Grumpy Rootbeer
@grumpyrootbeer.bsky.social
He/him, mid-30s, Iowan, nerd, leftist, cat lover
It sucks to have been laid up with a tweaked lower-back all day, but it's been a good excuse to mainline the new Ken Burn's American Revolution docuseries.
February 1, 2026 at 2:05 AM
It sucks to have been laid up with a tweaked lower-back all day, but it's been a good excuse to mainline the new Ken Burn's American Revolution docuseries.
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the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
The Bond-athon nears its end. Just the two most recent to go, which are also the only two I still haven't seen.
January 30, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The Bond-athon nears its end. Just the two most recent to go, which are also the only two I still haven't seen.
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More grift.
A nursing home super PAC donated millions to Trump’s campaign.
And, lo and behold, he made it easier for them to cut staffing to pad their profits.
Literally wheeling and dealing on the backs of the elderly and the disabled.
This man’s grift knows no low.
A nursing home super PAC donated millions to Trump’s campaign.
And, lo and behold, he made it easier for them to cut staffing to pad their profits.
Literally wheeling and dealing on the backs of the elderly and the disabled.
This man’s grift knows no low.
After Donations, Trump Administration Revoked Rule Requiring More Nursing Home Staff
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM
More grift.
A nursing home super PAC donated millions to Trump’s campaign.
And, lo and behold, he made it easier for them to cut staffing to pad their profits.
Literally wheeling and dealing on the backs of the elderly and the disabled.
This man’s grift knows no low.
A nursing home super PAC donated millions to Trump’s campaign.
And, lo and behold, he made it easier for them to cut staffing to pad their profits.
Literally wheeling and dealing on the backs of the elderly and the disabled.
This man’s grift knows no low.
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I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
It finally happened. I've had to edit an official Big Bank internal document referencing the Bored Ape Yacht Club.
January 28, 2026 at 11:18 PM
It finally happened. I've had to edit an official Big Bank internal document referencing the Bored Ape Yacht Club.
One could make a very good live action Gundam movie. Do I trust that they will? Well...
Deadline: Netflix Eyeing Legendary’s Live-Action ‘Gundam’ Movie Starring Sydney Sweeney & Noah Centineo
Netflix Eyeing Legendary’s Live-Action ‘Gundam’ Movie Starring Sydney Sweeney & Noah Centineo
Netflix is coming on to distribute Legendary's live-action 'Gundam' Movie starring Sydney Sweeney and Noah Centineo.
deadline.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:51 PM
One could make a very good live action Gundam movie. Do I trust that they will? Well...
For reference, that's as many subscribers as Disney Plus has and only somewhat less than Netflix. This paper is run by delusional morons.
January 28, 2026 at 8:44 PM
For reference, that's as many subscribers as Disney Plus has and only somewhat less than Netflix. This paper is run by delusional morons.
The extent to which the right wing media machine has successfully convinced rural and exurban America to cut its own throat for the benefit of the richest and most powerful people in the country is honestly impressive.
Indiana hospitals “are expected to reach annual losses exceeding $1 billion within the next three to five years” as a result of Medicaid cuts and other issues.
Rural hospitals will be in serious jeopardy just as The Regime leaves office, exactly as planned.
Rural hospitals will be in serious jeopardy just as The Regime leaves office, exactly as planned.
January 28, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The extent to which the right wing media machine has successfully convinced rural and exurban America to cut its own throat for the benefit of the richest and most powerful people in the country is honestly impressive.
First The Line, now The Cube. I'm starting to think MBS' visionary plan to finally bring multi-billion dollar shapes to his people will never be realized.
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia shelves Mukaab 'The Cube' project, world's largest skyscraper
Saudi Arabia has suspended planned construction of a colossal cube-shaped skyscraper at the center of a downtown development in Riyadh while it reassesses the project's financing and feasibility, four...
www.reuters.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:18 AM
First The Line, now The Cube. I'm starting to think MBS' visionary plan to finally bring multi-billion dollar shapes to his people will never be realized.
Half Price Movie Night was a hit this week. Do yourself a favor and see The Testament of Ann Lee in a theater if you can. Very interesting.
A ★★★★ review of The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)
Time was you had to travel across an ocean, live in the woods, and believe a badly traumatized but well intentioned woman was Jesus Christ returned in order to get the kind of physical and emotional r...
boxd.it
January 28, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Half Price Movie Night was a hit this week. Do yourself a favor and see The Testament of Ann Lee in a theater if you can. Very interesting.
I... they literally have to drive past a gas station just to park at this event!
Nunn just tried to say gas is under $2. Guys, it is not under $2.
January 27, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I... they literally have to drive past a gas station just to park at this event!
Well, Donnie, what happened is that even just twenty years ago at this time of year, the snow that fell in November and December would still be on the ground. Instead there is at best light dusting of snow because there been so many above freezing days that every previous snowfall has melted.
Trump: "Whatever happened to global warming?" (It's cold in Iowa right now.)
January 27, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Well, Donnie, what happened is that even just twenty years ago at this time of year, the snow that fell in November and December would still be on the ground. Instead there is at best light dusting of snow because there been so many above freezing days that every previous snowfall has melted.
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Do not do this. Listen to @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social instead. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
January 27, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Do not do this. Listen to @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social instead. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
This is far more of a finance, education, medicine, or manufacturing state than it is an ag state and it's ridiculous that we cling to the delusion that it's otherwise
This isn't a bad article by NYT standards, but it reinforces the false idea promoted by big ag that Iowa's "economy is heavily reliant on farming" (while linking to a piece about North Dakota lol). The reality is that farming is a small portion of the state's economy and labor force, less than 5% 1/
As Trump Heads to Iowa to Trumpet Economy, Many Residents Feel Pain
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
This is far more of a finance, education, medicine, or manufacturing state than it is an ag state and it's ridiculous that we cling to the delusion that it's otherwise
Me at 12: Dad is so lame, he only listens to music from when he was like 25.
Me at 38: oh no
Me at 38: oh no
January 27, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Me at 12: Dad is so lame, he only listens to music from when he was like 25.
Me at 38: oh no
Me at 38: oh no
Kind of fascinating to see the latency of the Republican messaging machine at times like this. National figures are already signaling that they want to find a way to step back on ICE. Meanwhile on the state and local levels, you have folks like my AG still pushing last week's "comply or die" line.
January 27, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Kind of fascinating to see the latency of the Republican messaging machine at times like this. National figures are already signaling that they want to find a way to step back on ICE. Meanwhile on the state and local levels, you have folks like my AG still pushing last week's "comply or die" line.
I get the feeling someone isn't getting into the Christmas Adventurers club after all.
"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports
January 27, 2026 at 3:14 AM
I get the feeling someone isn't getting into the Christmas Adventurers club after all.
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Big tech more like big dreck
January 26, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Big tech more like big dreck
Shocked to learn that people in their 20s aren't super into the shit they were way into in grade school.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Shocked to learn that people in their 20s aren't super into the shit they were way into in grade school.
It's crazy that the American gestapo is being led by a man whose name means "as dumb as a cow" in Portuguese.
January 26, 2026 at 9:56 PM
It's crazy that the American gestapo is being led by a man whose name means "as dumb as a cow" in Portuguese.
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I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage
January 26, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage
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So in summary, the Twitter male ideal is a man who works out 3X a week, lives on a farm with kids who stay home all day, has a wife who only bakes, eats nothing but red meat which is not baked, has acute constipation, a towering IQ and is rendered catatonic by the sound of a whistle
January 25, 2026 at 7:38 PM
So in summary, the Twitter male ideal is a man who works out 3X a week, lives on a farm with kids who stay home all day, has a wife who only bakes, eats nothing but red meat which is not baked, has acute constipation, a towering IQ and is rendered catatonic by the sound of a whistle