Today’s picking included a fluted red Costoluto Genevese with Queen of the Night tomatoes.

Great to hear about local opposition to data centers located on the Wisconsin River. The river's vast watershed feeds the rich Central Sands region, providing the crucial water supply needed to sustain Wisconsin's world-class cranberry bogs, vegetable crops, and dairy farms.

Great to hear about local opposition to data centers located on the Wisconsin River. The river's vast watershed feeds the crucial water supply needed to sustain Wisconsin's world-class cranberry bogs, vegetable crops, and dairy farms. The AI bubble will destroy those who buy into it.

Kennedy is a virus. Let’s just hope in years to come, Kennedy himself will be transmuted into a vaccine against naming dangerously insane people to the cabinet position of secretary of health.

The mainstream media is not leftist by any rational reckoning. It’s endlessly laundering Trump’s shithousery.

I’m here for my sanity’s sake. I write to think about my thinking. I post to think about my writing.

But Biden… The Iran conflict relies heavily on naval strike missiles (Tomahawks) and high-end naval air-defense interceptors (SM-2/3/6, THAAD). Ukraine received ZERO Tomahawks, SM-2,/3/6, or THAAD interceptors.

Prisons for profit are the worst form of injustice: Every sentence is a death sentence that profits soulless men snd decreases the surplus popultion of free people. Perdue chicken factories but with human victims.

Democracy made simple: Always vote and always vote for those who want people like you to vote.

Griftonomics

Guns make guys cowards and bullies. That’s all they are good for.

Seriously, would we have a democracy today without Black voices and votes?

…But names can never hurt me.

Big companies pass on tariffs to US. Small companies cannot and give up. Big companies collect refunds. We never see refunds. Big companies never roll back prices. AND for every $1.00 corporations pay to the U.S. Treasury, individual workers and households contribute roughly $10.60.

Excellent.

AI is a gimmick for grubbing money out of governments and investors.  “AI isn't going to wake up, become superintelligent and turn you into paperclips—but rich people with AI investor psychosis are almost certainly going to make you much, much poorer.” Corey Doctorow

Not an excuse but true: Not just Democrats, most of America has been living in nonstop shock and trauma created by a major party going rogue for racism, topped off by the rabid rich looting our government and pillaging our resources. I’m 78yo, and I saw it coming, but I did not see THIS coming.

“AI isn't going to wake up, become superintelligent and turn you into paperclips—but rich people with AI investor psychosis are almost certainly going to make you much, much poorer.” Corey Doctorow

Lenin saw monopolies as precursors to communism. He argued that monopoly capitalism had already done the hard work of centralizing industry. Monopolies also wreck markets, kill innovation, gouge consumers, and only pretend they care about workers. Lenin wanted state capitalism. Small is beautiful.

Just a note that @jbendery.bsky.social is 100% worth following. Always finds stories like these that matter, and yet are a bit under the radar.

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 5h ago

Former J6 federal prosecutors are begging senators -- mostly GOPers, but a handful of Dems are in there, too -- to stop confirming election deniers to lifetime federal courts seats. “Please stop poisoning our courts." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...

Maybe black bars over all their eyes to give it a really seedy vibe. Make my book look like something sold in a plain brown wrapper

rickoughta.bsky.social@rickoughta.bsky.social · 18h ago

I imagine you are calling your publisher to add a red banner with white letters saying BANNED IN TEXAS.

And renewing my offer -- any college class in Texas that wants to discuss the book, I'll happily Zoom in for the chat.

I'd love to hear why my book White Flight -- which won prizes from the Southern Historical Association and the American Political Science Association -- was deemed not good enough for students at Texas A&M.

King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · 19h ago

Only a matter of time before Texas forces @kevinmkruse.bsky.social to drink hemlock. www.aclutx.org/press-releas...

Lenin saw monopolies as precursors to communism. He argued that monopoly capitalism had already done the hard work of centralizing industry. Monopolies also wreck markets, kill innovation, gouge consumers, and only pretend they care about workers. Lenin wanted state capitalism. Small is beautiful.

Lenin saw monopolies as precursors to communism. He argued that monopoly capitalism had already done the hard work of centralizing industry. Monopolies also wreck markets, kill innovation, gouge consumers, and only pretend they care about workers. Lenin wanted state capitalism. Small is beautiful.

Seriously, would we have a democracy today without Black voices and votes? "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." Shirley Chisholm ran for the presidency in 1972.

Seriously, would we have a democracy today without Black voices and votes? "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." — Shirley Chisholm

Political cartoon by Ann Telnaes.

This one frame says so much. Good dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social Good dog.

Funny cartoon by Mike Luckivich. Not funny: - Donald Trump has depleted "nearly all" long range precision missiles, ATACMs, PrSMs & 50% of Tomahawk cruise missiles in failed Iran war - US Central Command moved more to Middle East; much weakened vs China etc - Trump boys profit on new defense orders