Gary Chun
@garychun.bsky.social
Retired journalist, occasional gig writer. Home in the islands, in the middle of the sea. You fascinate me. Avatar portrait by R. Kikuo Johnson.
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Now that Pete Hegseth is making cartoon jokes about the accusations that he gave illegal "no quarter" orders, good time to reup this:
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A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Now that Pete Hegseth is making cartoon jokes about the accusations that he gave illegal "no quarter" orders, good time to reup this:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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So timely!
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
So timely!
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It’s beyond time to stop fucking around. Get him out of the White House.
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
It’s beyond time to stop fucking around. Get him out of the White House.
Just the best! @tmbg.bsky.social
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Just the best! @tmbg.bsky.social
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It’s so wild how the wealthy are destroying the Amazon that potentially has the cure for all the cancers in favor of an Amazon that’s creating new types of cancers
December 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It’s so wild how the wealthy are destroying the Amazon that potentially has the cure for all the cancers in favor of an Amazon that’s creating new types of cancers
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i really don’t want the US to get into a war with venezuela for no goddamned reason.
i want to speak to the manager.
i want to speak to the manager.
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
i really don’t want the US to get into a war with venezuela for no goddamned reason.
i want to speak to the manager.
i want to speak to the manager.
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96% of the highest-paid workers in the US have paid sick days.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
The Hidden Costs of Denying Paid Sick Leave
Robert Reich
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December 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
96% of the highest-paid workers in the US have paid sick days.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
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Indiana Republican state senator. I appreciate her not caving, but they are all still afraid to ever use Trump’s name. I guess doing so exponentially increases the threats. Trump rules the GOP with fear and intimidation. What a broken party.
December 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Indiana Republican state senator. I appreciate her not caving, but they are all still afraid to ever use Trump’s name. I guess doing so exponentially increases the threats. Trump rules the GOP with fear and intimidation. What a broken party.
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November 30: Awful situation across parts of South & Southeast Asia as two cyclones spawned extreme flooding and landslides that have left more than 1,000 people dead.
CY Ditwah
- Sri Lanka: >334 dead
CY Senyar
- Thailand: >162 dead; >$1bn economic loss
- Indonesia: >505 dead
- Malaysia: >3 dead
CY Ditwah
- Sri Lanka: >334 dead
CY Senyar
- Thailand: >162 dead; >$1bn economic loss
- Indonesia: >505 dead
- Malaysia: >3 dead
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
November 30: Awful situation across parts of South & Southeast Asia as two cyclones spawned extreme flooding and landslides that have left more than 1,000 people dead.
CY Ditwah
- Sri Lanka: >334 dead
CY Senyar
- Thailand: >162 dead; >$1bn economic loss
- Indonesia: >505 dead
- Malaysia: >3 dead
CY Ditwah
- Sri Lanka: >334 dead
CY Senyar
- Thailand: >162 dead; >$1bn economic loss
- Indonesia: >505 dead
- Malaysia: >3 dead
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December 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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One sign that your brain is super good is when your doctors keep giving you cognitive tests
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One sign that your brain is super good is when your doctors keep giving you cognitive tests
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
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A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...
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An oldy, but still extremely relevant (sadly):
December 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
An oldy, but still extremely relevant (sadly):
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XOXO to the guy who made this.
December 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
XOXO to the guy who made this.
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How pathetically fragile & childish the man some people voted for is.
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
How pathetically fragile & childish the man some people voted for is.
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Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.
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Meet the woman who set out to save tribal music when the U.S. government set out to erase indigenous culture, traveling far and wide with her cylinder phonograph, trousers, and bow tie www.themarginalian.org/2022/11/03/f...
The Woman Who Saved Native Song
“We understand the people better if we know their music, and we appreciate the music better if we understand the people themselves.”
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December 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Meet the woman who set out to save tribal music when the U.S. government set out to erase indigenous culture, traveling far and wide with her cylinder phonograph, trousers, and bow tie www.themarginalian.org/2022/11/03/f...
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Rejected cover sketch
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Rejected cover sketch
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Great segment by @elizlanders.bsky.social of the @pbsnews.org about the Trump administration's abuse of the migrant asylum process. 'Deportation trap': Immigration agents arresting migrants at mandatory c... youtu.be/6t_-4Hf5TpA?... via @YouTube
'Deportation trap': Immigration agents arresting migrants at mandatory court check-ins
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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November 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Great segment by @elizlanders.bsky.social of the @pbsnews.org about the Trump administration's abuse of the migrant asylum process. 'Deportation trap': Immigration agents arresting migrants at mandatory c... youtu.be/6t_-4Hf5TpA?... via @YouTube
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President Trump when asked by reporters on Air Force One today whether his airspace comments meant strikes against Venezuela are imminent, replied: "Don't read anything into it." www.reuters.com/world/america...
Trump confirms conversation with Venezuela's Maduro
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had spoken with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but did not provide details on what the two leaders discussed.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
President Trump when asked by reporters on Air Force One today whether his airspace comments meant strikes against Venezuela are imminent, replied: "Don't read anything into it." www.reuters.com/world/america...
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The death toll in the fires that swept through residential tower blocks in Tai Po has risen to 146, according to Hong Kong authorities. hongkongfp.com/2025/11/30/bre...
Hong Kong's Tai Po estate fire death toll rises to 146
The death toll in the deadly Tai Po blaze has risen to 146, according to Hong Kong authorities, as personnel from the police’s victims identification unit continue combing Wang Fuk Court.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The death toll in the fires that swept through residential tower blocks in Tai Po has risen to 146, according to Hong Kong authorities. hongkongfp.com/2025/11/30/bre...
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Retailers use marketing techniques to get you to spend more, like creating a false sense of urgency or creating artificial discounts. Outsmart the gimmicks with these tips.
4 marketing tricks to not fall for this holiday season
Retailers use marketing techniques to get you to spend more, like creating a false sense of urgency or creating artificial discounts. Outsmart the gimmicks with these tips.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Retailers use marketing techniques to get you to spend more, like creating a false sense of urgency or creating artificial discounts. Outsmart the gimmicks with these tips.
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Marilyn Monroe by Gordon Parks, c. 1959
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Marilyn Monroe by Gordon Parks, c. 1959