SlacktivistFred
@slacktivistfred.bsky.social
Galatians 5:12
Real-life shaggy dog story. (Too long set-up, groaner pay-off.)
Last night we had a 1,620-piece truck -- medium-sized. Also an easy one for the This Year in History game we play when I tell the crew the truck size. 1620, Plymouth Rock. With 1,212 pieces out of that as "conveyable freight." 1/7
Last night we had a 1,620-piece truck -- medium-sized. Also an easy one for the This Year in History game we play when I tell the crew the truck size. 1620, Plymouth Rock. With 1,212 pieces out of that as "conveyable freight." 1/7
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Real-life shaggy dog story. (Too long set-up, groaner pay-off.)
Last night we had a 1,620-piece truck -- medium-sized. Also an easy one for the This Year in History game we play when I tell the crew the truck size. 1620, Plymouth Rock. With 1,212 pieces out of that as "conveyable freight." 1/7
Last night we had a 1,620-piece truck -- medium-sized. Also an easy one for the This Year in History game we play when I tell the crew the truck size. 1620, Plymouth Rock. With 1,212 pieces out of that as "conveyable freight." 1/7
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Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
Feh. The coolest bands I’d never heard of in the ‘80s were introduced to me by the Morrison bros. of Clearfield, Pa. The Duffers having a small-town kid like Max be a Kate Bush fan the summer after “So” came out is spot on.
Well I suppose it had to happen eventually: Freddie DeBoer has written something that I agree with 100%.
Hating Stranger Things During the Death Rattle of Criticism
this kind of piece will be criminalized within a year
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Feh. The coolest bands I’d never heard of in the ‘80s were introduced to me by the Morrison bros. of Clearfield, Pa. The Duffers having a small-town kid like Max be a Kate Bush fan the summer after “So” came out is spot on.
We won’t get an “At long last, sir, have no sense of decency?” moment.
Instead, some MAGA cabinet member will be at a hearing, ranting about “antifa” and some senator will say “That’s not antifa. It sounds more like bofa.”
And then Miller or Noem or whoever it is will say “What’s bofa?”
Instead, some MAGA cabinet member will be at a hearing, ranting about “antifa” and some senator will say “That’s not antifa. It sounds more like bofa.”
And then Miller or Noem or whoever it is will say “What’s bofa?”
December 12, 2025 at 6:19 AM
We won’t get an “At long last, sir, have no sense of decency?” moment.
Instead, some MAGA cabinet member will be at a hearing, ranting about “antifa” and some senator will say “That’s not antifa. It sounds more like bofa.”
And then Miller or Noem or whoever it is will say “What’s bofa?”
Instead, some MAGA cabinet member will be at a hearing, ranting about “antifa” and some senator will say “That’s not antifa. It sounds more like bofa.”
And then Miller or Noem or whoever it is will say “What’s bofa?”
It's true that immigration can threaten a nation's cultural values.
But only if that nation's "cultural values" are bigotry, inhospitality, prideful ignorance, rigid forced conformity, and stunted parochialism.
Oh, and bland food.
And stale music.
But only if that nation's "cultural values" are bigotry, inhospitality, prideful ignorance, rigid forced conformity, and stunted parochialism.
Oh, and bland food.
And stale music.
December 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It's true that immigration can threaten a nation's cultural values.
But only if that nation's "cultural values" are bigotry, inhospitality, prideful ignorance, rigid forced conformity, and stunted parochialism.
Oh, and bland food.
And stale music.
But only if that nation's "cultural values" are bigotry, inhospitality, prideful ignorance, rigid forced conformity, and stunted parochialism.
Oh, and bland food.
And stale music.
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I cannot imagine a more ahistorical take on post-9/11 America
December 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I cannot imagine a more ahistorical take on post-9/11 America
Just heard Tom Waits’ “Ol’ ‘55,” which he released in 1973.
So if you did that song today it would be about driving in a beat-up car from 2007.
I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
So if you did that song today it would be about driving in a beat-up car from 2007.
I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
December 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Just heard Tom Waits’ “Ol’ ‘55,” which he released in 1973.
So if you did that song today it would be about driving in a beat-up car from 2007.
I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
So if you did that song today it would be about driving in a beat-up car from 2007.
I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Alonso in Boston would mean lots of doubles off the Green Monster turning into singles off the Green Monster.
Pete Alonso is driving 90 minutes from his Tampa home to the Winter Meetings in Orlando tomorrow to meet with the Red Sox and Orioles, per Jon Heyman. It's "unclear" if he'll meet with the Mets.
nypost.com/2025/12/08/s...
nypost.com/2025/12/08/s...
December 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Alonso in Boston would mean lots of doubles off the Green Monster turning into singles off the Green Monster.
I miss the blogosphere and the link-driven, non-algorithmic web.
But one thing I miss so very much was that brief period when Google worked well and you could do a first-result reverse directory search for any incoming number that popped up on your phone. That was so cool, and it's so long gone.
But one thing I miss so very much was that brief period when Google worked well and you could do a first-result reverse directory search for any incoming number that popped up on your phone. That was so cool, and it's so long gone.
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I miss the blogosphere and the link-driven, non-algorithmic web.
But one thing I miss so very much was that brief period when Google worked well and you could do a first-result reverse directory search for any incoming number that popped up on your phone. That was so cool, and it's so long gone.
But one thing I miss so very much was that brief period when Google worked well and you could do a first-result reverse directory search for any incoming number that popped up on your phone. That was so cool, and it's so long gone.
Been a banner week for odious white guys sitting awkwardly in front of blue walls while saying dumb things.
December 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Been a banner week for odious white guys sitting awkwardly in front of blue walls while saying dumb things.
Mets second basemen, ranked:
No. 1: Edgardo Alfonso
[big gap here]
2, Daniel Murphy
3. Wally Backman
4. Felix Millan
5. Jeff Kent
No. 1: Edgardo Alfonso
[big gap here]
2, Daniel Murphy
3. Wally Backman
4. Felix Millan
5. Jeff Kent
December 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Mets second basemen, ranked:
No. 1: Edgardo Alfonso
[big gap here]
2, Daniel Murphy
3. Wally Backman
4. Felix Millan
5. Jeff Kent
No. 1: Edgardo Alfonso
[big gap here]
2, Daniel Murphy
3. Wally Backman
4. Felix Millan
5. Jeff Kent
Is the Cinnabon lady going to get an honorary degree from OU?
December 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Is the Cinnabon lady going to get an honorary degree from OU?
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In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests.
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
ICE Nativity scenes: Churches reimagine Christmas story amid deportations
(RNS) — 'We know that Jesus was born into a Roman imperial occupation, and pretty much immediately becomes a refugee in Egypt, has to flee and faces political violence,' the Rev. Michael Woolf said.
religionnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests.
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
You probably had a better Saturday than Vice Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, but that’s because you didn’t order anyone to kill two helpless, unarmed people like Vice Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley did.
December 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
You probably had a better Saturday than Vice Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, but that’s because you didn’t order anyone to kill two helpless, unarmed people like Vice Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley did.
Philly history lesson, Meet a local legend.
A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
December 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Philly history lesson, Meet a local legend.
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
What was the concert?
(This has no bearing on the facts or the statute, but would help to gauge precisely what kind and degree of asshole we’re dealing with here.)
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
(This has no bearing on the facts or the statute, but would help to gauge precisely what kind and degree of asshole we’re dealing with here.)
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Mississippi Street Preacher Who Called Concertgoers ‘Jezebels’ Asks SCOTUS to Revive Case
Gabriel Olivier, a Mississippi street preacher who was charged for violating a Brandon ordinance, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive his lawsuit.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
What was the concert?
(This has no bearing on the facts or the statute, but would help to gauge precisely what kind and degree of asshole we’re dealing with here.)
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
(This has no bearing on the facts or the statute, but would help to gauge precisely what kind and degree of asshole we’re dealing with here.)
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Wrote about churches and colleges and "Free Tequila Shots for the Ladies" nights.
www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...
www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...
If You Hear Any Noise, It Ain't The Boys
Bars and dance clubs understand that one way to get more men to show up is to have a Ladies Night. But it's not as simple as it may seem.
www.patheos.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Wrote about churches and colleges and "Free Tequila Shots for the Ladies" nights.
www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...
www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...
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Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
That’s clearly a handball.
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
That’s clearly a handball.
For any justice making up reasons to say the clear language of the 14th Amendment impeachment should be understood as the most lenient available consequence.
It would generously and magnanimously allow the protection of law for those decreeing that it should not apply.
It would generously and magnanimously allow the protection of law for those decreeing that it should not apply.
If, as we all hope, SCOTUS does not decide that clear constitutional language is worth less than dogshit, we need to note which justices agree that it is, and if we get enough power, toss them the fuck out.
That should be a disqualifying and impeachable offense on the level of taking a direct bribe
That should be a disqualifying and impeachable offense on the level of taking a direct bribe
BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to President Trump's January 20 birthright citizenship executive order.
The court will hear DOJ's appeal of a loss below in a class-action challenge brought in the wake of June's decision limiting universal injunctions.
The court will hear DOJ's appeal of a loss below in a class-action challenge brought in the wake of June's decision limiting universal injunctions.
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
For any justice making up reasons to say the clear language of the 14th Amendment impeachment should be understood as the most lenient available consequence.
It would generously and magnanimously allow the protection of law for those decreeing that it should not apply.
It would generously and magnanimously allow the protection of law for those decreeing that it should not apply.
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The DHS' latest immigration enforcement operation began Wednesday, the day after Trump denigrated Minnesota’s Somali community, saying, “I don’t want them in our country, their country is no good for a reason. Their country stinks.”
religionnews.com/2025/12/04/i...
religionnews.com/2025/12/04/i...
In Minneapolis, clergy mobilize to manage ICE raids targeting Somali immigrants
(RNS) — Preparing for ICE agents' presence in the city, an interfaith coalition shared best practices for dealing with law enforcement at houses of worship.
religionnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The DHS' latest immigration enforcement operation began Wednesday, the day after Trump denigrated Minnesota’s Somali community, saying, “I don’t want them in our country, their country is no good for a reason. Their country stinks.”
religionnews.com/2025/12/04/i...
religionnews.com/2025/12/04/i...
This affects me and my crew directly. Fewer drivers means fewer trucks, which means bigger trucks. Instead of a 1,500-piece truck every night you get two 2,000-piece trucks and two no-truck nights every week -- meaning fewer hours, but much harder work in the fewer hours you get. Not sustainable.
Ok people like when I talk about my job, modern logistics work for food manufacturing,
And here’s a fun one: there’s already a shortage of truck drivers and it’s about to get very bad, this will lead to a lot more inflation
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
And here’s a fun one: there’s already a shortage of truck drivers and it’s about to get very bad, this will lead to a lot more inflation
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
December 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This affects me and my crew directly. Fewer drivers means fewer trucks, which means bigger trucks. Instead of a 1,500-piece truck every night you get two 2,000-piece trucks and two no-truck nights every week -- meaning fewer hours, but much harder work in the fewer hours you get. Not sustainable.
This is good.
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is good.