Christopher Coffman 🌹
@coffmanesq.bsky.social
“...a good fellow: rather miscellaneous and bric-à-brac, but likable.” economics, public policy, art and literature, philosophy; Rice owl; recovering full-time college adjunct (you may have known me as “tex” in the other place)
Abbott has already started:
Jay D Johnson@refusenik.bsky.social · 9h agoHere's a question for @robertdownen.bsky.social I wonder how Islamophobic Texas Republicans will attempt to use Abdul El-Sayed in their attack ads against Talarico and the Democratic Party in general? The same really applies nationwide. It's why establishment Dems solidly backed Stevens.
this is a fan-fucking-tastic book that everyone should read i will also absolutely see this film despite the hIgh bar set by the novel Itself
Catbus@catbus.phd · yesterdayI feel very strongly that gratuitous, over the top CGI does a grevious disservice to one of the great books of all time I'll probably see it anyway 📽️
I always think of Dr. George Tiller when Kansans protect abortion rights. 17 years later and our state is somehow still a site of refuge, even in the wake of Dobbs
If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"
i’ll be surprised if i get more than a few likes on this, lol, but sure, why not
god bless lon burnam, he’s a real mensch www.star-telegram.com/news/local/f...
Judge Tim O'Hare has man physically removed from commissioners meeting
Speaker Lon Burnam is arrested while speaking at a Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting after Judge Tim O'Hare told him to put down the microphone he was holding on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026.
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Winston Bishop: I Truly Believe It Is Witchcraft
Alt: Winston Bishop: I Truly Believe It Is Witchcraft
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Cate Denial@cjdenial.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is your annual reminder that if you inadvertently write on a whiteboard with a Sharpie, you can trace over that with a whiteboard pen and then the whole thing will come off.
i’ll be surprised if i get more than a few likes on this, lol, but sure, why not
For after you’ve seen Spider-Man: Brand New Day, I wrote about why it’s nice to finally see [redacted] get a new story for once
The big twist isn't which character shows up in the MCU, but the arc she gets
The big twist isn't which character shows up in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but the arc that she gets after all this time.
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I wrote about the Trojan horse, and what we can learn from her mouth about different cultural attitudes towards deception and violence. As someone comments below, the phrase GIFT ARTICLE is pretty scary in this context.
Chris Suellentrop@suellentrop.bsky.social · 2d agoTurns out @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social knows a lot about ancient epics www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
No one should have to operate in "gig economy" Uber-tier shit but *healthcare especially* should not Anyway unions rule and I bet this shit doesn't fly anywhere nurses have a union contract
Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙@mementomorty.bsky.social · yesterdayperfect example of how hospitals are the worst: some have been using an app that will post an open shift that needs filled, will ask nurses to place a bid on that shift, and the bid includes the hourly wage at which they are willing to work, then the system gives the shift to the LOWEST bidder
people will die as a result of this practice but people line Elom Muks will claim there’s no proof because the dead people never called him say they were dying
Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙@mementomorty.bsky.social · yesterdayperfect example of how hospitals are the worst: some have been using an app that will post an open shift that needs filled, will ask nurses to place a bid on that shift, and the bid includes the hourly wage at which they are willing to work, then the system gives the shift to the LOWEST bidder
Republicans love pushing vocational-only education instead of comprehensive-education because they want a healthy supply of low-cost servants and less competition for the professional and boss jobs they want their own kids to have.
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d agoIn a college sociology class in the late 1980s I was assigned a Marxist analysis of education that argued that the US education system is designed primarily to produce efficient workers for the labor market. And now Trump’s Department of Education is just tweeting it out.
as disturbing as these terrorposts are, remember that this cosplay james bond airhead started out as a dimestore ragebait troll and is only a somebody because fascism elevates nobodies he is maga in miniature: a loser who rose through party ranks to become a mover; a mediocrity playing make believe
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d agoCo-host of Charlie Kirk’s podcast whose book was blurbed by DJT, Jr and JD Vance. Don’t call them fascists though.
he really is and always has been an utterly worthless senator
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
A better response would be to pay them more.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
This is the inevitable conclusion of three decades of increasingly looking at college education as purely a vocational exercise
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
"...we have no alternative but to take his word." In addition to not confirming him, you could promise to support his impeachment, removal, & disqualification from office if he breaks his word.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoCornyn: "As to the idea it could be revived in the future, I think it's highly unlikely that could happen without the cooperation of the DOJ. And I think Mr Blanche gave us the assurances that it was dead and would not be revived and in this case we have no alternative but to take his word" 🙃
Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
the new spider-man was great but sweet jebus can we please bring back movie intermissions
DOD is not letting trans service members attend their own separation hearings unless they conform with Whiskey Pete's notion of their gender. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
For Texas Architect, I unloaded on Texas cities for using deferred maintenance as a precedent for demolishing and abandoning civic structures, including I.M. Pei's Dallas City Hall. Fort Worth and San Antonio aren't spared either. magazine.texasarchitects.org/2026/07/28/d...
"Deferred Maintenance" Endangers Civic Heritage - Texas Architect Magazine
If “deferred maintenance” is the government’s version of the excuse “the dog ate my homework,” then some Texas cities may…
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For non-WNBA watchers: The Minnesota Lynx are coached by Cheryl, and they are playing the Indiana Fever. The Fever have a transphobe on their team that has attracted a traveling circus of bigots, first to Portland, and now to Minnesota. Cheryl is doing what the WNBA as a corporation refuses to do.
Cassidy Hettesheimer@cassidyhett.bsky.social · 4d agoCheryl Reeve’s shirt today:
Crying Nut '말달리자 - Speed Up Losers [South Korea, Indie Rock/Pop Punk (1998)] https://redd.it/11u8eya https://youtu.be/31lkJso6G5U
Crying Nut '말달리자 - Speed Up Losers [South Korea, Indie Rock/Pop Punk (1998)]
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the whiplash flip flop of foreign policy and military “strategy” being hammered out by trump’s sweaty thumbs is basically a proxy fight between a handful of foreign nations and aside from creating chaos and volatile, it’s making him more obscenely and sinfully rich
