Ben Timms, actual human man
@fhqwhads.bsky.social
Father. Grandfather. Chaos Muppet. Reluctant mid-manager. Enthusiastic middle-aged second childhood um… haver?
Find the people you love. Tell them how much you love them.
Find the people you love. Tell them how much you love them.
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My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.
I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
August 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.
I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
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It's kind of amazing. A regular Techdirt troll made a comment almost exactly along these lines late last week. And I keep seeing that. Techdirt troll makes batshit crazy argument... that then shows up later in a Trump DOJ court filing.
The Justice Department says Trump derives his authority to deport migrants without due process from “Article II and the mandate of the electorate,” so it has no obligation to provide further details of the operation to Boasberg.
“Trump won the election so everything he does is legal,” in DOJ speak.
“Trump won the election so everything he does is legal,” in DOJ speak.
Hooooo boy: "The Executive Branch hereby notifies the Court that no further information will be provided in response to the Court’s March 18, 2025 Minute Order based on the state secrets privilege." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It's kind of amazing. A regular Techdirt troll made a comment almost exactly along these lines late last week. And I keep seeing that. Techdirt troll makes batshit crazy argument... that then shows up later in a Trump DOJ court filing.
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Most of the world’s brightest minds are hard at work developing new ways for you to get depression from a computer
February 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Most of the world’s brightest minds are hard at work developing new ways for you to get depression from a computer
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does echo. Tick Tock, Elmo!!
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does echo. Tick Tock, Elmo!!
The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler
They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does echo. Tick Tock, Elmo!!
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does echo. Tick Tock, Elmo!!
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The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
February 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
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Would be terrible if the link went viral here: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184
January 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Would be terrible if the link went viral here: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184
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I urge everyone reading this to keep your spirits high and to make up your Goddamn mind to be a steel-spined, unrelenting, ultra-resilient, super-charged, motherfucker on wheels.
Toss every thought of, "I can't," out on its ass with such a fierceness that those thoughts wither and die on the vine.
Toss every thought of, "I can't," out on its ass with such a fierceness that those thoughts wither and die on the vine.
January 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I urge everyone reading this to keep your spirits high and to make up your Goddamn mind to be a steel-spined, unrelenting, ultra-resilient, super-charged, motherfucker on wheels.
Toss every thought of, "I can't," out on its ass with such a fierceness that those thoughts wither and die on the vine.
Toss every thought of, "I can't," out on its ass with such a fierceness that those thoughts wither and die on the vine.
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Read this. Trump and his manbabies decided to fuck with every federal worker on the assumption that government employees care as little about Americans as they do. WRONG.
HOLD THE LINE. Together we are way more powerful than they are.
Thank a federal employee today, people.
HOLD THE LINE. Together we are way more powerful than they are.
Thank a federal employee today, people.
Got me tearing up first thing in the morning.
January 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Read this. Trump and his manbabies decided to fuck with every federal worker on the assumption that government employees care as little about Americans as they do. WRONG.
HOLD THE LINE. Together we are way more powerful than they are.
Thank a federal employee today, people.
HOLD THE LINE. Together we are way more powerful than they are.
Thank a federal employee today, people.
Dun Dun DUUUUN! Good times never felt so good!
Those of you who know me from the bad place know I’ve tracked RFK Jr. for years.
And Caroline Kennedy reading her letter to the Senate is a must-see.
Call your Senators & ask if they’ve seen it, too: 202-224-3121
Hearings tomorrow & Thursday at 10 AM.
TW: animal cruelty, substance abuse
🎥 1/8
And Caroline Kennedy reading her letter to the Senate is a must-see.
Call your Senators & ask if they’ve seen it, too: 202-224-3121
Hearings tomorrow & Thursday at 10 AM.
TW: animal cruelty, substance abuse
🎥 1/8
January 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Dun Dun DUUUUN! Good times never felt so good!
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WIC. They are pausing WIC.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
Broader agreement that it to applies to discretionary spending payments (Head Start, WIC, etc).
January 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
WIC. They are pausing WIC.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
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When you’ve pissed off the Society of Friends, you dun fucked up. -also, tv and movies have assured me that churches are places of sanctuary. Example #13,553 of Trump’s “Christian” values
January 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
When you’ve pissed off the Society of Friends, you dun fucked up. -also, tv and movies have assured me that churches are places of sanctuary. Example #13,553 of Trump’s “Christian” values
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The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
January 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
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The GOP in Congress are indeed an ungrateful set of cowardly miscreants.
January 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The GOP in Congress are indeed an ungrateful set of cowardly miscreants.
Winter beaches: in which I make an art.
January 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Winter beaches: in which I make an art.
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Why were the cop unions quiet when he pardoned the people who assaulted cops?
January 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Why were the cop unions quiet when he pardoned the people who assaulted cops?
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