rom @redkryptonite.bsky.social · 03/01/2025The foreign policy quote for our upcoming administration that hasn't been said: 'Speak loudly and carry a small stick you won't use, as well as huge checks you can't cash.' 040
rom @redkryptonite.bsky.social · 12/12/2024I'm loving bluesky, I must say. I don't care if bots have arrived or impersonators are popping up. I never used Twitter even before it became X, but bluesky just feels right and I feel like I can really express myself honestly and let the chips fall where they may. It feels genuinely real here 2120
Reposted by romSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 29/11/2024The meme I didn't know I needed 9745840511311
rom @redkryptonite.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Wondering what it takes to start a new political party in the US today. The Whig party was founded in 1833 during Jackson's authoritarian presidency with the main goal of limiting presidential power. We ended up with 4 Whig presidents before the party dissolved. Where's that kind of spine now? 160
rom @redkryptonite.bsky.social · 02/12/2024sign.moveon.org/petitions/th...sign.moveon.orgThe Senate Must Block Trump’s Cabinet NomineesTrump's Cabinet appointees have no real interest in serving the American people. Working Americans will pay the price for this dysfunctional leadership, through the repealing of the Affordable Care Ac... 040
rom @redkryptonite.bsky.social · 27/11/2024When it comes to dealing with trolls or authoritarianism- just remember the better offense is to laugh it off, or laugh them off, than to get upset or angry. They do it to make you angry. It's all to get a rise. If you laugh, they lose. 061
Reposted by romMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Meanwhile over at the bad place 58068671020
Reposted by romBlue Tsunami #NoKings @bluefuture.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Every day I will count down to the special election. 126 days until the election. If we get enough people to see this and get them to get their family/friends in the district to turn out we can theoretically flip under the low turnout it even though this is the least flippable of the three. 3329
rom @redkryptonite.bsky.social · 23/11/2024The silver lining would be that at some point if your entire system is based on either succeeding or failing upward - there's going to be a point where you hit maximum, 'un-upwardable' fail. 010
rom @redkryptonite.bsky.social · 23/11/20241. I've been doing a lot of thinking, and most of what scares me is that Trump promotes scandals and embarrassment to the point of 'career-ending.' Then he lets the chips fall where they may and if they fail - he keeps talking and lures them back with the allure of power and wealth. 010
rom @redkryptonite.bsky.social · 23/11/20242. His superpower as a charismatic individual is his ability to fail upward and create a 'fail upward' train for his minions by absolutely flooding the zone with corruption, to the point you don't care. And then, you are at the mercy of breaking as a person and joining his 'fail upward' train. 010