Adam Parker
@aparkerwriter.bsky.social
Writer, sailor, XTC fan, author of “Outside Agitator: The Civil Rights Struggle of Cleveland Sellers Jr.” and “Us: A Journalist's Look at the Culture, Conflict and Creativity of the South.” In a constant panic.
My Triumph Bonny T-100 next to a Triumph TR5 in downtown Charleston. What are the odds?
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My Triumph Bonny T-100 next to a Triumph TR5 in downtown Charleston. What are the odds?
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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
Truly grotesque
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Truly grotesque
Doesn’t Lindsey think there’s something very wrong with a party that attracts so many Nazis? I guess not. “It’s a free country.”
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Doesn’t Lindsey think there’s something very wrong with a party that attracts so many Nazis? I guess not. “It’s a free country.”
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I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.
The three Brooklyn neighborhoods I lived in voted for Mamdani in large numbers: Prospect Heights (82%), Carroll Gardens (70%), Park Slope (77%).
(No wonder I felt at home there.)
(No wonder I felt at home there.)
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The three Brooklyn neighborhoods I lived in voted for Mamdani in large numbers: Prospect Heights (82%), Carroll Gardens (70%), Park Slope (77%).
(No wonder I felt at home there.)
(No wonder I felt at home there.)
No doubt means the GOP will double down on efforts to manipulate the next elections.
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
No doubt means the GOP will double down on efforts to manipulate the next elections.
My city
This right here is some Berlin-Wall-falling level shit right here.
This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
My city
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This right here is some Berlin-Wall-falling level shit right here.
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This right here is some Berlin-Wall-falling level shit right here.
Clouds over Charleston Harbor.
November 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Clouds over Charleston Harbor.
God, I hope so. (Plus this might make things a bit more affordable in NYC! Good going Mamdani!)
#thenewyorkpostisapropagandarag
#thenewyorkpostisapropagandarag
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday's mayoral race — potentially setting the stage for the largest population flight in US history, a new poll warns.
nypost.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
God, I hope so. (Plus this might make things a bit more affordable in NYC! Good going Mamdani!)
#thenewyorkpostisapropagandarag
#thenewyorkpostisapropagandarag
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This isn’t even the first time it would happen - you can literally just go back to when Eric Adams first ran for mayor, and when he got into office, to see how the media manufactured a crime wave that helped push his pro-police agenda at the expense of every other city service.
November 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This isn’t even the first time it would happen - you can literally just go back to when Eric Adams first ran for mayor, and when he got into office, to see how the media manufactured a crime wave that helped push his pro-police agenda at the expense of every other city service.
Charleston Harbor, dusk.
November 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Charleston Harbor, dusk.
Bad health derives directly from bad policies, which is a result of bad politics, which is a consequence of a sick electorate that enables the "election" of corrupt officials who enact the bad policies that cause and encourage the public malaise. Very circular. Or maybe figure-eightish.
This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Bad health derives directly from bad policies, which is a result of bad politics, which is a consequence of a sick electorate that enables the "election" of corrupt officials who enact the bad policies that cause and encourage the public malaise. Very circular. Or maybe figure-eightish.
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This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
Sick country.
The attitude of the Trump administration is to blame organizations like CDC, rather than ask why America can't be more like other countries
This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sick country.
November 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Appropriate.
This is the sort of thuggish mentality we are dealing with at ICE. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
'Happy Halloween!': DHS spokeswoman responds to report of immigration agents wearing horror masks in L.A.
The story by a local news site featured images posted to social media showing what the outlet says were agents in unmarked cars donning Chucky and Momo masks.
www.nbcnews.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Appropriate.
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42 million people will lose their SNAP benefits on 1 November.
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
42 million people will lose their SNAP benefits on 1 November.
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I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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"We can name corruption but cannot act against it, because doing so would require dismantling the very system we’ve been trained to believe is inevitable and upon which our nation, as we know it, is built."
I’ve a new piece out today.🧵
Some will say this is not the moment to criticize liberals—that when fascism is ascendant, unity against Trump must come before introspection. We are on the edge of the breakdown of democracy, they say. 1/
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Some will say this is not the moment to criticize liberals—that when fascism is ascendant, unity against Trump must come before introspection. We are on the edge of the breakdown of democracy, they say. 1/
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
The first honest American president
Trump's shameless corruption is not a deviation from American history but its fulfilment.
www.aljazeera.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"We can name corruption but cannot act against it, because doing so would require dismantling the very system we’ve been trained to believe is inevitable and upon which our nation, as we know it, is built."
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Empires decline when they start engaging in unnecessary wars.
(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..
@miamiherald.com
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www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Empires decline when they start engaging in unnecessary wars.
I wonder how many people will dress up as Nazis tonight?
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I wonder how many people will dress up as Nazis tonight?
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From @mluckovichajc)
(From @mluckovichajc)
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From @mluckovichajc)
(From @mluckovichajc)