Chad
@bchadhill.bsky.social
NOLA. Xennial. Former Democrat. He/him 🏳️🌈.
A remarkable piece of journalism. (From Politico, of all places!)
"“The way they’re going about it is absolutely the most toxic, worst way"
@danvisioni.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
@danvisioni.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The Strange and Totally Real Plan to Blot Out the Sun and Reverse Global Warming
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
www.politico.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A remarkable piece of journalism. (From Politico, of all places!)
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No person has been closer to Volodymyr Zelenskyy since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine than Andriy Yermak — and no absence may matter more.
My analysis with @fabricedeprez.bsky.social on today’s massive political shakeup in Kyiv.
www.ft.com/content/56f7...
My analysis with @fabricedeprez.bsky.social on today’s massive political shakeup in Kyiv.
www.ft.com/content/56f7...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy loses brother-in-arms in Kyiv power shift
President’s departing aide centralised decision-making in a way no other official had done in Ukraine
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
No person has been closer to Volodymyr Zelenskyy since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine than Andriy Yermak — and no absence may matter more.
My analysis with @fabricedeprez.bsky.social on today’s massive political shakeup in Kyiv.
www.ft.com/content/56f7...
My analysis with @fabricedeprez.bsky.social on today’s massive political shakeup in Kyiv.
www.ft.com/content/56f7...
For me: SoCal NO QUESTION followed by the Bay (I'm partial to Walnut Creek). Nothing hits like California.
Bluesky: “Obviously the housing crisis is the only reason anyone would choose to live outside of NYC”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
For me: SoCal NO QUESTION followed by the Bay (I'm partial to Walnut Creek). Nothing hits like California.
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How good is Wake Up Dead Man? Well, @leahschnelbach.bsky.social's seeing it four times in theaters:
Wake Up Dead Man Is a Miraculous Film - Reactor
Faith AND Reason??? In THIS economy???
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
How good is Wake Up Dead Man? Well, @leahschnelbach.bsky.social's seeing it four times in theaters:
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In what may be my opus, I present my list of movies I consider to be, spiritually speaking, Thanksgiving movies.
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
A Guide to Thanksgiving Movies
Films to watch while you cook for, or hide from, family this year
houseofmirrors.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In what may be my opus, I present my list of movies I consider to be, spiritually speaking, Thanksgiving movies.
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
I reupped Netflix for Stranger Things (yes, I realize this is embarrassing – very Hufflepuff-in-bio coded – so sue me) *but* was fretting about not being able to remember past seasons.
PROBLEM SOLVED!
PROBLEM SOLVED!
If it feels like forever since you watched Stranger Things, I'm here to help for @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
'Stranger Things': Where the Hell Were We?
As the final episodes of 'Stranger Things' drop, a recap of Season 4's major events and where each character stands.
www.rollingstone.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I reupped Netflix for Stranger Things (yes, I realize this is embarrassing – very Hufflepuff-in-bio coded – so sue me) *but* was fretting about not being able to remember past seasons.
PROBLEM SOLVED!
PROBLEM SOLVED!
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Saturday neighborhood pop up at the corner of Magazine & Napoleon in New Orleans.
We're all bracing for the regime's assault as though we're preparing for a hurricane. We've got this.
We're all bracing for the regime's assault as though we're preparing for a hurricane. We've got this.
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Saturday neighborhood pop up at the corner of Magazine & Napoleon in New Orleans.
We're all bracing for the regime's assault as though we're preparing for a hurricane. We've got this.
We're all bracing for the regime's assault as though we're preparing for a hurricane. We've got this.
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The plan would be a stupefying, kleptocratic hand-over to Trump. He would personally (!) become head of some vast reconstruction fund for Ukraine? This plan is Putin dangling to Trump a job, for life, as a resource-engorged Russian oligarch (in case he should ever be, you know, forced out as POTUS.)
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The plan would be a stupefying, kleptocratic hand-over to Trump. He would personally (!) become head of some vast reconstruction fund for Ukraine? This plan is Putin dangling to Trump a job, for life, as a resource-engorged Russian oligarch (in case he should ever be, you know, forced out as POTUS.)
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As always, who fucking knows what's going on in the White House.
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
As always, who fucking knows what's going on in the White House.
We'll see. I'm not sure we should put much weight on the reassurances of Lil Marco.
Ok this is big. Sen. Rounds iterates that, per Rubio, Thursday is a deadline to begin negotiations — not a deadline for Ukraine to accept the deal. There is no threat of revoking intelligence sharing or ending arms shipments from the administration, he says.
November 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We'll see. I'm not sure we should put much weight on the reassurances of Lil Marco.
Bass Pro Shop
So is it beyond the realms of possibility that some kind retailer might offer "White Friday" deals?
November 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Bass Pro Shop
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THIS!!!!!!
(Former FM of Lithuania)
(Former FM of Lithuania)
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
THIS!!!!!!
(Former FM of Lithuania)
(Former FM of Lithuania)
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This address by President Zelenskyy is heart-wrenching.
Faced with the—expected— US betrayal, he must be able to count on Europe.
If Europe does not help Ukraine defeat russia by all necessary means, it will bury its dignity, its principles, its legitimacy—and its security.
Faced with the—expected— US betrayal, he must be able to count on Europe.
If Europe does not help Ukraine defeat russia by all necessary means, it will bury its dignity, its principles, its legitimacy—and its security.
⚡️ BREAKING: President Zelenskyy warns Ukraine is facing one of the toughest moments in its history, with a choice between dignity and the risk of losing a key ally, or accepting a hard 28-point plan and a brutal winter ahead.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This address by President Zelenskyy is heart-wrenching.
Faced with the—expected— US betrayal, he must be able to count on Europe.
If Europe does not help Ukraine defeat russia by all necessary means, it will bury its dignity, its principles, its legitimacy—and its security.
Faced with the—expected— US betrayal, he must be able to count on Europe.
If Europe does not help Ukraine defeat russia by all necessary means, it will bury its dignity, its principles, its legitimacy—and its security.
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🧵 Especially worth it for the perfect final post
1/ What a Russian breaking of the ceasefire will look like, step by step.
There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.
So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.
So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🧵 Especially worth it for the perfect final post
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Trump’s plan is to make a democracy that is fighting for its very existence, a vassal to a brutal and oppressive dictatorship. He is making the USA an accomplice to Ukraine’s eventual destruction.
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Trump’s plan is to make a democracy that is fighting for its very existence, a vassal to a brutal and oppressive dictatorship. He is making the USA an accomplice to Ukraine’s eventual destruction.
If those fash motherfuckers thought being chased into the Carolina woods was too much to endure, wait until we chase 'em into da bayou.
Karma's a bitch, and she ain't forgot Alligator Alcatraz.
Karma's a bitch, and she ain't forgot Alligator Alcatraz.
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If those fash motherfuckers thought being chased into the Carolina woods was too much to endure, wait until we chase 'em into da bayou.
Karma's a bitch, and she ain't forgot Alligator Alcatraz.
Karma's a bitch, and she ain't forgot Alligator Alcatraz.
"All the talk of Trump pivoting to Ukraine, of Trump being angry with Putin, of Trump wanting to be an honest broker, all of it is finally dead and revealed to be the nonsense it always was. The tragedy, of course, is that people ever believed this self-destructive fantasy in the first place."
Well, once again it was shown that Trump's "support" for Ukraine was a con. He has been working with Putin in secret to craft a "peace" deal which the US and Russia will now try to shove down Ukrainian and European throats. Just sent out this free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Trump Was Working With Putin The Entire Time
And Now Europe and Ukraine Will Pay The Price
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"All the talk of Trump pivoting to Ukraine, of Trump being angry with Putin, of Trump wanting to be an honest broker, all of it is finally dead and revealed to be the nonsense it always was. The tragedy, of course, is that people ever believed this self-destructive fantasy in the first place."
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I don’t care what happens with the Texas legislative maps. Democrats should still gerrymander the shit out of blue states.
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I don’t care what happens with the Texas legislative maps. Democrats should still gerrymander the shit out of blue states.
Unclear how it's going to play out here. In New Orleans proper, you'll likely see Chicago-like resistance. But the largest immigrant communities are in JP, which is fairly right-wing and also governed by Republicans.
This New Orleans operation is going to closely resemble what we just went through in Chicago.
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Unclear how it's going to play out here. In New Orleans proper, you'll likely see Chicago-like resistance. But the largest immigrant communities are in JP, which is fairly right-wing and also governed by Republicans.
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This New Orleans operation is going to closely resemble what we just went through in Chicago.
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This New Orleans operation is going to closely resemble what we just went through in Chicago.
Is it misogynistic to say that Olivia Nuzzi is ugly? Would that make the same comment regarding Stephen Miller misandrist? Why is it okay to comment on his physical appearance but not hers? Some of our modern pieties escape me.
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Is it misogynistic to say that Olivia Nuzzi is ugly? Would that make the same comment regarding Stephen Miller misandrist? Why is it okay to comment on his physical appearance but not hers? Some of our modern pieties escape me.
Municipal austerity is going to amplify the effects of the imminent recession. I have no idea if it's necessary, but it couldn't happen at a worse time.
Mayor-elect Helena Moreno said next year's budget will have to include even steeper spending cuts than originally envisioned, as the city pays back a $125 million loan to address a shortage of cash and also catches up on late vendor payments.
Mayor-elect Helena Moreno is preparing a 2026 budget, with steep cuts on the horizon
Mayor-elect Helena Moreno said next year's budget will have to include even steeper spending cuts than originally envisioned, as the city pays back a $125 million loan to address a shortage of cash and also catches up on late vendor payments.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Municipal austerity is going to amplify the effects of the imminent recession. I have no idea if it's necessary, but it couldn't happen at a worse time.
New Epstein file just dropped by the Trump DOJ ... and I've got some bad news Team Blue:
The whole thing is going to read like "It was great to see you HILLARIE CLINTEN. I loved hanging out with you at HILLARIE CLENTON tower. Say hello to your daughter CELSEE CLITEN and your three sons CHELSE CLINTEN."
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New Epstein file just dropped by the Trump DOJ ... and I've got some bad news Team Blue:
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Justin, saying that AI replaces cognition is exactly congruent to saying that Ponzi schemes replace mutual funds. Convincing simulacra that appear to be doing impossible things are not replacing anything except other grifts. As labor saving tech they’re more mechanical turk than spinning jenny.
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Justin, saying that AI replaces cognition is exactly congruent to saying that Ponzi schemes replace mutual funds. Convincing simulacra that appear to be doing impossible things are not replacing anything except other grifts. As labor saving tech they’re more mechanical turk than spinning jenny.
Should health insurance cost more than rent? Actually, probably yes. But not with the artificial scarcity we've built into the housing market. We can't expect people to pay what health insurance is "worth" when they're paying $2000 or more per month to live in closets in most major cities.
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Should health insurance cost more than rent? Actually, probably yes. But not with the artificial scarcity we've built into the housing market. We can't expect people to pay what health insurance is "worth" when they're paying $2000 or more per month to live in closets in most major cities.