RJB
@lycenae.bsky.social
Ph.D. in experimental high-energy physics. Up to my ass in Alligators on Cestus III. Interested in Politics, Science, Computers, Martial Arts, Video Games, RPGs, almost anything nerdy. Exurbia, Pacific NW. 🇺🇸
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RJB
@lycenae.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Q for marketing execs: if I buy that exercise machine you’ve been flogging to death, will it come with that empty 2000sf workout studio with glass walls high-up in a forest of serene sun-dappled trees? Asking for a guy with a dark, junk-filled basement with occasional cobwebs.
Somehow, I feel like if we’re having to explain the uniform code of military justice to stupid people, we’re losing the argument.
Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says."
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
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“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
Pentagon Investigates Misconduct Allegations Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly
The review comes after Kelly, a retired Navy captain, appeared in a video with other lawmakers telling military members not to obey unlawful orders.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Somehow, I feel like if we’re having to explain the uniform code of military justice to stupid people, we’re losing the argument.
Thing is, after a while, the only people left at DOJ will be those that are perfectly willing to be tools.
'Fear is the tool of the tyrant': Ex-DOJ officials leave scathing resignation letters
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'Fear is the tool of the tyrant': Ex-DOJ officials leave scathing messages behind
twp.ai
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Thing is, after a while, the only people left at DOJ will be those that are perfectly willing to be tools.
What does “sufficiently thankful” even look like? Maybe Zelinsky should just let him build a giant Trump hotel in the middle of Kyiv?
Ukraine’s government has been insufficiently thankful for American aid, President Trump said Sunday, as representatives from both nations were meeting to discuss a peace plan with Russia.
Trump Calls Ukraine Ungrateful, Again, for U.S. Support in War With Russia
President Trump renewed his criticism of Ukraine’s government as emissaries from Kyiv and Washington met to discuss a plan to end the war.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
What does “sufficiently thankful” even look like? Maybe Zelinsky should just let him build a giant Trump hotel in the middle of Kyiv?
I don’t think there’s really any doubt.
Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I don’t think there’s really any doubt.
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#StandWithUkraine
Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.
Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#StandWithUkraine
Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.
Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.
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I really think putting staggeringly dumb rich people who are also total jerks in charge of everything was a bad call.
November 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I really think putting staggeringly dumb rich people who are also total jerks in charge of everything was a bad call.
I think we’ll see the return of many “Dickensian” things here: child labor, rampant poverty, hellacious pollution due to lack of regulation, insane concentrations of wealth into an uncaring industrial elite. The Republicans are nostalgic for the good old days, the 1840s.
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I think we’ll see the return of many “Dickensian” things here: child labor, rampant poverty, hellacious pollution due to lack of regulation, insane concentrations of wealth into an uncaring industrial elite. The Republicans are nostalgic for the good old days, the 1840s.
He was hoping for clashes and shootings and chaos… so that he could declare martial law. Cities aren’t taking the bait.
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
He was hoping for clashes and shootings and chaos… so that he could declare martial law. Cities aren’t taking the bait.
I guess if you’re Joe Rogan you also have to believe that “radio” is a giant hoax.
Joe Rogan mocks moon landing believers: It’s 1969 and you’re on the phone with Richard Nixon from the moon? Are you out of your f*ing mind
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Joe Rogan mocks moon landing believers: It’s 1969 and you’re on the phone with Richard Nixon from the moon? Are you out of your f*ing mind
UFC commentator and podcaster Joe Rogan unleashed one of his most scathing critiques of the official moon landing narrative in a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience featuring guest…
calfkicker.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I guess if you’re Joe Rogan you also have to believe that “radio” is a giant hoax.
Hot take of the day: somebody who carries around a Bible with an American flag and Donald’s signature embossed on the front is not actually a Christian.
Trump cites the Bible on “vulnerable children,” sparks uproar #Salon
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Trump cites the Bible on "vulnerable children," sparks uproar - Salon.com
twp.ai
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hot take of the day: somebody who carries around a Bible with an American flag and Donald’s signature embossed on the front is not actually a Christian.
Don’t even defer to these people on STEM. The number of STEM graduates who can’t even explain the second law of thermodynamics is STAGGERING… fuck these ignorant people…
the amount of people who will say something like "they went to tech so you know they're smart"
YALL
math science engineering is a certain kind of skill that some ppl study but lolll plz do not defer to stem folks on all the things, just on stem things
YALL
math science engineering is a certain kind of skill that some ppl study but lolll plz do not defer to stem folks on all the things, just on stem things
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Don’t even defer to these people on STEM. The number of STEM graduates who can’t even explain the second law of thermodynamics is STAGGERING… fuck these ignorant people…
Chuck Schumer: Et tu, Brutus?
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Chuck Schumer: Et tu, Brutus?
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"...This isn’t government subsidizing people with coverage who used no care. It’s government subsidizing millions of enrollees who don’t exist in the market."
For a party that is OBSESSED about waste, why not investigate this?
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"...This isn’t government subsidizing people with coverage who used no care. It’s government subsidizing millions of enrollees who don’t exist in the market."
For a party that is OBSESSED about waste, why not investigate this?
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October 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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"...This isn’t government subsidizing people with coverage who used no care. It’s government subsidizing millions of enrollees who don’t exist in the market."
For a party that is OBSESSED about waste, why not investigate this?
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"...This isn’t government subsidizing people with coverage who used no care. It’s government subsidizing millions of enrollees who don’t exist in the market."
For a party that is OBSESSED about waste, why not investigate this?
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This just seems to be a metaphor for the United States in general: after this MAGA craziness burns itself out, there is going to be so much tacky billionaire gilding to rip out that it could take ages to clean up.
White House kitchen or Moscow brothel … it’s getting hard to distinguish between the two…
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This just seems to be a metaphor for the United States in general: after this MAGA craziness burns itself out, there is going to be so much tacky billionaire gilding to rip out that it could take ages to clean up.
Looks like Kazakhstan will be giving us a run for our money next year.
November 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Looks like Kazakhstan will be giving us a run for our money next year.
Must be nice having a leader that can speak in complete sentences and respects their country enough to keep its government open for business.
By building our strength at home and working with new trade partners around the world, we will create more prosperity for Canadian workers, families, and businesses.
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Must be nice having a leader that can speak in complete sentences and respects their country enough to keep its government open for business.
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sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
October 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
It’s still shocks me that one person can keep Congress out of session perpetually. Where the fuck is that written in the constitution?
When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.
October 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
It’s still shocks me that one person can keep Congress out of session perpetually. Where the fuck is that written in the constitution?
Turns out there is no such thing as “law” if the president decides there is no such thing as “law.” When all of law-enforcement is owned by one guy, and Congress shrugs and says “whaddya gonna do ‘bout it” like some kind of mob goon, that’s it for the Republic. Kiss it goodbye.
"The irreversible gravity of killing, coupled with the lack of a substantive legal justification, is bringing into sharper view a structural weakness of law as a check on the American presidency."
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The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Turns out there is no such thing as “law” if the president decides there is no such thing as “law.” When all of law-enforcement is owned by one guy, and Congress shrugs and says “whaddya gonna do ‘bout it” like some kind of mob goon, that’s it for the Republic. Kiss it goodbye.
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"The irreversible gravity of killing, coupled with the lack of a substantive legal justification, is bringing into sharper view a structural weakness of law as a check on the American presidency."
{ gift link } www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
{ gift link } www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"The irreversible gravity of killing, coupled with the lack of a substantive legal justification, is bringing into sharper view a structural weakness of law as a check on the American presidency."
{ gift link } www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
{ gift link } www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Probably trashed. Like the rest of the country soon to follow.
Has anyone confirmed that the priceless items in the East Wing were moved out before he demolished it?
October 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Probably trashed. Like the rest of the country soon to follow.
So… in the eyes of this administration… the only reason for the health care system to even exist is to make sure you can work harder and buff the GDP. Wow.
Dr Oz: "We should make you so healthy that you flourish in life and you engage the workplace. Getting America back to work full speed, getting you to work longer if you desire, that builds trillions of dollars of value to the GDP. That's the goal of the health system."
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
So… in the eyes of this administration… the only reason for the health care system to even exist is to make sure you can work harder and buff the GDP. Wow.
Imagine being such a thin-skinned fuck-wit that you can’t even stand a quote by… Ronald Reagan.
“.. Mr. Reagan is heard to say in the ad .. tariffs cause damage. ‘Markets shrink and collapse,’ Mr. Reagan says, ‘industries shut down and millions of people lose their jobs.’”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Imagine being such a thin-skinned fuck-wit that you can’t even stand a quote by… Ronald Reagan.
Because of course it is.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Because of course it is.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM