Joseph Kominkiewicz
@thenotoriousrgb.bsky.social
Visual storyteller and film/video IT. Documentary shooter. Background in the humanities (German lit, medieval studies).
Coast Guard was professional about it but still sprayed bullets in the direction of some journalists. One of them said on air that he got closer to the bullets than he ever did covering Bush II’s Iraq War.
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Coast Guard was professional about it but still sprayed bullets in the direction of some journalists. One of them said on air that he got closer to the bullets than he ever did covering Bush II’s Iraq War.
Both the anti-ICE protesters and the government had reasons not to promote it too much. But some crazy asshole backed a stolen UHaul over the bridge to the Coast Guard base where CBP was staging with predictable results.
December 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Both the anti-ICE protesters and the government had reasons not to promote it too much. But some crazy asshole backed a stolen UHaul over the bridge to the Coast Guard base where CBP was staging with predictable results.
It looks like they may be trying to militarize the Coast Guard. It’s an organization that doesn’t fall under the domestic policing prohibitions of the Posse Comitatus Act. They’ve already fired on Oakland citizens with live ammunition.
December 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
It looks like they may be trying to militarize the Coast Guard. It’s an organization that doesn’t fall under the domestic policing prohibitions of the Posse Comitatus Act. They’ve already fired on Oakland citizens with live ammunition.
It appears that the US Coast Guard was doing the right thing. It’s a symptom of this administration’s stewardship of government to call into question the entirely legitimate actions it takes. Of course, it’s still a provocation to Venezuela, which is the only reason they acted.
December 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It appears that the US Coast Guard was doing the right thing. It’s a symptom of this administration’s stewardship of government to call into question the entirely legitimate actions it takes. Of course, it’s still a provocation to Venezuela, which is the only reason they acted.
Uncle Roger: “Broccoli in shrimp fried rice? Haiyaaa!!!”
December 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Uncle Roger: “Broccoli in shrimp fried rice? Haiyaaa!!!”
Peanut M&Ms are a comfit and regular are panned chocolate dragées. I will die on this hill.
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Peanut M&Ms are a comfit and regular are panned chocolate dragées. I will die on this hill.
You can reach out to Indivisible DuPage at www.indivisibledupage.com or here on BlueSky.
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
You can reach out to Indivisible DuPage at www.indivisibledupage.com or here on BlueSky.
I’m not doing anything to support him bc I’m not Indivisible, don’t speak for it and I’m not in his district. This is just Chicago-area politics. The seat is safely Dem and it’s usually a contended seat in the primaries. If you feel strongly, sign up to phone bank for him!
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I’m not doing anything to support him bc I’m not Indivisible, don’t speak for it and I’m not in his district. This is just Chicago-area politics. The seat is safely Dem and it’s usually a contended seat in the primaries. If you feel strongly, sign up to phone bank for him!
Indivisible DuPage is the chapter. Casten’s facing a challenger who’s running on Palestine. There’s been a group of Palestine supporters who’ve been protesting his town halls. Indivisible DuPage has been meeting with Casten on other issues, and does not seem to be that group.
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Indivisible DuPage is the chapter. Casten’s facing a challenger who’s running on Palestine. There’s been a group of Palestine supporters who’ve been protesting his town halls. Indivisible DuPage has been meeting with Casten on other issues, and does not seem to be that group.
Foucault pretty convincingly shows how modern scientificized governments stopped public executions because they ended up emboldening the rabble rather than making it fall in line. Of course, Lonsdale probably skipped that reading while doing CompSci at Stanford.
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Foucault pretty convincingly shows how modern scientificized governments stopped public executions because they ended up emboldening the rabble rather than making it fall in line. Of course, Lonsdale probably skipped that reading while doing CompSci at Stanford.
It’s going to be embarrassing when there’s a new SCOTUS and they make quick work of overturning these rulings because they don’t abide by established principles. The legacy of this court is cruelty, authoritarianism and sloppiness.
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’s going to be embarrassing when there’s a new SCOTUS and they make quick work of overturning these rulings because they don’t abide by established principles. The legacy of this court is cruelty, authoritarianism and sloppiness.
Even unsuccessful progressive runs help shift things to the left by changing the conversation within the Dem party. Movements like this need to be thought of as long-term projects. The Republicans have worked for decades to get where they are now. We need to do the same.
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Even unsuccessful progressive runs help shift things to the left by changing the conversation within the Dem party. Movements like this need to be thought of as long-term projects. The Republicans have worked for decades to get where they are now. We need to do the same.
My point is that it’s important to look beyond ready-made candidates who already have a media presence and a political base towards those who have potential as progressives. That means getting involved yourself with Dem politics and networking within it.
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 AM
My point is that it’s important to look beyond ready-made candidates who already have a media presence and a political base towards those who have potential as progressives. That means getting involved yourself with Dem politics and networking within it.
A goal of the Indivisible movement as I understand it is community members identifying candidates in the community outside of the establishment who may be suitable and using the power of the organization that Indivisible is building to platform them within the Democratic Party.
December 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
A goal of the Indivisible movement as I understand it is community members identifying candidates in the community outside of the establishment who may be suitable and using the power of the organization that Indivisible is building to platform them within the Democratic Party.
A societal breakdown is one of its foundations, but future historians might look back and identify a crisis in US jurisprudence that’s coming to a head right now. Ideological creep in the major law schools is a big part of it.
December 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
A societal breakdown is one of its foundations, but future historians might look back and identify a crisis in US jurisprudence that’s coming to a head right now. Ideological creep in the major law schools is a big part of it.
The problem isn’t necessarily Harvard Law; it’s more something seriously wrong with UChicago’s law school: R. Posner, Sunstein et al. It was the intellectual incubator for this extreme view of economics and law utilitarianism. The economics department there contaminated the law school.
December 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The problem isn’t necessarily Harvard Law; it’s more something seriously wrong with UChicago’s law school: R. Posner, Sunstein et al. It was the intellectual incubator for this extreme view of economics and law utilitarianism. The economics department there contaminated the law school.
I think Sinatra was mostly pissed that Trump was a jerk to one of the Sinatra’s employees and tried engaging in some manipulative “art of the deal” games with him while Sinatra wasn’t present. Don’t think Trump would have had the courage to try that with Sinatra personally.
December 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I think Sinatra was mostly pissed that Trump was a jerk to one of the Sinatra’s employees and tried engaging in some manipulative “art of the deal” games with him while Sinatra wasn’t present. Don’t think Trump would have had the courage to try that with Sinatra personally.
Sinatra said something to his business manager like “Two options. You go back to Trump and tell him I said ‘fuck off’ or you tell him to call me so I can say ‘fuck off’ to him personally.” Very true to form for Sinatra.
December 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Sinatra said something to his business manager like “Two options. You go back to Trump and tell him I said ‘fuck off’ or you tell him to call me so I can say ‘fuck off’ to him personally.” Very true to form for Sinatra.
Trump and Sinatra were hammering out a business deal. Trump was manipulative and awful to Sinatra’a rep during a meeting to get a lower price. Sinatra heard what he did to the rep, angrily broke off negotiations and told Trump literally to “fuck off.”
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Trump and Sinatra were hammering out a business deal. Trump was manipulative and awful to Sinatra’a rep during a meeting to get a lower price. Sinatra heard what he did to the rep, angrily broke off negotiations and told Trump literally to “fuck off.”
Prosecute the doctors and the hospital admins. They need to stop being cowed by this administration and start doing their damn jobs.
December 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Prosecute the doctors and the hospital admins. They need to stop being cowed by this administration and start doing their damn jobs.
That chapter of hers on totalitarian Nazi propaganda in Origins of Totalitarianism is chillingly familiar.
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
That chapter of hers on totalitarian Nazi propaganda in Origins of Totalitarianism is chillingly familiar.
I’ve kind of put her in the 19th century tradition of Lebensphilosophie. If you think of her that way, it’s easier not to prejudge her work for a lack of perfectly delineated thought. She’s more like Nietzsche, less like Kant.
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I’ve kind of put her in the 19th century tradition of Lebensphilosophie. If you think of her that way, it’s easier not to prejudge her work for a lack of perfectly delineated thought. She’s more like Nietzsche, less like Kant.
I’m not an Arendt scholar, but she’s more in her element as a historian and contemporary cultural critic. She’s incisive when she dissects the underpinnings of how Germans think, and just how class and history play a role there. But she’s not one of those grand theorists like Adorno or Benjamin.
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I’m not an Arendt scholar, but she’s more in her element as a historian and contemporary cultural critic. She’s incisive when she dissects the underpinnings of how Germans think, and just how class and history play a role there. But she’s not one of those grand theorists like Adorno or Benjamin.
Common trope in heist movies or hitman films. Retired professional is asked to do one last robbery or hit in exchange for an irresistibly large payment.
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Common trope in heist movies or hitman films. Retired professional is asked to do one last robbery or hit in exchange for an irresistibly large payment.
Absolutely. And the German Reform movement has always been politically very right. The current brand of MAHA moms—and their German counterparts—is more or less directly descended from them.
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Absolutely. And the German Reform movement has always been politically very right. The current brand of MAHA moms—and their German counterparts—is more or less directly descended from them.