Armando MC
@armandomc.bsky.social
Community & Economic Development. Parent. Poet. Planner.
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Watched a NES retrospective by a (presumably) US YouTuber. Was pleasantly surprised that he took 5 mins to explain that the US experience wasn't global and most of the rest of the world was happily playing on home computers during the mid-80s "gaming crash". More attention to detail than the BBC.
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Watched a NES retrospective by a (presumably) US YouTuber. Was pleasantly surprised that he took 5 mins to explain that the US experience wasn't global and most of the rest of the world was happily playing on home computers during the mid-80s "gaming crash". More attention to detail than the BBC.
Civilization theory has been debunked since Sam Huntington introduced it in the 90s. Bush revived it post-9/11, where it again got debunked as a BS rationale for the War on Terror. Trump/Miller invoking "Western Civilization" is just the latest reiteration of a faulty theory giving cover to bigots.
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Civilization theory has been debunked since Sam Huntington introduced it in the 90s. Bush revived it post-9/11, where it again got debunked as a BS rationale for the War on Terror. Trump/Miller invoking "Western Civilization" is just the latest reiteration of a faulty theory giving cover to bigots.
Stephen Miller reheating the racist and thoroughly debunked "Clash of Civilizations" theory this Thanksgiving
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Stephen Miller reheating the racist and thoroughly debunked "Clash of Civilizations" theory this Thanksgiving
All rise for the Thanksgiving Anthem:
"I'm thankful for my mom
I'm thankful for my dad
I'm thankful for my house
And I'm thankful for my bed
I'm thankful for all the things I've been given
I'm happy to be alive
*But there's one I love most*
youtu.be/4DuYa64Rh4g?...
"I'm thankful for my mom
I'm thankful for my dad
I'm thankful for my house
And I'm thankful for my bed
I'm thankful for all the things I've been given
I'm happy to be alive
*But there's one I love most*
youtu.be/4DuYa64Rh4g?...
"The Pumpkin Pie Song!" 🎃/// Danny Go! Holiday Dance Songs for Kids
YouTube video by Danny Go!
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November 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
All rise for the Thanksgiving Anthem:
"I'm thankful for my mom
I'm thankful for my dad
I'm thankful for my house
And I'm thankful for my bed
I'm thankful for all the things I've been given
I'm happy to be alive
*But there's one I love most*
youtu.be/4DuYa64Rh4g?...
"I'm thankful for my mom
I'm thankful for my dad
I'm thankful for my house
And I'm thankful for my bed
I'm thankful for all the things I've been given
I'm happy to be alive
*But there's one I love most*
youtu.be/4DuYa64Rh4g?...
idk I think the only way out of this situation is for the GOP to claim that Trump was jedi mind-tricked by Mamdani, leaving POTUS mentally unfit for office, and reluctantly invoking the 25th Amendment
...or they could join DSA. *shrug*
...or they could join DSA. *shrug*
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
idk I think the only way out of this situation is for the GOP to claim that Trump was jedi mind-tricked by Mamdani, leaving POTUS mentally unfit for office, and reluctantly invoking the 25th Amendment
...or they could join DSA. *shrug*
...or they could join DSA. *shrug*
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listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
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'If ecosystems go, we go’
Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline.
theecologist.org/2025/nov/19/...
Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline.
theecologist.org/2025/nov/19/...
'If ecosystems go, we go'
Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline.
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
'If ecosystems go, we go’
Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline.
theecologist.org/2025/nov/19/...
Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline.
theecologist.org/2025/nov/19/...
My five year old is learning the awkwardness of the English language by reading aloud the names of the 1000+ Pokemon from the book he got at his book fair.
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My five year old is learning the awkwardness of the English language by reading aloud the names of the 1000+ Pokemon from the book he got at his book fair.
Warehouses were the Lehigh Valley's major development battle of the last decade. Data centers are next. I hope our communities learn from efforts underway across PA and in other states. stateline.org/2025/11/17/d...
Data center growth drives locals to fight for more say • Stateline
Even as some state lawmakers are rushing to pass legislation that would accelerate the development of data center infrastructure, communities across the country are taking steps to ensure they have a ...
stateline.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Warehouses were the Lehigh Valley's major development battle of the last decade. Data centers are next. I hope our communities learn from efforts underway across PA and in other states. stateline.org/2025/11/17/d...
This is what I needed to read to give me the strength to edit my book.
In case you writers out there have ever felt imposter syndrome, "From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible" is an actual sentence in whatever this is.
Vanity Fair's West Coast Editor Olivia Nuzzi was a star political correspondent until scandal led her into exile—and to a California up in flames.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This is what I needed to read to give me the strength to edit my book.
Really useful resource for parents and residents generally interested in schools to check out from @spotlightpa.org:
SEARCH: See how much money your Pa. school district will receive to close adequacy, tax burden gaps www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...
SEARCH: See how much money your Pa. school district will receive to close adequacy, tax burden gaps www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...
PA school funding: How much extra your district gets
PA lawmakers approved a second year of supplements targeting districts that fall short of adequate per-student spending benchmarks.
www.spotlightpa.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Really useful resource for parents and residents generally interested in schools to check out from @spotlightpa.org:
SEARCH: See how much money your Pa. school district will receive to close adequacy, tax burden gaps www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...
SEARCH: See how much money your Pa. school district will receive to close adequacy, tax burden gaps www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...
Every elected official should have a recall election provision.
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Every elected official should have a recall election provision.
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The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
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For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Don't mind me I'm just madly questioning how I can ensure my child learns to read the right way www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Don't mind me I'm just madly questioning how I can ensure my child learns to read the right way www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
This is the framing that should accompany any coverage of the PA budget deal. Thank you @spotlightpa.org
Democrats sacrifice climate program for $50.1B budget agreement www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...
Democrats sacrifice climate program for $50.1B budget agreement www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...
PA's $50B budget deal ends RGGI climate program
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) would have capped the amount of carbon that companies in Pennsylvania are allowed to emit.
www.spotlightpa.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is the framing that should accompany any coverage of the PA budget deal. Thank you @spotlightpa.org
Democrats sacrifice climate program for $50.1B budget agreement www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...
Democrats sacrifice climate program for $50.1B budget agreement www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...
Our tax dollars at work
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Our tax dollars at work
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Play it Later - Gator Days
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Play it Later - Gator Days
Only a day later and the PA Dems have proven this right.
Weird how only one party seems to understand how to get concessions and the other only understands how to make them
Anywho, amid all this, here's the latest update I got: Shapiro and Democrats may agree to end a statewide program to cap carbon from power plants to appease Senate Republicans and end the 130+ day budget impasse.
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Only a day later and the PA Dems have proven this right.
Yeah I'm sure the Dems will definitely fol.....I mean hold the line. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Yeah I'm sure the Dems will definitely fol.....I mean hold the line. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
The Fight is the friends we made (and now alienated) along the way.
CNN: Was the shutdown worth it?
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Fight is the friends we made (and now alienated) along the way.
"Nobody wants to work anymore"
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"Nobody wants to work anymore"
Weird how only one party seems to understand how to get concessions and the other only understands how to make them
Anywho, amid all this, here's the latest update I got: Shapiro and Democrats may agree to end a statewide program to cap carbon from power plants to appease Senate Republicans and end the 130+ day budget impasse.
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Weird how only one party seems to understand how to get concessions and the other only understands how to make them