Gary Whitehouse
@coffeeanddanish.bsky.social
He/him. Music.Coffee.Birbs.Dogs.GenJones.
TransRights.Lifelong news/politics junkie.
Scribble about roots, jazz, Nordic and Euro folk and jazz, folk & folk rock, Americana, Turkish psych, & books, esp SF, at agreenmanreview dot com
TransRights.Lifelong news/politics junkie.
Scribble about roots, jazz, Nordic and Euro folk and jazz, folk & folk rock, Americana, Turkish psych, & books, esp SF, at agreenmanreview dot com
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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For the airplane + red aurora + big dipper fans. 😍
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
For the airplane + red aurora + big dipper fans. 😍
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Beards: something no American warriors have sported while decimating an enemy.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Beards: something no American warriors have sported while decimating an enemy.
OK, this made me laugh out loud before breakfast. Reading the NYT review of The Worst Person In The World, at the end I saw this: 'Rated R. Sex, drugs and Art Garfunkel’s cover of Tom Jobim’s “Waters of March.” '
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
OK, this made me laugh out loud before breakfast. Reading the NYT review of The Worst Person In The World, at the end I saw this: 'Rated R. Sex, drugs and Art Garfunkel’s cover of Tom Jobim’s “Waters of March.” '
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Nature absolutely paints like the harlot, whose allurements cover nothing but the charnel-house within
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nature absolutely paints like the harlot, whose allurements cover nothing but the charnel-house within
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
Today’s Connections puzzle had a meta clue, didn’t it?
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Today’s Connections puzzle had a meta clue, didn’t it?
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Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
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"Mamdani's victory is less significant than you think. It will change nothing about how we write about anything at the NYT."
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Mamdani's victory is less significant than you think. It will change nothing about how we write about anything at the NYT."
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
Condolences to his family. And also this 👇
Let’s never forget that 4500 US troops and about 200,000 Iraqi civilians died because Dick Cheney and his crew successfully deployed lies to grease the way to the Iraq invasion. He exploited post-9/11 fear and conned the public to launch a disastrous war. That’s his legacy.
By almost any measure, Cheney was the most powerful vice president in history, the "architect and executor of President Bush's major initiatives," writes Robert McFadden. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Condolences to his family. And also this 👇
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Some people can’t understand that the Democratic Party is a coalition of groups and the Republican Party is a ideological based party, and they insist on applying Republican structure on to Democrats
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Some people can’t understand that the Democratic Party is a coalition of groups and the Republican Party is a ideological based party, and they insist on applying Republican structure on to Democrats
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Remember that time Dick Cheney shot a guy in the face and then the guy had to go on TV and apologise for how being shot in the face made Dick Cheny look bad?
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Remember that time Dick Cheney shot a guy in the face and then the guy had to go on TV and apologise for how being shot in the face made Dick Cheny look bad?
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YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE
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So there were some AI-generated videos that purported to show Black women ranting about SNAP benefits, and... Fox News is reporting on this like these are real people. They're not! They're AI!
This is truly insane. Total unreality. www.foxnews.com/media/snap-b...
This is truly insane. Total unreality. www.foxnews.com/media/snap-b...
October 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
So there were some AI-generated videos that purported to show Black women ranting about SNAP benefits, and... Fox News is reporting on this like these are real people. They're not! They're AI!
This is truly insane. Total unreality. www.foxnews.com/media/snap-b...
This is truly insane. Total unreality. www.foxnews.com/media/snap-b...
@mollyknight.bsky.social Just heard you on the Beeb! Well done, ‘splaining both the WS and US-Canadian relations to the British.
November 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
@mollyknight.bsky.social Just heard you on the Beeb! Well done, ‘splaining both the WS and US-Canadian relations to the British.
THIS!
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
THIS!
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I respectfully* submit: If you manage to become a “disaffected democrat” based on a thing that happens 10 times on half a million student-athletes, you weren’t much of a democrat to begin with.
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I respectfully* submit: If you manage to become a “disaffected democrat” based on a thing that happens 10 times on half a million student-athletes, you weren’t much of a democrat to begin with.
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Over 200 members of Congress have backed our Supreme Court fight over Trump’s unlawful tariffs.
The president has abused an emergency power to set illegal tariffs that are impacting families across this country. A bipartisan group in Congress - led by Senator Ron Wyden - agrees.
The president has abused an emergency power to set illegal tariffs that are impacting families across this country. A bipartisan group in Congress - led by Senator Ron Wyden - agrees.
October 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Over 200 members of Congress have backed our Supreme Court fight over Trump’s unlawful tariffs.
The president has abused an emergency power to set illegal tariffs that are impacting families across this country. A bipartisan group in Congress - led by Senator Ron Wyden - agrees.
The president has abused an emergency power to set illegal tariffs that are impacting families across this country. A bipartisan group in Congress - led by Senator Ron Wyden - agrees.
I'll be listening to this today in memory of Jack DeJohnette. It's where I first came to appreciate his genius.
Blue Maqams
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October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I'll be listening to this today in memory of Jack DeJohnette. It's where I first came to appreciate his genius.
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RIP to one of the all-time greats... Jack DeJohnette has passed away at age 83. The legendary drummer is pictured here at the September 24, 1965 recording session for Jackie McLean's "Jacknife," which marked his first appearance on a Blue Note record.
October 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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They're demonizing SNAP and other recipients of federal aid on right wing media.
Of 21 million federal aid beneficiaries, ~70% work full-time and 39% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. Critics need to ask Amazon and Walmart why they won't pay enough for their employees to survive w/o food stamps.
Of 21 million federal aid beneficiaries, ~70% work full-time and 39% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. Critics need to ask Amazon and Walmart why they won't pay enough for their employees to survive w/o food stamps.
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
They're demonizing SNAP and other recipients of federal aid on right wing media.
Of 21 million federal aid beneficiaries, ~70% work full-time and 39% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. Critics need to ask Amazon and Walmart why they won't pay enough for their employees to survive w/o food stamps.
Of 21 million federal aid beneficiaries, ~70% work full-time and 39% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. Critics need to ask Amazon and Walmart why they won't pay enough for their employees to survive w/o food stamps.
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The hypocrisy!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬
October 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The hypocrisy!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬