yeah, so two things. first, i have been saying for some time that *this* is the message. and that it is a broad one that can fit a large number of concerns. and second, this dude has the juice.

Nathaniel William Horadam@horadam.bsky.social · 4mo ago

1. I wouldn't take at face value anything a candidate up for reelection says about his future plans for a higher office. 2. He's running. 3. He's going to win. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnj-...

This will sound very nerdy, but when I was a kid, I revered the Supreme Court. If they could rule unanimously against segregation in 1954—when the two other branches of government would *never* have been brave enough—I thought they're the lone voice of good. That is all trashed now. They're garbage.

They’re telling me a great empire will be destroyed if I attack Persia. Even the oracles who don’t like me very much, very nasty, they all said to me, “Sir, it’s one of the great empires, and it’ll be destroyed. And all because you attacked Persia.” That’s what they’re telling me.

Finally, the day has arrived that I get to hear Atlanta Symphony perform Bach’s B minor Mass! Don’t forget to do some things that make you happy in life.

Just remember, we're not part of America anymore. We're now part of Trump's illegal organization. Everything that he does affects us in the long run. Long after he's dead and buried.

ICE is already in Georgia because state law requires our law enforcement agencies support ICE’s work. And also… they are being bullies to force giant detention cities on tiny towns that don’t want them.

Georgia Recorder@georgiarecorder.com · 6mo ago

New commentary from @jaybookman.bsky.social: ICE is bullying its way into Georgia with plans to turn warehouses into detention centers

She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre. She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s. Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.

I wrote about something I've been thinking about for a long time. A kind of post-ironic collapse in our politics and culture where nihilism has become the lingua franca of the internet and beyond. It links Kirk, Clavicular, Epstein, memestock/coin stuff, mass shooters. I hope you'll read it.

This Is What It Looks Like When Nothing Matters

Welcome to the internet’s nihilism crisis.

theatlantic.com

"If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer...a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind...with such a people you can then do what you please."

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

youtu.be

We held a vigil for Renee Good and ICE victims Friday evening in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Even in the cold steady rain, more than 40 people showed up with signs and candles. It felt good to connect with others who want to take our country back from the thugs.

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies. I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/

Kris and Dave

Hundreds of people in Rhinebeck, NY took a break from the Sheep and Wool Festival to march in a lively No Kings protest Saturday morning. #NoKings

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.” Among those RIFd: —leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases; —leadership of global health center —leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

Goldcrest - along with the closely-related Firecrest, this is the smallest bird in the British Isles. Not easy to photograph as they are often amongst dense vegetation & move quickly. #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #bird #birdphotography #ukwildlife #bathnature #birdofprey

If I never see the word "crackdown" again, it'll be fine with me. Especially since it always seems to mean "tantrum" or "hissy fit" in current usage, and to have nothing to do with the rule of law.

My magnum opus - a unified field theory of why the post-literate society spells disaster for civilisation as we know it jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

jmarriott.substack.com

Ossoff on RFK Jr: "Absolutely he should resign. And he never should've been confirmed to begin with... in any normal Senate, he never would've gotten so much as a hearing. This is someone who throughout his public life has embraced just about every piece of quackery & pseudoscience he's come across"

Sing it.

🍁🇨🇦Emotional Support Canadian🇨🇦🍁@emosupportcanadian.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Woah!...

Ossoff: "There is at some point is going to be a reckoning for all of this. These folks who are working at these private prison companies who are on Kristi Noem's staff right now, they are at some point going to have to testify under oath about what is happening in the facilities they're running."

Predictably, RFK Jr. isn’t helping.

Anti-vaxxers are making excuses for the CDC shooter

RFK Jr. isn't helping.

motherjones.com

Senators are Van Hollen, Welch, Schatz, Murray, Kaine, Durbin, Merkley, Sanders, Warren, Smith, Baldwin, Markey, Warnock, Heinrich, Duckworth, Klobuchar, Hirono, Alsobrooks, Lujan, Ossoff, and Murphy. Both GA Senators and Baldwin from WI but no one else from a Trump 2024 state. No NY, NJ, or CA.

Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.gov · last yr.

Families in Gaza are starving to death. Meanwhile, Trump & Netanyahu are using US taxpayer dollars to replace international aid orgs in Gaza with mercenaries — leading to even more deaths. ENOUGH. I led 20 Senators in calling on Trump to stop supporting this barbarity:

Trump’s corrupt DOJ is going to put out a statement full of lies by sex trafficker Maxwell who is trying to get out of prison, while refusing to release the statements of the victims and witnesses which would prove she’s lying. DOJ is now siding with sex traffickers over victims.

I made a couple of these Emotional Support Chickens for the kids. Wish I could make one for all of us because we really need some emotional support these days!