henry sholar
@mapablue.bsky.social
eugene, oregon • cruiser on a beater • bookish hippie • great great great great grandson of isaac harby • rorty-esque flexibility in my anticipatory resoluteness • progressive • choice • LGBTQIA2S+ • BLM • fight fascism • social media doggerel • he/him/old
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henry sholar
@mapablue.bsky.social
· Nov 22
January 2017 — March 2020
every Tuesday, Eugene, OR
(i need to make another sign)
every Tuesday, Eugene, OR
(i need to make another sign)
morning thought (day 2): in an age of nihilism, you stay in the same party with 'leaders' who purposefully act in a way you think is at least akin to treason. You judge them sharply & you carry doubts about them for the rest of your life.
But you (i) remain a Dem, feeling like a *Catch-22* rewrite.
But you (i) remain a Dem, feeling like a *Catch-22* rewrite.
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
morning thought (day 2): in an age of nihilism, you stay in the same party with 'leaders' who purposefully act in a way you think is at least akin to treason. You judge them sharply & you carry doubts about them for the rest of your life.
But you (i) remain a Dem, feeling like a *Catch-22* rewrite.
But you (i) remain a Dem, feeling like a *Catch-22* rewrite.
maybe a 'coming to consciousness' moment we olds have:
Screaming i was leaving the Dem Party the last 12 hours was weird. 1st i ever did the "i didnt leave, it left me" thing
But 53 years straight ticket & a deeper understanding of the Catch-22 of being a Dem means those assholes won't lose me
Screaming i was leaving the Dem Party the last 12 hours was weird. 1st i ever did the "i didnt leave, it left me" thing
But 53 years straight ticket & a deeper understanding of the Catch-22 of being a Dem means those assholes won't lose me
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
maybe a 'coming to consciousness' moment we olds have:
Screaming i was leaving the Dem Party the last 12 hours was weird. 1st i ever did the "i didnt leave, it left me" thing
But 53 years straight ticket & a deeper understanding of the Catch-22 of being a Dem means those assholes won't lose me
Screaming i was leaving the Dem Party the last 12 hours was weird. 1st i ever did the "i didnt leave, it left me" thing
But 53 years straight ticket & a deeper understanding of the Catch-22 of being a Dem means those assholes won't lose me
not going to be on here much more today.
why bother?
there's nothing but bullshit coming out now for some hours, days.
and maga gloating.
just waiting for emails calling for schumer's resignation, from Merkley, maybe Wyden.
why bother?
there's nothing but bullshit coming out now for some hours, days.
and maga gloating.
just waiting for emails calling for schumer's resignation, from Merkley, maybe Wyden.
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
not going to be on here much more today.
why bother?
there's nothing but bullshit coming out now for some hours, days.
and maga gloating.
just waiting for emails calling for schumer's resignation, from Merkley, maybe Wyden.
why bother?
there's nothing but bullshit coming out now for some hours, days.
and maga gloating.
just waiting for emails calling for schumer's resignation, from Merkley, maybe Wyden.
pulling the knife out of your back, assessing the wound...
Why folding hurts your argument for the midterms, part 3408:
BEST CASE scenario you retake House and Senate. You pass what you want and Trump vetoes. And then you're in the same spot as you are right now, a fight-or-flight choice. You're telling us right now how that will go.
BEST CASE scenario you retake House and Senate. You pass what you want and Trump vetoes. And then you're in the same spot as you are right now, a fight-or-flight choice. You're telling us right now how that will go.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
pulling the knife out of your back, assessing the wound...
morning thought:
still resisting, but i'm sure i'll feel better after the backstab stops hurting and heals up some.
sure hope those nazis the traitor Dems joined up with release those food stamps asap. (been there: my family was on food stamps back in the 70s.)
the Obamacare premium vote? hah!
still resisting, but i'm sure i'll feel better after the backstab stops hurting and heals up some.
sure hope those nazis the traitor Dems joined up with release those food stamps asap. (been there: my family was on food stamps back in the 70s.)
the Obamacare premium vote? hah!
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
morning thought:
still resisting, but i'm sure i'll feel better after the backstab stops hurting and heals up some.
sure hope those nazis the traitor Dems joined up with release those food stamps asap. (been there: my family was on food stamps back in the 70s.)
the Obamacare premium vote? hah!
still resisting, but i'm sure i'll feel better after the backstab stops hurting and heals up some.
sure hope those nazis the traitor Dems joined up with release those food stamps asap. (been there: my family was on food stamps back in the 70s.)
the Obamacare premium vote? hah!
tonight in the "who goes nazi" game, new entrants appear to have volunteered to play the game, being complicit in some fash-ion:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
tonight in the "who goes nazi" game, new entrants appear to have volunteered to play the game, being complicit in some fash-ion:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
i might be "out in the wilderness" re-registering as an Independent, but the wilderness will come straight at me, not backstab.
It may all be vanity, but complicity with the Nazis isn't worth shit even if it all *is* vanity.
Gonna inform Val, Ron and Jeff when i do it.
It may all be vanity, but complicity with the Nazis isn't worth shit even if it all *is* vanity.
Gonna inform Val, Ron and Jeff when i do it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
i might be "out in the wilderness" re-registering as an Independent, but the wilderness will come straight at me, not backstab.
It may all be vanity, but complicity with the Nazis isn't worth shit even if it all *is* vanity.
Gonna inform Val, Ron and Jeff when i do it.
It may all be vanity, but complicity with the Nazis isn't worth shit even if it all *is* vanity.
Gonna inform Val, Ron and Jeff when i do it.
Contemplating going to the Lane County Board of Elections tmw, just 3 blocks north of me, and registering as an Independent — I've been a Dem for over 50 years, McGovern to Harris blah blah blah
I think the Dems may find out what Disney found out several weeks ago. But Dems won't be able to fix it.
I think the Dems may find out what Disney found out several weeks ago. But Dems won't be able to fix it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Contemplating going to the Lane County Board of Elections tmw, just 3 blocks north of me, and registering as an Independent — I've been a Dem for over 50 years, McGovern to Harris blah blah blah
I think the Dems may find out what Disney found out several weeks ago. But Dems won't be able to fix it.
I think the Dems may find out what Disney found out several weeks ago. But Dems won't be able to fix it.
the Democratic Party may have just died.
Certainly the possibility of regaining American democracy just slipped further from our grasp.
Makes me sick, ashamed, and furious.
We are ruled by monsters.
Certainly the possibility of regaining American democracy just slipped further from our grasp.
Makes me sick, ashamed, and furious.
We are ruled by monsters.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
the Democratic Party may have just died.
Certainly the possibility of regaining American democracy just slipped further from our grasp.
Makes me sick, ashamed, and furious.
We are ruled by monsters.
Certainly the possibility of regaining American democracy just slipped further from our grasp.
Makes me sick, ashamed, and furious.
We are ruled by monsters.
traitors gonna traitor; cowards gonna coward; bent gonna bend.
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
traitors gonna traitor; cowards gonna coward; bent gonna bend.
Reposted by henry sholar
Yeah, despite the rumblings from other reporters this still feels like another bit of Axios wishcasting.
What's for certain is that any Democrat who votes to cave now and betray the base in exchange for nothing at all will live to regret it.
What's for certain is that any Democrat who votes to cave now and betray the base in exchange for nothing at all will live to regret it.
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Yeah, despite the rumblings from other reporters this still feels like another bit of Axios wishcasting.
What's for certain is that any Democrat who votes to cave now and betray the base in exchange for nothing at all will live to regret it.
What's for certain is that any Democrat who votes to cave now and betray the base in exchange for nothing at all will live to regret it.
as social media rumor becomes news rpt, dread bubbles up that this is only going to make things worse.
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
as social media rumor becomes news rpt, dread bubbles up that this is only going to make things worse.
that first time: when you brush your teeth with a new toothbrush.
the excellence of modernity as an oral stimulation.
the excellence of modernity as an oral stimulation.
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
that first time: when you brush your teeth with a new toothbrush.
the excellence of modernity as an oral stimulation.
the excellence of modernity as an oral stimulation.
Reposted by henry sholar
Decided last night that I’m channeling all my rage, despair, and confusion around this chaos into something productive and jumping into the volunteer line at the food bank next week
Tired of refreshing the SNAP balance page and feeling dread, gonna go help my fucking neighbors
Fuck this government
Tired of refreshing the SNAP balance page and feeling dread, gonna go help my fucking neighbors
Fuck this government
they really want to test out that three missed meals theory www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Decided last night that I’m channeling all my rage, despair, and confusion around this chaos into something productive and jumping into the volunteer line at the food bank next week
Tired of refreshing the SNAP balance page and feeling dread, gonna go help my fucking neighbors
Fuck this government
Tired of refreshing the SNAP balance page and feeling dread, gonna go help my fucking neighbors
Fuck this government
that was an incident involving jake tapper and dana bash as i recollect.
they 'moderated' the experience, i believe.
they 'moderated' the experience, i believe.
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
that was an incident involving jake tapper and dana bash as i recollect.
they 'moderated' the experience, i believe.
they 'moderated' the experience, i believe.
sucks to be shane goldmacher.
thank you for your attention to this matter.
thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
sucks to be shane goldmacher.
thank you for your attention to this matter.
thank you for your attention to this matter.
Reposted by henry sholar
The weekly round-up.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/crackpot-m...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/crackpot-m...
Crackpot meets Armchair; 'Political Capitalism' revisited; One Eddington After Another
Reading, Watching 11.09.25
www.unpopularfront.news
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The weekly round-up.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/crackpot-m...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/crackpot-m...
trump 2.0 a-k-a "the Abu Ghraib administration"
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
trump 2.0 a-k-a "the Abu Ghraib administration"
"Even the liberal AP" has to nuance the serial murder trump and kegseth are committing off Venezuela, of mostly poor fishermen and the like.
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Even the liberal AP" has to nuance the serial murder trump and kegseth are committing off Venezuela, of mostly poor fishermen and the like.
today's amoral rendering of truth, unless (maybe) read poetically; i.e., "a trace":
"a chill through the construction industry"
"a chill through the construction industry"
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
today's amoral rendering of truth, unless (maybe) read poetically; i.e., "a trace":
"a chill through the construction industry"
"a chill through the construction industry"
Reposted by henry sholar
My weekly post!
November 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My weekly post!
the morning after:
still not sure Schumer was smart.
(tho majority leader turd responded with 'Doh!')
also Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's 'stay' seemed to be a cry for help to the citizenry, wrapped in a strategy to try to keep the 6 scotus nazis at bay.
we don't get no respect, i tell ya.
still not sure Schumer was smart.
(tho majority leader turd responded with 'Doh!')
also Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's 'stay' seemed to be a cry for help to the citizenry, wrapped in a strategy to try to keep the 6 scotus nazis at bay.
we don't get no respect, i tell ya.
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the morning after:
still not sure Schumer was smart.
(tho majority leader turd responded with 'Doh!')
also Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's 'stay' seemed to be a cry for help to the citizenry, wrapped in a strategy to try to keep the 6 scotus nazis at bay.
we don't get no respect, i tell ya.
still not sure Schumer was smart.
(tho majority leader turd responded with 'Doh!')
also Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's 'stay' seemed to be a cry for help to the citizenry, wrapped in a strategy to try to keep the 6 scotus nazis at bay.
we don't get no respect, i tell ya.
morning thought:
one of capitalism's *greatest* claims can now be that the world's first trillionaire has already murdered an estimated 600,000 people and toll is excellerating.
such a direct ratio of profit & debit is rarely calculated.
& such superlatives in self-enrichment & mass murder!
one of capitalism's *greatest* claims can now be that the world's first trillionaire has already murdered an estimated 600,000 people and toll is excellerating.
such a direct ratio of profit & debit is rarely calculated.
& such superlatives in self-enrichment & mass murder!
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
morning thought:
one of capitalism's *greatest* claims can now be that the world's first trillionaire has already murdered an estimated 600,000 people and toll is excellerating.
such a direct ratio of profit & debit is rarely calculated.
& such superlatives in self-enrichment & mass murder!
one of capitalism's *greatest* claims can now be that the world's first trillionaire has already murdered an estimated 600,000 people and toll is excellerating.
such a direct ratio of profit & debit is rarely calculated.
& such superlatives in self-enrichment & mass murder!
the word of the day is "affordability." I'll use it in a sentence.
*Affordability* to love hitler and hate the Jews has had a significant rebound in the trump admin and the Republican party, despite Lindsey Graham's claim to a "hitler sucks wing" of the party.
*Affordability* to love hitler and hate the Jews has had a significant rebound in the trump admin and the Republican party, despite Lindsey Graham's claim to a "hitler sucks wing" of the party.
November 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
the word of the day is "affordability." I'll use it in a sentence.
*Affordability* to love hitler and hate the Jews has had a significant rebound in the trump admin and the Republican party, despite Lindsey Graham's claim to a "hitler sucks wing" of the party.
*Affordability* to love hitler and hate the Jews has had a significant rebound in the trump admin and the Republican party, despite Lindsey Graham's claim to a "hitler sucks wing" of the party.