Leland Purvis
@lelandp.bsky.social
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But we're all walking in the night, now, on ground we don't know. When the day comes we may know where we are, or we may not.
October 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
But we're all walking in the night, now, on ground we don't know. When the day comes we may know where we are, or we may not.
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Insane quote from Trump’s budget director — “The appropriations process has to be less bipartisan.”
It takes 60 votes to pass appropriations in the Senate, so it requires bipartisanship. If your goal is less bipartisanship, your goal is more shutdowns.
It takes 60 votes to pass appropriations in the Senate, so it requires bipartisanship. If your goal is less bipartisanship, your goal is more shutdowns.
Russ Vought: Appropriations process ‘has to be less bipartisan’
The OMB director said more rescissions packages could soon be headed to the Hill.
www.politico.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Insane quote from Trump’s budget director — “The appropriations process has to be less bipartisan.”
It takes 60 votes to pass appropriations in the Senate, so it requires bipartisanship. If your goal is less bipartisanship, your goal is more shutdowns.
It takes 60 votes to pass appropriations in the Senate, so it requires bipartisanship. If your goal is less bipartisanship, your goal is more shutdowns.
We have reached the point in the alternative timeline where those in power change the flag. Just enough so when regular timeline people see it, they know they aren’t where they’re supposed to be.
July 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We have reached the point in the alternative timeline where those in power change the flag. Just enough so when regular timeline people see it, they know they aren’t where they’re supposed to be.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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This next week is going to be stressful for people who pay attention to things, wonder how things work and believe that human lives are valuable.
April 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This next week is going to be stressful for people who pay attention to things, wonder how things work and believe that human lives are valuable.
Humanity seems to be in the process of solving Fermi’s Paradox right now. This is why we can’t have nice things [ie, lasting civilizations.]
April 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Humanity seems to be in the process of solving Fermi’s Paradox right now. This is why we can’t have nice things [ie, lasting civilizations.]
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Peoples lives aren’t metaphors. Demand that our elected officials talk about our lives & their godawful plans in plain honest language, because it’s our lives. We aren’t a house remodeling job, we aren’t a car engine to tinker with, we aren’t a balance sheet. We are the people.
April 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Peoples lives aren’t metaphors. Demand that our elected officials talk about our lives & their godawful plans in plain honest language, because it’s our lives. We aren’t a house remodeling job, we aren’t a car engine to tinker with, we aren’t a balance sheet. We are the people.
@michelmartinnpr.bsky.social doesn't let Troy Edgar up off the mat. This is what the Fourth Estate needs to look like again. Brilliant. www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...
DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar discusses arrest of protest leader, deportations
NPR speaks with Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar about the arrest of a student protest leader and the Trump administration's ramped-up deportations of immigrants.
www.npr.org
March 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@michelmartinnpr.bsky.social doesn't let Troy Edgar up off the mat. This is what the Fourth Estate needs to look like again. Brilliant. www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...
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"Washington has become the court of Nero, an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service.
This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."
This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."
March 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Washington has become the court of Nero, an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service.
This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."
This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."
The admin is reportedly preparing an Executive Order to abolish the Department of Education. The DoE was created by Congress. You can't abolish an act of Congress with an EO. That's unconstitutional on the face of it, and if EOs are allowed to supersede Congress, the republic is officially over.
February 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The admin is reportedly preparing an Executive Order to abolish the Department of Education. The DoE was created by Congress. You can't abolish an act of Congress with an EO. That's unconstitutional on the face of it, and if EOs are allowed to supersede Congress, the republic is officially over.
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I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.
February 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.
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It's really not doomscrolling as much as hopescrolling. That's why it takes so long.
January 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's really not doomscrolling as much as hopescrolling. That's why it takes so long.
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Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
January 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
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🐎🐎 EPISODE 19 IS OUT NOW 🐎🐎
With readings in Mongolian, Arabic & Chinese, and with the sounds of Mongolian folk music, find out how the world's largest land empire rose and fell, and left the world we know behind.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5OJE...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyqS...
With readings in Mongolian, Arabic & Chinese, and with the sounds of Mongolian folk music, find out how the world's largest land empire rose and fell, and left the world we know behind.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5OJE...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyqS...
December 4, 2024 at 4:14 PM
🐎🐎 EPISODE 19 IS OUT NOW 🐎🐎
With readings in Mongolian, Arabic & Chinese, and with the sounds of Mongolian folk music, find out how the world's largest land empire rose and fell, and left the world we know behind.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5OJE...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyqS...
With readings in Mongolian, Arabic & Chinese, and with the sounds of Mongolian folk music, find out how the world's largest land empire rose and fell, and left the world we know behind.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5OJE...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyqS...
After a shipping snafu, the Micheluzzi book from Fantagraphics finally arrived. A stunning piece of work from a master craftsman at the height of his powers.
October 8, 2024 at 3:58 AM
After a shipping snafu, the Micheluzzi book from Fantagraphics finally arrived. A stunning piece of work from a master craftsman at the height of his powers.
Well, damn. First case. Managed to avoid it for four and a half years. But you put your kid in public school and Bang. I got vaccinated just 13 days ago, so hopefully that will help …
September 18, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Well, damn. First case. Managed to avoid it for four and a half years. But you put your kid in public school and Bang. I got vaccinated just 13 days ago, so hopefully that will help …
Google hasn’t updated the satellite pix at the eastern end of the Mediterranean. Hm.
July 14, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Google hasn’t updated the satellite pix at the eastern end of the Mediterranean. Hm.
@paultobin.bsky.social I heard yesterday that congrats are in order to you and Colleen. Very exciting.
May 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM
@paultobin.bsky.social I heard yesterday that congrats are in order to you and Colleen. Very exciting.
There was an SF story I remember where it is noted that precise solar eclipses are pretty rare in the galaxy. Moon-Planet-Star size/distances rarely work out this exact. So it’s a higher likelihood for alien tourism. You all in the totality today, keep an eye on the ‘people’ around you.
April 8, 2024 at 2:36 PM
There was an SF story I remember where it is noted that precise solar eclipses are pretty rare in the galaxy. Moon-Planet-Star size/distances rarely work out this exact. So it’s a higher likelihood for alien tourism. You all in the totality today, keep an eye on the ‘people’ around you.
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Some have the speed and the right combinations
But if you can't take the punches it don't mean a thing
But if you can't take the punches it don't mean a thing
April 3, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Some have the speed and the right combinations
But if you can't take the punches it don't mean a thing
But if you can't take the punches it don't mean a thing
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A staggering $50 trillion. That is how much the upward redistribution of income has cost American workers over the past several decades.
The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure
A report shows that a $50 trillion redistribution of income to benefit the richest has made America less healthy, resilient, and secure
time.com
February 17, 2024 at 8:31 PM
A staggering $50 trillion. That is how much the upward redistribution of income has cost American workers over the past several decades.
It seems to be a measure of my day, how early I start looking forward to the next morning. How soon does my brain start asking for a do-over?
February 7, 2024 at 6:18 AM
It seems to be a measure of my day, how early I start looking forward to the next morning. How soon does my brain start asking for a do-over?
@ianmacewan.bsky.social You probably already spotted it, but DH finally released the ‘Doctor Moebius and Mister Gir’ interview book they’ve been promising for years. It’s pretty sweet.
December 13, 2023 at 4:57 PM
@ianmacewan.bsky.social You probably already spotted it, but DH finally released the ‘Doctor Moebius and Mister Gir’ interview book they’ve been promising for years. It’s pretty sweet.
Bodies are too high maintenance. They are all the time needing to be fueled, cleaned, emptied, exercised, rested. Constant interruptions to the train of thoughts and applied efforts.
November 3, 2023 at 9:51 PM
Bodies are too high maintenance. They are all the time needing to be fueled, cleaned, emptied, exercised, rested. Constant interruptions to the train of thoughts and applied efforts.