Laura Nelson
@lauranelson1005.bsky.social
Philosopher, Theologian, Polite Leftie Radical, Ex-techie, Episcopalian, Trans Woman, Optimist of the Will only
Purple toupee!
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Purple toupee!
In Das Kapital, Marx argued that capitalists, in an effort to cut labor costs are compelled to lay off workers in favor of machines, who do not buy their products. Thus they "dig their own graves."
CEOs are unwittingly facilitating economic collapse and revolution. Knock yourselves out, guys!.....
CEOs are unwittingly facilitating economic collapse and revolution. Knock yourselves out, guys!.....
November 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In Das Kapital, Marx argued that capitalists, in an effort to cut labor costs are compelled to lay off workers in favor of machines, who do not buy their products. Thus they "dig their own graves."
CEOs are unwittingly facilitating economic collapse and revolution. Knock yourselves out, guys!.....
CEOs are unwittingly facilitating economic collapse and revolution. Knock yourselves out, guys!.....
on fire. In that sense, good. Mamdani showed that Darth Realtor can be manipulated like Silly Putty if you flatter him even a bit.
But: come on. DJT does NOT want good stuff to happen in NYC or anywhere except inside his fragile head. He is Emperor Palpatine. You don't mix with his type.
But: come on. DJT does NOT want good stuff to happen in NYC or anywhere except inside his fragile head. He is Emperor Palpatine. You don't mix with his type.
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
on fire. In that sense, good. Mamdani showed that Darth Realtor can be manipulated like Silly Putty if you flatter him even a bit.
But: come on. DJT does NOT want good stuff to happen in NYC or anywhere except inside his fragile head. He is Emperor Palpatine. You don't mix with his type.
But: come on. DJT does NOT want good stuff to happen in NYC or anywhere except inside his fragile head. He is Emperor Palpatine. You don't mix with his type.
Re: bipolar and depression: shhh!...You will give RFKjr ideas!
(Actually, I think that thought HAS crossed his mind...)
(Actually, I think that thought HAS crossed his mind...)
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Re: bipolar and depression: shhh!...You will give RFKjr ideas!
(Actually, I think that thought HAS crossed his mind...)
(Actually, I think that thought HAS crossed his mind...)
Mamdani shouldn't have agreed to go — I am surprised he did.
Trying to find "common ground" or even a workable modus vivendi with these vile nincompoops is a fool's errand. Like mud wrestling a pig: you never win, you get dirty, and the pig enjoys it.
Soft secession. Watch for it.
Trying to find "common ground" or even a workable modus vivendi with these vile nincompoops is a fool's errand. Like mud wrestling a pig: you never win, you get dirty, and the pig enjoys it.
Soft secession. Watch for it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Mamdani shouldn't have agreed to go — I am surprised he did.
Trying to find "common ground" or even a workable modus vivendi with these vile nincompoops is a fool's errand. Like mud wrestling a pig: you never win, you get dirty, and the pig enjoys it.
Soft secession. Watch for it.
Trying to find "common ground" or even a workable modus vivendi with these vile nincompoops is a fool's errand. Like mud wrestling a pig: you never win, you get dirty, and the pig enjoys it.
Soft secession. Watch for it.
He shouldn't have agreed to go — I am surprised he did.
Trying to find "common ground" or even a workable modus vivendi with these vile nincompoops is a fool's errand. Like mud wrestling a pig: you never win, you get dirty, and the pig enjoys it.
Soft secession. Watch for it.
Trying to find "common ground" or even a workable modus vivendi with these vile nincompoops is a fool's errand. Like mud wrestling a pig: you never win, you get dirty, and the pig enjoys it.
Soft secession. Watch for it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
He shouldn't have agreed to go — I am surprised he did.
Trying to find "common ground" or even a workable modus vivendi with these vile nincompoops is a fool's errand. Like mud wrestling a pig: you never win, you get dirty, and the pig enjoys it.
Soft secession. Watch for it.
Trying to find "common ground" or even a workable modus vivendi with these vile nincompoops is a fool's errand. Like mud wrestling a pig: you never win, you get dirty, and the pig enjoys it.
Soft secession. Watch for it.
Barbara Tuchman, The March of Folly, especially the chapter on the Vietnam War.
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Barbara Tuchman, The March of Folly, especially the chapter on the Vietnam War.
I am so glad I am old and blissfully unaware of chuckleheads like Nuzzi. (Wesley Clark, I know. My demographic.)
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I am so glad I am old and blissfully unaware of chuckleheads like Nuzzi. (Wesley Clark, I know. My demographic.)
Who, Pound, Kenner, or Davenport?
Joyce signs checks better than Pound writes poems.
Joyce signs checks better than Pound writes poems.
November 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Who, Pound, Kenner, or Davenport?
Joyce signs checks better than Pound writes poems.
Joyce signs checks better than Pound writes poems.
He's dead too. <sigh>
Really though, IMHO the Cantos suck. And even if Ezra wasn't a Fascist, the Cantos still would suck. I'll be damned if I have to learn Chinese to understand a bad poem by this guy. Pompous.
And I LIKE modernism!
"Il miglior fabbro..." my ass. Eliot was being snarky I think
Really though, IMHO the Cantos suck. And even if Ezra wasn't a Fascist, the Cantos still would suck. I'll be damned if I have to learn Chinese to understand a bad poem by this guy. Pompous.
And I LIKE modernism!
"Il miglior fabbro..." my ass. Eliot was being snarky I think
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
He's dead too. <sigh>
Really though, IMHO the Cantos suck. And even if Ezra wasn't a Fascist, the Cantos still would suck. I'll be damned if I have to learn Chinese to understand a bad poem by this guy. Pompous.
And I LIKE modernism!
"Il miglior fabbro..." my ass. Eliot was being snarky I think
Really though, IMHO the Cantos suck. And even if Ezra wasn't a Fascist, the Cantos still would suck. I'll be damned if I have to learn Chinese to understand a bad poem by this guy. Pompous.
And I LIKE modernism!
"Il miglior fabbro..." my ass. Eliot was being snarky I think
I suspect Raskin is only saying this because he knows it'll never happen. MTG has not been converted to the Dems reactionary centrism masquerading as center left. She's the Same as she evet was. Space laser lady
Need I say more.
Need I say more.
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I suspect Raskin is only saying this because he knows it'll never happen. MTG has not been converted to the Dems reactionary centrism masquerading as center left. She's the Same as she evet was. Space laser lady
Need I say more.
Need I say more.
Absolutely, yes.
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Absolutely, yes.
Bingo several times over.....
Where'd you find this?
Where'd you find this?
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Bingo several times over.....
Where'd you find this?
Where'd you find this?
When you hit 65, there's nothing wild about 8pm on a weekend
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
When you hit 65, there's nothing wild about 8pm on a weekend
I wish Dems would quit with the "distraction" stuff. Maximum Leader IS freaking out about Epstein matters. That doesn't mean invading Venezuela is just wagging the dog.
Nothing is a distraction with these guys. They intend everything they do.
Nothing is a distraction with these guys. They intend everything they do.
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I wish Dems would quit with the "distraction" stuff. Maximum Leader IS freaking out about Epstein matters. That doesn't mean invading Venezuela is just wagging the dog.
Nothing is a distraction with these guys. They intend everything they do.
Nothing is a distraction with these guys. They intend everything they do.
I really don't get the Bayes obsession nowadays. Not at all.
As for the other stuff: internet slop. Effective Altruism as Peter Singer through the looking glass.
As for the other stuff: internet slop. Effective Altruism as Peter Singer through the looking glass.
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I really don't get the Bayes obsession nowadays. Not at all.
As for the other stuff: internet slop. Effective Altruism as Peter Singer through the looking glass.
As for the other stuff: internet slop. Effective Altruism as Peter Singer through the looking glass.
as self defeating as the Trumpers's "trannies must DIE!" dogma.
Why did Mamdani win? He laid it on the line: capitalism is as problematic as racism as is LGBTQ phobia, and the plutiocrats & Christonationalists don't want you to know that. Winning theme, I'd say.
Why did Mamdani win? He laid it on the line: capitalism is as problematic as racism as is LGBTQ phobia, and the plutiocrats & Christonationalists don't want you to know that. Winning theme, I'd say.
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
as self defeating as the Trumpers's "trannies must DIE!" dogma.
Why did Mamdani win? He laid it on the line: capitalism is as problematic as racism as is LGBTQ phobia, and the plutiocrats & Christonationalists don't want you to know that. Winning theme, I'd say.
Why did Mamdani win? He laid it on the line: capitalism is as problematic as racism as is LGBTQ phobia, and the plutiocrats & Christonationalists don't want you to know that. Winning theme, I'd say.
sexism are the problem, not "radical left lunatics", or 2) if they realize they know a trans person and they're recognize they're, I dunno, HUMAN.
A slim reed to grasp, I grant you, but I think the centrist "throw the trannies under the bus for Dems!" position is 2/
A slim reed to grasp, I grant you, but I think the centrist "throw the trannies under the bus for Dems!" position is 2/
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
sexism are the problem, not "radical left lunatics", or 2) if they realize they know a trans person and they're recognize they're, I dunno, HUMAN.
A slim reed to grasp, I grant you, but I think the centrist "throw the trannies under the bus for Dems!" position is 2/
A slim reed to grasp, I grant you, but I think the centrist "throw the trannies under the bus for Dems!" position is 2/
The majority of the USA, frankly, doesn't give a hard shit about Trans Rights. They give a shit about what affects them directly.
This is a very bad attitude for a citizenry to have, but here's a silver lining: they might turn left if 1) they finally get the point that capitalism, racism, and 1/
This is a very bad attitude for a citizenry to have, but here's a silver lining: they might turn left if 1) they finally get the point that capitalism, racism, and 1/
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The majority of the USA, frankly, doesn't give a hard shit about Trans Rights. They give a shit about what affects them directly.
This is a very bad attitude for a citizenry to have, but here's a silver lining: they might turn left if 1) they finally get the point that capitalism, racism, and 1/
This is a very bad attitude for a citizenry to have, but here's a silver lining: they might turn left if 1) they finally get the point that capitalism, racism, and 1/
Sexting RFKjr. Missed this one. I must be living under a rock. Actually, sometimes I WISH I was living under a rock. Less nerve-wracking.
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Sexting RFKjr. Missed this one. I must be living under a rock. Actually, sometimes I WISH I was living under a rock. Less nerve-wracking.