LarryB
@larrynlarryshow.bsky.social
Semi-retired marketer in career rehab/recovery, occasional writer, chili cook, B&W film, noir, cats, former horse wrangler, political junkie, leftish, anti Nazi.
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The UFW stands w/ @sbworkersunited.org workers going on strike today.
For nearly 4 yrs, Starbucks baristas have been fighting for a fair union contract, just like the fight that farmworkers face, far too often, when up against greedy employers. Join us in our support.
#NoContractNoCoffee
For nearly 4 yrs, Starbucks baristas have been fighting for a fair union contract, just like the fight that farmworkers face, far too often, when up against greedy employers. Join us in our support.
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The UFW stands w/ @sbworkersunited.org workers going on strike today.
For nearly 4 yrs, Starbucks baristas have been fighting for a fair union contract, just like the fight that farmworkers face, far too often, when up against greedy employers. Join us in our support.
#NoContractNoCoffee
For nearly 4 yrs, Starbucks baristas have been fighting for a fair union contract, just like the fight that farmworkers face, far too often, when up against greedy employers. Join us in our support.
#NoContractNoCoffee
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Until we have replicators, we will need wealth redistribution.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Until we have replicators, we will need wealth redistribution.
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The man on a mission to save Mauritania’s ‘city of libraries’ from encroaching desert sands
The man on a mission to save Mauritania’s ‘city of libraries’ from encroaching desert sands
Desert settlement of Chinguetti faces rising sands, dwindling tourism and insecurity due to conflict in neighbouring Mali
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The man on a mission to save Mauritania’s ‘city of libraries’ from encroaching desert sands
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Robert Ryan #BOTD with Ida Lupino in “On Dangerous Ground” (1951), “Beware My Lovely” (1952) and visiting on set of “Hard, Fast and Beautiful” (1951), where Ryan made a brief cameo with Director Lupino.
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Robert Ryan #BOTD with Ida Lupino in “On Dangerous Ground” (1951), “Beware My Lovely” (1952) and visiting on set of “Hard, Fast and Beautiful” (1951), where Ryan made a brief cameo with Director Lupino.
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“The law of evolution is that the strongest survives!"
'Yes, and the strongest, in the existence of any social species, are those who are most social.
In human terms, most ethical... There is no strength to be gained from hurting one another. Only weakness."
― Ursula K. Le Guin
'Yes, and the strongest, in the existence of any social species, are those who are most social.
In human terms, most ethical... There is no strength to be gained from hurting one another. Only weakness."
― Ursula K. Le Guin
September 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“The law of evolution is that the strongest survives!"
'Yes, and the strongest, in the existence of any social species, are those who are most social.
In human terms, most ethical... There is no strength to be gained from hurting one another. Only weakness."
― Ursula K. Le Guin
'Yes, and the strongest, in the existence of any social species, are those who are most social.
In human terms, most ethical... There is no strength to be gained from hurting one another. Only weakness."
― Ursula K. Le Guin
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As you might imagine, this is very good. It is also very funny.
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As you might imagine, this is very good. It is also very funny.
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Ruined Country: Old Battlefield, Vimy, near La Folie Wood, 1918 — by Paul Nash.
More of Nash's moving depictions of the destroyed and broken landscapes of the First and Second World War here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay2022 #RemembranceDay
More of Nash's moving depictions of the destroyed and broken landscapes of the First and Second World War here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay2022 #RemembranceDay
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Ruined Country: Old Battlefield, Vimy, near La Folie Wood, 1918 — by Paul Nash.
More of Nash's moving depictions of the destroyed and broken landscapes of the First and Second World War here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay2022 #RemembranceDay
More of Nash's moving depictions of the destroyed and broken landscapes of the First and Second World War here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay2022 #RemembranceDay
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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This sums it up nicely
The harm caused by the shutdown was real, affecting millions, and no one should downplay that. But America is not in a situation of harm or no harm. Rapidly backsliding into authoritarianism, America is in a terrible situation where appeasement trades short-term relief for more long-term harm.
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
www.arcdigital.media
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This sums it up nicely
All of his histories of the Republican march into fascism. Mandatory reading.
few books i recommend as much as @rickperlstein.bsky.social's "Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus"
want a guidebook for taking over the dems? its in there.
want a guidebook for taking over the dems? its in there.
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
All of his histories of the Republican march into fascism. Mandatory reading.
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Damn right
I am not going to let Schumer and 8 center-right Democrats bring me down. We won on Tuesday. We're gonna keep winning. Just keep telling the stories of what the Trump administration is doing and how it's making lives so much harder, about the corruption, the incompetence, the violence.
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Damn right
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Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
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I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
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If a house is on fire then you have to fight the fire. If the entries are obstructed you have to get rid of the obstruction. If the firefighters won't fight the fire then you have to get new firefighters.
This is a metaphor.
This is a metaphor.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If a house is on fire then you have to fight the fire. If the entries are obstructed you have to get rid of the obstruction. If the firefighters won't fight the fire then you have to get new firefighters.
This is a metaphor.
This is a metaphor.
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Some Decorator Somewhere: “Now, all we need to do is get rid of the books that don’t spark joy, organize them by color rather than subject or author and maybe turn their spines in so they’re all an attractive beige and—“
(Trapdoor opens and drops them in a swampy, gator-filled moat)
(Trapdoor opens and drops them in a swampy, gator-filled moat)
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Some Decorator Somewhere: “Now, all we need to do is get rid of the books that don’t spark joy, organize them by color rather than subject or author and maybe turn their spines in so they’re all an attractive beige and—“
(Trapdoor opens and drops them in a swampy, gator-filled moat)
(Trapdoor opens and drops them in a swampy, gator-filled moat)
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i'm basically with you on this. the optics are bad, the power dynamic is bad, but it's bad either way. the problems go much deeper than "caving" - primarying people is fun but not a structural solution to having elected a party that doesn't want to live in a society or a republic
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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let me just say Harry Reid would NEVER have allowed this
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
let me just say Harry Reid would NEVER have allowed this
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🚨🚨 INFANT FORMULA RECALL 🚨🚨
Please share widely
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Please share widely
👇
ALERT: Baby Formula
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025
Details on an outbreak of infant botulism linked to infant formula, November 2025.
www.cdc.gov
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
🚨🚨 INFANT FORMULA RECALL 🚨🚨
Please share widely
👇
Please share widely
👇
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Art Young
‘Plutocracy’,
“Good Morning”, Vol. 1, #6, June 12, 1919
‘Plutocracy’,
“Good Morning”, Vol. 1, #6, June 12, 1919
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Art Young
‘Plutocracy’,
“Good Morning”, Vol. 1, #6, June 12, 1919
‘Plutocracy’,
“Good Morning”, Vol. 1, #6, June 12, 1919
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One Public Health department is telling the whole story. Shining a light on those who are being less than transparent! Oopsie!
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
One Public Health department is telling the whole story. Shining a light on those who are being less than transparent! Oopsie!
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My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
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Danish dancer Nini Theilade as “Fairie” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935). (Thread)
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Danish dancer Nini Theilade as “Fairie” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935). (Thread)