Steve Sikora
@artofangles.bsky.social
Former manager, bleeding edge tech services for visual communicators. Still sane. Gainfully retired. Veteran🇺🇸 Seen from Key West to PEI 🇨🇦 #STEAM #Humanities #Civics #ClimateAction #PublicHealth #CyberSecurity #RuleOfLaw #InformedCitizenry #SlavaUkraini🇺🇦
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Schubert was still a teenager when he wrote this simple lullaby, "Schlafe, holder, süsser Knabe" (Sleep, lovely, sweet lad). In this warm recording from Dec. 1977, soprano Gundula Janowitz is joined by pianist Irwin Gage. See you around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEBP...
Schubert: Wiegenlied, D. 498 "Schlafe, holder, süsser Knabe"
YouTube video by Gundula Janowitz - Topic
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I want a president who likes the democratic governments of Canada and Ukraine more than the dictatorships of North Korea and Saudi Arabia.
“A 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation.”
Judge to Baby: File an Asylum Application
The 1-year-old is one of the migrant children who advocates say appeared in immigration court without legal representation.
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@crampell.bsky.social & @jvl.bsky.social roll the tape on years of Trump repeatedly promising to pay down the national debt, only to watch it keep climbing: “Who could've guessed that the guy who filed for bankruptcy six times may not have totally meant it when he said he was going to pay off debt?”
As US citizen, I find this heartbreaking. As one who has studied rhetoric and watched leaders in difficult circumstances, I have only admiration for what M Carney is saying—and doing—here. "We cannot accept what they've offered, and we will not give what they've asked." www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
PM Carney Speaks to Media After Suspension of Canada-U.S. Trade Talks
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa after Canada and the United States failed to reach a trade agreement before a late Friday deadline and Canada said it wa...
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“.. more than 1,000 securities trades in June, including significant purchases of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and Cintas Corp., ..” @fortune.com $BRK $V $MA $PLTR fortune.com/2026/08/22/t...
Trump reported 1,051 trades in his June disclosure. These two stood out: — June 18: Bought $250K–$500K in Boeing, the same day the Navy awarded Boeing an $880 million contract — June 23: Bought $15K–$50K in SpaceX, the same day NASA recorded a $425.6 million award to SpaceX
There has been a break in the American system. The rule of law is not working, and every corrupt group is trying to get a place at the trough.
“Republican-leaning donors gave $1.05 billion, compared with $410 million from Democratic-leaning givers and $230 million from bipartisan and special-interest groups for the midterm elections.”👇🏼 Perpetrates THE #SCOTUSDebacle #CitizensUndemocratic #Plutocracy www.washingtonpost.com/elections/in...
Meet the megadonors pouring more than $1.6 billion into the 2026 elections
Billionaires and Elon Musk, who was recently a trillionaire, make up the top individual donors.
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STARS & STRIPES: “A further 60 🇺🇸 service members wounded in the Iran war were added to the Pentagon’s count of military casualties in recent days, bringing the total number of service members killed or injured to 775…” www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
Inhuman Cruelty Enforcement: that’s Donald Trump and Stephen Miller’s inhumane #ICE mandate. 👇🏼
Chris⚖️Justice@chrisjustice01.bsky.social · yesterday💥 ICE drag mom & teen daughter out of hospital room—in middle of being treated after car accident. Still wearing hospital gowns. Both victims of car collusion, with asylum case pending in good standing & valid work permit. Grace Calero 39, & Giulianna Carriel 19, from Ecuador.
“Demographics. Labor force growth is down because of aging, the recent departure of older workers, and diminished immigration. And Trump keeps throwing in supply-side shocks — tariffs, Iran wars.”👇🏼 Examples of an incompetent president's recklessness. #Trump💸 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
After decades of free spending, Washington is facing some unpalatable choices
As the national debt surpasses $40 trillion, lawmakers may soon be compelled to make some long-deferred choices that will leave few Americans unscathed.
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Your periodic reminder that one in 300 Americans died of COVID, and mostly because they didn't get the miracle vaccine our scientists produced in record time.
Not only yours, German ones too, such as BioNTech. But yes, science is international business. I just don't like it when people like Trump claim that all good is coming from the USA! (Not America, as America is more. Like Canada, USA, Mexico in North America, etc.)
“Wars are on, off, on again, off again, then on a third time—but only as a 'little detour.' This is not an administration that thinks even one move ahead …without a supersized Trump TACO, the U.S.-Canada impasse likely won’t resolve soon.”👇🏼 #TrumpChaos #TradeWar www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
How to Lose a Trade War
Trump’s bullying of Canada is failing.
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It’s worse than this. Having been in the room with many of them (long ago, before I knew they were psychopaths), the tycoons who are left running the industry have an active contempt for ordinary people, including their own workers. They actively want to oppress, control and punish them.
Amanda Mull@amandamull.bsky.social · 2d agoTech execs do not have, like, a theory of mind for people who aren’t tech execs. If they did, they wouldn’t be so frequently baffled by how repulsive normal people think their whole deal is right now
This is what the fake "free speech" advocates have built: an administration that harasses critics. Produce research showing the expensive National Guard deployments didn't lower crime? Get sued by Trump's lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
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A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: I've always loved this album—and only just learned that it was recorded five days before I was born. Mike Richmond (who wrote this song) is on bass and has a decent solo. Andy LaVerne is great on piano here. Stan Getz on tenor sax, Billy Hart on drums. See you around.
Brave Little Pernille
YouTube video by Stan Getz - Topic
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CARNEY: “.. I have decided to suspend trade negotiations with the U.S. and have directed Canada's negotiators to return to Ottawa. .. Canada will match those tariffs dollar for dollar to protect our workers and businesses.” 🇨🇦
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d agoBREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — Canada to match new US tariffs dollar for dollar, Prime Minister Mark Carney says.
So…they pretended that the problems on the USS Abraham Lincoln were “fake news” to hide the reason for the problems. Because…heaven forbid we know what’s REALLY going on in the War-Without-A-Purpose, especially when we’re suffering because of it.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d ago"The USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t able to be resupplied because the U.S. Navy’s main resupply base in the Gulf of Oman was destroyed by Iranian strikes—a fact that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth chose not to make public, said David Rhode [natsec reporter for MS NOW]" newrepublic.com/post/214510/...
"From late February until June, Iran launched extensive missile and drone strikes on Naval Support Activity Bahrain, causing devastating damage that was not acknowledged by the Pentagon."
Democrats should be unafraid in saying that Roberts on the Court is comparable to Mike Johnson in the House and John Thune in the Senate. They're all in thrall to Trump.
Mark Histed@markhisted.org · 2d agoeveryone needs to care about how the Roberts Court is actively, but quietly, helping Trump enact his agenda. We are in a separation of powers fight, a fight for constitutional meaning, and a fight with the conservative politicians on the corrupt Court.
