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Brianna Chesser
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“That’s a matter between me and my grammarian”
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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · Jun 17
Arrests the right has been calling unjust government overreach for 30+ years
Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, being led out of his cabin by an FBI agent who looks like a rancher. No tactical gear, just a cowboy hat, and jeans. . The surrender of Randy Weaver, who was Ashli Babbitt before Ashli Babbitt. In a black and white photo, Weaver is holding his infant daughter and flanked by an FBI agent and aⁿ Idaho state trooper whom he appears to be holding hands with, though maybe they’re cuffed to each other. They’re all wearing jeans, and there’s some uniformed officers behind them. There are two people in the foreground, both civilians, one of them in his teens. The FBI agent is arresting a literal terrorist with what appears to be a cell phone on his belt, and a button-down, not a bunch of body armor. Weaver sold automatic rifles to Nazis, and also a federal agent. He was small fry, but he got most of his family killed by entering a standoff with the Feds—he told his middle school aged sons to fire on federal officers. For whatever reason (president was a democrat/they love Nazis), republicans thought that this was egregious government overreach, something they couldn’t claim about the idiot in Oregon because we all saw the video of him pointing a gun at cops, and heard the audio clearly. This was impossible for Babbitt because she was surrounded by a bunch of other screaming terrorists, allowing them to create their own fantastic narrative. .
chessercat.bsky.social
still not clear on if it's the NYT or the architect or just the usual moron who is responsible for the no-door groverhaus ballroom? he's obviously who's to blame for the weird chimney skylights in a huge field house used like 12 nights a year.
The latest plan, which officials said was still preliminary, calls for a ballroom much larger than the West Wing and the Executive Mansion. Mr. Trump has said publicly that he would like a ballroom big enough to hold a crowd for a presidential inauguration. an architectural rendering with some labels: White House residence Enclosed passageway Proposed East Wing TREASURY BUILDING (shown and labeled in the background because it is a large and prominent building east of the White House) Main ballroom (larger than the White House itself) - Skylight; it has 3 for some reason, even though it would mostly be used at night, not for summer weddings, sticking up like chimneys on a steamer ship First lady's office, movie theater and service area (all below the ballroom, which would presumably not be used very often because it's not a hotel & conference center) East colonnade (I think this was damaged in the demo; they were built by Thomas Jefferson) Stairs leading to the second floor (they are huge, and there is no door or walkway) Elevated walkway wrapping around part of the building (There are no doors) Grand staircase windows in the corner look in on each other, it's madness. Note: Rendering is based on a preliminary drawing and images of a model of the proposed East Wing released by the White House. Junho Lee and Lazaro Gamio/The New York Times. .
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
chessercat.bsky.social
that's one mystery solved
As President Trump took a stroll on the White House roof in August, generating headlines and questions about what he was up to, the man walking beside him was little noticed. Wearing his signature bow tie, James McCrery, a classical architect who runs a small Washington firm known for its work building Catholic churches, was discussing how to execute Mr. Trump's vision for a ballroom on the White House grounds. . dipshit on roof of White House with embarrassed trad Cath architect in his signature bowtie, like he's George will or literally anyone I would recognize, New York Times, what? . .
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
Heard this one? The City of Barcelona traded 3 lanes of vehicle traffic for an exceptional 4.7km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid. Businesses sued, & eventually won in court. Then they admitted that they actually like the change.

Streets for people are good for business.
The Legal Attack on Superblock Barcelona - City Lab Barcelona
In this blog post, I attempt to unpack what this court ruling is about, the legal arguments, and who is behind it. Did the city really do something wrong?  What will happen to the Consell de Cent proj...
citylabbcn.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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americanfietser.bsky.social
Imagine if we directed the same relentless energy toward building better cities that we currently waste on making excuses for why we can't.
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d
Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”

The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
People enjoying riding bikes along a canal in Utrecht, Netherlands. #Dutch
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Let us hear the infamous story about the necessity of a “land swap” again..

These Ukrainians will be demoralized, tortured and men will be forced to fight on Russia’s behalf. Don’t be naive or romantic about it.

EU, the people you leave with Putin, will be forced to kill your citizens. Wake up.
Putin signs decree formalizing Russification of occupied Ukraine through 2036 Document sets 95% "Russian civic identity" target for occupied populations by 2036
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):

"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."

"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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ericumansky.bsky.social
So Trump just pardoned the former prez of Honduras, who:

-took a $1M bribe from El Chapo:
-was aided his in clemency campaign by Roger Stone
-ran for reelection despite a law against it, thus setting off political violence that killed dozens.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
chessercat.bsky.social
it'd be super embarrassing if there were a bunch of stuff about the importance of freedom of navigation on military and state department websites
policy.war.gov/FON/

including a memo from February 2017
policy.defense.gov/Portals/11/D...

and a jargon-filled agenda(?)
www.pacom.mil/Portals/55/D...
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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secretman11.bsky.social
He's starting to bump up against the "Alan Keyes Constant"

(Though the article's framing of Trump is a bit grimly ironic in retrospect, though not entirely wrong)

www.chicagomag.com/city-life/ap...
The Alan Keyes Constant
How Alan Keyes's substantial--but not 100 percent total--loss to Barack Obama--explains the world, or at least birthers and the sudden political popularity of Donald Trump.
www.chicagomag.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 AM
chessercat.bsky.social
also, who is going around making sure that everyone's phones, apps, and browsers capitalize "cletus?" IDGAF

if it gets jd vance to touch grass or at least stop testing his standup tour and groping the Merry Widow Kirk, then I guess it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make, but oye vey
chessercat.bsky.social Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 1d
the Cletus safaris get weirder and weirder
Washington Post She's torn between her love for Trump and her work with migrants November 29, 2025. .
November 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
chessercat.bsky.social
the Cletus safaris get weirder and weirder
Washington Post She's torn between her love for Trump and her work with migrants November 29, 2025. .
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
chessercat.bsky.social
1973 was a big year for Richard Nixon: his second inauguration, the senate opened its investigation, the Watergate burglars were convicted implicating CRP, then the White House counsel John Dean and attorney general John Mitchell were fingered, lordy there were tapes, the Saturday Night Massacre
Richard Nixon Public Approval/Disapproval (Gallup Data). I just cropped the line chart that showed 1969 to 1974, and truncated the data, so the x-axis in from October 20, 1972 to July 20, 1974—he resigned August 8, 1974—and the y-axis is 0 to 100 percent. I should have been less lazy so that it showed the scale better, and gallup should have been less lazy about labeling the dates on the x-axis. basically, Nixon was extremely or very popular until 1973, when it was revealed that his campaign had paid the Watergate burglars on orders from the White House. his approval ratings sunk from then on (march/April 1973). Start Date End Date Approving Disapproving Unsure/NoData 08/02/1974 08/05/1974 24 66 10 07/12/1974 07/15/1974 24 63 13 06/28/1974 07/01/1974 28 58 14 06/21/1974 06/24/1974 26 61 13 05/31/1974 06/03/1974 28 61 11 05/17/1974 05/20/1974 26 61 13 05/10/1974 05/13/1974 25 61 14 05/03/1974 05/06/1974 25 58 17 04/19/1974 04/22/1974 26 60 14 04/12/1974 04/15/1974 25 62 13 03/29/1974 04/01/1974 26 65 9 03/08/1974 03/11/1974 26 62 12 02/22/1974 02/25/1974 25 64 11 02/08/1974 02/11/1974 27 63 10 02/01/1974 02/04/1974 28 59 13 01/18/1974 01/21/1974 26 64 10 01/04/1974 01/07/1974 27 63 10 12/07/1973 12/10/1973 29 60 11 11/30/1973 12/3/1973 31 59 10 11/2/1973 11/5/1973 27 63 10 10/19/1973 10/22/1973 27 60 13 10/05/1973 10/08/1973 30 57 13 09/21/1973 09/24/1973 33 59 8 09/07/1973 09/10/1973 34 56 10 08/17/1973 08/20/1973 36 54 10 08/03/1973 08/06/1973 31 58 11 07/06/1973 07/09/1973 39 49 12 06/22/1973 06/25/1973 44 45 11 06/01/1973 06/04/1973 44 44 12 05/11/1973 05/14/1973 44 45 11 05/04/1973 05/07/1973 45 42 13 04/27/1973 04/29/1973 48 40 12 04/06/1973 04/09/1973 54 36 10 03/30/1973 04/02/1973 57 34 9 02/16/1973 02/19/1973 65 25 10 01/26/1973 01/29/1973 67 25 8 01/12/1973 01/15/1973 51 37 12 12/08/1972 12/11/1972 59 30 11 11/11/1972 11/14/1972 62 28 10 06/23/1972 06/26/1972 56 33 11 . .
November 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
chessercat.bsky.social
all for it otoh, and I don't want to validate any part of their criminal actions against Caribbean mariners otoh #SecretaryofWarCrimes
November 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
chessercat.bsky.social
I just realized something…

who wore it better, @dieworkwear.bsky.social ?
my uncle's neighbor, bespoke conga drum craftsman, Martin Cohen, on the left, and Mr Jiggs, known to me as Jiggsy (Mr Jiggs was her stage name), a chimpanzee. he is standing, and she is sitting on a step-stool (she, like all chimps, was like 4-feet tall). there are conga drums on either side of them. Mr. Cohen is wearing jeans and a t-shirt, and he has dark, shoulder-length hair, glasses with large frames and slightly tinted lenses, and a neatly-trimmed mustache. Jiggsy is wearing an extremely 70s conga tuxedo with a shirt that is nicer than JD Vance's, and was in style at the time, circa 1975-76, unlike JD Vance's, circa 2025-26. The shirt has two ruffles on either side of the placket, with contrasting piping, that is also on the placket, and the buttons are dark on the light shirt. The jacket is buttoned even though she's seated, because she's a chimpanzee, and some of the ruffles show below the buttons, as she's not wearing a cummerbund. She has wide cuffs at the base of her sleeves, but they fit properly, because my uncle went to an actual goddamn tailor…sorry it's a pet peeve of mine. gentlemen, buy shirts that fir and wear an undershirt, they'll last longer. Actually, they may just be the sleeves of the jacket rolled up. The lapels are a similar light-colored contrasting fabric. she has a watch on her right hand. if you asked her the time, she would show it to you. Jiggsy's suit fits much better than JD's as well. The pants come to her ankles, and have enough ease for her to move around without wrinkling them. They have a contrasting stripe down each side, as is appropriate for someone in a band. On her left lapel is a button that says "LP." they made a conga album together. Jiggsy was trained to perform music, mix drinks, roller skate…the things that Krusty the Klown's monkey does, and that are frowned upon now. JD Vance with his arm around Murderer bin Salman, heir apparent to the Saudi throne & de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, formally serving as Crown Prince & Prime Minister, best known for ordering the dismemberment of Washington Post journalist Jamaal Khashoggi, who was living in the US in exile. in the background & foreground, instead of everything is computer, everything is gold, including the rims of drinking glasses, which I assume is some sort of gold-colored enamel that can be sanitized, unlike the handwash-only ones you'd have in your home, but not those ones, because they're tacky. JD Vance, who is clearly on Ozempic, but still doughy, is wearing a tuxedo, as is appropriate, but it looks like the kind that would be on a ventriloquist's dummy in the 1950s-70s. at least the shirt does. the jacket is open, showing a shirt made out of the thinnest cotton lawn or voile available, worn over nothing, very clearly, like he's teasing some ottoman in the room that he used to go out with. thankfully the jacket covers enough that we don't see a nip slip, but there's a large brown-ish stain on the left chest, like he spontaneously lactated. I have a c-cup and I know my chest stains, but this one is HUGE for an adult food spill. and you button your coat at a fancy dinner, making it more confounding. did he have soy sauce packets in the inner pocket of his jacket and give someone a bouncing bro hug? the shirt itself, in addition to being both stained and translucent, has an odd design, like it's made for a much cooler man. it has 6 or 8 pin tucks on either side of the placket, as a nod to a classic tuxedo shirt, but it doesn't quite work, partly because tuxedo shirts have pleats, not pin tucks, which are sewn down fully or partially, if they're used to give body. the placket has black contrast piping and he's wearing black tuxedo studs with visible gaps. the collar is weird and unstabilized, and he doesn't know how to tie a bowtie. MbS is in traditional Saudi garb.
November 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
chessercat.bsky.social
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha I worked at a comic book shop in high school in the 90s that rented animé. I got free rentals, and obviously I started with some of the more well-known stuff, and moved on to quirky series and sci-fi and then, one day, WHAT THE FUCK and this was Netscape and aim era
November 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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tmwillia.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
chessercat.bsky.social
France is so far ahead of us!
opacybikevalet.bsky.social noah @opacybikevalet.bsky.social · 1d
Druid Hill park if Brandon Scott has the courage
Prospect park in Brooklyn - car free
November 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
chessercat.bsky.social
“Dave Chappell would starve”

lololololololol

Lordy, what happened to that guy?
bloomberg.com Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d
From small clubs to viral talent shows, Chinese comedians are testing how far laughter can go in a system where every punchline must pass through censors. Read more: bloom.bg/44FapIv

📷️: A Weibo account under iQiyi
November 30, 2025 at 5:16 AM
chessercat.bsky.social
Me, Virginia native: huh? Go Cavs, then.
rodger.bsky.social Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 1d
Lmao the NORMAL scenario involves the University of Virginia Cavaliers making the College Football Playoff
November 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
chessercat.bsky.social
Democrats: the fuckup twin, Joaquín Castro, has been representing San Diego in Congress since 2013, unlike his brother Julián Castro, the youngest cabinet secretary

Republicans: have you met Troy Nehls? I’m worse! And he was a cop.
rincewind.run Micah @rincewind.run · 1d
being the fuckup brother is bad enough, I cannot imagine being the fuckup identical twin
lebassett.bsky.social Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 1d
They’re burying the weirdest part of this story, which is that this congressman’s twin brother keeps trying and failing to replace him in various jobs and is now hoping to replace him in this one
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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therickydavila.bsky.social
The MAGA regime just ended a rule that limited a certain type of pollution that causes heart and lung disease, a rule which was expected to save thousands of lives every year.

This isn’t just evil, it’s plain murder.
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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bradlander.bsky.social
Props to the protestors who the New York Times credits for foiling ICE’s intended raid in Chinatown earlier today.

So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Several Arrested as Protesters Block Federal Agents in Manhattan Garage
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
chessercat.bsky.social
The punctuation is a dieresis, and I thought he was overrated to begin with, so I have zero interest in listening or watching or however you see him now.

Bill Burr, Trae Crowder, Nick Offerman and Zack Galafianakis occupy that space in comedy without non-consensually jerking off on anyone.
profmikesell.bsky.social Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 1d
1. Cancelled performers rarely find clarity, but often find allies.
2. Who is this “we” who have these “expectations” of greatness?
3. Why are you platforming someone who never apologized for the things that got them cancelled?
4. Fuck your pretentious little umlauts.
newyorker.com The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
November 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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mattduss.bsky.social
If you want to know why Pete Hegseth is confident he'll face no consequences for blatant war crimes, just look at the list of people who attended Dick Cheney's funeral.
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM