This was an IQ test.

Stop the slop.

Trump has ordered a massive military buildup in the Caribbean. After months of lethal strikes at sea, Trump is threatening to expand this illegal unauthorized war to Venezuela. We don’t need another war. We need health care for all.

We’re not going to “fix the Democrats’ brand” by doing TikToks or launching pods. The brand is a direct reflection of our elected officials. If we want to purge our weak branding, we have to purge the weak Dems. I’m looking forward to a robust primary cycle and new Democrats who know how to fight.

Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

Liberals do not think Trump is a king. Liberals are simply reminding Trump of that fact. And hopefully, this recent well-deserved bitch slap gets the message across. 🌊🌊🌊

Prop 50 has entered the chat!! 🌊🌊🌊

FUCK YEA!!!

I’m in Florida this morning to take this health care fight directly to people most affected. Nearly 1 in 3 Americans in Florida with ACA coverage could lose their health insurance because of Donald Trump and Republicans' cuts.

THIS IS WHY THE GOVERNMENT IS SHUT DOWN!!! Trump & republicans are demanding Obamacare subsidies stop. Leading to massive price spikes nobody can afford. Dems are demanding they continue. Anybody saying anything else is LYING TO YOU ON PURPOSE.

Trump and Bessent are bragging about China promising to buy far fewer soybeans from U.S. farmers than usual. That’s not a win. It’s proof his reckless tariffs failed. Trump's trade war is hurting families, farmers, and businesses – and giving China the upper hand.

Here is my capture of the Orion Nebula. 🙂 I know... I've posted this image multiple times, but I kept finding ways to bring out even more detail. It's been a great learning experience. Anyway, this is the final version and I'm very happy with it. #Astronomy #Space

Worth remembering…

I have to stop immediately posting the first edit of my astro images. Maybe sit on them for a bit. After reviewing my Orion image, I discovered a few extra steps I could have taken to bring out a little more detail & color. I also found some hot pixels to eliminate. New edit in progress. Stay tuned.

I wanted to see what my cell phone could capture while at a dark sky location. It got the Andromeda Galaxy. Nice! #Astronomy

See the difference? 👀 #NoKings

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

Insurance rates up $2000. Food benefits cut off. Farmers unable to sell their crops. Skyrocketing national debt. $40 billion to Argentina. America First!

Big news here: the White House has backed down from shutting down I-5 this weekend following our reporting last night.

Politically motivated AND unlawful? I'm shocked. 🙃

"We have an economy where a handful of modern-day robber barons wield extraordinary power. They hold enormous control over our paychecks, our bills, our time, and our futures. ...But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable." - Lina Khan

Here is my 4K telescopic tracking footage of #SpaceX Starship from Florida during flight 11 last night! youtu.be/Kspmn3YUqpI The vehicle and exhaust were illuminated by the sun while twilight was fading here in Florida, the perfect timing for a gorgeous "jellyfish" effect!

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in. Why the delay? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

Narrator: This is fascism.

Now they're zip-tying children together, some of them naked, after yanking them out of bed. ICE is an evil organization. Trump and Miller can seriously go fuck themselves. youtu.be/vOXOWAhFz0A?...

This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight. But consider this... Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending. Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?

Sanders: I am not a great fan of the affordable care act. I believe in medicare for all. I think that health care is a human right, but I will be damned if I'm going to see people in Vermont and around this country see a doubling in their premiums.

AS IF...... I NEEDED ANY MORE MOTIVATION FOR THE MID TERMS!!

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Donald Trump says he wants our military to use cities like Los Angeles and Portland as a "training ground." Absolutely not. This un-American, illegal use of the military to terrorize in our communities must end now.

In a book-length opinion, Senior Judge William Young ruled that the Trump administration can’t deny First Amendment protections to non-citizens, such as pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses, or retaliate against them because of their positions.

It’s midnight, which means Trump’s government just ran out of money. Our entire government is shut down because Republicans in power refuse to lower health care costs.

How is this sustainable?

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown. Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

Pharmacists who recommend homeopathy should be willing to accept as payment envelopes that once contained money. - @davidjuurlink.bsky.social

Donald Trump is president. He completely usurped the power of Congress — and his MAGA lackeys are more than happy to go along with whatever he wants. If the government ends up shutting down, there's only one person to blame.

Here are the scans of my latest film photos! This was my first roll testing an off-axis guider for guiding through the same scope as the camera. Andromeda was a 30 min exposure and Orion was a 1 hr exposure, all manually guided so I'm really happy with these results! #astrophotography #filmisnotdead

A blast from the past! Here is my image of an ISS Lunar Transit captured with my Nikon P1000. This image was made by stacking multiple frames that were captured in less than a second. It's been almost five years since I got this shot and it's still one of my favorites. #Astronomy #NASA #ISS

"Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative.” Bowing down to a bully never works. And we can’t become numb to this corruption in plain sight.

After some serious video editing computer issues, a long hiatus, flat earth being far beyond a joke and a few other things, I might slowly be getting back to making videos. Just to be pedantic, here's a quick one for @redsrhetoric.bsky.social Fkatzoid removed 13 frames, not 11.

On Sunday, I captured SpaceX's launch of NG-23 all the way to first stage landing in one continuous shot with what may be the cheapest, worst telescope ever to pull off a launch to landing shot, using predictive tracking with my RocketTraker software. youtu.be/urBONk04usQ #spacex #astronomy #space

Hey YouTube - I have done a damn good job filtering out the AI slop from my feed. I just click "Don't recommend channel" and it's done. But I have noticed that option is unavailable on a few channels despite being just as terrible. So WTF is going on here?

Turns out I have 269,856 frames of Saturn. Finding a way to debayer all these images is a total pain in the ass. So my time lapse of Titan's Shadow going across Saturn will be delayed until I can figure out a more efficient way of processing everything.

Here is my capture of Titan and its shadow on Saturn. #Astronomy #Space

I got another capture of the #ISS from New England. The weather finally cooperated with me. 👏 #Astronomy #SpotTheStation

I will be going live with The Drunk Debunk Show on the evening of September 3rd. The shadow of Titan will be visible on Saturn, and I will be there with my telescope to share the view with you all. 🪐 www.youtube.com/live/VIfopme...

FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Here, fixed it.