Vernam Cipher
@vernam.bsky.social
Perfectly ordinary. Slow to Take a Hint. https://vernamcipher.bandcamp.com/album/slow-to-take-a-hint
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Vernam Cipher
@vernam.bsky.social
· Nov 20
The backlash to Bluesky reminds me that in high school, my buddies and I wanted nothing to do w/ the jocks, who gave their big in-group an insipid name. They were weirdly fascinated w/ our activities, though, to the point of giving *our* little group of 4 or 5 a name, which we rejected of course. 1/
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Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs Land of Hope and Dreams, House of a Thousand Guitars and My City of Ruins.
Land of Hope and Dreams
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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May 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs Land of Hope and Dreams, House of a Thousand Guitars and My City of Ruins.
The cruelty his base craves is cratering his ratings with independents.
Remarkable from WaPo poll: Trump sinking fast on immigration among independents.
56% disapprove of handling of issue
62% oppose removing foreign students
52% oppose renditions to El Salvador
Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there
Engage, Dems.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1944...
56% disapprove of handling of issue
62% oppose removing foreign students
52% oppose renditions to El Salvador
Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there
Engage, Dems.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1944...
Trump Is Suddenly Bleeding Independents. A Brutal New Poll Shows Why.
Immigration was his best issue in the polls. But now he's sinking on it. Maybe Americans care about the rule of law after all.
newrepublic.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The cruelty his base craves is cratering his ratings with independents.
Protect them from the FBI?
April 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Protect them from the FBI?
He's pissed that Roberts didn't give him a chance to water down the ruling as happened with the prior one, which left wiggle room for Trump in order to achieve a 9-0 ruling. Alito sees the other 7 aligned against him and can't handle the affront.
April 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
He's pissed that Roberts didn't give him a chance to water down the ruling as happened with the prior one, which left wiggle room for Trump in order to achieve a 9-0 ruling. Alito sees the other 7 aligned against him and can't handle the affront.
It is SO unusual for the Supreme Court to issue an order this late at night and honestly incredible only Thomas and Alito noted their dissents.
Also fascinating that SCOTUS rushed out the order before Alito could finish writing his dissent. That basically never happens! Again—majority seems pissed.
Also fascinating that SCOTUS rushed out the order before Alito could finish writing his dissent. That basically never happens! Again—majority seems pissed.
April 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Talked to @timmiller.bsky.social about the Gulag, Cecot, the rule of law, Harvard, Hungary, Kleptocracy and more
www.thebulwark.com/p/anne-apple...
www.thebulwark.com/p/anne-apple...
Anne Applebaum: Everything Is a Game to Trump
Sen.
www.thebulwark.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Talked to @timmiller.bsky.social about the Gulag, Cecot, the rule of law, Harvard, Hungary, Kleptocracy and more
www.thebulwark.com/p/anne-apple...
www.thebulwark.com/p/anne-apple...
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They don't want peace
NEW: Two high-ranking members of Putin's inner circle reiterated Putin's June 2024 non-negotiable demands that any resolution of the war in Ukraine must result in regime change, extensive territorial concessions, and long-term limitations on Ukraine's military. 🧵(1/7) isw.pub/UkrWar041525
April 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
They don't want peace
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one leader of a country straight out lies about them enjoying margaritas and the other leader of a country does this
Trump just posted a photo of himself holding up a piece of paper claiming to show tattoos on Kilmar Abrego Garcia that are related to MS-13. The paper he’s holding up has been digitally altered to add the characters MS-13.
The claim comes from neo-Nazis on X who say the tattoos cover up “MS-13.”
The claim comes from neo-Nazis on X who say the tattoos cover up “MS-13.”
April 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
one leader of a country straight out lies about them enjoying margaritas and the other leader of a country does this
Vernam Ciper's new album SLOW TO TAKE A HINT is now on all streaming platforms. Its 12 original tunes cross straight-on rock ‘n’ roll and retro-pop w/ folk ballads, saloon songs, spirituals and other influences. artists.landr.com/vernam
Vernam Cipher - Slow to Take a Hint
Listen to Slow to Take a Hint by Vernam Cipher.
artists.landr.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Vernam Ciper's new album SLOW TO TAKE A HINT is now on all streaming platforms. Its 12 original tunes cross straight-on rock ‘n’ roll and retro-pop w/ folk ballads, saloon songs, spirituals and other influences. artists.landr.com/vernam
Losses from the tragic LA fires are estimated at $150B. For decades we've been assured that climate change is too expensive to address. Or that it doesn't exist at all.
January 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Losses from the tragic LA fires are estimated at $150B. For decades we've been assured that climate change is too expensive to address. Or that it doesn't exist at all.
Outside my front window, one leaf on a broken branch has been dangling for weeks but never quite lets go. Every other leaf fell a month ago. May we all be so resilient in 2025 and beyond.
December 31, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Outside my front window, one leaf on a broken branch has been dangling for weeks but never quite lets go. Every other leaf fell a month ago. May we all be so resilient in 2025 and beyond.
On the bright side, such a heavy lift is nearly impossible without the commitment of a fully engaged White House, and we all know what Trump's real priorities are.
Rep. Richard McCormick: "We're gonna have to have some hard decisions. We're gonna have to bring in the Democrats to talk about Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare. There's hundreds of billions of dollars to be saved, we just have to have the stomach to take those challenges on."
December 3, 2024 at 3:50 PM
On the bright side, such a heavy lift is nearly impossible without the commitment of a fully engaged White House, and we all know what Trump's real priorities are.
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If we’re going to take on Trump, Republican extremists, and move our country forward, the Democratic Party needs to be stronger. I'm running for Chair of the Democratic National Committee to unite the party, fight everywhere, and win. Join me. 🧵
Unite. Fight. Win.
YouTube video by Ben Wikler
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:14 PM
If we’re going to take on Trump, Republican extremists, and move our country forward, the Democratic Party needs to be stronger. I'm running for Chair of the Democratic National Committee to unite the party, fight everywhere, and win. Join me. 🧵
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Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
November 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
They get to live in a bubble, but we don't unless it's their bubble.
The logic being that Trump won the election and somehow the only place we’ll be exposed to his ideas is on social media?
Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
November 22, 2024 at 1:56 PM
They get to live in a bubble, but we don't unless it's their bubble.
I might stay in bed.
November 21, 2024 at 12:16 PM
I might stay in bed.
The backlash to Bluesky reminds me that in high school, my buddies and I wanted nothing to do w/ the jocks, who gave their big in-group an insipid name. They were weirdly fascinated w/ our activities, though, to the point of giving *our* little group of 4 or 5 a name, which we rejected of course. 1/
November 20, 2024 at 7:15 PM
The backlash to Bluesky reminds me that in high school, my buddies and I wanted nothing to do w/ the jocks, who gave their big in-group an insipid name. They were weirdly fascinated w/ our activities, though, to the point of giving *our* little group of 4 or 5 a name, which we rejected of course. 1/
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Reminder for Bluesky newcomers: The blessed absence of an algorithm to disrupt your real-time feed means your likes do not help spread that content.
If you wish to amplify a post, you have to repost it. And, as with your own posts, you may want to do so at different times to catch different users.
If you wish to amplify a post, you have to repost it. And, as with your own posts, you may want to do so at different times to catch different users.
November 17, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Reminder for Bluesky newcomers: The blessed absence of an algorithm to disrupt your real-time feed means your likes do not help spread that content.
If you wish to amplify a post, you have to repost it. And, as with your own posts, you may want to do so at different times to catch different users.
If you wish to amplify a post, you have to repost it. And, as with your own posts, you may want to do so at different times to catch different users.
Teri Garr was such a naturally funny person. I didn't realize until recently that her parents were entertainers. youtu.be/5TI8E4p_U6A?...
The Moth Presents Teri Garr: Wake Up Call
YouTube video by The Moth
youtu.be
November 17, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Teri Garr was such a naturally funny person. I didn't realize until recently that her parents were entertainers. youtu.be/5TI8E4p_U6A?...
Hypothetically, what do you call someone who acts out the dumbest thing ever done by the dumbest TV character ever?
a man in a suit and tie is carrying a large pot
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is carrying a large pot
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Hypothetically, what do you call someone who acts out the dumbest thing ever done by the dumbest TV character ever?
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A whiteboard from our Jan 2023 team retreat where I wrote down our goals, and the top one was “10k user signups.”
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
November 16, 2024 at 2:46 AM
A whiteboard from our Jan 2023 team retreat where I wrote down our goals, and the top one was “10k user signups.”
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
Boxing is not for me, but since when does fighting a 58-year-old prove somebody's the ultimate tough guy? The two women who beat hell out of each other for 10 rounds (of which I could stomach less than three) showed a lot more guts.
November 16, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Boxing is not for me, but since when does fighting a 58-year-old prove somebody's the ultimate tough guy? The two women who beat hell out of each other for 10 rounds (of which I could stomach less than three) showed a lot more guts.
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Do this, but also I recommend subscribing to Criterion's streaming platform; it's a great repository of stuff not available elsewhere.
There are currently only 22 films streaming on Netflix made before 1980 and not a single one made before 1960, with the oldest film on the platform currently being PSYCHO. I know I’m a broken record but: buy physical media, support your local library, etc etc
November 16, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Do this, but also I recommend subscribing to Criterion's streaming platform; it's a great repository of stuff not available elsewhere.
November 15, 2024 at 1:39 PM