Martin
@l8whalefr8.bsky.social
Living in the upper left corner shaking my head at current events like the rest of us.
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
There even was a series of campy 80's comedies based around this.
(This was a core finding of the Kerner Commission report almost 57 years ago -- that almost all incidences of urban unrest were triggered by police actions)
the idea of fingerwagging your way into protest discipline is deeply delusional for a number of reasons, chief among which is that the cops' decisions are among the biggest determinants of how protests ago. it's like being perplexed at people for using umbrellas while ignoring the weather
June 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
There even was a series of campy 80's comedies based around this.
Brilliant.
Dropkick Murphys just had an epic moment at their show:
They made a friendly wager with a fan in a MAGA shirt—“Let’s see where it’s made.”
Then they checked his MAGA shirt tag…
Made in Nicaragua.
They swapped it with a Made in America Dropkick Murphys tee.
Legendary.
They made a friendly wager with a fan in a MAGA shirt—“Let’s see where it’s made.”
Then they checked his MAGA shirt tag…
Made in Nicaragua.
They swapped it with a Made in America Dropkick Murphys tee.
Legendary.
March 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Brilliant.
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spent the evening with some college kids and it’s always nice to be reminded that a lot of the kids are alright
March 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
spent the evening with some college kids and it’s always nice to be reminded that a lot of the kids are alright
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
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Fuck off, fascists.
I stand with Ukraine.
I stand with Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Fuck off, fascists.
I stand with Ukraine.
I stand with Ukraine.
Well you look at that? Joni Ernst and Rick Scott have an anti-union bill. @aclu.org @teamsters.bsky.social Add this new anti-worker attack to "right-to-work" laws. I guess since he can't defraud Medicare anymore, Rick Scott needs a new way to screw people.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
March 1, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Well you look at that? Joni Ernst and Rick Scott have an anti-union bill. @aclu.org @teamsters.bsky.social Add this new anti-worker attack to "right-to-work" laws. I guess since he can't defraud Medicare anymore, Rick Scott needs a new way to screw people.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
February 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
He didn't have this opinion when they helped him roll up Bear Stearns and WaMu. They seemed pretty competent to him then.
www.businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-...
www.businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-...
Jamie Dimon says he hopes DOGE is successful because the US government is 'not very competent'
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said the government is inefficient and that he hopes DOGE is successful at making it more effective.
www.businessinsider.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
He didn't have this opinion when they helped him roll up Bear Stearns and WaMu. They seemed pretty competent to him then.
www.businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-...
www.businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-...
(R) senators putting workers last. Unions got you: 40 hr 5 day week; bonuses; overtime; work rules; higher pay (even non union shops piggyback our work); holidays; safety provisios, etc. Anything that takes a dollar out of the owner's pocket.
www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-r....
www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-r....
U.S. Senators Katie Britt, Rand Paul Introduce National Right to Work Act, Put American Workers First - Senator Katie Britt
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and 16 of their Senate Republican colleagues introduced the National Right to Work Act, legislation to preserve and protect th...
www.britt.senate.gov
February 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
(R) senators putting workers last. Unions got you: 40 hr 5 day week; bonuses; overtime; work rules; higher pay (even non union shops piggyback our work); holidays; safety provisios, etc. Anything that takes a dollar out of the owner's pocket.
www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-r....
www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-r....
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This is the back and forth at the drunk SecDef presser I was trying to find on the show the other day:
February 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This is the back and forth at the drunk SecDef presser I was trying to find on the show the other day:
As usual, the ones that want to take from everyone benefittted from what they hate. Also follow @jamellebouie.net
it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit
Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
As usual, the ones that want to take from everyone benefittted from what they hate. Also follow @jamellebouie.net
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If you’re wondering if you’re in a constitutional crisis and that the republic could collapse at any moment, you are.
February 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you’re wondering if you’re in a constitutional crisis and that the republic could collapse at any moment, you are.
They're getting exactly what they voted for. Decades they've been warned that, like the people they hate, they're at the opposite end of the gun range.
It reminds me of a certain bugs bunny/ elmer fudd scene when I was a kid.
Tots and pears ya'll
It reminds me of a certain bugs bunny/ elmer fudd scene when I was a kid.
Tots and pears ya'll
Rep. Jason Smith dismisses farmers in his state who are getting stiffed by the US government not fulfilling contracts: "Right now it's a little bit disruptive, but that's what this administration promised whenever they were coming to Washington is that they would be disruptive."
February 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
They're getting exactly what they voted for. Decades they've been warned that, like the people they hate, they're at the opposite end of the gun range.
It reminds me of a certain bugs bunny/ elmer fudd scene when I was a kid.
Tots and pears ya'll
It reminds me of a certain bugs bunny/ elmer fudd scene when I was a kid.
Tots and pears ya'll
In today's "never could have guessed" news.
February 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In today's "never could have guessed" news.
The dumbest timeline. "Idiocracy" was supposed to be so far afield we just laughed.
Egg prices are surging, gas prices are up, and planes are crashing on a near-daily basis.
And this is what the White House is focused on.
And this is what the White House is focused on.
February 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The dumbest timeline. "Idiocracy" was supposed to be so far afield we just laughed.
I've been a professional pilot for about 30 years. At no point in my flying career has the words they've used to for an acronym affected my profession, especially safety. You know what has? Understaffing ATC. Not having a plan to retain institutional knowledge in ATC. Not having domestic CPDLC/ADS
So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?
February 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I've been a professional pilot for about 30 years. At no point in my flying career has the words they've used to for an acronym affected my profession, especially safety. You know what has? Understaffing ATC. Not having a plan to retain institutional knowledge in ATC. Not having domestic CPDLC/ADS
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🚨BREAKING: In a trio of rulings, North Carolina state court REJECTS Republican effort to overturn the results of the 2024 state Supreme Court election by throwing out 60,000 lawful ballots.
A big victory for voting rights and democracy!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...
A big victory for voting rights and democracy!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...
🚨 Griffin v. North Carolina State Board of Elections (II)
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a trio of rulings, North Carolina state court REJECTS Republican effort to overturn the results of the 2024 state Supreme Court election by throwing out 60,000 lawful ballots.
A big victory for voting rights and democracy!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...
A big victory for voting rights and democracy!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...
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This is Martin Mycielski's Authoritarian Checklist from 2017. Their #coup has succeeded in all three branches. Note the only line unchecked: We still have freedom of assembly. We must protest. Follow Germans' example: Resist. Loudly. Now.
verfassungsblog.de/the-authorit...
verfassungsblog.de/the-authorit...
February 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is Martin Mycielski's Authoritarian Checklist from 2017. Their #coup has succeeded in all three branches. Note the only line unchecked: We still have freedom of assembly. We must protest. Follow Germans' example: Resist. Loudly. Now.
verfassungsblog.de/the-authorit...
verfassungsblog.de/the-authorit...
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Mexico is imposing tariffs on US goods. The tariffs will initially be at 5% to 20%. The products: pork, cheese, apples, grapes, potatoes, cranberries, bourbon, steel & aluminum. They were chosen strategically because they have a significant impact on regions that voted for Trump.
February 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Mexico is imposing tariffs on US goods. The tariffs will initially be at 5% to 20%. The products: pork, cheese, apples, grapes, potatoes, cranberries, bourbon, steel & aluminum. They were chosen strategically because they have a significant impact on regions that voted for Trump.