I haven’t posted here for awhile. Here we are a little more than 6 months into the Trump administration. What an absolute mess. It’s as bad as we were expecting and probably even worse. 🤬😥

Listen to @radiofreetom.bsky.social!

"Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI, the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government."

Here is my Federal Employment Termination story:

Excellent walkthrough of what we all watched (and are watching) and some positive solutions offered...

Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

If you voted Republican, and you care about your country, please act rather than rationalize. Unless you cast your ballot so that South African oligarchs could steal your data, money, country, and future, tell your elected officials that you wanted something else.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

The Society of the Spectacle. That’s the book that Laetitia Sadier from Stereolab was reading and used for the lyrics. Here we are. Crazy times.

"If you're at work, do it now and see what happens..."

@mrjamesob.bsky.social has a challenge for anyone that doesn't think Elon Musk performed a Nazi salute at the inauguration.

According to Jon Stewart, the way in which January 6th was not a disqualifier, but a rallying point, undermines the core value of democracy.

I gotta say… the Apple’s AI summary was actually impressively correct on the summary of a recent healthy and productive phone call…

This might become my only place for posting things on social media if Facebook follows through on their non-fact checking just like on X as they are now saying that they will be doing. Out of all times to suddenly embrace opening the floodgates to any and all lies now would not be the time.

Excellent talk on the current situation...

Nice pic from a fun gig at The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame a few months ago...

Isn’t it obvious what is going on right now

Well this seems bad.

1st post. I’ve been working hard on my jazz chops again. It’s been an eye-opening journey. Here’s to what’s ahead…