David Rosenthal
@davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social
Poet and Teacher (he/him)
Berkeley, CA (Ohlone territory)
You can read some poems here:
https://davidrosenthal.weebly.com/
Berkeley, CA (Ohlone territory)
You can read some poems here:
https://davidrosenthal.weebly.com/
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The Bearded Bards of BlueSky are back!!!!
Join us online for two readings featuring stellar lineups of amazing poets and writers to raise funds for @translifeline.org.
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Join us online for two readings featuring stellar lineups of amazing poets and writers to raise funds for @translifeline.org.
Check out the website for details (including zoom registration link):
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
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NEW POEM ALERT! got a couple new ones in the latest issue of @lamplitmag.bsky.social. Here's the lamp-iest one :)
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
NEW POEM ALERT! got a couple new ones in the latest issue of @lamplitmag.bsky.social. Here's the lamp-iest one :)
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Fellow poets: do you, as I do, sometimes wonder what it’s like to be a writer?
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Fellow poets: do you, as I do, sometimes wonder what it’s like to be a writer?
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
Fellow poets: do you, as I do, sometimes wonder what it’s like to be a writer?
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Fellow poets: do you, as I do, sometimes wonder what it’s like to be a writer?
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Your party is doing a horrible job of backing us up.
From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Your party is doing a horrible job of backing us up.
This seems like good news.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This seems like good news.
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I don't actually care if Schumer resigns. The whole Senate Democratic Caucus is terrible. All of them.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I don't actually care if Schumer resigns. The whole Senate Democratic Caucus is terrible. All of them.
No that’s Bacchus. Caucus was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1988.
No that’s crocus. Caucus is the Roman god of getting drunk and having orgies.
No, that’s the Caucasus Mountains. Caucus is the name of those brightly colored spring flowers, kin to irises.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
No that’s Bacchus. Caucus was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1988.
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This deal would:
-give the GOP a claim to “bipartisanship“
-protect the GOP from the fallout of abandoning the filibuster
-protect Trump from a ruling against funding SNAP
-make the Dems look ever weaker
-shift blame for the shutdown to the Dems (“why didn’t they agree to it sooner?”)
-give the GOP a claim to “bipartisanship“
-protect the GOP from the fallout of abandoning the filibuster
-protect Trump from a ruling against funding SNAP
-make the Dems look ever weaker
-shift blame for the shutdown to the Dems (“why didn’t they agree to it sooner?”)
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This deal would:
-give the GOP a claim to “bipartisanship“
-protect the GOP from the fallout of abandoning the filibuster
-protect Trump from a ruling against funding SNAP
-make the Dems look ever weaker
-shift blame for the shutdown to the Dems (“why didn’t they agree to it sooner?”)
-give the GOP a claim to “bipartisanship“
-protect the GOP from the fallout of abandoning the filibuster
-protect Trump from a ruling against funding SNAP
-make the Dems look ever weaker
-shift blame for the shutdown to the Dems (“why didn’t they agree to it sooner?”)
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correct.
Caving now means they literally did it for nothing and caused harm to people for nothing. Just absolute failure on every level.
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
correct.
Craven, corrupt scabs.
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Craven, corrupt scabs.
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Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
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I'm legitimately confused about the play here. No person who now is going to go without coverage in the ACA is going to just blame the GOP. They will rightly blame the Democrats too. Dems won't get "points" for "fighting" if they cave. It makes little sense.
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'm legitimately confused about the play here. No person who now is going to go without coverage in the ACA is going to just blame the GOP. They will rightly blame the Democrats too. Dems won't get "points" for "fighting" if they cave. It makes little sense.
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Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
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Primary everybody
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Primary everybody
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Just saw several headlines that to me all read: “Scabs Give in to Authoritarian Demands.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Just saw several headlines that to me all read: “Scabs Give in to Authoritarian Demands.”
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Seriously.
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Seriously.
This deal would:
-give the GOP a claim to “bipartisanship“
-protect the GOP from the fallout of abandoning the filibuster
-protect Trump from a ruling against funding SNAP
-make the Dems look ever weaker
-shift blame for the shutdown to the Dems (“why didn’t they agree to it sooner?”)
-give the GOP a claim to “bipartisanship“
-protect the GOP from the fallout of abandoning the filibuster
-protect Trump from a ruling against funding SNAP
-make the Dems look ever weaker
-shift blame for the shutdown to the Dems (“why didn’t they agree to it sooner?”)
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This deal would:
-give the GOP a claim to “bipartisanship“
-protect the GOP from the fallout of abandoning the filibuster
-protect Trump from a ruling against funding SNAP
-make the Dems look ever weaker
-shift blame for the shutdown to the Dems (“why didn’t they agree to it sooner?”)
-give the GOP a claim to “bipartisanship“
-protect the GOP from the fallout of abandoning the filibuster
-protect Trump from a ruling against funding SNAP
-make the Dems look ever weaker
-shift blame for the shutdown to the Dems (“why didn’t they agree to it sooner?”)
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Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
Just saw several headlines that to me all read: “Scabs Give in to Authoritarian Demands.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Just saw several headlines that to me all read: “Scabs Give in to Authoritarian Demands.”
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This one’s in the books. Wonderful readings from all six readers. Generous participation from the attendees. We have now brought the total amount raised for @translifeline.org to more than $2,400!
Join us on December 13th for one more installment featuring a great lineup (see my pinned post)
Join us on December 13th for one more installment featuring a great lineup (see my pinned post)
HAPPENING TODAY!!!!
Great poetry, great cause.
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Great poetry, great cause.
FREE & ONLINE — anyone can join from anywhere.
REGISTER NOW!!!!
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This one’s in the books. Wonderful readings from all six readers. Generous participation from the attendees. We have now brought the total amount raised for @translifeline.org to more than $2,400!
Join us on December 13th for one more installment featuring a great lineup (see my pinned post)
Join us on December 13th for one more installment featuring a great lineup (see my pinned post)
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The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.
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Call To Action: A General Strike & Boycott Called BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM, Declared For November 25th - December 2nd.
Their strength is your spending and labour. #3E #BindingChaos #BTS #NoKings #EndFascism #EndOligarchy
Info: www.blackoutthesystem.com/blackout-the...
Their strength is your spending and labour. #3E #BindingChaos #BTS #NoKings #EndFascism #EndOligarchy
Info: www.blackoutthesystem.com/blackout-the...
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Call To Action: A General Strike & Boycott Called BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM, Declared For November 25th - December 2nd.
Their strength is your spending and labour. #3E #BindingChaos #BTS #NoKings #EndFascism #EndOligarchy
Info: www.blackoutthesystem.com/blackout-the...
Their strength is your spending and labour. #3E #BindingChaos #BTS #NoKings #EndFascism #EndOligarchy
Info: www.blackoutthesystem.com/blackout-the...