Rand Barthel
@randomcoolzip.bsky.social
Father, grandfather, retired software engineer, BA in Physics, lover of life, the stars, birds, sailing, history, and philosophy. Climate activist and believer in liberal democracy and humane values. Scantily clad women need not follow. Not here for that.
Damn right no one else will.
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Damn right no one else will.
Is that the best these guys can do?
Me, if I wanted to attack a population center, I'd attack the population center.
Me, if I wanted to attack a population center, I'd attack the population center.
December 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Is that the best these guys can do?
Me, if I wanted to attack a population center, I'd attack the population center.
Me, if I wanted to attack a population center, I'd attack the population center.
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, that one.
December 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, that one.
It's raining pennies from heaven. Up to us whether to collect them or not. This idiot doesn't want to.
December 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It's raining pennies from heaven. Up to us whether to collect them or not. This idiot doesn't want to.
We are obstructing injustice.
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We are obstructing injustice.
Yep. And more recently, failing to prosecute and imprison Richard Nixon.
December 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Yep. And more recently, failing to prosecute and imprison Richard Nixon.
Totally disagree. We absolutely must do it anyway. Anything less is capitulating to fascism. We have to keep trying to impose accountability on this criminal until he kicks the bucket.
December 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Totally disagree. We absolutely must do it anyway. Anything less is capitulating to fascism. We have to keep trying to impose accountability on this criminal until he kicks the bucket.
It's pretty clear that for Weiss the Orange Occupant comes first.
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
It's pretty clear that for Weiss the Orange Occupant comes first.
100,000+ tons/$20B of US GDP, crammed full of made in China computer chips, would be a beauteous sight through the periscope of a Chinese submarine. The whole thing is a megalomaniac's vanity project. Trump doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground about things military or technical.
December 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
100,000+ tons/$20B of US GDP, crammed full of made in China computer chips, would be a beauteous sight through the periscope of a Chinese submarine. The whole thing is a megalomaniac's vanity project. Trump doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground about things military or technical.
Just rolled over 100k miles in my 2017 Chevy Bolt, and i find myself worrying less about range all the time. It comes with experience: you plug it in when it gets below some comfort level, like 120 or 150 miles. I almost never use commercial charging stations.
December 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Just rolled over 100k miles in my 2017 Chevy Bolt, and i find myself worrying less about range all the time. It comes with experience: you plug it in when it gets below some comfort level, like 120 or 150 miles. I almost never use commercial charging stations.
What, force himself from power? I'd be much obliged if Trump would do that.
December 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
What, force himself from power? I'd be much obliged if Trump would do that.
They'll probably be powered by coal like the Titanic.
December 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
They'll probably be powered by coal like the Titanic.
Impeach, convict, remove, prosecute. The beginning of the path to national moral health.
December 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Impeach, convict, remove, prosecute. The beginning of the path to national moral health.
I wonder how many times in its long history "60 Minutes" has dealt with government stonewalling by telling its viewers that "our requests for comment went unanswered."
December 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I wonder how many times in its long history "60 Minutes" has dealt with government stonewalling by telling its viewers that "our requests for comment went unanswered."
CBS is capitulating to authoritarianism. It is besmirching the memory of Edward R Murrow and Walter Kronkite.
December 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
CBS is capitulating to authoritarianism. It is besmirching the memory of Edward R Murrow and Walter Kronkite.
Edward R Murrow is spinning in his grave.
December 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Edward R Murrow is spinning in his grave.
Witkoff is negotiating for his boss's, and his own, personal interest as much or more that he's negotiating for the USA. They're hoping to get a cut of the carve-up of Ukraine's assets.
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Witkoff is negotiating for his boss's, and his own, personal interest as much or more that he's negotiating for the USA. They're hoping to get a cut of the carve-up of Ukraine's assets.
Well, here in the behind-the-times USA, my wife and I became a two-EV family, trading an old gasser for an EV with V2G capability. Right now it's expensive to actually install V2G due to our backward policies, but eventually that will change
December 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Well, here in the behind-the-times USA, my wife and I became a two-EV family, trading an old gasser for an EV with V2G capability. Right now it's expensive to actually install V2G due to our backward policies, but eventually that will change
I don't think we're really ready for this.
December 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I don't think we're really ready for this.
Between the Christians and the white supremacists.
December 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Between the Christians and the white supremacists.
Physician, heal thyself.
December 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Physician, heal thyself.
You guys sure are giving us white folks plenty to be embarrassed about, though.
December 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
You guys sure are giving us white folks plenty to be embarrassed about, though.
U guess it'll have to be a Freudian psychoanalyst.
December 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
U guess it'll have to be a Freudian psychoanalyst.