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David Bates
@davidbwriter.bsky.social
Arts/culture journalism at paywall-free Oregon ArtsWatch and Substack. News junkie and Weird Studies podcast fan. Other interests: UFOs, theater. I read everything. No DMs unless I know you or we've talked some here. https://artlandia.substack.com
Hey, Trump's cock isn't going to suck itself.
December 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Americans did put tools in place after Watergate to ensure that such flagrant corruption and abuses of power could never happen again. Those tools were, and continue to be, removed by fascists.
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"Our forefathers built this country on the blood of millions of indigenous Americans who lived peacefully until we arrived ... etc."
December 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Got my Covid booster yesterday, the nurse talked about the vaccine timeline, how "scientists" start working on the next strain early next year. "Which scientists?" I asked. She knows how that *used* to work, in normal times, but not now. Any insights?
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It'll be interesting to see by how much that reduces the number of Republicans.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
If I were in Chicago, I would. Interesting, I just saw this after posting a piece (completely non-political) about the demise of public spaces that nurture intelligent conversation. Hope you can get something going there. 🖖
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I find myself asking the same horrifyingly macabre question that I did when the U.S. invaded Iraq after 9/11: How many Americans have to die before officials and/or the public can't take anymore? 🫤
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 AM
He forgot, "THANK-YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!"
November 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Coulda been worse. Coulda been a colonoscopy. "I have no idea," etc.
November 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM