Carl Lindemann
@expatcarl.bsky.social
Professional troublemaker out to transform consumerism into sustainerism. Creator of SantaSoaked.net & GetGoneGuide.com. Ministry, media and muckraking. Vipassana, too. Sober as a judge, but nothing like Aileen Cannon. Ubuntu is a We/They proposition.
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Carl Lindemann
@expatcarl.bsky.social
· Jan 16
I went expat after Trump took power in 2016. I haven't given up the fight for our values, for the future of multicultural democracy. This opens a new front to gain skills for when the MAGA moment passes and it's time to head home to rebuild. Check my story:
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Susan Collins' moment of truth should have come years ago. lindemannia.medium.com/susan-collin...
Susan Collins’ Moment of Truth…that wasn’t
How she violated her term limit pledge raises a troubling question. Is Donald Trump more honest about who and what he is than Susan…
lindemannia.medium.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Susan Collins' moment of truth should have come years ago. lindemannia.medium.com/susan-collin...
Trump's team is so sloppy! There's a misspelling in the new initiative. Fixed it!
January 22, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Trump's team is so sloppy! There's a misspelling in the new initiative. Fixed it!
Nuance and Whisky Pete?
October 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Nuance and Whisky Pete?
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The first steam-powered passenger rail trip was on 27th Sept 1825 (200th bday is nuanced - regular passenger steam slightly later). Here's transport carbon footprint today - Eurostar easily cleanest cos fully electrified. I hope the next 200 yrs has even more (electric) trains! With lower prices...
September 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The first steam-powered passenger rail trip was on 27th Sept 1825 (200th bday is nuanced - regular passenger steam slightly later). Here's transport carbon footprint today - Eurostar easily cleanest cos fully electrified. I hope the next 200 yrs has even more (electric) trains! With lower prices...
"Best friends forever"?
Trump doesn't have friends. His relationships are strictly transactional. So the obvious question is - what were the nature of the transactions he so cherished Epstein for? What was it that the sex trafficer traded in that Trump made such an investment to receive?
Trump doesn't have friends. His relationships are strictly transactional. So the obvious question is - what were the nature of the transactions he so cherished Epstein for? What was it that the sex trafficer traded in that Trump made such an investment to receive?
September 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
"Best friends forever"?
Trump doesn't have friends. His relationships are strictly transactional. So the obvious question is - what were the nature of the transactions he so cherished Epstein for? What was it that the sex trafficer traded in that Trump made such an investment to receive?
Trump doesn't have friends. His relationships are strictly transactional. So the obvious question is - what were the nature of the transactions he so cherished Epstein for? What was it that the sex trafficer traded in that Trump made such an investment to receive?
Market-based Armageddon.
August 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Market-based Armageddon.
Trump and Epstein were friends? He served a purpose for Trump. What purpose?
"Anybody that tells you they’re friends with Donald Trump is misjudging the relationship. He has no friends. You might interact with him, but he’s so transactional that you’re actually not his friend." - Anthony Scaramucci
"Anybody that tells you they’re friends with Donald Trump is misjudging the relationship. He has no friends. You might interact with him, but he’s so transactional that you’re actually not his friend." - Anthony Scaramucci
July 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Trump and Epstein were friends? He served a purpose for Trump. What purpose?
"Anybody that tells you they’re friends with Donald Trump is misjudging the relationship. He has no friends. You might interact with him, but he’s so transactional that you’re actually not his friend." - Anthony Scaramucci
"Anybody that tells you they’re friends with Donald Trump is misjudging the relationship. He has no friends. You might interact with him, but he’s so transactional that you’re actually not his friend." - Anthony Scaramucci
Don't worry! Next time, there will be no warnings. Oh, and since that might make people upset, there will be no reporting about it either.
July 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Don't worry! Next time, there will be no warnings. Oh, and since that might make people upset, there will be no reporting about it either.
Along those lines...
Democracies must hang together to temper autocratic Donald Trump
Democracies around the globe must demand free and fair elections in the US and deliver consequences if Trump overturns the constitution to hold on to power.
www.dailymaverick.co.za
July 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Along those lines...
Time to excommunicate JD along with the rightwing Catholic cabal on SCOTUS.
July 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Time to excommunicate JD along with the rightwing Catholic cabal on SCOTUS.
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Please note that Trump will NOT be seeking his usual retribution for this "disloyalty." The one free "no" vote was gifted to Collins to support her reelection bid next year. She is indebted now for that and eager to please.
July 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Please note that Trump will NOT be seeking his usual retribution for this "disloyalty." The one free "no" vote was gifted to Collins to support her reelection bid next year. She is indebted now for that and eager to please.
Watch for is the lack of threats of retribution from Trump. They gifted this to Collins to help her reelection bid next year. She is eternally grateful and eager to repay her debt.
July 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Watch for is the lack of threats of retribution from Trump. They gifted this to Collins to help her reelection bid next year. She is eternally grateful and eager to repay her debt.
Reposted by Carl Lindemann
Explain the Big Ugly budget bill to me like I’m five…
Seriously, this demo is a must see—anyone can understand it.
Share it with family and friends.
#VoteNo
Seriously, this demo is a must see—anyone can understand it.
Share it with family and friends.
#VoteNo
July 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Explain the Big Ugly budget bill to me like I’m five…
Seriously, this demo is a must see—anyone can understand it.
Share it with family and friends.
#VoteNo
Seriously, this demo is a must see—anyone can understand it.
Share it with family and friends.
#VoteNo
Reposted by Carl Lindemann
Exactly. Few know Collins’ MO better.
July 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Exactly. Few know Collins’ MO better.
"Usha Vance represents a new era of political spouses—intelligent, relatable, and unafraid to embrace both tradition and modernity."
Guess they never heard of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Are they suggesting that Melanoma is neither intelligent nor relatable?
Guess they never heard of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Are they suggesting that Melanoma is neither intelligent nor relatable?
June 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
"Usha Vance represents a new era of political spouses—intelligent, relatable, and unafraid to embrace both tradition and modernity."
Guess they never heard of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Are they suggesting that Melanoma is neither intelligent nor relatable?
Guess they never heard of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Are they suggesting that Melanoma is neither intelligent nor relatable?
Consider the source.
June 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Consider the source.
I have no doubt about the possibilities for healthy interfaith relationships.
The question is - what is the guidestar for people who make changes in what for most are unwaivering, fundamental and foundational convictions?
The question is - what is the guidestar for people who make changes in what for most are unwaivering, fundamental and foundational convictions?
June 26, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I have no doubt about the possibilities for healthy interfaith relationships.
The question is - what is the guidestar for people who make changes in what for most are unwaivering, fundamental and foundational convictions?
The question is - what is the guidestar for people who make changes in what for most are unwaivering, fundamental and foundational convictions?
Then, this interfaith couple in Washington DC. Usha Vance, "onetime Democrat and the daughter of immigrants," is now "living a radically different life." She's a Hindu who, among other things, supported her spouse's conversion to Catholicism. Where will their changing convictions take them - and us?
Usha Vance’s New Life in Trump’s Washington
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Then, this interfaith couple in Washington DC. Usha Vance, "onetime Democrat and the daughter of immigrants," is now "living a radically different life." She's a Hindu who, among other things, supported her spouse's conversion to Catholicism. Where will their changing convictions take them - and us?
Two different portraits of diversity in the USA. First, Rama Duwaji, the lesser-known spouse of Zohran Mamdani. This newlywed Muslim couple is now the toast of NYC. They are the embodiment of progressive sensibilities in the emerging generation determined to live their values.
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Mamdani’s Wife, Absent for Much of Campaign, Is Thrust Into Spotlight
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Two different portraits of diversity in the USA. First, Rama Duwaji, the lesser-known spouse of Zohran Mamdani. This newlywed Muslim couple is now the toast of NYC. They are the embodiment of progressive sensibilities in the emerging generation determined to live their values.
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When this is all over and done with, this character is sure to seek clemency in the truth and reconciliation commission to restore our national integrity.
But there is no way to redeem him.
But there is no way to redeem him.
June 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
When this is all over and done with, this character is sure to seek clemency in the truth and reconciliation commission to restore our national integrity.
But there is no way to redeem him.
But there is no way to redeem him.
But buried beneath the fold... 4/4
June 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
But buried beneath the fold... 4/4
Part of some master plan! 3/4
June 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Part of some master plan! 3/4
The great leader! 2/4
June 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The great leader! 2/4