Pete Cunningdamned

Pete Cunningdamned

@petermcunningham.com

Hello! I am a normal man in Connecticut. I like riding bikes, listening to the New York Mets on the radio, social democracy, and smoking a pipe. https://www.petermcunningham.com

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Congratulations to Francisco Lindor of the New York Mets, winner of the 2026 Roberto Clemente Award presented by Capital One! 👏

These World Series commercials are all like: “two widowed strangers share a bittersweet moment on the subway, directed by Noah Baumbach,” and it’s advertising a website that lets you scalp transit fare

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“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves, and the only way they could do this is by not voting.” ~President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944. Image: FDR Presidential Library.

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Replying to @ironghazi.bsky.social

"Wahh I can't see because your headlights are too bright!" Sorry, can't hear you because I'm 80 feet in the air in my Ford F-150 and also I'm driving drunk to the next bar. Eat shit!!!

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Replying to @ryanlcooper.com

climate disasters are here and worse than predicted, diesel is 6+ bucks a gallon, and solar panels are cheaper than mid grade plywood. yet mysteriously it’s some big obstacle!

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what gets me about the current surge in resistance to climate policy is it has never been more obviously necessary, cheap, or easy. half this stuff is on the shelf!!

David Roberts@volts.wtf

Not just the fastest, or the cheapest, or the best, but the *only* possible solution to climate change is a rapid global buildout of clean energy infrastructure. If you're standing in the way of that, you're not working on climate change & should be honest with yourself about your priorities.

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This week, NIH advisors rebuked RFK for harming #NIH and US science. Sheryl Gay Stolberg reported it. Then RFK posted calling her sources anonymous or corrupt. I'll say this hoping it does good: I'm an NIH scientist, I'm not anonymous, and RFK Jr is destroying NIH. More in attachment:

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Americans blaming the person trying to fix the problem for the problem because them trying to fix the problem forced us to acknowledge the problem exists example #833273

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Trump: "It's called a coganative [sic] test. It's a very standard test, but very tough. There are few people in this audience that can -- once you get past the first question. They show you a lion, a bear, a giraffe, and a snake and they say, 'Which one is the lion?' Biden was unable to answer that"

I know we shouldn't be surprised by anything anymore but it is pretty remarkable how the GOP line on Talarico — not just from online randos! from the actual vice president — is "lol he's gay"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "I love you too sir. In a totally platonic way, to be clear. I'm the vice president, not James Talarico."

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This is good but still presents an implementation challenge because Throw polling at 60% is misleading when Take polls at 5%.

Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social

Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.

best Founding Father

Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social

Fun fact: In his diary for Sep 9, 1776, John Adams spent only a single sentence, with no particular enthusiasm, noting Congress had officially adopted the name "United States." He then spent a thousand words recounting his argument with Ben Franklin about whether to close the bedroom window at night

Impeachable

Edward Wong@ewong.bsky.social

Extraordinary for any American president: Trump offered to sell weapons to Xi Jinping of China. That was revealed by David Perdue, US ambassador. Trump is withholding a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan approved by Congress. China aids Iran and Russia. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...

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MC@burntbulb.bsky.social

okay you can't keep taking every one of my posts and photoshopping it onto sephiroth

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"Listen Ford," said Zaphod, "everything's cool and froody." "You mean everything's under control." "No," said Zaphod, "I do not mean everything's under control. That would not be cool and froody."