Dave Pomes
@davepomes.bsky.social
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There's a tendency, possibly unavoidable, to assume everyone you run into online is an evil, ignorant ass.
Which is fine. Conditioned responses, whatever.
But if you're gonna make it obvious and run with that assumption through every interaction, look for the ass in your screen's glass.
Which is fine. Conditioned responses, whatever.
But if you're gonna make it obvious and run with that assumption through every interaction, look for the ass in your screen's glass.
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🚨 💰 WOW — @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn snuck a provision into the spending bill that would let them sue the government for $500,000 because Jack Smith looked into their phone records around Trump’s insurrection.
The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
🚨 💰 WOW — @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn snuck a provision into the spending bill that would let them sue the government for $500,000 because Jack Smith looked into their phone records around Trump’s insurrection.
The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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It was always unlikely that Chief Justice Roberts, even as gutless as he is, would oversee the quashing of his own precedent.
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It was always unlikely that Chief Justice Roberts, even as gutless as he is, would oversee the quashing of his own precedent.
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“YouTube is furthering the Trump administration’s agenda to remove evidence of human rights violations and war crimes.”
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
interc.pt
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“YouTube is furthering the Trump administration’s agenda to remove evidence of human rights violations and war crimes.”
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
Caving as they are produces some outcomes that shouldn't be discarded outright.
The pending ACA vote will either restore the subsidies or give Dems a clear list of no votes to target in 2026*
A reopening puts pressure on Johnson to swear in the full chamber, moving the Epstein files back in play.
The pending ACA vote will either restore the subsidies or give Dems a clear list of no votes to target in 2026*
A reopening puts pressure on Johnson to swear in the full chamber, moving the Epstein files back in play.
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Caving as they are produces some outcomes that shouldn't be discarded outright.
The pending ACA vote will either restore the subsidies or give Dems a clear list of no votes to target in 2026*
A reopening puts pressure on Johnson to swear in the full chamber, moving the Epstein files back in play.
The pending ACA vote will either restore the subsidies or give Dems a clear list of no votes to target in 2026*
A reopening puts pressure on Johnson to swear in the full chamber, moving the Epstein files back in play.
Senate Democrats treating healthcare policy like they do the debt ceiling. Play chicken and really hope the other guy caves.
It's all fun and games until 43 million voters lose an eye.
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
It's all fun and games until 43 million voters lose an eye.
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
Deal to reopen government starts to come together in Senate
It’s still unclear what promises Republicans will make Democrats on health care or how fast Congress can pass the agreement.
www.semafor.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Senate Democrats treating healthcare policy like they do the debt ceiling. Play chicken and really hope the other guy caves.
It's all fun and games until 43 million voters lose an eye.
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
It's all fun and games until 43 million voters lose an eye.
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
Good to see the Bears getting back to Bears football. A takeaway defense and a weird offense 👍
Caleb Williams stars as playoff-contending Chicago Bears rally past New York Giants for 24-20 win
Caleb Williams threw a touchdown pass and scrambled for a go-ahead score in the fourth quarter, helping the playoff-contending Chicago Bears beat Jaxson Dart and the New York Giants 24-20 on Sunday.
abc7chicago.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Good to see the Bears getting back to Bears football. A takeaway defense and a weird offense 👍
#blueskyartshow #evening soaring above it all. Floating away. #photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #theendoftheworld
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#blueskyartshow #evening soaring above it all. Floating away. #photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #theendoftheworld
#blueskyartshow an #evening in suburban #Burbank. Could be anywhere.
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #theendoftheworld #warpspeed #gosulu
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #theendoftheworld #warpspeed #gosulu
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
#blueskyartshow an #evening in suburban #Burbank. Could be anywhere.
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #theendoftheworld #warpspeed #gosulu
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #theendoftheworld #warpspeed #gosulu
#blueskyartshow an #evening in Santa Monica. #Goldenhour indeed. Between a rock and a paved place. Also thank you (I guess?) for fixing the power outages so I can bring some new pics into the mix.
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #mindthegap
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #mindthegap
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM
#blueskyartshow an #evening in Santa Monica. #Goldenhour indeed. Between a rock and a paved place. Also thank you (I guess?) for fixing the power outages so I can bring some new pics into the mix.
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #mindthegap
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #mindthegap
#blueskyartshow #evening at the DWP fountains, downtown Los Angeles.
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #cityscape
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #cityscape
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 AM
#blueskyartshow #evening at the DWP fountains, downtown Los Angeles.
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #cityscape
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #cityscape
#blueskyartshow #evening seriously though if I did manage to catch the actual apocalypse I would be pretty impressed with myself. For those entire twenty minutes.
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #theendoftheworld #sunsetporn
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #theendoftheworld #sunsetporn
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
#blueskyartshow #evening seriously though if I did manage to catch the actual apocalypse I would be pretty impressed with myself. For those entire twenty minutes.
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #theendoftheworld #sunsetporn
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #theendoftheworld #sunsetporn
#blueskyartshow in my imagination an #evening is a human event, so I look for the works of man over those of nature. Had a whole handful planned, if but Edison could keep the gd lights on. #photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #pasadena #theendoftheworld #warpspeed #gosulu #sunsetporn
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
#blueskyartshow in my imagination an #evening is a human event, so I look for the works of man over those of nature. Had a whole handful planned, if but Edison could keep the gd lights on. #photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #pasadena #theendoftheworld #warpspeed #gosulu #sunsetporn
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Fish in Michigan are getting smaller.
Warming water, agriculture runoff, microplastics, and chemical toxins now flow through every tributary, every gill, every egg.
Climate change heats the surface. Pollution poisons the depths. Between them, the lakes are starving.
apple.news/AhaipZbCLT5G...
Warming water, agriculture runoff, microplastics, and chemical toxins now flow through every tributary, every gill, every egg.
Climate change heats the surface. Pollution poisons the depths. Between them, the lakes are starving.
apple.news/AhaipZbCLT5G...
Researchers studied fish from 1,497 lakes in Michigan. What they found is concerning — BBC Wildlife Magazine
Since 1945, many of Michigan's lake fish species have reduced in size, new research finds. November 6, 2025 A new study has revealed that changes in climate are causing fish in Michigan’s inland lakes...
apple.news
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Fish in Michigan are getting smaller.
Warming water, agriculture runoff, microplastics, and chemical toxins now flow through every tributary, every gill, every egg.
Climate change heats the surface. Pollution poisons the depths. Between them, the lakes are starving.
apple.news/AhaipZbCLT5G...
Warming water, agriculture runoff, microplastics, and chemical toxins now flow through every tributary, every gill, every egg.
Climate change heats the surface. Pollution poisons the depths. Between them, the lakes are starving.
apple.news/AhaipZbCLT5G...
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
Indiana.
WHITEStown.
Could take over a week to decide charges over a brown woman murdered on the murderer's front porch.
Sounds about right.
#Indiana, y'all.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
WHITEStown.
Could take over a week to decide charges over a brown woman murdered on the murderer's front porch.
Sounds about right.
#Indiana, y'all.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Indiana woman who was at wrong home address to clean fatally shot by resident
Officers found Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez dead after she accidentally went to a wrong property
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Indiana.
WHITEStown.
Could take over a week to decide charges over a brown woman murdered on the murderer's front porch.
Sounds about right.
#Indiana, y'all.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
WHITEStown.
Could take over a week to decide charges over a brown woman murdered on the murderer's front porch.
Sounds about right.
#Indiana, y'all.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It's a Saturday #blueskyartshow #evening for most already but for 20 more min yet here, on Fridays we dance!
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #photosynthesis #footloose
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #photosynthesis #footloose
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
It's a Saturday #blueskyartshow #evening for most already but for 20 more min yet here, on Fridays we dance!
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #photosynthesis #footloose
#photography #photooftheday #photochallenge #photosynthesis #footloose
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We should have a national quiet day where everyone just shuts up for 24 hours.
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We should have a national quiet day where everyone just shuts up for 24 hours.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
I hope his mother is out there somewhere, seeing this pop up in her inbox over and over all day long.
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I hope his mother is out there somewhere, seeing this pop up in her inbox over and over all day long.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Her financial advisor confirmed for her that she could afford to do the right thing.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House.
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Her financial advisor confirmed for her that she could afford to do the right thing.
They're the bad boys of britpop, the ones who DO want a cat.
Scratching it's claws all over their habitat.
Scratching it's claws all over their habitat.
Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
They're the bad boys of britpop, the ones who DO want a cat.
Scratching it's claws all over their habitat.
Scratching it's claws all over their habitat.