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“technically anything we see…is a sight”. What are we to do? Peace loving, Live music, travel, boater, nature, normcore 4life, tsundoku, anti-racist! #pacificnw #seattle #resist #wa #pnw #snohomish
Am I laughing or crying at this. Bit of both perhaps?
AI in a nutshell
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Am I laughing or crying at this. Bit of both perhaps?
youtube.com/watch?v=K6qj... year after year
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (Official Video)
YouTube video by Pink Floyd
youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=K6qj... year after year
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I just watched Donald Trump’s address to the nation so that you don’t have to.
Simply put: it was a campaign rally that the networks were duped into covering.
It was filled with lies, and I debunked them for you here. Subscribe to support my work. That was not normal.
Simply put: it was a campaign rally that the networks were duped into covering.
It was filled with lies, and I debunked them for you here. Subscribe to support my work. That was not normal.
I Watched Donald Trump's Speech So You Don't Have To: Here's What You Missed
Newsflash: shame on the media for allowing this to run in full.
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I just watched Donald Trump’s address to the nation so that you don’t have to.
Simply put: it was a campaign rally that the networks were duped into covering.
It was filled with lies, and I debunked them for you here. Subscribe to support my work. That was not normal.
Simply put: it was a campaign rally that the networks were duped into covering.
It was filled with lies, and I debunked them for you here. Subscribe to support my work. That was not normal.
It’s the only choice for a night like tonight!
Spinal Tap 1 & 2 are both currently available on HBO. In fact, they're both on tonight.
December 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It’s the only choice for a night like tonight!
The slope of the decline approaches infinity and yet every day I think it can’t get worse. Mistakenly.
it's very hard to distinguish between Trump's cognitive decline and his cognitive never-having-inclined
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The slope of the decline approaches infinity and yet every day I think it can’t get worse. Mistakenly.
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“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” --Anne Lamott
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” --Anne Lamott
There’s always another post.
Remember when Tulsi Gabbard said this? And Trump reposted it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
There’s always another post.
We don’t deserve dogs or Bill Nye.
I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We don’t deserve dogs or Bill Nye.
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4 qualities of winning anti-authoritarian movements:
1. Build a large participation base that builds momentum.
2. Elicit loyalty shifts in key pillars of support.
3. Maintain resilience even as repression escalates.
4. Innovate a new range of tactics that can impose direct material costs.
1. Build a large participation base that builds momentum.
2. Elicit loyalty shifts in key pillars of support.
3. Maintain resilience even as repression escalates.
4. Innovate a new range of tactics that can impose direct material costs.
Beth Macy never thought she would run for Congress. But she knows democracy is on the line and couldn't resist the pleas of those who believe she's the only candidate who can beat the awful Ben Cline.
And if she flips this red seat in western Virginia, no more Speaker Johnson.
And if she flips this red seat in western Virginia, no more Speaker Johnson.
Update your bingo card
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
4 qualities of winning anti-authoritarian movements:
1. Build a large participation base that builds momentum.
2. Elicit loyalty shifts in key pillars of support.
3. Maintain resilience even as repression escalates.
4. Innovate a new range of tactics that can impose direct material costs.
1. Build a large participation base that builds momentum.
2. Elicit loyalty shifts in key pillars of support.
3. Maintain resilience even as repression escalates.
4. Innovate a new range of tactics that can impose direct material costs.
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HAPPENING NOW: Thousands have flooded the streets of D.C. for the “Remove the Regime” rally.
Crowds are chanting “IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE” and “LOCK HIM UP.”
Crowds are chanting “IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE” and “LOCK HIM UP.”
November 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Thousands have flooded the streets of D.C. for the “Remove the Regime” rally.
Crowds are chanting “IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE” and “LOCK HIM UP.”
Crowds are chanting “IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE” and “LOCK HIM UP.”
The horrors persist, but so do I!
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The horrors persist, but so do I!
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Overturn citizens united!
•Decentralize federal law enforcement by making quasi independent agencies at state level
•Revise, update and/or modernize the US constitution to incorporate additional checks and balances against coups
•Eliminate all donations for elections
•Revise, update and/or modernize the US constitution to incorporate additional checks and balances against coups
•Eliminate all donations for elections
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Overturn citizens united!
Primary!
These are the Senators who voted to end the Shutdown in exchange for…. um… an empty promise? (Hint: Rs haven’t been great at pinky promises lately)
👏 BUT to all the Democratic senators who held the line - call them tomorrow to thank them!
👏 BUT to all the Democratic senators who held the line - call them tomorrow to thank them!
If Chuck Schumer was a stronger leader, he would have been able to convince most of these senators to hold the line.
I’m terribly disappointed in him.
I’m terribly disappointed in him.
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Primary!
Pritzker!
Some moments call for statesmanship. And sometimes you just need a guy from Chicago, Illinois.
From the top rope
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Pritzker!
This might be how i do all my holiday shopping this year.
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I will be waiting for you on Etsy or in DM, shipping worldwide✈️
I will be waiting for you on Etsy or in DM, shipping worldwide✈️
These are jewelry made in 🇺🇦Ukraine. My creativity is my life!✨️🪡🧵
I ask you to share and like - this is the only way for the algorithms to show my work to the world!
Your support saves my art!
If you like something, you can order on Etsy or in DM:
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#SupportUkraine
I ask you to share and like - this is the only way for the algorithms to show my work to the world!
Your support saves my art!
If you like something, you can order on Etsy or in DM:
www.etsy.com/shop/NadiiaJ...
💙💛🪡🧵✨️
#SupportUkraine
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This might be how i do all my holiday shopping this year.
Extremely motivated!
The key stat is this one: “Extremely motivated” to vote in 2026:
Dems: 67%
Reps: 46%
www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...
Dems: 67%
Reps: 46%
www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...
Democrats are more enthusiastic about the midterms as Trump’s approval hits second-term low, CNN poll finds | CNN Politics
One year out from the midterm elections, the Democratic Party holds a sizable enthusiasm advantage as views of President Donald Trump dip further into negative territory, according to a new CNN poll c...
www.cnn.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Extremely motivated!
Typical!
Diplomatic Talks Break Down Between Trump, Motion-Activated Ghost Decoration
Diplomatic Talks Break Down Between Trump, Motion-Activated Ghost Decoration
WASHINGTON—In what they described as a disappointing turn in the ongoing negotiations, White House officials confirmed Wednesday that diplomatic talks had broken down between President Donald Trump an...
theonion.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Typical!
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Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered.
levernews.com/book
levernews.com/book
October 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered.
levernews.com/book
levernews.com/book
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Portland, you magnificent weirdos
Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier
October 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Portland, you magnificent weirdos
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The RIFs at CDC and NIH will be fought in court. But @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @jbpritzker.bsky.social and other blue state governors could band together to create public health consortiums outside the reach of Trump/Kennedy/Vought.
As I discuss here:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
As I discuss here:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It’s time for soft secession
How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.
www.motherjones.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The RIFs at CDC and NIH will be fought in court. But @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @jbpritzker.bsky.social and other blue state governors could band together to create public health consortiums outside the reach of Trump/Kennedy/Vought.
As I discuss here:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
As I discuss here:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Tums is missing out on selling pumpkin spice flavored antacid and calling it AuTums.
October 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tums is missing out on selling pumpkin spice flavored antacid and calling it AuTums.
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This isn’t the first time Miller has used the term “plenary authority” with respect to the Presidency. He did so already in March, but that time he was referring to the president’s authority in foreign policy. What’s new here is now to say this absolute power also applies domestically.
Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.
It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
1/2
It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
1/2
October 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This isn’t the first time Miller has used the term “plenary authority” with respect to the Presidency. He did so already in March, but that time he was referring to the president’s authority in foreign policy. What’s new here is now to say this absolute power also applies domestically.