Richard B. Simon
@rbsimon.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. PEN America Bellwether Prize Finalist. Words: GulfstreamLit, ChicagoQReview, Hunger Mtn., Relix, RollingStone, MTV, Juxtapoz. Teaching Big History (UC Press). Seeking rep. in ‘25.
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Richard B. Simon
@rbsimon.bsky.social
· Jul 3
Proud that my story "Corrido" is in Hunger Mountain #30!
Freshly sprung from S.F. City Jail, Teen Rabbit lead singer Alejandra Hernandez is asked to make an AgitProp to oppose the dictator's immigrant detention camps. But Alex has something else in mind ...
hngrmtn.org/issues/hunge...
Freshly sprung from S.F. City Jail, Teen Rabbit lead singer Alejandra Hernandez is asked to make an AgitProp to oppose the dictator's immigrant detention camps. But Alex has something else in mind ...
hngrmtn.org/issues/hunge...
Textbook red herring from dhs.
I had to check to see if this was real. It’s only the start of a tweet, but it’s real.
And the rest of the tweet isn’t better because they’re lying about there being any threat.
This is about the viral video you’ve probably seen with the drive-by pepper spray.
And the rest of the tweet isn’t better because they’re lying about there being any threat.
This is about the viral video you’ve probably seen with the drive-by pepper spray.
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Textbook red herring from dhs.
Tough question they can’t answer, blame Biden like he’s Goldstein, walk off. Never further discussion that Biden inherited the inflation from trump’s complete failure to deal with Covid. Wreck the country, blame the guy voters brought in to fix it, wreck it further.
VITTERT: What do you say to people struggling with higher prices?
NAVARRO: We feel your pain. We are literally doing everything we can.
VITTERT: But the president calls it a "con job." How can people think he feels their pain?
NAVARRO: We feel your pain. We are literally doing everything we can.
VITTERT: But the president calls it a "con job." How can people think he feels their pain?
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Tough question they can’t answer, blame Biden like he’s Goldstein, walk off. Never further discussion that Biden inherited the inflation from trump’s complete failure to deal with Covid. Wreck the country, blame the guy voters brought in to fix it, wreck it further.
Fuggin hell.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Fuggin hell.
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important! first tape (that i've seen) of gillian welch & dave rawlings doing "wharf rat," rawlings nominally singing lead (but with lotsa welch), recorded a few weeks ago in glasgow. drive.google.com/file/d/1ibZW...
also, an incomplete video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YOQ... #deadfreaksunite
also, an incomplete video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YOQ... #deadfreaksunite
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
important! first tape (that i've seen) of gillian welch & dave rawlings doing "wharf rat," rawlings nominally singing lead (but with lotsa welch), recorded a few weeks ago in glasgow. drive.google.com/file/d/1ibZW...
also, an incomplete video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YOQ... #deadfreaksunite
also, an incomplete video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YOQ... #deadfreaksunite
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Read one (1) history book and tell me this is ok
New:
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
![STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience.
Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play.
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And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country.
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He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreialm4skuozqobejpd6vx4m6kuwsgtidxmmxvj3ftcff6otiuyohiy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Read one (1) history book and tell me this is ok
See also Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx.
Nearly two decades after my book on Cheney, I took a shot at assessing his legacy. It’s more complicated than you might think. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What I Learned About Dick Cheney
The former vice president was certain he knew better than the citizens he served what was good for them.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
See also Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx.
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Spotify asked us to record a 30 second “year in review” clip for our fans, or whoever is listening to us without necessarily enjoying it. Like inadvertently being around a dull breeze, or any form of bird.
We made this and they didn’t accept it. I'm going to call the police.
#bhamilton #hashtags
We made this and they didn’t accept it. I'm going to call the police.
#bhamilton #hashtags
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Spotify asked us to record a 30 second “year in review” clip for our fans, or whoever is listening to us without necessarily enjoying it. Like inadvertently being around a dull breeze, or any form of bird.
We made this and they didn’t accept it. I'm going to call the police.
#bhamilton #hashtags
We made this and they didn’t accept it. I'm going to call the police.
#bhamilton #hashtags
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One person's "stealth tax" is another's bare minimum to start making sure flyers stop using the atmosphere as a free toilet
Passengers on long-haul flights could pay an extra £21 as the government agrees to align with Brussels on carbon emissions ⬇️
Holidaymakers face stealth tax on flights under EU carbon deal
www.thetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
One person's "stealth tax" is another's bare minimum to start making sure flyers stop using the atmosphere as a free toilet
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Golden Void Live at Empty Bottle 2016-01-25 https://archive.org/details/ajc01879_golden-void-2016-01-25
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November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
If you’re in NYC BKLYN, folks, I highly recommend getting out to see Orcutt Shelley Miller at Union Pool tonight.
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If you’re in NYC BKLYN, folks, I highly recommend getting out to see Orcutt Shelley Miller at Union Pool tonight.
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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 4:58 AM
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...
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Weirdly enough, the only times in history it's been worse than this are all times the GOP was in control of the presidency and congress. What an odd coincidence!
🚨 CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003."
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Weirdly enough, the only times in history it's been worse than this are all times the GOP was in control of the presidency and congress. What an odd coincidence!
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Is that from being unable to afford to feed ourselves or?
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Is that from being unable to afford to feed ourselves or?
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
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There's a joke about aristocrats. I'll say no more.
Very telling that oligarchs want to be called aristocrats. On the donors who think they deserve to rule:
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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What times we live in, folks
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What times we live in, folks
Indicted for bringing specious charges, his defense is literally proving that the charges are rock solid and that he has all the evidence he needed to do it because it’s factual. Imagine if this guy had years of experience prosecuting mobsters and tyrants
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Jack Smith, Trump’s Target, Shifts From Defense to Counterattack
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Indicted for bringing specious charges, his defense is literally proving that the charges are rock solid and that he has all the evidence he needed to do it because it’s factual. Imagine if this guy had years of experience prosecuting mobsters and tyrants
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
This may not go as planned.
Smith says he has “tons of evidence” that Trump willingly retained the classified documents at his residence in Mar-a-Lago and tried “to obstruct the investigation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Jack Smith, Trump’s Target, Shifts From Defense to Counterattack
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This may not go as planned.
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“We rescued one another. . . . He was the artist and I the storyteller.” In a new essay, Patti Smith reflects on her early days in New York and her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe.
Essay by Patti Smith: Art Rats in New York City
Finding my own words.
www.newyorker.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“We rescued one another. . . . He was the artist and I the storyteller.” In a new essay, Patti Smith reflects on her early days in New York and her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe.
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More rare* Donnas
* not really
* not really
November 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
More rare* Donnas
* not really
* not really
