Robert Westbrook, Aircraft & Accordion Repair
@swampfoot.bsky.social
SJW. KHive. Citizen of US & Canada. Married, inexplicably. Astrophotographer & airplane whisperer. From rural Nebraska. Gun-free since 1997. I want to meet your cat. He/Him. Live on unceded Mi'kmaq land - Unama’ki, AKA Cape Breton Island.
Pinned
I don't get to just declare myself an ally - that's something only members of the marginalized groups I support and defend can decide about me. And, if granted, that allyship can be revoked the moment I do, say, or advocate things that harm or erase them.
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Afghans and Somali immigrants aren’t illegal on stolen indigenous lands. Fuck trump
December 2, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Afghans and Somali immigrants aren’t illegal on stolen indigenous lands. Fuck trump
I've already made my choice if this bill passes. I'm a U.S (born) and Canadian (naturalized) citizen.
Since precedent is now meaningless, no one can rely on previous SCOTUS decisions like Vance v. Terrazas or Afroyim v. Rusk as a guarantee against involuntary denaturalization.
Since precedent is now meaningless, no one can rely on previous SCOTUS decisions like Vance v. Terrazas or Afroyim v. Rusk as a guarantee against involuntary denaturalization.
New bill could end dual citizenship in the US— What will change
Senator Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, plans to introduce the Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025, a bill that would require Americans with dual citizenship to choose between the US and another country.
www.financialexpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I've already made my choice if this bill passes. I'm a U.S (born) and Canadian (naturalized) citizen.
Since precedent is now meaningless, no one can rely on previous SCOTUS decisions like Vance v. Terrazas or Afroyim v. Rusk as a guarantee against involuntary denaturalization.
Since precedent is now meaningless, no one can rely on previous SCOTUS decisions like Vance v. Terrazas or Afroyim v. Rusk as a guarantee against involuntary denaturalization.
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Thinking about folk we lost to AIDS when I worked in SF during the earliest awareness of the crisis.
World AIDS day
World AIDS day
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Thinking about folk we lost to AIDS when I worked in SF during the earliest awareness of the crisis.
World AIDS day
World AIDS day
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This is what happens when you have the least qualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history.
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This is what happens when you have the least qualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history.
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there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
August 10, 2024 at 3:21 PM
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
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Everyone who didn’t vote for Kamala Devi Harris willfully voted for this.
Oh yes you f’ing did. I’ll chase you like the mob in “M”.
Run.
Oh yes you f’ing did. I’ll chase you like the mob in “M”.
Run.
December 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Everyone who didn’t vote for Kamala Devi Harris willfully voted for this.
Oh yes you f’ing did. I’ll chase you like the mob in “M”.
Run.
Oh yes you f’ing did. I’ll chase you like the mob in “M”.
Run.
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We’re happy to listen to the ones who‘ve already demonstrated their true allyship by first *actually LISTENING* to people who aren’t white men.
Something that stood out about Joe Biden— he was *perfectly comfortable* around a lot of Black folks, and they comfortable with *him.*
So they hated him.
Something that stood out about Joe Biden— he was *perfectly comfortable* around a lot of Black folks, and they comfortable with *him.*
So they hated him.
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We’re happy to listen to the ones who‘ve already demonstrated their true allyship by first *actually LISTENING* to people who aren’t white men.
Something that stood out about Joe Biden— he was *perfectly comfortable* around a lot of Black folks, and they comfortable with *him.*
So they hated him.
Something that stood out about Joe Biden— he was *perfectly comfortable* around a lot of Black folks, and they comfortable with *him.*
So they hated him.
A SEAL Admiral gave or relayed the illegal order. Presumably Navy sailors carried it out.
I seem to recall arguments before SCOTUS that an immunized president could order a SEAL team to assassinate a political opponent.
Seems Navy SEALs have no objection to carrying out illegal orders.
Expect it.
I seem to recall arguments before SCOTUS that an immunized president could order a SEAL team to assassinate a political opponent.
Seems Navy SEALs have no objection to carrying out illegal orders.
Expect it.
'Kill Everybody': Hegseth's Reported Order Echoes WWII War Crime
In 1945, a German U-boat captain was executed for ordering his men to open fire on shipwrecked survivors. Eighty years later, a four-star SEAL admiral faces questions for doing the same.
theiceman.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A SEAL Admiral gave or relayed the illegal order. Presumably Navy sailors carried it out.
I seem to recall arguments before SCOTUS that an immunized president could order a SEAL team to assassinate a political opponent.
Seems Navy SEALs have no objection to carrying out illegal orders.
Expect it.
I seem to recall arguments before SCOTUS that an immunized president could order a SEAL team to assassinate a political opponent.
Seems Navy SEALs have no objection to carrying out illegal orders.
Expect it.
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This is what it looks like when billionaires own the media.
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is what it looks like when billionaires own the media.
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I just enjoy that the Black Sabbath song is from the album with Ian Gillan as if Ozzy wasn’t singing “Snowblind” & “Fairies Wear Boots” a whole decade earlier. And that “Into the Coven” gets in over “Come to the Sabbath”. Plus Venom somehow not having “Black Metal” or “Countess Bathory” be picked.
Yes... who can forget the #FilthyFifteen list? We got fun stickers out of it! 🤣
#FunFact Tipper Gore pulled most of the “Filthy Fifteen” from music released in 1984.
#FunFact Tipper Gore pulled most of the “Filthy Fifteen” from music released in 1984.
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I just enjoy that the Black Sabbath song is from the album with Ian Gillan as if Ozzy wasn’t singing “Snowblind” & “Fairies Wear Boots” a whole decade earlier. And that “Into the Coven” gets in over “Come to the Sabbath”. Plus Venom somehow not having “Black Metal” or “Countess Bathory” be picked.
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I was talking to some friends about living through the AIDS scare in the 80s and early 90s. Pretty much anyone younger than 40 will never know or comprehend what that was like (thankfully).
Were Duane a 22 year old diagnosed today, he would live to see his 59th birthday.
Were Duane a 22 year old diagnosed today, he would live to see his 59th birthday.
December 21, 2023 at 2:28 AM
I was talking to some friends about living through the AIDS scare in the 80s and early 90s. Pretty much anyone younger than 40 will never know or comprehend what that was like (thankfully).
Were Duane a 22 year old diagnosed today, he would live to see his 59th birthday.
Were Duane a 22 year old diagnosed today, he would live to see his 59th birthday.
Are any journalists attempting to find out who the military personnel were that actually obeyed illegal orders and pulled the trigger? What are their names?
Because they're just as guilty and morally culpable as Hegseth.
Because they're just as guilty and morally culpable as Hegseth.
The fact that U.S military personnel actually carried out those illegal orders tells us that U.S. citizens can expect soldiers to carry out illegal orders to murder them as well.
That "oath" don't mean shit.
That "oath" don't mean shit.
#148/2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth committed a war crime when he ordered U.S. forces to kill survivors of a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat.
Ordering the execution of unarmed survivors is deliberate, illegal and unmistakably a war crime.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth committed a war crime when he ordered U.S. forces to kill survivors of a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat.
Ordering the execution of unarmed survivors is deliberate, illegal and unmistakably a war crime.
December 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Are any journalists attempting to find out who the military personnel were that actually obeyed illegal orders and pulled the trigger? What are their names?
Because they're just as guilty and morally culpable as Hegseth.
Because they're just as guilty and morally culpable as Hegseth.
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Anyone who ever publicly uttered “genocide Joe” in the lead up to Election 2024, helped Trump win.
Our 2-party system is far from perfect—but it’s a 2-party system nonetheless.
It’s a zero sum game; hurting one party inherently helps the other.
Calling him “genocide Joe” helped Trump.
Happy now?
Our 2-party system is far from perfect—but it’s a 2-party system nonetheless.
It’s a zero sum game; hurting one party inherently helps the other.
Calling him “genocide Joe” helped Trump.
Happy now?
December 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Anyone who ever publicly uttered “genocide Joe” in the lead up to Election 2024, helped Trump win.
Our 2-party system is far from perfect—but it’s a 2-party system nonetheless.
It’s a zero sum game; hurting one party inherently helps the other.
Calling him “genocide Joe” helped Trump.
Happy now?
Our 2-party system is far from perfect—but it’s a 2-party system nonetheless.
It’s a zero sum game; hurting one party inherently helps the other.
Calling him “genocide Joe” helped Trump.
Happy now?
The fact that U.S military personnel actually carried out those illegal orders tells us that U.S. citizens can expect soldiers to carry out illegal orders to murder them as well.
That "oath" don't mean shit.
That "oath" don't mean shit.
#148/2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth committed a war crime when he ordered U.S. forces to kill survivors of a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat.
Ordering the execution of unarmed survivors is deliberate, illegal and unmistakably a war crime.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth committed a war crime when he ordered U.S. forces to kill survivors of a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat.
Ordering the execution of unarmed survivors is deliberate, illegal and unmistakably a war crime.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The fact that U.S military personnel actually carried out those illegal orders tells us that U.S. citizens can expect soldiers to carry out illegal orders to murder them as well.
That "oath" don't mean shit.
That "oath" don't mean shit.
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Just one to grow on but if you call a Black person speaking about slavery or microagreession someone with a "slavery kink" , you're breathtakingly oblivious about your racism regardless of context.
December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Just one to grow on but if you call a Black person speaking about slavery or microagreession someone with a "slavery kink" , you're breathtakingly oblivious about your racism regardless of context.
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They really fell for the banana in the tailpipe and now the folk they said they wanted to help are being harmed .. and their own community is now targeted too.
Just dumb.
Just dumb.
December 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
They really fell for the banana in the tailpipe and now the folk they said they wanted to help are being harmed .. and their own community is now targeted too.
Just dumb.
Just dumb.
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He's a psychopath. He's a cocaine-fueled psychopath. You can see it in his eyes. I don't recommend looking for too long. That's how earthbound demons snatch your soul.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has posted a twisted parody that turns a character loved by children for decades into an armed killer.
Pentagon Pete Uses Beloved Kid’s Character in Twisted Parody
Hegseth has turned a favorite children’s character into an armed killer.
trib.al
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
He's a psychopath. He's a cocaine-fueled psychopath. You can see it in his eyes. I don't recommend looking for too long. That's how earthbound demons snatch your soul.
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Dialogue around a white lady saying she told her kids if they get lost to “find a Black woman because she will help/protect you”
I got some thoughts on why that’s a bad idea..
I got some thoughts on why that’s a bad idea..
December 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Dialogue around a white lady saying she told her kids if they get lost to “find a Black woman because she will help/protect you”
I got some thoughts on why that’s a bad idea..
I got some thoughts on why that’s a bad idea..
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Nurses: Could you PLEASE stop with the pet names (honey, sweetie, etc) when talking to Black patients when they are frustrated with you or calling you out for just downright fucking up. These pet names are not calming or reassuring. They come off as dismissive and patronizing.
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Nurses: Could you PLEASE stop with the pet names (honey, sweetie, etc) when talking to Black patients when they are frustrated with you or calling you out for just downright fucking up. These pet names are not calming or reassuring. They come off as dismissive and patronizing.
The episodes of QI with an all-woman panel (except for Alan) are always the best episodes.
And Sandi Toksvig is a better host than Stephen Fry was.
And Sandi Toksvig is a better host than Stephen Fry was.
December 1, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The episodes of QI with an all-woman panel (except for Alan) are always the best episodes.
And Sandi Toksvig is a better host than Stephen Fry was.
And Sandi Toksvig is a better host than Stephen Fry was.
Musk and his ilk are vandalizing the night sky, a birthright of every person on Earth.
3/4. En esta imagen se muestra el mismo campo estelar del Cometa C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sin limpiar.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Musk and his ilk are vandalizing the night sky, a birthright of every person on Earth.
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They gave you the playbook.. they even put it online… and you still lost
November 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
They gave you the playbook.. they even put it online… and you still lost
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Trump literally said he would be a dictator this time around and Project 2025 is clear about eliminating tens of thousands of coveted, stable, federal government jobs.
Yet, White America elected Trump ✨again✨ because of these promises, not in spite of them.
Yet, White America elected Trump ✨again✨ because of these promises, not in spite of them.
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Trump literally said he would be a dictator this time around and Project 2025 is clear about eliminating tens of thousands of coveted, stable, federal government jobs.
Yet, White America elected Trump ✨again✨ because of these promises, not in spite of them.
Yet, White America elected Trump ✨again✨ because of these promises, not in spite of them.
Keeping it dry:
- What about water vapor inherent to the air?
- What about steam?
Bright light:
- lumens?
- Watts m²?
The feeding after midnight:
- what's "after midnight?"
- 10 pm is after the previous midnight.
- What time zone? GMT? Pacific? Central European Time? Western Indonesian Time?
- What about water vapor inherent to the air?
- What about steam?
Bright light:
- lumens?
- Watts m²?
The feeding after midnight:
- what's "after midnight?"
- 10 pm is after the previous midnight.
- What time zone? GMT? Pacific? Central European Time? Western Indonesian Time?
80s babies what are the three rules when you own a Gremlin??
a gizmo from the movie gremlins is sitting on a rock
ALT: a gizmo from the movie gremlins is sitting on a rock
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Keeping it dry:
- What about water vapor inherent to the air?
- What about steam?
Bright light:
- lumens?
- Watts m²?
The feeding after midnight:
- what's "after midnight?"
- 10 pm is after the previous midnight.
- What time zone? GMT? Pacific? Central European Time? Western Indonesian Time?
- What about water vapor inherent to the air?
- What about steam?
Bright light:
- lumens?
- Watts m²?
The feeding after midnight:
- what's "after midnight?"
- 10 pm is after the previous midnight.
- What time zone? GMT? Pacific? Central European Time? Western Indonesian Time?
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Except this is not untrue.
Any economy that elevates non-white Americans’ economic station in life is inherently bad for white Americans.
White Americans are willing to accept a poor economy & less money as long as it means non-white Americans have little to nothing.
Any economy that elevates non-white Americans’ economic station in life is inherently bad for white Americans.
White Americans are willing to accept a poor economy & less money as long as it means non-white Americans have little to nothing.
No lie has been more successful than convincing americans that republicans are "good for the economy".
It's manifestly untrue.
It's manifestly untrue.
November 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Except this is not untrue.
Any economy that elevates non-white Americans’ economic station in life is inherently bad for white Americans.
White Americans are willing to accept a poor economy & less money as long as it means non-white Americans have little to nothing.
Any economy that elevates non-white Americans’ economic station in life is inherently bad for white Americans.
White Americans are willing to accept a poor economy & less money as long as it means non-white Americans have little to nothing.