Barry Hoggard
@bhoggard.bsky.social
art collector (Hoggard Wagner collection) and software engineer with very left-of-center politics; partner of @jamesarthurwagner
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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was in Schwabing, a dear friend at LM University and I had boarded a streetcar
complete strangers shared the initial news he’d been shot
when they learned we were from the US, they cried
Germans were hugely affected by it, especially Berliners
[image: www.facebook.com/groups/USHis... ]>
complete strangers shared the initial news he’d been shot
when they learned we were from the US, they cried
Germans were hugely affected by it, especially Berliners
[image: www.facebook.com/groups/USHis... ]>
November 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
was in Schwabing, a dear friend at LM University and I had boarded a streetcar
complete strangers shared the initial news he’d been shot
when they learned we were from the US, they cried
Germans were hugely affected by it, especially Berliners
[image: www.facebook.com/groups/USHis... ]>
complete strangers shared the initial news he’d been shot
when they learned we were from the US, they cried
Germans were hugely affected by it, especially Berliners
[image: www.facebook.com/groups/USHis... ]>
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They’ve got a centrist saying this now? 🍿
““If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
New Jersey may stop paying federal taxes under new governor
Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said on a podcast with Jon Stewart it's a "great idea."
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
They’ve got a centrist saying this now? 🍿
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A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer.
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer.
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
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"One side is led by fascists. It’s like saying the Civil War, the problem with the Civil War was polarization ...It’s nonsensical. It’s just fascism enabling." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I study fascism. I’ve already fled America.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"One side is led by fascists. It’s like saying the Civil War, the problem with the Civil War was polarization ...It’s nonsensical. It’s just fascism enabling." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow.
Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders."
-Terry Pratchett, Jingo
#Discworld
Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders."
-Terry Pratchett, Jingo
#Discworld
November 10, 2024 at 2:57 PM
"History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow.
Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders."
-Terry Pratchett, Jingo
#Discworld
Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders."
-Terry Pratchett, Jingo
#Discworld
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These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
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Little neighborhood noir. #BaltimoreIsBeautiful
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Little neighborhood noir. #BaltimoreIsBeautiful
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delightful long lunch at Balthazar today, celebrating both good medical news and the anniversary of a license that finally made honest men out of us
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
delightful long lunch at Balthazar today, celebrating both good medical news and the anniversary of a license that finally made honest men out of us
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The Democrats will accept Marjorie Taylor Greene into the tent before they accept Zohran Mamdani.
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The Democrats will accept Marjorie Taylor Greene into the tent before they accept Zohran Mamdani.
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Self Portrait as St. Sebastian (poster), 1914
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25657
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25657
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Self Portrait as St. Sebastian (poster), 1914
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25657
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25657
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They call her "climate killer Kathy."
The centrist Democrat has gone all-in on setting the climate on fire as crypto-investors, fossil fuel executives, and her own husband cash in.
The centrist Democrat has gone all-in on setting the climate on fire as crypto-investors, fossil fuel executives, and her own husband cash in.
Kathy Hochul's 'Affordability' Excuse for Building a Gas Pipeline Doesn't Even Make Sense
The centrist Democrat insists that we must first accelerate the destruction of the environment to save it...eventually.
hellgatenyc.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
They call her "climate killer Kathy."
The centrist Democrat has gone all-in on setting the climate on fire as crypto-investors, fossil fuel executives, and her own husband cash in.
The centrist Democrat has gone all-in on setting the climate on fire as crypto-investors, fossil fuel executives, and her own husband cash in.
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editor: did you make that infographic for the epstein emails
graphic designer: sure did boss, real spermy just like you asked
editor: what
graphic designer: sure did boss, real spermy just like you asked
editor: what
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
editor: did you make that infographic for the epstein emails
graphic designer: sure did boss, real spermy just like you asked
editor: what
graphic designer: sure did boss, real spermy just like you asked
editor: what
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I legitimately used to think that guy was cool. What the fuck man
I’m sorry, Andres Serrano (the guy who made “Immersion (Piss Christ)”) is in the Epstein emails saying he may sympathy vote for Trump to support him during the Access Hollywood backlash?
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I legitimately used to think that guy was cool. What the fuck man
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May the history of the Daily News, when it is written, reflect that upon unanimous ratification of the first contract in more than three decades, the next words uttered in the Zoom call were those of street reporter Kerry Burke: “Okay, I got a homicide. I gotta go.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
May the history of the Daily News, when it is written, reflect that upon unanimous ratification of the first contract in more than three decades, the next words uttered in the Zoom call were those of street reporter Kerry Burke: “Okay, I got a homicide. I gotta go.”
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in retrospect the metoo movement did not go too far and in fact should have been given spanish inquisition levels of power and authority
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
in retrospect the metoo movement did not go too far and in fact should have been given spanish inquisition levels of power and authority
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yesterday our own representative, Erik Bottcher, together with Keith Powers, New York City Council Members for Districts 3 and 4 in Manhattan, introduced legislation “..to help ensure artists can continue to call New York home”, in the words of the former’s announcement gothamist.com/news/manhatt...
Manhattan lawmakers want more affordable housing for artists
Keith Powers and Erik Bottcher are introducing legislation for artist-specific housing.
gothamist.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
yesterday our own representative, Erik Bottcher, together with Keith Powers, New York City Council Members for Districts 3 and 4 in Manhattan, introduced legislation “..to help ensure artists can continue to call New York home”, in the words of the former’s announcement gothamist.com/news/manhatt...
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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
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Hi there Bluesky! -- let's introduce ourselves :3
We're dotmeow, a queer-run community project to register the gTLD .meow. The profits of this gTLD will go to community causes, turning every domain into queer community support, especially focusing on trans projects and issues.
We're dotmeow, a queer-run community project to register the gTLD .meow. The profits of this gTLD will go to community causes, turning every domain into queer community support, especially focusing on trans projects and issues.
November 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Hi there Bluesky! -- let's introduce ourselves :3
We're dotmeow, a queer-run community project to register the gTLD .meow. The profits of this gTLD will go to community causes, turning every domain into queer community support, especially focusing on trans projects and issues.
We're dotmeow, a queer-run community project to register the gTLD .meow. The profits of this gTLD will go to community causes, turning every domain into queer community support, especially focusing on trans projects and issues.
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@leximcmenamin.com in @theintercept.com and with good news! we love to see it!
my first story @theintercept.com: organizers with @adalahjustice.bsky.social and @genderlib.com announced today that the Human Rights Campaign has ended its relationships with weapons manufacturers Northrop Grumman and Raytheon following years of protests and accusations of "pinkwashing"
Human Rights Campaign Rejects Weapons Company Sponsorships After Pressure Around Israel Genocide
LGBTQ+ group Human Rights Campaign ended sponsorships from arms firms Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, who profit off of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
theintercept.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@leximcmenamin.com in @theintercept.com and with good news! we love to see it!
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"Mamdani has presented some sort of existential threat to the media, both on the right (full-on panic) and in the establishment press (somewhere between hostility and puzzlement)."
Good @sulliview.bsky.social on media and Zohran (cites mine positively!)
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/why-the-me...
Good @sulliview.bsky.social on media and Zohran (cites mine positively!)
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/why-the-me...
Why the media (not just MAGA) is freaked out over Mamdani
Plus: Midterms success for Democrats must avoid the false choice between affordability and opposing Trump
margaretsullivan.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Mamdani has presented some sort of existential threat to the media, both on the right (full-on panic) and in the establishment press (somewhere between hostility and puzzlement)."
Good @sulliview.bsky.social on media and Zohran (cites mine positively!)
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/why-the-me...
Good @sulliview.bsky.social on media and Zohran (cites mine positively!)
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/why-the-me...
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local duck breast, fat cross hatch-scored, rubbed w/s&p/Pasilla pepper/turbinado sugar), rested on the counter 45 minutes, seared/fried, with lemon juice, Cretan oil, half a Sicilian anchovy, cook's own pepper oil, blossoming oregano;
caraflex sautéed w/tropea onion, toasted cumin, sherry vinegar
caraflex sautéed w/tropea onion, toasted cumin, sherry vinegar
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 AM
local duck breast, fat cross hatch-scored, rubbed w/s&p/Pasilla pepper/turbinado sugar), rested on the counter 45 minutes, seared/fried, with lemon juice, Cretan oil, half a Sicilian anchovy, cook's own pepper oil, blossoming oregano;
caraflex sautéed w/tropea onion, toasted cumin, sherry vinegar
caraflex sautéed w/tropea onion, toasted cumin, sherry vinegar
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“They are also an echo of the ugliest instincts of human nature. And they are, at their core, sentiments that are un-American, ones that betray our heritage as they also betray the words of the Gospel.”
Jesuit magazine America: The Trump admin’s anti-immigrant rhetoric is “in some cases the same tropes used by Nazi criminals whom Americans died to overthrow in World War II.” www.americamagazine.org/editorials/2...
The editors: Safe borders do not require terror tactics from ICE
When did the notion that we should protect our borders and regulate immigration devolve into a determination to unleash anonymous masked agents pulling people from cars, and to publicly celebrate the ...
www.americamagazine.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“They are also an echo of the ugliest instincts of human nature. And they are, at their core, sentiments that are un-American, ones that betray our heritage as they also betray the words of the Gospel.”