Steve
@pumpkinplanet.bsky.social
Retired environmental communications professional. Restorer of nature, maker of stuff, hopeful pessimist. Born at 312 ppm. #Democracy #Equality #ClimateEmergency
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Steve
@pumpkinplanet.bsky.social
· Dec 9
A few billionaires owning everything is every dystopian novel ever.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We're one step away from permanent martial law and suspension of elections and the Bill of Rights. We're two steps away from right-wing death squads.
August 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We're one step away from permanent martial law and suspension of elections and the Bill of Rights. We're two steps away from right-wing death squads.
Bravo to the few Dems who are calling out Trump's failing mental acuity, weird social media posts, and Epstein cover-up. It would be great if there were dozens or hundreds doing it. But there's not, and that's why the party is in dire straits.
August 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Bravo to the few Dems who are calling out Trump's failing mental acuity, weird social media posts, and Epstein cover-up. It would be great if there were dozens or hundreds doing it. But there's not, and that's why the party is in dire straits.
Prediction: He's going to post National Guard troops and cops at every 2026 polling station. They'll intimidate voters, then they'll confiscate the voting machines after the polls close.
August 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Prediction: He's going to post National Guard troops and cops at every 2026 polling station. They'll intimidate voters, then they'll confiscate the voting machines after the polls close.
We're having a very hot summer here in Wisconsin and it's making me not like the future.
July 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
We're having a very hot summer here in Wisconsin and it's making me not like the future.
I wish people would abandon the notion that there are decent Republicans. They are all willing members of the Nazi pedophile party. Willing members. Every fucking one.
July 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I wish people would abandon the notion that there are decent Republicans. They are all willing members of the Nazi pedophile party. Willing members. Every fucking one.
The only way the human species survives is if most of it doesn't.
July 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The only way the human species survives is if most of it doesn't.
Someone needs to Pentagon Papers the Epstein file.
July 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Someone needs to Pentagon Papers the Epstein file.
We've reached the burn-the-furniture stage of federal budget management.
Congress is making more than 250 million acres of public lands available for sale.
The Senate reconciliation package is a disturbing giveaway that will mandate the “disposal” of public lands across the western United States.
www.wilderness.org
June 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
We've reached the burn-the-furniture stage of federal budget management.
All of this (and more).
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
June 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
All of this (and more).
So President Musk has been replaced by President Netanyahu.
June 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
So President Musk has been replaced by President Netanyahu.
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Does ICE plan to raid Mar-a-lago?
June 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Does ICE plan to raid Mar-a-lago?
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A few billionaires owning everything is every dystopian novel ever.
December 9, 2024 at 4:43 AM
A few billionaires owning everything is every dystopian novel ever.
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Reminder: A president is the head of the federal government. He or she is not the boss of each citizen. He or she is elected to govern, not to rule.
March 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Reminder: A president is the head of the federal government. He or she is not the boss of each citizen. He or she is elected to govern, not to rule.
They've declared war on intelligent people.
May 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
They've declared war on intelligent people.
The people who sell cryptocurrencies exchange it for dollars. They want you to have the shitcoin. They want to have the dollars. That's it. That's the whole deal.
May 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The people who sell cryptocurrencies exchange it for dollars. They want you to have the shitcoin. They want to have the dollars. That's it. That's the whole deal.
I miss insects. They were kind of important.
May 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I miss insects. They were kind of important.
Will he declare his birthday a national holiday this year or next year?
Chutzpah is lying to dodge the draft and then asking the Army to celebrate your damn birthday.
May 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Will he declare his birthday a national holiday this year or next year?
wapo.st/4cWYKb2
So we're not buying into Trump's Lebensraum campaign?
So we're not buying into Trump's Lebensraum campaign?
Most take Trump’s Canada, Greenland and third-term ideas seriously — and oppose them, poll finds
President Donald Trump has proposed taking over Canada and Greenland, imprisoning U.S. citizens overseas and serving an unconstitutional third term. Most Americans say they think he’s serious about ea...
wapo.st
April 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
wapo.st/4cWYKb2
So we're not buying into Trump's Lebensraum campaign?
So we're not buying into Trump's Lebensraum campaign?
Anyone still hoping that "reasonable Republicans" will gain the courage or decency to stand up to Trump hasn't been paying attention for the past few decades. The GOP wanted this. Every Republican is part of it. Every last one.
April 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Anyone still hoping that "reasonable Republicans" will gain the courage or decency to stand up to Trump hasn't been paying attention for the past few decades. The GOP wanted this. Every Republican is part of it. Every last one.
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I thought the apocalypse would be explosions and stuff, but it's just rot and sadness.
December 22, 2024 at 1:29 AM
I thought the apocalypse would be explosions and stuff, but it's just rot and sadness.
We're close to The Lives of Others stage of this hemorrhagic fever dream, aren't we.
April 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
We're close to The Lives of Others stage of this hemorrhagic fever dream, aren't we.
Has a president ever imposed himself on the office, and on us, to anywhere near this extent? I'm so fuckin sick of him.
April 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Has a president ever imposed himself on the office, and on us, to anywhere near this extent? I'm so fuckin sick of him.
Consumers will not only be paying the tariffs, we'll also have to cover all the bailouts that Trump will dish out to farmers and other supporters.
April 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Consumers will not only be paying the tariffs, we'll also have to cover all the bailouts that Trump will dish out to farmers and other supporters.