madmayday
@madmayday.bsky.social
I mostly draw, paint, and grow plants. Sometimes I write about gardening, long covid, watching civilization's last fingers slip from a cliff, and living under the great Texas hell dome. After years of cooking, I studied anthropology at UTexas.
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madmayday
@madmayday.bsky.social
· Jul 3
I fail at every attempt at gardening and carpentry, at least I got one good one in before the stupid apocalypse.
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I think this prediction is holding up pretty well, and maybe I should have noted the failure of the Turn Charlie Kirk Into A Martyr moment might have been the pinnacle of the phenomenon. In some deep way I think the New Right Loser Men fail to understand what state power can and can't do for them.
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I think this prediction is holding up pretty well, and maybe I should have noted the failure of the Turn Charlie Kirk Into A Martyr moment might have been the pinnacle of the phenomenon. In some deep way I think the New Right Loser Men fail to understand what state power can and can't do for them.
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Court order striking down Texas redistricting map upends plans for candidates across the state.
Texas redistricting ruling upends candidates’ plans for 2026
Republicans who were planning to run for newly gerrymandered districts may have to reassess, while Democrats who were drawn out of their seats could suddenly have a path back to Congress.
www.texastribune.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Court order striking down Texas redistricting map upends plans for candidates across the state.
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NEW: Remember that story we broke a few months ago with
@propublica.org @texastribune.org?
We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas
@propublica.org @texastribune.org?
We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas
Gov. Abbott released 1,400 pages of emails about Elon Musk. Most are blacked out.
Abbott fought for months to keep secret emails between his office and Elon Musk. Now, hundreds of pages have been released.
www.kut.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
NEW: Remember that story we broke a few months ago with
@propublica.org @texastribune.org?
We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas
@propublica.org @texastribune.org?
We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas
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This is my latest Elon Musk collaboration with
@propublica.org and @texastribune.org, published as part of a five-newsroom initiative to cover powerbrokers in Texas. No paywall!
PP: propublica.org/article/greg...
TT: texastribune.org/2025/11/19/g...
Got a tip for me? Reach me at tips@kut.org.
@propublica.org and @texastribune.org, published as part of a five-newsroom initiative to cover powerbrokers in Texas. No paywall!
PP: propublica.org/article/greg...
TT: texastribune.org/2025/11/19/g...
Got a tip for me? Reach me at tips@kut.org.
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s i...
propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is my latest Elon Musk collaboration with
@propublica.org and @texastribune.org, published as part of a five-newsroom initiative to cover powerbrokers in Texas. No paywall!
PP: propublica.org/article/greg...
TT: texastribune.org/2025/11/19/g...
Got a tip for me? Reach me at tips@kut.org.
@propublica.org and @texastribune.org, published as part of a five-newsroom initiative to cover powerbrokers in Texas. No paywall!
PP: propublica.org/article/greg...
TT: texastribune.org/2025/11/19/g...
Got a tip for me? Reach me at tips@kut.org.
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Yep, tomorrow is the day where I get to go confront the scumbag who used tear gas on me, a journalist, while I was trying to do my job at the UCLA attack in 2024. They already gave Eyal Shalom diversion but now I get to give them hell.
I do have news. Eyal Shalom, who pepper sprayed me on May 1 during the vigilante attack on the UCLA Palestine Solidarity Encampment has officially been charged by the Los Angeles District Attorney's office six months later. He's guilty of a lot more than that.
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Yep, tomorrow is the day where I get to go confront the scumbag who used tear gas on me, a journalist, while I was trying to do my job at the UCLA attack in 2024. They already gave Eyal Shalom diversion but now I get to give them hell.
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My fellow Texas Democrats and I broke quorum to shine a national spotlight on Trump’s redistricting power grab.
We inspired other states and millions of Americans to join the fight.
Moments ago a federal court struck down his rigged map.
This is why we fight back.
We inspired other states and millions of Americans to join the fight.
Moments ago a federal court struck down his rigged map.
This is why we fight back.
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My fellow Texas Democrats and I broke quorum to shine a national spotlight on Trump’s redistricting power grab.
We inspired other states and millions of Americans to join the fight.
Moments ago a federal court struck down his rigged map.
This is why we fight back.
We inspired other states and millions of Americans to join the fight.
Moments ago a federal court struck down his rigged map.
This is why we fight back.
lmfao, 🖕🤠🖕
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
lmfao, 🖕🤠🖕
can we please do this without Virginia Foxx?
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
can we please do this without Virginia Foxx?
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Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
Revenge/physical combat was how people settled things for literally millions of years, it's normal human behavior, we're wolves not sheep, the government project trying to social engineer us and domesticate us into sheep has been unsuccessful
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
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Mark 4:39
would all of God’s children please calm the fuck down
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Mark 4:39
why is he still there?
Trump: "Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? It's okay with me."
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
why is he still there?
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i am so sad about the beached whale in yachats :( as of an hour ago it's still alive. there's a billion people down there in wetsuits doing a bucket brigade, they've got coffee and food donated. the marine biologist can get there in 2 hours but high tide isn't until 9. hang on big buddy!
November 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
i am so sad about the beached whale in yachats :( as of an hour ago it's still alive. there's a billion people down there in wetsuits doing a bucket brigade, they've got coffee and food donated. the marine biologist can get there in 2 hours but high tide isn't until 9. hang on big buddy!
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Did you know that Greg Abbott has ensured that more than 800,000 Texans have gone without Congressional representation for nearly a year? And he's still playing games with the district? www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Outrage: Abbott ensured that Houston-area CD18 residents will lack representation for nearly a year
It's absolutely outrageous that Arizona Rep. Adelita Grijalva had to wait 50 days before MAGA Speaker Mike Johnson finally swore her into Congress. She immediately became the 218th signatory to the di...
www.dailykos.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Did you know that Greg Abbott has ensured that more than 800,000 Texans have gone without Congressional representation for nearly a year? And he's still playing games with the district? www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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UT-Austin silent on Trump compact as deadline approaches www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/u...
University of Texas silent on Trump compact as deadline looms
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.
www.texastribune.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
UT-Austin silent on Trump compact as deadline approaches www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/u...
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it would be the honor of my career to be part of the office that prosecutes the lawyers who did this
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
it would be the honor of my career to be part of the office that prosecutes the lawyers who did this
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I am so deeply tired of this motherfucker.
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I am so deeply tired of this motherfucker.
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We’re all in a relationship with an abuser and we can’t really get away from him unless we can find a way to leave the planet.
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
We’re all in a relationship with an abuser and we can’t really get away from him unless we can find a way to leave the planet.
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
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Texas is in hell
November 16, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Texas is in hell
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The U.S. bishops defended migrant families. Tom Homan snapped. Nan Hayworth called Pope Leo a “tool of our enemies.” Tim Burchett accused the church of getting rich off of sex trafficking.
Matt Walsh, Lara Logan, and the rest joined in. This is what MAGA anti-Catholicism looks like.
Matt Walsh, Lara Logan, and the rest joined in. This is what MAGA anti-Catholicism looks like.
“Pope Leo Is a Tool of Our Enemies”: Homan Leads MAGA Attacks as Hayworth, Others Pile On
It’s the latest MAGA attack on Pope Leo’s pro-immigrant stance. Disgraced border chief Tom Homan — caught taking a $50,000 bribe in a Cava takeout bag — led the charge against Leo and the bishops.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The U.S. bishops defended migrant families. Tom Homan snapped. Nan Hayworth called Pope Leo a “tool of our enemies.” Tim Burchett accused the church of getting rich off of sex trafficking.
Matt Walsh, Lara Logan, and the rest joined in. This is what MAGA anti-Catholicism looks like.
Matt Walsh, Lara Logan, and the rest joined in. This is what MAGA anti-Catholicism looks like.
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I always tell people if going back to school was the true indicator then Texas scores should be way ahead of California and they just are not. We sent kids back to school and so many people got sick that parents were having to substitute teach and kids were sitting in study halls.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I always tell people if going back to school was the true indicator then Texas scores should be way ahead of California and they just are not. We sent kids back to school and so many people got sick that parents were having to substitute teach and kids were sitting in study halls.
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Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
can we just get on with it? stg these assholes have stolen way too many decades of our lives by now, 5000 years dungeon
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
can we just get on with it? stg these assholes have stolen way too many decades of our lives by now, 5000 years dungeon
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Tlaib "introduced legislation [.] to recognize Israel’s genocide of Palestinian people [.] and [.] take concrete actions like an arms embargo."
Israel's "genocide in Gaza has not ended, and it will not end until we act."
"20 cosponsors."
#Michigan #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide #Military
Israel's "genocide in Gaza has not ended, and it will not end until we act."
"20 cosponsors."
#Michigan #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide #Military
Tlaib Introduces Resolution to Recognize Israel's Genocide in Gaza, Prosecute Those Responsible
The legislation is cosponsored by 20 House Democrats, including progressive caucus leader Rep. Greg Casar.
truthout.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Baby Charlie's own robogranny has no interest in basketball, she only wants to tell long-winded stories about some AI slop thing that happened to her while his phone was turned off
Reshoot this ad frame for frame with the woman just talking to the air (which is what she is in fact doing) and an ominous synth score, and it’s an A24 elevated horror trailer
New insult to life itself just dropped
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Baby Charlie's own robogranny has no interest in basketball, she only wants to tell long-winded stories about some AI slop thing that happened to her while his phone was turned off