bdonnelly
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NYC. Turn ons include black coffee, loud guitars, dead lifts, books, Islay whiskey, demonstrations, and anything for the revolution. A Bluesky Low Volume Elder™
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· Sep 4
What if the Deep State was just the norms we made along the way?
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please
for me
just take a minute
and ask yourself if you ever in your wildest dreams imagined that the official government communications account of a United States federal agency would be out in the streets loudly denying that they were the ones who started some shit outside a Sam’s Club
for me
just take a minute
and ask yourself if you ever in your wildest dreams imagined that the official government communications account of a United States federal agency would be out in the streets loudly denying that they were the ones who started some shit outside a Sam’s Club
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
please
for me
just take a minute
and ask yourself if you ever in your wildest dreams imagined that the official government communications account of a United States federal agency would be out in the streets loudly denying that they were the ones who started some shit outside a Sam’s Club
for me
just take a minute
and ask yourself if you ever in your wildest dreams imagined that the official government communications account of a United States federal agency would be out in the streets loudly denying that they were the ones who started some shit outside a Sam’s Club
Watched “Frankenstein” yesterday. Beautiful film. Didn’t emotionally connect with it at all though.
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Watched “Frankenstein” yesterday. Beautiful film. Didn’t emotionally connect with it at all though.
Repost with an iconic fictional band
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Repost with an iconic fictional band
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it's not out of question that he believes the treasury is *his*
he thinks the DOJ are *his* lawyers, SCOTUS are *his* judges, the GOP is *his* party
he doesn't understand a concept of alliances/control that isn't "ownership"
he thinks the DOJ are *his* lawyers, SCOTUS are *his* judges, the GOP is *his* party
he doesn't understand a concept of alliances/control that isn't "ownership"
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
it's not out of question that he believes the treasury is *his*
he thinks the DOJ are *his* lawyers, SCOTUS are *his* judges, the GOP is *his* party
he doesn't understand a concept of alliances/control that isn't "ownership"
he thinks the DOJ are *his* lawyers, SCOTUS are *his* judges, the GOP is *his* party
he doesn't understand a concept of alliances/control that isn't "ownership"
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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Anytime I mention this story theres a few dozen people who never heard about it, so for those unaware
Tesla engineer was concerned about known thermal runaway problems in the batteries, elon and his head of security concoted a mass shooter threat pretending to be him, leaked it to the press and got a bolo issued to tried to get him swatted, Elon then stiffed his head of security
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Anytime I mention this story theres a few dozen people who never heard about it, so for those unaware
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a man who has starved and/or withheld lifesaving medical assistance from hundreds of thousands of people thinks Joyce Carol Oates is mean.
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
a man who has starved and/or withheld lifesaving medical assistance from hundreds of thousands of people thinks Joyce Carol Oates is mean.
This is bleak.
'The [former Spotify] employee explained that, "the vast majority of music listeners, they're not really interested in listening to music per se. They just need a soundtrack to a moment in their day."'
Music changed as a response to this... 1/3
'The [former Spotify] employee explained that, "the vast majority of music listeners, they're not really interested in listening to music per se. They just need a soundtrack to a moment in their day."'
Music changed as a response to this... 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This is bleak.
'The [former Spotify] employee explained that, "the vast majority of music listeners, they're not really interested in listening to music per se. They just need a soundtrack to a moment in their day."'
Music changed as a response to this... 1/3
'The [former Spotify] employee explained that, "the vast majority of music listeners, they're not really interested in listening to music per se. They just need a soundtrack to a moment in their day."'
Music changed as a response to this... 1/3
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A subtle one that's easy to miss, but the fact that Andreesen and Musk both use "alpha" as slang for "information advantage" is a clear tell that their mental world is finance, not technology. They try to talk otherwise but they are investors not inventors.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A subtle one that's easy to miss, but the fact that Andreesen and Musk both use "alpha" as slang for "information advantage" is a clear tell that their mental world is finance, not technology. They try to talk otherwise but they are investors not inventors.
Um, people… is this, um, concerning on some way…
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Um, people… is this, um, concerning on some way…
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🔥 A former president & a former chairman of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) resigned from ISI’s board on Friday. One of them posted this warning that “conservative institutions are being systematically…undermined by post-liberals who promote a ‘no enemies to the right’ mindset.” 1/
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
🔥 A former president & a former chairman of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) resigned from ISI’s board on Friday. One of them posted this warning that “conservative institutions are being systematically…undermined by post-liberals who promote a ‘no enemies to the right’ mindset.” 1/
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Would it be helpful if we did a talk on what an insurance death spiral is? And why ACA premiums entering a death spiral will mean that people who rely on employer-sponsored insurance will also be fucked?
Or do folks already have a good grasp on that?
Or do folks already have a good grasp on that?
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Would it be helpful if we did a talk on what an insurance death spiral is? And why ACA premiums entering a death spiral will mean that people who rely on employer-sponsored insurance will also be fucked?
Or do folks already have a good grasp on that?
Or do folks already have a good grasp on that?
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there is no separation at all between trump admin governance & donald trump's personal/family greed & ambitions. this is in part why all discussion of admin "policy" that neglects this baseline fact is so hollow & naive, & mystifying that ppl still write about policy without this framing.
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
there is no separation at all between trump admin governance & donald trump's personal/family greed & ambitions. this is in part why all discussion of admin "policy" that neglects this baseline fact is so hollow & naive, & mystifying that ppl still write about policy without this framing.
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⚡️ JUST NOW — Speaker Johnson will NOT guarantee a vote on ACA subsidies even if it passes the senate (after the Schumer-orchestrated cave)👇🏽
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
⚡️ JUST NOW — Speaker Johnson will NOT guarantee a vote on ACA subsidies even if it passes the senate (after the Schumer-orchestrated cave)👇🏽
Imagine being the opposition party to this and caving so you don’t disrupt the airline industry’s lobbyist’s holiday profit bump
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Imagine being the opposition party to this and caving so you don’t disrupt the airline industry’s lobbyist’s holiday profit bump
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People are mad at Democrats over on Threads. Do you understand? THREADS.
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
People are mad at Democrats over on Threads. Do you understand? THREADS.
Bodes ill.
Everything Trump touches dies.
Everything Trump touches dies.
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Bodes ill.
Everything Trump touches dies.
Everything Trump touches dies.
A photo of Senator Schumer I took a decade and a half ago that seemed to capture something of his character. A man serving something other than his constituents
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A photo of Senator Schumer I took a decade and a half ago that seemed to capture something of his character. A man serving something other than his constituents
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The harm caused by the shutdown was real, affecting millions, and no one should downplay that. But America is not in a situation of harm or no harm. Rapidly backsliding into authoritarianism, America is in a terrible situation where appeasement trades short-term relief for more long-term harm.
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
www.arcdigital.media
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The harm caused by the shutdown was real, affecting millions, and no one should downplay that. But America is not in a situation of harm or no harm. Rapidly backsliding into authoritarianism, America is in a terrible situation where appeasement trades short-term relief for more long-term harm.
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love this thread.
For the midnight crew on this #EdmundFitzgwtald50 anniversary, I have added more markups to the Newsweek article that gave Gordon Lightfoot his template for His "Wreck of" song lyrics.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
love this thread.
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I wonder if any future historians who write about this moment in time, will make a note of Trump being savagely booed by tens of thousands of people literally at the same time that 8 Democrats bent the knee.
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I wonder if any future historians who write about this moment in time, will make a note of Trump being savagely booed by tens of thousands of people literally at the same time that 8 Democrats bent the knee.
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America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trying these beans today.
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Trying these beans today.