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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 7h

there is a government shutdown with no end in sight and it’s not even really the lead story rn because the president can’t stop invading American cities for no reason other than spite

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 7h

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1h

Civil war is only supported by a small minority.

Oct. 2025 PBS News/NPR/Marist poll: 30% of Americans say political violence might be necessary to "get the country back on track" --up from 19% in April 2024.

Greatest risk to the U.S. is small-scale political violence by lone actors & small groups.

DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 5h

Trump's transparent goal is spreading fear.

"Cruelty, including a lust for vengeance, largely defines... Trump’s character."

"on the day one too many Americans have given in to their fears and withdrawn from the defense of democracy, the cause is lost."
www.commondreams.org/opinion/decl...

A Declaration of Independence From Fear | Common Dreams

If we have any chance of saving our Republic, and I believe we do, that chance will have to come from the public itself. And it will take all of us.

www.commondreams.org

DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 5h

"These are the kinds of oddities one expects in a contemporary art setting right now, at a time when a new surrealism has fully taken hold"

"the show’s strangest work... a gargantuan block of quartz diorite... carved into the shape of a scarab... to represent Khepri"
www.artnews.com/art-news/rev...

The Met’s First Ancient Egypt Blockbuster in Over a Decade Is a Show Fit for the Gods

'Divine Egypt,' the first ancient Egyptian art blockbuster at the Met in over a decade, is a show fit for the gods.

www.artnews.com

DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 6h

Mystifying that AD Mitch Barnhart still has a job.

Strange season schedule: last home football game September 13, next home game October 18.

In nearly 20 years of tailgating w/ old high school/college buddies, I never recall a five-week span between home games.
www.aseaofblue.com/kentucky-wil...

The staggering numbers that show Kentucky Football’s collapse is worse than you think

Kentucky has completely lost its way.

www.aseaofblue.com

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Astropus @astropus.bsky.social · 8h

Does he use the words and phrases in that birthday letter to his pal Jeffrey? You decide.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 19h

Perhaps you’ve noticed; the more immigrants they detain and deport…the more violent the United States is becoming. I see a clear connection.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 18h

This New Wave hit was all over the place in 1982. The band redid the song in 1989, and it was a hit again.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R6W...

Real Life - Send Me An Angel '89

YouTube video by reallifeexperience

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 22h

"Weiss departed the New York Times...writing...publication had become too left-wing"

Do these folks ever look in the mirror?
"In 2024, Weiss claimed that the 'political left… makes war on our common history, our common identity as Americans, &fundamentally, on the goodness of the American project'"

Popular Information @popular.info · 23h

On Monday, Paramount announced that it would hire former NYT opinion columnist and anti-woke crusader Bari Weiss to be the new editor-in-chief of CBS News. She has no experience in broadcast news.

The devolution of CBS News

A network once revered for fact-based reporting is embracing right-wing pseudo-journalism

popular.info

DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 23h

Three of the people I've known the longest died in March, May, and September 2025. Curiously, they all died on a Monday.

DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

"A federal judge ordered officials to remove guards and restraints, saying the government failed to prove he violated any law or posed a flight risk.
Marin was under 24/7 surveillance, couldn’t speak privately with doctors or lawyers, and was interrogated while medicated and in pain."

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1d

Federal agents held him in a hospital for 37 days, at times shackled to his bed, without charging him

Bayron Rovidio Marin broke his leg when immigration authorities raided the car wash where he worked in Carson in August. He was surveilled for more than a month in his hospital bed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center before a federal judge ordered his release.

www.latimes.com

DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

"$400 million jumbo jet... the Qatari dictatorship gifted to Trump... Vietnam, dodging its own laws in order to fast-track a new Trump golf course—& potentially dodge debilitating tariffs in the process"

"Saudi Arabia...welcoming another Trump-sponsored skyscraper"
www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Trump Opens the White House Doors to Foreign Regimes and Their Dirty Money

Lobbyists for foreign countries have long helped other governments influence US policy, but nothing compares to the brazen corruption of the second administration of Trump.

www.thenation.com

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

At this moment of crisis, where is this generation's Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked a secret Defense Department study of the U.S. war in Vietnam — the Pentagon Papers.

America's Ellsberg in 2025 can get those Epstein files and release them to the world.

DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

"Altman’s stylistic approach to filmmaking was startling to many cast and crew members who’d never seen anything like it."

"Altman favored microphones everywhere and a 'floating camera' technique... allowed him surveillance over everyone within a crowded scene"
jacobin.com/2025/10/robe...

Hollywood Could Use Another Robert Altman Right Now

The Criterion Channel’s retrospective on Robert Altman, the auteur behind masterpieces like Nashville, M*A*S*H, and The Long Goodbye, is a reminder that, not long ago, Hollywood backed maverick filmma...

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

Man, it's nice to see him still around.

"At 99 years old, Van Dyke told Ted Danson earlier this year that he still hits the gym three times a week. Danson recalled going to the same gym, watching Van Dyke 'literally dance' from weight machine to weight machine."

www.cracked.com/article_4866...

Dick Van Dyke Says It Would Be ‘Funny’ If He Died Just Weeks Before His 100th Birthday

Mark your calendars for December 13th

www.cracked.com

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

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Epstein is telling the world who Donald Trump is... 😕

YouTube video by The Tony Michaels Podcast

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

“DEPECHE MODE: M”
In Cinemas & IMAX beginning October 28
#DepecheMode

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energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · 1d

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

So... a blessing in disguise follows. After I'd accepted loss of furniture Summer'23, I got offer from Amazon Aug '23 to review thousands selected items & keep stuff. Furnished my entire apt.

Now w/ Trump's tariffs/seller cuts, nary a worthwhile item. All China cheap.
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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

After living in hotel 17mos, move to dwntwn apt. Oct6 '23. Feds arrest old bldg manager. Owner in India. Utilities cut. CONDEMNED. 7days to move. Sign lease new apt, scammed. Fire/police dept, housing officials show. Flee to hotel. All my stuff lost inside bldg, photos, yr books. Couldn't get access

DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 2d

"raid... emblematic of what ICE & CBP &... president...[&] Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino, are trying to do. They want mayhem on the ground. They want to create the war zone, so that they can send in even more troops.... They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it’s a war zone"

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 2d

In Chicago, children were paraded outside in the thick of the night, zip-tied and alone, while ICE rampaged through their homes — all at Trump’s request. He talks about an “enemy from within” but the biggest enemy is him and his lackeys.

We Found the ‘Enemy from Within’

He’s in the White House

contrarian.substack.com

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 2d

"labeling individuals or groups as terrorists...not...make...destruction on...high seas or abroad legal"

"US attempt to apply... humanitarian law of armed conflict... deprive...‘terrorists’ of its protection by branding...‘unlawful combatants’ does not persuade"
www.chathamhouse.org/2025/10/atta...

Attacks on ‘drug boats’ are pushing the US away from the consensus on the rules of international law

Self-defence, terrorism and a state of conflict have all been invoked as justification for attacks on the high seas. None are convincing.

www.chathamhouse.org

DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 2d

"highly dangerous turning point...too many political leaders & everyday Americans...not marking for what it is"

"labeling left wing protestors as 'insurrectionists,' crossed a clear red line in civil-military relations...Insurrection Act he seems keen to invoke"
www.justsecurity.org/121940/trump...

Trump’s Outline of a Domestic War

Former Undersecretary of Navy discusses import of President Trump's remarks to active duty military leaders at Quantico.

www.justsecurity.org