Boidle
@boidle.bsky.social
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. ~P. K. Dick
I ❤️ snark, dogs, birds, GOP infighting & #PostcardsToVoters
I hate cilantro, fascism, bigotry & the carried-interest loophole.
I ❤️ snark, dogs, birds, GOP infighting & #PostcardsToVoters
I hate cilantro, fascism, bigotry & the carried-interest loophole.
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“For decades, the media did not cover Epstein. They covered *for* Epstein.”
From 2022, from the chapter “Epstein Wasn’t the First”, featuring Landon Thomas Jr.
From 2022, from the chapter “Epstein Wasn’t the First”, featuring Landon Thomas Jr.
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“For decades, the media did not cover Epstein. They covered *for* Epstein.”
From 2022, from the chapter “Epstein Wasn’t the First”, featuring Landon Thomas Jr.
From 2022, from the chapter “Epstein Wasn’t the First”, featuring Landon Thomas Jr.
I am delighted that the NYT paywall saves me from any perverse temptation I might have to read more of this bilge.
she
loved
that
the
sight
of
something
as
trivial
as
a
rose
could
move
him
to
tears.
loved
that
the
sight
of
something
as
trivial
as
a
rose
could
move
him
to
tears.
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I am delighted that the NYT paywall saves me from any perverse temptation I might have to read more of this bilge.
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
We're all hearing about #GhislaineMaxwell 's puppy as part of her perk-filled prison life, but aren't you also thinking she probably *needs* a dog that will bark in the night time?
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
We're all hearing about #GhislaineMaxwell 's puppy as part of her perk-filled prison life, but aren't you also thinking she probably *needs* a dog that will bark in the night time?
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Whatever Congress does re SNAP benefits, the nation's food banks will still need support, if you can donate or volunteer.
give.feedingamerica.org/kTIc6StdKUeb...
give.feedingamerica.org/kTIc6StdKUeb...
Join me in ending hunger
Donate today to end hunger. Every dollar you donate can provide at least 10 meals to families in need through the Feeding America network of food banks.
give.feedingamerica.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Whatever Congress does re SNAP benefits, the nation's food banks will still need support, if you can donate or volunteer.
give.feedingamerica.org/kTIc6StdKUeb...
give.feedingamerica.org/kTIc6StdKUeb...
Bluesky mods seem determined to prove that things are never so bad that they can't make them worse.
They should reinstate #SarahKendzior & apologize.
They should reinstate #SarahKendzior & apologize.
Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Bluesky mods seem determined to prove that things are never so bad that they can't make them worse.
They should reinstate #SarahKendzior & apologize.
They should reinstate #SarahKendzior & apologize.
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VOTE for @aftynbehn.bsky.social
TENNESSEE!!!!!
TENNESSEE!!!!!
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
VOTE for @aftynbehn.bsky.social
TENNESSEE!!!!!
TENNESSEE!!!!!
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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Well-meaning negotiators on both sides of the aisle could likely agree to tweaks to ACA premium tax credits. But, trying to upend the structure during open enrollment with out-of-pocket premiums poised to more than double is like trying to retrofit a plane mid flight.
November 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Well-meaning negotiators on both sides of the aisle could likely agree to tweaks to ACA premium tax credits. But, trying to upend the structure during open enrollment with out-of-pocket premiums poised to more than double is like trying to retrofit a plane mid flight.
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New from @jamellebouie.net a nerdy deep dive into the history & implications of the #Filibuster...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a30e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a30e...
the filibuster
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
New from @jamellebouie.net a nerdy deep dive into the history & implications of the #Filibuster...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a30e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a30e...
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Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
New from @jamellebouie.net a nerdy deep dive into the history & implications of the #Filibuster...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a30e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a30e...
the filibuster
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
New from @jamellebouie.net a nerdy deep dive into the history & implications of the #Filibuster...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a30e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a30e...
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The Trump Administration should ground every private jet that takes time and resources from our overworked air traffic controllers until commercial flights are back at full capacity. (4/5)
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Trump Administration should ground every private jet that takes time and resources from our overworked air traffic controllers until commercial flights are back at full capacity. (4/5)
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Yes, I think we can both be very angry & frustrated about tonight's cave-in, but also appreciative that Dem voters are becoming motivated to force electeds to fight or be replaced. We yell because we care.
Deal-making Dem dinosaurs need to leave/ cede power if they can't understand the assignment.
Deal-making Dem dinosaurs need to leave/ cede power if they can't understand the assignment.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Yes, I think we can both be very angry & frustrated about tonight's cave-in, but also appreciative that Dem voters are becoming motivated to force electeds to fight or be replaced. We yell because we care.
Deal-making Dem dinosaurs need to leave/ cede power if they can't understand the assignment.
Deal-making Dem dinosaurs need to leave/ cede power if they can't understand the assignment.
Yes, I think we can both be very angry & frustrated about tonight's cave-in, but also appreciative that Dem voters are becoming motivated to force electeds to fight or be replaced. We yell because we care.
Deal-making Dem dinosaurs need to leave/ cede power if they can't understand the assignment.
Deal-making Dem dinosaurs need to leave/ cede power if they can't understand the assignment.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Yes, I think we can both be very angry & frustrated about tonight's cave-in, but also appreciative that Dem voters are becoming motivated to force electeds to fight or be replaced. We yell because we care.
Deal-making Dem dinosaurs need to leave/ cede power if they can't understand the assignment.
Deal-making Dem dinosaurs need to leave/ cede power if they can't understand the assignment.
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At 11:54 p.m. ET, the First Circuit *denied* the Trump administration's request for a stay pending appeal in the SNAP case.
#SCOTUS now has 48 hours (so, through 11:54 p.m. on Tuesday) to either grant the same relief or extend the "administrative stay" entered by Justice Jackson on Friday night.
#SCOTUS now has 48 hours (so, through 11:54 p.m. on Tuesday) to either grant the same relief or extend the "administrative stay" entered by Justice Jackson on Friday night.
SNAP
www.documentcloud.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
At 11:54 p.m. ET, the First Circuit *denied* the Trump administration's request for a stay pending appeal in the SNAP case.
#SCOTUS now has 48 hours (so, through 11:54 p.m. on Tuesday) to either grant the same relief or extend the "administrative stay" entered by Justice Jackson on Friday night.
#SCOTUS now has 48 hours (so, through 11:54 p.m. on Tuesday) to either grant the same relief or extend the "administrative stay" entered by Justice Jackson on Friday night.
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This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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What would scare them even more is if @aftynbehn.bsky.social has a good showing in her Special Election in Tennessee on Dec. 2nd.
And if she wins, they will be terrified. It's a Trumpian district, but it's possible.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/30/c...
And if she wins, they will be terrified. It's a Trumpian district, but it's possible.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/30/c...
Can Democrats flip Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District? • Tennessee Lookout
Polling for Rep. Aftyn Behn, the Democratic nominee in Tennessee Congressional District 7, is favorable, but will enough Democrats vote?
tennesseelookout.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
What would scare them even more is if @aftynbehn.bsky.social has a good showing in her Special Election in Tennessee on Dec. 2nd.
And if she wins, they will be terrified. It's a Trumpian district, but it's possible.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/30/c...
And if she wins, they will be terrified. It's a Trumpian district, but it's possible.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/30/c...
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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