Rodney Boles
@rodneyboles.bsky.social
Photographer, retired tech guy, avid cyclist
Incredible
OMG this William G. Young opinion that just dropped (12:30pm) in AAUP v. Rubio.
It begins with a postcard sent to Chambers and Young's reply
card: "Trump has pardons and tanks, what do you have?"
WGY: "We the People of the United States — you and me — have our magnificent Constitution"
It begins with a postcard sent to Chambers and Young's reply
card: "Trump has pardons and tanks, what do you have?"
WGY: "We the People of the United States — you and me — have our magnificent Constitution"
September 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Incredible
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He's telling us what he's doing. Using the military to suppress protest. At some point the opposition needs to listen to him and adjust strategy.
Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
September 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
He's telling us what he's doing. Using the military to suppress protest. At some point the opposition needs to listen to him and adjust strategy.
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Hegseth fires general officers and JAGs, cracks down on dissenting views in military, orders killing civilians at sea without legal rationale, calls generals to Quantico to demand loyalty.
Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities.
"What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"
Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities.
"What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"
September 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hegseth fires general officers and JAGs, cracks down on dissenting views in military, orders killing civilians at sea without legal rationale, calls generals to Quantico to demand loyalty.
Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities.
"What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"
Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities.
"What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"
My best friend had Huntington’s, and it finally took its toll on him a bit over a decade ago. So glad to see progress being made
a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
My best friend had Huntington’s, and it finally took its toll on him a bit over a decade ago. So glad to see progress being made
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This must be what it felt like to live during the McCarthy period, yeah, in which conservatives wielded explicitly naked double standards to target their foes while the flagrant hypocrisy was generally swept under the rug by those institutions that could call it out?
When I worked at UT, the campus hosted Nazi speakers (twice, I think), and a professor called for cars to "run down" protestors.
He wasn't disciplined.
He wasn't disciplined.
September 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This must be what it felt like to live during the McCarthy period, yeah, in which conservatives wielded explicitly naked double standards to target their foes while the flagrant hypocrisy was generally swept under the rug by those institutions that could call it out?
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special birth-month thanks to @rodneyboles.bsky.social for restoring this memory to me in full resolution. it's from 3 aug 2014, one of my favorite and best ever #doctorwho protest signs. or counter-protest, i guess, from the "saturday chores" movement spearheaded by grayson and tina haver-currin
August 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
special birth-month thanks to @rodneyboles.bsky.social for restoring this memory to me in full resolution. it's from 3 aug 2014, one of my favorite and best ever #doctorwho protest signs. or counter-protest, i guess, from the "saturday chores" movement spearheaded by grayson and tina haver-currin
Got to shoot The Flaming Lips last night. My 3rd time getting to cover one of their shows. Just a concert photographer’s dream.
August 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Got to shoot The Flaming Lips last night. My 3rd time getting to cover one of their shows. Just a concert photographer’s dream.
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REM got $80 million from Warners to re-sign, then made New Adventures In Hi-Fi, probably their least accessible album since Murmur. Taking twenty million dollars each to keep doing exactly what you were going to do anyway isn't "selling out", it's not being totally fucking stupid.
In hindsight almost every accusation about REM “selling out” is undercut by the fact almost every major hit album they had in the 90s was a fairly contrarian move against their previous successful music. I’m pretty sure the label would’ve loved them to keep making “REM music.”
July 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
REM got $80 million from Warners to re-sign, then made New Adventures In Hi-Fi, probably their least accessible album since Murmur. Taking twenty million dollars each to keep doing exactly what you were going to do anyway isn't "selling out", it's not being totally fucking stupid.
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Trump says he never draws pictures and yet… www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/u...
A Manhattan Skyline Sketch by Trump Sells at Auction for $29,000 (Published 2017)
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Trump says he never draws pictures and yet… www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/u...
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oh so it's illegal to have friends now, is it? it's cancellable to send your friend nice little birthday notes? the woke mob has come for poetry? for nice little drawings to your buds?
July 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
oh so it's illegal to have friends now, is it? it's cancellable to send your friend nice little birthday notes? the woke mob has come for poetry? for nice little drawings to your buds?
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reading 2024 Ross Barkan and man this has aged terribly
July 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
reading 2024 Ross Barkan and man this has aged terribly
Watch this
Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.
July 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Watch this
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Democracies do not use their military to try and intimidate their own citizens with “shows of presence”.
This is fascism.
This is fascism.
Military documents confirm that the LA operation today was a “show of presence” intended to send a message to LA residents about the power of the federal government.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
July 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Democracies do not use their military to try and intimidate their own citizens with “shows of presence”.
This is fascism.
This is fascism.
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Our dear friend and Spider Bags frontman Dan McGee could use some help with the long recovery ahead of him, if you’re able to help out
💜💜💜
www.gofundme.com/f/dan-mcgee-...
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www.gofundme.com/f/dan-mcgee-...
Donate to Dan McGee Needs Your Help to Recover, organized by Thomas McGee
On April 23, Dan McGee—beloved father, friend and musician — collapsed from a brain … Thomas McGee needs your support for Dan McGee Needs Your Help to Recover
www.gofundme.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our dear friend and Spider Bags frontman Dan McGee could use some help with the long recovery ahead of him, if you’re able to help out
💜💜💜
www.gofundme.com/f/dan-mcgee-...
💜💜💜
www.gofundme.com/f/dan-mcgee-...
Watched the Kentucky Derby. Not sure I’ve ever watched it before. Kinda disgusted by how they keep whipping the horse.
May 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Watched the Kentucky Derby. Not sure I’ve ever watched it before. Kinda disgusted by how they keep whipping the horse.
Infuriating. These places are slammed with crowds and need more help, not less.
Update: the Trump administration has proposed cutting the National Park System by $900 million, about one third of its budget.
Please read/share if you love your national parks!
New from @pamherd.bsky.social & me: A DOGEr is now running the National Park Service.
They were already short of employees to manage record crowds. DOGE has cut 13% and wants to cut 30%.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-vs-a...
New from @pamherd.bsky.social & me: A DOGEr is now running the National Park Service.
They were already short of employees to manage record crowds. DOGE has cut 13% and wants to cut 30%.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-vs-a...
May 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Infuriating. These places are slammed with crowds and need more help, not less.
280K people in North Carolina are on Aetna ACA plans. Huge impact here
This is important acasignups.net/25/05/01/and...
And So It Begins: Aetna/CVS pulling out of ACA exchanges next year as GOP allows IRA subsidies to expire
via Bruce Japsen at Forbes, the first shoe has dropped: CVS Plans To Exit Obamacare In 2026, Affecting 1 Million Aetna Members CVS Health plans to exit the individual health insurance business also kn...
acasignups.net
May 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
280K people in North Carolina are on Aetna ACA plans. Huge impact here
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The Durham native attended NC State, where he studied textiles. But his real education came from haunting local nightclubs—and then opening his own legendary Raleigh music venue.
“Every Bar Owner in Town Stands on Kenny’s Shoulders”: Brewery Owner Kenny Hobby Dies at 72
At the Brewery, which he owned from 1983 to 2004, Kenny Hobby hosted formidable national acts and momentous eras of local music.
indyweek.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Durham native attended NC State, where he studied textiles. But his real education came from haunting local nightclubs—and then opening his own legendary Raleigh music venue.
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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
cbsn.ws
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
My god, 75%. No due process.
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
My god, 75%. No due process.
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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yeah if I was another country I’d be doing this on principle at this point.
Gonna be a wild time when other countries start reciprocating by revoking American visas and deporting Americans because of the policies of this administration.
April 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
yeah if I was another country I’d be doing this on principle at this point.