Ron Melody
@ronnieappleseed.bsky.social
@drazowsky.bsky.social Hi Dave! I’m over here, too, but still more active on Facebook. We’ve built a community over there, you and I and everyone else. I’m not ready to abandon it yet. But it’s good to have Bluesky as a relief valve.
September 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@drazowsky.bsky.social Hi Dave! I’m over here, too, but still more active on Facebook. We’ve built a community over there, you and I and everyone else. I’m not ready to abandon it yet. But it’s good to have Bluesky as a relief valve.
Meanwhile, ICE executed a man at a traffic stop in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park and is lying about it.
unraveledpress.com/what-happene...
unraveledpress.com/what-happene...
What happened to Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez
Immigration agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses.
unraveledpress.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Meanwhile, ICE executed a man at a traffic stop in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park and is lying about it.
unraveledpress.com/what-happene...
unraveledpress.com/what-happene...
Kids are dead in Texas, but the feds are throwing a Nazi parade in LA.
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/f...
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/f...
Mayor Bass calls presence of federal agents at MacArthur Park ‘absolutely outrageous'
A chaotic scene unfolded Monday morning when a large number of armed federal agents descended on Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park before leaving in armored vehicles, SUVs and vans. Details about why the ag...
www.nbclosangeles.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Kids are dead in Texas, but the feds are throwing a Nazi parade in LA.
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/f...
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/f...
Hey, major security breach, but we got jokes, y’all.
What self respecting military personnel wouldn’t follow these geniuses into battle.
What self respecting military personnel wouldn’t follow these geniuses into battle.
March 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Hey, major security breach, but we got jokes, y’all.
What self respecting military personnel wouldn’t follow these geniuses into battle.
What self respecting military personnel wouldn’t follow these geniuses into battle.
Media has got to figure out how to provide information without paywalling everything. I will not be paying a couple dozen different journalists or outlets four bucks or more a month for spotty content.
Also, I want mostly news, not mostly opinion. Fucking figure out how to combine and give me that.
Also, I want mostly news, not mostly opinion. Fucking figure out how to combine and give me that.
February 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Media has got to figure out how to provide information without paywalling everything. I will not be paying a couple dozen different journalists or outlets four bucks or more a month for spotty content.
Also, I want mostly news, not mostly opinion. Fucking figure out how to combine and give me that.
Also, I want mostly news, not mostly opinion. Fucking figure out how to combine and give me that.
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All their names
The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
All their names
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Gosh, who could have anticipated that?
Wow, that was fast.
Irving Energy, company that provides propane/fuel oil customers in New England, says it will pass on the full 10% tariff cost to all their customers immediately
(reposting with fixed figure - meant to say 10%, not 30%)
Irving Energy, company that provides propane/fuel oil customers in New England, says it will pass on the full 10% tariff cost to all their customers immediately
(reposting with fixed figure - meant to say 10%, not 30%)
February 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Gosh, who could have anticipated that?
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Evidently some people weren't fooled
Hedge funds are making a multi-billion-dollar gamble against the US economy, betting Donald Trump's presidency will result in a massive market crash that could devastate 401(k)s, pensions, and household savings across America.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Hedge funds bet billions on market crash in Trump’s America
Goldman Sachs reports a surge in short bets against US stocks
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Evidently some people weren't fooled
The bend in that arc toward justice is pretty disappointing right now.
January 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The bend in that arc toward justice is pretty disappointing right now.
“This is ‘planting time.’ Planting is work. That work must be aimed at building ideas, theories, paradigms, institutions, skills, practices, and alliances that we can seed now for a future harvest-a fulsome and lush democracy that will reflect the very best of us.”
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
The Truth
What We Now Know
open.substack.com
November 17, 2024 at 12:48 AM
“This is ‘planting time.’ Planting is work. That work must be aimed at building ideas, theories, paradigms, institutions, skills, practices, and alliances that we can seed now for a future harvest-a fulsome and lush democracy that will reflect the very best of us.”
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
“A member of Trump’s transition team said that Trump wants to bend Republican senators to his will “until they snap in half.”
They won’t snap in half because there are no bones in their backs.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
They won’t snap in half because there are no bones in their backs.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 15, 2024
Three years ago today, President Joe Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, more popularly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2024 at 2:45 PM
“A member of Trump’s transition team said that Trump wants to bend Republican senators to his will “until they snap in half.”
They won’t snap in half because there are no bones in their backs.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
They won’t snap in half because there are no bones in their backs.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Looking for starter packs? Start here.
November 16, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Looking for starter packs? Start here.
Searches for “how to change my vote” have spiked in states that the president-elect won.
newrepublic.com/post/188357/...
newrepublic.com/post/188357/...
The Most Infuriating Search Term Is Trending in States Trump Won
Donald Trump’s supporters suddenly seem a lot less sure of their decision.
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Searches for “how to change my vote” have spiked in states that the president-elect won.
newrepublic.com/post/188357/...
newrepublic.com/post/188357/...
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Just in case I forgot to post Daniel Hunter's fantastic guide here. wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...
10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won
The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.
wagingnonviolence.org
November 15, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Just in case I forgot to post Daniel Hunter's fantastic guide here. wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...