@michaelhobbes.bsky.social @notalawyer.bsky.social this one's for you!
I love writing one single article over and over again every month
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social @notalawyer.bsky.social this one's for you!
This one's for you, @yrfatfriend.bsky.social and @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
The Trump administration has ordered visa officers to deny immigrants who are obese or have certain health issues, in yet another instance of the president’s strange obsession with physical traits. trib.al/tRBiY0C
Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People From Now On
New State Department guidance encourages embassies and consulates to deny visas to people with obesity or other health issues.
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This one's for you, @yrfatfriend.bsky.social and @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
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Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.
October 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.
No Kings Chicago Rally: Butler Field (behind the Art Institute) at noon tomorrow (10/18). mobilize.us/s/v59UO5
NO KINGS in Chicago · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Here in Chicago we know how to rise up, fight back, and support each other. It is more important than ever that we do that together on October 18t...
mobilize.us
October 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
No Kings Chicago Rally: Butler Field (behind the Art Institute) at noon tomorrow (10/18). mobilize.us/s/v59UO5
“Big Brother is watching you.”
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“Big Brother is watching you.”
Listening to this provided me with a needed break from the ongoing terrible situation here.
Hearing John and Paul singing Two Of Us - minus instrumentation - is quite the thing.
Love the “We’re going home” sections. Throughout the song John’s been singing the melody with Macca harmonising. Suddenly, just on these particular lines, they swap.
youtu.be/v1dmH2BVmI8?...
Love the “We’re going home” sections. Throughout the song John’s been singing the melody with Macca harmonising. Suddenly, just on these particular lines, they swap.
youtu.be/v1dmH2BVmI8?...
The Beatles - Two Of Us - Isolated Vocals
YouTube video by Rock Band Stems
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Listening to this provided me with a needed break from the ongoing terrible situation here.
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Gee, I thought that non-union charter schools were supposed to be the saviors of American education. /s
After Hurricane Katrina, many New Orleans charter schools united in a mission to send more students to college. Today, some of those students, now adults, wish they'd been given more options.
A 'college for all' push thrived in New Orleans after Katrina. It wasn't for everyone
After Hurricane Katrina, many New Orleans charter schools united in a mission to send more students to college. Today, some of those students, now adults, wish they'd been given more options.
n.pr
September 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Gee, I thought that non-union charter schools were supposed to be the saviors of American education. /s
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A thread of Steve Albini's high school years.
Here is a picture of Steve playing Snoopy in a production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." The review in his high school paper noted that Albini "projected the image of a real beagle, while preserving Snoopy's human characteristics." 1/
Here is a picture of Steve playing Snoopy in a production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." The review in his high school paper noted that Albini "projected the image of a real beagle, while preserving Snoopy's human characteristics." 1/
August 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A thread of Steve Albini's high school years.
Here is a picture of Steve playing Snoopy in a production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." The review in his high school paper noted that Albini "projected the image of a real beagle, while preserving Snoopy's human characteristics." 1/
Here is a picture of Steve playing Snoopy in a production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." The review in his high school paper noted that Albini "projected the image of a real beagle, while preserving Snoopy's human characteristics." 1/
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Six decades after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, advocates say, Black political power is hanging by a thread.
The Voting Rights Act Turns 60. Its Future Has Never Looked More Fragile.
Six decades after the most important federal statute protecting the right to vote was signed into law, advocates say, Black political power is hanging by a thread.
capitalbnews.org
August 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Six decades after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, advocates say, Black political power is hanging by a thread.
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I've had this headline rattling around in my brain since January and I finally wrote it. Been hearing too many people in the startup world buying into the neoractionary nonsense that maybe a little light fascism is good for silicon valley. It's not. It's very, very bad.
Fascism For First Time Founders
Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone knows about and who…
Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone knows about and who…
Fascism For First Time Founders
Over the last year or so I've seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone knows about and who didn't really surprise anyone—Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, Elon Musk (pre-fallout)—but the more troubling trend has been watching younger entrepreneurs and VCs listen to their podcasts, read their posts and books, and slowly nod along to the idea that democracy is holding back innovation.
www.techdirt.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've had this headline rattling around in my brain since January and I finally wrote it. Been hearing too many people in the startup world buying into the neoractionary nonsense that maybe a little light fascism is good for silicon valley. It's not. It's very, very bad.
I was 10 when I saw Star Wars shortly after it opened in theaters. I still remember the impact seeing an Imperial Star Destroyer had on me when it came on the screen. #starwars
STAR WARS was released 47 years ago today. Hollywood’s biggest movie phenomenon, and the film that launched the career of star Harrison Ford, the behind the scenes story is as spectacular as blowing up the Death Star…
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May 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I was 10 when I saw Star Wars shortly after it opened in theaters. I still remember the impact seeing an Imperial Star Destroyer had on me when it came on the screen. #starwars
@teatles.bsky.social Here’s one for you!
Paul McCartney and producer George Martin recorded a film soundtrack at Cine Tele Sound (CTS) studios in 1966
The #Beatles
📷Duffy
The #Beatles
📷Duffy
April 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
@teatles.bsky.social Here’s one for you!
Gestapo Barbie
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Gestapo Barbie
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New, from Professor Kohei Suziki at Can We Still Govern:
Trump’s assault on civil service systems is part of broader pattern: where there is democratic backsliding, there is also administrative backsliding (see also, Turkey, Hungary and Venezuela). 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/administra...
Trump’s assault on civil service systems is part of broader pattern: where there is democratic backsliding, there is also administrative backsliding (see also, Turkey, Hungary and Venezuela). 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/administra...
Administrative Backsliding Accompanies Democratic Backsliding
Warning signs from other countries about politicization of the administrative decline
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
New, from Professor Kohei Suziki at Can We Still Govern:
Trump’s assault on civil service systems is part of broader pattern: where there is democratic backsliding, there is also administrative backsliding (see also, Turkey, Hungary and Venezuela). 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/administra...
Trump’s assault on civil service systems is part of broader pattern: where there is democratic backsliding, there is also administrative backsliding (see also, Turkey, Hungary and Venezuela). 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/administra...
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Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.
March 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.
They’re trying to take us back to the pre-Enlightenment era. Grrrr!!!
The Trump Administration is eliminating the Office of the Chief Scientist at NASA.
The current head of that office is Dr. Katherine Calvin, an expert on climate change, global modeling, and international scientific negotiations.
www.science.org/content/arti...
The current head of that office is Dr. Katherine Calvin, an expert on climate change, global modeling, and international scientific negotiations.
www.science.org/content/arti...
NASA to eliminate chief scientist position
Long-running advisory role cut along with two dozen others in agencywide reduction
www.science.org
March 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
They’re trying to take us back to the pre-Enlightenment era. Grrrr!!!
This is so interesting!
I've been wanting to hear this stage of Penny Lane's recording ever since I read about it in Lewisohn's Recording Sessions & now I've made it myself: 4 pianos, percussion & double tracked vocals. Somehow it's even more poignant this way. Come here this & much more at my zoom class. Link in comments
March 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is so interesting!
“Vichy Twitter” - I wish I’d thought of that! I deleted my account months ago. Don’t miss it at all. It’s just a Nazi site now.
hey if you're visiting here because Vichy Twitter is down... don't go back! Bad website. Bluesky... pretty good website. At the very least, delete the X app from your phone and set your account to protected (when you can log in and do that again)
March 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“Vichy Twitter” - I wish I’d thought of that! I deleted my account months ago. Don’t miss it at all. It’s just a Nazi site now.
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New, from me: you were told that the threats to free speech came from wokeness. Some compared it to Maoist China.
Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Real chilling effects
A extraordinary pattern of government censorship and threats to speech
open.substack.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New, from me: you were told that the threats to free speech came from wokeness. Some compared it to Maoist China.
Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Dude is Example #1 of why allowing people to become that obscenely wealthy is wrong. He thinks that, because he's a multibillionaire, that he can make US foreign policy. If anyone else were president, they'd completely ignore him, but since Trump is president, what ever Apartheid Elmo says goes.
Tesla sales in Europe were already dropping before Musk called for ending the alliance with Europe.
Elon Musk threw his weight behind a US exit from NATO, saying on his social media platform that it 'doesn’t make sense for America to pay for the defense of Europe'.
March 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Dude is Example #1 of why allowing people to become that obscenely wealthy is wrong. He thinks that, because he's a multibillionaire, that he can make US foreign policy. If anyone else were president, they'd completely ignore him, but since Trump is president, what ever Apartheid Elmo says goes.
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Here’s a close-up of the Malort sign in case anyone wants to share.
March 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Here’s a close-up of the Malort sign in case anyone wants to share.
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I guess Zelenskyy participated in the Feb 28 blackout too, because he wasn’t buying any bullshit today either.
February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I guess Zelenskyy participated in the Feb 28 blackout too, because he wasn’t buying any bullshit today either.
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If you read one thing today read our latest piece we just posted. This one is a very important one. Please consider reading and sharing it with your friends, family, and neighbors. And as always, please share your thoughts and ideas. I am also going to post all of the text here as a thread. 1/
Fight ALL the fights
We have nothing left to lose — let’s f**king act like it!
www.thealtmedia.com
February 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you read one thing today read our latest piece we just posted. This one is a very important one. Please consider reading and sharing it with your friends, family, and neighbors. And as always, please share your thoughts and ideas. I am also going to post all of the text here as a thread. 1/
It’s great to hear this, since the Cilla version is dire. I wonder what Paul thought of it?
Here’s the good stuff!
Poor quality snippets of Macca’s demo of Step Inside Love have been circulating for years, but here’s a full version from a BBC editor who was lent an acetate which he copied to a quarter inch tape.
In 1968 Paul could do no wrong!
youtu.be/tO3vnIWDa3g?...
Poor quality snippets of Macca’s demo of Step Inside Love have been circulating for years, but here’s a full version from a BBC editor who was lent an acetate which he copied to a quarter inch tape.
In 1968 Paul could do no wrong!
youtu.be/tO3vnIWDa3g?...
Paul McCartney "Step Inside Love" demo with NO Cilla Black.
YouTube video by John Thomas Allcock
youtu.be
February 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It’s great to hear this, since the Cilla version is dire. I wonder what Paul thought of it?