Gregory Harris (he/him)
@mazinga.bsky.social
Game master, adventure designer, community radio DJ, prematurely anti-fascist, movie enthusiast, atheist, and consultant as a day job. Lives in Indianapolis, votes Democratic.
Pinned
Wilhoit's law: Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
They fully intend to be exempt from the laws they enact. The hypocrisy is a flex.
They fully intend to be exempt from the laws they enact. The hypocrisy is a flex.
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We *only* watch old school Sesame Street in our house, for this exact reason.
They deliberately cast it to have white cast members in the minority.
The Mr. Hooper actor did time on the McCarthy blacklist.
The racial integration was so in your face, Mississippi stations initially refused to air it
They deliberately cast it to have white cast members in the minority.
The Mr. Hooper actor did time on the McCarthy blacklist.
The racial integration was so in your face, Mississippi stations initially refused to air it
Most of the moral messaging in children's television programming when I was a kid was utterly uncontroversial at the time, and would be attacked as woke indoctrination today.
This is quite literally one of the stupidest human beings alive
January 23, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We *only* watch old school Sesame Street in our house, for this exact reason.
They deliberately cast it to have white cast members in the minority.
The Mr. Hooper actor did time on the McCarthy blacklist.
The racial integration was so in your face, Mississippi stations initially refused to air it
They deliberately cast it to have white cast members in the minority.
The Mr. Hooper actor did time on the McCarthy blacklist.
The racial integration was so in your face, Mississippi stations initially refused to air it
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Figure, Weighted. Taking up space.
#monoprint Acrylic on Paper
#art #printmaking #abstractfigurative
#monoprint Acrylic on Paper
#art #printmaking #abstractfigurative
January 22, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Figure, Weighted. Taking up space.
#monoprint Acrylic on Paper
#art #printmaking #abstractfigurative
#monoprint Acrylic on Paper
#art #printmaking #abstractfigurative
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History won’t judge this time well.
January 23, 2026 at 2:09 AM
History won’t judge this time well.
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Yes, they want lower taxes but also ethnic cleansing. It’s a “both/and”.
January 23, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Yes, they want lower taxes but also ethnic cleansing. It’s a “both/and”.
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every now and then I have to take a minute to sit and process what a petulant baby he is
January 23, 2026 at 1:55 AM
every now and then I have to take a minute to sit and process what a petulant baby he is
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A sidewalk in San Francisco
January 22, 2026 at 11:15 PM
A sidewalk in San Francisco
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Santayana wrote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Republicans think: We need to cover up our racist past so we can repeat it.
Republicans think: We need to cover up our racist past so we can repeat it.
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 23, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Santayana wrote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Republicans think: We need to cover up our racist past so we can repeat it.
Republicans think: We need to cover up our racist past so we can repeat it.
PSA of the day
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET
January 23, 2026 at 12:29 AM
PSA of the day
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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i don't have strong opinions about whether garland or biden could and should have done more to try to get trump, because i'm not a lawyer and it think it's a dizzyingly complex problem, but i *do* hope that 2028 candidates have learned some lessons from what happened and have a plan
i think this is correct and i think what it exposed is that our regular legal order was fundamentally incapable of overcoming partisan polarization to impose said consequences
i feel that the failure to impose any consequences on Trump for January 6 is the root cause of everything bad that is happening now
January 22, 2026 at 11:28 PM
i don't have strong opinions about whether garland or biden could and should have done more to try to get trump, because i'm not a lawyer and it think it's a dizzyingly complex problem, but i *do* hope that 2028 candidates have learned some lessons from what happened and have a plan
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Even if the shooting was justified, which it wasn't, the failure to render immediate aid and blocking of a doctor from doing so constitutes 2nd degree manslaughter by the ICE agents at the minimum.
So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
January 16, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Even if the shooting was justified, which it wasn't, the failure to render immediate aid and blocking of a doctor from doing so constitutes 2nd degree manslaughter by the ICE agents at the minimum.
EAIAC
The president is now demanding the investigation of a member of Congress for “Political Crimes”
January 22, 2026 at 10:39 PM
EAIAC
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I agree with my fetid, decaying president. That Times/Siena poll is fake (it's based on an R+3 sample presumably extrapolated from 2024 turnout patterns when Gallup's party ID polling has swung 10 points back to D+8 in the intervening months).
January 22, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I agree with my fetid, decaying president. That Times/Siena poll is fake (it's based on an R+3 sample presumably extrapolated from 2024 turnout patterns when Gallup's party ID polling has swung 10 points back to D+8 in the intervening months).
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1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Vance: If we're trying to find a sex offender, tell us where the guy lives.
January 22, 2026 at 8:26 PM
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
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Heavy snow is likely across a broad region from the Southern Rockies and Plains through the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast. Snowfall totals exceeding 12 inches are becoming more probable in localized areas. Widespread travel disruptions are likely.
January 22, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Heavy snow is likely across a broad region from the Southern Rockies and Plains through the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast. Snowfall totals exceeding 12 inches are becoming more probable in localized areas. Widespread travel disruptions are likely.
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
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John Hurt by Stuart Pearson Wright
oil on gesso on oak panel, 2000
oil on gesso on oak panel, 2000
January 22, 2026 at 4:37 PM
John Hurt by Stuart Pearson Wright
oil on gesso on oak panel, 2000
oil on gesso on oak panel, 2000
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
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Repeat after me - the institutions of this economy depend on the institutions of this democracy, among which is the rule of law
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Repeat after me - the institutions of this economy depend on the institutions of this democracy, among which is the rule of law
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I know that everyone likes shitting on Democrats, but we wouldn’t be here right now if Senate Republicans had voted to impeach. This is all on Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans.
January 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I know that everyone likes shitting on Democrats, but we wouldn’t be here right now if Senate Republicans had voted to impeach. This is all on Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans.
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Not only not know, I’ve had people become shaky with rage denying it in social situations. There’s a *need* to justify the real fear they feel all the time.
It’s amazing how few people know about this www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
The American Murder Rate Has Never Been Lower, a New Report Projects
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Not only not know, I’ve had people become shaky with rage denying it in social situations. There’s a *need* to justify the real fear they feel all the time.
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Nate isn't just cooked, he constantly re-cooks himself, like someone with a hangover re-microwaving a frozen burrito that came out both too hot and still frozen after the first 4 minutes.
Nate not realizing that our "unincorporated territories in the Caribbean" were acquired from Denmark in the first place in exchange for... relinquishing all claims to Greenland.
Peak punditry right there.
10/10, don't ever change.
Peak punditry right there.
10/10, don't ever change.
What if we decided to not opine on dumb stuff?
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Nate isn't just cooked, he constantly re-cooks himself, like someone with a hangover re-microwaving a frozen burrito that came out both too hot and still frozen after the first 4 minutes.
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NYT's house style is genuinely deranged
One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
January 22, 2026 at 3:38 AM
NYT's house style is genuinely deranged