Bill Arnal
@billarnal.bsky.social
Malcontent, ne'er-do-well, lotus-eater
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
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To be clear:
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
abcnews.go.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
To be clear:
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
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WAR-TORN PORTLAND
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
WAR-TORN PORTLAND
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You gotta give ‘em hop.
October 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
You gotta give ‘em hop.
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This is my message to David Lametti - newly appointed ambassador to the UN. There is no such thing as a bystander int the face of genocide. His claims that Canada waits for all the evidence before doing anything is a falsehood.
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On Genocide, Canada Doesn’t Get to Be a Bystander
Some lives matter.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is my message to David Lametti - newly appointed ambassador to the UN. There is no such thing as a bystander int the face of genocide. His claims that Canada waits for all the evidence before doing anything is a falsehood.
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Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.
September 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.
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When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
September 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
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We don’t celebrate his death, but we won’t hide the truth about his life.
September 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We don’t celebrate his death, but we won’t hide the truth about his life.
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Posting a criticism of Charlie Kirk - much less noting something outrageous he himself said - is not “celebrating” his murder. Nor is it condoning his murder. It is simply saying that his political career and legacy are not something to be celebrated. And that is not the same thing at all.
September 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Posting a criticism of Charlie Kirk - much less noting something outrageous he himself said - is not “celebrating” his murder. Nor is it condoning his murder. It is simply saying that his political career and legacy are not something to be celebrated. And that is not the same thing at all.
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thinking about this this morning and the version of me that was carrying the scrupulosity and the undiagnosed, untreated adhd
This is the most important piece of art in the world to me.
Transfemme version of “Coming Out” by Cammie Sturch, with accompanying text from “Énoument” by Samantha Richardson.
Transfemme version of “Coming Out” by Cammie Sturch, with accompanying text from “Énoument” by Samantha Richardson.
September 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
thinking about this this morning and the version of me that was carrying the scrupulosity and the undiagnosed, untreated adhd
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I’ve been reading Manufacturing Consent this week and OOF does it ever validate so much of what I experienced during my years spent working in national mainstream media!
The model is painfully accurate, and I’d argue it’s been exacerbated today by digital adtech monopolies and mass layoffs.
The model is painfully accurate, and I’d argue it’s been exacerbated today by digital adtech monopolies and mass layoffs.
August 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’ve been reading Manufacturing Consent this week and OOF does it ever validate so much of what I experienced during my years spent working in national mainstream media!
The model is painfully accurate, and I’d argue it’s been exacerbated today by digital adtech monopolies and mass layoffs.
The model is painfully accurate, and I’d argue it’s been exacerbated today by digital adtech monopolies and mass layoffs.
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y’all know what one of the first nazi book burnings was right?
y’all know why they did it
y’all know trans people were one of their first targets and even the ALLIES left us in the camps when liberating everyone else
y’all see what’s right in front of you, right?
y’all know why they did it
y’all know trans people were one of their first targets and even the ALLIES left us in the camps when liberating everyone else
y’all see what’s right in front of you, right?
August 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
y’all know what one of the first nazi book burnings was right?
y’all know why they did it
y’all know trans people were one of their first targets and even the ALLIES left us in the camps when liberating everyone else
y’all see what’s right in front of you, right?
y’all know why they did it
y’all know trans people were one of their first targets and even the ALLIES left us in the camps when liberating everyone else
y’all see what’s right in front of you, right?
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I like people who make things and try shit. Those are my people.
August 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I like people who make things and try shit. Those are my people.
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Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
August 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
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I really feel like most of this wouldn't be happening if Black people wouldn't have expressed so much public joy over the last few years.
August 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I really feel like most of this wouldn't be happening if Black people wouldn't have expressed so much public joy over the last few years.
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When the French 🇫🇷 government misbehaves the French call up Macron’s new favourite restaurant, tell the owner to double the fire 🔥 insurance, wait a month, and burn it down. We need that energy or we will not survive monopoly man.
August 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
When the French 🇫🇷 government misbehaves the French call up Macron’s new favourite restaurant, tell the owner to double the fire 🔥 insurance, wait a month, and burn it down. We need that energy or we will not survive monopoly man.
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August 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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🇺🇸 Air Canada is a majority-owned American company
🇺🇸 Air Canada is a majority-owned American company
🇺🇸 Air Canada is a majority-owned American company
🇺🇸 Air Canada is a majority-owned American company
🇺🇸 Air Canada is a majority-owned American company
🇺🇸 Air Canada is a majority-owned American company
🇺🇸 Air Canada is a majority-owned American company
August 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
🇺🇸 Air Canada is a majority-owned American company
🇺🇸 Air Canada is a majority-owned American company
🇺🇸 Air Canada is a majority-owned American company
🇺🇸 Air Canada is a majority-owned American company
🇺🇸 Air Canada is a majority-owned American company
🇺🇸 Air Canada is a majority-owned American company
🇺🇸 Air Canada is a majority-owned American company
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Meanwhile their workers have been living in RVs and going to food banks to try and make ends meet
August 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Meanwhile their workers have been living in RVs and going to food banks to try and make ends meet
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I must continue to insist that this is not a strong regime. It does not have the kind of pan-societal support needed to enforce Gleichshaltung. It has significant elite buy-in and a small popular coalition, but it is brittle and feeble and will collapse if pressed hard enough.
Situation on 14th St and W St. NW, with federal agents -- no specific agency identified -- pulling cars over for checks. They arrested a Black woman in this car.
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
August 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I must continue to insist that this is not a strong regime. It does not have the kind of pan-societal support needed to enforce Gleichshaltung. It has significant elite buy-in and a small popular coalition, but it is brittle and feeble and will collapse if pressed hard enough.