Astrid
@dastardlyastrid.bsky.social
Reluctant misanthrope. Midwestern atheist. Curious scientist. Descendant of two American Revolutionary War officers and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. I also like pickles.
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
Has any other president put his own name on something *during* his own term in office?
Trump does not appear to understand that it’s not done by the person who has the name. It’s done by other people. He’s acting like he owns it and can plaster his name across it, like his gaudy Tower.
Trump does not appear to understand that it’s not done by the person who has the name. It’s done by other people. He’s acting like he owns it and can plaster his name across it, like his gaudy Tower.
December 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Has any other president put his own name on something *during* his own term in office?
Trump does not appear to understand that it’s not done by the person who has the name. It’s done by other people. He’s acting like he owns it and can plaster his name across it, like his gaudy Tower.
Trump does not appear to understand that it’s not done by the person who has the name. It’s done by other people. He’s acting like he owns it and can plaster his name across it, like his gaudy Tower.
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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America: Did you order the code Red?
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
America: Did you order the code Red?
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
Most important news of today.
Dick Van Dyke Celebrates Early 100th Birthday with 2-Hour Sing-Along — People
Van Dyke is turning 100 on Dec. 13 and kicked off the exciting birthday with a Vandy High Tea charity event at his and Arlene Silver's home on Nov. 30
apple.news
December 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Most important news of today.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
The way citizens/voters react to MTG’s confession that she was conned by QAnon and is now targeted by Trump for doing what is right — more possible Trump defectors are watching closely. How citizens react is important. They need to know we are on the side of what’s right, regardless of the person.
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The way citizens/voters react to MTG’s confession that she was conned by QAnon and is now targeted by Trump for doing what is right — more possible Trump defectors are watching closely. How citizens react is important. They need to know we are on the side of what’s right, regardless of the person.
One of my favorites of all time. I’m sad to hear that he feels diminished — he will always be one of the biggest stars to me.
#DickVanDyke
#DickVanDyke
Dick Van Dyke says he's frustrated to 'feel diminished' ahead of 100th birthday
Dick Van Dyke opened up about the physical deterioration he experiences in his day-to-day life ahead of his 100th birthday next month.
www.usatoday.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
One of my favorites of all time. I’m sad to hear that he feels diminished — he will always be one of the biggest stars to me.
#DickVanDyke
#DickVanDyke
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A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
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November 13, 2025
November 13, 2025
We are watching the ideology of the far-right MAGAs smash against reality, with President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
November 13, 2025
I was reading BuzzFeed and a 13-year-old was writing about how their friends were Republicans. 13 years old. I had no idea what that meant when I was 13. Has this 24-hr/day reality tv politics obsession gotten this out of hand?
October 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I was reading BuzzFeed and a 13-year-old was writing about how their friends were Republicans. 13 years old. I had no idea what that meant when I was 13. Has this 24-hr/day reality tv politics obsession gotten this out of hand?
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He was so butthurt by millions protesting his authoritarian regime, he posted an AI clip of him in a fighter jet dumping crap on people exercising their constitutional rights.
It’s the kind of reaction you would expect from a mentally unhinged lunatic or a petulant child.
Not a President.
It’s the kind of reaction you would expect from a mentally unhinged lunatic or a petulant child.
Not a President.
October 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
He was so butthurt by millions protesting his authoritarian regime, he posted an AI clip of him in a fighter jet dumping crap on people exercising their constitutional rights.
It’s the kind of reaction you would expect from a mentally unhinged lunatic or a petulant child.
Not a President.
It’s the kind of reaction you would expect from a mentally unhinged lunatic or a petulant child.
Not a President.
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While people continue to struggle to get FEMA aid approved after their lives were destroyed by natural disasters.
October 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
While people continue to struggle to get FEMA aid approved after their lives were destroyed by natural disasters.
It is crazy to me that a con man grifter with an IQ of about 80 currently has half the country kneeling at his feet, lying for him, pandering to him, sucking up to him.
He’s a disgusting fraud. Full stop. Anyone with half a brain should know better.
He’s a disgusting fraud. Full stop. Anyone with half a brain should know better.
October 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It is crazy to me that a con man grifter with an IQ of about 80 currently has half the country kneeling at his feet, lying for him, pandering to him, sucking up to him.
He’s a disgusting fraud. Full stop. Anyone with half a brain should know better.
He’s a disgusting fraud. Full stop. Anyone with half a brain should know better.
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I’ve stopped reading the news because I don’t need a constant reminder that the worst people we know are getting everything they want.
October 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I’ve stopped reading the news because I don’t need a constant reminder that the worst people we know are getting everything they want.
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This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress.
Everything else is noise and bluster.
This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.
Everything else is noise and bluster.
This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.
October 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress.
Everything else is noise and bluster.
This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.
Everything else is noise and bluster.
This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.
Please read this and share it. Atrocities aren’t just being committed in the present day, the United States is being reshaped and in the future it will look nothing like the democracy it did a year ago. The reshaping is intended to be permanent.
October 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Please read this and share it. Atrocities aren’t just being committed in the present day, the United States is being reshaped and in the future it will look nothing like the democracy it did a year ago. The reshaping is intended to be permanent.
Have you ever noticed that whenever anyone says “I have no choice,” what they mean is “I have a choice and I am choosing whatever will hurt you the most.”
October 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Have you ever noticed that whenever anyone says “I have no choice,” what they mean is “I have a choice and I am choosing whatever will hurt you the most.”
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⚠️ Warning: these back-to-back scenes are hard to watch unless you’ve got a depraved heart.
These are thugs, not officers with any real training. We keep seeing it again and again, and at this point, it’s clearly the op.
These are thugs, not officers with any real training. We keep seeing it again and again, and at this point, it’s clearly the op.
October 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
⚠️ Warning: these back-to-back scenes are hard to watch unless you’ve got a depraved heart.
These are thugs, not officers with any real training. We keep seeing it again and again, and at this point, it’s clearly the op.
These are thugs, not officers with any real training. We keep seeing it again and again, and at this point, it’s clearly the op.
The Young Republicans who got caught all sound exactly like someone who’s been cheating for years but acts like the REAL offense is that their spouse went into their phone and found the evidence.
October 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The Young Republicans who got caught all sound exactly like someone who’s been cheating for years but acts like the REAL offense is that their spouse went into their phone and found the evidence.
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Congrats to Joel Mokyr, a professor at Northwestern in IL, on being awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.
His groundbreaking work on sustained economic growth ignites innovative solutions — leading to a brighter outlook for our future.
His groundbreaking work on sustained economic growth ignites innovative solutions — leading to a brighter outlook for our future.
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction. n.pr/4oh42lZ
3 share Nobel Prize in Economics for work on technology, growth and creative destruction
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction.
n.pr
October 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Congrats to Joel Mokyr, a professor at Northwestern in IL, on being awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.
His groundbreaking work on sustained economic growth ignites innovative solutions — leading to a brighter outlook for our future.
His groundbreaking work on sustained economic growth ignites innovative solutions — leading to a brighter outlook for our future.
Why is the rest of the world still acting like they should listen to anything this clearly deranged and unhinged man says? I know they laugh about him behind his back — it’s time to start laughing in his face. He should be in a home. I’ve lost respect for everyone who keeps acting like he’s fine.
Cigars and Champagne? Pfft! Trump’s call to pardon Netanyahu stuns Israel
U.S. president wades into domestic Israeli politics from his bully pulpit in the Knesset.
www.politico.eu
October 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Why is the rest of the world still acting like they should listen to anything this clearly deranged and unhinged man says? I know they laugh about him behind his back — it’s time to start laughing in his face. He should be in a home. I’ve lost respect for everyone who keeps acting like he’s fine.
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Timeline cleanse:
This guy hanging out with his pet kittens
This guy hanging out with his pet kittens
October 13, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Timeline cleanse:
This guy hanging out with his pet kittens
This guy hanging out with his pet kittens
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There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.
October 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.
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This is your periodic reminder that only a year and a half ago, the criminal elected president by 77 million idiots was sitting in a courtroom about to be convicted of 34 felonies.
October 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is your periodic reminder that only a year and a half ago, the criminal elected president by 77 million idiots was sitting in a courtroom about to be convicted of 34 felonies.