Don from RealSurf
mrrealsurf.bsky.social
Don from RealSurf
@mrrealsurf.bsky.social
Politics tragic (USA & Australia), writer by trade, photographer of sorts, surfer, rider of bikes (both e and purely human-powered). Dweller in Sydney, born in California.
Fearless prediction: they will be miserable failures.
December 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
50 years from now
.. Dr to patient: "I'm sorry to tell you this, but you're another Trump liver cancer victim."
December 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Reposted by Don from RealSurf
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Surely public health experts "warned that it will put more infants at risk of infection" because of course, it will.
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
$9 billion / 143 million US taxpayers (IRS number)

$62.93 each. Seems like the bargain of the century to me.
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The gas miners just got the Labor government in Australia to dramatically expand their NW WA sites. No hint of a plan for gas demand collapsing (see also Pakistan).
December 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
We ain't seen nothin' yet
December 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I see, so, put another way, Hegseth told Bradley you are authorized to murder those guys, but I'm not telling you to do so. You could if you wanted though. You are authorized.
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
If true, he should be tried for the crime.
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
No reasonable explanation is not the same as no explanation
December 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Perfection!
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Looking forward to the translations in tomorrow's press
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 AM