Wes Rector 🇺🇸 #resist
@bigonenoonions.bsky.social
Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down, and they all led me straight back home to Birdie
"I'm aware of the chaotic neutral bits, but i appreciate the evil bits" - my youngest's assessment of me
"I'm aware of the chaotic neutral bits, but i appreciate the evil bits" - my youngest's assessment of me
Spotted this in downtown Chattanooga this morning
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Spotted this in downtown Chattanooga this morning
Roll Tide!
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Roll Tide!
Starting a new read today.
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Starting a new read today.
A few weeks ago two women showed up at our house to clean. @thesassybirdie.bsky.social wasn't home and I wondered if she'd hired them and forgot to tell me. It turned out that they were at the wrong address. It never occurred to me to shoot at them.
abcnews.go.com/US/cleaning-...
abcnews.go.com/US/cleaning-...
Cleaning worker who mistakenly went to wrong home fatally shot: Police
The shooting victim died from a gunshot wound to the head, the coroner's office said.
abcnews.go.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A few weeks ago two women showed up at our house to clean. @thesassybirdie.bsky.social wasn't home and I wondered if she'd hired them and forgot to tell me. It turned out that they were at the wrong address. It never occurred to me to shoot at them.
abcnews.go.com/US/cleaning-...
abcnews.go.com/US/cleaning-...
Exploring NE Alabama and MW Georgia on this beautiful morning. I hope y'all are having a great day.
"Everybody needs beauty
as well as bread
places to pray in
and play in
where nature may heal
and give strength
to body and souls"
John Muir
"Everybody needs beauty
as well as bread
places to pray in
and play in
where nature may heal
and give strength
to body and souls"
John Muir
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Exploring NE Alabama and MW Georgia on this beautiful morning. I hope y'all are having a great day.
"Everybody needs beauty
as well as bread
places to pray in
and play in
where nature may heal
and give strength
to body and souls"
John Muir
"Everybody needs beauty
as well as bread
places to pray in
and play in
where nature may heal
and give strength
to body and souls"
John Muir
This is almost exactly what I would have written, if I were a writer.
"'How come you don’t support Trump?' people ask me. How could I possibly do so? He is antithetical to many of the things I have always valued in the public arena, and the private one, too."
www.nationalreview.com/2024/11/a-po...
"'How come you don’t support Trump?' people ask me. How could I possibly do so? He is antithetical to many of the things I have always valued in the public arena, and the private one, too."
www.nationalreview.com/2024/11/a-po...
A Political Testimony | National Review
The life of a conservative from Reagan to Trump.
www.nationalreview.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is almost exactly what I would have written, if I were a writer.
"'How come you don’t support Trump?' people ask me. How could I possibly do so? He is antithetical to many of the things I have always valued in the public arena, and the private one, too."
www.nationalreview.com/2024/11/a-po...
"'How come you don’t support Trump?' people ask me. How could I possibly do so? He is antithetical to many of the things I have always valued in the public arena, and the private one, too."
www.nationalreview.com/2024/11/a-po...
I'm not the first to call this, but if y'all get surprised when JD gets caught with Charlie's widow it won't be because I didn't warn you
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm not the first to call this, but if y'all get surprised when JD gets caught with Charlie's widow it won't be because I didn't warn you
Reposted by Wes Rector 🇺🇸 #resist
This is an especially worrying statement when facial recognition can be inaccurate, biased, and generally make mistakes. Basing whether someone should be in the US or not, and ignoring physical media like a birth certificate, is ripe for disaster bsky.app/profile/jose...
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is an especially worrying statement when facial recognition can be inaccurate, biased, and generally make mistakes. Basing whether someone should be in the US or not, and ignoring physical media like a birth certificate, is ripe for disaster bsky.app/profile/jose...
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Yes, Lord of the Rings is about how you must trust the “hard men.” Just as Narnia is about an evil lion. And the New Testament tells a tale of a wimp who wouldn’t fight back. Next week on “fascists read classics,” we’ll meet tech visionary George Orwell…
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Yes, Lord of the Rings is about how you must trust the “hard men.” Just as Narnia is about an evil lion. And the New Testament tells a tale of a wimp who wouldn’t fight back. Next week on “fascists read classics,” we’ll meet tech visionary George Orwell…
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
Reposted by Wes Rector 🇺🇸 #resist
October 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I miss this version of the Republican party
Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
October 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I miss this version of the Republican party
I'm listening to this while waiting for Costco to repair my tire, and man, the stories are heartbreaking
October 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I'm listening to this while waiting for Costco to repair my tire, and man, the stories are heartbreaking
I've seen this fake quote shared way too many times on FB and it bugs the heck out of me.
You may have good intentions, but this fake quotation is not as salutary as it may seem.
Please stop sharing this fake, problematic ‘Screwtape’ political “quote”
[not just spurious, but beneath Lewis morally and literarily]
greydanus.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I've seen this fake quote shared way too many times on FB and it bugs the heck out of me.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone.
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Author Barbara Kingsolver has opened a recovery facility with royalties from her novel “Demon Copperhead,” whose plot revolves around Appalachia’s opioid crisis. The home offers a supportive place for people to stay while learning to live without drugs.
reasonstobecheerful.world/appalachia-o...
reasonstobecheerful.world/appalachia-o...
October 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Author Barbara Kingsolver has opened a recovery facility with royalties from her novel “Demon Copperhead,” whose plot revolves around Appalachia’s opioid crisis. The home offers a supportive place for people to stay while learning to live without drugs.
reasonstobecheerful.world/appalachia-o...
reasonstobecheerful.world/appalachia-o...
Reposted by Wes Rector 🇺🇸 #resist
Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
October 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
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The repeated use of art like this by the DHS for propaganda purposes is... not subtle.
How in the world do (brown) immigrants threaten backyard football?
What I remember is playing pick up soccer with our girls' team, and inviting a group of Hispanic men to join us, probably day laborers.
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How in the world do (brown) immigrants threaten backyard football?
What I remember is playing pick up soccer with our girls' team, and inviting a group of Hispanic men to join us, probably day laborers.
1/2
October 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The repeated use of art like this by the DHS for propaganda purposes is... not subtle.
How in the world do (brown) immigrants threaten backyard football?
What I remember is playing pick up soccer with our girls' team, and inviting a group of Hispanic men to join us, probably day laborers.
1/2
How in the world do (brown) immigrants threaten backyard football?
What I remember is playing pick up soccer with our girls' team, and inviting a group of Hispanic men to join us, probably day laborers.
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Reposted by Wes Rector 🇺🇸 #resist
A Christianity that is known for its cruelty is a Christianity that no longer knows Christ.
"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -Jesus
"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -Jesus
October 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A Christianity that is known for its cruelty is a Christianity that no longer knows Christ.
"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -Jesus
"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -Jesus
Reposted by Wes Rector 🇺🇸 #resist
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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your life is already hard. treat yourself well
your life is already hard. treat yourself well
You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚
October 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In case you need more books (and honestly, who doesn't), get yourself to bookshop dot org and get some free shipping today
your life is already hard. treat yourself well
your life is already hard. treat yourself well
it's weird how many southerners are all of a sudden against states' rights
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
it's weird how many southerners are all of a sudden against states' rights
Really didn't expect MTG to take this MAGA heel turn
In a stunning moment, Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts Republicans on the shutdown. "I'm not going to... keep talking the talking points, when my own adult children can hardly afford health insurance premiums."
October 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Really didn't expect MTG to take this MAGA heel turn
John the Baptist wasn't very seeker-sensitive, was he?
October 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
John the Baptist wasn't very seeker-sensitive, was he?