BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic
@bobbygvegas.bsky.social
🥃 Retired: Statistical analyst [Bayes, Chebychev,Taleb, rpart() 🤣], ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, writer, UNLV MA/EPS & adjunct (BGladd.com/unlv), musician, photographer. PD dx: dyskinesiac; Sinemet Still Sux. Grandpa❤️ Great-Grandpa❤️ BGladd.com KHIT.org
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I didn’t get my first college degree until age 39. Prior to that, I played guitar on the road for a so-called living. Busking.BGladd.com.
I got my MA at age 52, at UNLV. THAT diploma authorizes me to park in handicap spaces. 🤣 Just an old coot now. BGladd.com/NYIrish.jpg
I got my MA at age 52, at UNLV. THAT diploma authorizes me to park in handicap spaces. 🤣 Just an old coot now. BGladd.com/NYIrish.jpg
Re: The endless TV commercials lately hawking “Carshield.com“ and “Endurance.com,“ am I the ONLY person experiencing recurrent olfactory wafts of “Ponzi?“
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Re: The endless TV commercials lately hawking “Carshield.com“ and “Endurance.com,“ am I the ONLY person experiencing recurrent olfactory wafts of “Ponzi?“
@benmckenzie.bsky.social “the gift of bitcoin” … banner seen on the Barstool Sports site. 😵💫
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@benmckenzie.bsky.social “the gift of bitcoin” … banner seen on the Barstool Sports site. 😵💫
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I appreciate this review of GILDED RAGE alongside
David Morris' STEALING THE FUTURE, which says they are "among the most important books of the year."
prospect.org/2025/12/09/a...
David Morris' STEALING THE FUTURE, which says they are "among the most important books of the year."
prospect.org/2025/12/09/a...
Artifice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - The American Prospect
To understand the tech mindset is to see that the ultimate goal is domination. Silicon Valley elites apply a different standard to themselves because, quite simply, they believe that they deserve a di...
prospect.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I appreciate this review of GILDED RAGE alongside
David Morris' STEALING THE FUTURE, which says they are "among the most important books of the year."
prospect.org/2025/12/09/a...
David Morris' STEALING THE FUTURE, which says they are "among the most important books of the year."
prospect.org/2025/12/09/a...
Donald data update. khit.org… @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @karaswisher.bsky.social @kaitlancollins.bsky.social @jaketapper.bsky.social @therickwilson.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
KHIT.org updates… Define “stupidity.” Also, what are “endofactors.” @brianklaas.bsky.social @kaitlancollins.bsky.social @jaketapper.bsky.social @karaswisher.bsky.social @profgalloway.com @jimmykimmel.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
KHIT.org updates… Define “stupidity.” Also, what are “endofactors.” @brianklaas.bsky.social @kaitlancollins.bsky.social @jaketapper.bsky.social @karaswisher.bsky.social @profgalloway.com @jimmykimmel.com
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There’s no ambiguity anymore. Independent investigators revealed Hegseth endangered servicemembers’ lives.
How is this man still in a job he’s dangerously bad at?
How is this man still in a job he’s dangerously bad at?
December 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
There’s no ambiguity anymore. Independent investigators revealed Hegseth endangered servicemembers’ lives.
How is this man still in a job he’s dangerously bad at?
How is this man still in a job he’s dangerously bad at?
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This year, I set out to chronicle free speech under the Trump admin. No small feat. Trump attacks dissent & leverages the White House to go after critics constantly. But how? Read our bombshell new @freepress.bsky.social report. I'm proud & horrified: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...
Chokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance
This Free Press report examines the Trump administration’s hostile relationship with dissent and free expression in 2025. It analyzes how Trump and his political enablers have sought to undermine and ...
www.freepress.net
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This year, I set out to chronicle free speech under the Trump admin. No small feat. Trump attacks dissent & leverages the White House to go after critics constantly. But how? Read our bombshell new @freepress.bsky.social report. I'm proud & horrified: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...
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This is nonsense and will be blocked legally: Trump Promises Executive Order to Block State A.I. Regulations www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Trump Promises Executive Order to Block State A.I. Regulations
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is nonsense and will be blocked legally: Trump Promises Executive Order to Block State A.I. Regulations www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
That was my layman takeaway sense of the Supreme Court oral arguments today. They only need 5 votes. @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @harrylitman.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
That was my layman takeaway sense of the Supreme Court oral arguments today. They only need 5 votes. @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @harrylitman.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
Multitasking this morning, listening to SCOTUS Orals on the “Trump vs Slaughter“ FTC case. Agarwal is getting ripped up pretty good by justices Thomas & Alito. IMAGINE OUR SURPRISE. Also just finished reading up on Saylor’s Bitcoin mess in the @newyorker.com @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Multitasking this morning, listening to SCOTUS Orals on the “Trump vs Slaughter“ FTC case. Agarwal is getting ripped up pretty good by justices Thomas & Alito. IMAGINE OUR SURPRISE. Also just finished reading up on Saylor’s Bitcoin mess in the @newyorker.com @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social
What Happens When an “Infinite-Money Machine” Unravels www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin... … @benmckenzie.bsky.social @jacobsilverman.com @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social
What Happens When an “Infinite-Money Machine” Unravels
After Michael Saylor’s software company Strategy stockpiled hundreds of thousands of bitcoins, he was hailed as an alchemist. Then things went awry.
www.newyorker.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
What Happens When an “Infinite-Money Machine” Unravels www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin... … @benmckenzie.bsky.social @jacobsilverman.com @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social
Another Silicon Valley Badass. www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
Billionaire pushes return of public hangings as part of 'masculine leadership' initiative
Venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale, a co-founder of data platform company Palantir, is calling for the return of public hangings as part of a broader push to restore what he describes as “masculine leade...
www.rawstory.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Another Silicon Valley Badass. www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
As always, the tireless Donald Trump is hard at work. His latest Executive Order. /s … khit.org @kaitlancollins.bsky.social @jaketapper.bsky.social @karaswisher.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @theonion.com @maddow.bsky.social @radiofreetom.bsky.social @therickwilson.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
As always, the tireless Donald Trump is hard at work. His latest Executive Order. /s … khit.org @kaitlancollins.bsky.social @jaketapper.bsky.social @karaswisher.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @theonion.com @maddow.bsky.social @radiofreetom.bsky.social @therickwilson.bsky.social
Trump data update.
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Trump data update.
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Doesn’t make me a bad person 🤷♀️
December 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Doesn’t make me a bad person 🤷♀️
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Of course he did — this is not checkers www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Sources: Ted Sarandos Met With Donald Trump Ahead of Netflix’s Winning Warner Bros. Deal
As the streaming giant aims to acquire the legacy studio, multiple insiders say that a recent conversation between its CEO and the President may have helped pave the way.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Of course he did — this is not checkers www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Someone who pardons drug dealers is not fighting a war on drugs
December 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Someone who pardons drug dealers is not fighting a war on drugs
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KHIT.org update… From each according to his ability. To each according to his Need. @karaswisher.bsky.social @kaitlancollins.bsky.social @jaketapper.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @therickwilson.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
KHIT.org update… From each according to his ability. To each according to his Need. @karaswisher.bsky.social @kaitlancollins.bsky.social @jaketapper.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @therickwilson.bsky.social
Word. David Frum in @theatlantic.com … @benmckenzie.bsky.social @jacobsilverman.com @davidfrum.bsky.social @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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💥 Powerful words from Sen. Mark Kelly.
“He’s trying to silence me, but he’s not silencing me. I will do my job every single day whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I’m not going to shut up.”
That is what real courage sounds like.
“He’s trying to silence me, but he’s not silencing me. I will do my job every single day whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I’m not going to shut up.”
That is what real courage sounds like.
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
💥 Powerful words from Sen. Mark Kelly.
“He’s trying to silence me, but he’s not silencing me. I will do my job every single day whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I’m not going to shut up.”
That is what real courage sounds like.
“He’s trying to silence me, but he’s not silencing me. I will do my job every single day whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I’m not going to shut up.”
That is what real courage sounds like.