This week's episode of @onthemedia.bsky.social is golden. Bravo for some great coverage.
September 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This week's episode of @onthemedia.bsky.social is golden. Bravo for some great coverage.
I want to clarify my post from yesterday a bit. I believe in a pluralist society, and I believe that in order to keep outsiders and minorities safe, we must allow all forms of speech without reprisal, because you never know when you'll be on the outside. (Cont.)
September 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I want to clarify my post from yesterday a bit. I believe in a pluralist society, and I believe that in order to keep outsiders and minorities safe, we must allow all forms of speech without reprisal, because you never know when you'll be on the outside. (Cont.)
To denounce violent protest is to side with the power-holders and their construction of what is deemed legitimate, denying the voice and validity of the oppressed and bereaved. How can we ask victims of active physical and systemic violence to remain nonviolent? (1/5)
September 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
To denounce violent protest is to side with the power-holders and their construction of what is deemed legitimate, denying the voice and validity of the oppressed and bereaved. How can we ask victims of active physical and systemic violence to remain nonviolent? (1/5)
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Liberal politicians if you are so disturbed just pretend Charlie Kirk was a Palestinian child and you’ll get over it in no time
September 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Liberal politicians if you are so disturbed just pretend Charlie Kirk was a Palestinian child and you’ll get over it in no time
When Charlie's chickens go home to roost.
September 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
When Charlie's chickens go home to roost.
This mix kicks!
Zombie - Iain Cook Remix
The Cranberries, Iain Cook · I Can't Be With You / Zombie · Song · 2025
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August 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This mix kicks!
It shocks me that people have their Venmo transactions set to display publicly. I do not get the social aspect. Why do people share this info? It's potentially dangerous. The only people that need to know about a financial transaction are the person that sent the money and the one receiving it.
August 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
It shocks me that people have their Venmo transactions set to display publicly. I do not get the social aspect. Why do people share this info? It's potentially dangerous. The only people that need to know about a financial transaction are the person that sent the money and the one receiving it.
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Neither Bush nor US society has ever really reckoned with the consequences of his imperialist crusade.
It’s Always the Right Time to Call George W. Bush a War Criminal
If George W. Bush is not going to stand trial for war crimes, he should at the very least stop appearing in public to weigh in on unjustified wars, as he did this week when he accidentally referred to the “wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq.”
jacobin.com
July 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Neither Bush nor US society has ever really reckoned with the consequences of his imperialist crusade.
You're supposed feel calm & solace at wkend farmers markets by reconnecting with local farmers, but all I want to do is run over cars driving down the middle of the road, taking up both directions & not moving over to let you by & all the self-absorbed ppl walking arm in arm like it's Red Rover.
July 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
You're supposed feel calm & solace at wkend farmers markets by reconnecting with local farmers, but all I want to do is run over cars driving down the middle of the road, taking up both directions & not moving over to let you by & all the self-absorbed ppl walking arm in arm like it's Red Rover.
Been revisiting old BT this week.
Ima
BT · Album · 1995 · 13 songs
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June 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Been revisiting old BT this week.
Oblivion Remastered is stunning. Does it have bugs? Yes. Does it feel like a 20 y/o game? Sometimes, but the story is enthralling, and the updated graphics are well done. I know I'm going to be spending 100-200+ hrs in this world, and I'm looking forward to it.
May 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Oblivion Remastered is stunning. Does it have bugs? Yes. Does it feel like a 20 y/o game? Sometimes, but the story is enthralling, and the updated graphics are well done. I know I'm going to be spending 100-200+ hrs in this world, and I'm looking forward to it.
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ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
“Biden’s slander of pro-Palestinian activists helped splinter the Democratic coalition during the 2024 election, giving Trump a potent wedge issue.”
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT
Don’t like it? Complain to your mama
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
“Biden’s slander of pro-Palestinian activists helped splinter the Democratic coalition during the 2024 election, giving Trump a potent wedge issue.”
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT
Don’t like it? Complain to your mama
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals
As with earlier Red Scares, Democrats laid the groundwork for the current crackdown on dissent.
www.thenation.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
“Biden’s slander of pro-Palestinian activists helped splinter the Democratic coalition during the 2024 election, giving Trump a potent wedge issue.”
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT
Don’t like it? Complain to your mama
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
“Biden’s slander of pro-Palestinian activists helped splinter the Democratic coalition during the 2024 election, giving Trump a potent wedge issue.”
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT
Don’t like it? Complain to your mama
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Pictures from my garden 🌱
April 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Pictures from my garden 🌱
First, the craptastic Severance finale a couple of weeks back and then this one. At least Severance had a good season, overall, before it screwed the pooch at the end, but even though The White Lotus season 3 had a few stand out performances, it was still just poop-dust from start to finish. 📺
So, ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Was Bad
The White Lotus season 3 was not good. It was bad. Despite some great performances, this script went totally off the rails by the end.
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April 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
First, the craptastic Severance finale a couple of weeks back and then this one. At least Severance had a good season, overall, before it screwed the pooch at the end, but even though The White Lotus season 3 had a few stand out performances, it was still just poop-dust from start to finish. 📺
Ordered 25lb of flour from a small mill in NC--3 hours direct from me in ATL. It was shipped via USPS on 03/21, & it went all the way to NJ before arriving at USPS in Atlanta 4 days ago, and it still has not been put on a truck for delivery. Calling USPS has been futile. Save USPS from these idiots!
April 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Ordered 25lb of flour from a small mill in NC--3 hours direct from me in ATL. It was shipped via USPS on 03/21, & it went all the way to NJ before arriving at USPS in Atlanta 4 days ago, and it still has not been put on a truck for delivery. Calling USPS has been futile. Save USPS from these idiots!
This has to be the best Roy Ayers mix ever made. Such a wonderful tribute.
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In Focus: Roy Ayers 140325
Few artists have straddled the worlds of jazz, R&B, funk, and soul as confidently as Roy Ayers – ask four people what genre he's known for and you may receive four different answers.
Beyond being
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March 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This has to be the best Roy Ayers mix ever made. Such a wonderful tribute.
on.soundcloud.com/H3NA5q4L5h8i...
on.soundcloud.com/H3NA5q4L5h8i...
I cannot with the S2 finale of #severence. It was such a great series--up until that dumpster fire of a finale. It was a complete betrayal of innie Mark's character development. Sure he has feelings, but he was never this much of an idiot. I'm just not going to be able to take S3 seriously. 📺
March 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I cannot with the S2 finale of #severence. It was such a great series--up until that dumpster fire of a finale. It was a complete betrayal of innie Mark's character development. Sure he has feelings, but he was never this much of an idiot. I'm just not going to be able to take S3 seriously. 📺
My wallet and I are currently suffering a sparkling #mineralwater obsession. My fridge currently contains Gerolsteiner, Borjomi, Radenska, Topo Chico, Mountain Valley, and Lauretana. I think I'm turning into a #water #sommelier. Let me be clear: this is a problem, because I cannot afford this habit.
March 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
My wallet and I are currently suffering a sparkling #mineralwater obsession. My fridge currently contains Gerolsteiner, Borjomi, Radenska, Topo Chico, Mountain Valley, and Lauretana. I think I'm turning into a #water #sommelier. Let me be clear: this is a problem, because I cannot afford this habit.
MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS
March 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS
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Chuck Schumer right now:
March 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Chuck Schumer right now:
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![Image of black text on what background that says: Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.
But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die.
You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.
A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery. Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said."
We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.
[Ira Byock, in his book The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life (Avery, 2012)]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wy4sghptf77n3c3trg7zetnl/bafkreibgeswwjg6wjem2m5g33r7n3fnx4lfesyp5ngazxlkbghgxyml2ii@jpeg)
I'm about to stop buying records from artists that only tour the N.East, West Coast, & Chicago. The Southeast has a lot to give. Make even 1 stop in Atlanta, Nashville, or Charlotte, etc & I'll buy your stuff. Support is reciprocal. And no, geographically isolated-Miami doesn't count. #music 🎵
March 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I'm about to stop buying records from artists that only tour the N.East, West Coast, & Chicago. The Southeast has a lot to give. Make even 1 stop in Atlanta, Nashville, or Charlotte, etc & I'll buy your stuff. Support is reciprocal. And no, geographically isolated-Miami doesn't count. #music 🎵