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@ptpower.bsky.social
Aging and once-hopeful citizen living in a beautiful city but a cruel, cruel world. Event, portrait and street photographer. Vegan. Generally of good spirit.
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@ptpower.bsky.social
· Oct 18
"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all." —President John F. Kennedy, Vanderbilt University, 18 May 1963
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You guys wanna see a dead body
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
You guys wanna see a dead body
Is there any place where he won't fall asleep?
People have looked better than this at their own funerals
November 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Is there any place where he won't fall asleep?
They're all evil idiots.
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
They're all evil idiots.
This is pretty sad, but not at all surprising.
Also... there is a certain irony in the fact that artificial intelligence and academic integrity have the same acronym.
Also... there is a certain irony in the fact that artificial intelligence and academic integrity have the same acronym.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is pretty sad, but not at all surprising.
Also... there is a certain irony in the fact that artificial intelligence and academic integrity have the same acronym.
Also... there is a certain irony in the fact that artificial intelligence and academic integrity have the same acronym.
It can't be said any clearer than this...
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It can't be said any clearer than this...
A weirdly soothing video...
Cîrstean Iosif on Instagram: "This is how we make Bucovina Dranita, crafted 100% by hand; we roof monasteries, churches, historical monuments, and traditional houses. Așa facem Dranita de Bucovina, l...
69K likes, 639 comments - cirstean.iosif on November 25, 2025: "This is how we make Bucovina Dranita, crafted 100% by hand; we roof monasteries, churches, historical monuments, and traditional houses....
www.instagram.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
A weirdly soothing video...
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Johnny Flynn
Laura Marling
Martin Mull
Nellie McKay
Zaho de Sagazan
Johnny Flynn
Laura Marling
Martin Mull
Nellie McKay
Zaho de Sagazan
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Bonnie Raitt
Lyle Lovett
Jesse Winchester
Holly Near
John Prine
Bonnie Raitt
Lyle Lovett
Jesse Winchester
Holly Near
John Prine
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
James Taylor (4 or 5 times?)
Three girls and their Buddy*
Rickie Lee Jones (twice)
Red Molly
Bonnie Raitt
*Shawn Colvin, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, and Buddy Miller
James Taylor (4 or 5 times?)
Three girls and their Buddy*
Rickie Lee Jones (twice)
Red Molly
Bonnie Raitt
*Shawn Colvin, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, and Buddy Miller
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Johnny Flynn
Laura Marling
Martin Mull
Nellie McKay
Zaho de Sagazan
Johnny Flynn
Laura Marling
Martin Mull
Nellie McKay
Zaho de Sagazan
"Hey, sis, do you think you and Kristi can arrange something?"
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.
Woman With Ties To Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s Family In ICE Custody
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.
www.forbes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Hey, sis, do you think you and Kristi can arrange something?"
I will never admit to this...
you can be all smart or whatever
but when you open that screenshot on your phone
you're gonna start clicking the buttons in it and then be like aw shit
but when you open that screenshot on your phone
you're gonna start clicking the buttons in it and then be like aw shit
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I will never admit to this...
The apple doesn't fall far from the same disgusting family tree...
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The apple doesn't fall far from the same disgusting family tree...
I hope that "Piggy" gets to enjoy a similar moment...
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I hope that "Piggy" gets to enjoy a similar moment...
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It’s getting harder and harder for the shit heads to pretend that they’re good guys. Not that they ever fooled most of us.
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
It’s getting harder and harder for the shit heads to pretend that they’re good guys. Not that they ever fooled most of us.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
Wine
Pussy
Butter
Pussy
Butter
penis
nachos
friend
nachos
friend
Beach
Butter
Vodka
😕
Butter
Vodka
😕
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Wine
Pussy
Butter
Pussy
Butter
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There is no specific provision in the Constitution that says that U.S. attorneys must be legally appointed, so it's hard to understand why any judge would dismiss the cases against James Comey and Leticia James.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
There is no specific provision in the Constitution that says that U.S. attorneys must be legally appointed, so it's hard to understand why any judge would dismiss the cases against James Comey and Leticia James.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
Yet another waste of skin I wish I'd never heard or seen mentioned again...
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Yet another waste of skin I wish I'd never heard or seen mentioned again...
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Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at 111 years old. https://cnn.it/4psWqNX
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at 111 years old. https://cnn.it/4psWqNX
Great thread...
Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Great thread...
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
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Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
It's always that thirty fucking percent...
Trump had found an issue more unpopular than his handling of inflation - attacking Venezuela:
www.cbsnews.com/feature/cbs-...
www.cbsnews.com/feature/cbs-...
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It's always that thirty fucking percent...