Richard
@richpr.bsky.social
Socially progressive. Secular Humanist/atheist. Anti-fascist.
Retired Engineer. B.S. Sociology, B.S. Physics. M.S. Systems Eng.
https://unapologetics.org/
Retired Engineer. B.S. Sociology, B.S. Physics. M.S. Systems Eng.
https://unapologetics.org/
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The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy.
Any questions?
Any questions?
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy.
Any questions?
Any questions?
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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To me, nowadays at least, the presence of a dropdown list instead of freeform input is almost always a sure sign of programmer laziness or incompetence. The worst offender is a dropdown that lists all years between 1800 and 2025 as potential birthdays.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
To me, nowadays at least, the presence of a dropdown list instead of freeform input is almost always a sure sign of programmer laziness or incompetence. The worst offender is a dropdown that lists all years between 1800 and 2025 as potential birthdays.
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Trump replacing MLK Day and Juneteenth with his birthday as free entry days at national parks is the most on-brand, white-supremacy-coded tantrum he’s thrown all month.
December 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Trump replacing MLK Day and Juneteenth with his birthday as free entry days at national parks is the most on-brand, white-supremacy-coded tantrum he’s thrown all month.
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Please tell me this is for real, and if there was a response from the moron in chief for finally being called on his rudeness.
December 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Please tell me this is for real, and if there was a response from the moron in chief for finally being called on his rudeness.
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@PaulleyTicks, FTW
December 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
@PaulleyTicks, FTW
When Pete Hegseth talks about “the fog of war”, he’s referring to his mental state, after drinking his favorite bourbon.
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
When Pete Hegseth talks about “the fog of war”, he’s referring to his mental state, after drinking his favorite bourbon.
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Sleeping through meetings is not "working"
White House suddenly drops ‘Oval Office logs’ claiming to show Trump’s 12-hour days after reports about president’s ‘fatigue’
By releasing the logs, the White House is attempting to counter a narrative that Trump is slowing down with age
www.yahoo.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Sleeping through meetings is not "working"
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Just a reminder that all claims that NATO expansion is a threat to Russia are posted by useful idiots who have fallen for the Kremlin's longstanding propaganda and should not be taken seriously because they're nonsense.
December 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Just a reminder that all claims that NATO expansion is a threat to Russia are posted by useful idiots who have fallen for the Kremlin's longstanding propaganda and should not be taken seriously because they're nonsense.
The White House is blaming Admiral Bradley for the order to kill survivors of a US Navy strike against their vessel.
Maybe he gave the order, and maybe it came from Hegseth. Either way, Bradley is guilty. He has a legal duty to refuse unlawful orders, and he should damn well know it.
Maybe he gave the order, and maybe it came from Hegseth. Either way, Bradley is guilty. He has a legal duty to refuse unlawful orders, and he should damn well know it.
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The White House is blaming Admiral Bradley for the order to kill survivors of a US Navy strike against their vessel.
Maybe he gave the order, and maybe it came from Hegseth. Either way, Bradley is guilty. He has a legal duty to refuse unlawful orders, and he should damn well know it.
Maybe he gave the order, and maybe it came from Hegseth. Either way, Bradley is guilty. He has a legal duty to refuse unlawful orders, and he should damn well know it.
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Just a quiet, sad little PSA.
If someone is estranged from their parents, please please don’t give them the ‘but they’re your mum/ dad’
They were their mum / dad when they did the worst imaginable things to their own kids.
It’s not up to the children to make it ok. It’s up to them to live well.
If someone is estranged from their parents, please please don’t give them the ‘but they’re your mum/ dad’
They were their mum / dad when they did the worst imaginable things to their own kids.
It’s not up to the children to make it ok. It’s up to them to live well.
November 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Just a quiet, sad little PSA.
If someone is estranged from their parents, please please don’t give them the ‘but they’re your mum/ dad’
They were their mum / dad when they did the worst imaginable things to their own kids.
It’s not up to the children to make it ok. It’s up to them to live well.
If someone is estranged from their parents, please please don’t give them the ‘but they’re your mum/ dad’
They were their mum / dad when they did the worst imaginable things to their own kids.
It’s not up to the children to make it ok. It’s up to them to live well.
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
The best way to get Congress to care about the Federal minimum wage is to pass a law that sets Congressional salaries at a fixed multiple of it. As an example, if we set House salaries to say, 15x the minimum wage, Congress would immediately raise the minimum wage to at least $15.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The best way to get Congress to care about the Federal minimum wage is to pass a law that sets Congressional salaries at a fixed multiple of it. As an example, if we set House salaries to say, 15x the minimum wage, Congress would immediately raise the minimum wage to at least $15.
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I like the part where Johnson complains that congressional pay hasn’t changed since 2009.
Someone should tell him that the federal minimum wage hasn’t changed since then either.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Someone should tell him that the federal minimum wage hasn’t changed since then either.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Republican dissenters spark discharge petition clash with Johnson
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is staring down a potential political firestorm in the coming weeks as a few Republican dissenters aim to use a rare procedural mechanism to force legislation on a stock t...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I like the part where Johnson complains that congressional pay hasn’t changed since 2009.
Someone should tell him that the federal minimum wage hasn’t changed since then either.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Someone should tell him that the federal minimum wage hasn’t changed since then either.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."