David Gaines, D.M.A. Ⓥ 🏑
@natsandcats.bsky.social
Classical composer | Retired field hockey player | Animal defender | Ferret whisperer | Esperanto speaker | Vegan | Northwestern/American/Johns Hopkins alumnus | Nationals/Wizards fan | @socialcosplay is still the greatest | Say hi at davidgainesmusic.com
Happy #InternationalAnimalRightsDay! Please consider a vegan meal today.
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Happy #InternationalAnimalRightsDay! Please consider a vegan meal today.
In Maryland? Send an email urging your State Delegates and State Senator to draw a Congressional map that will counteract MAGA Republican efforts in other states: act.standupamerica.com/letters/md-v...
Maryland Should Fight Trump’s Election Rigging Scheme
While Trump works to rig the rules in his favor, Maryland is one of the few states where Democratic elected officials can fight back.
act.standupamerica.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
In Maryland? Send an email urging your State Delegates and State Senator to draw a Congressional map that will counteract MAGA Republican efforts in other states: act.standupamerica.com/letters/md-v...
Thank you so much to everyone who listened to my music on Spotify (and elsewhere) this year. There were large percentage increases in all categories which is quite gratifying.
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who listened to my music on Spotify (and elsewhere) this year. There were large percentage increases in all categories which is quite gratifying.
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Don't know the final results here but looking like maybe a 15 pt swing toward the Dems from 2024. You absolutely can't extrapolate a special election to a midterm. But that kind of flip in a special is a Defcon 1, we're all going to die type warning for the House GOP.
December 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Don't know the final results here but looking like maybe a 15 pt swing toward the Dems from 2024. You absolutely can't extrapolate a special election to a midterm. But that kind of flip in a special is a Defcon 1, we're all going to die type warning for the House GOP.
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‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
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My legal team will be in federal court in North Carolina today fighting against the state's unconstitutional redrawn congressional map. Before you listen to those in the GOP who say we can't win, ask Texas how that worked out for them.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My legal team will be in federal court in North Carolina today fighting against the state's unconstitutional redrawn congressional map. Before you listen to those in the GOP who say we can't win, ask Texas how that worked out for them.
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“But the wait times”, I hear the detractors of nationalised health schemes say, as I snag an appointment for a doctor at the earliest available time which is 9 months in the future.
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“But the wait times”, I hear the detractors of nationalised health schemes say, as I snag an appointment for a doctor at the earliest available time which is 9 months in the future.
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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Overreliance on the internet to control your everyday life = no bueno
The AWS outage bricked people's $2,700 smartbeds, leaving them in a reclining position or with the heat up. People were unable to use them, basically. A GitHub repo exists that lets people operate their beds without reliance on the normal infrastructure
www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...
www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...
The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds
When Amazon Web Services went offline, people lost control of their cloud-connected smart beds, getting stuck in reclined positions or roasting with the heat turned all the way up.
www.404media.co
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Overreliance on the internet to control your everyday life = no bueno
Not The Onion
The worship is out of hand.
5th Grade Teacher's Homework Packet About Charlie Kirk Has Parents Outraged
www.comicsands.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Not The Onion
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JD Vance doth protest too much about group chats where Republican staffers are “just joking” about putting people they don’t like in gas chambers.
October 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
JD Vance doth protest too much about group chats where Republican staffers are “just joking” about putting people they don’t like in gas chambers.
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It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
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Ultimately, the death of US manufacturing is about this attitude. It's easy to say "buy american or stfu" because virtue signaling is free. But it's hard to actually sustain a business because many Americans simply don't want to pay what it costs to produce things ethically in this country
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Ultimately, the death of US manufacturing is about this attitude. It's easy to say "buy american or stfu" because virtue signaling is free. But it's hard to actually sustain a business because many Americans simply don't want to pay what it costs to produce things ethically in this country
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Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.
October 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.
....."globalist" being dogwhistle code for "Jew" amongst the antisemitic crowd.
DHS appears to suggest that it will deny citizenship to "globalists"
October 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
....."globalist" being dogwhistle code for "Jew" amongst the antisemitic crowd.
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RIP Jane Goodall. There's so much to say about her career, her activism, her science. Primatology was the home of so many bigoted approaches to race, gender, and animality when she arrived and the field became more humane because of her. A truly transformative figure.
October 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
RIP Jane Goodall. There's so much to say about her career, her activism, her science. Primatology was the home of so many bigoted approaches to race, gender, and animality when she arrived and the field became more humane because of her. A truly transformative figure.
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If you're upset about Jimmy Kimmel being "canceled," I'm sure you were just as furious when you heard about Joy Reid
and Tiffany Cross
or Amber Ruffin
or Karen Attiah
or Jemele Hill
Because Kimmel might still have a job if you were
and Tiffany Cross
or Amber Ruffin
or Karen Attiah
or Jemele Hill
Because Kimmel might still have a job if you were
Black Women, White Apathy and Why a Leopard Ate Jimmy Kimmel's Face
Jimmy Kimmel is not a victim of "cancel culture." But he is the perfect example of what happens when white people are silent in the face of racism.
dlvr.it
September 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you're upset about Jimmy Kimmel being "canceled," I'm sure you were just as furious when you heard about Joy Reid
and Tiffany Cross
or Amber Ruffin
or Karen Attiah
or Jemele Hill
Because Kimmel might still have a job if you were
and Tiffany Cross
or Amber Ruffin
or Karen Attiah
or Jemele Hill
Because Kimmel might still have a job if you were
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I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020
A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.
www.texastribune.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
Frank Zeidler, J. Henry Stump, and Jasper McLevy are applauding from the great beyond.
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul endorses NYC Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
Opinion | Kathy Hochul: Why I Am Endorsing Zohran Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Frank Zeidler, J. Henry Stump, and Jasper McLevy are applauding from the great beyond.
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
Happy National #FieldHockey Day to all who enjoy the world's 3rd most popular sport! 🏑
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Happy National #FieldHockey Day to all who enjoy the world's 3rd most popular sport! 🏑
me the same, only about northwestern instead
My dad first signed up for Twitter to follow live sports and he’s a freak about U of I. One day he said to me “Twitter is abuzz about Illini golf,” and I was like dude you only follow Illini sports accounts. And that’s how every reporter feels Charlie Kirk was the most important person in the world.
September 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
me the same, only about northwestern instead
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"He reviled, belittled, and demeaned large numbers of my fellow Americans, but he was quite cordial to me" sets my teeth on edge.
September 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"He reviled, belittled, and demeaned large numbers of my fellow Americans, but he was quite cordial to me" sets my teeth on edge.
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Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way.
September 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way.
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We will likely see the GOP and an enabling media spin Charlie Kirk as an affable Alex P. Keaton who energized young people on student campuses. This view can easily cement itself, as most Americans aren't terminally online and aren't aware of the specifics of what he said and believed.
September 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
We will likely see the GOP and an enabling media spin Charlie Kirk as an affable Alex P. Keaton who energized young people on student campuses. This view can easily cement itself, as most Americans aren't terminally online and aren't aware of the specifics of what he said and believed.