E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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I make jokes about metahumor. He/him. Grey-haired white cis-male-adjacent. Devout agnostic. Black lives matter. LGBT+ lives matter. Immigrant lives matter. Facts matter. Science matters. Aka Eric Bloomquist.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 19d
"Hope is an embrace of the unknown and the unknowable, an alternative to the certainty of both optimists and pessimists." - Rebecca Solnit, *Hope In the Dark*

Embrace uncertainty.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 1h
AOC at the Met Gala ... where she wore a dress that said TAX THE RICH.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 4h
Follow-up reminder that the crime rate for immigrants is not only lower than the rate for the general population, it's MUCH lower than the crime rate in the Trump administration.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 5h
"A HUMAN WAS KIDNAPPED YESTERDAY."
A photo of a NAACP flag that was used to protest (and raise awareness of) lynching. In white letters on a black background, it says "A MAN WAS LYNCHED YESTERDAY."
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 7h
Well, maybe they have PTSD from No Kings Day.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 14h
Photon torpedoes, maybe. If you know what I mean.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 14h
I want to see an in-depth article on why there are (supposedly) lots of big rightwing fans of a fictional universe where Earth is united under one government, eagerly federated with (literally!) alien cultures, emphatically diverse, and openly dismissive of capitalism.

[raises eyebrow] Fascinating.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 14h
I mean, to be fair, he's robbed banks in the past. So it'd be good to check. But let's not get too distracted from the jewelry store heists.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 15h
It's a tall tale where they're (probably) lying about committing a crime.

"I robbed a bank!"

[eye-roll] "Sure bro."
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 16h
Every time dental insurance or optical insurance in the US comes up, I think about how weird it actually is that they're separate from typical health insurance.

It's like everyone taking it for granted that separate "kidney insurance" is a perfectly reasonable idea.
andylevy.net andyβ„’ @andylevy.net Β· 1d
dental insurance: we only exist to make regular health insurance seem betterβ„’
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 16h
I've got a bad feeling about this.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 16h
Well, it's understandable that standing up straight seems like contortions to such twisted individuals.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 16h
Reagan's speeches were inane cotton candy dogwhistlles, but he was at least coherent. And far less egocentric.

I remember noticing at the time that he talked kinda pretty, but reading the transcripts in the papers really showed how fluffy and misleading his speeches were.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 1d
Makes me wish I had a Captain America outfit. Or a fedora and a bullwhip.

Or even just my late uncle's uniform from WW2.

"You wanna play dress up? Sure, let's play dress up."
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 1d
It's not clear whether just randomly gunning people down on 5th Avenue violates a law prohibiting murder. Maybe! Maybe not!
resnikoff.bsky.social Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social Β· 1d
New York Times reports that it is unclear whether having a federal agency accept money in excess of congressional appropriations "violates a law prohibiting federal agencies from accepting money in excess of congressional appropriations." I guess we'll never know!
The president said today that a donor had given the government $130 million to help pay troops during the government shutdown. He declined to name the donor, but described him as a β€œpatriot” and a personal friend. If evenly distributed, the money would pay only about $100 to each service member. But is not yet clear how the money will be used, or whether the donation violates a law prohibiting federal agencies from accepting money in excess of congressional appropriations.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 1d
Nah, the rich didn't flee. So let this be a lesson to other states. You'll need to make tax higher than we did to get them to self-deport.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 1d
Maybe fossil fuels *are* popular ... with the big donors.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 1d
Probably he mostly just pays someone to do it, and he just signs any paperwork. Unless there's an Autopen.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 1d
For instance, if the military financial records are still as bad as they've reportedly been, maybe there's some huge money-laundering going on there.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 1d
... and if the money *can't* be followed, that's also deeply suspicious, right?
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 1d
Do they not teach "follow the money" in J-school? I'm not a journalist, but that is a real thing, right? Or used to be?
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 1d
I am spending a great deal of time & effort today composing responses that I delete before posting. I mean, even more time & effort than usual.

Which is good overall, I guess, but I wish the former part didn’t make the latter part such a good idea.
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 1d
Who monitors the monitors?

Are there things that regular non-lawyer citizens can organize to do about this?
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 1d
β€œshit looks real bleak sometimes and I don’t want to downplay how bad it is”

A: β€œI’m not a doomer BUT shit looks real bleak and you shouldn’t downplay how bad it is”

[facepalm] People, ignoring when someone clearly SAYS that they know things are bad, so you can cleverly tell them how bad it is? πŸ™„
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E. Allyn Bloom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @ericallyn.bsky.social Β· 1d
In comparison they still are.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social Β· 1d
I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.
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