@abitbaffled.bsky.social
Not to brag, but this old lady and her husband have tickets to see @themountaingoats.bsky.social with both of our adult kids next October! I love it that the whole family gets excited about the poetry and storytelling in the MG lyrics.
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Not to brag, but this old lady and her husband have tickets to see @themountaingoats.bsky.social with both of our adult kids next October! I love it that the whole family gets excited about the poetry and storytelling in the MG lyrics.
“…there was always a good commercial use-case for minimizing the potential rights of whoever’s environment you were destroying.”
(The colonial mindset skewered with ruthless eloquence by @aptshadow.bsky.social)
(The colonial mindset skewered with ruthless eloquence by @aptshadow.bsky.social)
July 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“…there was always a good commercial use-case for minimizing the potential rights of whoever’s environment you were destroying.”
(The colonial mindset skewered with ruthless eloquence by @aptshadow.bsky.social)
(The colonial mindset skewered with ruthless eloquence by @aptshadow.bsky.social)
Just started Shroud, by @aptshadow.bsky.social, and so far it kinda seems like he might have some thoughts on capitalism 😆💜
July 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Just started Shroud, by @aptshadow.bsky.social, and so far it kinda seems like he might have some thoughts on capitalism 😆💜
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Making the whole thing a street party is exactly the right approach.
Keep the violence and escalation on the side of the state.
Images of repression, undermine governmental legitimacy.
And the more sympathetic that protesters look, the harder it is to paint them as dangerous.
Keep the violence and escalation on the side of the state.
Images of repression, undermine governmental legitimacy.
And the more sympathetic that protesters look, the harder it is to paint them as dangerous.
Completely bizarre to hear tv talk about sending in the military and then you see the actual pics of the protests and people are buying hot dogs and line dancing while the Nat Guard looks on in silent envy.
June 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Making the whole thing a street party is exactly the right approach.
Keep the violence and escalation on the side of the state.
Images of repression, undermine governmental legitimacy.
And the more sympathetic that protesters look, the harder it is to paint them as dangerous.
Keep the violence and escalation on the side of the state.
Images of repression, undermine governmental legitimacy.
And the more sympathetic that protesters look, the harder it is to paint them as dangerous.
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Listening to Service Model, by @aptshadow.bsky.social, while I pack. It’s read by the author and, dang! He’s *good* at this. Like, Andy-Serkis-reading-LOTR good, which is high praise indeed! Bonus: Service Model has no songs (Apologies to Tolkien, but oof. Those songs are rough in audio format)
April 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Listening to Service Model, by @aptshadow.bsky.social, while I pack. It’s read by the author and, dang! He’s *good* at this. Like, Andy-Serkis-reading-LOTR good, which is high praise indeed! Bonus: Service Model has no songs (Apologies to Tolkien, but oof. Those songs are rough in audio format)
Y’all, “You look so young today; I didn’t recognize you,” is a thing a lady just said to me. I’m pretty sure she meant it as a compliment, but if she didn’t? Respect! That is some deeply layered shade right there. 🤣
April 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Y’all, “You look so young today; I didn’t recognize you,” is a thing a lady just said to me. I’m pretty sure she meant it as a compliment, but if she didn’t? Respect! That is some deeply layered shade right there. 🤣
“Why must we treat what are obviously systemic problems as failures of individual morality?” ~ John Green on TB (but just as apt a question about poverty, the housing crisis, and every other societal ill that is a consequence of inequity and misguided priorities) @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“Why must we treat what are obviously systemic problems as failures of individual morality?” ~ John Green on TB (but just as apt a question about poverty, the housing crisis, and every other societal ill that is a consequence of inequity and misguided priorities) @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
What if you could help people while you sleep? For free? (Brought to you by Vlogbrothers, Irish waterfalls, and the fertile brain of @hankgreen.bsky.social)
youtube.com/watch?v=dv2X...
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White Noise For Charity - Torc Waterfall in Ireland - Sleep, Study, Focus!!
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March 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What if you could help people while you sleep? For free? (Brought to you by Vlogbrothers, Irish waterfalls, and the fertile brain of @hankgreen.bsky.social)
youtube.com/watch?v=dv2X...
youtube.com/watch?v=dv2X...
If you aren’t reading “Everything is Tuberculosis,” you are lmissing out on profound social insights and truly elegant prose. I mean, geeze, just read it already.
March 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
If you aren’t reading “Everything is Tuberculosis,” you are lmissing out on profound social insights and truly elegant prose. I mean, geeze, just read it already.
This is cruel. This is shortsighted (diseases spread across borders). Why did people vote to make the world so much worse for everybody?
Breaking News: The Trump administration plans to end vaccine funding in developing countries, documents obtained by The New York Times show. Some HIV and TB aid will be kept. nyti.ms/4iPA9as
March 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is cruel. This is shortsighted (diseases spread across borders). Why did people vote to make the world so much worse for everybody?
I finally have time to sit down with my copy of Everything is Tuberculosis by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, and I need to know if it’s weird to be this proud of a fully grown adult whom I have never met? (Btw, I’ve got a green Green signature. IYKYK)
March 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I finally have time to sit down with my copy of Everything is Tuberculosis by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, and I need to know if it’s weird to be this proud of a fully grown adult whom I have never met? (Btw, I’ve got a green Green signature. IYKYK)
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DOGE signed an agreement with Louis DeJoy to slash 10,000 jobs from the already-understaffed USPS.
The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country.
We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to billionaires for profit.
The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country.
We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to billionaires for profit.
March 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
DOGE signed an agreement with Louis DeJoy to slash 10,000 jobs from the already-understaffed USPS.
The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country.
We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to billionaires for profit.
The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country.
We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to billionaires for profit.
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Critical reporting from Stephanie Nolen on what the interruption of TB funding actually means for those living with the disease--and those caring for them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/h...
Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally
The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Critical reporting from Stephanie Nolen on what the interruption of TB funding actually means for those living with the disease--and those caring for them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/h...
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Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos…
propub.li
March 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
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Nothing will ever trickle down.
March 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Nothing will ever trickle down.
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President Trump’s freeze on international aid has hampered Uganda’s ability to respond to an Ebola outbreak, U.S. officials said in private.
As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear
Two more people are reported dead from the disease, and dozens are in isolation, as the outbreak grows.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
President Trump’s freeze on international aid has hampered Uganda’s ability to respond to an Ebola outbreak, U.S. officials said in private.
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Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company | CNN Business
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
www.cnn.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
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Trump talks about loving veterans (left). Then fucks them over. 80000 jobs to be cut at the VA.
He is a treasonous disgrace.
apnews.com/article/vete...
He is a treasonous disgrace.
apnews.com/article/vete...
March 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump talks about loving veterans (left). Then fucks them over. 80000 jobs to be cut at the VA.
He is a treasonous disgrace.
apnews.com/article/vete...
He is a treasonous disgrace.
apnews.com/article/vete...
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“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
March 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Dang it, we split up the group and now the call is coming from inside the house
March 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Dang it, we split up the group and now the call is coming from inside the house
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We interrupt his program to bring you a newsbreak from that lefty rag The Wall Street Journal.
March 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
We interrupt his program to bring you a newsbreak from that lefty rag The Wall Street Journal.
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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?