting over his unwillingness to stand up for a fellow artist...
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What an embarrassment...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Out of respect for the victims and the office of the presidency, we will never print photos of Donald Trump sleeping through the 9/11 memorial, or mention that it happened.
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is how it's done...
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patrick @ptpower.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I haven't been to Paris in (I can't believe it!) fifteen years, and I doubt I'll get back there while the Prick In Chief has his grimy, slimy mitts on the government, but I have been jonesing for it bad the last few years, and will get there to enjoy this as soon as the bastard is gone.
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