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Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 5d ago

Kamala Harris: We have a president taking America into a war the people did not ask for, spending billions of dollars without paying attention to the people right here in America who are losing their health coverage because of policies they are pushing to pay for a tax cut for the rich…

EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 2w ago

Now that many people are buying my 2017 metrical verse translation of the Odyssey in great numbers (thank you, Mr Nolan!), or at least, gazing at it and wondering whether to buy it, I thought I should share some thoughts on the cover design.

James Fallows@jfallows.bsky.social · 2w ago

"They were careless people. They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” This man did incalculable damage, while 'carried away.'

Headline: "Elon Musk says he got 'carried away' with Trump—but still holds onto contentious political views."
SANTA CLAUS@santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 3w ago

“Someone should invent a high tech self-replicating machine that uses solar energy to remove carbon from the air and turn it into a sustainable building material. Oh wait, that’s what trees are.” (Surveee) Alaska is home to two of the nation’s largest national forests: the Chugach and Tongass :-)}

A black and white poster with faded images of tall trees with full, leafy branches, above which appears: “Someone should invent a high tech self-replicating machine that uses solar energy to remove carbon from the air and turn it into a sustainable building material. Oh wait, that’s what trees are.” ~ Surveee
rev. howard arson@theophite.bsky.social · 3w ago

it is pretty insane that the movement which produced the idea that Kamala Harris would go to war in Iran has not produced any sort of resistance, even messaging, about the actual war in Iran

Wil Wheaton ❌👑@wilwheaton.net · 3w ago

In the early 2000s, I worked on a couple of movies that were direct-to-DVD, low budget versions of successful, big budget movies of the moment. They weren't high art, but they were so much fun. This is a story about one of them.

can i tell you a story?

Earlier today, a really fun memory surfaced that I wanted to share, because I haven’t had an opportunity to tell a story in a little while. It’s an older memory, so I’m sure some of the specifics aren’t entirely correct, but this is way I remember it. In the early...

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Rep. Jamie Raskin@raskin.house.gov · 3w ago

Palestinian pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is being held and reportedly tortured in an Israeli prison with no charges, no trial and no Due Process. Netanyahu's government must immediately release him from these lawless, horrific and life-threatening conditions.

Name withheld for secret reasons@deemcg.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trust me on this. When well disliked colleagues pass on, their best hope is for me to decide to hold my tongue. I'm not going to be saying nice things about them and spouting empty pieties about sympathizing with their families after they worked so hard to hurt somebody else's.

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Nobody I worked with killed as many people as Lindsey Graham (or Mitch McConnell or Dick Cheney or George w Bush or Henry Kissinger). This incessant need Democrats have to pay tribute to despicable scumbags js part of the reason people don’t believe them when they say elections are a crisis point.

Clare Blackwood@clareblackwood.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Deeply sad about the loss of Ringwraith #4. We might have disagreed on policy, such as stabbing hobbits and murdering innocent villagers and working for the Dark Lord Sauron, but he loved riding horses and supporting his fellow Nazgûl. Wish he'd had more time." -Canadian politicians, apparently

Name withheld for secret reasons@deemcg.bsky.social · 4w ago

Turns out that the fate of the ME senate race and the balance of power in our federal government, too, was put in the hands of an arrogant law student and callow part-time campaign strategist who thinks everything the Democratic party does is shit. Shocked that this doesn't seem to be ending well.

Elite Grifters@elitegrifters.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Graham Platner recruiter Daniel Moraff not exactly disputing the notion that the far-left are motivated by their personal dislike of current Democratic operatives. The interviewer's, the WSJ's Aaron Zitner, attempt to get him to clarify what he means didn't get to clearer answer.

Josh Turek@joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 4w ago

The allegations against Graham Platner are truly disturbing. This isn’t about party – this is about right and wrong and who should represent their state in the U.S. Senate. He should drop out immediately.