Peter Longstocking
@peterspotts.bsky.social
Massage Therapist, Gardener, Student of herbal medicine.
Motto: "I've come to devalue the currency"
Motto: "I've come to devalue the currency"
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I think it's bad that the country is led by people who haven't had a real problem in their entire lives and couldn't get a regular job due to being too weird
April 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I think it's bad that the country is led by people who haven't had a real problem in their entire lives and couldn't get a regular job due to being too weird
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Reminder: If you’re sharing information, protect yourself. Documents and communications often contain hidden watermarks, intentional typos, odd punctuation, inconsistent spacing, or stylized phrasing—all designed to uniquely identify the source.
March 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Reminder: If you’re sharing information, protect yourself. Documents and communications often contain hidden watermarks, intentional typos, odd punctuation, inconsistent spacing, or stylized phrasing—all designed to uniquely identify the source.
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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
March 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
Oh yeah, right. That.
Insane.
Insane.
I'm sorry that @schumer.senate.gov and @cnn.com and @msnbc.com didn't know this before today: there is no compromising with Trump.
He is insane and his only human emotion is revenge and you cannot mitigate against it. There is only one path through: destroy his presidency.
He is insane and his only human emotion is revenge and you cannot mitigate against it. There is only one path through: destroy his presidency.
March 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Oh yeah, right. That.
Insane.
Insane.
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Paul Krugman “It has always been a mistake to trust anyone promising to run the government like a business. Businesses and government agencies have very different objectives, and even genuinely great business leaders”
DOGE is the Theranos of Cost-Cutting
And other notes from the Chaos
open.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Paul Krugman “It has always been a mistake to trust anyone promising to run the government like a business. Businesses and government agencies have very different objectives, and even genuinely great business leaders”
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Folks are asking, “what should I do in this moment?” One of the most passionate, progressive voices in Congress for 30 years, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden answers that question. Here’s our conversation, inside a replica of the Senate chamber at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute: youtu.be/n_nQ-Moa9fI?...
Weekend Bonus Edition of "The Jim Acosta Show" - my interview with Oregon Senator Ron Wyden
YouTube video by Jim Acosta
youtu.be
February 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Folks are asking, “what should I do in this moment?” One of the most passionate, progressive voices in Congress for 30 years, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden answers that question. Here’s our conversation, inside a replica of the Senate chamber at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute: youtu.be/n_nQ-Moa9fI?...
Wasted!
fear and loathing at cpac
listen to this. Elon can barely form a sentence right now.
February 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Wasted!
Good insights, Jamie.
@raskin.house.gov: "In that network of rightwing billionaire libertarian-turned-authoritarians, they are very open about the fact that they think democracy is obsolete, we're living in a post-Constitutional America, and they are trying to get everyone ready for a technostate monarchy."
February 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Good insights, Jamie.
Unitary Executive Bovine Excrement.
We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.
February 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Unitary Executive Bovine Excrement.
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A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.
February 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.
Listen up!
Pop quiz: People are saying the kid says “you’re not the president you need to go away” — do y’all hear it too?
February 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Listen up!
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Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
We got a DOGE staff list. From a McKinsey alum to a former Clarence Thomas clerk, here are the workers powering Elon Musk's cost-cutting squad.
A list of White House DOGE staffers shows about 30 young tech, finance, and legal professionals remaking the federal government.
www.businessinsider.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
Belle & Sebastian 'Nobody's Empire'
YouTube video by bellesglasgow
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Representative Mark Pocan, @pocan.house.gov, just introduced legislation to ban "special" government employees from federal contracts.
It's titled the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act.
ELON MUSK Act for short.
It's titled the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act.
ELON MUSK Act for short.
February 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Representative Mark Pocan, @pocan.house.gov, just introduced legislation to ban "special" government employees from federal contracts.
It's titled the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act.
ELON MUSK Act for short.
It's titled the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act.
ELON MUSK Act for short.
How much info do we assume he has? And, does this strategy make any sense? Under what cases?
ATTN: it might be a good idea to freeze your credit with all three agencies now that Musk has all your info. I froze mine long ago and it’s pretty easy to unfreeze temporarily if you need to.
February 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
How much info do we assume he has? And, does this strategy make any sense? Under what cases?
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this is a great start. and the energy of being a part of this helps offset that sense of doom and isolation. but just standing around outside and yelling putters out after a while.
at any case, glad it's started.
at any case, glad it's started.
The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.
February 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
this is a great start. and the energy of being a part of this helps offset that sense of doom and isolation. but just standing around outside and yelling putters out after a while.
at any case, glad it's started.
at any case, glad it's started.
This is what democracy looks like.
House and Senate Democrats are showing up in droves. Raskin, Pressley, Warren, Van Hollen to name a few.
Schumer too. The crowd erupted into a chant of “Shut down the Senate!” while he made his exit.
Schumer too. The crowd erupted into a chant of “Shut down the Senate!” while he made his exit.
February 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is what democracy looks like.
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This is what I think of as a specific kind of ignorance that heavily affects young white guys who work in tech. It says “i don’t know about this, so I assume no one else does either.” It’s new to them, so it must be new to everybody!
February 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is what I think of as a specific kind of ignorance that heavily affects young white guys who work in tech. It says “i don’t know about this, so I assume no one else does either.” It’s new to them, so it must be new to everybody!
February 3, 2025.
February 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
February 3, 2025.
From my nanu-nanu to yours.
February 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
From my nanu-nanu to yours.
I think this explains a lot.
February 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I think this explains a lot.
Updates on the breaking here from @altnps.bsky.social . Remember, only you can smash fascist desires.
Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.
February 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Updates on the breaking here from @altnps.bsky.social . Remember, only you can smash fascist desires.