Pete Kotz
@petekotz.bsky.social
Still searching for my redeeming quality, which got lost at the airport in 2019.
"Hunger robbed Anastasia Lysyvets of her family one by one. In less than a year, her father and mother, only sister and youngest brother starved to deathAnastasia, 11, and her 7-year-old brother, Mykola, struggled to stay alive, subsisting on weeds, grass, berries, rodents, bugs and bits of wood."
Genocide then, genocide now
Ukrainians remember the victims of Stalin’s famine as they continue to endure Putin’s tyranny
martinkuz.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"Hunger robbed Anastasia Lysyvets of her family one by one. In less than a year, her father and mother, only sister and youngest brother starved to deathAnastasia, 11, and her 7-year-old brother, Mykola, struggled to stay alive, subsisting on weeds, grass, berries, rodents, bugs and bits of wood."
America belatedly discovers that serial rapists don't make good presidents.
“I’ve got the best poll numbers I’ve ever had! Red hot!!!”
November 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
America belatedly discovers that serial rapists don't make good presidents.
Torturous customer service is one of the main reasons people are so pissy. But by all means roll back any responsibility by the airlines and demand that people put on their Sunday best to get boned.
Sean Duffy Wants You to Stop Wearing PJs on the Plane
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Torturous customer service is one of the main reasons people are so pissy. But by all means roll back any responsibility by the airlines and demand that people put on their Sunday best to get boned.
The Goobers seem to think the Nobel committee gives extra points for bombing Latin fishermen.
JD Vance: "He's fundamentally a humanitarian, and we've got 8 peace deals at this point. We're working on number 9 and number 10. And I think if he gets number 10, purely for mathematical harmony the Nobel Prize should be awarded to Donald J Trump."
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Goobers seem to think the Nobel committee gives extra points for bombing Latin fishermen.
How to maintain your celibacy in a single step.
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
How to maintain your celibacy in a single step.
There's no getting around that you're a special kind of stupid if you believed -- with no evidence whatsoever -- in stolen elections and a uniparty deep state. But at least it's a start in the long, long road to a functioning mind.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
There's no getting around that you're a special kind of stupid if you believed -- with no evidence whatsoever -- in stolen elections and a uniparty deep state. But at least it's a start in the long, long road to a functioning mind.
Plus he's 79-years-old and grandma can't stop him from playing dress up with her makeup kit.
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Plus he's 79-years-old and grandma can't stop him from playing dress up with her makeup kit.
The guards moved with unhurried menace as the sounds of torment carried up the corridor: the low buzz of Tasers, the heavy thud of truncheons, the sharp slap of fists.
To stay human
Tortured for over 1,000 days in a Russian prison, a former Marine shares his story of anguish, survival and guarding the light inside
martinkuz.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The guards moved with unhurried menace as the sounds of torment carried up the corridor: the low buzz of Tasers, the heavy thud of truncheons, the sharp slap of fists.
Next to making everyone shave and having a professional makeup salon for TV appearances, Soviet-style purges are best way to get our warfighters totally pumped for lethality.
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Next to making everyone shave and having a professional makeup salon for TV appearances, Soviet-style purges are best way to get our warfighters totally pumped for lethality.
"Viktoriia’s body was missing the brain, eyes and a segment of the trachea.
"Forensic analysis later revealed burn marks consistent with electric shocks and a fractured rib. The hyoid bone in her neck was broken, an injury that can occur during strangulation."
"Forensic analysis later revealed burn marks consistent with electric shocks and a fractured rib. The hyoid bone in her neck was broken, an injury that can occur during strangulation."
Killing the messengers
Putin and other autocrats believe that oppressing journalists will suppress the truth. It is a belief at once malicious and mistaken.
martinkuz.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"Viktoriia’s body was missing the brain, eyes and a segment of the trachea.
"Forensic analysis later revealed burn marks consistent with electric shocks and a fractured rib. The hyoid bone in her neck was broken, an injury that can occur during strangulation."
"Forensic analysis later revealed burn marks consistent with electric shocks and a fractured rib. The hyoid bone in her neck was broken, an injury that can occur during strangulation."
Valentyna described long months of struggling with “drone trauma.” The incessant nighttime buzzing and frequent explosions had burdened her with anxiety, migraines and insomnia that antidepressants and sedatives failed to alleviate.
‘You see your life disappearing’
As civilians forced to flee their homes confront the unknown, aid workers who evacuate them channel their fury at Russia into empathy for Ukrainians
martinkuz.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Valentyna described long months of struggling with “drone trauma.” The incessant nighttime buzzing and frequent explosions had burdened her with anxiety, migraines and insomnia that antidepressants and sedatives failed to alleviate.
Every time Trump cozies up to Putin, know that he's groveling for the approval of a man who's systematically targeting apartment buildings where the only enemy combatants are young moms and two-year-olds.
Never a day without war
Born earlier in Russia’s invasion, Anhelina Halych died before she could know peace
martinkuz.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Every time Trump cozies up to Putin, know that he's groveling for the approval of a man who's systematically targeting apartment buildings where the only enemy combatants are young moms and two-year-olds.
Reposted by Pete Kotz
Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
Cities:
August 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
Cities:
We probably didn't need a study to tell us this, but...
Trump supporters report higher levels of psychopathy, manipulativeness, callousness, and narcissism
Support for Donald Trump is linked to darker personality traits, including increased psychopathy and decreased empathy, new research finds. The study also connects conservative political beliefs to lo...
psypost.org
August 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
We probably didn't need a study to tell us this, but...
If only there was a way to keep children from being shot and not bankrupt their families if they're lucky enough to survive.
August 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
If only there was a way to keep children from being shot and not bankrupt their families if they're lucky enough to survive.
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Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."
August 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."
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Father Michael Louis Pfleger a priest at the Sabina Catholic Church, a Black parish in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood has a message for Trump!
Before you dare speak about any violence in Chicago, look into your mirror, and address the violence coming from the White House! 🔥
Before you dare speak about any violence in Chicago, look into your mirror, and address the violence coming from the White House! 🔥
August 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Father Michael Louis Pfleger a priest at the Sabina Catholic Church, a Black parish in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood has a message for Trump!
Before you dare speak about any violence in Chicago, look into your mirror, and address the violence coming from the White House! 🔥
Before you dare speak about any violence in Chicago, look into your mirror, and address the violence coming from the White House! 🔥
Reposted by Pete Kotz
imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter
August 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter
A shitty, $65,000-a-year school where a computer teaches your kids for just two hours a day is the ultimate MAGA money grab. Watch the goobers line up to sacrifice their children.
For $65,000 a year, a teacher-less AI private school comes to Virginia
At Alpha School, a new private school in Northern Virginia, students will study for just two hours a day using adaptive apps and personalized lesson plans.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A shitty, $65,000-a-year school where a computer teaches your kids for just two hours a day is the ultimate MAGA money grab. Watch the goobers line up to sacrifice their children.
Reposted by Pete Kotz
We’re basically living in a One Third Reich.
August 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We’re basically living in a One Third Reich.
The villains may be villaining, but they will get no peace.
Whew! Sen. Susan Collins should be “very concerned”
She showed up as the main guest at a ribbon-cutting in Searsport, Maine. It backfired.
The crowd was not happy to have her: “Shame. Shame. Shame.”
She showed up as the main guest at a ribbon-cutting in Searsport, Maine. It backfired.
The crowd was not happy to have her: “Shame. Shame. Shame.”
August 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The villains may be villaining, but they will get no peace.
Reposted by Pete Kotz
Couldn’t think of the word for kale so I ordered a “plate of green sadness” and they knew exactly what to bring.
August 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Couldn’t think of the word for kale so I ordered a “plate of green sadness” and they knew exactly what to bring.
Reposted by Pete Kotz
Mike Luckovich. .
We understand
We know
We understand
We know
August 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Mike Luckovich. .
We understand
We know
We understand
We know