Gene Ouye
@gkouye.bsky.social
I'll have to think of something intelligent to put here - but for now, I'm not thrilled with other social media apps. Government is us and it should work for the people, not billionaires and corporations... neurodivergent... oops, out of space...
(Tue 9.Dec) #waffle1418 5/5
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🔥 streak: 440
🧞 #wafflegenius
wafflegame.net
Whoa... 4 counterintuitive double swaps on the starting board. I can see a lot of low scores coming from this one.
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🔥 streak: 440
🧞 #wafflegenius
wafflegame.net
Whoa... 4 counterintuitive double swaps on the starting board. I can see a lot of low scores coming from this one.
December 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
(Tue 9.Dec) #waffle1418 5/5
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🔥 streak: 440
🧞 #wafflegenius
wafflegame.net
Whoa... 4 counterintuitive double swaps on the starting board. I can see a lot of low scores coming from this one.
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🔥 streak: 440
🧞 #wafflegenius
wafflegame.net
Whoa... 4 counterintuitive double swaps on the starting board. I can see a lot of low scores coming from this one.
(Tue 9.Dec) #Polygonle 1227 3/6︎
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www.polygonle.com
Wow, this was tricky
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Wow, this was tricky
December 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
(Tue 9.Dec) #Polygonle 1227 3/6︎
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(Tue 9.Dec) #Wordle 1,634 3/6
#Wordle_NYT
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"No one in our sample of 247,245 completed Wordles faced this scenario!" 😄
Overall 77 skill/68 luck
Not many possibilities after my 2nd word. Picked one that should either hit or show me the answer—it hit
#Wordle_NYT
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"No one in our sample of 247,245 completed Wordles faced this scenario!" 😄
Overall 77 skill/68 luck
Not many possibilities after my 2nd word. Picked one that should either hit or show me the answer—it hit
December 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
(Tue 9.Dec) #Wordle 1,634 3/6
#Wordle_NYT
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"No one in our sample of 247,245 completed Wordles faced this scenario!" 😄
Overall 77 skill/68 luck
Not many possibilities after my 2nd word. Picked one that should either hit or show me the answer—it hit
#Wordle_NYT
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"No one in our sample of 247,245 completed Wordles faced this scenario!" 😄
Overall 77 skill/68 luck
Not many possibilities after my 2nd word. Picked one that should either hit or show me the answer—it hit
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
(Tue 9.Dec) Daily #1395
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sedecordle.com
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sedecordle.com
#sedecordle
Not too high stress
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
(Tue 9.Dec) Daily #1395
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sedecordle.com
#sedecordle
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sedecordle.com
#sedecordle
Not too high stress
(Tue 9.Dec) #Pips #113 Easy 🟢
2:13
Holy crap, this was a lot more tricky than an Easy normally is, lol
Pips #113 Medium 🟡
0:36 🍪
Hard to believe this was simpler than the Easy, lol
Pips #113 Hard 🔴
13:21
This was way too much work, lol
2:13
Holy crap, this was a lot more tricky than an Easy normally is, lol
Pips #113 Medium 🟡
0:36 🍪
Hard to believe this was simpler than the Easy, lol
Pips #113 Hard 🔴
13:21
This was way too much work, lol
December 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
(Tue 9.Dec) #Pips #113 Easy 🟢
2:13
Holy crap, this was a lot more tricky than an Easy normally is, lol
Pips #113 Medium 🟡
0:36 🍪
Hard to believe this was simpler than the Easy, lol
Pips #113 Hard 🔴
13:21
This was way too much work, lol
2:13
Holy crap, this was a lot more tricky than an Easy normally is, lol
Pips #113 Medium 🟡
0:36 🍪
Hard to believe this was simpler than the Easy, lol
Pips #113 Hard 🔴
13:21
This was way too much work, lol
"[T]here are signs that Republican lawmakers are finally joining the Democrats to push back against Trump’s quest for power."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 8, 2025
Last Wednesday, December 3, a reporter asked President Donald J.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"[T]here are signs that Republican lawmakers are finally joining the Democrats to push back against Trump’s quest for power."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
"We need to have a serious conversation about Donald Trump’s health — what we know, and, more importantly, what we don’t know, which is a lot. Just how bad or good is it? ... [B]y any reasonable analysis he is not a picture of good health, to say the least."
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
How Sick Is He?
The physical and mental health of the president is a state secret
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"We need to have a serious conversation about Donald Trump’s health — what we know, and, more importantly, what we don’t know, which is a lot. Just how bad or good is it? ... [B]y any reasonable analysis he is not a picture of good health, to say the least."
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
"Trump’s “round table” on farm aid is really just another hour-long infomercial for his own myth-making, with agriculture as a prop and $12 billion worth of bandages slapped over wounds he helped inflict."
open.substack.com/pub/whatdidd...
open.substack.com/pub/whatdidd...
Trump's $12 Billion Socialist Bailout of Farmers
Uses taxpayer dollars to "solve" a problem he alone created
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"Trump’s “round table” on farm aid is really just another hour-long infomercial for his own myth-making, with agriculture as a prop and $12 billion worth of bandages slapped over wounds he helped inflict."
open.substack.com/pub/whatdidd...
open.substack.com/pub/whatdidd...
"[I]n the last few weeks, Trump and his Administration seem to have broken through the lying speed of light, emerging into a whole new universe of bullshit."
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
Trump’s Alternate-Reality Government
“They’re describing events from a universe where facts operate under different rules.”
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"[I]n the last few weeks, Trump and his Administration seem to have broken through the lying speed of light, emerging into a whole new universe of bullshit."
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
"[T]ransparency isn’t a hallmark of the Trump White House, despite its constant claims to the contrary. Indeed, it may take significant public outcry for a release of the footage to happen..."
open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
A Double-Tap, A Dozen Excuses
The shifting justifications and narratives suggest consciousness of guilt by the military.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"[T]ransparency isn’t a hallmark of the Trump White House, despite its constant claims to the contrary. Indeed, it may take significant public outcry for a release of the footage to happen..."
open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
"someone’s lying. gee, if there were only some way to know who to believe — the lying liar with an extensive history of lying, or the guy who wants everyone to see the video, and witness with their own two eyes what happened?
open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...
open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...
what kind of shithole senator roots for war crimes?
Tom Cotton justifies murder, because one guy was ‘taking off his shirt.’ what the fuck?
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
"someone’s lying. gee, if there were only some way to know who to believe — the lying liar with an extensive history of lying, or the guy who wants everyone to see the video, and witness with their own two eyes what happened?
open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...
open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...
This is true...
"CBT’s foundation is the idea that your thoughts are irrational or distorted, and that by challenging them, you change how you feel.
"But here’s the problem:
Autistic adults’ stress is often a logical reaction to real problems."
open.substack.com/pub/theautis...
"CBT’s foundation is the idea that your thoughts are irrational or distorted, and that by challenging them, you change how you feel.
"But here’s the problem:
Autistic adults’ stress is often a logical reaction to real problems."
open.substack.com/pub/theautis...
Why Traditional Therapy (CBT) Might Not Work for Autistic Adults
and What To Do Instead
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This is true...
"CBT’s foundation is the idea that your thoughts are irrational or distorted, and that by challenging them, you change how you feel.
"But here’s the problem:
Autistic adults’ stress is often a logical reaction to real problems."
open.substack.com/pub/theautis...
"CBT’s foundation is the idea that your thoughts are irrational or distorted, and that by challenging them, you change how you feel.
"But here’s the problem:
Autistic adults’ stress is often a logical reaction to real problems."
open.substack.com/pub/theautis...
"During an interview aired Sunday, Dem Sen. Tammy Duckworth slammed Trump and Hegseth over their military strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean."
open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...
open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...
Trump’s Racist Garbage Comments Spark Protests in Somalia While Duckworth Blasts His Abuse Of Power and AOC Exposes His Tariffs As Cover For Greedy Corporate Price Gouging
Onward!
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
"During an interview aired Sunday, Dem Sen. Tammy Duckworth slammed Trump and Hegseth over their military strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean."
open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...
open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...
"The lawsuit alleges that government officials - acting in their official capacity - pressured Apple into removing the ICEBlock app from the Apple App Store in violation of Mr. Aaron’s 1st Amendment protected expression."
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
EXCLUSIVE: ICEBlock App Developer to Sue ICE, DHS, DOJ, White House Officials
ICEBlock app developer Joshua Aaron is suing multiple federal agency officials for violating his 1st Amendment rights after they coerced Apple into removing ICEBlock from its App Store
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
"The lawsuit alleges that government officials - acting in their official capacity - pressured Apple into removing the ICEBlock app from the Apple App Store in violation of Mr. Aaron’s 1st Amendment protected expression."
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
Charlie Angus:
"For the last year, I have been warning that Canada must come to terms with the fact that we are living next to a neighbour that is heavily armed, militant and determined to break us."
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
"For the last year, I have been warning that Canada must come to terms with the fact that we are living next to a neighbour that is heavily armed, militant and determined to break us."
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
The Gangster Regime Revealed
Any pundit, politician or commentator who thought that Canada could make its way through this so-called rough patch in U.S.-Canadian relations and come out the other end needs to think again.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Charlie Angus:
"For the last year, I have been warning that Canada must come to terms with the fact that we are living next to a neighbour that is heavily armed, militant and determined to break us."
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
"For the last year, I have been warning that Canada must come to terms with the fact that we are living next to a neighbour that is heavily armed, militant and determined to break us."
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
"[W]hat the majority wrote in justifying the Court’s intervention [in the Texas redistricting case] is striking for at least three reasons, each of which Justice Kagan skewered in an especially biting 17-page dissent."
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
196. Justice Kagan's Texas Redistricting Dissent
As unsurprising as the Supreme Court's intervention in the Texas redistricting case may have been, Justice Kagan's dissent is still a telling indictment of another emergency ruling that lost its way.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"[W]hat the majority wrote in justifying the Court’s intervention [in the Texas redistricting case] is striking for at least three reasons, each of which Justice Kagan skewered in an especially biting 17-page dissent."
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
"There was a time, not so long ago, when America was the leader of the free world...
"MAGA, however, doesn’t want to be part of that world. In fact, it doesn’t want a world of democracy, civil liberties and the rule of law to exist..."
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"MAGA, however, doesn’t want to be part of that world. In fact, it doesn’t want a world of democracy, civil liberties and the rule of law to exist..."
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Is This The End of the Free World?
Trump wants to MAGAfy Europe, too
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"There was a time, not so long ago, when America was the leader of the free world...
"MAGA, however, doesn’t want to be part of that world. In fact, it doesn’t want a world of democracy, civil liberties and the rule of law to exist..."
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
"MAGA, however, doesn’t want to be part of that world. In fact, it doesn’t want a world of democracy, civil liberties and the rule of law to exist..."
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
"[V]irtually every crisis America is facing right now is either caused or exacerbated by the corruption of big money authorized by those corrupt Republicans on our Supreme Court."
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
The Billionaire Coup: How the Supreme Court and Corporate Money Captured America
Our elections, our media, even our justice system, are all owned by the few. The Powell Memo lit the match; Citizens United poured on the gasoline. The fire of corruption is now a national inferno...
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"[V]irtually every crisis America is facing right now is either caused or exacerbated by the corruption of big money authorized by those corrupt Republicans on our Supreme Court."
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
"Many of you expressed disillusionment, or even rage, at “Big Journalism,” or mainstream media — or whatever you want to call the big traditional institutions."
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Trust in mainstream media is at rock bottom. Can it be fixed?
Why so many news consumers are turning to individual voices and away from institutions
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"Many of you expressed disillusionment, or even rage, at “Big Journalism,” or mainstream media — or whatever you want to call the big traditional institutions."
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Did it make you forget Epstein?
"The NSS is an internally contradictory articulation of Trump’s incoherent, inconsistent foreign policy, which is itself driven by the emotional outbursts of a president ignorant of history, economics, sociology, and science...
1/4
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
"The NSS is an internally contradictory articulation of Trump’s incoherent, inconsistent foreign policy, which is itself driven by the emotional outbursts of a president ignorant of history, economics, sociology, and science...
1/4
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
Placing Trump’s new “National Security Strategy” in perspective
December 8, 2025
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Did it make you forget Epstein?
"The NSS is an internally contradictory articulation of Trump’s incoherent, inconsistent foreign policy, which is itself driven by the emotional outbursts of a president ignorant of history, economics, sociology, and science...
1/4
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
"The NSS is an internally contradictory articulation of Trump’s incoherent, inconsistent foreign policy, which is itself driven by the emotional outbursts of a president ignorant of history, economics, sociology, and science...
1/4
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
"Although American lawmakers are deeply troubled with strikes that seem illegal and may be war crimes, Russian officials are happy with U.S. foreign policy."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 7, 2025
“I think it’s really important that this video be made public,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said today on Face the Nation. Himes was referring to a video of the September 2 U.S. military strike on...
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Although American lawmakers are deeply troubled with strikes that seem illegal and may be war crimes, Russian officials are happy with U.S. foreign policy."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Be aware that the American Gestapo is watching... 🙄
A heads-up state and federal agencies are actively monitoring online activity tied to criticism and protest of the immigration crackdown in New Orleans. That includes social media comments, posts, group chats, and other digital spaces.
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Be aware that the American Gestapo is watching... 🙄