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@pjruthenberg.bsky.social

created January 25, 2025

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Profile picture Atul Gawande (@agawande.bsky.social) reposted

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

1/9/2025, 11:23:26 AM | 11633 5075 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted

I didn’t really need more evidence that RFK Jr is nuts and delusional.

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Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

They’re totally going to do this.

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30/8/2025, 10:05:13 PM | 10473 2275 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

I've been on that train.

1/9/2025, 12:00:12 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

How could someone be so far from the truth when they are all presented with the same information. I'm really baffled or maybe I am lucky because my belief system is so much better.

31/8/2025, 11:58:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Gee, I didn't think of that. That would be good!!

31/8/2025, 11:56:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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31/8/2025, 2:19:14 PM | 566 217 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 (@kojamf.bsky.social) reposted

yourstrulydevon 💠 D E V O N 💠

31/8/2025, 8:08:54 PM | 130 39 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

There has to come a time where the republicans recognize how unhinged this man is becoming.

31/8/2025, 11:43:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted

What in the ever loving fuck is going on here

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31/8/2025, 3:07:07 AM | 11281 2463 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh My God. Come on, this is beyond outrageous.

31/8/2025, 11:41:03 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar.com) reposted

An incredible story of courage in the face of danger. Ryan Palattao, in a wheelchair, survived because his teacher, Becca Heer, pulled him under a pew and threw herself over him to protect him. His family calls her a "guardian angel." www.startribune.com/he-couldnt-r...

31/8/2025, 11:31:21 PM | 634 109 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

I really don't think he was safe that high up and not being familiar with who the child is or his reason for being up there, I am thankful those men took it upon themselves to save.

31/8/2025, 11:36:19 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

I just can't believe this backward slide we are experiencing and how many will die because of it. Very distressing. I'll keep writing my love letters (!) to Trump.

31/8/2025, 11:33:37 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture JimCook@JimCook.bsky.social (@jimcook.bsky.social) reposted

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30/8/2025, 11:02:41 PM | 430 27 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel (@neurodivergentrebel.substack.com) reposted

I’ll take stuff that didn’t happen for $500.

DC IS NOW A CRIME FREE ZONE, IN JUST 12 DAYS!!! President DJT
31/8/2025, 11:04:55 PM | 18 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🌟✨ Soopernova ✨⭐✨💫 (@000iamsoops.bsky.social) reposted

#SundayThoughts Thank you for your attention in this matter!

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31/8/2025, 12:36:40 PM | 392 92 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Deb Brown 🚨🇺🇲 (@debpixcom.bsky.social) reposted

🙃 #GavinNewsom #EpsteinFiles

Gavin Newsom passed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment today by reciting
30/8/2025, 7:22:38 PM | 15540 3547 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture JeWitch68 (@witchywoman68.bsky.social) reposted

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31/8/2025, 12:25:40 PM | 12789 3909 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, you are probably right. (sinking into chair).

31/8/2025, 5:23:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Incredible

31/8/2025, 5:22:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Old School Gentleman (@oldschoolgentl1.bsky.social) reposted

Science is real

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31/8/2025, 3:12:31 PM | 16497 3693 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh no, did Trump get his name on the Kennedy Center?

31/8/2025, 5:15:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture James Hughes (@dystopian-fashion.bsky.social) reposted

Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.

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30/8/2025, 6:23:09 PM | 43486 6761 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Flesh Banana (@notimeforpoopin.bsky.social) reposted

I waited hours for this cloud to come near the lake #lightning strike reflection.

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31/8/2025, 10:09:32 AM | 21714 2037 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted

This is never going away, is it?

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30/8/2025, 10:50:39 PM | 13558 3675 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

A great idea.

31/8/2025, 5:07:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted

SIGNS OF FASCISM 🪧

31/8/2025, 12:42:58 AM | 8362 3360 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Try and think of the last comedy you saw before going to bed.

31/8/2025, 5:05:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Not my strong suit. You are better than I am.

31/8/2025, 5:04:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits

31/8/2025, 12:00:10 AM | 21647 6012 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 (@kojamf.bsky.social) reposted

Release the Epstein files!

30/8/2025, 2:04:54 PM | 808 400 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture I Post Animal Vids... 😊 (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted

Yertle the Turtle... 👀😅🤣 #bluesky #animals #nature

30/8/2025, 2:06:58 PM | 540 60 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sharonfisher68.bsky.social (@sharonfisher68.bsky.social) reposted

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30/8/2025, 11:23:07 AM | 914 482 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted

Excellent question.

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29/8/2025, 6:47:54 PM | 21139 6890 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Hauck (@chrishauck.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture Democratic Activists (@democratswin.bsky.social) reposted

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30/8/2025, 2:27:51 AM | 4315 2363 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

We called it King of the Mountain when we were kids.

30/8/2025, 5:32:24 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sandieglo (@sandieglo.bsky.social) reposted

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30/8/2025, 4:54:47 PM | 940 410 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Reminds me of the time years ago when my husband overheard a coworker trying to calm down his distraught wife because she had been at home dealing with a 3-year-old throwing a tantrum because she flushed the toilet instead of letting her do it.

30/8/2025, 5:28:45 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

He did this in his first term as well. I remember watching it with my husband the first time I saw this display, and he's been dead 6 years now. It was extremely cringe worthy back then, too.

30/8/2025, 5:20:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Seriously, cry out of relief.

30/8/2025, 4:58:47 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh no, I just gave some little girls on my block some chalk AND squirt guns. I better warn them to discard them.

30/8/2025, 4:58:09 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted

Crime Spree in DC - Yes, this is a real event. No, it’s not sarcasm. Lmao. Your taxpayer dollars are at work.

30/8/2025, 10:18:43 AM | 1928 1015 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS TRUE!!!!!!

30/8/2025, 4:53:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MzBehavn™ (@mzbehavn.bsky.social) reposted

Let that sink in.

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30/8/2025, 10:45:59 AM | 14050 3622 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jonathan Slater (@jonathanslater.bsky.social) reposted

Your daily beauty

30/8/2025, 11:30:24 AM | 1028 185 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

That's a laugh I needed, thanks.

30/8/2025, 4:49:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture darren32359.bsky.social (@darren32359.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture The_Lady_Red (@theladyred.bsky.social) reposted

youtube.com/shorts/8G7At...

30/8/2025, 4:18:37 PM | 4 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Hertling (@markhertling.bsky.social) reposted

“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...

30/8/2025, 11:44:49 AM | 21990 6289 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 💙🐶🚴🏻🏊‍♂️♊️ Victoria🌈💥☀️ (@victoriaswimcycle.bsky.social) reposted

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30/8/2025, 12:04:05 PM | 2088 747 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Trust me, I'm not laughing here. I am terrified.

30/8/2025, 4:37:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The_Lady_Red (@theladyred.bsky.social) reposted

🤬🤬🤬🤬 it's not ok! youtube.com/shorts/uC-Wy...

30/8/2025, 4:19:14 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

Corporations socialize their losses and privatize their gains.

29/8/2025, 7:24:30 PM | 4977 1793 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted

‼️‼️

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29/8/2025, 6:13:25 PM | 18570 4850 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

A federal judge has ordered Florida to shut down "Alligator Alcatraz," after the state spent a staggering $218M to build the now-vacant detention camp. Closing it will run taxpayers another $20M. An utterly cruel and costly waste.

29/8/2025, 7:40:07 PM | 14872 4383 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pierre Polyester (@canadian-critic.bsky.social) reposted

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30/8/2025, 4:19:30 PM | 198 48 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

My husband and I were driving in the middle of nowhere in a state we weren't familiar with, so I was getting anxious but then coming down the road was a car heading in the opposite direction with a very tall great Dane sticking out of the sunroof looking very serious. I laughed until I cried.

29/8/2025, 6:14:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture WeRateDogs (@weratedogs.com) reposted

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

29/8/2025, 2:35:31 PM | 4256 663 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Well said.

29/8/2025, 5:22:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

"Literally no one thinks prayer is a substitute for action." Then why is prayer, literally, *always* the substitute for action, you willfully obtuse asshole?

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Profile picture Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted

ICE kidnapping a mother as her child begs the officers not to take her. Heartbreaking 💔 😢

29/8/2025, 2:28:22 AM | 1840 1190 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

I hope someone is standing next to Stephen Miller as he is watching this, readying themselves to slap that smirk off his hellish face.

29/8/2025, 5:21:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Fred Guttenberg (@fredguttenberg.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

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29/8/2025, 11:44:48 AM | 10745 2531 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

“A dangerous crank — what on Earth are you on about??!” @chrislhayes.bsky.social goes in on RFK Jr. for claiming he can diagnose kids just by looking at them.

29/8/2025, 2:31:32 AM | 4456 1324 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

I can't understand why people sitting next to him just nod in compliance. Stand up and scream "You have no idea what you are talking about, and I am out of here!"

29/8/2025, 5:14:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Cory Booker (@corybooker.com) reposted

Love thy neighbor.

29/8/2025, 1:10:44 PM | 1994 606 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Combest (@decombest.bsky.social) reposted

Chicago keeping art alive:

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29/8/2025, 11:33:10 AM | 28280 5683 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate 🪷 (@kateculliton.bsky.social) reposted

Filthy Pigman

I'm so disgusted. He never fails in being the worst possible person who does the most horrific things. Trump Revokes Kamala Harris' Secret Service Protection Politics @forbes Forbes
29/8/2025, 4:54:09 PM | 9 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Those seem to be the qualifications alright.

29/8/2025, 5:00:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture darth™️ (@darthbluesky.bsky.social) reposted

the harsh realization that every single administration hire is one of the shittiest unqualified mediocre people in the world

29/8/2025, 1:53:03 AM | 11334 1731 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kara Swisher (@karaswisher.bsky.social) reposted

No notes

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29/8/2025, 2:14:40 PM | 14587 4134 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

A couple of months ago, the Navy dishonored civil rights hero Harvey Milk by removing his name from a ship. Now, the Air Force is dishonoring itself by celebrating a domestic terrorist called Ashli Babbitt.

28/8/2025, 8:37:36 PM | 14040 4322 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Stomach churning.

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Profile picture Dorothee V. Plessis (@dorotheevplessis.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture Abbi Lichtenstein (@abbij1961.bsky.social) reposted

A very strong & powerful resignation letter from Dr. Daskalakis calling out RFK jr. “I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.”

28/8/2025, 2:35:57 PM | 4222 1631 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture tweety (@bluskypolitics.bsky.social) reposted

🔵 So tragic 😭💔 Vote Blue 🗳

28/8/2025, 10:21:43 AM | 2642 1001 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CAKE (@thebandcake.bsky.social) reposted

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.

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28/8/2025, 3:24:06 AM | 6149 1818 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tina Smith (@smith.senate.gov) reposted

I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.

28/8/2025, 2:04:55 PM | 17704 4600 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted

New, from me: America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism. This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...

28/8/2025, 1:19:55 PM | 4766 1883 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them: —Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings —More guns don't make us safer —A majority of Americans want gun reform We don't have to live like this.

28/8/2025, 3:10:56 PM | 18402 5474 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

Trump just hung a giant portrait of himself over the Department of Labor building, claiming he puts "American Workers First." Take it from a former Secretary of Labor: Donald Trump doesn't give a shit about working people. https://youtu.be/ARL5VvYJUe8?feature=shared

27/8/2025, 7:15:06 PM | 2932 901 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”

27/8/2025, 7:41:11 PM | 26408 7733 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ZachsMind (@zachsmind.bsky.social) reposted

RELEASE TRUMP'S ANKLES! youtube.com/shorts/dTeYp...

27/8/2025, 5:26:53 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Exactly. I'd love to hear his "pep" talk prior to the meetings, demanding they follow this rule.

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Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

You have no idea how much I wish I could do that. I even did Spiriva which did help for a bit. I need it every day, though.

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Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

It wasn’t a sandwich. It was a bum WRAP. Haha A+ reply.

27/8/2025, 4:08:50 PM | 2952 344 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Trump Resistance Movement (@trm.bsky.social) reposted

Ain't that the truth?

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Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

I can't listen to this dribble.

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Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

With that expression, he'd make a good poker player.

27/8/2025, 5:21:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

He needs to be seen and heard every day. I'd pay to see him.

27/8/2025, 5:16:35 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 (@kojamf.bsky.social) reposted

silentmiddlechild

27/8/2025, 10:49:23 AM | 445 185 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

This song is on my play list, and it never fails to give me goose bumps when it starts.

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Profile picture Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted

This song remains incredibly relevant in 2025. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes ft Teddy Pendergrass performing "wake up everybody"

27/8/2025, 12:24:01 PM | 3849 1251 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks to RFK Jr.

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Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

Yup

27/8/2025, 4:56:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

I wonder what his objective is.

27/8/2025, 4:55:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture pjruthenberg.bsky.social (@pjruthenberg.bsky.social) reply parent

I wasn't all in on that vaccine for no particular rational reason. I think I'll do it, even if it's only one small amount of the truth.

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