Not only should brooks and others shut up. But Ossoff is the best example in the country of a Democrat playing dominance politics and using it to control the whole terms of his race.
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Semi-retired marketer in career rehab/recovery, occasional writer, chili cook, B&W film, noir, cats, former horse wrangler, political junkie, leftish, anti Nazi.
“Never use a verb other than ‘said’ to carry dialogue” was life-changing for me
Dean Frey@dean.bsky.social · 7h agoRemembering Elmore Leonard on his birthday 🎂 📷 Janette Beckman, 1980 "Elmore Leonard is as close as anything you have here in America to a national novelist." - Martin Amis
1) Putin doesn't have diesel to spare. 2) Diesel is cover for lifting sanctions. 3) Putin's statement sounds like he's offering an Iran escape hatch, which I've been predicting. 4) Half of the MASSIVE bribes Putin is offering now don't exist. 5) But he does mention security coop -- Kash.
I think this analysis is correct. Reports out of Russia for the last six weeks show huge diesel shortages and long lines of cars trying to get it. Russia doesn't have the diesel Trump says he's buying for them. This is all for another purpose, which is psy ops.
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ALT: Picard Facepalm
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The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com · 2d agoThe FBI wants to hire the Ultimate Fighting Championship to train its special agents under a one-year deal that would bypass the competitive bidding process typically used for federal contracts, according to federal records.
On a personal note, just finished episode 1150 of One Piece. Binged early, has been a daily watch for over a year. Soon I'll be down to the weekly release of the current episode. What a show.
All the "how could anyone manage this without AI" stuff just cements the idea that no one can remember anything that happened before covid
It is a hell of a lot easier to do a general strike and shut a country down if you have guaranteed health care whether or not you have a job or can afford it. I think one reason they deny Medicare for All so much is that the GOP knows fear of loss of health care keeps people from rising up.
The narrative that Americans are divided on abortion is a lie to hide just how undemocratic bans are—and convince lawmakers to take weaker stances on abortion. ~70% of Deep South voters oppose abortion bans. I wrote about the implications of this:
Poll: 70% of Deep South Voters Oppose Abortion Bans
Plus, Deep South voters are the least likely to say that abortion should never be permitted.
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I am aware of the history of 20th century fascism and grew up around Holocaust survivors. When fascism returns, they said, expect indifference or outright cowardice from 90% of your friends, neighbors and colleagues. AND YET, it still shocks me to see this groveling cowardice in real time.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d ago(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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In 2022, artist Dave McKean was AI-curious: so much that he made a whole comic book out of AI prompts. Now, four years later, he's sounding a very different, and ominous, note. At @flaminghydra.com, a conversation with Dave McKean on the future of technology and art.
Flaming Hydra@flaminghydra.com · 6d agoTODAY: @zachrabiroff.com in conversation with the artist Dave McKean on the current and coming horrors of AI in art. "We’re entering a world of insanity. And I mean that quite literally. We’re not going to be able to discern what is real and what is not real." flaminghydra.com/issue-662/#a...
lafeyette park is where he gassed protesters and stood with a bible. its one of the most accessible areas in dc and where ordinary people should be able to just walk. fuck this piece of fucking shit
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 5d agoDictator Move of the Day.
Kids housebound or bedbound with Long COVID created superheroes inspired by their experiences with chronic illness and disability. Their heroes find strength in resting, asking for help and compassion. The characters now feature in a 72-page full-colour comic, Long Covid Superheroes. #LongCOVIDkids
Kids with Long COVID co-created their own superhero comic book - The Sick Times
Long Covid Superheroes showcases the bravery of asking for help, resting, and being compassionate with yourself and others.
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It's accompanied by a pandemic of stupidity that keeps it rolling.
Dr Elisa Perego@elisaperego78.bsky.social · 6d agoThe pandemic isn't over and Covid isn't "endemic". It's still a pandemic disease with waves across the globe. It can still make you sick, kill you, hospitalize you
Wow… what an incredible letter. This is a must read.
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 6d ago"Seven former Cornell students are accused of sexually assaulting another student who says she was incapacitated. Messages allegedly inviting other frat members were sent to a group chat during the assault. Everyone is talking about the seven. I keep thinking about the others." buff.ly/z7yWbR2
As a longtime Chicago journalist I want to say that if you fail to put Hastert's serial CHILD SEX ABUSE in the headlines about his death, you are doing it wrong. So far, this is the only headline I've seen that has been crystal clear about what the Illinois pol did to kids. Credit @reuters.com.
The far right power grab is global and entirely organized, moneyed & interconnected. No matter where it happens, every pillar of free society that falls has been and will continue to be everyone’s problem. It’s a domino effect.
Nixon asked Goldwater how many votes he had in the Senate. Goldwater told him, "Not many and not mine."
Again what if the entire avant garde wasn’t killed off in the 80s maybe America looks different oh well never mind
Excellent quote. This article also pairs well with Backlash Presidents, which takes on the historical and institutional dimensions of this problem but shares the same basic conviction.
Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · last wk."The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph
we should normalize the social shaming of bad people. sorry you don't think your Maine summers are as idyllic as they used to be, John Roberts. but you sold democracy to the highest bidders among your friends you don't get to summer without sometimes seeing a kayaker with a poster that says you suck
A STAR IS BORN premiered #OTD in 1954. Judy Garland was nominated for an Oscar, but lost to Grace Kelly for THE COUNTRY GIRL. "The biggest robbery since Brink’s," Groucho Marx called it. George Cukor's lavish musical is on Tubi 'til Sept 30 if you'd like to marvel at Judy (and James Mason's) work.
"The first step to defeating fascism in this country is to throw the fascists out of office and thereby remove the instruments of power they use to oppress people like the Haitian community in Springfield. But there is a longer, harder struggle ahead, that cannot be solved with power alone."
Editor's Notes: Your Local Fascists
We know what to do with Trump and his stooges. The harder question is what to do with the ordinary Americans we will have to live alongside afterwards.
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