Agent Double-O-Soul
ruthanneroussel.bsky.social
Agent Double-O-Soul
@ruthanneroussel.bsky.social
God gave me a mouth and a brain and I use them, with sporadically entertaining results. Dachshundist. Bonne vivante. Lee Hazlewood Addict. Portland/Beaverton.
Pinned
In my time and place class and culture divisions were wild. Wouldn’t surprise me if no one on westside had to recite pledge but across the river everyone else did. State flag though, I never heard of pledge to that even at Outdoor School the great equalizer,
River.like
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/u... what’s weirder? OTOH guy who chose Trump hotel out of all the hotels in Las Vegas hears “loud popping” and of all the things you might do on the 27th floor, hops right in the elevator. OTOH 2 NYT reporters don’t notice this is exactly what to N! O! T! do
1 Dead After a Cybertruck Explodes Outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas (Gift Article)
At least seven people were injured, the authorities said. Videos posted to social media appeared to show a vehicle engulfed in flames outside the lobby’s entrance.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Is Trumpism an American Peronism? I got this idea from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
In a lot of ways Peron was just a more modern Caudillo, these Caudillos took power usually because these countries were so fragmented that one side was willing to hand absolute power to a guy that believed what they believed or at least said they did.
December 11, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Great thought exercise:

“Thinking about AI as a political project that happens to be implemented technologically in myriad ways“
December 7, 2024 at 7:52 PM
The only good life is one where you die with a clean conscience. Not that that’s comfortable.
"I have told several people lately that I am concerned this election will be my Joker origin story. But I keep pulling myself back from the brink—I think, in part, because I’ve seen how the nihilism infected my Republican friends."
Don’t Let Donald Trump Take Your Soul, Too
We’ve seen it happen before.
www.thebulwark.com
December 7, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Per email we are strongly invited to come by the office, which I have done twice since March 2020, for “Ugly Holiday Sweater Lunch.” All norms of office attire shattered. Ordered this. They didn’t say which holiday.
December 7, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Probably also thinks Taylor Swift should shut up and sing, and Swifties are sheeple who will do whatever she says
I am a huge fan of Hawk Tuah but you took my life savings.
I am a huge fan of Hawk Tuah but you took my life savings.
I am a huge fan of Hawk Tuah but you took my life savings.
I am a huge fan of Hawk Tuah but you took my life savings.
I am a huge fan of Hawk Tuah but you took my life savings.
I am
December 5, 2024 at 9:16 PM
100% if you’re not reading at least TPM’s free stuff, you should. Consistently pithy independent analysis never losing a sense of humor. Top of my list for 20 years.
1. As they say, @bsky.app has the juice. Over the last several weeks, we at @tpm.bsky.social gained a lot of followers, some very familiar with TPM. Some less so. For those less familiar with TPM, here’s what we’re all about, a thread. (with a little reward at the very end)
December 5, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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The folk hero is a huge component of America’s internal narrative and its mythology. It’s shocking to me that we haven’t gotten to this point previously,but if people feel the rule of law no longer applies because of the incoming president and what they see as rampant corruption this may be the norm
December 5, 2024 at 5:29 AM
Still confused why I share things to Bluesky from YouTube and Amazon but no preview appears. Here is screenshot. Finally I got the reference. Yay me.
December 5, 2024 at 7:35 AM

After a day of Google and ChatGPT giving me the runaround, I finally deciphered the allusion.

Delay Deny Defend--paperback a.co/d/hbTFsE4
Amazon.com
a.co
December 5, 2024 at 7:31 AM
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Often, people need to be more specific about who "we" is.

I can think of 5 women who authored books on how ai reinforces and is shaped by bias.

Computer scientist Dr. Joy Buolamwini was speaking about this as a doctoral student 5 years ago, anf Ruha Benjamin, etc

www.msnbc.com/know-your-va...
December 4, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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Buddy Rich - Uptight (Everything's Alright) (1967)
#jazz, #live, #drum, #cover
Live At The Chez Club, Hollywood, CA
Remastered (1995)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYLs...
Uptight (Everything's Alright) (Live At The Chez Club, Hollywood, CA/Remixed & Remastered/1995)
YouTube video by Buddy Rich - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:56 PM

Best! Cover! Ever! Feeling it this morning

youtube.com/watch?v=bbPB...
youtube.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:36 PM

The Moguls from Eugene, WA invented the genre “ski rock” — like surf rock, but more fuzz. Sadly for all, no other bands joined this genre.
youtube.com/watch?v=hUEt...
youtube.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Of all the things demanding my immediate attention, “oh Hunter Biden was pardoned” is not first.
December 2, 2024 at 4:19 AM
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Explaining he was not “talking politics” but rather “morality,” Bishop Gene Robinson voiced deep frustration with McBride’s critics and politicians who have maligned the transgender community.
Bishop Gene Robinson, first openly gay Episcopal bishop, preaches defense of McBride
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'I couldn’t admire her more as a human and as a child of God,' Bishop Gene Robinson said of Rep.-elect Sarah McBride.
religionnews.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Best Show On Radio. The Lost, The Forgotten, The Classic Of The 1960’s and Early 1970’s with Jumpin’ Joe Madigan. Plays requests, quota of 1 Led Zeppelin song per year. Streaming Saturdays 2-4 PST from WJCU Cleveland and Sundays 3-5 PST from KQRZ 100.7 FM Tigard, OR.

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Basement Show
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November 30, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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If Trump cuts aid for Ukraine, it will lead to Ukraine’s defences collapsing, which will set off a refugee crisis in Europe like we’ve never seen before (and that’s before Putin trains he guns on the Baltics). This is all avoidable if we seize the $300B of Russian reserves
November 29, 2024 at 9:57 AM
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November 29, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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Dems are somehow responsible for anarchists in portland who don’t even vote for them while republicans are not responsible for the proud boys who stormed the capitol on Trump’s behalf.
November 29, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Thanks for the follows. Those of you I know, please unmask in DM or text.
November 28, 2024 at 9:01 PM
My VM greeting says I don’t pick up voicemails please text. My dad left VM then emailed later saying he wants help on a shared document in Word. I told him best way is NEVER EVER EVER work in a shared Word or Excel. One user at a time! trust me on this
November 26, 2024 at 6:37 PM