Dr. Adam Coles
@drgeek1985.bsky.social
Psychiatrist, artist, wannabe-agitator, First Nations citizen, cat-lover.
Performative faith
Many of those now in power who identify with a faith either believe they're in the right or, I think MUCH more often, wear the cross to fool the voters and expect no divine consequences for their actions. I think many don't truly believe, but hope the voters do.
Many of those now in power who identify with a faith either believe they're in the right or, I think MUCH more often, wear the cross to fool the voters and expect no divine consequences for their actions. I think many don't truly believe, but hope the voters do.
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Performative faith
Many of those now in power who identify with a faith either believe they're in the right or, I think MUCH more often, wear the cross to fool the voters and expect no divine consequences for their actions. I think many don't truly believe, but hope the voters do.
Many of those now in power who identify with a faith either believe they're in the right or, I think MUCH more often, wear the cross to fool the voters and expect no divine consequences for their actions. I think many don't truly believe, but hope the voters do.
Sick of billionaires naming awful companies with words from beloved works of fiction. Palantiri are the Seeing Stones made by Feanor not surveillance state. Anduril is Aragorn's sword not drones and Grok means to truly understand and fully empathize with another being. Musk thinks empathy is weak.
December 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Sick of billionaires naming awful companies with words from beloved works of fiction. Palantiri are the Seeing Stones made by Feanor not surveillance state. Anduril is Aragorn's sword not drones and Grok means to truly understand and fully empathize with another being. Musk thinks empathy is weak.
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
Chris Hedges explicates the true nature of the situation we're in. Oligarchy over Corporatism, the mistakes of the faux-liberal left and how the Democratic Party became the old Republican Party and the GOP went far right.
We have two choices: tyranny or revolution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EDK...
We have two choices: tyranny or revolution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EDK...
Democracy doesn’t exist in the United States: Chris Hedges | UpFront
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Chris Hedges explicates the true nature of the situation we're in. Oligarchy over Corporatism, the mistakes of the faux-liberal left and how the Democratic Party became the old Republican Party and the GOP went far right.
We have two choices: tyranny or revolution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EDK...
We have two choices: tyranny or revolution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EDK...
Don't be distracted, though Nat. guard "policing" DC is still not okay at all. But this just happened a couple days ago, seems like a real crime (?), and very little coming out of the WH.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/u...
Gunman in CDC shooting fired nearly 500 shots after breaking into his father’s gun safe. Here’s what we know | CNN
The gunman who opened fire Friday at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into his father’s safe to get the five firearms recovered at the scene, state investigators said Tuesday, a...
www.cnn.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Don't be distracted, though Nat. guard "policing" DC is still not okay at all. But this just happened a couple days ago, seems like a real crime (?), and very little coming out of the WH.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/u...
I had to check if this is true...what can I say better than commenter Scott Cole: "I guess it's hard to separate church from state when you can't even separate fact from fiction."
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Trump administration reminds federal employees they can proselytize in the office
Supervisors can solicit employees to attend their church, OPM says in new guidance.
www.govexec.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I had to check if this is true...what can I say better than commenter Scott Cole: "I guess it's hard to separate church from state when you can't even separate fact from fiction."
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Now at least the superpowered team-up of Rachel Maddow and Stephen Colbert I dream of can happen.
Avengers Assemble!
Avengers Assemble!
July 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Now at least the superpowered team-up of Rachel Maddow and Stephen Colbert I dream of can happen.
Avengers Assemble!
Avengers Assemble!
First, kitty!
Then
Health care changes in the ridiculously named Big Horrible Bill.
Then
Health care changes in the ridiculously named Big Horrible Bill.
July 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
First, kitty!
Then
Health care changes in the ridiculously named Big Horrible Bill.
Then
Health care changes in the ridiculously named Big Horrible Bill.
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Activist Hour - Sundays” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Activist Hour - Sundays · Indivisible
This zoom call is a positive, fast-paced survey of resistance and democracy-preserving ideas. organizaions, media creators and fresh politicians. You'll receive the list with live links (also below – ...
www.mobilize.us
July 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Activist Hour - Sundays” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Senate votes to "claw back" $9B from public broadcasting. I hope everyone remembers all of this come the 2026 elections.
www.npr.org/2025/07/17/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/17/n...
Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid programs
The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television.
www.npr.org
July 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Senate votes to "claw back" $9B from public broadcasting. I hope everyone remembers all of this come the 2026 elections.
www.npr.org/2025/07/17/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/17/n...
I agree with Arnold, and he does put his money (and influence, etc.) where his mouth is.
apnews.com/article/aust...
apnews.com/article/aust...
Schwarzenegger tells environmentalists dismayed by Trump to 'stop whining' and get to work
Arnold Schwarzenegger has a message for environmentalists who despair at the the approach of President Donald Trump’s administration: “Stop whining and get to work.”
apnews.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I agree with Arnold, and he does put his money (and influence, etc.) where his mouth is.
apnews.com/article/aust...
apnews.com/article/aust...
Here are the 10 dems (& 1 IND) that voted for GOP budget:
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York
Sen. John Fetterman, PA
Catherine Cortez Masto, NV
Dick Durbin, IL, Brian Schatz, HI
Gary Peters, MI
Maggie Hassan, NH
Kirsten Gillibrand, NY
Jeanne Shaheen, NH
Angus King, ME IND
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York
Sen. John Fetterman, PA
Catherine Cortez Masto, NV
Dick Durbin, IL, Brian Schatz, HI
Gary Peters, MI
Maggie Hassan, NH
Kirsten Gillibrand, NY
Jeanne Shaheen, NH
Angus King, ME IND
March 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Here are the 10 dems (& 1 IND) that voted for GOP budget:
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York
Sen. John Fetterman, PA
Catherine Cortez Masto, NV
Dick Durbin, IL, Brian Schatz, HI
Gary Peters, MI
Maggie Hassan, NH
Kirsten Gillibrand, NY
Jeanne Shaheen, NH
Angus King, ME IND
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York
Sen. John Fetterman, PA
Catherine Cortez Masto, NV
Dick Durbin, IL, Brian Schatz, HI
Gary Peters, MI
Maggie Hassan, NH
Kirsten Gillibrand, NY
Jeanne Shaheen, NH
Angus King, ME IND
Please call your senators to vote against the GOP spending bill, and not to bow to pressure. Hypocrisy to blame democrats for "shutting down" the government they've been dismantling.
Hawaii:
Sen. Mazie Hirono (202) 224-6361
Sen. Brian Schatz (202) 224-3934
Hawaii:
Sen. Mazie Hirono (202) 224-6361
Sen. Brian Schatz (202) 224-3934
March 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Please call your senators to vote against the GOP spending bill, and not to bow to pressure. Hypocrisy to blame democrats for "shutting down" the government they've been dismantling.
Hawaii:
Sen. Mazie Hirono (202) 224-6361
Sen. Brian Schatz (202) 224-3934
Hawaii:
Sen. Mazie Hirono (202) 224-6361
Sen. Brian Schatz (202) 224-3934
Peter Bouckaert, Senior Director at Fortify Rights, writes:
March 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Peter Bouckaert, Senior Director at Fortify Rights, writes:
Well written and articulates the need for some of hierarchy over equality. www.vox.com/politics/361...
www.vox.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Well written and articulates the need for some of hierarchy over equality. www.vox.com/politics/361...
Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/doge...
apnews.com/article/doge...
Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
Twenty-one civil service employees have resigned from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they're refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle ...
apnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
