Kirklin (he/him)
@kirklins.bsky.social
No, I'm not Spartacus. I'm Antifa(scist).
My read of the US Constitution is that the house can't have a recess of more than 3 days without Senate approval. See Article 1, Section 5, Clause 4.
So, is the Senate approving Speaker Johnson's extended vacation?
So, is the Senate approving Speaker Johnson's extended vacation?
October 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My read of the US Constitution is that the house can't have a recess of more than 3 days without Senate approval. See Article 1, Section 5, Clause 4.
So, is the Senate approving Speaker Johnson's extended vacation?
So, is the Senate approving Speaker Johnson's extended vacation?
If you don't know us personally and well enough to vouch for us, don't trust white men. Especially don't trust white men who didn't graduate from college, especially don't trust older white men, but basically assume half the white men you're near like what's happening.
-- old white man speaking.
-- old white man speaking.
October 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If you don't know us personally and well enough to vouch for us, don't trust white men. Especially don't trust white men who didn't graduate from college, especially don't trust older white men, but basically assume half the white men you're near like what's happening.
-- old white man speaking.
-- old white man speaking.
2023 household income by quintile sort of showing why.
Missing in my opinion is a subdivision of the top 20% so the severe spiking of the top 5%, 2%, and 0.1% can be seen. But this still shows that about 20% of US households in 2023 were making below poverty level incomes.
Missing in my opinion is a subdivision of the top 20% so the severe spiking of the top 5%, 2%, and 0.1% can be seen. But this still shows that about 20% of US households in 2023 were making below poverty level incomes.
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
2023 household income by quintile sort of showing why.
Missing in my opinion is a subdivision of the top 20% so the severe spiking of the top 5%, 2%, and 0.1% can be seen. But this still shows that about 20% of US households in 2023 were making below poverty level incomes.
Missing in my opinion is a subdivision of the top 20% so the severe spiking of the top 5%, 2%, and 0.1% can be seen. But this still shows that about 20% of US households in 2023 were making below poverty level incomes.
Curtain rods and sparrows again. (still?)
October 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Curtain rods and sparrows again. (still?)
Here's a g-map of the location of the shooting at Dallas ICE on N. Stemmons Fwy. All 3 victims (2 dead) were detainees. The shooter was on the roof of one of the buildings you see here, not sure which one yet.
If you're not from here and looking on a map, find Love airfield and go southwest.
If you're not from here and looking on a map, find Love airfield and go southwest.
September 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Here's a g-map of the location of the shooting at Dallas ICE on N. Stemmons Fwy. All 3 victims (2 dead) were detainees. The shooter was on the roof of one of the buildings you see here, not sure which one yet.
If you're not from here and looking on a map, find Love airfield and go southwest.
If you're not from here and looking on a map, find Love airfield and go southwest.
For some reason I feel the urge to post an image of Woodie Guthrie's guitar.
September 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
For some reason I feel the urge to post an image of Woodie Guthrie's guitar.
Lest it be buried,
Yesterday the senate voted to table Shumer's amendment requiring the AG to release the Epstein files 51-49. All D and I plus Paul and Hawley voted against tabling it.
Yesterday the senate voted to table Shumer's amendment requiring the AG to release the Epstein files 51-49. All D and I plus Paul and Hawley voted against tabling it.
September 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Lest it be buried,
Yesterday the senate voted to table Shumer's amendment requiring the AG to release the Epstein files 51-49. All D and I plus Paul and Hawley voted against tabling it.
Yesterday the senate voted to table Shumer's amendment requiring the AG to release the Epstein files 51-49. All D and I plus Paul and Hawley voted against tabling it.
Given today's decision, the direct connections to the Trevor project suicide prevention hotline specializing in trans support are:
text START to 678-678
call 1-866-468-7386
computer chat chat.trvr.org
Please, if you know someone who needs it share that there is someone there for them.
text START to 678-678
call 1-866-468-7386
computer chat chat.trvr.org
Please, if you know someone who needs it share that there is someone there for them.
June 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Given today's decision, the direct connections to the Trevor project suicide prevention hotline specializing in trans support are:
text START to 678-678
call 1-866-468-7386
computer chat chat.trvr.org
Please, if you know someone who needs it share that there is someone there for them.
text START to 678-678
call 1-866-468-7386
computer chat chat.trvr.org
Please, if you know someone who needs it share that there is someone there for them.
Substack will remove sites THAT THEY BECOME AWARE OF that "publish content or fund initiatives that incite violence based on protected classes." They have done this. So why are there still Nazi and extremist right-wing sites on Substack? It's an interpretation. 2/🧵7
June 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Substack will remove sites THAT THEY BECOME AWARE OF that "publish content or fund initiatives that incite violence based on protected classes." They have done this. So why are there still Nazi and extremist right-wing sites on Substack? It's an interpretation. 2/🧵7
May 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Case in point. Alt-text added to this poster that I've copied and pasted here, as well as quote-posting.
April 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Case in point. Alt-text added to this poster that I've copied and pasted here, as well as quote-posting.
The only "good" is that this will likely trigger @johnrogers.bsky.social 's Rule 3: Nothing ever stops until a Rich White Guy goes to jail.
Now that I think of it, this may already be in effect given existing attacks on law firms and corporations.
Now that I think of it, this may already be in effect given existing attacks on law firms and corporations.
April 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The only "good" is that this will likely trigger @johnrogers.bsky.social 's Rule 3: Nothing ever stops until a Rich White Guy goes to jail.
Now that I think of it, this may already be in effect given existing attacks on law firms and corporations.
Now that I think of it, this may already be in effect given existing attacks on law firms and corporations.
Rafael Bienvenido Cruz y Díaz aka Ted Cruz voted along with 49 fellow Republican Senators to approve Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. They own it.
April 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Rafael Bienvenido Cruz y Díaz aka Ted Cruz voted along with 49 fellow Republican Senators to approve Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. They own it.
Agreed. The army's enlisted force is only about 50% white, and even in the officers 30% are non-white. Which is its own issue but still proves the point.
February 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Agreed. The army's enlisted force is only about 50% white, and even in the officers 30% are non-white. Which is its own issue but still proves the point.
And now the thing is "DEI" or "DEIA".
Warning, image is snapshotted from Atwater's uncensored quote. Language trigger.
Warning, image is snapshotted from Atwater's uncensored quote. Language trigger.
January 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
And now the thing is "DEI" or "DEIA".
Warning, image is snapshotted from Atwater's uncensored quote. Language trigger.
Warning, image is snapshotted from Atwater's uncensored quote. Language trigger.
Just a reminder that it's not a new thing
January 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Just a reminder that it's not a new thing
Older.
This was my college graduation present:
This was my college graduation present:
January 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Older.
This was my college graduation present:
This was my college graduation present:
Early Tesla prototype.
I mean, we already have five times as many deaths from fires in Tesla vehicles as we did in Ford Pintos. But Pintos didn't automatically lock you in on impacts. That's a lesson you learn from your prototypes; what needs iterated to improve results.
I mean, we already have five times as many deaths from fires in Tesla vehicles as we did in Ford Pintos. But Pintos didn't automatically lock you in on impacts. That's a lesson you learn from your prototypes; what needs iterated to improve results.
January 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Early Tesla prototype.
I mean, we already have five times as many deaths from fires in Tesla vehicles as we did in Ford Pintos. But Pintos didn't automatically lock you in on impacts. That's a lesson you learn from your prototypes; what needs iterated to improve results.
I mean, we already have five times as many deaths from fires in Tesla vehicles as we did in Ford Pintos. But Pintos didn't automatically lock you in on impacts. That's a lesson you learn from your prototypes; what needs iterated to improve results.
The school shooting at Sandy Hook was 12 years ago today.
I still don't know why we decided active shooter training for schoolchildren was better than gun control.
I still don't know why we decided active shooter training for schoolchildren was better than gun control.
December 14, 2024 at 7:22 PM
The school shooting at Sandy Hook was 12 years ago today.
I still don't know why we decided active shooter training for schoolchildren was better than gun control.
I still don't know why we decided active shooter training for schoolchildren was better than gun control.
When you work weekends you can make pizza lunches to deal with Mondays. Pepperoni, black olive, green olive, extra cheese. (Or rather, enough cheese.)
December 9, 2024 at 6:12 PM
When you work weekends you can make pizza lunches to deal with Mondays. Pepperoni, black olive, green olive, extra cheese. (Or rather, enough cheese.)
Since there are so many new users, another little share of info. Block early, block often - don't try to tell someone on the internet they're wrong.
How? Down at the bottom of this post you'll see three dots. When you click them you get the menu below. There near the bottom is "block". Click it.
How? Down at the bottom of this post you'll see three dots. When you click them you get the menu below. There near the bottom is "block". Click it.
December 2, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Since there are so many new users, another little share of info. Block early, block often - don't try to tell someone on the internet they're wrong.
How? Down at the bottom of this post you'll see three dots. When you click them you get the menu below. There near the bottom is "block". Click it.
How? Down at the bottom of this post you'll see three dots. When you click them you get the menu below. There near the bottom is "block". Click it.