Dan In The Desert
@desertdan52.bsky.social
Busy, busy, busy retiree; former newspaper, wire service journalist; Arizona Humane Society wrangler of dogs and cats; unscrewer of the inscrutable; abuser of semi-colons. Follow me, dammit!
Feeling helpless in the face of the authoritarian takeover of the country? One way of resisting is the monthlong boycott of Orange Caligula’s corporate enablers.
Visit the website below for details. I’ve axed my family subscriptions to Apple services for the next month.
resistandunsubscribe.com
Visit the website below for details. I’ve axed my family subscriptions to Apple services for the next month.
resistandunsubscribe.com
Resist and Unsubscribe
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February 1, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Feeling helpless in the face of the authoritarian takeover of the country? One way of resisting is the monthlong boycott of Orange Caligula’s corporate enablers.
Visit the website below for details. I’ve axed my family subscriptions to Apple services for the next month.
resistandunsubscribe.com
Visit the website below for details. I’ve axed my family subscriptions to Apple services for the next month.
resistandunsubscribe.com
When you have a president who views the world as though it were a comic book, you can be pretty sure that no one has spent much time on these issues. What could possibly go wrong?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/u...
Trump Plunges the U.S. Into a New Era of Risk in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
When you have a president who views the world as though it were a comic book, you can be pretty sure that no one has spent much time on these issues. What could possibly go wrong?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/u...
The U.S. Mint releases the design of the Donald Trump commemorative wooden nickel. The coin has been dubbed “The Little Woody.”
December 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The U.S. Mint releases the design of the Donald Trump commemorative wooden nickel. The coin has been dubbed “The Little Woody.”
Well, we’ve crossed the line past which you just can’t parody something this idiotic.
Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Well, we’ve crossed the line past which you just can’t parody something this idiotic.
Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
WTF? This NYT take sidesteps any mention of the flying monkeys feeling under threat in their old homes and seeking the safety of military protection. I refer you to The Atlantic’s original story.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
WTF? This NYT take sidesteps any mention of the flying monkeys feeling under threat in their old homes and seeking the safety of military protection. I refer you to The Atlantic’s original story.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
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Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air for mocking Donald Trump and MAGA, not for disrespecting anyone recently assassinated.
Don't listen to the lies that say otherwise.
Don't listen to the lies that say otherwise.
September 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air for mocking Donald Trump and MAGA, not for disrespecting anyone recently assassinated.
Don't listen to the lies that say otherwise.
Don't listen to the lies that say otherwise.
Trump Moves to Crack Down on Drug Advertising
So how big a bribe is he asking of the pharmaceutical companies NOT to do this? Because, you know — Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/h...
So how big a bribe is he asking of the pharmaceutical companies NOT to do this? Because, you know — Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/h...
Trump Moves to Crack Down on Drug Advertising
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Trump Moves to Crack Down on Drug Advertising
So how big a bribe is he asking of the pharmaceutical companies NOT to do this? Because, you know — Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/h...
So how big a bribe is he asking of the pharmaceutical companies NOT to do this? Because, you know — Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/h...
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Boy, whatever Trump said to Putin in Alaska must have really scared the Russians
Russia struck Ukraine with the largest aerial bombardment of the 3½-year war, hitting a government building in the heart of the capital for the first time.
Russia’s Largest Drone Attack Yet Hits Ukraine Government Building
More than 800 attack drones targeted sites across the country, Kyiv says.
on.wsj.com
September 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Boy, whatever Trump said to Putin in Alaska must have really scared the Russians
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MAGA is using Idiocracy AS A FUCKING MISSION PLAN
September 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
MAGA is using Idiocracy AS A FUCKING MISSION PLAN
Wow! Are they planning to drop in some “Sieg Heills”?
www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-...
www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-...
Donald Trump US Open visit: Controversy erupts as officials tell media to censor negative reactions to President's appearance for Alcaraz vs Sinner final
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) ordered the broadcasters of the US Open to censor any negative reaction to President Donald Trump's appearance during the final.
www.sportskeeda.com
September 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! Are they planning to drop in some “Sieg Heills”?
www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-...
www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-...
Terrific Ezra Klein piece in today’s NYT on why the Democrats should vote to shut down the government later this month. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Terrific Ezra Klein piece in today’s NYT on why the Democrats should vote to shut down the government later this month. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
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And the World Cup. The United States is a fascist police state where no one is safe.
The free world needs to boycott the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, just as they should have boycotted the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany.
August 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
And the World Cup. The United States is a fascist police state where no one is safe.
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Andrew Cuomo says he'll focus on "reaching out to more young people and touching more people."
Honey, this sex pest has already touched far too many people.
Honey, this sex pest has already touched far too many people.
Spent this morning on the Q train with Andrew Cuomo, who took personal responsibility for his lackluster mayoral primary bid. He vows a very different general election run, saying he'll focus on "reaching out to more young people and touching more people." www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/16/a...
Andrew Cuomo, conceding his failed primary campaign was flawed, takes to NYC streets
Andrew Cuomo is shifting gears and taking personal responsibility for running what he admits was a lackluster campaign in the Democratic mayoral primary, acknowledging that any strategic mistakes u…
www.nydailynews.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Andrew Cuomo says he'll focus on "reaching out to more young people and touching more people."
Honey, this sex pest has already touched far too many people.
Honey, this sex pest has already touched far too many people.
You’re welcome.
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Noem Poem
An ode to Kristi
open.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
You’re welcome.
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
So our AI systems are increasingly getting answers wrong and just making up nonsense that kinda sorta sounds rational. I expect one of these systems to be appointed to the Trump cabinet shortly.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So our AI systems are increasingly getting answers wrong and just making up nonsense that kinda sorta sounds rational. I expect one of these systems to be appointed to the Trump cabinet shortly.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
In case you were still wondering if cruelty, indeed, is the message, the answer is an emphatic “Yes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
Trump Administration Plans to Send Migrants to Libya on a Military Flight
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
In case you were still wondering if cruelty, indeed, is the message, the answer is an emphatic “Yes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
Let’s see if Amazon buckles.
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
White House: Amazon tariff price announcement is hostile
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that Amazon's announcement that it will include the price of tariffs on the pricetag for products is a hostile act.
www.reuters.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Let’s see if Amazon buckles.
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Well worth listening to this episode of #TheDaily to get a wrenching look at what Trump’s senseless trade war is doing to one woman’s thriving manufacturing company. castro.fm/episode/GYwevB
The Daily: Her Business Was Thriving. Then Came the Tariffs. (33m)
When President Trump raised tariffs against China to an astonishing 145 percent last week, he radically changed the cost of doing business for thousands of American companies.Michael Barbaro speaks to...
castro.fm
April 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Well worth listening to this episode of #TheDaily to get a wrenching look at what Trump’s senseless trade war is doing to one woman’s thriving manufacturing company. castro.fm/episode/GYwevB
Well, on the plus side, Kari Lake will be out of a job.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent
The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Well, on the plus side, Kari Lake will be out of a job.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
White Mountain Balloon Festival, Pinetop AZ
February 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
White Mountain Balloon Festival, Pinetop AZ
So here’s my proposed deal — the FAA agrees to cut back on safety restrictions, enabling SpaceX to more quickly get their ship into space. But in exchange, Elon must be in the rocket for the maiden launch. Sounds fair, no?
#elon #spacex
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
#elon #spacex
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.
The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and ...
www.propublica.org
February 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
So here’s my proposed deal — the FAA agrees to cut back on safety restrictions, enabling SpaceX to more quickly get their ship into space. But in exchange, Elon must be in the rocket for the maiden launch. Sounds fair, no?
#elon #spacex
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
#elon #spacex
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
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Getting tired of the macho-fight framework the press is using for what's happening right now. Democrats are "reeling," "flailing," "gasping," "stunned" at the "shock and awe" "steamrolling" "swift" force of Trump and Musk. I know journalists love treating Democrats as frail headcases, but stop. >
February 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Getting tired of the macho-fight framework the press is using for what's happening right now. Democrats are "reeling," "flailing," "gasping," "stunned" at the "shock and awe" "steamrolling" "swift" force of Trump and Musk. I know journalists love treating Democrats as frail headcases, but stop. >
So, I assume that this year’s Kennedy Center awards will be centered on The Village People. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Trump Says He Will Install Himself as Kennedy Center Chairman
The move by the president, whose authority to make the changes was not clear, is the latest attempt to bring a Washington institution under his control.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
So, I assume that this year’s Kennedy Center awards will be centered on The Village People. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
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"This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history”
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified
Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history”
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...