Don Heban

@donheban.bsky.social

Supporter of Big Transit

Pros: Best US performance in a World Cup match in my lifetime, (assuming Pulisic is OK) nobody got hurt, system looked great, probably could have scored six Cons: this is me

Just watched a man literally flip a coin on a moving train and unblock a contact labeled Gio Reyna and text them "hey" with a slutty amount of Ys

Devastating: Hampshire College is permanently closing following the Fall 2026 Semester. A beautiful institution & community that has done so much for so many. My child is a current Hampshire senior. Hampshire's approach to education is so unique, humane, & exciting—I've seen it first hand. Tragic

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This is half the point of Ursula K Le Guin’s The Dispossessed! Being a leftist or even living in a utopian society doesn’t free you from the everyday pettiness and social conflict that come with just being a human being who exists around other human beings, especially when ambition is involved.

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 5mo ago

No shade at OP but this is like when capitalists go "free market just gives everyone more choice" lol I've been in a room with 2+ leftist/socialists and I can assure you that "we are in cooperation not competition" is not just the opposite of what happens but you can set your watch to it happening

something about leftists/socialists not finding excellence threatening because every other human being isa peer, not a competitor to defeat and exploit

she didn’t throw trans people under the bus and she thinks republicans are the scum of the earth and that’s good enough for me

agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 6mo ago

The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.

The real “domestic terrorists” are in the White House. The victim, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was reportedly a law abiding US citizen & an ICU nurse at the VA. He was licensed to carry a firearm. Trump & Miller are responsible for his killing & are now lying to the American people.

Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.gov · 6mo ago

Another brutal killing by Trump’s ICE agents. Trump, Vance, Noem, Miller, & the whole morally depraved crew have blood on their hands. These killings are happening at their direction. They must be held accountable. Congress must cut-off funding for these heinous acts NOW!

Walz, Newsom, and especially Pritzker have been consistent in emphasizing that *history doesn't end with Trump.* (Unless, in ways we don't want to think about, it does.) There will eventually be a reckoning. Pritzker has said that he will make accountability his cause. ICE and CBP are today's KKK

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Walz: Minnesotans are witnessing, and we're creating a log of evidence for the future prosecution of ice agents and officials responsible for this.

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness) As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text.
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Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.