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Birds, books, balls (tennis ones) 🏳️🌈🐈⬛🐈⬛
Seems I’ve reached the singularity here having been named an AI bot and BlueMaga, neither of which will clean my cat’s litter boxes. Do with that what you will, lol.
Seems I’ve reached the singularity here having been named an AI bot and BlueMaga, neither of which will clean my cat’s litter boxes. Do with that what you will, lol.
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@bookshrike.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Something has always bothered me about the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The ego thing would be to call it the Gulf of the United States since he’s POTUS. Something clicked for me tonight realizing that he does signal his intentions though they might not be obvious. 1/
Dear Grim Reaper,
First off, time for a holiday, or a long sabbatical. Seriously. Secondly, there was an easy get 79 yo there for the taking. No fire needed. Thinking of your workload during this busy season.
First off, time for a holiday, or a long sabbatical. Seriously. Secondly, there was an easy get 79 yo there for the taking. No fire needed. Thinking of your workload during this busy season.
December 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Dear Grim Reaper,
First off, time for a holiday, or a long sabbatical. Seriously. Secondly, there was an easy get 79 yo there for the taking. No fire needed. Thinking of your workload during this busy season.
First off, time for a holiday, or a long sabbatical. Seriously. Secondly, there was an easy get 79 yo there for the taking. No fire needed. Thinking of your workload during this busy season.
First question I have is will Musk, Bezos/Jassy, Zuckerberg, Pichai have to pony up if they want to keep their HB1 employees? And secondly, how is this even happening, where are the lawsuits?
Unbelievable - you literally wire money to some unspecified account. I assume this is so Trump can treat it as a slush fund he can deploy unconstrained by Congress (in violation of the Constitution).
December 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
First question I have is will Musk, Bezos/Jassy, Zuckerberg, Pichai have to pony up if they want to keep their HB1 employees? And secondly, how is this even happening, where are the lawsuits?
I got an advanced video of the upcoming meeting.
Also who fucking cares, hope they get drunk on boxed wine and paint each others nails heinous colors. While giggling like the 8 yo’s that they act like.
Also who fucking cares, hope they get drunk on boxed wine and paint each others nails heinous colors. While giggling like the 8 yo’s that they act like.
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I got an advanced video of the upcoming meeting.
Also who fucking cares, hope they get drunk on boxed wine and paint each others nails heinous colors. While giggling like the 8 yo’s that they act like.
Also who fucking cares, hope they get drunk on boxed wine and paint each others nails heinous colors. While giggling like the 8 yo’s that they act like.
Great thread, thank you Choam
So I feel very strongly that there aren’t enough good resources to tell people what mobile games are actually fun and not just a Delaware corporation lunging for your wallet and I’m going to start a thread. Sam’s IOS Game Thread START:
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Great thread, thank you Choam
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23 year old Aretha Franklin …
The power and texture in her voice. Whew.
The power and texture in her voice. Whew.
December 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
23 year old Aretha Franklin …
The power and texture in her voice. Whew.
The power and texture in her voice. Whew.
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Sunday reading: I wrote about how the regime’s latest racist hate campaign is tied to the Right’s broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist vision.
A deep dive into the Right’s visions of blood-and-soil nationalism:
A deep dive into the Right’s visions of blood-and-soil nationalism:
Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals
The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist
steady.page
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sunday reading: I wrote about how the regime’s latest racist hate campaign is tied to the Right’s broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist vision.
A deep dive into the Right’s visions of blood-and-soil nationalism:
A deep dive into the Right’s visions of blood-and-soil nationalism:
It trump sees this it’ll leave a mark that bigger than the one on his hand. Brilliant 🔥
December 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It trump sees this it’ll leave a mark that bigger than the one on his hand. Brilliant 🔥
Any transit nerds out there that could answer this question, who would a train that had its brakes activated need to be removed? It’s 2025, can the brakes be unactivated and the train go on it’s merry way? And don’t get me started on signal issues in 2025, but I understand that a little bit
Uptown [D][N][R] trains are running with delays after we removed a train that had its brakes activated from service at 36 St (Brooklyn).
December 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Any transit nerds out there that could answer this question, who would a train that had its brakes activated need to be removed? It’s 2025, can the brakes be unactivated and the train go on it’s merry way? And don’t get me started on signal issues in 2025, but I understand that a little bit
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Another mass shooting, this time at Brown. 2 dead, 8 injured. MAGA & Corporate media waiting to ID the shooter but we know the drill
•Immigrant—> Expand ICE
•Muslim—> Expand Muslim ban
•Black—> Expand prisons & police
•White—> Troubled lone wolf with rough childhood
And still 0 action on gun safety
•Immigrant—> Expand ICE
•Muslim—> Expand Muslim ban
•Black—> Expand prisons & police
•White—> Troubled lone wolf with rough childhood
And still 0 action on gun safety
December 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Another mass shooting, this time at Brown. 2 dead, 8 injured. MAGA & Corporate media waiting to ID the shooter but we know the drill
•Immigrant—> Expand ICE
•Muslim—> Expand Muslim ban
•Black—> Expand prisons & police
•White—> Troubled lone wolf with rough childhood
And still 0 action on gun safety
•Immigrant—> Expand ICE
•Muslim—> Expand Muslim ban
•Black—> Expand prisons & police
•White—> Troubled lone wolf with rough childhood
And still 0 action on gun safety
Extremely strong and beautifully written statement. Can’t wait till Jan 1 so I can start calling him, my Mayor.
December 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Extremely strong and beautifully written statement. Can’t wait till Jan 1 so I can start calling him, my Mayor.
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
💯 There seems to be a growing faction of these white men who were successful in the 00’s and were entitled enough to think they could coast on their initial success but more talented people surpassed them, not all of them white men. Hence the bitterness, see Greenwald and Tiabbi as other examples.
This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
what the fuck are you talking about man
December 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
💯 There seems to be a growing faction of these white men who were successful in the 00’s and were entitled enough to think they could coast on their initial success but more talented people surpassed them, not all of them white men. Hence the bitterness, see Greenwald and Tiabbi as other examples.
Must watch, very powerful
December 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Must watch, very powerful
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A carol for the times
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A carol for the times
Seeing Nuts (Barbra Streisand) in a movie theater in Maine all alone, projectionist came out and asked, ‘are you sure you want to see this’. I said ‘yes’. LOL
Only to be topped by nearly knocking over Trump at the top of the escalator, Ziegfeld premiere of Nell. Could’ve, should’ve……
Only to be topped by nearly knocking over Trump at the top of the escalator, Ziegfeld premiere of Nell. Could’ve, should’ve……
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Seeing Nuts (Barbra Streisand) in a movie theater in Maine all alone, projectionist came out and asked, ‘are you sure you want to see this’. I said ‘yes’. LOL
Only to be topped by nearly knocking over Trump at the top of the escalator, Ziegfeld premiere of Nell. Could’ve, should’ve……
Only to be topped by nearly knocking over Trump at the top of the escalator, Ziegfeld premiere of Nell. Could’ve, should’ve……
So infuriating, come on America we can do fucking better. Crocket has more skills than Platner could ever dream of having in his lifetime. So yes, #TheDoubleTax and also racism and white entitlement
People are showing more grace to the white guy who took 18 years to cover up racist tattoos than a Black woman who has been using her platform to fight inequality since she got here.
This is #TheDoubleTax.
This is #TheDoubleTax.
Jasmine Crockett’s Senate bid is infuriating some colleagues.
“She might win a primary, but she ain't winning a general in Texas," said a senior House Dem.
Another House Dem told @axios.com: “Just look to see how many House members endorse her candidacy.” www.axios.com/2025/12/12/j...
“She might win a primary, but she ain't winning a general in Texas," said a senior House Dem.
Another House Dem told @axios.com: “Just look to see how many House members endorse her candidacy.” www.axios.com/2025/12/12/j...
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
So infuriating, come on America we can do fucking better. Crocket has more skills than Platner could ever dream of having in his lifetime. So yes, #TheDoubleTax and also racism and white entitlement
Leaving the answer to legalSky but would these pardons count if one could prove they were issued by someone who was medically diagnosed with dementia?
"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration"
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read/share/subscribe:
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read/share/subscribe:
Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Leaving the answer to legalSky but would these pardons count if one could prove they were issued by someone who was medically diagnosed with dementia?
Creepy af
Trump on his wife's legislative initiative: "I just heard about that for the first time. The only thing I can tell you, I know one thing for sure, it's going to be great for children. I don't know what it is she's doing. She loves children. She's got a wonderful boy. And she's very proud of her boy"
December 12, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Creepy af
These 7 people need to stop doing what they think they should be doing. Me I solved this years ago by not celebrating. Instead gifts and get togethers all year long with friends. And then hibernation during the ‘holidays’.
A survey found that nearly seven in ten people feel pressure to appear happier than they really are, during the holiday season.
Try "practicing these micro-actions — like tiny mood resets," says Jennifer Moss, former member of the Global Happiness Council.
Try "practicing these micro-actions — like tiny mood resets," says Jennifer Moss, former member of the Global Happiness Council.
12 tiny meaningful ways to feel happier this holiday season, says expert: They’re better than ‘faking joy’
Try "practicing these micro-actions — like tiny mood resets," says Jennifer Moss, former member of the Global Happiness Council and author of "Unlocking Happiness at Work."
cnb.cx
December 12, 2025 at 4:25 AM
These 7 people need to stop doing what they think they should be doing. Me I solved this years ago by not celebrating. Instead gifts and get togethers all year long with friends. And then hibernation during the ‘holidays’.
Yes! More of this please, scare them, make them lawyer up and never let up
Yes, I'm taking the first step towards Noem's impeachment.
I demand a full investigation into Secretary Noem's unlawful actions and unethical behavior. The people will have accountability.
I demand a full investigation into Secretary Noem's unlawful actions and unethical behavior. The people will have accountability.
December 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Yes! More of this please, scare them, make them lawyer up and never let up
We are now North Korea
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We are now North Korea
How much more evidence do we need that the Trump/Miller admin is planning on complete ethnic cleansing to a white only, Christian only US? Here they are indoctrinating the younger generation to accept their plans.
They want to create their own shithole country. Let’s not let this happen
They want to create their own shithole country. Let’s not let this happen
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
How much more evidence do we need that the Trump/Miller admin is planning on complete ethnic cleansing to a white only, Christian only US? Here they are indoctrinating the younger generation to accept their plans.
They want to create their own shithole country. Let’s not let this happen
They want to create their own shithole country. Let’s not let this happen
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Bye, US tourism industry.
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US
All tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), would also require any email addresses and telephone numbers visitors have used in the same period, and the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members, including children. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Bye, US tourism industry.