Mark Riley
@wrylee.bsky.social
Retired technologist. Snowbird (WA<->AZ). So many projects!
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Sen. Kelly on the DOD investigation into him: “This is all a bunch of bullshit…They're going after me, a U.S. Senator, for something I said that was lawful, was the truth…It was something that Pete Hegseth said in 2016 multiple times.”
December 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Sen. Kelly on the DOD investigation into him: “This is all a bunch of bullshit…They're going after me, a U.S. Senator, for something I said that was lawful, was the truth…It was something that Pete Hegseth said in 2016 multiple times.”
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“We talked about it and we just couldn’t figure out how to do our jobs and hep the American people, but it’s okay because we’re all rich and get premium health insurance for free, paid for by the people we won’t help. God bless America!”
House Republican leaders ditch vote on ACA funding, all but ensuring premiums will rise — NBC News
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Republicans worked on the issue throughout the weekend but could not come to an agreement with a group of members who want the funds extended.
apple.news
December 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“We talked about it and we just couldn’t figure out how to do our jobs and hep the American people, but it’s okay because we’re all rich and get premium health insurance for free, paid for by the people we won’t help. God bless America!”
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Payrolls fell -105k in October and rose +64k in November. August and September payrolls were also revised down a total of 33k.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
December 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Payrolls fell -105k in October and rose +64k in November. August and September payrolls were also revised down a total of 33k.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
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The funny thing about this is that Vance is literally just a bunch of writhing, hissing ethnic grievances in a trenchcoat, it’s the only sentiment he ever expresses bsky.app/profile/dmsi...
Folks, would you believe me if I told you JD Vance was over there railing against the immigrants as the reason for the antisemitism
December 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The funny thing about this is that Vance is literally just a bunch of writhing, hissing ethnic grievances in a trenchcoat, it’s the only sentiment he ever expresses bsky.app/profile/dmsi...
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Ok folks it's been a while. Let's see if I remember how to do this. Everyone welcome the beautiful Miss Nanny to Seattle! This gorgeous girl is my new foster pup. She is super cuddly. Loves to give kisses and is one of the smartest dogs I've cared for.
December 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Ok folks it's been a while. Let's see if I remember how to do this. Everyone welcome the beautiful Miss Nanny to Seattle! This gorgeous girl is my new foster pup. She is super cuddly. Loves to give kisses and is one of the smartest dogs I've cared for.
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a truly generational, sustained run for this account
Yellow-Red-Blue, by Wassily Kandinsky, 1925 (detail, rotated), 📸 by @riogiancarlo.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
a truly generational, sustained run for this account
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It's impressive, in its way, to make cowardice not just part of your political identity, but ALL of it. When the book on Mike Johnson is written...it will molder in unopened cardboard boxes.
Mike Johnson refuses to comment on Trump’s post about Rob Reiner and runs away from reporters.
December 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
It's impressive, in its way, to make cowardice not just part of your political identity, but ALL of it. When the book on Mike Johnson is written...it will molder in unopened cardboard boxes.
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So much for that
December 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
So much for that
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This is on brand for Laura Ingraham, who said last year “If you know Minnesota well, and I know it well — especially Milwaukee — it's changed.”
www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...
The best thing about American culture war exporters is their literal inability to find places outside the U.S on a map
December 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is on brand for Laura Ingraham, who said last year “If you know Minnesota well, and I know it well — especially Milwaukee — it's changed.”
www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...
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I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a more transparently corrupt government and I'm from India
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a more transparently corrupt government and I'm from India
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lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @eff.org! youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE
Cory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From “Enshittification” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @eff.org! youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE
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Another terrible poll for Trump, this time from AP-NORC. His overall job approval rating is 36-61. Among Independents, it's 20-74. He's incredibly unpopular with Independents on every major issue. On the economic, their job approval of him is 15-80.
apnorc.org/projects/tru...
apnorc.org/projects/tru...
December 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Another terrible poll for Trump, this time from AP-NORC. His overall job approval rating is 36-61. Among Independents, it's 20-74. He's incredibly unpopular with Independents on every major issue. On the economic, their job approval of him is 15-80.
apnorc.org/projects/tru...
apnorc.org/projects/tru...
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
December 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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lol wut. dropping from 42 percent approval to 36 percent approval seems pretty significant. apnews.com/article/trum...
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
lol wut. dropping from 42 percent approval to 36 percent approval seems pretty significant. apnews.com/article/trum...
I was unaware, but apparently @alaskaairlines.bsky.social solved the problem of not paying flight attendants while on the ground by giving them the first and last hour of the flight off
December 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I was unaware, but apparently @alaskaairlines.bsky.social solved the problem of not paying flight attendants while on the ground by giving them the first and last hour of the flight off
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There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
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So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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there are not enough hotdog gifs in the world
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
there are not enough hotdog gifs in the world
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Tracks. Sadly.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a co-chair of new House Democrats' AI commission announced by @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, owns up to tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in tech giants pushing to block states from regulating AI.
The Democrats’ New AI Panel Is Led by Big Tech Allies
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a co-chair of the AI commission, owns up to tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in tech giants pushing to block states from regulating AI.
readsludge.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Tracks. Sadly.
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This seems rather, uh, dictatorial.
I'm old enough to remember when conservatives wanted devolution and the return of power to states.
I'm old enough to remember when conservatives wanted devolution and the return of power to states.
December 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This seems rather, uh, dictatorial.
I'm old enough to remember when conservatives wanted devolution and the return of power to states.
I'm old enough to remember when conservatives wanted devolution and the return of power to states.