ProfGadfly
@profgadfly.bsky.social
Historian, podcaster (isn't everyone?), ex-professor, Canadian and American, consumer of ridiculous amounts of tv and film, grumpy person. https://liesagreedupon.com/
Everyone should be supporting the journalism and public service of @lataco.bsky.social. This list is heartbreaking. But at least there are people standing witness.
Everyone Kidnapped by ICE and Border Patrol In Southern California Since August
lataco.com/everyone-kid...
lataco.com/everyone-kid...
Everyone Kidnapped by ICE and Border Patrol In Southern California Since August ~ L.A. TACO
Immigration raids by the numbers, broken down by month, week, and city.
lataco.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Everyone should be supporting the journalism and public service of @lataco.bsky.social. This list is heartbreaking. But at least there are people standing witness.
Ok - what?!? How on earth can Joni Mitchell not already have a lifetime achievement Juno award?
[checks fine print] There have only been 3 recipients!?!?! WTF? Way to keep it exclusive, Junos. No worry that someone undeserving is gonna sneak in.
[checks fine print] There have only been 3 recipients!?!?! WTF? Way to keep it exclusive, Junos. No worry that someone undeserving is gonna sneak in.
Joni Mitchell to receive lifetime achievement award at Junos as Nelly Furtado joins Hall of Fame
Mitchell will become only the third recipient of the top honour
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Ok - what?!? How on earth can Joni Mitchell not already have a lifetime achievement Juno award?
[checks fine print] There have only been 3 recipients!?!?! WTF? Way to keep it exclusive, Junos. No worry that someone undeserving is gonna sneak in.
[checks fine print] There have only been 3 recipients!?!?! WTF? Way to keep it exclusive, Junos. No worry that someone undeserving is gonna sneak in.
Word.
Conservatives: We must protect the landlords!
Also Conservatives: What is the deal with all these homeless people anyway?
Also Conservatives: What is the deal with all these homeless people anyway?
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Word.
Kudos to Black Fox! The best whisky in the world in 2025 comes from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Black Fox Farm & Distillery wins IWSC 2025 Worldwide Whiskey Producer Trophy
www.iwsc.net
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Kudos to Black Fox! The best whisky in the world in 2025 comes from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Yes. This is the sad, nasty, delusional and hateful woman she is.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Yes. This is the sad, nasty, delusional and hateful woman she is.
Can't wait for AC weather.
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Can't wait for AC weather.
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The 🇺🇸 American satirical black comedy film “THE PRODUCERS” written and directed by Mel Brooks and starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars, Estelle Winwood and Christopher Hewett premiered #OnThisDay in 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
🎬 Embassy Pictures
🎬 Embassy Pictures
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The 🇺🇸 American satirical black comedy film “THE PRODUCERS” written and directed by Mel Brooks and starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars, Estelle Winwood and Christopher Hewett premiered #OnThisDay in 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
🎬 Embassy Pictures
🎬 Embassy Pictures
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The post-clinic volunteering taco spot didn’t have its door locked or anyone watching out for la migra so nature is truly healing.
Heartbreaking stuff. And more good journalism from @charlotteobserver.com which has been a part of an incredible effort from local media to cover this past week’s attack on our city.
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The post-clinic volunteering taco spot didn’t have its door locked or anyone watching out for la migra so nature is truly healing.
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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We are approaching Government Dementia.
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We are approaching Government Dementia.
Could someone point out the 'ceasefire' in Gaza? I'm looking but I don't seem to be able to locate it.
Israeli airstrikes kill 33 people in Gaza in escalation of post-ceasefire attacks
Israeli airstrikes kill 33 people in Gaza in escalation of post-ceasefire attacks
Medical officials say 17 people killed in Khan Younis area and 16 in strikes on Gaza City
Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed 33 people and injured many more, according to medical officials, in one of the most serious escalations of violence since the US-backed ceasefire came into effect last month.
Officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said they received the bodies of 17 people, including five women and five children, after four Israeli airstrikes targeted tents sheltering displaced people. In Gaza City, medical officials said two airstrikes killed 16 people, including seven children and three women. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Could someone point out the 'ceasefire' in Gaza? I'm looking but I don't seem to be able to locate it.
Evil weasels!
And, if you turn it off, you lose the categorization of primary, promotions, etc. Even spellcheck.
Again, mfing weasels.
And, if you turn it off, you lose the categorization of primary, promotions, etc. Even spellcheck.
Again, mfing weasels.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Evil weasels!
And, if you turn it off, you lose the categorization of primary, promotions, etc. Even spellcheck.
Again, mfing weasels.
And, if you turn it off, you lose the categorization of primary, promotions, etc. Even spellcheck.
Again, mfing weasels.
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This is a huge deal. DHS has lied about this Chicago incident every step of the way and now all charges have been thrown out. It’s a reminder that you should not trust what the out of control border agents say about anything.
#BREAKING Federal prosecutors in Chicago move to dismiss charges against Marimar Martinez, the woman shot by Border Patrol in Brighton Park, as well as her co-defendant Anthony Ruiz.
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is a huge deal. DHS has lied about this Chicago incident every step of the way and now all charges have been thrown out. It’s a reminder that you should not trust what the out of control border agents say about anything.
It's almost as if training, expertise and experience are necessary in order to be good at your job. In fact–stay with me on this one, I know it sounds crazy–randomly doling out appointments to opportunistic sycophants might be lowering the quality of their performance.
This is the relevant discussion from Monday's opinion — and I think(?) it suggests(?) that someone (Halligan?) did, in fact, alter the third image, after it was signed, to add the "Count 1 only" language — perhaps to try and "unwind this procedural knot"?
![Case 1:25-cr-00272-MSN|
Document 3
Filed 09/25/25
Page 1 of 4 PagelD# 7
AO 191 (Rev. 01/09) Report of a Grand Jury's Failure to Concur in an Indictment
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the
Eastern District of Virginia
FILED
IN OPEN COURT
2 5 2025
CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
United States of America
V.
gamesB.Comey/r
Defendant
REPORT OF A GRAND JURY'S FAILURE TO CONCUR IN AN INDICTMENT
As the foreperson of the grand jury of this court at a session held at
Alexandria, Virginia
Aup 25, 7025 repon that 12 or more grand jurors did not concur in finding an indictment in [ADDED: "Count 1 only"] this case
Under Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(c), this record is being filed with the court clerk and will not be made public unless the court orders otherwise.
Pursuant to the E-Government Act, The original of this page has been filed
Date:
Sepz5, 2075
under seal in the Clerk's Office
Foreperson's signature](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreictq62mqi7c3ygxpn5gxd5zqphyuoddedev32pnpzg67ywjpv7yty@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It's almost as if training, expertise and experience are necessary in order to be good at your job. In fact–stay with me on this one, I know it sounds crazy–randomly doling out appointments to opportunistic sycophants might be lowering the quality of their performance.
Brilliant!
props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Brilliant!
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Live shot: Mike Johnson on his way to deliver the Epstein bill to the Senate…
a man is laying on his stomach on the ground
ALT: a man is laying on his stomach on the ground
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Live shot: Mike Johnson on his way to deliver the Epstein bill to the Senate…
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Oh no. If the AI bubble bursts, what will we do for all our favourite… er… all our… you know… the stuff we love and er… no. Carry on. As you were.
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Oh no. If the AI bubble bursts, what will we do for all our favourite… er… all our… you know… the stuff we love and er… no. Carry on. As you were.
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Can the next please dear God can the next interviewer ask MTG about oh I don’t know January 6th etc before we keep pretending she found politics Jesus
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Can the next please dear God can the next interviewer ask MTG about oh I don’t know January 6th etc before we keep pretending she found politics Jesus
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
If you have a few spare hours...or days. But you'll feel the need to take a long shower afterwards.
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If you have a few spare hours...or days. But you'll feel the need to take a long shower afterwards.
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Political journalism, and the elite tier of journalism generally, got taken over by billionaire courtiers, conservative activists and sex-pest dipshits and those three groups have largely hounded the real reporters out of the profession as a matter of class self-interest.
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Political journalism, and the elite tier of journalism generally, got taken over by billionaire courtiers, conservative activists and sex-pest dipshits and those three groups have largely hounded the real reporters out of the profession as a matter of class self-interest.
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This encapsulates the insanity of American late stage kleptocapitalism. And it's been so normalized that this doesn't even seem that weird. Of course you have to pay to file. Doesn't everyone, everywhere?
November 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This encapsulates the insanity of American late stage kleptocapitalism. And it's been so normalized that this doesn't even seem that weird. Of course you have to pay to file. Doesn't everyone, everywhere?
Pretty much sums it up.
Trump and his GOP allies are desperately trying to starve 40 million people as hostages so that Dems will let them double everyone's health insurance costs.
All so they can pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
All so they can pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Pretty much sums it up.
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It’s a cliché at this point how eerily relevant Orwell’s dystopian fiction is to our era, but don’t sleep on his (humblingly voluminous!) essays and columns.
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It’s a cliché at this point how eerily relevant Orwell’s dystopian fiction is to our era, but don’t sleep on his (humblingly voluminous!) essays and columns.