Weary Throat
sfomel.bsky.social
Weary Throat
@sfomel.bsky.social
professional amateur
Reposted by Weary Throat
I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Reposted by Weary Throat
1944: "Although money and power were offered as never before, good music and honest musicians were and always will be arch-enemies of fascism."
Hanns Eisler | Contemporary music and fascism
tagg.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reposted by Weary Throat
Dear Miss Perkins is on sale for twenty dollars www.amazon.com/Dear-Miss-Pe...
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Reposted by Weary Throat
My favourite Baldwin video:
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Reposted by Weary Throat
Fascism "produces, by inhibiting sexual curiosity and sexual thinking in the child, a general inhibition of thinking and of critical faculties…" (Wilhelm Reich in The Mass Psychology of Fascism, 1933) Reich studied in Vienna under Freud and belonged to the second generation of psychoanalysts.
The Mass Psychology of Fascism - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
September 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Reposted by Weary Throat
Russia went from a home of 5 million Jews in 1900 to 50 thousand now. After chasing millions of Jews away, it got very good at cultivating Jewish connections, such as Lev Leviev, who counts both Trump and Putin among his personal friends. Leviev installed "Putin's rabbi" Berel Lazar, who met Lauder.
April 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
One, two, three, they're gonna run back to me
Climbing over mountains and a-sailing over seas
youtu.be/0uLI6BnVh6w
Dave Bassett’s secret to successful songwriting is connecting with the artist to let their personality shine through the song.
Elle King - Ex's & Oh's (Official Video)
YouTube video by ElleKingVEVO
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Reposted by Weary Throat
"What Leonard Cohen taught us is that even in the midst of darkness, there's light.
Even in the midst of death, there's life.
Even in the midst of hate, there's love.
And even with our dying breath, we can still say ‘Halleluya.’
That is the power of love to redeem the brokenness of the world."
You Want it Darker | Video | The Rabbi Sacks Legacy
Watch You Want it Darker from The Rabbi Sacks Legacy.
rabbisacks.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Reposted by Weary Throat
"The American Immigration Restriction Act of 1924 was applauded by German racial hygienists. Hans F. K. Gunther, a famous German race anthropologist, praised the measure… One other important German figure, in a famous book from 1924, was full of praise... the book was Mein Kampf."
The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism
Abstract. In this explosive new book, Stefan Kühl shows for the first time the full extent of eugenic/racist connections between Nazi Germany and the Unite
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reposted by Weary Throat
Putin was assassinating political opponents and journalists long before anyone called him a fascist. In 2003, Freedom House categorized Russia as "partly free." If it is fascist now, the transition happened sometime in the past and was overlooked by many observers, including Alexei Navalny.
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Reposted by Weary Throat
The comparison should be to Navalny in 2013, when, according to Kasparov, fascism had arrived in Russia. No one stopped him from running for mayor of Moscow at that time.
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Reposted by Weary Throat
Remember the time Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts had to change the title of his book after the Project 2025 uproar? Foreword by J. D. Vance
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Esa negra linda que me tiene loco
Que me come poquito a poco
youtu.be/YuF4qnfGmfs
Cumbia originated from Afro-Colombian traditions in Colombia's coastal region and has since expanded throughout Latin America. Blending cumbia and post-punk while performing an old Cuban song invigorated Mexican music.
*LA NEGRA TOMASA* - CAIFANES - 1988 (RM)
YouTube video by PRIVADO 80s
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Reposted by Weary Throat
They used to accuse people who escaped Nazi Germany of "premature antifascism." "After the war, Feuchtwanger was accused of ‘premature antifascism,’ placed under surveillance by the FBI and the House Un-American Activities Committee, and repeatedly taken in for questioning."
Marta and Lion Feuchtwanger
www.vatmh.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reposted by Weary Throat
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Baila baila baila baila
Baila baila baila me
Esta rumba a ta gitana
Que yo siempre cantaré
youtu.be/vU2b4ubuWNM
The best cultural inventions often happen at the crossroads of cultures. Flamenco originated from the exposure of Romani migrants from Northern India to the Arab-Andalusian music culture.
Gipsy Kings - Baila Me (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by gipsykingsVEVO
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Reposted by Weary Throat
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Reposted by Weary Throat
Glenn Beck was drinking from the same well. Fox News, January 2010: "Woodrow Wilson, this is an evil S.O.B. Man, you need to read about Wilson. Bad dude. He passed the Revenue Act of 1913. Blatantly unconstitutional, but people let it slide..." www.mediamatters.org/glenn-beck/s...
In 2009-2010, Glenn Beck popularized the hatred of Woodrow Wilson among the Tea Party. Beck drew inspiration from Ronald Pestritto, a professor at Hillsdale College, and Cleon Skousen, an influential Mormon conspiracist. Skousen believed Wilson's Fed and income tax were parts of an evil conspiracy.
Confounding Fathers
The Tea Party’s Cold War roots.
www.newyorker.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Reposted by Weary Throat
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Reposted by Weary Throat
Charlie Kirk hired Candace Owens when TPUSA was under scrutiny for racism and violating its non-profit status. www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Reposted by Weary Throat
Bill Buckley, an expert on the subject, reprimanded Coulter as "much, much more extreme in her judgments than McCarthy ever was" but also praised "her adroit wit in treating of political correctness." claremontreviewofbooks.com/tailgunner-a...
September 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Reposted by Weary Throat
In Putin’s Russia, in August 2012, Garry Kasparov was acquitted by a court after being charged with a felony of attacking a police officer. Everyone had a good laugh. When did they stop laughing?
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Reposted by Weary Throat
Abby Spanberger will now be governor of Virginia, Mikie Sherrill governor of NJ. I wrote about both of them, and their friend group, last year
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Democrats’ Patriotic Vanguard
A small group of lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds prefigured Harris’s overtly patriotic campaign.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Reposted by Weary Throat
"Hope may seem a flimsy thing to wield against autocracy, but it is the secret weapon of resistance... The opposition’s optimistic slogans ‘Joy is coming’ and ´Happiness is a rainbow’ helped to lessen fear and fatalism. A March for Joy, held days before the election, attracted hundreds of thousands"
How Chile Won Back Its Democracy
The ultimate lesson of the 1973 coup that brought in General Pinochet’s dictatorship was that the people would not in the end be denied their choice.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM