Gary Fuller
@garycurmudgeon.bsky.social
Folksinging aging hippy, plays badly on guitar, banjo, ukulele and mandolin. Vietnam-era Navy vet. Involved in some cultural non-profits. Lived overseas for a few years. Love my honey, cats, music, genealogy, travel, food. Antifa, hate injustice, woke AF
According to Margaret Mead, compassion, cooperation and empathy were the signs of the beginning of human civilization.
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
According to Margaret Mead, compassion, cooperation and empathy were the signs of the beginning of human civilization.
The corporations are free to do as they please, offshoring to use sweatshop labor, dumping toxic waste in third world countries; Fair trade is when the manufacturer of goods sold in the US pays a living wage and complies with US environmental laws, so US manufacturing can compete on an even footing.
November 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The corporations are free to do as they please, offshoring to use sweatshop labor, dumping toxic waste in third world countries; Fair trade is when the manufacturer of goods sold in the US pays a living wage and complies with US environmental laws, so US manufacturing can compete on an even footing.
While we're rhyming history, who remembers what happened to the Czar and his family? Bunkers and basements are where dynastic dreams end.
October 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
While we're rhyming history, who remembers what happened to the Czar and his family? Bunkers and basements are where dynastic dreams end.
You're not old enough. Here's one from Nixon years.
September 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
You're not old enough. Here's one from Nixon years.
For GE it was already cheaper 25 years ago to move nearly all R&D jobs to their "India Innovation Centres" in Bangalore and Hyderabad than it was to bring Indian engineers to the US on H1-B visas. Making the visas even more expensive won't help.
September 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
For GE it was already cheaper 25 years ago to move nearly all R&D jobs to their "India Innovation Centres" in Bangalore and Hyderabad than it was to bring Indian engineers to the US on H1-B visas. Making the visas even more expensive won't help.
The MAGAs screamed when Manny Shewitz posted this three years ago. Now the regime is disappearing hundreds of people, like Pinochet.
September 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The MAGAs screamed when Manny Shewitz posted this three years ago. Now the regime is disappearing hundreds of people, like Pinochet.
For those in the back, that's equal to 12,500 years of the salary that he's supposedly not taking.
September 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
For those in the back, that's equal to 12,500 years of the salary that he's supposedly not taking.
My old man—a combat-decorated WWII vet, got medals from the US government for fighting fascists. My great-great granddad and his brother, sons of an abolitionist family, marched with Sherman to the sea. Fighting fascists and racists is heritage, not hate.
September 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
My old man—a combat-decorated WWII vet, got medals from the US government for fighting fascists. My great-great granddad and his brother, sons of an abolitionist family, marched with Sherman to the sea. Fighting fascists and racists is heritage, not hate.
Just swiped this.
September 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Just swiped this.
The promise of the enlightenment remains unfulfilled.
September 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The promise of the enlightenment remains unfulfilled.
Article in a Laurel, Mississippi newspaper (also The Illiteracy State) Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana have been competing for the bottom rank for years.
September 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Article in a Laurel, Mississippi newspaper (also The Illiteracy State) Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana have been competing for the bottom rank for years.
Another sporting event? Explains the holes in my clothes, especially socks and underwear. PULL!!! (Pic taken in a hotel in Lake City, Florida (The Illiteracy State) by a friend several years ago)
September 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Another sporting event? Explains the holes in my clothes, especially socks and underwear. PULL!!! (Pic taken in a hotel in Lake City, Florida (The Illiteracy State) by a friend several years ago)
According to MAGA, political violence is legitimate political discourse.
September 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
According to MAGA, political violence is legitimate political discourse.
Rollins at the Dept. of Agriculture, and Sean Duffy at the Dept. of Transportation fill out the roster.
September 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Rollins at the Dept. of Agriculture, and Sean Duffy at the Dept. of Transportation fill out the roster.
If you buy a stack of these with a shot of gold spray paint, you too, can make your room look like the lobby of a Slovenian whorehouse.
September 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
If you buy a stack of these with a shot of gold spray paint, you too, can make your room look like the lobby of a Slovenian whorehouse.
I remember paper drivers licenses that didn't even have a picture. Just height, weight, hair and eye color. Everyone I knew under 21 carried a fake ID to buy beer.
September 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I remember paper drivers licenses that didn't even have a picture. Just height, weight, hair and eye color. Everyone I knew under 21 carried a fake ID to buy beer.