Hope Despite the Times
@hopedespitetimes.bsky.social
Lover of music, words, games, food, cities, and science. Fighting to make the New Belong a reality. Blog: https://substack.com/@notesforanewbelong
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"Fancy, if you believe in what I believe in,
Then we'll be the same, always"
#DissociationFriday #Music #TheKinks
Then we'll be the same, always"
#DissociationFriday #Music #TheKinks
The Kinks - Fancy (Official Audio)
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November 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"Fancy, if you believe in what I believe in,
Then we'll be the same, always"
#DissociationFriday #Music #TheKinks
Then we'll be the same, always"
#DissociationFriday #Music #TheKinks
Hear, hear!
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hear, hear!
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MIDTERMS ARE COMING!
In the meantime…Join us every other Monday outside Malliotakis’ office (we alternate between SI and BK each week).
www.brooklynpaper.com/activists-ca...
@indivisible.org @siactioncoalition.bsky.social
In the meantime…Join us every other Monday outside Malliotakis’ office (we alternate between SI and BK each week).
www.brooklynpaper.com/activists-ca...
@indivisible.org @siactioncoalition.bsky.social
‘What happened to my country?’: Activists hold candlelight vigil outside Malliotakis’ Bay Ridge office for immigrants in ICE custody • Brooklyn Paper
While U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ramp up enforcement actions against immigrant communities —
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November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
MIDTERMS ARE COMING!
In the meantime…Join us every other Monday outside Malliotakis’ office (we alternate between SI and BK each week).
www.brooklynpaper.com/activists-ca...
@indivisible.org @siactioncoalition.bsky.social
In the meantime…Join us every other Monday outside Malliotakis’ office (we alternate between SI and BK each week).
www.brooklynpaper.com/activists-ca...
@indivisible.org @siactioncoalition.bsky.social
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The youth is rising up, they won’t accept excuses anymore. It’s their future that is being taken away, when that realization spreads and young people mobilize, this regime will lose all power. To be clear, this power was always meant for the youth, not for fascists, oligarchs, or a king!
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The youth is rising up, they won’t accept excuses anymore. It’s their future that is being taken away, when that realization spreads and young people mobilize, this regime will lose all power. To be clear, this power was always meant for the youth, not for fascists, oligarchs, or a king!
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Big news NYC!
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Big news NYC!
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Our 1st PA door knocking of ‘26 Sat was joined by @msnownews.bsky.social & @swingleft.bsky.social with exec dir Yasmin Radjy!!
Hear more at TMNYC's UWS MEETING SAT mobilize.us/s/WD9c9o
Check out this positive & exciting new way to engage voters @ OurGroundTruth.org
m.youtube.com/watch?v=t6yc...
Hear more at TMNYC's UWS MEETING SAT mobilize.us/s/WD9c9o
Check out this positive & exciting new way to engage voters @ OurGroundTruth.org
m.youtube.com/watch?v=t6yc...
Yasmin Radjy | Chris Jansing Reports on MS Now | November 17, 2025
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November 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Our 1st PA door knocking of ‘26 Sat was joined by @msnownews.bsky.social & @swingleft.bsky.social with exec dir Yasmin Radjy!!
Hear more at TMNYC's UWS MEETING SAT mobilize.us/s/WD9c9o
Check out this positive & exciting new way to engage voters @ OurGroundTruth.org
m.youtube.com/watch?v=t6yc...
Hear more at TMNYC's UWS MEETING SAT mobilize.us/s/WD9c9o
Check out this positive & exciting new way to engage voters @ OurGroundTruth.org
m.youtube.com/watch?v=t6yc...
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In the Táin Bó Cúailnge, the Irish hero Cú Chulainn can enter a hulked-out rage state called the warp spasm. This is how it's described in my copy.
To exit it, his men have to dunk him into barrels of water.
THIS is what a berserk rage should look like. THIS is how you describe your next barbarian
To exit it, his men have to dunk him into barrels of water.
THIS is what a berserk rage should look like. THIS is how you describe your next barbarian
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In the Táin Bó Cúailnge, the Irish hero Cú Chulainn can enter a hulked-out rage state called the warp spasm. This is how it's described in my copy.
To exit it, his men have to dunk him into barrels of water.
THIS is what a berserk rage should look like. THIS is how you describe your next barbarian
To exit it, his men have to dunk him into barrels of water.
THIS is what a berserk rage should look like. THIS is how you describe your next barbarian
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In a major embarrassment for Trump’s DOJ, a federal court blocks Texas Republicans’ mid-decade gerrymander, finding that a letter sent by the department effectively handed voting rights advocates the evidence they needed to prove the map was unconstitutional.
https://bit.ly/3Xo9313
https://bit.ly/3Xo9313
Trump DOJ’s ‘Ham-Fisted’ Letter Key to Ruling Blocking Texas Gerrymander
Read more here.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In a major embarrassment for Trump’s DOJ, a federal court blocks Texas Republicans’ mid-decade gerrymander, finding that a letter sent by the department effectively handed voting rights advocates the evidence they needed to prove the map was unconstitutional.
https://bit.ly/3Xo9313
https://bit.ly/3Xo9313
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You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
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Oh dear. Was looking bad enough before I noticed that 'minus' in front of the $74bn.
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Oh dear. Was looking bad enough before I noticed that 'minus' in front of the $74bn.
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👀 What if the sky was so full of stars that you couldn’t see the darkness behind them? Tonight, you can spot the Lacerta constellation after sunset and until midnight, as shown in my image #astrophotography below.
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
👀 What if the sky was so full of stars that you couldn’t see the darkness behind them? Tonight, you can spot the Lacerta constellation after sunset and until midnight, as shown in my image #astrophotography below.
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The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon.
77 million people voted for this.
77 million people voted for this.
"Left eye, right eye
Take a look around
Everybody's heading
For a hole in the ground
And it's the Dance of Shiva
It's the Twilight of the Gods
Thunder and lightning
'Til the break of dawn"
#DissociationFriday #Music #WarrenZevon
Take a look around
Everybody's heading
For a hole in the ground
And it's the Dance of Shiva
It's the Twilight of the Gods
Thunder and lightning
'Til the break of dawn"
#DissociationFriday #Music #WarrenZevon
Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse (2008 Remaster)
YouTube video by Warren Zevon - Topic
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November 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"Left eye, right eye
Take a look around
Everybody's heading
For a hole in the ground
And it's the Dance of Shiva
It's the Twilight of the Gods
Thunder and lightning
'Til the break of dawn"
#DissociationFriday #Music #WarrenZevon
Take a look around
Everybody's heading
For a hole in the ground
And it's the Dance of Shiva
It's the Twilight of the Gods
Thunder and lightning
'Til the break of dawn"
#DissociationFriday #Music #WarrenZevon
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
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In December 2018, Epstein wrote about Trump: “I am the one able to take him down.”
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In December 2018, Epstein wrote about Trump: “I am the one able to take him down.”
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
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THE MILKY WAY IS FAINT BUT I CAN SEE IT 🥹🌌
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
THE MILKY WAY IS FAINT BUT I CAN SEE IT 🥹🌌
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NEW: Newly-elected Rep. Adelita Grijalva has signed onto Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein Files.
It has now crossed the 218 vote threshold.
4 Republicans have joined 214 Democrats to make it happen.
It has now crossed the 218 vote threshold.
4 Republicans have joined 214 Democrats to make it happen.
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
NEW: Newly-elected Rep. Adelita Grijalva has signed onto Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein Files.
It has now crossed the 218 vote threshold.
4 Republicans have joined 214 Democrats to make it happen.
It has now crossed the 218 vote threshold.
4 Republicans have joined 214 Democrats to make it happen.
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Adelita Grijalva has officially been sworn into Congress after being forced to wait 7 weeks as Trump’s loyalist Mike Johnson attempted to cover up the Epstein Files.
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Adelita Grijalva has officially been sworn into Congress after being forced to wait 7 weeks as Trump’s loyalist Mike Johnson attempted to cover up the Epstein Files.
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As Karoline Leavitt concludes her press briefing and walks off, @andrewfeinberg.com asks: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
She did not respond.
She did not respond.
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
As Karoline Leavitt concludes her press briefing and walks off, @andrewfeinberg.com asks: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
She did not respond.
She did not respond.
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by the time this is all over, we're going to find out that Epstein was in the Trump Files
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
by the time this is all over, we're going to find out that Epstein was in the Trump Files
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A federal judge permanently blocked Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Portland, Oregon, ruling it violated the Constitution and federal law. The order marks the first permanent block on the president’s military use in a Democratic-led city.
https://bit.ly/43o5sU0
https://bit.ly/43o5sU0
Trump-Appointed Judge Rules His Portland Military Takeover Was Unconstitutional
Read more here.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A federal judge permanently blocked Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Portland, Oregon, ruling it violated the Constitution and federal law. The order marks the first permanent block on the president’s military use in a Democratic-led city.
https://bit.ly/43o5sU0
https://bit.ly/43o5sU0