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Rick Bahr

@rgbtoo.bsky.social
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Adjunct EE prof/Stanford, retired from the semi industry, most opinions are not really my own. Keywords: Wi-Fi, CPU, Supercomputing, SoC & grandkids. Always curious, often traveling. www.linkedin.com/in/rickbahr

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Rick Bahr @rgbtoo.bsky.social · 21h
On the mark
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Rick Bahr @rgbtoo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Unbelievable and yet so believable with the Trump regime.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm with Carl Sagan on this:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
if you take it at face value the whole thing is a comedy skit. Guy wrote article about how AI writing is great using AI sincerely and openly and then they canned it for being AI because their expectation was guy would write without using AI about how using AI is good, just get Donald Glover and lfg
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
👇👇
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 26/09/2026
I kid around a lot on BSKY but these are the top 6 Senate candidates where even a $5 donation will have an outsized impact.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, this argument should be chilling. Trying to limit freedom of the press under the guise of national security is what tinpot dictators do. That’s not how a functioning democracy works.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🥹😍🤩✊🏽👏🏽👏🏽👀🗣️🫦✌🏽🔥💟💙💟💙💟💙
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Can you give my dad back? I miss him.” 💔 ICE kidnapped her father Luis at a DOT inspection. Her mother says he is legal and did everything the right way. #AbolishICE
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump says he's banning CNN, MSNow & Politico from the White House. If he goes through w/ this, the WH press corps needs to boycott. Fox too No more of the correspondents association's white-tablecloth, gladhanding bullshit. Pentagon reporters showed they don't need in-house access. You can too.
Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW (who recently changed their name from MSNBC due to lack of viewership and credibility!), and Politico (The recipients of an illegal and ridiculous $8 Million Dollar subscription, an All Time Record, directly from the United States Government, under Crooked Joe Biden, in order to keep them “alive.” Seems like corruption to me!), from the White House as a result of their constant “reporting” FAKE NEWS! Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America. Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I think the only real lesson I’ve learned about American politics is that rich people will vote in their own interests and poor people won’t
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Painful to watch Ed Sheeran learn the hard way a lesson everyone learns eventually: when it comes to issues of morality, not taking a side is taking a side.
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Richard J @preachypreach.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
quite something this paragraph.
After meeting with delegates from the two sides in South Florida, Kushner and Witkoff emerged with a peace plan that would have required Ukraine to accept nearly all of Russia’s demands: ceding territory, promising never to join NATO, and drastically shrinking its army. Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s press secretary, hailed the proposal as “a good plan for both Russia and Ukraine.” But, when the plan became public, it collapsed under a wave of outrage. Even Rubio reportedly derided it as “Russia’s wish list.”
Some observers suspect that Russia has effectively offered the Americans business deals in exchange for a favorable peace agreement. “This is the generally held view,” the former U.S. official in the region told me. A classified report produced by a European intelligence agency states that Trump and people around him have discussed several potential contracts in Russia. The report is not dated, but the European official who gave it to me said that the details were first discussed sometime after Trump invited Putin to Anchorage, in August, 2025. Twice that year, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, was allowed to enter the U.S., where he talked about investment opportunities. “The privatization of American foreign policy is quite far along,” the official who gave me the report said. (A spokesman for Kushner denied that U.S. officials would profit from the deals under discussion.)
The document lists ten potential ventures, which it says appear to “have been originally designed by the Kremlin’s political and business elites.” They include reopening the Nord Stream 2 pipeline under American control, resuming ExxonMobil’s operations in Sakhalin, and drilling for oil in the Sea of Okhotsk. According to the report, there was discussion of unfreezing Russian assets that are held under American sanctions. The document mentions people who might participate, including Trump, Witkoff, and Kushner. It also names Richard Grenell, the former Presidential en…
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Rick Bahr @rgbtoo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Kaitlan speaks/asks for so many of us. Just awesome.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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The Canadian Border 🇨🇦 @canadianborder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Seen a lot of these, but this one is my favourite 😎
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Every once in a while, Trump tells the truth, such as when he told Republicans to "cheat like hell" in the upcoming mid-term elections. He knows that they is the only way his minions stand a chance.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 10/09/2026
That’s not a poll - that’s a political chalk outline.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026
Hillary Clinton: "Xi is thinking, 'They they can't defend anybody anymore bc they don't have capacity. Maybe we can coerce Taiwan into giving up bc there's not going to be support.' If you look at the world map, it's not favorable to the US largely bc of wrongheaded decisions by this administration"
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Cartoonist: Mike Luckovich
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David Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A US President lying about his own activities on 9/11 is an abomination. Dear god, Americans, have you no decency?
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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Americans are an amazingly brave people, who have accomplished so much,” Bunch said. “They’ve got to be brave enough to face their own history.” 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/a...
nytimes.com
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch Is Resigning
In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.
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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Meanwhile in Canada: "cartoon by Michael de Adder: signs #DonaldTrump is killing the US economy: global selloff of US Treasury Bonds, repatriation of gold reserves & declining use of the Petrodollar... the guy who conned his way through life & managed to bankrupt casinos is an economic disaster..."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If the American people don’t overwhelmingly reject and repudiate what is happening with this govt, Republican Congress, and Supreme Court this November, then this Republic is doomed. We can survive a criminal regime for a short term, but we can’t survive an ignorant populace.
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Rick Bahr @rgbtoo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Dylan Thomas would surely agree …
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
DOJ spent 13 months going after five kids who wanted to play sports. It put $44 billion in federal education money on the table to do it. A judge just threw the whole thing out. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-pol...
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Rick Bahr @rgbtoo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
No cards for Trump/Bessent to play ... paulkrugman.substack.com/p/imperialis...
paulkrugman.substack.com
Imperialist Delusions and the Price of Fuel
Trump and Bessent tried to betray Ukraine. Now they don’t have any cards.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
TEXANS, VOTE FOR TALARICO!
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
EVERYONE should go to Vote.org to check your voter registration status. Trump has unleased DHS in many states, presenting state governments with lists of THOUSANDS of voters to be removed from voting rolls. Checks show that 99% of those removed are Americans eligible to vote! Check your status!
vote.org
Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton spent 80 years proving you could have big hair, a bigger heart, a brilliant mind and absolutely no patience for anyone who underestimated you. She gave us unforgettable songs, free books for millions of children, and enough wit, rhinestones and kindness to light up Tennessee.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Absolutely 💯 True…..
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I think this is an accurate assessment - at least somewhere around this number. The problem isn’t rebuilding the bases, it’s force protection. Iran knows what works, now they’re reconstituting their capabilities during the lull in fighting. Emboldening them was a grave mistake
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Rosie O’Donnell: “Donny Boy": "Oh Donny Boy, it's Rosie, Rosie calling From Hollywood, the Jimmy Kimmel Show Drop that Big Mac that we all know you're holding Because, my dear, I worry for you so Poor Donny Boy, your polls, your polls are falling Your reflecting pool is green as Mountain Dew
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State Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 19/08/2026
A divided Arizona Supreme Court issued a major free speech ruling in June aimed at curbing dark money — and parted ways with SCOTUS’s analysis in Citizens United. Under the state constitution, corporate campaign contributions are not protected expression.
statecourtreport.org
Arizona Charts New Path for the Right to Speak Freely
In upholding an election disclosure law, the Arizona Supreme Court departed from the U.S. Supreme Court's framework for evaluating free speech claims.
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Rick Bahr @rgbtoo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
If this post was a challenge to not giggle, I’d sure fail.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/08/2026
Trump's Oman resort sits just miles from the strait where he’s promising to send in the US military.
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Trump's bombing threats have a golf course problem
His Oman resort sits just miles from the strait where he's promising to send in the US military.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The federal budget deficit for July was $432 billion. That's not the total for the first 7 months. That is JUST THE MONTH OF JULY. That's the largest monthly deficit in US history. It is even larger than during the height of the pandemic when US government spending was keeping the economy alfoat.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Fox (is not) News
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He didn’t change. They did.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Blanche is off and running in Trump's campaign of retribution and enforcing authoritarianism. The Southern Poverty Law Center has reported heavily on various hate groups that make up a chunk of Trump's base, such as the Proud Boys, 3 Percenters, etc. So, Blanche is targeting them.
theguardian.com
Trump’s justice department arrests expert on far right as part of SPLC crackdown
Prosecutors charge Heidi Beirich with financial crimes as part of case against the Southern Poverty Law Center
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