Peter Baird
@peterbaird.bsky.social
Abundance Progressive, searching for the perfect Neil Young fringe leather jacket
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I kind of sense that the lesson tonight for the Democratic Party isn’t whether to run radical or progressive or moderate candidates as much as it is to run candidates who listen to their voters and reflect their concerns. And maybe open up and fund a few hundred field offices in reliably red areas.
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I kind of sense that the lesson tonight for the Democratic Party isn’t whether to run radical or progressive or moderate candidates as much as it is to run candidates who listen to their voters and reflect their concerns. And maybe open up and fund a few hundred field offices in reliably red areas.
Apparently I’m not the first to notice this, but Honda EVs sound like the Bb6 on the vocal opening of Bohemian Rhapsody when they drive by.
October 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Apparently I’m not the first to notice this, but Honda EVs sound like the Bb6 on the vocal opening of Bohemian Rhapsody when they drive by.
@kenwhite.bsky.social Je Suis Le Frog Popehat. I am riding this til I die.
October 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
@kenwhite.bsky.social Je Suis Le Frog Popehat. I am riding this til I die.
My favorite sign today.
October 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My favorite sign today.
@kenwhite.bsky.social 30-50 feral hogs hat
September 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
@kenwhite.bsky.social 30-50 feral hogs hat
Re: THE ABUNDANCE DELUSION in The Atlantic today. Mike Solana takes all his smarmy anti-woke/Peter Thiel/Founders Fund vitriol and spews it on the only people in the country trying to effect the changes he advocates. Luigi Left? Go fuck yourself.
September 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Re: THE ABUNDANCE DELUSION in The Atlantic today. Mike Solana takes all his smarmy anti-woke/Peter Thiel/Founders Fund vitriol and spews it on the only people in the country trying to effect the changes he advocates. Luigi Left? Go fuck yourself.
@kenwhite.bsky.social disgustingly infer something nefarious hat (even though it should be “imply”)
July 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
@kenwhite.bsky.social disgustingly infer something nefarious hat (even though it should be “imply”)
I'm groping toward a personal set of ethics governing my online presence. I know I will miss some important things and re-state others, so I will crowdsource better phrasing.
July 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I'm groping toward a personal set of ethics governing my online presence. I know I will miss some important things and re-state others, so I will crowdsource better phrasing.
Thousands of demonstrators in Ventura.
June 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Thousands of demonstrators in Ventura.
@kenwhite.bsky.social goddammit I was about to say City of Criminals Hat.
June 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
@kenwhite.bsky.social goddammit I was about to say City of Criminals Hat.
“A big celebration of the country’s armed forces…could familiarize civilians with their armed forces and, in doing so, draw talented young Americans to serve.” —The Atlantic
I just can’t shake the mental image of Brezhnev smiling at T-62s passing in front of Lenin’s portrait.
I just can’t shake the mental image of Brezhnev smiling at T-62s passing in front of Lenin’s portrait.
June 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
“A big celebration of the country’s armed forces…could familiarize civilians with their armed forces and, in doing so, draw talented young Americans to serve.” —The Atlantic
I just can’t shake the mental image of Brezhnev smiling at T-62s passing in front of Lenin’s portrait.
I just can’t shake the mental image of Brezhnev smiling at T-62s passing in front of Lenin’s portrait.
Pomsky Local 711 is ready to negotiate today’s treat/activity contract.
May 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Pomsky Local 711 is ready to negotiate today’s treat/activity contract.
“The national-security system of the West is led by two men who cannot be trusted to defend America’s allies—and who deeply sympathize with the world’s most aggressive dictator.” —David Frum
February 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“The national-security system of the West is led by two men who cannot be trusted to defend America’s allies—and who deeply sympathize with the world’s most aggressive dictator.” —David Frum
Oxnard winter berries. Shown actual size.
February 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Oxnard winter berries. Shown actual size.
Using Mattel’s My First Protest kit.
February 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Using Mattel’s My First Protest kit.
From deep in my childhood I remember my mother dashing off Debussy’s fiendishly difficult Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum like she was doing a crossword. Turns out her copy of Children’s Corner is a 1908 original edition.
January 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
From deep in my childhood I remember my mother dashing off Debussy’s fiendishly difficult Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum like she was doing a crossword. Turns out her copy of Children’s Corner is a 1908 original edition.
EVIDENCE THAT COLERIDGE WAS HIGH WHEN HE WROTE KUBLA KHAN #1
Rhyming “fertile ground” with “girdled round” (lines 6/7).
Rhyming “fertile ground” with “girdled round” (lines 6/7).
January 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
EVIDENCE THAT COLERIDGE WAS HIGH WHEN HE WROTE KUBLA KHAN #1
Rhyming “fertile ground” with “girdled round” (lines 6/7).
Rhyming “fertile ground” with “girdled round” (lines 6/7).
Artists "keel over like canaries in poison coal mines long before more robust types realize that there is any danger whatsoever.” --Kurt Vonnegut
William Bell doing the artist thing. Great track.
music.apple.com/us/album/str...
William Bell doing the artist thing. Great track.
music.apple.com/us/album/str...
Strange Fruit Is Still Hanging by William Bell on Apple Music
Song · 2024 · Duration 5:02
music.apple.com
December 30, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Artists "keel over like canaries in poison coal mines long before more robust types realize that there is any danger whatsoever.” --Kurt Vonnegut
William Bell doing the artist thing. Great track.
music.apple.com/us/album/str...
William Bell doing the artist thing. Great track.
music.apple.com/us/album/str...
So if you've been a fan of big band music at any point in your life give this a listen.
music.apple.com/us/album/my-...
music.apple.com/us/album/my-...
My Wiener Schnitzel by Makoto Ozone & No Name Horses on Apple Music
Song · 2024 · Duration 7:25
music.apple.com
December 30, 2024 at 6:41 PM
So if you've been a fan of big band music at any point in your life give this a listen.
music.apple.com/us/album/my-...
music.apple.com/us/album/my-...
PETER'S BEST NEW SONGS OF THE WEEK 2024 12/27 by Peter Baird on Apple Music
Playlist · 8 Songs
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December 30, 2024 at 6:39 PM
I don't make my Best New Music playlists to please anyone but me. But damn, there's some great new stuff this week. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
PETER'S BEST NEW SONGS OF THE WEEK 2024 12/7 by Peter Baird on Apple Music
Playlist · 4 Songs
music.apple.com
December 8, 2024 at 6:14 AM
I don't make my Best New Music playlists to please anyone but me. But damn, there's some great new stuff this week. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Humanity: “an immensely powerful anthology intelligence with a profoundly disordered soul…” —Brad DeLong (who is here on bsky)
December 7, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Humanity: “an immensely powerful anthology intelligence with a profoundly disordered soul…” —Brad DeLong (who is here on bsky)
Pomskys in alert mode.
November 25, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Pomskys in alert mode.
Smitty and Rikki are concerned that everyone is exercising some kind of self-care.
November 11, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Smitty and Rikki are concerned that everyone is exercising some kind of self-care.