Point Of Beginning
@thenewthr1ll.bsky.social
Surveying Field Technician. Citizen of the Southern Appalachians. Worker. Husband. Father.
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Good afternoon #Asheville! I'll be heading downtown later this afternoon to cover the #nokings protests. As I've done in the past, I'll report live here and post photos to my substack after the event. I'm being a bit lackadaisical after covering a few of these: The crowd's enthusiasm has NOT been...
June 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Good afternoon #Asheville! I'll be heading downtown later this afternoon to cover the #nokings protests. As I've done in the past, I'll report live here and post photos to my substack after the event. I'm being a bit lackadaisical after covering a few of these: The crowd's enthusiasm has NOT been...
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They're ripping kids in half right in front of us and telling us we need to be mad at Kneecap and Ms Rachel.
April 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
They're ripping kids in half right in front of us and telling us we need to be mad at Kneecap and Ms Rachel.
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"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
March 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
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perfectly reasonable to disagree with this article but it's very silly to accuse the author of being "a fed" for holding the line liberals have held on guns for all of our entire lifetimes
Don't buy a gun, even if it comes in rainbow: defector.com/dont-buy-a-g...
Don't Buy A Gun, Even If It Comes In Rainbow | Defector
A lot of fear in this country is directly caused by guns. According to the CDC, there were over 48,000 firearm-related deaths in the U.S. in 2022, and the specific way in which a gun can kill you—with...
defector.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
perfectly reasonable to disagree with this article but it's very silly to accuse the author of being "a fed" for holding the line liberals have held on guns for all of our entire lifetimes
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I was recently leaked a document that was written by and for think tank and DNC affiliated policy wonks and circulated in private chats. It describes in unsparing terms the threat Curtis Yarvin, Neoreactionary tech founders, and Elon Musk pose to democracy.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic...
Democratic Insiders Are Sharing A Warning About Curtis Yarvin, Elon Musk & Neoreactionaries
DNC employees and think tank workers have compiled a document about the Neoreactionary threat to democracy
shatterzone.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I was recently leaked a document that was written by and for think tank and DNC affiliated policy wonks and circulated in private chats. It describes in unsparing terms the threat Curtis Yarvin, Neoreactionary tech founders, and Elon Musk pose to democracy.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic...
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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If you're looking for what caused a rise in autism, it's not vaccines or toxins or "bad" food.
It's just finally having a word to put to a collection of traits and a way of experiencing the world that's been around forever.
It's just finally having a word to put to a collection of traits and a way of experiencing the world that's been around forever.
February 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
If you're looking for what caused a rise in autism, it's not vaccines or toxins or "bad" food.
It's just finally having a word to put to a collection of traits and a way of experiencing the world that's been around forever.
It's just finally having a word to put to a collection of traits and a way of experiencing the world that's been around forever.
In closing my IG account, one fact that made it so much easier was the fact that @benwildflower.com was on here as well.
Is it not the rich who oppress you?! <— That’s a question asked in the Bible! You may be wondering if the answer is left unsaid like some subtle rhetorical. No, it goes on to say wealth itself is a corrosive damnation destroying the accursed billionaires, eating away at their flesh like fire.
February 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
In closing my IG account, one fact that made it so much easier was the fact that @benwildflower.com was on here as well.
Called it. Trump was the rickety key that unlocked the door to power. That’s all he’s ever been. The grifter that is just mark.
It’s just very clear in hindsight that Trump is a complete nonentity, diminished by age and trauma and personal cowardice, and Musk saw that and decided if he got him elected he could be in charge
February 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Called it. Trump was the rickety key that unlocked the door to power. That’s all he’s ever been. The grifter that is just mark.
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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
February 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
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If the Democrats can't demonstrate that the power of the state can be used to rein in people like Elon Musk and Donald Trump there's really no reason to ever vote for them again.
February 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If the Democrats can't demonstrate that the power of the state can be used to rein in people like Elon Musk and Donald Trump there's really no reason to ever vote for them again.
Twitter was never my favorite by far, but the sentiment remains. So far I’m OK with BlueSky, but I’ve probably learned more from Reddit & YouTube in the last few years than anything else.
it was bad when the worst poster on my favorite website bought that website and made it terrible but it has been worse having that person also buy my country that i live in
February 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Twitter was never my favorite by far, but the sentiment remains. So far I’m OK with BlueSky, but I’ve probably learned more from Reddit & YouTube in the last few years than anything else.
I finally did it. Nuked my FB & IG accounts. Had the IG account since ‘12. Just deleted everything. So many memories, but it was time.
February 17, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I finally did it. Nuked my FB & IG accounts. Had the IG account since ‘12. Just deleted everything. So many memories, but it was time.
Yes, it’s still me. Just taking some more (probably paranoid) precautions.
February 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Yes, it’s still me. Just taking some more (probably paranoid) precautions.
Would it be accurate to dub Elon’s dork army boys as “Incel-egencia”? I’m not a comedian, so I don’t know if this lands.
February 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Would it be accurate to dub Elon’s dork army boys as “Incel-egencia”? I’m not a comedian, so I don’t know if this lands.
A loottttaaa people are gonna put in the worst of situations.
BREAKING: Republican Congressman Andy Biggs has introduced a bill to abolish OSHA.
The entire text of the bill reads "The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is repealed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is abolished."
The entire text of the bill reads "The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is repealed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is abolished."
February 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A loottttaaa people are gonna put in the worst of situations.
I’ve been saying this for a while, as I work around a lot of folks who not only voted for Trump, but support him.
The important thing to understand about DJT fans is that for them, belief is not an act of evaluation & conclusion, but an act of loyalty.
You can sit there & point out obvious contradictions until we’re all dead, you’re not gonna get anywhere til they get the logic part turned on. (1/8)
You can sit there & point out obvious contradictions until we’re all dead, you’re not gonna get anywhere til they get the logic part turned on. (1/8)
February 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I’ve been saying this for a while, as I work around a lot of folks who not only voted for Trump, but support him.
This all seems radically fishy to me. It all goes dark for, what…10hrs? Then “Hope is not lost!!!”???
Okay, hear me out. The ceasefire deal might have tanked the TikTok ban when it was no longer politically convenient.
January 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This all seems radically fishy to me. It all goes dark for, what…10hrs? Then “Hope is not lost!!!”???
That’s all my old man advice for tonight.
November 24, 2024 at 12:30 AM
That’s all my old man advice for tonight.
For my 2nd post—I would like to give you all a PSA: Flash your brights more often when you’re driving. Especially when someone want to merge. I can’t see you in my rear view giving me hand signals. Do you want me to merge, or are you practicing your “come hither” hand motions?
November 24, 2024 at 12:29 AM
For my 2nd post—I would like to give you all a PSA: Flash your brights more often when you’re driving. Especially when someone want to merge. I can’t see you in my rear view giving me hand signals. Do you want me to merge, or are you practicing your “come hither” hand motions?
For my first post, I will complain about the shitty tools that are included for minor furniture. You’re gonna give me a 3” wrench that’s 3/16 of an inch thick to build this thing? F**k off.
November 24, 2024 at 12:26 AM
For my first post, I will complain about the shitty tools that are included for minor furniture. You’re gonna give me a 3” wrench that’s 3/16 of an inch thick to build this thing? F**k off.