Marlin O.
@marlino.bsky.social
Water advocate. Editor-designer. Still aspiring.
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Marlin O.
@marlino.bsky.social
· Oct 12
It'd be easier to ignore the politics,
if it weren't for that pesky Loyalty Oath.
if it weren't for that pesky Loyalty Oath.
Reposted by Marlin O.
The big Corp. CEOs have not only a lot of money, but also a lot of power. They must realize how bonkers he is, but are afraid to risk their domains by not bowing to him. Disgusting.
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
All it would take is for a bunch of these CEOs to confront Trump in front of the world and tell him he's unfit to run a hot-dog stand, and his presidency would be over. Seriously.
But none of them has the balls to do it.
But none of them has the balls to do it.
January 20, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The big Corp. CEOs have not only a lot of money, but also a lot of power. They must realize how bonkers he is, but are afraid to risk their domains by not bowing to him. Disgusting.
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
Reposted by Marlin O.
Goebbels was given a Nobel Prize medal in 1943 from Norwegian author Knut Hamsun, a Nobel laureate in Literature (1920), as a gesture of support for Nazi Germany, a symbolic act notable for its historical context, though it didn't transfer the award itself, as with Trump's Peace Prize.
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
January 20, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Goebbels was given a Nobel Prize medal in 1943 from Norwegian author Knut Hamsun, a Nobel laureate in Literature (1920), as a gesture of support for Nazi Germany, a symbolic act notable for its historical context, though it didn't transfer the award itself, as with Trump's Peace Prize.
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
Reposted by Marlin O.
Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.
Thousands to lose access to HIV drugs with new cuts
An estimated 10,000 people are about to lose access to their HIV medication as the Florida Department of Health makes cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).
www.fox13news.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.
Bull Connor's Ghost
“Eugene Connor, the Birmingham Police Commissioner who used dogs and fire hoses to break up civil rights demonstrations in the early nineteen‐sixties, died here today.”
“Eugene Connor, the Birmingham Police Commissioner who used dogs and fire hoses to break up civil rights demonstrations in the early nineteen‐sixties, died here today.”
Bull Connor's Ghost
Theophilus Eugene Connor, better known by his nickname, Bull, was the Commissioner of Public Safety in Birmingham, Alabama—the head of the police—for the better part of three decades, until he was for...
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Bull Connor's Ghost
“Eugene Connor, the Birmingham Police Commissioner who used dogs and fire hoses to break up civil rights demonstrations in the early nineteen‐sixties, died here today.”
“Eugene Connor, the Birmingham Police Commissioner who used dogs and fire hoses to break up civil rights demonstrations in the early nineteen‐sixties, died here today.”
Year's End 2025
Year's End 2025
A year of resistance
open.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Year's End 2025
Reposted by Marlin O.
Smith requests that his closed-door deposition be made public, asserting that it presents proof "beyond a reasonable doubt" that Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. GOP is terrified.
#ProudBlue thehill.com/homenews/adm...
#ProudBlue thehill.com/homenews/adm...
December 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Smith requests that his closed-door deposition be made public, asserting that it presents proof "beyond a reasonable doubt" that Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. GOP is terrified.
#ProudBlue thehill.com/homenews/adm...
#ProudBlue thehill.com/homenews/adm...
"Bringing home the Christmas tree," 1946.
Photo by Monte Fresco.
Photo by Monte Fresco.
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Bringing home the Christmas tree," 1946.
Photo by Monte Fresco.
Photo by Monte Fresco.
Anúna - The Coventry Carol
YouTube video by The Anúna Collective
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Five Questions: Live with The Librarians
Five Questions: Live with The Librarians
A recording of my conversation with director & producer Kim Snyder
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Five Questions: Live with The Librarians
Hello Comrade live performance
YouTube video by Carsie Blanton
youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal." (IMDb)
Wag the Dog (1997) ⭐ 7.1 | Comedy, Drama
1h 37m | R
www.imdb.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal." (IMDb)
On Saturday, We Bake
On Saturday, We Bake
Culture is upstream of politics.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
On Saturday, We Bake
…and what's up with those cancer rates, Iowa?
What’s Eating Iowa? — H2O IQ
Pulitzer Prize winner Art Cullen on the waters of Iowa… and noting the agricultural state may have the nation's second-highest cancer rates.
www.h2oiq.org
December 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
…and what's up with those cancer rates, Iowa?
Vaccine advice? Any other medical info that's on the political agenda? Please speak directly with a healthcare provider who you can trust and/or with legitimate patient advocacy groups.
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Vaccine advice? Any other medical info that's on the political agenda? Please speak directly with a healthcare provider who you can trust and/or with legitimate patient advocacy groups.
You know, it's not a bad idea to check the mask supply.
New H3N2 flu strain hits the US: What to know
The emergence of the H3N2 variant has led experts to warn that this flu season could be particularly severe.
www.newsweek.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
You know, it's not a bad idea to check the mask supply.
“In any society, most people accept standards that are, in fact, ethical. But standards of behavior in society can deviate from what is ethical. An entire society can become ethically corrupt. Nazi Germany is a good example of a morally corrupt society.”
—Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
—Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
What is Ethics?
Ethics is based on well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues.
www.scu.edu
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
“In any society, most people accept standards that are, in fact, ethical. But standards of behavior in society can deviate from what is ethical. An entire society can become ethically corrupt. Nazi Germany is a good example of a morally corrupt society.”
—Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
—Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
"George Washington would, most certainly, not have hung members of Congress for expressing their views. He would not have approved of what Donald Trump said today, or pretty much any day."
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
This week, Donald Trump continues to use his claimed power to kill people who have received no due process, in international waters, based on his administration’s assertion that they are narcoterroris...
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"George Washington would, most certainly, not have hung members of Congress for expressing their views. He would not have approved of what Donald Trump said today, or pretty much any day."
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
"Third Spaces"
We were reminiscing about childhood places where we'd pass a few hours with a cuppa (or soda) and newspaper (or comic), catching up, seeing folks (or not). Pinball, maybe; jukebox definitely.
Turns out they're good for us AND the community. Who knew?!
www.google.com/search?q=thi...
We were reminiscing about childhood places where we'd pass a few hours with a cuppa (or soda) and newspaper (or comic), catching up, seeing folks (or not). Pinball, maybe; jukebox definitely.
Turns out they're good for us AND the community. Who knew?!
www.google.com/search?q=thi...
Google Search
www.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM
"Third Spaces"
We were reminiscing about childhood places where we'd pass a few hours with a cuppa (or soda) and newspaper (or comic), catching up, seeing folks (or not). Pinball, maybe; jukebox definitely.
Turns out they're good for us AND the community. Who knew?!
www.google.com/search?q=thi...
We were reminiscing about childhood places where we'd pass a few hours with a cuppa (or soda) and newspaper (or comic), catching up, seeing folks (or not). Pinball, maybe; jukebox definitely.
Turns out they're good for us AND the community. Who knew?!
www.google.com/search?q=thi...
"These changes could strip federal protections from up to 55 million acres of wetlands, or about 85 percent of all wetlands nationwide, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group." [contʻd in comments]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"These changes could strip federal protections from up to 55 million acres of wetlands, or about 85 percent of all wetlands nationwide, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group." [contʻd in comments]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
"…this population has substantial medical needs, and the health effects of losing Medicaid coverage could be devastating....
"… can lead to substantial healthcare costs, either in the emergency department or when these adults turn 65 and receive Medicare coverage."
"… can lead to substantial healthcare costs, either in the emergency department or when these adults turn 65 and receive Medicare coverage."
Opinion | Adults 50-64 Should Be Exempt From Medicaid Work Requirements
Classifying this group as having 'special medical needs' will protect care access
www.medpagetoday.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"…this population has substantial medical needs, and the health effects of losing Medicaid coverage could be devastating....
"… can lead to substantial healthcare costs, either in the emergency department or when these adults turn 65 and receive Medicare coverage."
"… can lead to substantial healthcare costs, either in the emergency department or when these adults turn 65 and receive Medicare coverage."