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drucem.bsky.social
Gunshy with social media. Don’t know if I trust this platform yet.
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I hear people refer to Social Security as "people looking for a handout". Look at your paystub, find the word "FICA". This is not tax. It's what you have been paying into Social Security, and when you retire, you have made around 1200 payments. Calling it a handout is gaslighting. #socialsecurity

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

I keep hearing how the government should be run like a company. I think it is debatable, but for the sake of the argument, let’s say it is. The problem with people like Elon Musk is they think of the citizens as being employees. They aren’t. They are the shareholders. #DOGE #MAGA

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Please help me understand how asking Vetrans who risked their lives in service to their country should be among the first to be asked sacrifice more by losing vital services so that a few may receive a small tax cut? Explain it to me like I am five. #DOGE #maga

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Valentine’s Day to my lovely wife Lynne (@norcalselkie.bsky.social). Why buy flowers when you can spend two days printing them with your 3D printer. ❤️

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Just heard from a friend at the Veteran’s Administration that everybody there that was not a protected employee (I.e. anyone who has not worked at the VA for more than two years) was let go. I’m surprised to see that cutting government waste includes taking care of veterans.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

#TIL there is documented phenomena of stray dogs that show up at protests and seem to exclusively attack the police. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_dog

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Messing with scammers (moving these posts to Bluesky, so I will start over at #1).

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I find it ironic that our tax records were stolen by an administration led by a person who notoriously refused to release his tax records. #elonmusk #trump

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

I guess, when I think "what qualities do I value the most in my leadership", pettiness probably ranks 1 or 2. As Jesus once said, "if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, revoke their security clearance" www.bbc.com/news/article...

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In 2020, as the pandemic at its height, we exercised "social distancing" to keep ourselves healthy. Now, in 2025, I think I am going to have to exercise "social media distancing" to keep myself mentally healthy. I have to distance from people and groups that are unhealthy for my mental wellbeing.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Dramatic waves by the “blow hole” in Santa Cruz this weekend. #santacruz

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments