randy r. potts
@thephatic.bsky.social
journo, editor, photog; Hromadske, TVPWorld, New Yorker, AJE, VQR, et al 🏳️🌈
Tulsa / DC / mieszkam w Warszawie
DM for Signal
Tulsa / DC / mieszkam w Warszawie
DM for Signal
not my favorite thing to see that the UK's favorite fascist, Tommy Robinson - who is allied ofc with Musk - was here in Warsaw yesterday for the fash-co-opted Independence Day march where marchers carry flags and spooky fash torches and Poles warn queers like me to stay inside
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
not my favorite thing to see that the UK's favorite fascist, Tommy Robinson - who is allied ofc with Musk - was here in Warsaw yesterday for the fash-co-opted Independence Day march where marchers carry flags and spooky fash torches and Poles warn queers like me to stay inside
if you watched Andor, the main city in the show, Ferrix, was directly modeled on a British city but, in spirit, Ferrix is a hell of a lot like Baltimore - a majority minority, working class city the Empire loves to grind down for profit - and full of resilient, hard working, independent people
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
if you watched Andor, the main city in the show, Ferrix, was directly modeled on a British city but, in spirit, Ferrix is a hell of a lot like Baltimore - a majority minority, working class city the Empire loves to grind down for profit - and full of resilient, hard working, independent people
counterpoint: BOROMIR
November 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
counterpoint: BOROMIR
wait until Trump decides to make a copy of Moscow's military boo yah church
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
wait until Trump decides to make a copy of Moscow's military boo yah church
this is Gaza and I cannot stress enough that even Warsaw never looked like this - not even Warsaw after both the Nazis and the Red Army - not even Warsaw
October 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
this is Gaza and I cannot stress enough that even Warsaw never looked like this - not even Warsaw after both the Nazis and the Red Army - not even Warsaw
truly amazing for 7 million Americans to spontaneously join what might be the largest protest in the country's history and an editor at the "paper of record" just openly says he has no idea why these 7 million Americans are in the street
October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
truly amazing for 7 million Americans to spontaneously join what might be the largest protest in the country's history and an editor at the "paper of record" just openly says he has no idea why these 7 million Americans are in the street
sometimes you wonder if they are *trying* to be the villains in every novel they were forced to read in HS
October 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
sometimes you wonder if they are *trying* to be the villains in every novel they were forced to read in HS
no kings but these three
October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
no kings but these three
today I took a film crew to a Warsaw train station to interview a fearless Italian politician, Lia Quartapelle, on her way to Kyiv; meeting people who've spent the last decade fighting Putin's lies and supporting Ukraine's struggle is always so fucking inspiring
October 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
today I took a film crew to a Warsaw train station to interview a fearless Italian politician, Lia Quartapelle, on her way to Kyiv; meeting people who've spent the last decade fighting Putin's lies and supporting Ukraine's struggle is always so fucking inspiring
cannot overstate how uplifted my spirit is rn, just to watch these No Kings pix fly by on my timeline as I write up a story about it here in Warsaw; also, in my googling I came aross: this:
October 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
cannot overstate how uplifted my spirit is rn, just to watch these No Kings pix fly by on my timeline as I write up a story about it here in Warsaw; also, in my googling I came aross: this:
vibe in this room is Old Shriner / Basement / Lost Cause
October 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
vibe in this room is Old Shriner / Basement / Lost Cause
my Warsaw hood in the fall
October 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
my Warsaw hood in the fall
always nice for a migrant like myself to see a "we hate migrants" rally where my native country's flag is flown
October 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
always nice for a migrant like myself to see a "we hate migrants" rally where my native country's flag is flown
this language - "our ICE facilities under siege" - is pretty concerning; when Trump says "our" I don't think he means it as in "American ICE facilities" I think he is, rather, using the royal "we"
September 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
this language - "our ICE facilities under siege" - is pretty concerning; when Trump says "our" I don't think he means it as in "American ICE facilities" I think he is, rather, using the royal "we"
reminder that Mearsheimer sees genocide in Gaza but, when it comes to Ukraine, even though they're burning Ukrainian books, outlawing the language in schools, torturing, kidnapping children, etc, Johnny thinks it's "complicated"
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September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
reminder that Mearsheimer sees genocide in Gaza but, when it comes to Ukraine, even though they're burning Ukrainian books, outlawing the language in schools, torturing, kidnapping children, etc, Johnny thinks it's "complicated"
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completely forgot that Chotiner chotinered Mearsheimer this year - shockingly, still no mea culpas from @thenation.com, @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social, et al :P
(screenshots via @boundedrationality.bsky.social)
(screenshots via @boundedrationality.bsky.social)
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
completely forgot that Chotiner chotinered Mearsheimer this year - shockingly, still no mea culpas from @thenation.com, @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social, et al :P
(screenshots via @boundedrationality.bsky.social)
(screenshots via @boundedrationality.bsky.social)
drag bingo has officially become my best motivation for learning to quickly understand numbers in Polish
September 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
drag bingo has officially become my best motivation for learning to quickly understand numbers in Polish
so, way back in 2012 I wrote about growing up on a Pentecostal compound in Tulsa where my biggest fear was the rapture
web.archive.org/web/20181017...
web.archive.org/web/20181017...
September 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
so, way back in 2012 I wrote about growing up on a Pentecostal compound in Tulsa where my biggest fear was the rapture
web.archive.org/web/20181017...
web.archive.org/web/20181017...
yeh, Trump also offered to let federal workers like me stay on until the next round of impending layoffs and I said "fuck off"
September 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
yeh, Trump also offered to let federal workers like me stay on until the next round of impending layoffs and I said "fuck off"
this is a Ukrainian dog in a shelter here in Warsaw named "Sam" and I really really really wanna adopt him; he came here right after the invasion, way overweight, shaking at any loud sound, but he's doing great now - and waiting to be adopted
September 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
this is a Ukrainian dog in a shelter here in Warsaw named "Sam" and I really really really wanna adopt him; he came here right after the invasion, way overweight, shaking at any loud sound, but he's doing great now - and waiting to be adopted
there's a reason Trump's favorite President is Andrew Jackson
August 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
there's a reason Trump's favorite President is Andrew Jackson
realized today that while I *have* seen Yevgenii Yevtushenko's Stalin's Funeral - and got to talk to Jhenya about it later - I have still not seen Death of Stalin and ... maybe need to fix that, stat
August 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
realized today that while I *have* seen Yevgenii Yevtushenko's Stalin's Funeral - and got to talk to Jhenya about it later - I have still not seen Death of Stalin and ... maybe need to fix that, stat
anyone who's not trans needs to be in conversation with every trans person you care about and start asking hard questions -
how "out" are you? would you make a list like this? how can I be part of a plan to keep you safe?
how "out" are you? would you make a list like this? how can I be part of a plan to keep you safe?
August 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
anyone who's not trans needs to be in conversation with every trans person you care about and start asking hard questions -
how "out" are you? would you make a list like this? how can I be part of a plan to keep you safe?
how "out" are you? would you make a list like this? how can I be part of a plan to keep you safe?