Bruce Blackman
@bslls.bsky.social
Repurposed retired Psychiatrist, traveler, photographer of family/farm/animals/sky/ and travels #photography #iphonephotography #landscapephotography #maine #sunrise #sunset #travelphotography #blackandwhitephotography #golf
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Bruce Blackman
@bslls.bsky.social
· Jan 29
So I have to think that if an authoritarian politician doesn’t care about his approval numbers, what people think of him, does it make you wonder if that authoritarian politician plans to do something to stay in office when his term is up?
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... George Will: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... George Will: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”
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Good Guardian reporting:
How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Good Guardian reporting:
How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto... Makes no sense medically at all. His annual exam was in the Spring & people do not have MRIs as a routine “screening”. People do not have a MRI without a clinical indication, even if you’re the President. He had a MRI of his brain.
Dr. Gupta: Trump's MRI Excuse Raises More Questions Than Answers
New remarks from Meidas Health’s Dr. Vin Gupta underscore that the White House’s explanation for Donald Trump’s mysterious “torso MRI” defies all medical guidelines.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto... Makes no sense medically at all. His annual exam was in the Spring & people do not have MRIs as a routine “screening”. People do not have a MRI without a clinical indication, even if you’re the President. He had a MRI of his brain.
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Not SNL
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to Trump: You made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane.
you kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to Trump: You made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane.
you kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that.
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Not SNL
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to Trump: You made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane.
you kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to Trump: You made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane.
you kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that.
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Billionaire Tech Bros & their bought politicians tell us that what the world really, really needs is many, many more massive, water-sucking, electricity-hoarding data centers because of burgeoning public demand for AI slop in every part of their lives.
Water? Meh.
Water? Meh.
December 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Billionaire Tech Bros & their bought politicians tell us that what the world really, really needs is many, many more massive, water-sucking, electricity-hoarding data centers because of burgeoning public demand for AI slop in every part of their lives.
Water? Meh.
Water? Meh.
Post-Thanksgiving Day Parade #iphonephotography #maine
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Post-Thanksgiving Day Parade #iphonephotography #maine
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MAGA World's perception of "reality" (top)
Reality-based world's perception (bottom)
Reality-based world's perception (bottom)
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
MAGA World's perception of "reality" (top)
Reality-based world's perception (bottom)
Reality-based world's perception (bottom)
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"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
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Smarter, more continent (both types), quieter--though with a whiny little voice unlike Trump's bark, and not as blatantly psychopathic, sure, but Ivanka still married Daddy.
If corruption is afoot, you can be absolutely sure Jared (& Ivanka) will be involved. The stink must be on them for life.
3/3
If corruption is afoot, you can be absolutely sure Jared (& Ivanka) will be involved. The stink must be on them for life.
3/3
November 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Smarter, more continent (both types), quieter--though with a whiny little voice unlike Trump's bark, and not as blatantly psychopathic, sure, but Ivanka still married Daddy.
If corruption is afoot, you can be absolutely sure Jared (& Ivanka) will be involved. The stink must be on them for life.
3/3
If corruption is afoot, you can be absolutely sure Jared (& Ivanka) will be involved. The stink must be on them for life.
3/3
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Selling intel to future dictators, enabling more executions. Zorgaz-81 mining on Neptune. Beachfront luxury condos in Gaza. 2065 beachfront armed fortresses in Iowa for the cadre of billionaire survivors of climate change. Swapping all mineral assets in Ukraine for Ivanka's haute couture...
2/3
2/3
November 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Selling intel to future dictators, enabling more executions. Zorgaz-81 mining on Neptune. Beachfront luxury condos in Gaza. 2065 beachfront armed fortresses in Iowa for the cadre of billionaire survivors of climate change. Swapping all mineral assets in Ukraine for Ivanka's haute couture...
2/3
2/3
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As Kushner/Witkoff profiteers take on Russia/Ukraine war:
Imagine opportunities Jared Kushner would grasp if only he could time-travel: Slave-holding. Smallpox blankets. Carpetbagging. Teapot Dome. Preempting Ponzi & Madoff. Selling Trump, Inc subsidiary Greenland to Thiel. Enron accounting...
1/3
Imagine opportunities Jared Kushner would grasp if only he could time-travel: Slave-holding. Smallpox blankets. Carpetbagging. Teapot Dome. Preempting Ponzi & Madoff. Selling Trump, Inc subsidiary Greenland to Thiel. Enron accounting...
1/3
November 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
As Kushner/Witkoff profiteers take on Russia/Ukraine war:
Imagine opportunities Jared Kushner would grasp if only he could time-travel: Slave-holding. Smallpox blankets. Carpetbagging. Teapot Dome. Preempting Ponzi & Madoff. Selling Trump, Inc subsidiary Greenland to Thiel. Enron accounting...
1/3
Imagine opportunities Jared Kushner would grasp if only he could time-travel: Slave-holding. Smallpox blankets. Carpetbagging. Teapot Dome. Preempting Ponzi & Madoff. Selling Trump, Inc subsidiary Greenland to Thiel. Enron accounting...
1/3
F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/h... Dr. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia called this science “by press release. He said it was missing context such as the number of deaths from the virus itself among vaccinated and unvaccinated children.
F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/h... Dr. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia called this science “by press release. He said it was missing context such as the number of deaths from the virus itself among vaccinated and unvaccinated children.
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When it gets really cold bluebirds roost together in a pile using collective body heat to help them survive. They arrange themselves so they don’t smother & alternate positions within the pile. Photo by Wildlife Rehabilitators of North Carolina (WRNC). Thank you Van Harris for sharing this. 🐦 #birds
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
When it gets really cold bluebirds roost together in a pile using collective body heat to help them survive. They arrange themselves so they don’t smother & alternate positions within the pile. Photo by Wildlife Rehabilitators of North Carolina (WRNC). Thank you Van Harris for sharing this. 🐦 #birds
www.facebook.com/share/r/19uY... Happy Thanksgiving. I’m thankful for family, my animals, good health,people with good values, and videos like this.
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
www.facebook.com/share/r/19uY... Happy Thanksgiving. I’m thankful for family, my animals, good health,people with good values, and videos like this.
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...since MTG is resigning, now would be a great time to assess the pensions of all former government representatives...what y'all think???
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
...since MTG is resigning, now would be a great time to assess the pensions of all former government representatives...what y'all think???
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“If the crisis threshold—the floor below which families cannot function—is honestly updated to current spending patterns, it lands at $140,000.
What does that tell you about the $31,200 line we still use?
It tells you we are measuring starvation.”
What does that tell you about the $31,200 line we still use?
It tells you we are measuring starvation.”
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“If the crisis threshold—the floor below which families cannot function—is honestly updated to current spending patterns, it lands at $140,000.
What does that tell you about the $31,200 line we still use?
It tells you we are measuring starvation.”
What does that tell you about the $31,200 line we still use?
It tells you we are measuring starvation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/t... One more example of the far reaching consequences of elections.
Soaring Red Rocks, Perfect Blue Skies and Half-Empty Tours
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/t... One more example of the far reaching consequences of elections.
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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The Trump regime's undermining of Ukraine should push the Europeans to cut ties with the U.S. and try to make it on their own. It will be hard, but it's the only way. The U.S. government has embraced autocracy. Europe must acted now to avoid falling into a Putin-Trump sinkhole.
November 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Trump regime's undermining of Ukraine should push the Europeans to cut ties with the U.S. and try to make it on their own. It will be hard, but it's the only way. The U.S. government has embraced autocracy. Europe must acted now to avoid falling into a Putin-Trump sinkhole.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRNco0N.... Can’t be stated better.
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
www.instagram.com/reel/DRNco0N.... Can’t be stated better.
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