Milo Baynes and the Gobbling of Good Governance
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NC Piedmont.
Rural pluralist and known adverb abuser. Delicious to biting insects.
Purveyor of GenX’s weakest posts.
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Rural pluralist and known adverb abuser. Delicious to biting insects.
Purveyor of GenX’s weakest posts.
Pinned
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
youtu.be
Meet Manny.
Like me, he was born in this country. We share a zip code and both have NC DLs.
Unlike me, he caught the attention of ICE because of his appearance.
Manny was detained for over an hour, handcuffed.
Manny now has no job because ICE has his whole construction crew.
youtu.be/Q0mQxt9jlCM
Like me, he was born in this country. We share a zip code and both have NC DLs.
Unlike me, he caught the attention of ICE because of his appearance.
Manny was detained for over an hour, handcuffed.
Manny now has no job because ICE has his whole construction crew.
youtu.be/Q0mQxt9jlCM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
(I’ve seen LOTS of concerts — an irresponsible # — so to make this harder/more complex this list is of OPENING ACTS. All were the openers for someone else.)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Sting
- Dave Matthews Band
- INXS
- Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
(I’ve seen LOTS of concerts — an irresponsible # — so to make this harder/more complex this list is of OPENING ACTS. All were the openers for someone else.)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Sting
- Dave Matthews Band
- INXS
- Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
(I’ve seen LOTS of concerts — an irresponsible # — so to make this harder/more complex this list is of OPENING ACTS. All were the openers for someone else.)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Sting
- Dave Matthews Band
- INXS
- Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
(I’ve seen LOTS of concerts — an irresponsible # — so to make this harder/more complex this list is of OPENING ACTS. All were the openers for someone else.)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Sting
- Dave Matthews Band
- INXS
- Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Pure mutha#%*¥!& genius.
[clearing throat] Hello, this is my impression of Frank Zappa at Thanksgiving:
🎶 I thought it was a ham
🎶 But it’s a turducken
Thank you—this has been my impression of Frank Zappa at Thanksgiving.
🎶 I thought it was a ham
🎶 But it’s a turducken
Thank you—this has been my impression of Frank Zappa at Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Pure mutha#%*¥!& genius.
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Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
Also, did the turkey microwave that grey-ass looking bird on the counter?
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Also, did the turkey microwave that grey-ass looking bird on the counter?
This is the way.
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is the way.
me, ex-academic/hopeless romantic:
Oooh, excited for some Trump vs. Derrida & Co! ‘Cuz surely Mother Jones and its capable editor wouldn’t do THAT THING**
**use deconstruct/deconstruction as a fancier-sounding version of “destroy”, “disassemble” or even “bulldoze”
me, ex-academic/realist:
Sigh.
Oooh, excited for some Trump vs. Derrida & Co! ‘Cuz surely Mother Jones and its capable editor wouldn’t do THAT THING**
**use deconstruct/deconstruction as a fancier-sounding version of “destroy”, “disassemble” or even “bulldoze”
me, ex-academic/realist:
Sigh.
Every day, Americans are bombarded with the bad news of Trump 2.0, and it is exhausting to keep track of and absorb each new outrage. That is the clear intent.
When one is caught in the crossfire, it is hard to see, let alone address, the big picture.
When one is caught in the crossfire, it is hard to see, let alone address, the big picture.
Donald Trump and the deconstruction of America
Don't let the daily outrages obscure the big picture.
www.motherjones.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
me, ex-academic/hopeless romantic:
Oooh, excited for some Trump vs. Derrida & Co! ‘Cuz surely Mother Jones and its capable editor wouldn’t do THAT THING**
**use deconstruct/deconstruction as a fancier-sounding version of “destroy”, “disassemble” or even “bulldoze”
me, ex-academic/realist:
Sigh.
Oooh, excited for some Trump vs. Derrida & Co! ‘Cuz surely Mother Jones and its capable editor wouldn’t do THAT THING**
**use deconstruct/deconstruction as a fancier-sounding version of “destroy”, “disassemble” or even “bulldoze”
me, ex-academic/realist:
Sigh.
Today would be a good day for the US liberal/left to go ALL IN on the “immigration is good ackshully” narrative.
It’s not only true but inevitable, so let’s light this candle.
It’s not only true but inevitable, so let’s light this candle.
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today would be a good day for the US liberal/left to go ALL IN on the “immigration is good ackshully” narrative.
It’s not only true but inevitable, so let’s light this candle.
It’s not only true but inevitable, so let’s light this candle.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
(I like my chances!)
(I like my chances!)
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
(I like my chances!)
(I like my chances!)
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‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
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This is wonderful news, and also means it’s time for me to beat the drum I always do when HPV vaccines make the news:
They are not only for women! HPV also causes penile, anal, and head and neck cancers. The latter are particularly deadly. Please vaccinate ALL your children.
They are not only for women! HPV also causes penile, anal, and head and neck cancers. The latter are particularly deadly. Please vaccinate ALL your children.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is wonderful news, and also means it’s time for me to beat the drum I always do when HPV vaccines make the news:
They are not only for women! HPV also causes penile, anal, and head and neck cancers. The latter are particularly deadly. Please vaccinate ALL your children.
They are not only for women! HPV also causes penile, anal, and head and neck cancers. The latter are particularly deadly. Please vaccinate ALL your children.
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Grim out there, but on this Thanksgiving Day, grateful to all who care, who try to make things better, who persist in being decent in the face of ugliness.
November 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Grim out there, but on this Thanksgiving Day, grateful to all who care, who try to make things better, who persist in being decent in the face of ugliness.
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So many stepped up to make a difference this year in North Carolina. Volunteers protecting immigrants, food bank donors when SNAP was frozen, local election organizers, tens of thousands who protested in the streets, and so many more.
Today, we give thanks for you. #thanksgiving
Today, we give thanks for you. #thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So many stepped up to make a difference this year in North Carolina. Volunteers protecting immigrants, food bank donors when SNAP was frozen, local election organizers, tens of thousands who protested in the streets, and so many more.
Today, we give thanks for you. #thanksgiving
Today, we give thanks for you. #thanksgiving
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It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
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yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
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KAVANAUGH STOP — READ THIS
Manny is an 18-year-old U.S. citizen. Born here. Raised here.
And on Nov 19, masked ICE agents pulled up on him while he slept in his work truck.
No crime. No reason. Just pure intimidation.
Hear Manny’s story. It’ll piss you off.
Manny is an 18-year-old U.S. citizen. Born here. Raised here.
And on Nov 19, masked ICE agents pulled up on him while he slept in his work truck.
No crime. No reason. Just pure intimidation.
Hear Manny’s story. It’ll piss you off.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
KAVANAUGH STOP — READ THIS
Manny is an 18-year-old U.S. citizen. Born here. Raised here.
And on Nov 19, masked ICE agents pulled up on him while he slept in his work truck.
No crime. No reason. Just pure intimidation.
Hear Manny’s story. It’ll piss you off.
Manny is an 18-year-old U.S. citizen. Born here. Raised here.
And on Nov 19, masked ICE agents pulled up on him while he slept in his work truck.
No crime. No reason. Just pure intimidation.
Hear Manny’s story. It’ll piss you off.
Reposted by Milo Baynes and the Gobbling of Good Governance
Reposted by Milo Baynes and the Gobbling of Good Governance
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
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precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
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"y'all still hating on generative AI over here?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"y'all still hating on generative AI over here?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
This is very good and worth your time.
NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE
A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say i...
religionnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This is very good and worth your time.
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
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The same MAGA that told us that Mark Kelly was politicizing the military with his video, are now the same people that are cheering for 500 troops to go to DC as a political statement by POTUS
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The same MAGA that told us that Mark Kelly was politicizing the military with his video, are now the same people that are cheering for 500 troops to go to DC as a political statement by POTUS
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the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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This won't happen but it would be incredibly funny if the Canadian part of NORAD refused to work on the yearly Santa tracker thing by citing intelligence sharing risks
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This won't happen but it would be incredibly funny if the Canadian part of NORAD refused to work on the yearly Santa tracker thing by citing intelligence sharing risks