NVR
@nvry.bsky.social
Writer. Geezer. Lover of maps and leaf shadow.
Been crabby and bratty my whole life.
Been crabby and bratty my whole life.
🎼Burn on, big river, burn on🎼 (gratia Randy Newman)
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🎼Burn on, big river, burn on🎼 (gratia Randy Newman)
Can someone tell me why we even listen to him?
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Can someone tell me why we even listen to him?
reasonable and useful description
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
reasonable and useful description
scandal bar is very, very low if you are not named Trump.
October 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
scandal bar is very, very low if you are not named Trump.
A reminder: time to watch Spike Lee’s brilliant, melancholy requiem, When the Levees Broke.
Friday, 8/29. HBO at 3:30 to 8 pm.
Stay angry. Never forget.
Friday, 8/29. HBO at 3:30 to 8 pm.
Stay angry. Never forget.
August 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A reminder: time to watch Spike Lee’s brilliant, melancholy requiem, When the Levees Broke.
Friday, 8/29. HBO at 3:30 to 8 pm.
Stay angry. Never forget.
Friday, 8/29. HBO at 3:30 to 8 pm.
Stay angry. Never forget.
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I might make it a habit to post this from time to time.
April 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I might make it a habit to post this from time to time.
Can somebody explain to me where the 275,000+ workers laid off in March are going to find jobs?
Thanks.
Thanks.
April 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Can somebody explain to me where the 275,000+ workers laid off in March are going to find jobs?
Thanks.
Thanks.
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We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
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Now THAT’s a headline, no notes
April 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Now THAT’s a headline, no notes
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Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
April 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
March 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
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Mexico President: 🇲🇽 "US Customs and Border Protection data show that 80% of those arrested for fentanyl trafficking at US ports of entry were US citizens" #cdnpoli
March 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Mexico President: 🇲🇽 "US Customs and Border Protection data show that 80% of those arrested for fentanyl trafficking at US ports of entry were US citizens" #cdnpoli
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THIS! IS SO GREAT! I MEAN SIERRA CLUB AND JAPANESE CITIZENS LEAGUE, TOGETHER AT LAST, TO TROUNCE MUSK. IT'S A GLORIOUS LAWSUIT WITH BOLD LANGUAGE.....
This new complaint against DOGE is truly cranked up to 11 from start to finish. What a way to start a lawsuit
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... h/t @mikesacks.bsky.social
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... h/t @mikesacks.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
THIS! IS SO GREAT! I MEAN SIERRA CLUB AND JAPANESE CITIZENS LEAGUE, TOGETHER AT LAST, TO TROUNCE MUSK. IT'S A GLORIOUS LAWSUIT WITH BOLD LANGUAGE.....
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Hold up your ✋ and repost this if you're participating…
February 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Hold up your ✋ and repost this if you're participating…
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The world is watching.
And convinced Americans can't be bothered. Too comfortable, too misinformed, too arrogant to realize what's actually happening to them, and through them, to all of us.
You have proven yourselves too naive to stop this coup. Prove us wrong. We beg of you.
#EconomicBlackout
And convinced Americans can't be bothered. Too comfortable, too misinformed, too arrogant to realize what's actually happening to them, and through them, to all of us.
You have proven yourselves too naive to stop this coup. Prove us wrong. We beg of you.
#EconomicBlackout
February 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The world is watching.
And convinced Americans can't be bothered. Too comfortable, too misinformed, too arrogant to realize what's actually happening to them, and through them, to all of us.
You have proven yourselves too naive to stop this coup. Prove us wrong. We beg of you.
#EconomicBlackout
And convinced Americans can't be bothered. Too comfortable, too misinformed, too arrogant to realize what's actually happening to them, and through them, to all of us.
You have proven yourselves too naive to stop this coup. Prove us wrong. We beg of you.
#EconomicBlackout
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Fealty to Donald Trump will not spare you from his cruelty.
It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts.
Now is the time for us to be strong.
It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts.
Now is the time for us to be strong.
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Fealty to Donald Trump will not spare you from his cruelty.
It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts.
Now is the time for us to be strong.
It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts.
Now is the time for us to be strong.
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new column: wrote about the irony of the fact that the same administration that is asserting a radical expansion of executive power is also the one that has given the united states its first co-president.
Opinion | If Trump Alone Can Fix It, What Is Elon Musk Doing? (Gift Article)
The president is handing over the viability of his second term to a figure who is accountable to no one but himself.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
new column: wrote about the irony of the fact that the same administration that is asserting a radical expansion of executive power is also the one that has given the united states its first co-president.
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I have to say it broke me a bit that these packets of lifesaving food assistance say on them: "From the American people"
The stuff is made in US factories by US workers. It's made from peanuts and dairy grown in the US.
Many of the packets say on them: "From the American people."
Saving lives and spreading American good will for a relative pittance: You might call this "efficiency."
newrepublic.com/article/1919...
Many of the packets say on them: "From the American people."
Saving lives and spreading American good will for a relative pittance: You might call this "efficiency."
newrepublic.com/article/1919...
February 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I have to say it broke me a bit that these packets of lifesaving food assistance say on them: "From the American people"
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I hope folks do it. I find bluesky info to be…not widely known
February 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I hope folks do it. I find bluesky info to be…not widely known
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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
February 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
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Sunday reading: Three questions to help us engage Trump’s dangerous outlandishness.
We need to resist the temptation to constantly rage against Trump’s latest antics – while making sure the silliness and buffoonery of Trumpism doesn’t obscure how dangerous the situation is.
This week’s piece:
We need to resist the temptation to constantly rage against Trump’s latest antics – while making sure the silliness and buffoonery of Trumpism doesn’t obscure how dangerous the situation is.
This week’s piece:
Navigating the Nonsense and Propaganda of Clownish Authoritarianism
Ignoring what Trump says won’t work. Constant outrage is not a viable strategy either. We must find a more productive way to engage Trump’s dangerous outlandishness
thomaszimmer.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Sunday reading: Three questions to help us engage Trump’s dangerous outlandishness.
We need to resist the temptation to constantly rage against Trump’s latest antics – while making sure the silliness and buffoonery of Trumpism doesn’t obscure how dangerous the situation is.
This week’s piece:
We need to resist the temptation to constantly rage against Trump’s latest antics – while making sure the silliness and buffoonery of Trumpism doesn’t obscure how dangerous the situation is.
This week’s piece: