@bluffpaul.bsky.social
Old guy cyclist progressive liberal Buddhist Blue Dot in a Sea of Red. Last books read: The Barbarians Speak (history) and The Midlife Cyclist (fitness). Happily, lovingly, long term domestic-partnered.
Good read
www.propublica.org/article/hist...
www.propublica.org/article/hist...
No, President Trump, the Income Tax Wasn’t A Mistake. But It Was an Accident.
While instituting the largest tariff increase in modern history, Trump claimed that the income tax was passed for “reasons unknown to mankind” and caused the Great Depression.Here’s the real history.
www.propublica.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Good read
www.propublica.org/article/hist...
www.propublica.org/article/hist...
People doing good work, I donated
www.healpalestine.org/donate-to-gl...
www.healpalestine.org/donate-to-gl...
Donate to Our Global Healing Program - HEAL Palestine
Through Health, Education, Aid, and Leadership, HEAL Palestine is working to provide every young Palestinian in Gaza a chance for a brighter future.
www.healpalestine.org
April 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
People doing good work, I donated
www.healpalestine.org/donate-to-gl...
www.healpalestine.org/donate-to-gl...
Didn't want one anyway
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Ford Pinto used to be the classic example of a dangerous car. The Cybertruck is worse
Is the Cybertruck bound to be worse than the infamous Pinto?
www.zmescience.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Didn't want one anyway
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Will the US do anything about US citizens being killed by Israelis? www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/...
Palestinian-US teen killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank
Palestinian officials identified the 14-year-old US citizen as Omar Mohammed Rabea.
www.aljazeera.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Will the US do anything about US citizens being killed by Israelis? www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/...
Since 1948. Now that Trump's in, they don't have to lie anymore.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Israel is ‘seizing territory’ and will ‘divide up’ Gaza, Netanyahu says
Prime minister says Israel will build a new security corridor to isolate parts of the strip in major escalation
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Since 1948. Now that Trump's in, they don't have to lie anymore.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Remember that little thing we used to call "checks and balances"?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as Trump faces judicial pressure
House speaker says Congress has ‘authority over federal courts’ as Republicans grow frustrated by judicial blocks
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Remember that little thing we used to call "checks and balances"?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Well, the Messiah finally returns, but he turns out to be the planet's richest man. All he wants to do is make more money and sell us cars and rocket rides to heaven. Anticlimactic!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
‘Cringe’ music video that celebrates Musk’s ‘master plan to save our lives’
Alessandra Basher’s music video paying tribute to the world’s richest man has been branded the ‘most cringe thing on the internet right now’
www.independent.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Well, the Messiah finally returns, but he turns out to be the planet's richest man. All he wants to do is make more money and sell us cars and rocket rides to heaven. Anticlimactic!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Hmmm this could get very bad. If we had to move all of our internet traffic via satellite, it'd be worse that the ole dialup days. Economies would be completely stopped.
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable cutter that could reset the world order
Beijing now has the power to disrupt global communications after scientists revealed a device that can sever undersea cables.
www.scmp.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Hmmm this could get very bad. If we had to move all of our internet traffic via satellite, it'd be worse that the ole dialup days. Economies would be completely stopped.
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
If you survive an attempted lynching on your own property, you will then be arrested.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested
No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank before being handed to Israeli military, witnesses say
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you survive an attempted lynching on your own property, you will then be arrested.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Good read. No, once again, anti-Zionism is not antisemitism. What I'd love to see is some honest, public discussion about how Zionism captured the minds of Americans.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan
Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Good read. No, once again, anti-Zionism is not antisemitism. What I'd love to see is some honest, public discussion about how Zionism captured the minds of Americans.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Here's the setup. They're letting the US know that they plan to kill some more natives and steal a few more square miles of land, just to make sure we condone it and supply the weapons and ammunition. Bit by bit by bit since 1948.
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Israel aware a major war front may develop in West Bank, Netanyahu says
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www.timesofisrael.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Here's the setup. They're letting the US know that they plan to kill some more natives and steal a few more square miles of land, just to make sure we condone it and supply the weapons and ammunition. Bit by bit by bit since 1948.
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
A slick new way to steal your neighbor's property - call it a "combat One" and force them to evacuate! Brilliant!
www.dw.com/en/middle-ea...
www.dw.com/en/middle-ea...
Middle East: Israel urges Gazans to evacuate 'combat zones' – DW – 03/19/2025
Israel's military urged Gaza residents to evacuate "combat zones" in the north and south. It comes a day after Prom Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned truce talks with Hamas will "continue only under ...
www.dw.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A slick new way to steal your neighbor's property - call it a "combat One" and force them to evacuate! Brilliant!
www.dw.com/en/middle-ea...
www.dw.com/en/middle-ea...
This is what Israel calls 'abiding by the cease fire'. Let's all act shocked when the natives try to defend themselves!
www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
Israel continuing strikes across Gaza, as Hamas ministry says more than 400 killed - live updates
The strikes across the Gaza Strip end two months of relative calm since a ceasefire began on 19 January.
www.bbc.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is what Israel calls 'abiding by the cease fire'. Let's all act shocked when the natives try to defend themselves!
www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
There is no limit to how much power this foreign power wants over American life and law.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pro-Israel group says it has ‘deportation list’ and has sent ‘thousands’ of names to Trump officials
Betar US is among far-right groups supporting Trump effort to deport students involved in pro-Palestinian protests
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
There is no limit to how much power this foreign power wants over American life and law.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Surely we can't expect the billionaire tech bros to pay for all this electrical generation, and then fix the damages to the climate!
Power for data centers could come at ‘staggering’ cost to
consumers lailluminator.com/2025/03/06/d...
Power for data centers could come at ‘staggering’ cost to
consumers lailluminator.com/2025/03/06/d...
Power for data centers could come at ‘staggering’ cost to consumers • Louisiana Illuminator
A new report from Harvard’s Electricity Law Initiative says U.S. consumers will pay billions of dollars to build new power plants to serve data centers.
lailluminator.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Surely we can't expect the billionaire tech bros to pay for all this electrical generation, and then fix the damages to the climate!
Power for data centers could come at ‘staggering’ cost to
consumers lailluminator.com/2025/03/06/d...
Power for data centers could come at ‘staggering’ cost to
consumers lailluminator.com/2025/03/06/d...
Illegally arrested without charge. This is fascism NOW, not tomorrow or this year. The US government is willing to violate its own laws to support a foreign power.
apnews.com/article/colu...
apnews.com/article/colu...
Immigration agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Illegally arrested without charge. This is fascism NOW, not tomorrow or this year. The US government is willing to violate its own laws to support a foreign power.
apnews.com/article/colu...
apnews.com/article/colu...
I think that more than anywhere in the world, Israel fears advocates for Palestine in the US. This is after all the heart of support for Israel's state-sponsored terrorism. If we can put even a dent in US support for Zionism, native lives will be saved.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says
Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest comes as Trump vows to deport foreign students involved in protests against Israel’s war
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I think that more than anywhere in the world, Israel fears advocates for Palestine in the US. This is after all the heart of support for Israel's state-sponsored terrorism. If we can put even a dent in US support for Zionism, native lives will be saved.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Uh-oh, somebody's complaining about genocide and ethnic cleansing again.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US DoJ to investigate University of California over alleged antisemitism
Justice department to determine whether UC violated Civil Rights Act of 1964 amid pro-Palestinian campus protests
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Uh-oh, somebody's complaining about genocide and ethnic cleansing again.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...