Kberki
@kberki.bsky.social
Trying to balance staying informed with staying sane. Not sure it’s working.
Today’s hopium: is Trump issuing all these pardons now instead of waiting for a more politically opportune moment because he’s actually dying?
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Today’s hopium: is Trump issuing all these pardons now instead of waiting for a more politically opportune moment because he’s actually dying?
Dems ended the shutdown because they were afraid of losing the filibuster.
I think that would have been an acceptable outcome but if your whole game is lip service to regular folks while protecting corporate and moneyed interests, can see why keeping the filibuster was important to them.
I think that would have been an acceptable outcome but if your whole game is lip service to regular folks while protecting corporate and moneyed interests, can see why keeping the filibuster was important to them.
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Dems ended the shutdown because they were afraid of losing the filibuster.
I think that would have been an acceptable outcome but if your whole game is lip service to regular folks while protecting corporate and moneyed interests, can see why keeping the filibuster was important to them.
I think that would have been an acceptable outcome but if your whole game is lip service to regular folks while protecting corporate and moneyed interests, can see why keeping the filibuster was important to them.
If companies as small as 500 employees can go self insured for health benefits, why not an entire state? Or region? Why not a collective of citizens in NJ, NY and CT?
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If companies as small as 500 employees can go self insured for health benefits, why not an entire state? Or region? Why not a collective of citizens in NJ, NY and CT?
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The Guardian has much better framing in the headline about whether Greg is lying again. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Guardian has much better framing in the headline about whether Greg is lying again. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I read read The Dawn of Everything by David Greaber and David Wengrow and really loved it. Sono recommended it to a couple colleagues w/o realizing that D Greaber was an anarchist and accidentally radicalized a couple of Pharmaceutical Executives.
Oops.
Oops.
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I read read The Dawn of Everything by David Greaber and David Wengrow and really loved it. Sono recommended it to a couple colleagues w/o realizing that D Greaber was an anarchist and accidentally radicalized a couple of Pharmaceutical Executives.
Oops.
Oops.
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THIS
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 2:37 PM
THIS
I have a completely shallow beef with the No Kings movement: they are trying to brand the color yellow as our “thing”, which for me personally, is a terrible color choice.
Does any one look good in yellow?? I own nothing in yellow.
I guess I could get a hat and some socks, but really guys?
Does any one look good in yellow?? I own nothing in yellow.
I guess I could get a hat and some socks, but really guys?
October 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I have a completely shallow beef with the No Kings movement: they are trying to brand the color yellow as our “thing”, which for me personally, is a terrible color choice.
Does any one look good in yellow?? I own nothing in yellow.
I guess I could get a hat and some socks, but really guys?
Does any one look good in yellow?? I own nothing in yellow.
I guess I could get a hat and some socks, but really guys?
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Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
October 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
What if Americans decided to strike? We go back to work when the house does.
October 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
What if Americans decided to strike? We go back to work when the house does.
My grandmother was 16 when the nazis invaded her home. She joined the underground eventually and did some wild and dangerous stuff. When asked how she was so brave she said she realized that when everything was equally risky and nothing was safe, you may as well be bold.
October 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My grandmother was 16 when the nazis invaded her home. She joined the underground eventually and did some wild and dangerous stuff. When asked how she was so brave she said she realized that when everything was equally risky and nothing was safe, you may as well be bold.
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If you hate the Pope because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.
October 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If you hate the Pope because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.
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live your life so that when you die everyone talks about how hot you were and not how you were a hateful bigot
September 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
live your life so that when you die everyone talks about how hot you were and not how you were a hateful bigot
In approximately 20 minutes I have to transfer my purring cat, who isn’t eating and losing weight, from my lap to her carrier. She was a feral rescue and wicked smart. She definitely knows something is up, but she’s also been super sweet and I think she may be asking for help.
Will report back.
Will report back.
September 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In approximately 20 minutes I have to transfer my purring cat, who isn’t eating and losing weight, from my lap to her carrier. She was a feral rescue and wicked smart. She definitely knows something is up, but she’s also been super sweet and I think she may be asking for help.
Will report back.
Will report back.
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![Comic. [Two people on shore looking at body of water] PERSON 1: Hey, where’s that big island we were looking at this morning? PERSON 2 with short hair: Oh, it’s underwater. The ocean’s depth here goes up and down by like ten feet every day. PERSON 1: What? PERSON 2: It’s because the planet has a big moon orbiting near the surface. It causes weird gravity effects. PERSON 1: *What???* [caption] People here are used to them, but tides are one of the weirdest and most sci-fi elements of life on Earth.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidj2tdqhkgoamiqf5reqt7kvbpt26x3cgjxsp4rtwwb46qumcltdq@jpeg)
September 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Trump calls for U.S. census to exclude people without legal status for the first time in history - NPR
Would this mean the states vying for immigrant detention centers don’t get the census population boost they were hoping for?
Would this mean the states vying for immigrant detention centers don’t get the census population boost they were hoping for?
August 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Trump calls for U.S. census to exclude people without legal status for the first time in history - NPR
Would this mean the states vying for immigrant detention centers don’t get the census population boost they were hoping for?
Would this mean the states vying for immigrant detention centers don’t get the census population boost they were hoping for?
Police getting heavy handed and provocative at what had been a traditionally peaceful protest.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Cambridge Police Make Multiple Arrests at Harvard Square Pro-Palestine Protest | News | The Harvard Crimson
Cambridge police arrested at least three people and used a chemical irritant to disperse a pro-Palestine demonstration in Harvard Square on Sunday morning, marking the first major altercation at a pro...
www.thecrimson.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Police getting heavy handed and provocative at what had been a traditionally peaceful protest.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
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Wrong! Minnesota has already been doing it.
July 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Wrong! Minnesota has already been doing it.
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It’s hard to think of anything more antisemitic than a non-Jewish person telling Jewish people they aren’t actually Jewish if they don’t vote for the person they want them to vote for
June 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It’s hard to think of anything more antisemitic than a non-Jewish person telling Jewish people they aren’t actually Jewish if they don’t vote for the person they want them to vote for
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I am not super optimistic that the Dem gerontocracy will learn the right lessons from Mamdani’s win but here’s my analysis anyway: newrepublic.com/article/1972...
Mamdani Did All the Things the Establishment Hates. He Won Anyway.
There’s a growing appetite for something new and innovative growing among the electorate—and an opportunity for Democrats to grow that electorate, as well.
newrepublic.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I am not super optimistic that the Dem gerontocracy will learn the right lessons from Mamdani’s win but here’s my analysis anyway: newrepublic.com/article/1972...
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1. There’s no such a thing as a “distraction,” as we understand the term. Our current crisis is complicated, interconnected and grim.
June 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
1. There’s no such a thing as a “distraction,” as we understand the term. Our current crisis is complicated, interconnected and grim.
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So far, many food and drink businesses have been sceptical that weight-loss drugs like #ozempic will have any major impact on them 💉🍎
But new studies show the opposite is true
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But new studies show the opposite is true
🔗 See the full exclusive data on GLP-1’s impact here:
Exclusive data on GLP-1’s impact on UK food and drink consumption
So far, many food and drink businesses have been sceptical that weight-loss drugs will have any major impact on them. But new studies show the opposite is true
www.thegrocer.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
So far, many food and drink businesses have been sceptical that weight-loss drugs like #ozempic will have any major impact on them 💉🍎
But new studies show the opposite is true
🔗 See the full exclusive data on GLP-1’s impact here:
But new studies show the opposite is true
🔗 See the full exclusive data on GLP-1’s impact here: