Pete Del Re
@pdel.bsky.social
Two jobs; one dog.
Needer of naps (me... the dog gets plenty).
Chicago.
Needer of naps (me... the dog gets plenty).
Chicago.
Hey everyone - We've been given an assignment!
Feel free to complete it 87 times!
Feel free to complete it 87 times!
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Hey everyone - We've been given an assignment!
Feel free to complete it 87 times!
Feel free to complete it 87 times!
👏👏👏👏
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
👏👏👏👏
Thanksgiving lasagna was invented this afternoon. Bottom up: mashed, turkey, stuffing, turkey, spinach and mushrooms with gravy.
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Thanksgiving lasagna was invented this afternoon. Bottom up: mashed, turkey, stuffing, turkey, spinach and mushrooms with gravy.
I remember when Ezra Klein left The Washington Post to create Vox - a platform for long form explainers on politics and worldly matters of import.
Now it serves up clickbait to scare you away from your thanksgiving dinner.
(spoiler: the deadly disease is high blood pressure)
Now it serves up clickbait to scare you away from your thanksgiving dinner.
(spoiler: the deadly disease is high blood pressure)
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I remember when Ezra Klein left The Washington Post to create Vox - a platform for long form explainers on politics and worldly matters of import.
Now it serves up clickbait to scare you away from your thanksgiving dinner.
(spoiler: the deadly disease is high blood pressure)
Now it serves up clickbait to scare you away from your thanksgiving dinner.
(spoiler: the deadly disease is high blood pressure)
The alternate story is that they likely know EXACTLY how to tweak the algorithm and moderation in the other direction....
but 'depressed and anxious' brings in more revenue than 'happy and supported'.
Factories and mines are no longer grinding people to dust for profit, but this ain't much better.
but 'depressed and anxious' brings in more revenue than 'happy and supported'.
Factories and mines are no longer grinding people to dust for profit, but this ain't much better.
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The alternate story is that they likely know EXACTLY how to tweak the algorithm and moderation in the other direction....
but 'depressed and anxious' brings in more revenue than 'happy and supported'.
Factories and mines are no longer grinding people to dust for profit, but this ain't much better.
but 'depressed and anxious' brings in more revenue than 'happy and supported'.
Factories and mines are no longer grinding people to dust for profit, but this ain't much better.
Oh. Oh no.
The rhythm section on the Other Side just got a bit more groovy.
The rhythm section on the Other Side just got a bit more groovy.
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Oh. Oh no.
The rhythm section on the Other Side just got a bit more groovy.
The rhythm section on the Other Side just got a bit more groovy.
Remember the woman CBP agents claimed rammed them so they had to shoot her?
I know you'll all be shocked to learn they dropped the charges because CBP/ICE is consistently FULL OF SHIT
I know you'll all be shocked to learn they dropped the charges because CBP/ICE is consistently FULL OF SHIT
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors have dismissed all charges against two Chicagoans, including a woman shot by federal agents, who were accused of ramming a vehicle driven by Border Patrol agents on Oct. 4, court records show.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
2 Chicagoans, Including Woman Shot by Federal Agents, Charged with Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle
Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, are facing felony charges of “forcibly assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer,” federal prosecutors announc...
news.wttw.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Remember the woman CBP agents claimed rammed them so they had to shoot her?
I know you'll all be shocked to learn they dropped the charges because CBP/ICE is consistently FULL OF SHIT
I know you'll all be shocked to learn they dropped the charges because CBP/ICE is consistently FULL OF SHIT
this right here
Note for Democratic politicians: you don't have to start your condemnations of ICE raids with "We all want to catch violent criminals, but..." Just say "These raids have nothing to do with catching criminals and everything to do with terrorizing innocent minority groups."
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 AM
this right here
I love this for them!
(and for us)
(and for us)
Key context from the Texas Tribune: www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I love this for them!
(and for us)
(and for us)
What absolute fresh hell is this abomination!?!?
This is downright ghoulish
This is downright ghoulish
This is also an indication of how badly we need trauma informed care. It's like we've created widespread arrested development where people don't have to process their emotions, they can just distract themselves or get a chat bot to confirm their worst ideas.
No processing, just delusions.
No processing, just delusions.
New insult to life itself just dropped
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
What absolute fresh hell is this abomination!?!?
This is downright ghoulish
This is downright ghoulish
They buried the lede:
The Vice President thinks housing is a right!
The Vice President thinks housing is a right!
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
They buried the lede:
The Vice President thinks housing is a right!
The Vice President thinks housing is a right!
Neat
A man I love in a time travel film where he saves the future from evil Al?
Hell yes.
youtu.be/CaSxNAZUKsM?...
Hell yes.
youtu.be/CaSxNAZUKsM?...
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE | Teaser Trailer | February 13 - Only in Theaters
YouTube video by Briarcliff Entertainment
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Neat
Perhaps the best movie made all year.
Funny, touching, has the classic romcom misunderstanding, and - importantly - only 2 minutes long.
Funny, touching, has the classic romcom misunderstanding, and - importantly - only 2 minutes long.
This Waitrose ad is better than the majority of movies I've seen this year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
Keira Knightley stars in Waitrose’s Christmas ‘mini romcom’ ad
YouTube video by Daily Record
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Perhaps the best movie made all year.
Funny, touching, has the classic romcom misunderstanding, and - importantly - only 2 minutes long.
Funny, touching, has the classic romcom misunderstanding, and - importantly - only 2 minutes long.
100%
He always had other people, like his personal assistant, send his emails.
He always had other people, like his personal assistant, send his emails.
Trump’s name is in these new Epstein emails but you’ll notice the one thing that sets him apart from the rest: He didn’t send or receive any emails himself because he’s long understood the liability of a paper trail.
Amazing how many criminals get together and decide the first order of business is emailing each other about the crimes every three minutes
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
100%
He always had other people, like his personal assistant, send his emails.
He always had other people, like his personal assistant, send his emails.
People are literally getting their faces surgically altered to stay in his majesty's good graces.
This is PSYCHOTIC!
This is PSYCHOTIC!
“.. If you add more and more product to your face and are surrounded by people who do the same, ‘you lose sight of anatomic normalcy.’”
@axios.com #Panem
www.axios.com/local/washin...
@axios.com #Panem
www.axios.com/local/washin...
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
People are literally getting their faces surgically altered to stay in his majesty's good graces.
This is PSYCHOTIC!
This is PSYCHOTIC!
That's gonna be so much imaginary gas!
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
That's gonna be so much imaginary gas!
There's still a chance to:
change your vote in the next 2 cloture procedures
@durbin.senate.gov
get control of your fucking caucus
@schumer.senate.gov
trigger a vote of no confidence in your leadership
@democrats.senate.gov
call on your senators to protect your neighbors' healthcare
EVERYONE
change your vote in the next 2 cloture procedures
@durbin.senate.gov
get control of your fucking caucus
@schumer.senate.gov
trigger a vote of no confidence in your leadership
@democrats.senate.gov
call on your senators to protect your neighbors' healthcare
EVERYONE
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
There's still a chance to:
change your vote in the next 2 cloture procedures
@durbin.senate.gov
get control of your fucking caucus
@schumer.senate.gov
trigger a vote of no confidence in your leadership
@democrats.senate.gov
call on your senators to protect your neighbors' healthcare
EVERYONE
change your vote in the next 2 cloture procedures
@durbin.senate.gov
get control of your fucking caucus
@schumer.senate.gov
trigger a vote of no confidence in your leadership
@democrats.senate.gov
call on your senators to protect your neighbors' healthcare
EVERYONE
Democrats just showed the Trump Administration how to own them every. single. time.
This and the airline industry lobbyists are what did it. Not Americans starving and paying twice as much for healthcare.
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
More than 10,000 flights delayed in worst day of disruptions since shutdown
More than 2,800 flights were canceled Sunday, while Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said the shutdown’s impact on airports is “only going to get worse.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Democrats just showed the Trump Administration how to own them every. single. time.
They want us poor and dead.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
They want us poor and dead.
Why is this such an impossible lesson for centrist Democrats to learn?
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Why is this such an impossible lesson for centrist Democrats to learn?
Hey @durbin.senate.gov - please retire now.
No need to waste everyone's time finishing out your term.
You're not doing us Illinoisians any good anymore.
I'm sure Pritzker can find us someone more helpful to finish your term.
Go rest. Enjoy your family and free time.
You've done quite enough.
No need to waste everyone's time finishing out your term.
You're not doing us Illinoisians any good anymore.
I'm sure Pritzker can find us someone more helpful to finish your term.
Go rest. Enjoy your family and free time.
You've done quite enough.
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Hey @durbin.senate.gov - please retire now.
No need to waste everyone's time finishing out your term.
You're not doing us Illinoisians any good anymore.
I'm sure Pritzker can find us someone more helpful to finish your term.
Go rest. Enjoy your family and free time.
You've done quite enough.
No need to waste everyone's time finishing out your term.
You're not doing us Illinoisians any good anymore.
I'm sure Pritzker can find us someone more helpful to finish your term.
Go rest. Enjoy your family and free time.
You've done quite enough.
Mamdani will implement Rhea law where everyone has to do what she says:
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mamdani will implement Rhea law where everyone has to do what she says:
This is amazing!
"The new material can also be applied on top of exposed dentine..."
Not only can repair and rebuild existing enamel, but also will grow new enamel on exposed areas
"The new material can also be applied on top of exposed dentine..."
Not only can repair and rebuild existing enamel, but also will grow new enamel on exposed areas
This could be available as early as next year.
Goodbye, Cavities? Scientists Just Found a Way to Regrow Tooth Enamel
Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed a new protein-based gel that can restore tooth enamel by mimicking the body’s natural growth processes. A newly developed material has been us...
scitechdaily.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is amazing!
"The new material can also be applied on top of exposed dentine..."
Not only can repair and rebuild existing enamel, but also will grow new enamel on exposed areas
"The new material can also be applied on top of exposed dentine..."
Not only can repair and rebuild existing enamel, but also will grow new enamel on exposed areas
Auto loan delinquency highest in 15 years...
And they want to create 50 year mortgages?
Fannie & Freddie are the reason that 30 year terms are viable. Now they want to try 50?
The equity problem is insane - like you'd have to be insane to take a 50 year. It'd be 30+ years to get above 50% equity.
And they want to create 50 year mortgages?
Fannie & Freddie are the reason that 30 year terms are viable. Now they want to try 50?
The equity problem is insane - like you'd have to be insane to take a 50 year. It'd be 30+ years to get above 50% equity.
Auto loan delinquency rates are at the highest level since June 2010. Trump's response? "I don't want to hear about the affordability."
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Auto loan delinquency highest in 15 years...
And they want to create 50 year mortgages?
Fannie & Freddie are the reason that 30 year terms are viable. Now they want to try 50?
The equity problem is insane - like you'd have to be insane to take a 50 year. It'd be 30+ years to get above 50% equity.
And they want to create 50 year mortgages?
Fannie & Freddie are the reason that 30 year terms are viable. Now they want to try 50?
The equity problem is insane - like you'd have to be insane to take a 50 year. It'd be 30+ years to get above 50% equity.
So now we have the Supreme Court ordering the government to starve people.
Woke up to this headline.
What kind of shithole country do we live in …
What kind of shithole country do we live in …
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 AM
So now we have the Supreme Court ordering the government to starve people.