#octogenarians — Public Fediverse posts

#mitchmcconnell #octogenarians #senate #termlimits I’ve never been a fan of term limits, but c’mon folks. This is ridiculous. I loved Diane Feinstein, but she stayed in the Senate way too long, propped up by her staff who just couldn’t do the right thing. I’ve never liked McConnell, and his staff is doing exactly the same thing. I’m 67 years old. I do not feel that I am competent or capable to make the kinds of decisions that Senators and Presidents make every day that affect all of our lives. Two years ago, we decided, painfully, that it was time for Joe Biden to retire. Both McConnell and #idiot47 need to go.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/mitch-mcconnell-return-senate?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://www.europesays.com/africa/226820/ Obasanjo’s tips for octogenarians to live beyond 90 #AdemolaAdeleke #Aging #AlhajiOlatundeBadmus #AlikoDangote #HealthTips #HealthyLiving #LifeAdvice #LiveLonger #longevity #Nigeria #octogenarians #OlatundeBadmus #OlusegunObasanjo #OsunState

Wait, you wanted to uncover the secret literary masterpieces penned by #octogenarians, but got stopped in your tracks by a browser setting? 🤦‍♂️🔍 Perhaps the real art is in the delicate dance of toggling #JavaScript and #cookies, not in writing a novel at 85. 🍪💻
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/03/25/what-major-works-of-literature-were-written-after-age-of-85-75-65/ #literarymasterpieces #techhumor #writingstruggles #HackerNews #ngated

Helen Mirren, now a kick-ass 80 year old, is one of my heroes.

“If my husband and I are holding hands, someone might say: ‘Oh, look. How sweet.’ It’s like, excuse my language: ‘Fuck off.’ There’s something very condescending about some people’s attitudes and I think they think they are being kind and generous. But they’re not. They’re being insulting.”

Cult of Youth, take that!

#HelenMirren #octogenarians #ageism #CultOfYouth

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/aug/23/helen-mirren-decries-condescending-attitudes-towards-couples-in-their-80s?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Not that a young #PSYCHOPATH is one speck less dangerous

#Gerontocracy ... "Congress is literally dying to stay in office. In August, New Jersey congressman Bill Pascrell Jr. died in office at the spry age of 87. As I reported at the time, Pascrell was just one of over a dozen #octogenarians still in Congress, exercising a death grip on their positions of power.

It doesn’t have to be this way..."

Our Dying Leaders - Ken Klippenstein

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/our-dying-leaders

Beyond the questions of capacity, endurance, #memory, and #cognition, beyond the #policies, beyond the words and the ability of a nominee to articulate them is the #message the person himself sends. To paraphrase Marshall McLuan, "The man is the message." What message does it send about a #vision of the #future when leading #political #parties put forward #nominees who are #octogenarians?

I'm not exaggerating when I tell you my life is like maybe #TreesLounge #SteveBuschemi some sad film.

I'm on the phone w/ the #Agency
Since I left the apartment 25 mins ago, right? #onHold of course. Yep yep. So, finally, just as I'm completing a separate financial transaction where i'm required to count change; put a card away, the lady answers. She hung up on me.

Then there's a guy standing very near the busiest intersection in #StateCollege . Shoutin through a #megaphone . I'm pretty sure I heard something about sinners. Man I nearly got into an accident.

It's just not safe to go around anymore. Oh yeah.
And it's the #IndependenceDay
The #octogenarians are out today!

Get on out-there, people! It's 90° and your AC is going to break while you're at the stoplight. Just so you know.

#Octogenarians, a #nonagenarian and a #centenarian at a #MastersMens100m #race
#NeverTooOld to do #exercise and keep #fit.
Source : #FloTrack

Can't say I disagree with #NikkiHaley at least on this wk's tagline, who has wisely seized upon the #campaignslogan pitching herself as the best hope against #TheTrumpBidenNightmare

The ex SC gov pointing out with the #majority of #Americans are not thrilled about having #octogenarians battling for a #duopoly #gerontocracy #PresidentialElection

On several occasions I have answered toots unilaterally blaming #Israel in their war against #hamas. I have in so many words pointed out that failure to blame #hamas too, is at best one-eyed and wrong.
Three of my replies have earned me a warning from the @hachyderm overseers “for being a dick.”
Included in the warning was a response to @politico where I was sarcastic over that fact that the two main presidential contenders are #octogenarians. 1/2