Tim Connor
@timconnor.bsky.social
I’m a blues musician and a retired psychologist, with interests in left-wing politics, Taoism and Zen, fantasy literature, and woodworking, especially luthierie.
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There’s something doubly grating about the pious invocation of “Western civilization” by the sort of incurious dolt who wouldn’t know a Titian canvas, a Beethoven quartet, or a Socratic dialogue if whapped them upside the head.
It has long been clear that unalloyed racism lies at the core of Trumpism, and he is becoming increasingly explicit about this.
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Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
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December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
There’s something doubly grating about the pious invocation of “Western civilization” by the sort of incurious dolt who wouldn’t know a Titian canvas, a Beethoven quartet, or a Socratic dialogue if whapped them upside the head.
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Absolutely. Doing this remotely with drones or bombs is no different than pulling up in a boat and shooting them in the water. If this isn’t an illegal order, hard to imagine what could be.
And unlike some of the finer questions of “was the president’s inherent Art 2 powers in play”, shouldn’t offing people who are hors de combat be clearly known to be an illegal order all the way down the line to the lowest Seaman?
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Absolutely. Doing this remotely with drones or bombs is no different than pulling up in a boat and shooting them in the water. If this isn’t an illegal order, hard to imagine what could be.
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Emma Goldman was right.
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Emma Goldman was right.
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In a way Trump and Mamdani are similar. They are both populists fighting against the elite, it's just who they see as "the elite" differs.
Mamdani sees the elite as the billionaires who control the economic, political, and social systems of society.
Trump sees the elite as people who read books.
Mamdani sees the elite as the billionaires who control the economic, political, and social systems of society.
Trump sees the elite as people who read books.
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
In a way Trump and Mamdani are similar. They are both populists fighting against the elite, it's just who they see as "the elite" differs.
Mamdani sees the elite as the billionaires who control the economic, political, and social systems of society.
Trump sees the elite as people who read books.
Mamdani sees the elite as the billionaires who control the economic, political, and social systems of society.
Trump sees the elite as people who read books.
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“Maybe someone who is currently suffering in silence will actually buy this book and be inspired to seek help too. Whether they are able to find any depends on how they were personally affected by 8 Dem senators, of which Fetterman was one, voting to reopen the government at the expense of millions”
A former Fetterman advisor texted me: “I think what comes across is the reality of who he is, which is a petulant child who never became a man and is always the victim of his own narrative—even though he’s never had a real job and lives off his dad’s money. It's all pretty sad and pathetic."
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he wa...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
“Maybe someone who is currently suffering in silence will actually buy this book and be inspired to seek help too. Whether they are able to find any depends on how they were personally affected by 8 Dem senators, of which Fetterman was one, voting to reopen the government at the expense of millions”
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"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes Jonathan Chait. Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes Jonathan Chait. Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
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Conservative rips Dems for going easy on the 'most corrupt presidency in history'
Conservative rips Dems for going easy on the 'most corrupt presidency in history'
During the 2000s, then-GOP strategist Steve Schmidt worked on the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush and the late John McCain. But the New Jersey native, like other Never Trump conservatives, expressed his disdain for President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement by leaving the Republican Party...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Conservative rips Dems for going easy on the 'most corrupt presidency in history'
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ok dipshit well i've gone 36 years without using ai
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ok dipshit well i've gone 36 years without using ai
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Our presidents should serve all the states, not just the ones that voted for them.
October 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Our presidents should serve all the states, not just the ones that voted for them.
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Cuomo is far from the only politician to attack Mamdani in this fashion.
Check out @timothypmurphy.bsky.social's piece unpacking the GOP's bigotry against the NYC mayoral candidate.
Check out @timothypmurphy.bsky.social's piece unpacking the GOP's bigotry against the NYC mayoral candidate.
It never stopped being birtherism
Donald Trump is repackaging a familiar smear against Zohran Mamdani.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Cuomo is far from the only politician to attack Mamdani in this fashion.
Check out @timothypmurphy.bsky.social's piece unpacking the GOP's bigotry against the NYC mayoral candidate.
Check out @timothypmurphy.bsky.social's piece unpacking the GOP's bigotry against the NYC mayoral candidate.
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Seems right
My Pentagon sauces are telling me Hosley is resigning because these killings on the high seas violate The Fairness Doctrine, which was passed in 1966 by The Professor, Mrs. Howell, and Maryanne, with Ginger and Gilligan dissenting. Burp.
October 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Seems right
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Also, all the people he tortured, raped, enslaved and mutilated were also people of their time. I suspect if anything they felt rather *more* strongly that Columbus was a bad person than even the most fingerwagging person on Bluesky does.
Always worth thinking who we count as "of their time".
Always worth thinking who we count as "of their time".
yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.
Fuck Columbus.
Fuck Columbus.
October 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Also, all the people he tortured, raped, enslaved and mutilated were also people of their time. I suspect if anything they felt rather *more* strongly that Columbus was a bad person than even the most fingerwagging person on Bluesky does.
Always worth thinking who we count as "of their time".
Always worth thinking who we count as "of their time".
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JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule
He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.
newrepublic.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
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I regret to inform you that in addition to the collapse of Reconstruction and the Red Scare we all need to bone up on how Woodrow Wilson cracked down on journalists and dissenters. We've got you covered, with this piece by Adam Hochschild www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
America’s top censor—so far
Woodrow Wilson’s postmaster put papers out of business and jailed journalists. The tools he used still exist.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I regret to inform you that in addition to the collapse of Reconstruction and the Red Scare we all need to bone up on how Woodrow Wilson cracked down on journalists and dissenters. We've got you covered, with this piece by Adam Hochschild www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Please! How about an explanation!👇
September 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Please! How about an explanation!👇
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ACAB - even to each other now, apparently
September 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
ACAB - even to each other now, apparently
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The generals and admirals at Quantico today should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief?
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The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay
Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.
www.theatlantic.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The generals and admirals at Quantico today should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief?
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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New piece from @radiofreetom.bsky.social answers the question: What does “nothingburger” have to do with
“utterly embarrassing”
“not okay”
“more confused”
“lost in the halls of history”
“usual grievances, lies, and misrepresentation”
“obsessions”
&
“unhinged”
It’s….sobering and also a great read
“utterly embarrassing”
“not okay”
“more confused”
“lost in the halls of history”
“usual grievances, lies, and misrepresentation”
“obsessions”
&
“unhinged”
It’s….sobering and also a great read
The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay
Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.
www.theatlantic.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
New piece from @radiofreetom.bsky.social answers the question: What does “nothingburger” have to do with
“utterly embarrassing”
“not okay”
“more confused”
“lost in the halls of history”
“usual grievances, lies, and misrepresentation”
“obsessions”
&
“unhinged”
It’s….sobering and also a great read
“utterly embarrassing”
“not okay”
“more confused”
“lost in the halls of history”
“usual grievances, lies, and misrepresentation”
“obsessions”
&
“unhinged”
It’s….sobering and also a great read
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60s band member autobiography "We'd changed our style fifteen times, had two rhythm guitar players die of exhaustion, and recorded thirty albums. It was time to split up. Two years was a good run, and we'd made nearly £200 each"
70s band member autobiography "here are my top 10 sexual assaults"
70s band member autobiography "here are my top 10 sexual assaults"
September 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
60s band member autobiography "We'd changed our style fifteen times, had two rhythm guitar players die of exhaustion, and recorded thirty albums. It was time to split up. Two years was a good run, and we'd made nearly £200 each"
70s band member autobiography "here are my top 10 sexual assaults"
70s band member autobiography "here are my top 10 sexual assaults"
Bush, Obama, and Biden set precedents, unfortunately.
'Deeply troubling': Military expert warns Trump is unilaterally 'deciding to kill people'
'Deeply troubling': Military expert warns Trump is unilaterally 'deciding to kill people'
Rachel VanLandingham, a retired Judge Advocate General's Corps officer, strongly criticized President Donald Trump over his announcement that the U.S. military forces “literally shot out a boat” believed to be carrying narcotics from Venezuela.During an appearance on CNN Monday, she said the adminis...
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September 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Bush, Obama, and Biden set precedents, unfortunately.
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Have no fear, Republicans will bail you out at some point with a huge chunk of taxpayer money to pay you for not being able to sell your products because of their policies. Then you can post on social media that you’re voting for them because you are against socialism.
September 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Have no fear, Republicans will bail you out at some point with a huge chunk of taxpayer money to pay you for not being able to sell your products because of their policies. Then you can post on social media that you’re voting for them because you are against socialism.
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Bookmark this and reply with it to anyone who wishes to “continue Charlie’s work” or other such
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
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September 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Bookmark this and reply with it to anyone who wishes to “continue Charlie’s work” or other such