Dick Mac (alive!)
@dickmac999.bsky.social
The only survivor of the National Peoples Gang. Soccer fan. Viking (RBNY). Gooner (Arsenal). Art collector. Leftist. Brooklyn. Reject all theocracies. He/him. #NoWar
To all fellow #WNBA fans (except in Indiana): it is our duty as decent people to boo Sophie Cunningham whenever she visits our team. Boo her until she quits or moves to #Russia. She would be perfect in Russia. And the booing of her is a beautiful sound. #SophieCunningham
#OnThisDay in 2013, American modernist artist, sculptor Ruth Asawa died in San Francisco. She was 87. #OTD #RuthAsawa #ArtSky Photo by Imogen Cunningham
#OnThisDay in 1964, American rapper, bassist, filmmaker, and activist, Adam Yauch was born in Brooklyn. He was known as MCA, a founding member of the Beastie Boys. He died in 2012. #BOTD #AdamYauch #MCA Photo by Masao Nakagami
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
Our thoroughly corrupt electoral system.
Massachusetts learned the hard way what happens when private equity puts profits over people. That's why I reintroduced the Health Over Wealth Act with @jayapal.house.gov. It's time we get corporate greed out of our healthcare system.
#OnThisDay in 1962, Norma Jeane Mortenson died in Los Angeles. We knew her as American actress and model Marilyn Monroe. She was 36. #OTD #MarilynMonroe #MovieSky Photo by Bert Parry
#OnThisDay in 1901, American jazz and blues trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans. He died in 1971. He was 69 years old. #BOTD #LouisArmstrong Photo by Harry Warnecke and Gus Schoenbaechler
#OnThisDay in 1961, Barack Hussein Obama II was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He became the 44th President of the United States and remains one of the greatest living Americans. #BOTD #BarackObama Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
Sophie Cunningham is getting booed every time she touches the ball here in Minneapolis
#OnThisDay in 1977, American writer and visual artist William S. Burroughs died in Lawrence, Kansas. He was 83. #OTD #WilliamS.Burroughs #WilliamBurroughs #Author Photographer once known.
#OnThisDay in 1924, American writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin was born in New York City. He died in 1987, age 63. #BOTD #JamesBaldwin #Author #CivilRights Photo by Allan Warren
#OnTheTurntable is Beaucoups of Blues, by Ringo Starr. Apple Records US release No. 2969. #vinyl #AppleRecords #RingoStarr #MusicSky
#OnTheTurntable is My Sweet Lord, by George Harrison. Apple Records US release No. 2995, which (besides the 1990s releases that I haven’t bothered to acquire) was the final 45 RPM release by #AppleRecords in the US. #vinyl
#RBNY 3-2 Orlando. A sloppy, messy and very fun match. Nice to see Griezmann. Also, still amused by this in-stadium sponsorship deal. I’d consider a withdrawal, but there are minors on that team!
1. Flour comes from a plant. 2. Sugar comes from a plant. 3. Chocolate … from a plant. Conclusion: cake is salad. #salad
WISCONSIN: “We’ve been told doing better isn’t possible. That’s bullshit. All we need to do is fight together.” 💪🏽 @francescahongwi.bsky.social
#OnThisDay in 1971, The Concerts For Bangladesh were held at 2:30 PM and 8:00 PM at Madison Square Garden. George Harrison hosted a star-studded lineup. See ALT text for list. #OTD #GeorgeHarrison #ConcertForBangladesh #Bangladesh #MusicSky Original Madison Square poster courtesy Bruce Spizer.
#OnThisDay in 1960, Carlton Douglas Ridenhour was born in Hempstead, New York. We know him as Chuck D, the American rapper, best known as the frontman of Public Enemy. #BOTD #ChuckD #PublicEnemy #HipHop #MusicSky Photo by Mika Väisänen
The discussion about Moroccans taking refuge on that tiny strip of Spain does not include the point that Spain is still occupying Morocco, like the USA has Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. This is what happens to colonial nations, they must accept the people they've colonized!
You know what might make America change? If civilized countries banned Americans from having travel visas! Imagine if Americans weren't allowed to travel to foreign countires! She would get changed lickety-ficking-split!
#OnThisDay in 1890, Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh died in Auvers-sur-Oise, France. He was 37. #OTD #VincentVanGogh #ArtSky Self-portrait
#OnThisDay in 1933, Italian-American professional wrestler, manager and actor, who performed under the ring/stage name "Captain" Lou Albano, was born in Rome. He died in 2009. #BOTD #LouAlbano #CaptainLou Photo by Carrie Kirk
#OnThisDay in 1974, American singer-songwriter, actress, comedian, and television personality Cass Elliot (also known as Mama Cass) died in London. She was 32. #OTD #CassElliot #MamaCass Photographer Once Known
The #IOC makes #FIFA look like Greenpeace or Amnesty International.
Randahl Fink@randahl.bsky.social · last wk.The International Olympic Committee is lifting the suspension of Russian boxers while Russia is bombing the old boxing center in Kherson. The IOC is on the wrong side of history.
