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Bob Gerometta

@bobgodm.bsky.social

Archivist, historian, writer, currently editor and publisher of over-drive-magazine.com my gig is automotive history.

created July 3, 2023

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Profile picture Kurt Andersen (@kurtandersen.bsky.social) reposted

If you're in NYC this Thursday at 7pm, please come hear & watch me read from my forthcoming novel The Breakup, my pal Susan Morrison talk about her A+ Lorne Michaels & SNL book, and us talk to each other. At cozy Under St Marks Theater, 94 St. Marks Place. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/in-convers...

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1/9/2025, 9:42:02 PM | 34 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Truth

1/9/2025, 3:52:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

They are bounty hunters, period. We need to start calling them that.

28/8/2025, 10:57:01 AM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

These people think AI drivel is natural beauty. They'd rather take a virtual tour of the Grand Canyon than actually go there. After all, it's dirty and dusty. We're doomed.

21/8/2025, 10:43:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We had a cat that did that.

19/8/2025, 8:36:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

"We" is a majority of one.

19/8/2025, 12:37:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

First question: What is his plan to fix the wreck the Republicans have made of our federal governmental programs?

3/8/2025, 2:47:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

The criticism is just to assuage their voters. They are in agreement with Trump's policies.

2/8/2025, 12:29:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

We have stop the concept of "congressional cowardice". They are all in on these policies. They have been groomed to believe government is too big and too liberal and is anti white people. Until you start calling them on it, they will continue to allow this path.

2/8/2025, 12:27:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

They want an oligarchy, period.

1/8/2025, 9:50:24 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Democrats are their own worst enemy, or as Pogo Possum once said: "We has met the enemy, and they is us."

30/7/2025, 2:57:36 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😄

24/7/2025, 12:01:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

No, that will be Susan Collins.

24/7/2025, 12:01:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Who pressured them? Which endowment? Someone needs to follow the money.

24/7/2025, 12:00:11 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Gotta wonder what the Russians have on him, or maybe the oligarchs.

24/7/2025, 11:58:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

What a mope. And if the Epstein materials expose Frump, she'll be shocked.

24/7/2025, 11:56:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

They're bounty hunters it's about money, period.

22/7/2025, 3:15:53 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Time to stack the court and then set 7 year term limits for the Scotus.

22/7/2025, 12:40:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

When are all of you going to face that none of this is Trump's work. This is the work of the oligarchs who are using the Russian model (and perhaps even their help) who are out to destroy our democracy.

20/7/2025, 11:05:07 PM | 12 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Catherine, we need to stop buying this that they are afraid of Frump. This is just a deflection. They are happily under orders from their Project 2025 handlers. They want this, period.

17/7/2025, 12:00:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

They can be nos because it doesn't matter. It's all theater. We need to stop talking about the Republicans in Congress and about strategies to put this to bed in 2026. The Republicans are all FOS, period.

16/7/2025, 9:25:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

They're all afraid. And that fear will destroy democracy.

11/7/2025, 11:49:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

So why doesn’t the interviewer say that. This is not an interview, this is a propaganda forum. The media doesn't suck, they are complicit.

6/7/2025, 9:31:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

He wouldn't take the bribe (whatever it was) or they didn't trust that he would reveal it.

4/7/2025, 12:10:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Yessiree says the former New Yorker who lives in Chitown.

1/7/2025, 3:10:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

He is retiring into a cushy job paid for by lobbyists. He just says this to make himself feel good.

29/6/2025, 6:27:53 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dianne Dupuis (@iamfreetobeme.bsky.social) reposted

Shame, shame, shame. What an absolute sham of a human being.

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27/6/2025, 3:30:08 AM | 95 47 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

I also can relate

25/6/2025, 6:17:25 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

All this discourse about what messaging should be has not examined professionally about and among the people who voted against Kamala. Note that people vote against issues, not for issues.

25/6/2025, 2:59:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Can we stop talking about the media like they are just doing a bad job and start calling out their complicity? We must recognize it is oligarchs vs the people, period.

22/6/2025, 2:01:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

First priority what is wrong with our messaging?

21/6/2025, 10:25:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

If you say the lie long enough . . . That's their strategy. I'm sure it will end up on Fox Noise.

16/6/2025, 12:26:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

The paper is run by oligarchs.

15/6/2025, 9:51:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

All the news outlets are either run by oligarchs or cowards. This nation is too filled with fat, happy white people who have never had to put their ass on the line for anything.

12/6/2025, 1:11:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Totally agree

10/6/2025, 11:44:39 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

If you've ever seen a real UFO you would know this is bull shit

7/6/2025, 11:36:53 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bishop Steiner (@bishopsteiner.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

If that is how a person views their life, then I pity them

30/5/2025, 12:14:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

That's where it all falls apart. Reporters have a responsibility to report the truth, just like a soldier might have to put their life on the line. This is called courage, period.

30/5/2025, 11:38:57 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Standing up means courage. Fired? Where does that fit when you look in the mirror? Many of us have resigned from positions when our bosses asked us to look the other way.

30/5/2025, 2:09:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

He stressed trophy wives. The Times is as unhinged as he is.

24/5/2025, 11:48:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

So . . . What's the big feal?

21/5/2025, 10:26:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian Boyer (@brianboyer.net) reposted

It’s wonderful to see this amazing group of people building something that news organizations won’t.

19/5/2025, 9:14:57 PM | 7 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

It was a scam, period. Any "sale" was just for the record. Their mission was to destroy, not fix. They did not fail, they succeeded. Revisionist history already? Come on.

17/5/2025, 8:01:17 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

No, they wanted one place to get rid of instead of 50. Much easier and cheaper to lobby against. Don't ever think they changed their mind, it was the plan all along.

15/5/2025, 11:30:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Money, money, money . . .

14/5/2025, 11:41:23 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Owned by oligarchs. What did you expect?

13/5/2025, 1:28:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Man, you had me laughing. It would be funny if it were TV show, but unfortunately it's not. Keep up the good work!

10/5/2025, 3:52:41 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Yup

9/5/2025, 11:56:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kurt Andersen (@kurtandersen.bsky.social) reposted

Good short Q&A in Print magazine with my designer friend and collaborator @BonnieSiegler.bsky.social by my design historian friend Steve Heller. About the brilliant posters she designed for resistance protests that are now downloadable free by anyone and everyone. www.printmag.com/daily-heller...

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6/5/2025, 2:20:07 PM | 52 14 | View on Bluesky | view

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Truth

5/5/2025, 12:35:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm sure that happened ROTFLMAO

5/5/2025, 12:21:52 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yup.

1/5/2025, 11:28:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Agree

1/5/2025, 11:25:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And pulled the wings off flies

1/5/2025, 11:07:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Truth

30/4/2025, 11:57:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Agree

30/4/2025, 11:19:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Ooh, I am soooo surprised.

30/4/2025, 12:30:47 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Frankly, as a Democrat of 60 years, the mistake was in our court. We campaigned on divisive issues, instead of the economy and accomplishments.

29/4/2025, 11:51:40 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Truth. That should be the message, nothing else.

29/4/2025, 1:39:28 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Have you looked at the world population?

27/4/2025, 12:54:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

See Gorka is kompromat, period.

18/4/2025, 2:46:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

She'd be "brave" if she stood up to them. She's playing the victim to excuse her behavior. There's no "good" in her. Remember Quisling?

18/4/2025, 2:44:57 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

"Armed marshalls", actually "armed thugs". This is America? The Founding Father's are spinning in their graves.

8/4/2025, 11:23:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

That's because he's too stupid to understand that his kids' 401 k and HIS OWN PENSION FUND is in the stock market. This is the definition of a dumbass.

8/4/2025, 12:19:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

We need to carefully examine what led to a good deal of our Country's population to endorse cruelty and hatred. This is not just Fox Noise, this is either a lack of teaching morality or a lack of teaching anything. We need to stop teaching kids to pass a test and teach concepts and thinking.

7/4/2025, 1:57:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Truth

7/4/2025, 1:51:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yup

7/4/2025, 1:28:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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FAFO

7/4/2025, 1:26:03 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yup

3/4/2025, 10:43:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This

3/4/2025, 10:41:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

It's not about age It's about commitment.

2/4/2025, 11:52:31 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

We just have to accept that he's operating under Putin's orders to destroy the West's military alliances. It’s treasonous.

2/4/2025, 11:50:41 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

May be failing? Ah the press pulling its punches once again.

31/3/2025, 10:56:59 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

He's just pandering to his voters. He's FOS.

30/3/2025, 1:18:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

OK, COBOL is "old", but is it working? Seems that way to me. There is no issue here, just hubris.

29/3/2025, 4:22:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Agree.

29/3/2025, 4:16:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Right as rain

29/3/2025, 1:50:34 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They'll screw it up on purpose.

28/3/2025, 3:12:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Amen.

28/3/2025, 11:19:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

She left out "wealthy, white, connected" men in her description.

27/3/2025, 5:24:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Big news does not have any morality. They quest profit, period. Expecting them to take the high road is ludicrous.

27/3/2025, 11:34:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

They're all taking Russian money. They see democracy as getting in the way of their greed. This is the society we've built.

27/3/2025, 11:29:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

All racist scare tactics that have worked since the 50s. We have not grown as a nation - we've regressed. Phooey on us.

26/3/2025, 10:06:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They think it won't affect them.

26/3/2025, 11:20:32 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Folk-Punk Demon Hunters (@gonebabygone.bsky.social) reposted

So funny to be doing the “stand aside, pussies, the WARFIGHTERS are back” while you’re handling sensitive information like Daffy Duck in a WW2 propaganda cartoon

24/3/2025, 9:52:51 PM | 1321 213 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Let's get this straight. He's NOT cutting government spending, period.

23/3/2025, 6:40:42 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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We're done.

23/3/2025, 12:27:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

It's a cult. And they have no empathy for their own daughter! How SICK is that?

22/3/2025, 12:04:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Pot calling the kettle black. Projecting any?

22/3/2025, 12:00:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This

21/3/2025, 3:10:07 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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None.

21/3/2025, 3:08:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jacob Harris (@jacobharr.is) reposted

I call these guys "line chasers" because they spend all their time focused on moving a single metric like costs or "efficiency" up or down and ignore any other effects from it. We don't need to talk about the AI paperclip optimization problem when we have people living the same ethos...

20/3/2025, 10:41:28 AM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture AFP News Agency (@en.afp.com) reposted

Shares in Chinese EV giant BYD have surged to a record high after it unveiled new battery technology it says can charge a vehicle in the same time it takes to fill up a petrol car. u.afp.com/SUv9

A BYD Ocean-M electric car on display at the 2024 Beijing Auto Show.
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Profile picture Jan Pylko (@jpylko.bsky.social) reposted

Most Democrats want party to mainly focus on stopping GOP agenda: Survey - The Hill💙✋🌊

18/3/2025, 3:35:38 AM | 10 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) reposted

This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position. Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."

Wikipedia image of Major General (Ret.) Charles C. Rogers Defense.gov google return: Medal of Honor Monday: Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers Defense.gov 404 - Page Not Found https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2824721/deimedal-of-honor-monday-army-maj-gen-charles-calvin-rogers/
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Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

Dems need to get out the history book and read how Nazis took over.

15/3/2025, 3:09:51 AM | 15 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Michelle Fowle (@mmanire.bsky.social) reposted

It would be a real shame if y'all shared this online, printed out a few and hung up all around the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 😉

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Profile picture Bob Gerometta (@bobgodm.bsky.social) reply parent

FAFO

8/3/2025, 12:26:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Let us hope.

7/3/2025, 3:30:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view