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Here is the Newsweek magazine article that led to the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," marked up to show key passages that Lightfoot borrowed. Short thread at quoted post. Thanks to @bikeguy.bsky.social for reminding me about this. #EdmundFitzgerald50
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here is the Newsweek magazine article that led to the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," marked up to show key passages that Lightfoot borrowed. Short thread at quoted post. Thanks to @bikeguy.bsky.social for reminding me about this. #EdmundFitzgerald50
If you're a reporter and you're in the room and you don't call out the President loudly to his face when he says, "They've made a big deal out of this because we've had two perfect months..." you're a traitor to democracy and have no integrity.
March 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If you're a reporter and you're in the room and you don't call out the President loudly to his face when he says, "They've made a big deal out of this because we've had two perfect months..." you're a traitor to democracy and have no integrity.
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I think it's important to carve out some time each day to weep for our country, and for the values children are learning, and for the planet they will inherit.
March 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I think it's important to carve out some time each day to weep for our country, and for the values children are learning, and for the planet they will inherit.
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I'm sorry for raining on this parade, but the "transgender mice" talking point is bullshit, but not because someone mistook "transgenic" for "transgender."
The blog post that kicked it off (from a partisan bullshit website) listed a number of papers testing the effects of sex hormones on animals.
The blog post that kicked it off (from a partisan bullshit website) listed a number of papers testing the effects of sex hormones on animals.
March 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I'm sorry for raining on this parade, but the "transgender mice" talking point is bullshit, but not because someone mistook "transgenic" for "transgender."
The blog post that kicked it off (from a partisan bullshit website) listed a number of papers testing the effects of sex hormones on animals.
The blog post that kicked it off (from a partisan bullshit website) listed a number of papers testing the effects of sex hormones on animals.
Incredible.
Rep Zephyr’s speech flips 13 Republicans, trans bills die in Montana
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March 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Incredible.
They're fighting really hard to try and cut everything the people actually need, including Medicare and Medicaid, in order to "balance the budget" while giving billionaires a tax cut. Here's an idea: balance the budget by getting the wealthy to pay their taxes.
March 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
They're fighting really hard to try and cut everything the people actually need, including Medicare and Medicaid, in order to "balance the budget" while giving billionaires a tax cut. Here's an idea: balance the budget by getting the wealthy to pay their taxes.
Look at that shot of the all-white, all-male Joint Chiefs of Staff. What a meritocratic bunch they all surely are...
March 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Look at that shot of the all-white, all-male Joint Chiefs of Staff. What a meritocratic bunch they all surely are...
From the people who brought you "Everything's a conspiracy theory when you don't know how anything works," it's Unitary Executive Government by the Dumbest Person Alive! I'm going to throw up.
March 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
From the people who brought you "Everything's a conspiracy theory when you don't know how anything works," it's Unitary Executive Government by the Dumbest Person Alive! I'm going to throw up.
"The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over."
Camera cuts to Elon
Camera cuts to Elon
March 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
"The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over."
Camera cuts to Elon
Camera cuts to Elon
We're literally being governed by idiots.
March 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
We're literally being governed by idiots.
The State of Our Union is Embarrassing
March 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The State of Our Union is Embarrassing
People are still trying to claim that Trump won in a popular vote "landslide" and has a "mandate." I'm going to need everyone to push back against that narrative everywhere they hear it, especially from your Republican member of Congress.
March 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
People are still trying to claim that Trump won in a popular vote "landslide" and has a "mandate." I'm going to need everyone to push back against that narrative everywhere they hear it, especially from your Republican member of Congress.
It's weird because most federal departments and agencies are actually understaffed and the employees are overworked. Layoffs so you can give billionaires a bigger tax cut is downright stupid.
February 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It's weird because most federal departments and agencies are actually understaffed and the employees are overworked. Layoffs so you can give billionaires a bigger tax cut is downright stupid.
Imagine spending decades of your life parroting right wing media talking points about "immigrants taking away jobs from hardworking Americans," and voting thrice for Trump, only to have your own job taken away by a low-skilled immigrant named Elon Musk.
February 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Imagine spending decades of your life parroting right wing media talking points about "immigrants taking away jobs from hardworking Americans," and voting thrice for Trump, only to have your own job taken away by a low-skilled immigrant named Elon Musk.
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Humanity is so beautiful sometimes
February 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Humanity is so beautiful sometimes
The people yearn. They yearn for light rail and other mass transit options. Tech bros keep trying to reinvent individualistic versions of trains and buses. Just give the people what they want.
February 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The people yearn. They yearn for light rail and other mass transit options. Tech bros keep trying to reinvent individualistic versions of trains and buses. Just give the people what they want.
"How dare there be a four star admiral who's a woman! She clearly didn't have to face adversity at every turn to get where she is! That experience seems like it wouldn't be invaluable for leadership in a high stress job! …
February 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"How dare there be a four star admiral who's a woman! She clearly didn't have to face adversity at every turn to get where she is! That experience seems like it wouldn't be invaluable for leadership in a high stress job! …
To the unelected tech bros who have been put in charge of auditing the Federal Government, and their solution to everything so far has been, "Uhhhh, have you tried turning it off and turning it back on again?": Here are four letters to help you realize what you actually ought to be doing: RTFM
February 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
To the unelected tech bros who have been put in charge of auditing the Federal Government, and their solution to everything so far has been, "Uhhhh, have you tried turning it off and turning it back on again?": Here are four letters to help you realize what you actually ought to be doing: RTFM
We desperately need an updated version of "Don't Be a Sucker (1943)."
February 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
We desperately need an updated version of "Don't Be a Sucker (1943)."
We need to be documenting the undocumented rather than mass-deportation. It would be a tremendous economic boom if we could offer big-C United States Citizenship to people who have been living in the US for decades and demonstrating the values of small-c citizenship (civic virtue).
February 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We need to be documenting the undocumented rather than mass-deportation. It would be a tremendous economic boom if we could offer big-C United States Citizenship to people who have been living in the US for decades and demonstrating the values of small-c citizenship (civic virtue).
Diversity ✅
Equity ✅
Inclusion ✅
Access ✅
Belonging ✅
Imagine rebuilding a society in the ashes of the former United States that cherishes these values.
Equity ✅
Inclusion ✅
Access ✅
Belonging ✅
Imagine rebuilding a society in the ashes of the former United States that cherishes these values.
February 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Diversity ✅
Equity ✅
Inclusion ✅
Access ✅
Belonging ✅
Imagine rebuilding a society in the ashes of the former United States that cherishes these values.
Equity ✅
Inclusion ✅
Access ✅
Belonging ✅
Imagine rebuilding a society in the ashes of the former United States that cherishes these values.
It feels like 14 more verses of We Didn't Start the Fire have been written in the last week. What a time to be alive.
February 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
It feels like 14 more verses of We Didn't Start the Fire have been written in the last week. What a time to be alive.
How much time a day do you allot to weep for your nation and the world? I feel like it should be going up, no?
January 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
How much time a day do you allot to weep for your nation and the world? I feel like it should be going up, no?