Hollis Payer
@misshollis.bsky.social
Philadelphia. Fiddle-playing critter.
National Security Concerns
Say it three times and it all disappears
Say it three times and it all disappears
The Trump admin. ordered all five under-construction wind farms in the US to “suspend all ongoing activities” for 90 days, citing unspecified national security concerns.
‘Bonkers': DOI letter halts all five in-progress offshore wind farms
Construction will be paused for 90 days as Trump's Department of War and Interior Department coordinate to evaluate supposed "national security" risks.
www.canarymedia.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
National Security Concerns
Say it three times and it all disappears
Say it three times and it all disappears
Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
Federal agents are arresting American citizens.
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
December 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"It's wild how the press..." no. full stop. there is no "the press". It's corporate interests, down the line.
It’s wild how the press is ok with the president abusing the pardon power. That used to be one of the most scrutinized things about a presidency.
November 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"It's wild how the press..." no. full stop. there is no "the press". It's corporate interests, down the line.
Doncha just hate "silly stuff" like this?
ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Native American woman nearly deported after Polk County Jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
A Native American woman from Arizona was nearly deported by federal immigration officials after a clerical error at the Polk County Jail. The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous...
www.iowapublicradio.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Doncha just hate "silly stuff" like this?
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If you told me there was this amazing essay about Simon & Garfunkel & a horse farm I *needed* to read, I'd--well, I wouldn't. But damn, this is it, by Cassidy Exner, latest in series of young writers approaching the Trumpocene slant rhyme. callingallsyllables.substack.com/p/eddie-wher...
Eddie, Where Are You Calling From?
Evidence of the moment from a most peculiar archive
callingallsyllables.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
If you told me there was this amazing essay about Simon & Garfunkel & a horse farm I *needed* to read, I'd--well, I wouldn't. But damn, this is it, by Cassidy Exner, latest in series of young writers approaching the Trumpocene slant rhyme. callingallsyllables.substack.com/p/eddie-wher...
Hell yeah
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Hell yeah
Dick Durbin (IL)
John Fetterman (PA)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) Jacky Rosen (NV)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Tim Kaine (VA)
Angus King (ME)
John Fetterman (PA)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) Jacky Rosen (NV)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Tim Kaine (VA)
Angus King (ME)
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Dick Durbin (IL)
John Fetterman (PA)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) Jacky Rosen (NV)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Tim Kaine (VA)
Angus King (ME)
John Fetterman (PA)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) Jacky Rosen (NV)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Tim Kaine (VA)
Angus King (ME)
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Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
As I eagerly wait to borrow the last of Pullman's "Dust" trilogy, I'll ponder the improbability of panpsychism
Is matter conscious? app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/144378...
Is the universe conscious? Philip Pullman thinks so…
It’s fun to entertain the possibility of panpsychism – that all the physical things around you have some level of experience. But that doesn’t mean it’s how reality works
app.thenewworld.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As I eagerly wait to borrow the last of Pullman's "Dust" trilogy, I'll ponder the improbability of panpsychism
Good thing we've got UK publications to report the news in the US
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Good thing we've got UK publications to report the news in the US
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Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him
October 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him
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NEW: Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys joins the Home of the Brave advisory board.
“Growing up here in Massachusetts, you learn to never take shit from a bully...Trump's a bully who's bad for America, and it's time to stand up to him."
“Growing up here in Massachusetts, you learn to never take shit from a bully...Trump's a bully who's bad for America, and it's time to stand up to him."
October 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
NEW: Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys joins the Home of the Brave advisory board.
“Growing up here in Massachusetts, you learn to never take shit from a bully...Trump's a bully who's bad for America, and it's time to stand up to him."
“Growing up here in Massachusetts, you learn to never take shit from a bully...Trump's a bully who's bad for America, and it's time to stand up to him."
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The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
effing stop it already
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
effing stop it already
HAHA MAHA USA
October 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
HAHA MAHA USA
Trump's people are organizing a panic again. This time it's "antifa".
The Truth about Panics
One is being generated right now
snyder.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Trump's people are organizing a panic again. This time it's "antifa".
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“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
October 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
Due process?
Rule of law?
Rule of law?
Here is an unlocked NYT summary of Ian Roberts's detention, deleted prior post to avoid sharing unconfirmed records referencing his whereabouts before 2022
Des Moines Schools Chief Is Detained and Accused of Living in U.S. Illegally
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Due process?
Rule of law?
Rule of law?
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yall know who piss me off? cinderella.
like bitch this yo daddy house, stand tf up.
like bitch this yo daddy house, stand tf up.
September 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
yall know who piss me off? cinderella.
like bitch this yo daddy house, stand tf up.
like bitch this yo daddy house, stand tf up.
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Oh great, Disney scheduled Jimmy Kimmel’s return the same night as the rapture. Decisions. 🤔
September 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Oh great, Disney scheduled Jimmy Kimmel’s return the same night as the rapture. Decisions. 🤔
Have you heard the story of King Midas?
A 12-foot golden statue of Donald Trump holding a Bitcoin was unveiled outside the US Capitol
September 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Have you heard the story of King Midas?
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The more they treat it like the Reichstag Fire to more it seems like the Reichstag Fire.
September 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The more they treat it like the Reichstag Fire to more it seems like the Reichstag Fire.
I feel seen.
I have a supremely bad attitude today and I acknowledge that. But the literal last thing that I need from Apple is new fucking hardware. I need the software to work. I need speech to text to work. I need my phone to stop trying to text the last photo I took every time I set the phone down. (WHY.)
September 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I feel seen.
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remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
ANY book shipping from US to UK is labeled obscene ?
Shipping books internationally in the US: a Cautionary Tale
This past Friday, my wife went down to our local post office (NE #Ohio) to ship a couple of our book orders
(I write lots of books, mainly on paranormal topics like ghosts)
One was headed to the UK
(1/??)
This past Friday, my wife went down to our local post office (NE #Ohio) to ship a couple of our book orders
(I write lots of books, mainly on paranormal topics like ghosts)
One was headed to the UK
(1/??)
August 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
ANY book shipping from US to UK is labeled obscene ?