Autumn J
@ouzel.bsky.social
Grew up in rural North Dakota; IT career in San Francisco; retired; 5 yrs in Austin. Fast caffeine metabolizer. Longtime Boglehead. Democrat. 33 yrs on the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link: The WELL. @wellcommunity.bsky.social
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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Even if newspapers and networks weren't hanging by a thread, nobody is going to print [THE TOTALLY UNFOUNDED AND LIKELY LIBELOUS/DEFAMATORY ACCUSATION - RZ] that Tylenol is poison.
September 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Even if newspapers and networks weren't hanging by a thread, nobody is going to print [THE TOTALLY UNFOUNDED AND LIKELY LIBELOUS/DEFAMATORY ACCUSATION - RZ] that Tylenol is poison.
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have spent the last 12 hours in some sort of pre-grief for what's clearly coming, an imperial boomerang with x-ray vision now unconstrained by whatever law we had left
September 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
have spent the last 12 hours in some sort of pre-grief for what's clearly coming, an imperial boomerang with x-ray vision now unconstrained by whatever law we had left
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The oyster-shucking, baseball-playing, hands-working-with men have arrived on the 2026 political scene, and I have thoughts.
daniellekurtzleben.substack.com/p/when-authe...
daniellekurtzleben.substack.com/p/when-authe...
When "authenticity" means "dudes"
As 2026 approaches, can we political reporters please not forget every damn thing we learned just last year for the love of God
daniellekurtzleben.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The oyster-shucking, baseball-playing, hands-working-with men have arrived on the 2026 political scene, and I have thoughts.
daniellekurtzleben.substack.com/p/when-authe...
daniellekurtzleben.substack.com/p/when-authe...
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Washington's speculation about Trump's health is at a fever pitch. We've seen multiple reasons this summer to ask questions — and the media doesn't seem to care. What's really going on? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
It’s time to have a serious conversation about Trump’s health
Six questions worth digging into more.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
September 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Washington's speculation about Trump's health is at a fever pitch. We've seen multiple reasons this summer to ask questions — and the media doesn't seem to care. What's really going on? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
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The pandemic
has prepared us
for this moment,
yes, the pandemic
had prepared us
for this moment,
not by teaching us
how to take care
of one another,
but by giving us
plenty of experience
watching anxiously
as things fall apart.
has prepared us
for this moment,
yes, the pandemic
had prepared us
for this moment,
not by teaching us
how to take care
of one another,
but by giving us
plenty of experience
watching anxiously
as things fall apart.
June 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The pandemic
has prepared us
for this moment,
yes, the pandemic
had prepared us
for this moment,
not by teaching us
how to take care
of one another,
but by giving us
plenty of experience
watching anxiously
as things fall apart.
has prepared us
for this moment,
yes, the pandemic
had prepared us
for this moment,
not by teaching us
how to take care
of one another,
but by giving us
plenty of experience
watching anxiously
as things fall apart.
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I would say he follows her around like a puppy dog but so far he has survived.
June 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I would say he follows her around like a puppy dog but so far he has survived.
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Friends, do not sit down if violence breaks out at a protest.
Sitting down will put you in danger of being beaten and make you an easy target. Turn and walk back the way you came.
I wouldn’t have even mentioned this, but “Occupy Democrats” has millions of followers 👇🏻
Sitting down will put you in danger of being beaten and make you an easy target. Turn and walk back the way you came.
I wouldn’t have even mentioned this, but “Occupy Democrats” has millions of followers 👇🏻
June 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Friends, do not sit down if violence breaks out at a protest.
Sitting down will put you in danger of being beaten and make you an easy target. Turn and walk back the way you came.
I wouldn’t have even mentioned this, but “Occupy Democrats” has millions of followers 👇🏻
Sitting down will put you in danger of being beaten and make you an easy target. Turn and walk back the way you came.
I wouldn’t have even mentioned this, but “Occupy Democrats” has millions of followers 👇🏻
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America got a new leader after someone blew smoke up our ass too
May 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
America got a new leader after someone blew smoke up our ass too
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Forget by the weekend.
How ‘bout by lunchtime?
How ‘bout by lunchtime?
TFW when you're trying to make a radio show about the news but anything you write or produce now could be hopelessly outdated by the weekend because the White House is in a perpetual state of chaos
April 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Forget by the weekend.
How ‘bout by lunchtime?
How ‘bout by lunchtime?
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(1) Time for a carousel of #myart from the last 7 days. Thanks to all who repost and interact with my work, it is greatly appreciated. As always, prints of my work are available, message if interested.🧵
April 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
(1) Time for a carousel of #myart from the last 7 days. Thanks to all who repost and interact with my work, it is greatly appreciated. As always, prints of my work are available, message if interested.🧵
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First they deport you. Then they tariff you. Then they ask you to thank them. We will show them what real ICE agents are….
April 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
First they deport you. Then they tariff you. Then they ask you to thank them. We will show them what real ICE agents are….
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We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
April 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
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Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.
Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.
propub.li
March 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
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Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.
March 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.
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I would really love for people like Maxwell Frost, AOC, Bernie, Warren, and everyone else who has a fucking spine, to form a block within the party for change. Just like the tea party did. Look how far they ran with that. We need something different.
March 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I would really love for people like Maxwell Frost, AOC, Bernie, Warren, and everyone else who has a fucking spine, to form a block within the party for change. Just like the tea party did. Look how far they ran with that. We need something different.
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This is not leadership.
It is abasement to norms that no longer exist.
It is abasement to norms that no longer exist.
Jeffries sends a letter to Democrats saying "The decision to attend the Joint Session is a personal one and we understand that members will come to different conclusions. However, it is important to have a strong, determined and dignified Democratic presence in the chamber."
March 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This is not leadership.
It is abasement to norms that no longer exist.
It is abasement to norms that no longer exist.
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I hate to admit it, but nowadays when anyone I like, love, or admire dies, the first thing I think is at least they don't have to live through Trump's second term.
February 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I hate to admit it, but nowadays when anyone I like, love, or admire dies, the first thing I think is at least they don't have to live through Trump's second term.
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Just got fired from being a freshman football coach, if you want to know what MAGA does to communities.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
February 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Just got fired from being a freshman football coach, if you want to know what MAGA does to communities.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
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Here is my third weekly dispatch, imagining how the US media *should* be covering the Musk coup if it was clear-eyed about the threat to our democracy. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...
Musk, Trump Establish New Era of Kleptocracy in America
A third dispatch comparing how the US media would cover this moment if it was happening overseas
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Here is my third weekly dispatch, imagining how the US media *should* be covering the Musk coup if it was clear-eyed about the threat to our democracy. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
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For Sale: The End, And The Means To Wait For It defector.com/for-sale-the...
For Sale: The End, And The Means To Wait For It | Defector
In one Super Bowl commercial, an octogenarian actor waxes lacrimal about freedom, a privilege bought for you with the blood of troops 80 years ago, a privilege whose outer bound and cleanest expressio...
defector.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
For Sale: The End, And The Means To Wait For It defector.com/for-sale-the...
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It started in Silicon Valley as a fringe idea: an inefficient democracy needs to die - replaced by a "red Caesar" dictatorship that would fire federal employees and govern with the latest tech
Thiel, Musk and Trump are making this dystopia a reality. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Thiel, Musk and Trump are making this dystopia a reality. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
What Elon Musk wants is worse than you think | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, a new breed of journalists just might save America.
www.inquirer.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It started in Silicon Valley as a fringe idea: an inefficient democracy needs to die - replaced by a "red Caesar" dictatorship that would fire federal employees and govern with the latest tech
Thiel, Musk and Trump are making this dystopia a reality. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Thiel, Musk and Trump are making this dystopia a reality. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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I go back and forth from "WTF did he do now?" and "I'm done paying attention; just tell me when he's dead."
February 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I go back and forth from "WTF did he do now?" and "I'm done paying attention; just tell me when he's dead."
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The 1st Amendment was enacted precisely to prevent this exact thing from happening www.kqed.org/news/1202597...
FCC Investigates SF Radio Station for ICE Reporting, Sparking Press Freedom Fears | KQED
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said the agency is investigating San Francisco-based KCBS for its coverage of immigration enforcement actions in San José.
www.kqed.org
February 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The 1st Amendment was enacted precisely to prevent this exact thing from happening www.kqed.org/news/1202597...