Satanley (the first 'a' is silent)
@satanley.bsky.social
Canadian born Floriduh boy living in the PNW. Interested in science, politics, music, nature, books...plus some gaming and bad movies too.
Reader of Balloon Juice, TPM, dKos, Eschaton etc
Original posts under #MusicalOffering and #BackyardBirding
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Reader of Balloon Juice, TPM, dKos, Eschaton etc
Original posts under #MusicalOffering and #BackyardBirding
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Stars and Stripes of Corruption
YouTube video by Dead Kennedys - Topic
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Been a minute since I've done a #MusicalOffering
and this seems pretty damn appropriate. Had just discovered these guys when the Tipper Gore led PMRC Senate hearings were going on. Talk about a political awakening!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZFf...
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and this seems pretty damn appropriate. Had just discovered these guys when the Tipper Gore led PMRC Senate hearings were going on. Talk about a political awakening!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZFf...
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there is actually a story in this revolting Nuzzi piece if you sandblast away the lies about a hot young woman being "in love" with a guy old enough to be her grandfather who looks like a catcher's mitt and sounds like an evil muppet
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
there is actually a story in this revolting Nuzzi piece if you sandblast away the lies about a hot young woman being "in love" with a guy old enough to be her grandfather who looks like a catcher's mitt and sounds like an evil muppet
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The murderous little piece of shit who kills Washington Post journalists, right? *That* crown prince?
That’s the one you’re honoring, yes?
That’s the one you’re honoring, yes?
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The murderous little piece of shit who kills Washington Post journalists, right? *That* crown prince?
That’s the one you’re honoring, yes?
That’s the one you’re honoring, yes?
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How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump is lying about her interactions with him — and posted their text exchanges today about the Epstein files.
A sitting member of Congress just posted her messages with the president of the United States.
A sitting member of Congress just posted her messages with the president of the United States.
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump is lying about her interactions with him — and posted their text exchanges today about the Epstein files.
A sitting member of Congress just posted her messages with the president of the United States.
A sitting member of Congress just posted her messages with the president of the United States.
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Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.”
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.”
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
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Ok but Dr. Oz is Administrator for Medicare and Medicaid services and if you don't like the guy, you should write an impeachment article.
Reporter: Dr Oz said that—
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
November 15, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Ok but Dr. Oz is Administrator for Medicare and Medicaid services and if you don't like the guy, you should write an impeachment article.
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so trump just out there getting standard MRI scans as a standard part of the standard multiple annual check ups a president gets in the first ten months
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 AM
so trump just out there getting standard MRI scans as a standard part of the standard multiple annual check ups a president gets in the first ten months
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Nah he had a stroke and it's the 30, 60, 90 day checks
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Nah he had a stroke and it's the 30, 60, 90 day checks
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This is supercool, a real-world validation of the Belyayev Russian Fox experiments. But also the raccoons at my house seem to be getting more and more thuggish, so I dunno.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
www.scientificamerican.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is supercool, a real-world validation of the Belyayev Russian Fox experiments. But also the raccoons at my house seem to be getting more and more thuggish, so I dunno.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
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On Tuesday, far right provocateurs announced that they are planning another "Patriot Weekend" outside the pdx ICE facility for this weekend. Past events billed similarly as this one resulted in lots of aggression, violence, grifting, and the manufacturing of content and propaganda by the far right.
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
On Tuesday, far right provocateurs announced that they are planning another "Patriot Weekend" outside the pdx ICE facility for this weekend. Past events billed similarly as this one resulted in lots of aggression, violence, grifting, and the manufacturing of content and propaganda by the far right.
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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I'm not a professional commentator. No one tells me what to say and my opinions aren't for sale.
I'm a lawyer who fights for democracy who built Democracy Docket from scratch because we need independent pro-democracy media. For $10 a month you can help it do its vital work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
I'm a lawyer who fights for democracy who built Democracy Docket from scratch because we need independent pro-democracy media. For $10 a month you can help it do its vital work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
November 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I'm not a professional commentator. No one tells me what to say and my opinions aren't for sale.
I'm a lawyer who fights for democracy who built Democracy Docket from scratch because we need independent pro-democracy media. For $10 a month you can help it do its vital work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
I'm a lawyer who fights for democracy who built Democracy Docket from scratch because we need independent pro-democracy media. For $10 a month you can help it do its vital work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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"The longer this chaos continues, the more our allies feel they can’t trust us, the fewer agents on the streets investigating terrorists and spies, the more likely we’re going to face a catastrophic intelligence failure."
The latest from @vermontgmg.bsky.social at @motherjones.com...
The latest from @vermontgmg.bsky.social at @motherjones.com...
It's hard to overstate what a disaster Kash Patel is. See the many disturbing details here, from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, an expert on the FBI. "The longer this chaos continues," he writes, "the more likely we’re going to face a catastrophic intelligence failure." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Kash Patel, the FBI's agent of chaos
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Patel is at being FBI director.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"The longer this chaos continues, the more our allies feel they can’t trust us, the fewer agents on the streets investigating terrorists and spies, the more likely we’re going to face a catastrophic intelligence failure."
The latest from @vermontgmg.bsky.social at @motherjones.com...
The latest from @vermontgmg.bsky.social at @motherjones.com...
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13 NOVEMBER 1775, MONTREAL: The redcoat garrison surrenders almost without a fight, after their attempted escape downriver on bateaux is prevented by headwinds and Continental cannon fire. The Continental army commanded by Richard Montgomery takes a hundred fifty prisoners.
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
13 NOVEMBER 1775, MONTREAL: The redcoat garrison surrenders almost without a fight, after their attempted escape downriver on bateaux is prevented by headwinds and Continental cannon fire. The Continental army commanded by Richard Montgomery takes a hundred fifty prisoners.
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“Don’t be diabetic and eat better, poors.”
Not an exaggeration, that’s literally Bhattacharya’s plan.
When we said the Great Barrington Declaration smacked of eugenics, this is what we meant.
Not an exaggeration, that’s literally Bhattacharya’s plan.
When we said the Great Barrington Declaration smacked of eugenics, this is what we meant.
Jay Bhattacharya's plan for a new pandemic is for everyone to suddenly be healthy.
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“Don’t be diabetic and eat better, poors.”
Not an exaggeration, that’s literally Bhattacharya’s plan.
When we said the Great Barrington Declaration smacked of eugenics, this is what we meant.
Not an exaggeration, that’s literally Bhattacharya’s plan.
When we said the Great Barrington Declaration smacked of eugenics, this is what we meant.
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Turkeys were first domesticated by Mesoamericans in what is now Mexico before the arrival of Europeans.
1. The notion that immigrants can’t acculturate into American Thanksgiving of all holidays is so inane that I assumed it must be a parody.
2) I miss the old schoolbook moral view of Thanksgiving as a peaceable neighborly feast where formerly suspicious Pilgrims and Indians could make friends.
2) I miss the old schoolbook moral view of Thanksgiving as a peaceable neighborly feast where formerly suspicious Pilgrims and Indians could make friends.
It’s how you end up with language like “paperwork American” or the idea that Thanksgiving turkey is some sort of natural ethno-national tradition that certain other groups are incapable of ever appreciating
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Turkeys were first domesticated by Mesoamericans in what is now Mexico before the arrival of Europeans.
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The flagrant corruption of this administration is shocking and also totally out in the open
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The flagrant corruption of this administration is shocking and also totally out in the open
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So I'll work my youth away
In the place of a machine
In the place of a machine
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
So I'll work my youth away
In the place of a machine
In the place of a machine
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I knew Elizabeth Berkley a tiny little bit, mostly because our paths crossed frequently when we were child actors in the 80s. I like her; she's always been kind.
I always thought she got a real raw deal with Showgirls, and it's so cool to read that she is finally getting her due, and loving it.
I always thought she got a real raw deal with Showgirls, and it's so cool to read that she is finally getting her due, and loving it.
‘Showgirls’ Nearly Killed Her Career. Now She’s Touring the World With It
Elizabeth Berkley’s biggest year onscreen in more than a decade — with a role in Ryan Murphy’s soapy legal drama 'All’s Fair' — happens to coincide with the 30th anniversary of her most infamous perfo...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I knew Elizabeth Berkley a tiny little bit, mostly because our paths crossed frequently when we were child actors in the 80s. I like her; she's always been kind.
I always thought she got a real raw deal with Showgirls, and it's so cool to read that she is finally getting her due, and loving it.
I always thought she got a real raw deal with Showgirls, and it's so cool to read that she is finally getting her due, and loving it.
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Still worth a read, though: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/t...
How a Seattle Alt-Weekly Newspaper Became a Progressive Kingmaker
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Still worth a read, though: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/t...
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“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
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14 NOVEMBER 1775, GREAT BRIDGE, VIRGINIA: The Earl of Dunmore lands from a Royal Navy ship in the James River at the head of a hundred thirty soldiers to investigate rumors that Patriot militia from North Carolina have arrived in the area.
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
14 NOVEMBER 1775, GREAT BRIDGE, VIRGINIA: The Earl of Dunmore lands from a Royal Navy ship in the James River at the head of a hundred thirty soldiers to investigate rumors that Patriot militia from North Carolina have arrived in the area.
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These are the kinds of parties you see in fiction and you think can't be real but no, apparently they are very real and just as skeevy as you can imagine.
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
These are the kinds of parties you see in fiction and you think can't be real but no, apparently they are very real and just as skeevy as you can imagine.
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The Marshall Plan was literally one of the best idea in human history. Up there with vaccines. So of course the right is against both.
America's network of democratic alliances was a jewel. Never before had a great power relied on cultivating voluntary relationships, leading to the richest, most powerful country in history, and benefitting the world relative to the alternative.
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Marshall Plan was literally one of the best idea in human history. Up there with vaccines. So of course the right is against both.