Dave Deadeye
@dfontenot.bsky.social
Anti-MAGA, Feminist, LGTBQX Ally.
💙🏳️🌈🌎⛓️💥🗣️🧑🏽🦽➡️🕊️🇺🇦
🎭🎼🎻🧳🎓📚🐼🤔
He/Him, Retired in Austin TX.
History, Chorus, and Word Nerd. Not young, not rich, but my daughter thinks I’m gorgeous.
Not a sailor, but I’ve played one in seven operas.
DMs will walk the plank.
💙🏳️🌈🌎⛓️💥🗣️🧑🏽🦽➡️🕊️🇺🇦
🎭🎼🎻🧳🎓📚🐼🤔
He/Him, Retired in Austin TX.
History, Chorus, and Word Nerd. Not young, not rich, but my daughter thinks I’m gorgeous.
Not a sailor, but I’ve played one in seven operas.
DMs will walk the plank.
Pinned
Dave Deadeye
@dfontenot.bsky.social
· Aug 4
Revere those who do good, particularly when it is the harder path. Respect those who do the right thing, even when no one is watching. Never forget that freedom and responsibility are inseparable. A civil society requires its people to give back of themselves.
We are what we fight for. Who are you?
We are what we fight for. Who are you?
Believe the victims!
I’ll be over here heating pitch and plucking feathers.
I’ll be over here heating pitch and plucking feathers.
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Believe the victims!
I’ll be over here heating pitch and plucking feathers.
I’ll be over here heating pitch and plucking feathers.
Texas State Capitol, amigos!
October 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Texas State Capitol, amigos!
Maybe they misheard and today is actually the Day of the Raptor…?
a dinosaur is standing in front of a building with a palm tree in the background
ALT: a dinosaur is standing in front of a building with a palm tree in the background
media.tenor.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Maybe they misheard and today is actually the Day of the Raptor…?
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I will not be distracted.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
September 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I will not be distracted.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
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Crying as I type . . .
September 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Crying as I type . . .
As I watch the teeming streets of San Antonio it occurs to me that the definition of white privilege is taking 54 years to realize it is no coincidence that the most sacred spot in all of Texas — the Holy of Holies — is a monument to the glory of slavery.
August 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
As I watch the teeming streets of San Antonio it occurs to me that the definition of white privilege is taking 54 years to realize it is no coincidence that the most sacred spot in all of Texas — the Holy of Holies — is a monument to the glory of slavery.
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i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
I always assumed that the fascists, when they came, would have chiseled jaws and high cheekbones like the Krays or John Dillinger. Not the grotesque bloated faces of cheesy, over-the-top Batman villains headlining at the Grand Guignol.
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1/2
August 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I always assumed that the fascists, when they came, would have chiseled jaws and high cheekbones like the Krays or John Dillinger. Not the grotesque bloated faces of cheesy, over-the-top Batman villains headlining at the Grand Guignol.
1/2
1/2
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We’re going to go on a rant for a minute, and yes we’re bringing some history with us. Back in 1755, Benjamin Franklin wrote words that still echo today: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
August 28, 2025 at 1:51 AM
We’re going to go on a rant for a minute, and yes we’re bringing some history with us. Back in 1755, Benjamin Franklin wrote words that still echo today: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
August 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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NEW: Yesterday, I posted that I was unable to get the COVID vaccine at my VA clinic, and many of you assured me that the new one would be available soon and that I was overreacting. I was not overreacting. I am no longer eligible for the vaccine. apnews.com/article/vacc...
FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots but limits access for some kids and adults
The Food and Drug Administration has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for the upcoming fall and winter season.
apnews.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
NEW: Yesterday, I posted that I was unable to get the COVID vaccine at my VA clinic, and many of you assured me that the new one would be available soon and that I was overreacting. I was not overreacting. I am no longer eligible for the vaccine. apnews.com/article/vacc...
Friends, I am a historian but not a tactician. Am I alone in my concern that the occupation of DC and takeover of Union Square Station are portents of something more drastic yet to come?
Praying I’m wrong in Texas.
Praying I’m wrong in Texas.
August 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Friends, I am a historian but not a tactician. Am I alone in my concern that the occupation of DC and takeover of Union Square Station are portents of something more drastic yet to come?
Praying I’m wrong in Texas.
Praying I’m wrong in Texas.
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This former model, with no background in history, has been put in charge of curating what is "appropriate" at the National Museum of African American History.
August 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This former model, with no background in history, has been put in charge of curating what is "appropriate" at the National Museum of African American History.
I will be attending the Austin lecture on September 16!
An Evening with President Lech Walesa - Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Former President of Poland
An Evening with President Lech Walesa
historyexplorer.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I will be attending the Austin lecture on September 16!
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I love this trolling of Mango Mussolini. 🤣
August 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I love this trolling of Mango Mussolini. 🤣
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She's also the only child rapist in history to be moved to a minimum security camp with potential work release one week after meeting with the Deputy Attorney General.
"Ghislaine Maxwell remains the only child-rapist in history to receive well-wishes from a president of the United States."
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
August 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
She's also the only child rapist in history to be moved to a minimum security camp with potential work release one week after meeting with the Deputy Attorney General.
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I hear the Vance strategy session has been cancelled for tonight.
Pity. It looked like a productive agenda.
Pity. It looked like a productive agenda.
August 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I hear the Vance strategy session has been cancelled for tonight.
Pity. It looked like a productive agenda.
Pity. It looked like a productive agenda.
Revere those who do good, particularly when it is the harder path. Respect those who do the right thing, even when no one is watching. Never forget that freedom and responsibility are inseparable. A civil society requires its people to give back of themselves.
We are what we fight for. Who are you?
We are what we fight for. Who are you?
August 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Revere those who do good, particularly when it is the harder path. Respect those who do the right thing, even when no one is watching. Never forget that freedom and responsibility are inseparable. A civil society requires its people to give back of themselves.
We are what we fight for. Who are you?
We are what we fight for. Who are you?
At least it can be said of Greg Abbot that when you are no longer capable of restraining yourself from hitting him over the head with a chair, you won’t have to go far to find one.
#gerrymandering
#GregAbbot
#gerrymandering
#GregAbbot
August 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At least it can be said of Greg Abbot that when you are no longer capable of restraining yourself from hitting him over the head with a chair, you won’t have to go far to find one.
#gerrymandering
#GregAbbot
#gerrymandering
#GregAbbot
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Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.
July 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.