Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
To squelch rumors about his health, Trump appears in front of cameras for the first time in days…
I love all things science, but right now my country is under siege by a narcissistic authoritarian dictator. #NoKings
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view profile on Bluesky Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
To squelch rumors about his health, Trump appears in front of cameras for the first time in days…
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Okay, your opinion is noted.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Don’t need experts to weigh in on the subject. Israel intends to level and clear Gaza, just as though it was a large urban renewal project. Genocide is just one aspect of it.
John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) reposted
My own blanket policy is not to share things that are, in my evaluation, clearly AI generated. This leaves a lot of things still available to share!
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it depends on if the AI is clearly meant as humorous criticism or dissent, though admittedly sometimes it’s hard to tell, like this photo:
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, at least I do like her youthful optimism.
Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted
This is, of course, false. The United States exported $83 billion in goods and services to India last year alone.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social)
The EU is already at war with Russia and are finally admitting it. The next step is to ramp up their military capabilities. Most importantly, they realize they may have to fight Russia without America. @onestpress.onestnetwork.com @garrykasparov.bsky.social www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 (@lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Precisely correct this our president's deadlines are pure kabuki. A man who spent years praising his 'friend Vladimir' doesn't suddenly develop spine at 78. When KGB officers out Donald Trump as a Russian asset with the name Krasnov and our own government closes their eyes what do we expect?
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
I love this for the Russians so much. 🥰
Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 (@lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social) reposted
Trump: 24 hours became 50 days became 12 days became 'a couple of weeks.' At this rate, Putin will die of old age before Trump settles on a timeline. One almost admires the purity of it a man so incapable of keeping his own deadlines that he reinvents them weekly like a carnival barker changing acts
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s all theater and stalling. Trump has never had any intentions of taking any serious action against Putin. He both admires and fears him too much.
Insta Science (@instascience.bsky.social) reposted
A tomato harvesting machine with an electronic sensor that sorts tomatoes from debris. #bluesky
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Oddly satisfying to watch.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
And by “proceed further” they meant increased attacks on Ukrainian civilians? The world now fully understands that Trump is not Ukraine’s ally, but fortunately Ukraine’s real allies are stepping up more.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Did Trump even bother to mention Rudi’s amazing performance in Borat 2? No he did not! Very rude!
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
A real pity.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Might as well say Rudi Giuliani, “Star of Borat 2”…
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Needs to be more than strong words. This is just as though Russia launched a missile at the plane that missed.
Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist (@drandrealove.bsky.social) reposted
What’s wild to me: NOW, media outlets & medical organizations are “stunned” by the damage RFK Jr. is doing to CDC, other health agencies, & public health. Me & my colleagues have been screaming about him for years. Years. Even more so in the last year. We were called hyperbolic. 1/
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
The mind virus infecting MAGA minds is the the most dangerous virus America has ever had to deal with. Could prove fatal.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
They all find it quite amusing that America’s decline is being led by a clown.🤡
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump is sad he can’t be there.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Might as well say Rudi Giuliani, “Star of Borat 2”…
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
So glad Tesla is dead to me.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Jeezus, are these freaks everywhere?
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
The Trump Regime is already carrying water for Putin, but it seems the rest of NATO will be hard to convince not to back Ukraine until it’s Russia that withdraws. This is existential for them.
Chris C (@chriswideawake.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
All blues rock jazz everything can be traced back to congo square in New Orleans. Lots of great people are left leaning and in red states. Just out numbered.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Meanwhile Ukraine is beginning to deploy new homegrown weapons that will make Putin very upset.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
You could make the case that Jazz did - but it was the African American community of New Orleans - so probably a blue city in a red state.
Marie 🇨🇦 (@pawbaby2.bsky.social) reposted
PM Carney is polling at 68% federally which is unheard of four months in. What’s more unheard of is he’s polling at 59 percent approval in Blue Alberta! Dean Blundell lays out the facts and explains why here! A great article! #MarkCarneyOurPM #USDemocracy #Pinks open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
I’d vote him and I’m American. He’s the de facto leader of the new free world.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Some thoughts for him, but my bag of prayers is reserved for others more in need.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s not necessarily a bad idea to consider for yourself or certainty your children (if you have any) to learn Mandarin. It might be beneficial in many career paths. You can bemoan the future or attempt to ride the wave of change. 🏄♂️
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s with deep sadness that I see this photo and realize the inevitability of the American Empire and global clout shrinking rapidly. Trumpian policies only accelerated this. Trump didn’t see that China holds the cards. Sad because of all those that will be significantly and negativity affected.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep…a glimpse into the future.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Thoughts and prayers, or just thoughts?🤔
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Eventually there comes a breaking point where the divide between rich and poor becomes so great that some sort of economic and/or social crises develops. How close we are are is hard to say. But right now the rich are good at keeping to poor fighting each other. @rbreich.bsky.social
Michael E. Mann (@michaelemann.bsky.social) reposted
Scientists decry Trump energy chief’s plan to ‘update’ climate reports: ‘Exactly what Stalin did’ [yeah, that was me] | Mark Oliver for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Michael E. Mann (@michaelemann.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
We had to take Broad to task not once, but twice, at #RealClimate, for promoting climate science misinformation on the pages of the New York Times: www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar... www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Fantastic! Can’t wait for some of the new Ukrainian made weapons to fully come on line. Putin needs to realize he won’t win this war, but the only way that happens is to keep pummeling his military and industrial infrastructure.
NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) reposted
Fuel shortages hit occupied Luhansk as supplies of AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline run out. Long queues have formed at gas stations, with drivers waiting for hours. Occupation authorities claim the shortage is "temporary."
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Just like Putin’s invasion was supposed to be a quick two week event at most. The shortages will be that kind of “temporary”. Ukraine is going to be hitting more and more refineries deeper and deeper into Russia. The Russian people must feel the foolishness and pain caused by Putin’s invasion.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Sadly, the Pope and Putin have completely opposite views of the world.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Another sad and embarrassing event in the middle of so many for the U.S.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social)
Cats are apparently one of the few species that levitate themselves with enough concentration. 😃
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Sadly, this group have only increased in their overall global clout since Trump returned to power. His actions and policies have either intentionally or unintentionally assisted them.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Just another metric to measure the decline of the American Empire and inevitable rise of China. There are so very many.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
We hope do too. It’s going to be a long struggle.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
It started way before that.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
The 21st Century is the Chinese Century. It’s already too late for the fading American Empire. There are many economic, educational, scientific, demographic, political and societal factors making this inevitable.
NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) reposted
President Zelensky announced that new strikes deep inside Russia are imminent, with both forces and capabilities already in place.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊🎊
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, keep some powder dry.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
This is a shocking conversation, but sadly it’s where many have predicted the Trump Regime would go. Trump has no intention of leaving his golden Washington Palace in 2028.
Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 (@lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social) reposted
The real epidemic? Over 80% of school shooters are young men who steal guns from family members but they'll never talk about toxic masculinity, childhood mental wellness, childhood abuse, childhood bullies ,childhood PTSD or gun access because that doesn't serve their hate agenda.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, let’s hope we don’t have to find out.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly. The 900 pound elephant in the room is always the fact that America is awash in an ocean of easily obtainable guns of all types. Combine easily obtainable guns with mental health crises, and you get mass murder.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Anyone who would resist is keeping quiet or has already been purged.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
The Trump Regime has been complicit all along in the Zionist vision of clearing out all Palestinians from both Gaza and the West Bank to claim a new Greater Israel. Trump seeing this as potential real estate opportunity simply shows how pathetically immoral he is.
Reuters (@reuters.com) reposted
Post-war Gaza plan sees relocation of population, 'digital token' for Palestinian land: Washington Post reut.rs/4mIhsY4
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
The clearing out of Gaza of all Palestinians (by outright genocide or relocation) has been the plan all along. The West Bank as well. This vision of new boundaries for a greater Israel has been the Zionist dream for decades.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Truly this can be characterized as either a cold civil war or the beginning stages of the Trump Regime trying to spark an actual one. In which he can have the justification to cancel the 2028 election - which we all know is what he wants. @meidastouch.com @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
So now the cause of mass shootings is trans people? Anything other than the fact that America is a nation where getting a truckload of guns is easier than voting.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
If the U.S. invades Canada, the “good Germans” will become part of the resistance.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Noem is a horrible liar. Anytime she says “absolutely”, in her mind she is silently following it up with “not”.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Indeed. But even after he’s gone, there’s going to be long-period of hard work to heal this relationship. Same is true for all our NATO allies, especially Denmark.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
They mostly do, but I think we have to accept that he did get elected and they have to look after their own interests first. Even when (and if?) we get him out of office in 2028, the relationship between Canada and the U.S. will never be the same. 😞
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
I do not wish to participate in an expedition up “inflation mountain”. I think many Americans will agree. And cutting interest rates will only make that mountain steeper.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Lankford is a MAGA rube. Pathetic.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
As long as Trump keeps his aggressive stance towards Canada, I applaud Canadians for boycotting anything made in the U.S.
The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) reposted
⚡️Putin arrives in China for regional security summit hosted by Xi Jinping. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV described China-Russia relations as at their "best in history," calling them "the most stable, mature and strategically significant among major countries."
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
This “Dragon-Bear” alliance as some have called it is a significant geopolitical shift. Of course now India needs to be tossed into that mix as well. Trump didn’t cause it, but he certainly has accelerated it. And his pushing away from NATO and even threatening allies means instability ahead.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
And visitors will be wise to avoid getting too close to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for the same reason. Even if the fecal matter there has been spray painted gold.
NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) reposted
Ukraine’s HUR “PRYMARY” unit struck again in occupied Crimea, eliminating a series of high-value Russian targets. Confirmed hits include the Utes-T radar system, the RT-70 radio telescope, a GLONASS complex, the MR-10M1 “Mys” coastal radar, and a 96L6-AP radar from an S-400 battery.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Always nice to wake up and see Russian military assets being destroyed. Goes great with my morning coffee! ☕️
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social)
Many Americans don’t quite understand what the end of the American empire, falling dollar and reduced dominance of the global economy will mean. Trump policies have accelerated this. The dominance of China is now inevitable. @carlquintanilla.bsky.social @onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
I guess they’ll have to have an election.
Peter Jukes (@peterjukes.bsky.social) reposted
This is the enduring lesson of Weimar: extremism never triumphs on its own. It succeeds because others enable it—because of their ambition, because of their fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of small concessions www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...
Michael E. Mann (@michaelemann.bsky.social) reposted
the lowly worm has the last laugh as it destroys human civilization... #WeAreLivingAnEpisodeOfBlackMirror
Runs with scissors in the dark (@tevistickles.bsky.social) reposted
Instead of fishing and foraging for berries like all other bears, Paul had wisely been investing the money he took from people he had mauled.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
In a pensive moment, Paul contemplates the next investment moves for his 401K.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Ever wonder why all these guys all say their girlfriend’s name is “Judy”?
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
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Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
Absolutely.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
We must do everything we can to make sure Russia never brings a single drop of this oil to the surface - nor anyone else.
Randall Gates (@rgatess.bsky.social) reply parent
It was intentional to put incompetent Witless Witkoff on the job. This will help collapse American international credibility even faster. Putin is pleased!
Anna from Ukraine (@annafromukraine.bsky.social) reposted
🇷🇺📉 #Kremlin’s own state bank just admitted it: #Russia is in recession. They tried “negative growth” 🤡 but truth is 100x worse – #Putin’s war economy is collapsing. ⚡️ 20% Russian refineries gone for 1% of 🇺🇦 land. Time to crush the Russian war machine. 💥✊ #MakeRussiaSmallAgain #StandWithUkraine
Zack Labe (@zacklabe.com) reposted
100 years of average May-June-July temperature departures over land areas through 2025... Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...