Edward Z
@edwardz65.bsky.social
🔵 in Ohio.. Senior Gen Xer.. Grumpa.. Picker & grinner.. El Duderino..✌🏻❤️🎸
Alumnus of THE Ohio State University
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Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gov’t Mule 🫏, Warren Haynes Band & music in general
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Alumnus of THE Ohio State University
❤️ The Allman Brothers Band 🍑🍄
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gov’t Mule 🫏, Warren Haynes Band & music in general
🚫 MAGA, trolls, Bozos, crypto or porn
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In 2021, 5.5% of US adults, or 14.1 million people, experienced a serious mental illness, according to NAMI. This represents 1 in 20 adults.
In 2024, 5.86% of US adults experienced a severe mental illness.
www.nami.org/about-mental....
In 2024, 5.86% of US adults experienced a severe mental illness.
www.nami.org/about-mental....
Mental Health By the Numbers
Millions of people in the U.S. are affected by mental illness each year. It’s important to measure how common mental illness is, so we can understand its physical, social and financial impact — and so...
www.nami.org
February 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In 2021, 5.5% of US adults, or 14.1 million people, experienced a serious mental illness, according to NAMI. This represents 1 in 20 adults.
In 2024, 5.86% of US adults experienced a severe mental illness.
www.nami.org/about-mental....
In 2024, 5.86% of US adults experienced a severe mental illness.
www.nami.org/about-mental....
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Sounds eerily familiar…
Nazi Euthanasia Program targeted for-murder Germans with mental and physical disabilities—claiming 250,000 lives
Many Germans did not want to be reminded of individuals who did not measure up to their concept of a "master race" and were considered "unfit" or "handicapped."
Nazi Euthanasia Program targeted for-murder Germans with mental and physical disabilities—claiming 250,000 lives
Many Germans did not want to be reminded of individuals who did not measure up to their concept of a "master race" and were considered "unfit" or "handicapped."
Kennedy wants to “make America healthy again”….and send people to “wellness farms”. We knew he was a crackpot….now he’s proving it.
RFK 's plan to make America healthy again? Round up people with mental health conditions in camps
Kennedy wants to replace standard psychological care with unpaid labor on "wellness farms"
www.salon.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Sounds eerily familiar…
Nazi Euthanasia Program targeted for-murder Germans with mental and physical disabilities—claiming 250,000 lives
Many Germans did not want to be reminded of individuals who did not measure up to their concept of a "master race" and were considered "unfit" or "handicapped."
Nazi Euthanasia Program targeted for-murder Germans with mental and physical disabilities—claiming 250,000 lives
Many Germans did not want to be reminded of individuals who did not measure up to their concept of a "master race" and were considered "unfit" or "handicapped."
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The greatest political scandal today is not what Trump is doing. It is the fact that congressional Republicans have given up their role in the constitutional system as a check on the executive branch. If we are in a constitutional crisis, it is as much on Mike Johnson and John Thune as anyone else.
February 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The greatest political scandal today is not what Trump is doing. It is the fact that congressional Republicans have given up their role in the constitutional system as a check on the executive branch. If we are in a constitutional crisis, it is as much on Mike Johnson and John Thune as anyone else.
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It only takes four words to sum up the rise of authoritarian fascism, the fall of American democracy, and how a criminal conman got elected: Ignorance, apathy, misogyny and racism. 😳
February 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It only takes four words to sum up the rise of authoritarian fascism, the fall of American democracy, and how a criminal conman got elected: Ignorance, apathy, misogyny and racism. 😳
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For all the whiz-bang cutting-edge-technology rhetoric, Musk’s DOGE reflects an ancient right-wing knuckle-dragger belief that even good government is wasteful and its beneficiaries are parasites.
DOGE Is About Ideology and Mindless Budget-Cutting, Not Efficiency
For all the whiz-bang cutting-edge-technology rhetoric, Musk’s DOGE reflects an ancient right-wing knuckle-dragger belief that even good government is wasteful and its beneficiaries are parasites.
nymag.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For all the whiz-bang cutting-edge-technology rhetoric, Musk’s DOGE reflects an ancient right-wing knuckle-dragger belief that even good government is wasteful and its beneficiaries are parasites.
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House Republicans have released their budget plan, and in order to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthy, they are planning to slash funding for Medicaid and food stamps.
House GOP Reveals Plan to Devastate Medicaid and Food Stamp Programs
House Republicans have a released a budget plan that would take a wrecking ball to the welfare programs used by millions of Americans.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
House Republicans have released their budget plan, and in order to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthy, they are planning to slash funding for Medicaid and food stamps.
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Yesterday was a victory for Moscow and for Putin. And it was a defeat for the United States and Ukraine, and for the international order and the cause of freedom.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @martynwendell.bsky.social, and Ben Parker:
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @martynwendell.bsky.social, and Ben Parker:
A Valentine for Vladimir
Plus: How did the federal government take $80 million out of a private bank account?
www.thebulwark.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Yesterday was a victory for Moscow and for Putin. And it was a defeat for the United States and Ukraine, and for the international order and the cause of freedom.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @martynwendell.bsky.social, and Ben Parker:
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @martynwendell.bsky.social, and Ben Parker:
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A thing I have been saying for the past couple years is that AI is labor devaluation scheme. There are very few areas in which capitalists are so perturbed by costs as in labor. The goal is to reduce labor cost to nothing. There are only a few ways to achieve this.
www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
Elon Musk’s A.I.-Fuelled War on Human Agency
Musk seeks not only to dismantle the federal government but to install his own technological vision of the future at its heart—techno-fascism by chatbot.
www.newyorker.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM
A thing I have been saying for the past couple years is that AI is labor devaluation scheme. There are very few areas in which capitalists are so perturbed by costs as in labor. The goal is to reduce labor cost to nothing. There are only a few ways to achieve this.
www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
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On every single major issue that divides us, Christian Nationalists, MAGA and GOP are against the actual teachings of Jesus.
This is a book about how deeply they reject the words of that Nazarene they wave around as a prop.
This is a book about how deeply they reject the words of that Nazarene they wave around as a prop.
February 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
On every single major issue that divides us, Christian Nationalists, MAGA and GOP are against the actual teachings of Jesus.
This is a book about how deeply they reject the words of that Nazarene they wave around as a prop.
This is a book about how deeply they reject the words of that Nazarene they wave around as a prop.
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Can’t wait to hear Musk and JD Vance offer passionate pleas to forgive THIS guy
February 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Can’t wait to hear Musk and JD Vance offer passionate pleas to forgive THIS guy
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Trumps going to cost us Trillions..
Trump’s SuperBowl Shitshow $15M
Trumps 3 trips to Mar Lago for Golf $3M
DOGE $7M 1 week
Cutting programs is smoke and mirrors to run amok and spend on tax cuts for the rich and frivolous bullshit
#SheShed
#DeportElon
#AbuseOfPower
Trump’s SuperBowl Shitshow $15M
Trumps 3 trips to Mar Lago for Golf $3M
DOGE $7M 1 week
Cutting programs is smoke and mirrors to run amok and spend on tax cuts for the rich and frivolous bullshit
#SheShed
#DeportElon
#AbuseOfPower
February 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Trumps going to cost us Trillions..
Trump’s SuperBowl Shitshow $15M
Trumps 3 trips to Mar Lago for Golf $3M
DOGE $7M 1 week
Cutting programs is smoke and mirrors to run amok and spend on tax cuts for the rich and frivolous bullshit
#SheShed
#DeportElon
#AbuseOfPower
Trump’s SuperBowl Shitshow $15M
Trumps 3 trips to Mar Lago for Golf $3M
DOGE $7M 1 week
Cutting programs is smoke and mirrors to run amok and spend on tax cuts for the rich and frivolous bullshit
#SheShed
#DeportElon
#AbuseOfPower
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Happy Birthday, Sheryl Crow! 🎶
What's a favorite Sheryl Crow tune of yours? 🎶
Born in Kennett, Missouri, on February 11, 1962, Crow was a music teacher before joining the Michael Jackson Bad World Tour in 1987 as a backing vocalist. She has released 12 studio albums, her debut album, 👇
What's a favorite Sheryl Crow tune of yours? 🎶
Born in Kennett, Missouri, on February 11, 1962, Crow was a music teacher before joining the Michael Jackson Bad World Tour in 1987 as a backing vocalist. She has released 12 studio albums, her debut album, 👇
February 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Happy Birthday, Sheryl Crow! 🎶
What's a favorite Sheryl Crow tune of yours? 🎶
Born in Kennett, Missouri, on February 11, 1962, Crow was a music teacher before joining the Michael Jackson Bad World Tour in 1987 as a backing vocalist. She has released 12 studio albums, her debut album, 👇
What's a favorite Sheryl Crow tune of yours? 🎶
Born in Kennett, Missouri, on February 11, 1962, Crow was a music teacher before joining the Michael Jackson Bad World Tour in 1987 as a backing vocalist. She has released 12 studio albums, her debut album, 👇
This guy is an absolute tool. Trump seems to think his attempts to re-write history and erase culture will be a winning play. This is authoritarian behavior and there will be a massive backlash. #KennedyCenter
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...
Trump says Ric Grenell will be Kennedy Center’s interim executive director
President Donald Trump said Monday he is naming Ric Grenell, a longtime confidant already serving in multiple administration positions, to lead the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on a temporar...
www.yahoo.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This guy is an absolute tool. Trump seems to think his attempts to re-write history and erase culture will be a winning play. This is authoritarian behavior and there will be a massive backlash. #KennedyCenter
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...
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The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
February 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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“The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law.”
February 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
“The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law.”
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💥 Jamie Raskin says he’s contemplating a class action suit against Musk and Trump, on behalf of all Americans!
Yes, please and thank you Senator Raskin!
Yes, please and thank you Senator Raskin!
February 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
💥 Jamie Raskin says he’s contemplating a class action suit against Musk and Trump, on behalf of all Americans!
Yes, please and thank you Senator Raskin!
Yes, please and thank you Senator Raskin!
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The richest man in the world—who has now installed unqualified loyalists throughout the US government—is getting much of his information from far-right sources who present a world in which “Western Civilization” is in an existential struggle against Black and brown invaders.
Elon Musk keeps boosting white nationalists on X
One user Musk amplified frequently attacks Black people and has said he is "impressed" by the Holocaust.
www.motherjones.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The richest man in the world—who has now installed unqualified loyalists throughout the US government—is getting much of his information from far-right sources who present a world in which “Western Civilization” is in an existential struggle against Black and brown invaders.
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NEW: In recent months, Donald Trump asked advisers for a “list” of staff at the National Archives who he should purge, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Trump Has a 'List' of National Archives Staff to Fire as Revenge for Docs Scandal
President Donald Trump, still bitter about the FBI's raid of Mar-a-Lago, has asked for a "list" of National Archives staffers to fire.
www.rollingstone.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
NEW: In recent months, Donald Trump asked advisers for a “list” of staff at the National Archives who he should purge, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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#ResistanceRoots
#Voices4Victory
The January 6 database has been quietly deleted in an attempt to erase history. But too many of us saw it unfold in real time. Too many of us know what happened. It is our duty to keep this history alive.
truthout.org/articles/tru...
#Voices4Victory
The January 6 database has been quietly deleted in an attempt to erase history. But too many of us saw it unfold in real time. Too many of us know what happened. It is our duty to keep this history alive.
truthout.org/articles/tru...
Trump DOJ Deleted January 6 Database in Latest Attempt to Make History Vanish
This push to whitewash recent history carries a disconcerting echo of countless autocratic regimes.
truthout.org
February 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
#ResistanceRoots
#Voices4Victory
The January 6 database has been quietly deleted in an attempt to erase history. But too many of us saw it unfold in real time. Too many of us know what happened. It is our duty to keep this history alive.
truthout.org/articles/tru...
#Voices4Victory
The January 6 database has been quietly deleted in an attempt to erase history. But too many of us saw it unfold in real time. Too many of us know what happened. It is our duty to keep this history alive.
truthout.org/articles/tru...
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He’s “so into it” because he has so much to gain, you witless fool.
February 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
He’s “so into it” because he has so much to gain, you witless fool.