David Dixon
@dixondaver.bsky.social
Father, veteran, author. All views my own, but they should be yours as well. Author of THE SHIP AND THE STORM: POEMS.
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David Dixon
@dixondaver.bsky.social
· Jun 29
My debut poetry collection, alongside the wonderful @quotidianwriter.bsky.social releases in September!
THE SHIP AND THE STORM is a conversation in poetry, as we delve into subjects ranging from loss and memory to war and nature, and I really hope you'll give it a read.
THE SHIP AND THE STORM is a conversation in poetry, as we delve into subjects ranging from loss and memory to war and nature, and I really hope you'll give it a read.
What the fuck?
TRUMP on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition."
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
What the fuck?
Democrats, shut the government down.
January 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Democrats, shut the government down.
Actually, you do.
This is just the reality of international relations. If Vance's theory was right, every country in the world would indict rival heads of state and any sort of international cooperation or negotiation would be virtually impossible.
This is just the reality of international relations. If Vance's theory was right, every country in the world would indict rival heads of state and any sort of international cooperation or negotiation would be virtually impossible.
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Actually, you do.
This is just the reality of international relations. If Vance's theory was right, every country in the world would indict rival heads of state and any sort of international cooperation or negotiation would be virtually impossible.
This is just the reality of international relations. If Vance's theory was right, every country in the world would indict rival heads of state and any sort of international cooperation or negotiation would be virtually impossible.
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Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
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They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
January 3, 2026 at 6:45 AM
They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
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Where’s Congress?
January 3, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Where’s Congress?
If Congress lets this slide, they have relegated themselves to the position of the Roman Senate in Imperial Rome.
The justification provided by the administration was President Donald Trump’s authority under Article II of the US Constitution, which states the president is the commander-in-chief of the US military.-CNN
January 3, 2026 at 1:15 PM
If Congress lets this slide, they have relegated themselves to the position of the Roman Senate in Imperial Rome.
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How the turtles voted
Leonardo - Warren Democrat, Buttigieg curious, blue no matter who
Raphael - McCain 08, dem since. Likes Beshear.
Donatello - moved from NYC to SF to work in tech. Obama, Obama, Trump x3
Michaelangelo - amateur DJ. Has never filed a tax return. first voted in ‘16, Trump x3
Leonardo - Warren Democrat, Buttigieg curious, blue no matter who
Raphael - McCain 08, dem since. Likes Beshear.
Donatello - moved from NYC to SF to work in tech. Obama, Obama, Trump x3
Michaelangelo - amateur DJ. Has never filed a tax return. first voted in ‘16, Trump x3
The corporate media continues to minimize elite complicity in this administration’s cruel policies. This is not a nameless Ninja Turtle. This is Michaelangelo. Name and shame these guys!
Vanilla Ice performing with a dancing Ninja Turtle at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve party
January 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
How the turtles voted
Leonardo - Warren Democrat, Buttigieg curious, blue no matter who
Raphael - McCain 08, dem since. Likes Beshear.
Donatello - moved from NYC to SF to work in tech. Obama, Obama, Trump x3
Michaelangelo - amateur DJ. Has never filed a tax return. first voted in ‘16, Trump x3
Leonardo - Warren Democrat, Buttigieg curious, blue no matter who
Raphael - McCain 08, dem since. Likes Beshear.
Donatello - moved from NYC to SF to work in tech. Obama, Obama, Trump x3
Michaelangelo - amateur DJ. Has never filed a tax return. first voted in ‘16, Trump x3
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Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
January 1, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
Flaming Lips in 20 minutes...
January 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Flaming Lips in 20 minutes...
Making America great again apparently entails depriving rural Americans of the teachers they need to teach their kids.
School reportedly losing roughly half its teaching staff due to new federal visa policy
The Trump administration recently increased the visa processing fee for certain work visas to $100,000.
local12.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Making America great again apparently entails depriving rural Americans of the teachers they need to teach their kids.
When this administration ends, the next Democratic administration and Congress needs to spend a substantial amount of time investigating, reporting, and punishing corruption and the misuse of power. I don't care how it polls, accountability is essential to the survival of the Republic.
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
When this administration ends, the next Democratic administration and Congress needs to spend a substantial amount of time investigating, reporting, and punishing corruption and the misuse of power. I don't care how it polls, accountability is essential to the survival of the Republic.
Just had my very tech savvy cousin demonstrate something interesting to me: he sent Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite a picture of a black screen and told it it was a receipt to do OCR on.
It returned *someone else's receipt* from 2023. Data leak? Training data?
Cc @segyges.bsky.social, @wired.com
It returned *someone else's receipt* from 2023. Data leak? Training data?
Cc @segyges.bsky.social, @wired.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Just had my very tech savvy cousin demonstrate something interesting to me: he sent Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite a picture of a black screen and told it it was a receipt to do OCR on.
It returned *someone else's receipt* from 2023. Data leak? Training data?
Cc @segyges.bsky.social, @wired.com
It returned *someone else's receipt* from 2023. Data leak? Training data?
Cc @segyges.bsky.social, @wired.com
Fuck. Off.
Darwin was right. If you want to commit suicide who has the right to keep you alive? That is so wrong. AI doesn't "induce" suicide. You don't ask AI id you don't want to do it. Stop that nonsense.
December 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Fuck. Off.
Why do I follow so many goddamn Seahawks fans on this godforsaken app?
As a Panthers fan, I hate the Seahawks worse than any other team in the NFC.
As a Panthers fan, I hate the Seahawks worse than any other team in the NFC.
December 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Why do I follow so many goddamn Seahawks fans on this godforsaken app?
As a Panthers fan, I hate the Seahawks worse than any other team in the NFC.
As a Panthers fan, I hate the Seahawks worse than any other team in the NFC.
Everything this man does is an embarrassment to the entire country.
🇺🇸🇺🇦 A slice of Trump cake that the US president is treating Zelensky and the Ukrainian delegation to today
Also on the menu is chicken broth and steaks with fries.
Also on the menu is chicken broth and steaks with fries.
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Everything this man does is an embarrassment to the entire country.
Tuesday afternoon soundtrack:
December 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Tuesday afternoon soundtrack:
Imagine if at the end of IN COLD BLOOD the killers went free, became cops, and Hollywood made multiple movies about the killers where they were the heroes and you'll have some idea as to what this story is like.
A great piece.
A great piece.
For @rollingstone.com, I wrote about the making of the myth of sheriff Buford Pusser, and how recent revelations that he was likely responsible for the 1967 murder of his wife, Pauline, undercuts that myth -- and begs for a new narrative about intimate partner violence and family trauma.
He Was a Legendary Sheriff Who Inspired a Movie. Did He Also Murder His Wife?
When Buford Pusser’s wife was killed, his grief turned into the movie ‘Walking Tall.’ But a new report from investigators suggests it was all a lie.
www.rollingstone.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Imagine if at the end of IN COLD BLOOD the killers went free, became cops, and Hollywood made multiple movies about the killers where they were the heroes and you'll have some idea as to what this story is like.
A great piece.
A great piece.
ICE/CBP agents who defy court orders or who order their defiance need to be held in contempt and the courts need to start sending the US Marshals to arrest them.
The judicial branch needs to force the confrontation or it will simply be cast aside as a branch of government.
The judicial branch needs to force the confrontation or it will simply be cast aside as a branch of government.
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
ICE/CBP agents who defy court orders or who order their defiance need to be held in contempt and the courts need to start sending the US Marshals to arrest them.
The judicial branch needs to force the confrontation or it will simply be cast aside as a branch of government.
The judicial branch needs to force the confrontation or it will simply be cast aside as a branch of government.
Ummmmm...
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ummmmm...
Sure. Seems legit.
* DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: SOME DOCUMENTS RELEASED CONTAIN UNTRUE AND SENSATIONALIST CLAIMS MADE AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE FBI RIGHT BEFORE 2020 ELECTION
* DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: TO BE CLEAR CLAIMS AGAINST TRUMP ARE UNFOUNDED AND FALSE
@reuters.com
* DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: TO BE CLEAR CLAIMS AGAINST TRUMP ARE UNFOUNDED AND FALSE
@reuters.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Sure. Seems legit.
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Where we send you if we catch you inferring future events on the basis of resemblance to past occurrences. Or, at least, where we've sent people so far.
December 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Where we send you if we catch you inferring future events on the basis of resemblance to past occurrences. Or, at least, where we've sent people so far.
@bafriedman.bsky.social on a scale of 1 to whatever this is, how fucked up are you going to be tonight trying to drink away the new battleship press conference?
December 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
@bafriedman.bsky.social on a scale of 1 to whatever this is, how fucked up are you going to be tonight trying to drink away the new battleship press conference?