Lkbbooks
@lkbbooks.bsky.social
I read a lot of books and occasionally post about them. Like cats, coffee, autumn days, and books…always books.
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If you’re an American should watch the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown ep on Iran. A deeply humanizing look at a country full of people just like you and me. I watched it after Anthony died and it moved in ways that are hard to relay. I also immediately ran out to try kabob koobideh and tahdig.
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown Iran S04 E06
Dailymotion video by L3arnTV
www.dailymotion.com
June 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If you’re an American should watch the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown ep on Iran. A deeply humanizing look at a country full of people just like you and me. I watched it after Anthony died and it moved in ways that are hard to relay. I also immediately ran out to try kabob koobideh and tahdig.
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
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This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ?
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
February 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ?
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
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In entirely other news, I saw a ~500 year old narwhale tusk today
(Baddesley Clinton house, quite hidden away in a corner)
www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/343036
(Baddesley Clinton house, quite hidden away in a corner)
www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/343036
February 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
In entirely other news, I saw a ~500 year old narwhale tusk today
(Baddesley Clinton house, quite hidden away in a corner)
www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/343036
(Baddesley Clinton house, quite hidden away in a corner)
www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/343036
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Wait … they … 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙙 ???
This Politico story from last October shows how easy it is to launder lies through the press. It claimed Trump would ban anyone tied to Project 2025 from a job in a second Trump administration.
“Clearly people working on Project 2025 are blacklisted,” said an unidentified Trump insider. 1/4🧵
“Clearly people working on Project 2025 are blacklisted,” said an unidentified Trump insider. 1/4🧵
Trump team preps list of banned staffers
The names include conservatives linked to Project 2025 and Republicans viewed as disloyal to the former president.
www.politico.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Wait … they … 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙙 ???
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Ooo this is a good one ☺️
February 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ooo this is a good one ☺️
I was looking forward to a quiet retirement. Instead I have a front seat to the destruction of America. Damn.
February 9, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I was looking forward to a quiet retirement. Instead I have a front seat to the destruction of America. Damn.
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This has been the dream of white supremacists since the end of segregation.
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data
Closing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This has been the dream of white supremacists since the end of segregation.
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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All the people saying Trump can't do this or that because it's illegal and against the law or yadda yadda yadda don't realize that REPUBLICANS DON'T CARE. They have power. They will flex their power. This is why elections matter, folks.
February 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
All the people saying Trump can't do this or that because it's illegal and against the law or yadda yadda yadda don't realize that REPUBLICANS DON'T CARE. They have power. They will flex their power. This is why elections matter, folks.
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The State Department has fired about 60 contractors who work for its democracy, human rights and labor bureau, a division whose programs have often been criticized by authoritarian leaders, according to two U.S. officials and two former officials.
State Dept. Fires About 60 Contractors Working on Democracy and Human Rights
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The State Department has fired about 60 contractors who work for its democracy, human rights and labor bureau, a division whose programs have often been criticized by authoritarian leaders, according to two U.S. officials and two former officials.
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honestly think some of the hesitation here is that no one wants to sound like a crank. i was talking at an event last night and even i felt like a crank while i was speaking!
What if there were a coup, the US government fell to a drug-addled oligarch who seized control of our money, secrets, and levers of power, and Corporate media did not report on it?
February 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
honestly think some of the hesitation here is that no one wants to sound like a crank. i was talking at an event last night and even i felt like a crank while i was speaking!
The coup-ing continues. l.smartnews.com/p-iBWt4yl/Iv...
Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup? (The Nation)
The world’s richest man now has the power to override congressional spending decisions and access to private information about every US taxpayer.Elon Musk, o...
l.smartnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The coup-ing continues. l.smartnews.com/p-iBWt4yl/Iv...
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Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
From Heather Cox Richardson Democracy Awakening "To win, current Western-style civilizations must be completely reconfigured to put a few wealthy, white, Christian male leaders in charge" and to dismantle the administrative state and isolate the US. We're seeing this play out in real time now.
January 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
From Heather Cox Richardson Democracy Awakening "To win, current Western-style civilizations must be completely reconfigured to put a few wealthy, white, Christian male leaders in charge" and to dismantle the administrative state and isolate the US. We're seeing this play out in real time now.
What happened to us America? How did we let these people take over? And can we fix it? 2/2
January 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
What happened to us America? How did we let these people take over? And can we fix it? 2/2
Reading about Johnson’s Great Society…I remember growing up in the 60s and seeing such a hopeful future. I could never have predicted that I’d be facing retirement and the racists and oligarchs would be back in power, and be working to undo all progress since the New Deal. 1/2
January 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Reading about Johnson’s Great Society…I remember growing up in the 60s and seeing such a hopeful future. I could never have predicted that I’d be facing retirement and the racists and oligarchs would be back in power, and be working to undo all progress since the New Deal. 1/2
I think Liberal Consensus would be a great band name.
January 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I think Liberal Consensus would be a great band name.
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Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
And all the devils are here.
January 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
And all the devils are here.
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