Patrick Rolland
@prolland.bsky.social
Teacher, Learner, Gardener, Dog Walker. Just another guy on a bike.
Things always get a little weird when we go to Astoria for Crab and Wine Fest. This year was no exception.
April 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Things always get a little weird when we go to Astoria for Crab and Wine Fest. This year was no exception.
He's still going strong. Only about an hour away from breaking the record.
God bless Senator @booker.senate.gov ... 20 plus hours and counting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
He's still going strong. Only about an hour away from breaking the record.
Seventeen hours in and still going. If you aren't following this, you should be.
April 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Seventeen hours in and still going. If you aren't following this, you should be.
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I've devoted over 20 years to teaching persuasive writing to international students. Regardless of your politics, this is a great article. The article was intelligent, respectful, and thoughtful. These qualities should be commended, not criminalized.
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
Op-ed: Try again, President Kumar: Renewing calls for Tufts to adopt March 4 TCU Senate resolutions - The Tufts Daily
The independent student newspaper of Tufts University
www.tuftsdaily.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I've devoted over 20 years to teaching persuasive writing to international students. Regardless of your politics, this is a great article. The article was intelligent, respectful, and thoughtful. These qualities should be commended, not criminalized.
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
I keep reading these bleeding heart think pieces about how I should feel empathy and understanding for people who voted for Trump and now are feeling the pain of his policies. Let me be clear about this. I feel no empathy for them whatsoever.
March 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I keep reading these bleeding heart think pieces about how I should feel empathy and understanding for people who voted for Trump and now are feeling the pain of his policies. Let me be clear about this. I feel no empathy for them whatsoever.
I’m strongly considering moving to Canada. Would they have us or do they hate us all now? I wouldn’t blame them.
March 29, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I’m strongly considering moving to Canada. Would they have us or do they hate us all now? I wouldn’t blame them.
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Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
March 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
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‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
March 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
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The whole point is not just the state disappearing whoever they want, it's you being in the habit of accepting the state choosing whom to disappear, without question. It's submission to the state. Same as with Gitmo after 9/11. The state's judgment must not be questioned.
March 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The whole point is not just the state disappearing whoever they want, it's you being in the habit of accepting the state choosing whom to disappear, without question. It's submission to the state. Same as with Gitmo after 9/11. The state's judgment must not be questioned.
I woke up to find Alan Dershowitz reacted to a five-year-old comment I made about his defense of Trump during the impeachment hearings. What do you make of this? Is it an "I told you so," or is he having 2nd thoughts? Why might he be reading old comments on stories about him today of all days?
March 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I woke up to find Alan Dershowitz reacted to a five-year-old comment I made about his defense of Trump during the impeachment hearings. What do you make of this? Is it an "I told you so," or is he having 2nd thoughts? Why might he be reading old comments on stories about him today of all days?
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If Linda McMahon and the Department of Education believe in "efficiency and accountability" (after laying off half of the department), then I'm sure they'll gladly publish a list of every position that has been eliminated and why that position is no longer needed.
March 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
If Linda McMahon and the Department of Education believe in "efficiency and accountability" (after laying off half of the department), then I'm sure they'll gladly publish a list of every position that has been eliminated and why that position is no longer needed.
They talk openly and proudly of cutting entitlements and then deny it when you call them on it. If you wouldn't cut SS, why do you keep saying will? Do you think those cameras pointed at you don't work, or do you think we're too dumb to hear the words coming out of your mealy little mouth?
There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Elon Musk says he wants to “eliminate” programs like Social Security and Medicare: “Entitlements... That’s the big one to eliminate”
March 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
They talk openly and proudly of cutting entitlements and then deny it when you call them on it. If you wouldn't cut SS, why do you keep saying will? Do you think those cameras pointed at you don't work, or do you think we're too dumb to hear the words coming out of your mealy little mouth?
When we repeat the mistakes of the past, it's like failing an open book test.
March 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
When we repeat the mistakes of the past, it's like failing an open book test.
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“Zero deaths of people biking in 2024. Deaths of people walking halved compared to 2021. A full eight years of safety investments in construction or getting lined up at SDOT. We can do this.”
March 7, 2025 at 4:31 AM
“Zero deaths of people biking in 2024. Deaths of people walking halved compared to 2021. A full eight years of safety investments in construction or getting lined up at SDOT. We can do this.”
Seriously, who would ever trust us again once we show that every eight years, we will tear up our treaties and sell out our friends.
March 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Seriously, who would ever trust us again once we show that every eight years, we will tear up our treaties and sell out our friends.
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March 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The Seattle library online resources webpage is a trebuchet in a world of paywalls. www.spl.org/online-resou...
I'd like to take this moment to send a very special "Go fuck yourself!" to Donald Trump and every last asshole who voted for him. I hope you all choke to death on cheap bird flu eggs.
Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
www.reuters.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I'd like to take this moment to send a very special "Go fuck yourself!" to Donald Trump and every last asshole who voted for him. I hope you all choke to death on cheap bird flu eggs.
Here's looking at you, "The Washington Post."
The Onion Magazine:
Acts Of Profound And Unspeakable Evil Get A Bad Rap: Do They Really Deserve It?
Acts Of Profound And Unspeakable Evil Get A Bad Rap: Do They Really Deserve It?
March 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Here's looking at you, "The Washington Post."