(((J.L.R. Lessard)))
@luftmensch4life.bsky.social
Tired. Often wrong but never in doubt. All roads lead to the Grateful Dead. I’m very political so don’t feel the need to follow back. 🇮🇱🇺🇸🇺🇦Comic books! Literature! Own physical media. Spending the rest of my life learning and listening.
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These are the times that try (wo)men’s souls.
Take some refuge in poetry, music, literature, talks and smiles around a dinner table. Smell the earth after the rains.
Then get back out there and fight harder and harder for all that is worth fighting for.
Take some refuge in poetry, music, literature, talks and smiles around a dinner table. Smell the earth after the rains.
Then get back out there and fight harder and harder for all that is worth fighting for.
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They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
Homan: "We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming."
March 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
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Be the world you want.
Be it big, be it small. Be it even if they try to take it away from you.
Be it big, be it small. Be it even if they try to take it away from you.
March 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Be the world you want.
Be it big, be it small. Be it even if they try to take it away from you.
Be it big, be it small. Be it even if they try to take it away from you.
And it’s the first step to normalizing hatred of protected groups. Hatred leads to a very dark and dangerous place, most especially when it is sanctioned by the ruling class.
This is a dark history repeating itself.
This is a dark history repeating itself.
A reminder that this entire Trans Panic thing is just another shitty step in a long history of fake panics completely invented by political hacks.
Trans people are very likely not affecting your lives at all and they certainly are not the cause of any problems on a national level. It's BULLSHIT.
Trans people are very likely not affecting your lives at all and they certainly are not the cause of any problems on a national level. It's BULLSHIT.
March 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
And it’s the first step to normalizing hatred of protected groups. Hatred leads to a very dark and dangerous place, most especially when it is sanctioned by the ruling class.
This is a dark history repeating itself.
This is a dark history repeating itself.
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VARNEY: Can you deport a legal immigrant?
HOMAN: Absolutely we can
HOMAN: Absolutely we can
March 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
VARNEY: Can you deport a legal immigrant?
HOMAN: Absolutely we can
HOMAN: Absolutely we can
This is an emerging pattern that, I believe, is a stress test for the system to see if the American public cares or if it will allow this to continue.
This is the direct line to disappearing people. It is THE five alarm fire of our moment.
This is the direct line to disappearing people. It is THE five alarm fire of our moment.
Deeply concerning news about our friend and former BF teammate Rebecca Burke whose backpacking trip to the US has ended with her being detained by ICE for over ten days, with no clear timeline for her release. Please read her father's statement here: www.facebook.com/paulrburke
March 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is an emerging pattern that, I believe, is a stress test for the system to see if the American public cares or if it will allow this to continue.
This is the direct line to disappearing people. It is THE five alarm fire of our moment.
This is the direct line to disappearing people. It is THE five alarm fire of our moment.
What made us rich and powerful was a commitment to building the middle class, to the freedoms of speech, assembly, the right to vote, and our slow steady march toward equal justice for all.
To remove any or all of these is to see a great nation in rapid decline.
To remove any or all of these is to see a great nation in rapid decline.
March 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
What made us rich and powerful was a commitment to building the middle class, to the freedoms of speech, assembly, the right to vote, and our slow steady march toward equal justice for all.
To remove any or all of these is to see a great nation in rapid decline.
To remove any or all of these is to see a great nation in rapid decline.
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
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You guys. As a member of the Oregon Trail generation, I just.
Dysentery cases on the rise in the Portland area: 40 new cases reported in January alone
Cases of dysentery have consistently been on the rise in the Portland, Oregon area year-over-year since 2012, officials said.
www.usatoday.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
You guys. As a member of the Oregon Trail generation, I just.
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I pull no punches in my second article of the day. I refuse to side with Trump-supporting Nazis and just "come together" to support criminal billionaires.
Get fucked, MAGA. 🖕😡🖕
themouthyrenegadewriter.substack.com/p/trumpers-s...
Get fucked, MAGA. 🖕😡🖕
themouthyrenegadewriter.substack.com/p/trumpers-s...
Trumpers Saying We Should Unite Can Fuck Right Off
I Don’t Unite With Nazi-Supporting Pukes
themouthyrenegadewriter.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I pull no punches in my second article of the day. I refuse to side with Trump-supporting Nazis and just "come together" to support criminal billionaires.
Get fucked, MAGA. 🖕😡🖕
themouthyrenegadewriter.substack.com/p/trumpers-s...
Get fucked, MAGA. 🖕😡🖕
themouthyrenegadewriter.substack.com/p/trumpers-s...
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This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
@aoc.bsky.social
Please explain what just happened. Is there no way to stop this w the reconciliation to be used by GOP to get around the filibuster? Are we sunk?
Please explain what just happened. Is there no way to stop this w the reconciliation to be used by GOP to get around the filibuster? Are we sunk?
February 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
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I can't wait for this to be the reason i get banned on twitter
February 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I can't wait for this to be the reason i get banned on twitter
Me, smashing a room full of grandfather clocks: “We’re gonna be able to transform how time works”
Johnson: "Elon's cracked the code. He's now inside these agencies. He's created these algorithms that are constantly crawling through the data & as he told me in his office, data doesn't lie. We're gonna be able to get the information. We're gonna be able to transform the way federal govt works."
February 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Me, smashing a room full of grandfather clocks: “We’re gonna be able to transform how time works”
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Scariest guy in the video is the man seated in her row who gets up to give access to the Sheriff & the 3 men, and then just walks away.
We’re gonna see a lot of that, I fear.
We’re gonna see a lot of that, I fear.
February 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Scariest guy in the video is the man seated in her row who gets up to give access to the Sheriff & the 3 men, and then just walks away.
We’re gonna see a lot of that, I fear.
We’re gonna see a lot of that, I fear.
Well said.
Far-right politics is about indulging people who are too lazy, selfish, or stupid to tolerate discomfort - the discomfort of learning, thinking, and thinking critically about how you interact with a complicated and uncertain world.
I suspect this is a HUGELY underestimated factor in radicalization. If you look at, say, QAnon boards, it’s not really folks looking for scapegoats for their dire material circumstances. It’s middle-class people with boring lives who want to imagine they’re in The Parallax View.
February 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Well said.
Another reason to buy physical media. You pay for something, you should own it until you sell it, gift it, or choose to throw it away.
Dark Horse Digital is shutting down, with comics no longer available to purchase from the publisher's platform.
Dark Horse Digital is shutting down
Comics are no longer available for purchase from Dark Horse's digital storefront, which will close eventually, while support for the iOS app is ending in March.
www.comicsbeat.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Another reason to buy physical media. You pay for something, you should own it until you sell it, gift it, or choose to throw it away.
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🤣I fucking love Senator Mark Kelly’s response because it perfectly highlights the contrast between Elon’s arrogance and fake confidence and the reality, which is that he’s just a freaking coward.
February 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🤣I fucking love Senator Mark Kelly’s response because it perfectly highlights the contrast between Elon’s arrogance and fake confidence and the reality, which is that he’s just a freaking coward.
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The writers room has really outdone itself this time.
NEW — 19-year-old DOGE engineer Edward Coristine turns out to be the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov, who played a role in a sprawling 1980s espionage saga.
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
Prominent DOGE Staffer Is Grandson Of Turncoat KGB Spy
Edward “Big Balls” Coristine happens to be the descendant of Valery Martynov, a KGB agent who spied for the US.
www.jacobsilverman.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The writers room has really outdone itself this time.
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it's really saying something that this is how an apparent friend explains Elon's goals www.vanityfair.com/news/story/e...
February 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
it's really saying something that this is how an apparent friend explains Elon's goals www.vanityfair.com/news/story/e...
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"Only a revived faith in who we are, what we have been, what we have achieved can provide the energy, purpose, and direction to help us find the courage and determination to perpetuate our special democracy." It's over when we give up.
Don’t Give Up on America
No previous generation abandoned this country’s ideals. We shouldn’t, either.
www.thebulwark.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Only a revived faith in who we are, what we have been, what we have achieved can provide the energy, purpose, and direction to help us find the courage and determination to perpetuate our special democracy." It's over when we give up.
When I’m feeling nostalgic for the way America was, I mean suits to go out, glass bottles of milk delivered by a milkman. Comic books.
Not “I wish 3/4 of my neighbors didn’t live near me because they’re a different race or economic level”.
Not “I wish 3/4 of my neighbors didn’t live near me because they’re a different race or economic level”.
February 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
When I’m feeling nostalgic for the way America was, I mean suits to go out, glass bottles of milk delivered by a milkman. Comic books.
Not “I wish 3/4 of my neighbors didn’t live near me because they’re a different race or economic level”.
Not “I wish 3/4 of my neighbors didn’t live near me because they’re a different race or economic level”.
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🚨🚨If you use kindle, Download your books before Amazon removes the ability next week. That is your money you spent and those are your books. 🚨🚨
February 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🚨🚨If you use kindle, Download your books before Amazon removes the ability next week. That is your money you spent and those are your books. 🚨🚨
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This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
They Are a Minority
Get your mind right.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
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I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths
February 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths