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Tomb Hellton

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Politics, backpacking, travel, photography, & all-purpose snark. Looks like I picked the wrong election year to quit sniffing glue

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Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · Sep 6

Everything is still shitty, so here's a thread of photos from my trip to the eastern Sierra the week before last.

Went through Yosemite to get there...

Cloud's Rest and Half Dome under a cloudy sky, from the slopes above Olmsted Point

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 10h

Just so I’m clear on this, it’s a bad thing to say “I love Hitler”, right?

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 12h

Lol, fired for being dumb enough to put it in print

Staten Island Republican fires chief of staff over alleged text comments, including ‘I love Hitler’

The alleged texts exchanged via Telegram chats among young Republican leaders was obtained by Politico over a seven month period.

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 11h

I would be loath to spend anybody else’s money on it.

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 11h

Xander, in the episode Restless: Whooooo caaaaaares?

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 11h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 12h

But as you say, maybe he is the strongest candidate, and maybe he wins the primary. Let’s find out!

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 12h

I read a profile of Platner that had a lot of appealing stuff in it. But there was also some running against the party bullshit. And honestly, why would anyone expect the party to rally behind a guy who incorporates anti-party messaging into his campaign?

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 12h

As far as I could tell—and I have zero expertise in this area, so that’s a huge caveat—this guy believed his dead brother was there with him.

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 12h

Brian had died in a motorcycle accident like five years before.

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 12h

On a trip to Lancaster, I interviewed an inmate who—this was highly unusual—had his brother, Brian, there with him. This inmate (and I’ve forgotten his name) was clearly very dependent on his brother. I would ask a question and this guy would turn to Brian before answering.

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 12h

I don’t really have a hometown, so I’ll tell a ghost story that happened to me. In the late ‘90s I worked on a pro bono case on behalf of a putative class of developmentally disabled inmates in the CA correctional system. I had to go to a bunch of facilities to interview potential class members….

Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 20h

What’s the best ghost story from your hometown?

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Locus Solus @eduviges.bsky.social · 1d

Pynchon, como Deleuze o Foucault, no cree en escapar del sistema, pero sí en crear grietas dentro de él:
- Momentos de comunión espontánea, amor, música, humor.
- Gestos que no sirven a ningún fin productivo.
- Ráfagas de ternura o locura que no pueden ser calculadas.

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 20h

It’s like saying Biden “primaried” Bernie Sanders (which, in Bernie’s mind, is exactly what happened).

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 20h

Oh, I’ve seen that byline before. I don’t recall what it was that I read of hers, I just remember googling her to verify that yes, she is definitely a reliably right wing hack.

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 22h

Random question: the motion for protective order was supposedly “unopposed”, but Comey submitted a competing motion…did the DOJ try to claim falsely that their motion was unopposed, or is there more to this?

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah that’s some Nobel-ass material right there

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23h

Document signed at yesterday's peace summit in Egypt outlines only broad principles for Gaza's future, highlighting ongoing challenges to achieving lasting resolution to the conflict.
Trump, leaders of Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey signed the agreement. The warring parties—Israel and Hamas, did not.

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 22h

New evidence that DHS reopened criminal investigation of Abrego Garcia on April 17 (the same day the 4th Cir said the admin's position "should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear") at direction of DHS HQ.

David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 1d

Spicy footnote in new motion to compel discovery by Abrego Garcia in his quest to show he's victim of vindictive prosecution, as retaliation for challenging his unlawful removal to El Salvador. On one level, duh, of course. It was a whole of govt smear campaign targeting AG to justify its error:

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 1d

Keep evidence hidden, or maybe keep the absence of evidence hidden.

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 1d

All is not lost

Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 1d

Not signing the Pentagon reporting limitations.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 1d

So many similarities to GOP candidate Nixon dispatching Kissinger to sabotage LBJ's Vietnam talks, initiating a horrendous Cambodian bombing campaign after winning the 1968 election - only to sign essentially the same deal in 1973 that LBJ had put together 5 years earlier.
t.co/joY390u4V0

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 1d

Have they even filed PHV motions?

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 1d

New College of Florida is first in line

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 1d

After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 1d

I heard Reno, Nevada (which I think is also a cover?) and liked it a lot

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 1d

I love Dave Alvin but haven’t heard a lot of his Third Mind stuff

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 1d

Television, Knocking on Heaven’s Door

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 1d

Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 1d

A couple of parking signs for anyone who wants to print them out for this coming Saturday.

If you want to print out a poster for October 18th, here are two; fully-guaranteed countrywide but maybe especially suitable for in and around New York. No King Anytime sign ...

kieranhealy.org

Tomb Hellton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 1d

I would settle for the Coen Brothers