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Don Sheldon

@donsheldon.bsky.social

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My family revitalizes abandoned homes, maintains them, and rents them fairly. I'm very proud of our work. We also play games of all descriptions, especially on a table. I like math and science most, but am interested in everything. He/Him/His

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Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · Nov 9

They say posting your art is the best thing to do here when you first start. My art is a card game called The House of Wisdom. It's about the amazing discoveries of the Islamic Golden Age; things that you know about, but maybe don't know where they came from.

Cards for the game artfully(?) laid out.

What the game looks like when set up, minus players' hands.

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Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 6h

Not so much "admitted" as "successful used as an affirmative defense in a court of law," it's similar, but I really enjoy this detail.

Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 6h

Violence and intimidation... to control the behavior of a civilian population... where have I read about that...?

terrorism • /'terərizəm/

the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 6h

Wow, it must really suck to have something you consider an integral part of your identity disappeared%

Furthermore, ICE must be abolished.

Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 16h

It takes a lot of work to make Petey look good by comparison, but they did it.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 19h

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 17h

The executive is usurping a core Article I function, this should be treated with the same amount of alarm as if he declared he's disbanding Congress, because that's functionally what he's doing/done

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Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 16h

Having items that you can order to pick up at the store, but can't just walk in and buy, is weird. I get it, they have it in the back, it's just not on display, but they do sell it. Still feels weird.

Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 20h

THAT is when we were great.

Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 20h

[A-Z]*

Actually, "A-Z Star" isn't an awful name for... something. Probably not this. But something.

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Joan Grey @joangrey.bsky.social · 1d

Huh. That argument/discussion in the article could be used to support UBI. He's not sure what humans will do without "(fake) jobs", but he's sure humans will find something.

Yes, absolutely. Give us UBI, and we'll create art and science that is fulfilling and amazing, in the best ways.

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Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 20h

Protest sign ideas in two pairs:

Shut Down
Until He
Resigns

No Budget
for the
Dictator

Secret Police
are the Enemy

Fear is not
Freedom

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 23h

This is literally a police state. This is actual fascism in action.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 21h

The deciding factor for who the Trump administration illegally fires is if that person's job *personally* makes him richer or protects him from consequences (e.g. legal concerns or peasant uprisings).

Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 22h

The US has maximum freedom... for its wealthiest thousand families and the companies they own.

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Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 1d

And these same folks, who believe every politicized scrap they've heard since kindergarten, "don't trust the gub'ment" when it teaches them science.

Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 1d

Aren't those all the same? Or is that the joke? Did you make a joke and I missed it?

Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think AJ knows that it's only been a federal holiday for 54 years? Or that we can make new holidays whenever we want because they're all made up?

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News From America @newsfromamerica.bsky.social · 1d

The economy, $190 shirts, piece work, minimum wage, supply and demand.

This viral, concise and active-voice explainer has exactly one solution: Universal Basic Income.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 1d

4yo has their first day of preschool today. Now we wake up a bit earlier to make it on time, so the day feels longer. And it's quiet. Too quiet. Where are all my babies?

Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 1d

Someone keeps trying to reset my Facebook password. Nice try, buddy, they'll never let you in because *I* can't even get in *with* a password.

Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 1d

Protip: don't use a cheap awl to mark steel pipes.

In the background is two lengths of half inch steel pipe and a hammer. In the foreground is a cheap awl with the last quarter inch of its tip bent 90°.

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Dan @pittsburghdan.bsky.social · 1d

I think I just saw an ICE vehicle pull
into the Dollar General on McNeilly Rd.

Black suburban, spotlight on the driver side, black and gold construction zone sticker on the back bumper, and a plastic shield over the license plate that made it completely indecipherable.

Eyes open, Pittsburgh

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Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 1d

Less rock star, more vaudeville stand-up, who were the rock stars of their time just way, way more racists.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

Said respectfully, this man got a standing ovation saying this in one of the whitest rooms in America

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Don Sheldon @donsheldon.bsky.social · 2d

They can do it in a good way if they put down the gun and dance along.

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