Jeff Pearson
@legoverleg.bsky.social
Poet, educator, bipolar disorder/mental health advocate, MtG player, Ex-Mormon CALL ME OUT FOR MISINFORMATION https://poesyjeffpearson.com Previous editor to Blood Orange Review, fugue and 5x5 Litmag A commonplace book Fuck Doug Wilson
Heads up. Milei introduced his Thiel-aligned “Super RIGI bill” in an op-ed, “opening with “praise for the Dutch East India Company.” As noted by others, the Dutch East India Company was granted a “commercial monopoly, its own army, currency & legal system, & the power to declare war.” 7/31/26 … 1/
New: Police are being told to hide the fact that they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them in both encounters with citizens but ALSO in their official police reports: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...
‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock
“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."
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Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
Truck driver spots a burst pipe about to soak pedestrians and puts his own body in the way of the pressurized blast.
The Archive but it's a videogame from 1998.
Transportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...
What the Hell Happened to Sean Duffy’s Road-Trip TV Show?
Three months after it was announced, the secretary of transportation’s summer show—funded by companies he regulates—hasn’t aired a single episode.
thebulwark.com
I didn’t see the contract news, but yeah apparently election meddling pays off when it’s mere Pennie’s to a trillionaire
The Liberal Curmudgeon@liberalcurmudgeon.bsky.social · 2d agoOur thoroughly corrupt electoral system.
Our thoroughly corrupt electoral system.
Meet the three woman skaters drawing attention from Tony Hawk and Thrasher while raising the stakes for the skateboarding community in L.A. and O.C. 🛹 🎥: Julianne Le and Erwin Recinos
“I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!” NETWORK (1976) In a decade littered with cinematic masterpieces, Paddy Chayefsky & Sidney Lumet’s movie is right up there at the top of the list. #PeterFinch
My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
theguardian.com
Michigan will provide another crucial test of whether progressives can not only keep up their winning streak in safe-blue seats but also break through in battlegrounds crucial for control of Congress. The stakes for the Democratic Party are huge.
We’re about to find out how powerful progressives really are
A strong performance across the Senate race and two House primaries would bolster the left’s argument that its message has potency in a key battleground.
politico.com
Hundreds rally in Fishers, Indiana to support immigrants and oppose a nearby ‘mass deportation’ event.
Hundreds rally in Fishers to support immigrants and oppose nearby 'mass deportation' event - Indianapolis Recorder
Two groups with opposing views on immigration hosted events Saturday in Central Indiana. One was a private rally in support of mass ...
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This was an exhibit we spent a ton of time at in the Academy Museum, which I highly recommend for Movie People. My girls are creatives. I adore Harryhausen; a master of his craft.
Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 2d agoRay Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...
During a contentious interview, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several claims about COVID-19, vaccines and measles. Here are some of the statements that were factually inaccurate.
A Doctor Fact-Checks HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s CNN Interview
A public health expert fact checks RFK Jr.'s recent contentious interview on CNN with facts on vaccines, COVID-19 and measles.
forbes.com
For the first time in more than 70 years, women took the field in a professional baseball game. Dreams that generations fought for are finally becoming reality. Here’s to every girl who has ever been told, “Baseball isn’t for you.” Keep proving them wrong💪 #WomensSports #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
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If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky
Dart Adams@dartadams.bsky.social · 2d agoIf you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky
At 1pm PT on Mon, Aug 3, I'll have a live update on the historic wildfire disaster that unfolded over the weekend in Spokane, Washington, including causes and context, then discuss the very active wildfire conditions currently present elsewhere in West.
Active wildfire conditions worsen across U.S. West, including historic wildfire disaster in Spokane - YouTube
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive #weather and #climate-focused "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain. 08/03/2026 topics: ...
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Voting by mail feeds democracy and the post office. Do it if you can and as early as possible.
This morning, I decided to run on the forest trail and got to say hi to a very interested Bard Owl
"To be free, for me, is to no longer consider the consequences of my body and skin and hair and tongue..." Author and professor Jason Reynolds attempts to answer the question, What is Freedom. ➡️ buff.ly/q9Pz3LU
President Donald Trump said the Iran war is going “extremely well.” Military attacks have degraded Iran’s conventional forces but not its ability to attack U.S. troops and allies. And the war has brought new economic and diplomatic challenges. (via @politifact.bsky.social) https://to.pbs.org/3TtfAsx
Fact-checking Trump's claims about how the Iran war is going
Even as a ceasefire was crumbling, leading the U.S. to wage new attacks on Iran, President Donald Trump touted the United States’ war as a success.
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