toddo of SF
@mayorofcrankytown.bsky.social
GenX gay/queer. Rural at heart; have lived in SF 25+ years. Love books & reading, all music, natural world. Left policies/values, but 🚫 performative politics. Social democracy, queer culture, post-denominational judaism, pop culture, men 😏
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I really appreciated this thoughtful piece about Ta-Nehisi Coates & Ezra Klein. Andrea Pitzer says “lost” folks like Klein “don’t have a clear idea how this moment fits into history and what it is exactly that they’re doing”. [degenerateart.beehiiv.com]
You don’t have to swallow frogs
Klein and Coates show that if you don’t know what your core beliefs are, you’re going to get played.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I really appreciated this thoughtful piece about Ta-Nehisi Coates & Ezra Klein. Andrea Pitzer says “lost” folks like Klein “don’t have a clear idea how this moment fits into history and what it is exactly that they’re doing”. [degenerateart.beehiiv.com]
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My mood when it comes to the National Guard and the Marines’ invasion of LA…
June 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
My mood when it comes to the National Guard and the Marines’ invasion of LA…
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Attend tomorrow’s “Know Your Rights” training with the @aclu.org to help keep No Kings protests safe and non-violent on Saturday: act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
También disponible en Español: act.aclu.org/a/taller-par...
También disponible en Español: act.aclu.org/a/taller-par...
Know Your Rights Training: Get Ready for June 14
Take action with ACLU People Power!
act.aclu.org
June 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Attend tomorrow’s “Know Your Rights” training with the @aclu.org to help keep No Kings protests safe and non-violent on Saturday: act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
También disponible en Español: act.aclu.org/a/taller-par...
También disponible en Español: act.aclu.org/a/taller-par...
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For decades the NRA and other gun nuts told us that their guns were to protect us all from a tyrannical government. So a tyrannical government is here, they are all sitting on their asses, and the people who want gun control have taken to the streets to defy the tyrannical government instead.
June 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
For decades the NRA and other gun nuts told us that their guns were to protect us all from a tyrannical government. So a tyrannical government is here, they are all sitting on their asses, and the people who want gun control have taken to the streets to defy the tyrannical government instead.
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If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
1-877-447-4487
June 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
1-877-447-4487
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the song about how great the YMCA is as the opening track of an album called “Cruisin’” in which everyone is dressed as a Tom of Finland archetype!??
TRY ME BABY I KNOW THE LAW
TRY ME BABY I KNOW THE LAW
Just don't call "YMCA" a gay anthem or the Cop will sue.
April 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
the song about how great the YMCA is as the opening track of an album called “Cruisin’” in which everyone is dressed as a Tom of Finland archetype!??
TRY ME BABY I KNOW THE LAW
TRY ME BABY I KNOW THE LAW
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Proud to be among sixty-nine faculty members at Rutgers Law School who signed on to the Harvard letter (h/t @beidelson.bsky.social) affirming our commitment to the rule of law.
And I want to highlight something unique our school is doing that I hope will become a model for other schools.
And I want to highlight something unique our school is doing that I hope will become a model for other schools.
April 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Proud to be among sixty-nine faculty members at Rutgers Law School who signed on to the Harvard letter (h/t @beidelson.bsky.social) affirming our commitment to the rule of law.
And I want to highlight something unique our school is doing that I hope will become a model for other schools.
And I want to highlight something unique our school is doing that I hope will become a model for other schools.
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One sign that we are living under an authoritarian regime is that a lot of people are acting like they are living under an authoritarian regime.
The fear among academics and lawyers now talking on the record on just about any topic that involves the federal government or the White House is really extraordinary and worrisome, and getting worse, it seems to me, every week. Dissent by an establishment figures becoming verboten in the US
April 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
One sign that we are living under an authoritarian regime is that a lot of people are acting like they are living under an authoritarian regime.
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
@indivisible.org is asking for people to call their senators and demand they call for Chuck Schumer to step down as Senate minority leader. Schumer’s interview tonight on MSNBC shows amply that he is so far behind reality that he will condemn us to dictatorship.
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
March 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
@indivisible.org is asking for people to call their senators and demand they call for Chuck Schumer to step down as Senate minority leader. Schumer’s interview tonight on MSNBC shows amply that he is so far behind reality that he will condemn us to dictatorship.
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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"Why isn’t he doing everything possible to fight back against this constitutional crisis that we’re facing? Your interview was the first time I’ve actually gotten a clear answer to that: And it’s because he doesn’t believe it’s yet a constitutional crisis." - @ezralevin.bsky.social on Sen. Schumer
March 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"Why isn’t he doing everything possible to fight back against this constitutional crisis that we’re facing? Your interview was the first time I’ve actually gotten a clear answer to that: And it’s because he doesn’t believe it’s yet a constitutional crisis." - @ezralevin.bsky.social on Sen. Schumer
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
I mostly just follow cute guys. I pick tv shows and movies using the same criteria. Also ASMR youtubes.
March 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I mostly just follow cute guys. I pick tv shows and movies using the same criteria. Also ASMR youtubes.
Describe your account in one Simpsons image.
March 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Describe your account in one Simpsons image.
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Did Zelensky Wear Armani?
Marge’s boyfriend tried to be cute.
Ignoring Musk, “You’re not in a suit!”
Zelensky crushed about what he wore,
“I will wear a costume after this war.”
Marge’s boyfriend tried to be cute.
Ignoring Musk, “You’re not in a suit!”
Zelensky crushed about what he wore,
“I will wear a costume after this war.”
March 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Did Zelensky Wear Armani?
Marge’s boyfriend tried to be cute.
Ignoring Musk, “You’re not in a suit!”
Zelensky crushed about what he wore,
“I will wear a costume after this war.”
Marge’s boyfriend tried to be cute.
Ignoring Musk, “You’re not in a suit!”
Zelensky crushed about what he wore,
“I will wear a costume after this war.”
If the Executive can create new agencies and gut the legal agencies created by Congress, make new laws by fiat, there is no constitutional crisis: because the constitutional democracy is DOA. I’m not saying we can’t fight to get it back; but we are not currently a functioning democracy.
February 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
If the Executive can create new agencies and gut the legal agencies created by Congress, make new laws by fiat, there is no constitutional crisis: because the constitutional democracy is DOA. I’m not saying we can’t fight to get it back; but we are not currently a functioning democracy.
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Watching John Oliver and I gotta say, the part on conservatives complaining about being censored is great.
Conservatives are censored the same way I censor my dog by making her shit in the yard instead of on the couch.
Conservatives are censored the same way I censor my dog by making her shit in the yard instead of on the couch.
February 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Watching John Oliver and I gotta say, the part on conservatives complaining about being censored is great.
Conservatives are censored the same way I censor my dog by making her shit in the yard instead of on the couch.
Conservatives are censored the same way I censor my dog by making her shit in the yard instead of on the couch.
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Sign of the day…
February 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sign of the day…
You in high school vs you now
February 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
You in high school vs you now
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I owe the television part of my career to @joyannreid.bsky.social, as do so many other Black voices y'all never would have heard of if not for her.
And *that's* why she's gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.
And *that's* why she's gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.
February 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I owe the television part of my career to @joyannreid.bsky.social, as do so many other Black voices y'all never would have heard of if not for her.
And *that's* why she's gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.
And *that's* why she's gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.
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Melissa Harris-Perry. Tiffany Cross. Alex Wagner. Joy Reid.
I'm sure there's a pattern here but I can't quite put my finger on what it could be. (/s)
I'm sure there's a pattern here but I can't quite put my finger on what it could be. (/s)
February 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Melissa Harris-Perry. Tiffany Cross. Alex Wagner. Joy Reid.
I'm sure there's a pattern here but I can't quite put my finger on what it could be. (/s)
I'm sure there's a pattern here but I can't quite put my finger on what it could be. (/s)
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He was not WHITE for the job.
February 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
He was not WHITE for the job.
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Obama knew
February 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Obama knew
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.