In December 2024 after seeing my retiring PCP doctor, they scheduled me to August 2026. Today they canceled. The newer doc is no longer seeing new patients. #PrimaryCare #HealthCare
Eclectic Zeal
@eclecticzeal.bsky.social
A progressive living in Oregon. Supporter of keeping democracy. Interests: natural and Earth sciences, space, history, classic films, and film noir.
This is STILL insane. AP photographer is describing what it was like watching the whole thing unfold. A catering truck. A decoy Air Force One. A secret military plane.
My view is that it is crucial to laugh at would-be autocrats, so keep the catering cart jokes coming, but also to soberly consider the serious scandals and corruption behind it, as @vermontgmg.bsky.social does so well here: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...
The Five Scandals Within the "Air Force One" Scandal
Donald Trump, a Catering Truck, and the Qatari "Air Force One" represent a Russian Nesting Doll of Scandal and Corruption
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I talked to @amanpourcopbs.bsky.social about this summer's heat and fire, the divide between the cooled and the damned, and why reducing fossil fuel consumption is the most important task of our time. www.cnn.com/2026/08/11/t...
‘There’s no going back’: Journalist Jeff Goodell on the new climate status quo | CNN
Paula Newton speaks with the author of “The Heat Will Kill You First” about a climate fast becoming hotter and more intense.
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I know the elaborate Air Force One deception described here wasn’t Trump’s idea, but it’s still giving me real strong Martin-Sheen-as-Greg-Stillson-in-“The Dead Zone” vibes (except that in this case, Trump willingly and secretly put dozens of other lives—including those of his own staff—at risk).
Aaron Schaffer@aaronschaffer.com · 5d ago!!!
Today in 1945, President Harry Truman made his first real decision about using the atomic bomb, ordering an end to further bombings and creating the policy of presidential sole authority (Truman was aware of the general plans but did not officially authorize the attacks on Hiroshima or Nagasaki).
Aaaand they're off... The racism will be off the charts.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
What an interesting choice of phrases. The U.S. economy certainly *was* the “envy of the world,” though it’s not anymore. The Economist ran this cover in October 2024 — a month before Trump won a second term, as Biden's presidency neared its end.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoBessent: "President Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton could not have imagined the economy that we would have created. It is the envy of the world."
The NY Times Pitchbot doesn't even have to make it up.
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 2w agoNo mention at all of how wildly illegal, unconstitutional, & criminal all of this is. Just a game of inside baseball & personalities to these wildly unserious people. Incredible in 2026 to be behaving like this.
On November 5, 1946, Admiral Blandy sparked a significant controversy when he, his wife Roberta, and Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry, were photographed with this cake in the Officers’ Club at the Army War College in Washington, DC, celebrating Operation Crossroads and the end of Joint Task Force One.
"There are two means of refuge from the misery of life, music and cats". #Caturday #CatsLover #CatsOfBluesky
'Strangers on a Train,' the book is different than the movie. I like the 'Talented Mr. Ripley' vibes it gives off, also written by Patricia Highsmith. #booksky
Will it work ? You wouldn't think so but never underestimate the extent of human stupidity .. (cartoon Pat Bagley) #politics
With its magnificent monoliths, foggy forests, shapeshifting sand dunes, and teeming tide pools, the Oregon coast is one of my favorite places on Earth. Over the weekend, during low tide, some friends showed us their favorite spot to observe the soggy and spectacular cosmos of seashore life.
This idiot has probably never been to the BOREAL FOREST a day in his life. It is 5.5 times the size of Texas. You cannot "groom" it. It's burning because of climate change. The utter bullshit from these climate deniers. Canadians are sick of this bullying and they are not going to take it.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w agoRep. Jeff Van Drew: "Canada isn't working because they are so far left. This should be a warning shot to them. You better come to America, say, 'We're sorry, we're gonna mend our ways and do what we used to do and groom and maintain the forest.'"
Fun Saturday night trying to clean up a computer takeover/banking scam my 82-year old mother in law fell for. If you have no yet had the talk with older people in your life please do. She fell for the classic "your computer is compromised call this number" trap. The steps were comically standard:
Late Night Canada: Smoke, Explosive Diarrhea & Death Pants youtu.be/Xts_QN6uhKY
Late Night Canada: Smoke, Explosive Diarrhea & Death Pants
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Utterly adorable tiny bob cat kittens in our back yard being watched very closely by indoor cats who are Not Pleased By The Visitors
It's easy to not watch the maniac talk tonight. It will be harder to avoid all the clips that will play for days afterwards.
Don’t take the bait. Whether ICE planted drugs or there were drugs DOES NOT MATTER. It’s irrelevant to the murder. Feds want us to debate drugs in a story that’s about murder. Stay focused on the murder. It’s not about the victim’s virtue or lack thereof. It’s about ICE murdering people.
ME: It's a Superman movie where he comes to earth during prehistoric times PRODUCER: Keep talking ME: called Jurassic Clark HIM: Get out
Critical thinking and humor combine well in this fun book. The description of Superman's deadly farts needs to make its way into a movie scene. #booksky
