Sign in

Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦

@rickter.bsky.social
504 followers 1K following 785 posts

I write code, listen to music, and participate in my local government. People pay me to do only one of these.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 6h
Great article, but what a terribly biased, innacurate headline @npr.org. Relaxing zoning laws to allow smaller lots isn’t “forcing” anyone to build anything. This ballot question would also apply to 350 cities and towns in Massachusetts.
0231
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 15h
i simply want democrats to be the version of themselves that steven miller conjures in his nightmares
61448250
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
emmylou harris's baseball pager 🗽🫱🏿‍🫲🏻 @baseballmad.bsky.social · 16h
you quite simply love to see it
And yet, as he ringleads Trump’s vengeance campaigns, Miller actively fears retribution will one day come for him. In his more honest moments, he has told confidants about how afraid he is that liberals will try to throw him in prison after Trump is out of power, even if Trump preemptively pardons him, which will almost certainly happen.In these private, candid moments, Miller has told others that he’s convinced Democrats are going to be coming after him, his family, and his colleagues maybe for the rest of his days. Miller has talked about civil lawsuits, and Capitol Hill investigations and subpoenas – but perhaps the thing that stands tallest in his mind is local and state prosecutors who he says want to put him in a “prison cell.” Federal pardons can make it harder to prosecute former U.S. appointees locally, but such clemency does not preempt local and state prosecutions and investigations in the same way that it would federal probes.Miller has also privately said he’s worried that Democratic members of a future federal administration may try to get creative, and hunt for ways to get around Trump’s federal clemency actions. (Trump himself, thanks to his far-right pals on the Supreme Court, enjoys an expanded protection of presidential immunity; his underlings, however, don’t enjoy the same privileges… at least not yet!) Miller has also lamented the possibility that liberals will be filing lawsuits against him for years, if not decades, and complained about how the left will try to use “lawfare” to bleed him and his wife – former Trump official and current right-wing lifestyle podcaster Katie Miller – dry financially. (The Millers have a lot of money between them, and they lead at times extravagant lives and enjoy projecting an image of being some of the nation’s top MAGA socialites.)
1351923318
Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @rickter.bsky.social · 18h
Great team. 97 wins only gets you tied for second in the AL East and no postseason.
000
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Chicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Ms Rachel from the top ropes
From Ms Rachel's account on Threads, she writes, "CORECIVIC, a company that makes hundreds of millions locking up KIDS in immigration detention
has a PAC that's sending campaign checks to Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
Susan Collins chairs the Senate committee that writes ICE's budget.
ICE is CoreCivic's customer.
The company gets paid out of a budget she controls, and it pays into her campaign."
55112272972
Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @rickter.bsky.social · 19h
static.klipy.com
Excited Baby Cheering in Penguins Jersey
Alt: Excited Baby Cheering in Penguins Jersey
000
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in American history—it's no surprise that just three weeks before the election he is abusing his power to target his political opponents.
apnews.com
Agents search Rep. Omar's Washington home in criminal probe as she vows she won't 'be silenced'
Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar says she will “not be silenced” and calls a search of her Washington home part of President Donald Trump’s “intimidation” campaign.
818948
Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @rickter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
With all due respect, is this the best your comms staff can come up with? “Serious questions” is kind of pathetic. Do better.
000
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Everything about the raid on Rep. Omar’s residence is shameful. Everyone involved should lose their jobs. For a start.
593620741
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
no coming back from this without punishing the entire chain of command from the officers carrying out this shit to the people at the top giving the orders
10857701213
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Prosecute crimes. It’s that simple. They’ve done tons of them.
16108897
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
There is absolutely no viable path forward for this country that doesn’t hinge on extreme accountability for everyone involved in this administration. They’re going to whine about politicization and credulous media types will echo them, but the thing is, they’ve committed tons of obvious crimes!
8570331784
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
14754963211648
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?
Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141
675260305525
Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @rickter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Because this isn’t about buying diesel at a good price. This isn’t even about lowering the price of diesel before the midterms. This is actually about finding a way for the US to send $$$ to Russia to finance their war against Ukraine.
000
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
No doubt this has occurred to other bystanders as well, but it would seem that a handful of billionaires dropping $150 million into a single state's election in an attempt to defeat a wealth-tax initiative just about makes the entire case for a wealth-tax initiative.
403079816
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The "Party of Reagan" has the United States siding with Russian aggression against NATO allies and a brutal war on a European democratic US partner. Yes, the whole party. If they didn't, they would impeach and remove the president who is blatantly breaking US law to help fund Russia's war effort.
662686764
Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @rickter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And wow, I actually CAN read lips!
000
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Let me see if I understand this . . . 1. The U.S. is at war with Iran. 2. Russia is helping Iran in that war. 3. The U.S. is now giving Russia money that it can use to help Iran destroy U.S. bases and kill U.S. troops. Donald is smart & patriotic like that.
45470163099
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump is helping Russia who is helping Iran attack and kill Americans. So that means Trump is knowingly taking steps to weaken the US and bolster Russia and its close ally, Iran. Does that make him a traitor? Let's have the debate.... www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
timesofisrael.com
Iran able to replenish its missiles and drones, getting arms from Russia, officials tell Bloomberg
* * *
911155449
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Weird that Donald Trump's message is that people who are being assaulted can stop it all by giving up and submitting to the aggressor, so weird, so so weird
17245191000
Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @rickter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
static.klipy.com
Embarrassed Kid During Interview
ALT: Embarrassed Kid During Interview
010
Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @rickter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Putin’s Puppet. He likely got a reminder from his handler to step up his support for Russia.
010
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side
2451116604066
Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @rickter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’m curious to understand your support for Question 5. I’m with you on all the others.
000
Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @rickter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Gonzo is got dis!
0160
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
810207324627
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026
It's Artificial Intelligence. It's Twitter. It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Lake Ontario. It's the Department of Defense. It's the Kennedy Center.
605150543562
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Here is your good news post of the morning.
740899
Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @rickter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
To me the issue seems clear: Who in the Red Sox lineup is an opposing pitcher scared to face? Scared enough to pitch around him. There isn’t really one. A few players get on a hot streak like Gasper did, but not for a full season.
000
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
308122512242
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
drsmutt.bsky.social @drsmutt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
9781131
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
fortune.com
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
10041601265
Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @rickter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He only had himself to blame.
010
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is psychosis. The president of the United States is psychotic. Is the media going to start talking about this, or continue to normalize it?
42440341193
Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @rickter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They are trying to discredit the entire idea of holding a President accountable for anything. They do not intend to relinquish the Presidency. Otherwise they would be worried about adding to the powers of a Democratic President.
041
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026
i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy
1583972509
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When you have no concept of how people engage with music
nicksaraev ~
@nicksaraev
X.com
I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.
5828257886
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
199113362172
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with an Attorney General nominee? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz! [SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz
854312470
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
157165195566
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.
1543181153457
Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @rickter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They’re not sending their best.
000
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
The Mighty Jungle💙💛 @ocanannain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
031
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
1455001469
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
178125272683
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hard to imagine what that would be like
23775241267
Reposted by Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 28/09/2026
Called it again
Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh • 6h
€ UPDATE: A migrant caravan just RUSHED into Mexico and is now full steam ahead to the
U.S. Southern Border
This is NOT a freaking game! THEY ARE WAITING FOR DEMOCRATS TO TAKE POWER
VOTE RED!!
You see these people? Each one is a future Democrat voter if Dems take Congress then win in 2028.
Punish RINOs in primary season, SAVE OUR REPUBLIC IN NOVEMBER
We can kiss any hope of the SAVE America Act and ICE funding GOODBYE if Democrats take power ever again e
x.com/AnthonyAguero/…
303248553
Paul 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @rickter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tanner Houck 👀
000