It's Chaos, Be Kind
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He/Him. Earnestly giving a shit is the new black. Angry as Hell in DC's missing corner. Sic semper tyrannis.
“La vie est comme un égout - ce que vous en retirez dépend de ce que vous y mettez." - Tom Lehrer
It's chaos. Be kind.
“La vie est comme un égout - ce que vous en retirez dépend de ce que vous y mettez." - Tom Lehrer
It's chaos. Be kind.
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JFC.
I WISH my health insurance premium was doubling. This is a four-fold increase.
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
JFC.
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I've been wondering if (or really when) we'd see purges & lockdowns of accounts critical of those in power. I guess this is an early answer to both questions (yes & now).
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I've been wondering if (or really when) we'd see purges & lockdowns of accounts critical of those in power. I guess this is an early answer to both questions (yes & now).
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This is what bullies want you to think, and it's why they get stronger
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This is what bullies want you to think, and it's why they get stronger
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« Boar Dwarf Army », 1990
By Gary Chalk (British artist, b. 1952)
Illustration for "Fantasy Warlord Mass Combat Rules", by Ian Bailey and Gary Chalk, Folio Works, 1990
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #GaryChalk #FantasyWarlord #wargame #miniatureswargames #oldhammer #warhammer
By Gary Chalk (British artist, b. 1952)
Illustration for "Fantasy Warlord Mass Combat Rules", by Ian Bailey and Gary Chalk, Folio Works, 1990
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #GaryChalk #FantasyWarlord #wargame #miniatureswargames #oldhammer #warhammer
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
« Boar Dwarf Army », 1990
By Gary Chalk (British artist, b. 1952)
Illustration for "Fantasy Warlord Mass Combat Rules", by Ian Bailey and Gary Chalk, Folio Works, 1990
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #GaryChalk #FantasyWarlord #wargame #miniatureswargames #oldhammer #warhammer
By Gary Chalk (British artist, b. 1952)
Illustration for "Fantasy Warlord Mass Combat Rules", by Ian Bailey and Gary Chalk, Folio Works, 1990
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #GaryChalk #FantasyWarlord #wargame #miniatureswargames #oldhammer #warhammer
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Favorite random reddit comment of the day: "Truly wild how Covid broke so many rich people's brains, while we were all like, 'Well, guess I'll get into puzzles.'"
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Favorite random reddit comment of the day: "Truly wild how Covid broke so many rich people's brains, while we were all like, 'Well, guess I'll get into puzzles.'"
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"The golden age of jerks" (sound on)
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"The golden age of jerks" (sound on)
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practice, but this is an admin like no other. They are at war with the press - not seeking to inform the public with facts or truth.Their statements never address the substance of the story. Time to reexamine why media keeps including insults and propaganda in stories.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
practice, but this is an admin like no other. They are at war with the press - not seeking to inform the public with facts or truth.Their statements never address the substance of the story. Time to reexamine why media keeps including insults and propaganda in stories.
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I consume a massive amount of political news. And in every story the reporter contacts the specific Trump admin spokesperson for comment and the response is always a venomous personal insult followed by praise for Trump or a cabinet official. I realize that has always been standard journalistic
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I consume a massive amount of political news. And in every story the reporter contacts the specific Trump admin spokesperson for comment and the response is always a venomous personal insult followed by praise for Trump or a cabinet official. I realize that has always been standard journalistic
Man, people are being WRONG about Skyfall on Bluesky today.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Man, people are being WRONG about Skyfall on Bluesky today.
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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love it when the paper of record puts together a panel on journalism with no journalists lmao
![• The NYT announced the lineup for the Andrew Ross Sorkin-anchored
DealBook summit, which included one curious name: Erika Kirk. [NYT]
• A panel on journalism hosted by Michael Barbaro will include: Charlamagne Tha God, Jon Favreau, Amna Nawaz, David Remnick, Stephanie Ruhle, Andrew Schulz, and Ben Shapiro.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cvhu7p2bziajywpce7yrlevy/bafkreicn7lw6rvcuzeggxpnhbut62ogrvpbikaomwvfq2qsel3sx777uoq@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
love it when the paper of record puts together a panel on journalism with no journalists lmao
I've been paying for my health insurance without subsidy since the ACA came in, so I am already used to paying more than the subsidized. My insurance rate is *still* going up by 25% for 2026. I can't imagine the system shock if you are dealing with that cost boost AND losing a subsidy.
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I've been paying for my health insurance without subsidy since the ACA came in, so I am already used to paying more than the subsidized. My insurance rate is *still* going up by 25% for 2026. I can't imagine the system shock if you are dealing with that cost boost AND losing a subsidy.
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He really did it folks
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
He really did it folks
I did not know about the Japanese post-rock band toe, and this has obviously been a terrible omission on my part.
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I did not know about the Japanese post-rock band toe, and this has obviously been a terrible omission on my part.
IMO, Trump likes these optics not because he believes any of the nonsense people are saying to them. He likes them because people say this nonsense publicly as a demonstration of submission. It's about power and ego, nothing more.
People marvel at this, but this is what it’s all about for Trump. He needs this constant lavish praise as deeply and profoundly as you and I need air.
But also: Imagine what a basket case you would have to be psychologically to need this all the time.
But also: Imagine what a basket case you would have to be psychologically to need this all the time.
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
IMO, Trump likes these optics not because he believes any of the nonsense people are saying to them. He likes them because people say this nonsense publicly as a demonstration of submission. It's about power and ego, nothing more.
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This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
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I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
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In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
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Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
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Everything that actually made America great is being destroyed
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Everything that actually made America great is being destroyed
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Government, taxes, & regulation are good actually
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Government, taxes, & regulation are good actually
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Former House speaker / Trump adviser newt Gingrich, saying on the record what we’d heard so much on background from those others:
“Look at the rage on the left. It doesn’t sound like a victory party to me. All you have to do is look at the reaction on the left to figure out who won this shutdown…”
“Look at the rage on the left. It doesn’t sound like a victory party to me. All you have to do is look at the reaction on the left to figure out who won this shutdown…”
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Former House speaker / Trump adviser newt Gingrich, saying on the record what we’d heard so much on background from those others:
“Look at the rage on the left. It doesn’t sound like a victory party to me. All you have to do is look at the reaction on the left to figure out who won this shutdown…”
“Look at the rage on the left. It doesn’t sound like a victory party to me. All you have to do is look at the reaction on the left to figure out who won this shutdown…”