Erik Loomis
@erikloomis.bsky.social
Labor and environmental historian. Writer of books, teacher of American horrors, talker on labor movement. Beer, country music, and football are not just for the right wingers. Cats. The West. Music. Graves. Writes at https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/
Or just make literally anything else.
Here’s my 🦃 two cents. First properly spatchcock the turkey. Second liberally apply a dry brine of kosher salt and one or two fresh ground herbs. Refrigerate overnight. Then roast that shit. And don’t forget to catch the drippings for gravy.
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Or just make literally anything else.
Only 16 days til Thanksgiving--if you start brining now, you might make a turkey edible by then.
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Only 16 days til Thanksgiving--if you start brining now, you might make a turkey edible by then.
Working on a chapter about salmon for my Northwest book. The opening line, as I now edit it, reads, "The salmon is the Northwest’s iconic album"
And here I thought it was Nevermind
This might also suggest maybe I should be less distracted when writing.
And here I thought it was Nevermind
This might also suggest maybe I should be less distracted when writing.
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Working on a chapter about salmon for my Northwest book. The opening line, as I now edit it, reads, "The salmon is the Northwest’s iconic album"
And here I thought it was Nevermind
This might also suggest maybe I should be less distracted when writing.
And here I thought it was Nevermind
This might also suggest maybe I should be less distracted when writing.
Reposted by Erik Loomis
Holy shit finally an Op-Ed that Gets It
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Holy shit finally an Op-Ed that Gets It
I generally oppose American military adventurism. On the other hand, I got a day off today.
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I generally oppose American military adventurism. On the other hand, I got a day off today.
This Day in Labor History: November 11, 1942. The CIO began its annual convention. It created the Committee to Abolish Racial Discrimination, an official effort to combat racial discrimination on the job within the government, at the workplace, and among its own members.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 11, 1942. The CIO began its annual convention. It created the Committee to Abolish Racial Discrimination, an official effort to combat racial discrimination on the job within the government, at the workplace, and among its own members.
This Day in Labor History: November 10, 1933. Workers at the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota sat down on the job. The win these workers achieved helped set up the labor militancy of the New Deal era that revolutionized the lives of American labor!!!!
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 10, 1933. Workers at the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota sat down on the job. The win these workers achieved helped set up the labor militancy of the New Deal era that revolutionized the lives of American labor!!!!
Fuck the Democratic Party. Absolute 100% losers.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Fuck the Democratic Party. Absolute 100% losers.
This Day in Labor History: November 9, 1935. The Committee for Industrial Organization (later the Congress of Industrial Organizations) was created. Let's talk about the CIO and how it transformed the American labor movement!
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 9, 1935. The Committee for Industrial Organization (later the Congress of Industrial Organizations) was created. Let's talk about the CIO and how it transformed the American labor movement!
This Day in Labor History: November 8, 1970. Congress approved the Reorganization Acts Amendment that laid the groundwork for the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. Let's talk about how the EPA is a pro-worker agency, counter to those who want to divide labor and environmentalists!
November 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 8, 1970. Congress approved the Reorganization Acts Amendment that laid the groundwork for the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. Let's talk about how the EPA is a pro-worker agency, counter to those who want to divide labor and environmentalists!
Young people have failed the world.
It's generational. Young people aren't drinking as much beer.
Wine grapes too. The vineyard across the street from me has three times as many grapes still on the vine as they actually sold. Sad. Third gen farmer, not a newby.
Wine grapes too. The vineyard across the street from me has three times as many grapes still on the vine as they actually sold. Sad. Third gen farmer, not a newby.
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Young people have failed the world.
I don't care if I am the last person on earth to refuse to use AI, but I am disabling this satanic technology from every operation I use.
Without human thought, what possible reason do we have to live?
Without human thought, what possible reason do we have to live?
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I don't care if I am the last person on earth to refuse to use AI, but I am disabling this satanic technology from every operation I use.
Without human thought, what possible reason do we have to live?
Without human thought, what possible reason do we have to live?
Reposted by Erik Loomis
Mamdani was elected and already NYC is transing the trains.
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Mamdani was elected and already NYC is transing the trains.
This Day in Labor History: November 7, 1861. The U.S. Army occupied the South Carolina sea islands. Having to deal with the existence of thousands of slaves with no masters, the military engaged in what became known as the Port Royal Experiment. Would black people grow cotton without the whip? Uh..
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 7, 1861. The U.S. Army occupied the South Carolina sea islands. Having to deal with the existence of thousands of slaves with no masters, the military engaged in what became known as the Port Royal Experiment. Would black people grow cotton without the whip? Uh..
Weekend at Donnie's
Dr Oz talking about obesity, diabetes and dementia while Trump is slumped over like a man minutes from death is supremely funny content
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Weekend at Donnie's
This Day in Labor History: November 5, 1916. Cop thugs opened fire on a group of IWW organizers and workers attempting to land in Everett, Washington. Let's talk about the horrors of the Everett Massacre and the murderous ways of cops.
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 5, 1916. Cop thugs opened fire on a group of IWW organizers and workers attempting to land in Everett, Washington. Let's talk about the horrors of the Everett Massacre and the murderous ways of cops.
Time to repeal Virginia's right to work law. Should be the first bill.
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Time to repeal Virginia's right to work law. Should be the first bill.
Tonight's real lesson for everyone on the internet is that if only the Democrats nominated your preferred candidate every time, they will always win. This is true left, liberal, and centrist.
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Tonight's real lesson for everyone on the internet is that if only the Democrats nominated your preferred candidate every time, they will always win. This is true left, liberal, and centrist.
I refuse to believe that Donald Trump has never thrown things at people when angry, which is like 95% of his life.
Back for Day 2 of Sandwich Guy’s trial. In government opening statement: “This case is about the fact that you can’t go around throwing stuff at people when you’re mad.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I refuse to believe that Donald Trump has never thrown things at people when angry, which is like 95% of his life.
No lies told.
I will say it until I’m out of breath but if you’re critical of colleges offering “fake” degree programs with absolutely no intellectual rigor, start with the undergrad business degree or I’m not taking you seriously. 100% fake curriculum of airport Leadership slop.
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
No lies told.
Allow me to build on this a bit and say the fundamental divide in the Democratic Party is not some warmed over 2016 battle over left vs. center.
It's about who communicates politics directly and effectively and who is still listening to Clinton-era consultants.
It's about who communicates politics directly and effectively and who is still listening to Clinton-era consultants.
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Allow me to build on this a bit and say the fundamental divide in the Democratic Party is not some warmed over 2016 battle over left vs. center.
It's about who communicates politics directly and effectively and who is still listening to Clinton-era consultants.
It's about who communicates politics directly and effectively and who is still listening to Clinton-era consultants.
This Day in Labor History: November 4, 1942. Copper miners in Butte, Montana went on strike to protest the use of Black miners on the job. Worse, these were members of the leftist Mine, Mill. Let's talk about hate strikes and white workers again choosing their racial identity over class identity!
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 4, 1942. Copper miners in Butte, Montana went on strike to protest the use of Black miners on the job. Worse, these were members of the leftist Mine, Mill. Let's talk about hate strikes and white workers again choosing their racial identity over class identity!
Good morning! Dick Cheney is dead and I have an obituary that I wrote all the way back in 2017 about this monster!
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/cheney
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/cheney
Cheney - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Dick Cheney, one of America’s worst war criminals, is dead. Born in 1941 in Lincoln, Nebraska, which amazingly makes University of Nebraska football only the second most grotesque American cultural ph...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Good morning! Dick Cheney is dead and I have an obituary that I wrote all the way back in 2017 about this monster!
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/cheney
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/cheney