Peter Key
@peterlkey.bsky.social
Son of cartoonist/writer Ted Key, freelance writer, spiced wafer addict.
I was on X during the Eagles game because a lot of the Eagles fans I follow haven't migrated to here and I came across the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh handing Sen. Fetterman his own head.
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was on X during the Eagles game because a lot of the Eagles fans I follow haven't migrated to here and I came across the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh handing Sen. Fetterman his own head.
Dems folding on healthcare would be awful no matter what, but it's particularly galling because the cost of healthcare, food and energy are the only things Jeffries and Schumer want party members to talk about. If you're only going to fight a small number of battles, you can't cave on any of them.
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Dems folding on healthcare would be awful no matter what, but it's particularly galling because the cost of healthcare, food and energy are the only things Jeffries and Schumer want party members to talk about. If you're only going to fight a small number of battles, you can't cave on any of them.
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Michael Bennet: I really am a Bolshevik. I believe we should provide universal healthcare to all Americans as a right. There is no reason not to do it in the richest country in the world, especially if we can do it at half of the cost of care we are providing now.
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Michael Bennet: I really am a Bolshevik. I believe we should provide universal healthcare to all Americans as a right. There is no reason not to do it in the richest country in the world, especially if we can do it at half of the cost of care we are providing now.
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The entire caucus supports Schumer and his patented surrender plan.
Surrender lets them avoid blame for the shutdown--and they fear nothing more than blame.
It tricks the base into blaming only the retiring/safe ones while letting the rest cast safely irrelevant no votes.
Surrender lets them avoid blame for the shutdown--and they fear nothing more than blame.
It tricks the base into blaming only the retiring/safe ones while letting the rest cast safely irrelevant no votes.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The entire caucus supports Schumer and his patented surrender plan.
Surrender lets them avoid blame for the shutdown--and they fear nothing more than blame.
It tricks the base into blaming only the retiring/safe ones while letting the rest cast safely irrelevant no votes.
Surrender lets them avoid blame for the shutdown--and they fear nothing more than blame.
It tricks the base into blaming only the retiring/safe ones while letting the rest cast safely irrelevant no votes.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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SNAP was funded RIGHT NOW. The Admin is simply lawless, which is why it wasn't paid. Saying that SNAP is part of the deal means the deal was that the admin agreed to follow what is already the law.
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
SNAP was funded RIGHT NOW. The Admin is simply lawless, which is why it wasn't paid. Saying that SNAP is part of the deal means the deal was that the admin agreed to follow what is already the law.
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
I saw a flash and thought a light blew out in my kitchen. Then, when I heard something I at first thought was fireworks, I realized the flash was lightning bright enough to be visible through my closed blinds.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I saw a flash and thought a light blew out in my kitchen. Then, when I heard something I at first thought was fireworks, I realized the flash was lightning bright enough to be visible through my closed blinds.
Since I joined BlueSky, I’ve had 12 accounts message me. One us Listifications. One purports to be an attractive woman. The other 10 are now deleted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Since I joined BlueSky, I’ve had 12 accounts message me. One us Listifications. One purports to be an attractive woman. The other 10 are now deleted.
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In March, after Schumer last surrendered, we called an emergency meeting of Indivisible leaders. 92% told us to call on him to step down from leadership (which we did).
In a poll over this weekend, 98.67% said we should keep up the fight.
Rank & file Dems are going to be PISSED!
In a poll over this weekend, 98.67% said we should keep up the fight.
Rank & file Dems are going to be PISSED!
Either way, so many Dems... the bulk of the Senate caucus, House leadership, governors, etc.,... all quickly throwing down the gauntlet with such open unrestrained attacks on any Dems who cave is new. It wasn't like that in March, not nearly as loud and widespread and immediate, much more base-only.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
In March, after Schumer last surrendered, we called an emergency meeting of Indivisible leaders. 92% told us to call on him to step down from leadership (which we did).
In a poll over this weekend, 98.67% said we should keep up the fight.
Rank & file Dems are going to be PISSED!
In a poll over this weekend, 98.67% said we should keep up the fight.
Rank & file Dems are going to be PISSED!
If, in my 20s, I'd been as appealing to actual pretty young women as my Blue Sky and Instagram accounts are to accounts purporting to belong to pretty young women, I might not have made it to 30.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If, in my 20s, I'd been as appealing to actual pretty young women as my Blue Sky and Instagram accounts are to accounts purporting to belong to pretty young women, I might not have made it to 30.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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One aspect of US political history that I think is underplayed is that on several measures—health care, housing, transportation, basic assistance—by the late 60s/early 70s, the nation was headed in a similar direction as European social democracies. Domestic policy was ambitious & liberal.
And if that blew your mind, read up on the Family Assistance Plan, the proposal from Milton Friedman (!) that Nixon embraced -- would've been essentially a negative income tax for the poor in which they'd get cash payments.
The bizarre tale of President Nixon and his basic income bill
In 1969 President Richard Nixon was on the verge of implementing a basic income for poor families in America. It promised to be a revolutionary step – had the President not changed his mind at t...
thecorrespondent.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
One aspect of US political history that I think is underplayed is that on several measures—health care, housing, transportation, basic assistance—by the late 60s/early 70s, the nation was headed in a similar direction as European social democracies. Domestic policy was ambitious & liberal.
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This could be us if we weren't strangling the solar industry to help keep oil prices up
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This could be us if we weren't strangling the solar industry to help keep oil prices up
Republicans in my neck of the woods trotted out the old tax-and-spend bromides but they didn't work, possibly because one way Repubs had kept taxes down was by not having a county health department, which turned out to be a drawback during the pandemic. whyy.org/articles/ele...
Democrats retain unanimous control of Delaware County Council
Democrats Richard Womack and Joanne Phillips prevailed over Republicans Brian Burke and Liz Piazza.
whyy.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Republicans in my neck of the woods trotted out the old tax-and-spend bromides but they didn't work, possibly because one way Repubs had kept taxes down was by not having a county health department, which turned out to be a drawback during the pandemic. whyy.org/articles/ele...
Woo hoo!
BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
nbcnews.to
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Woo hoo!
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The world's 10 richest people (nearly all from the U.S.) are collectively $500 billion richer this year thanks to growth in stocks tied to AI.
Meanwhile, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and electricity.
AI is making the rich even richer while everyone else pays the price.
Meanwhile, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and electricity.
AI is making the rich even richer while everyone else pays the price.
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The world's 10 richest people (nearly all from the U.S.) are collectively $500 billion richer this year thanks to growth in stocks tied to AI.
Meanwhile, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and electricity.
AI is making the rich even richer while everyone else pays the price.
Meanwhile, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and electricity.
AI is making the rich even richer while everyone else pays the price.
My latest piece for PhillyVoice is on running advice, both in general and specifically for a race that goes over the Ben Franklin Bridge and back. www.phillyvoice.com/dr-david-gea...
Everything runners should know ahead of the Cooper Norcross Run the Bridge
Cooper University Health Care’s Dr. David Gealt shares expert tips on fueling, pacing, and enjoying one of the region’s most scenic runs
www.phillyvoice.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My latest piece for PhillyVoice is on running advice, both in general and specifically for a race that goes over the Ben Franklin Bridge and back. www.phillyvoice.com/dr-david-gea...
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They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
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Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
This is by Ben Rhodes, whom I really like. It's free, in case any of the 20 or so followers of mine who aren't bots or catfishing accounts want to read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
Opinion | The Thread Tying Together Everything Trump Does
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This is by Ben Rhodes, whom I really like. It's free, in case any of the 20 or so followers of mine who aren't bots or catfishing accounts want to read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.