Eric Valinsky
@ekvalinskyy.bsky.social
I am a composer, pianist, Web developer, data expert, cook, and crossword puzzle enthusiast.
It is amazing to me how Christian cultures continue to adapt Jesus’s appearance to fit their own. The new thing among the left is to depict Jesus as a Palestinian. He wasn’t. The Romans didn’t rename Judea to Palestine until decades after his death.
December 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It is amazing to me how Christian cultures continue to adapt Jesus’s appearance to fit their own. The new thing among the left is to depict Jesus as a Palestinian. He wasn’t. The Romans didn’t rename Judea to Palestine until decades after his death.
The elephant in the room is that health insurance companies are overcharging.
December 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The elephant in the room is that health insurance companies are overcharging.
Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov, could you please comment on the action of your police here?
Damn. Front page of the NYT year in pictures is a protestor being brutalized at Broadview by the Illinois State Police.
December 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov, could you please comment on the action of your police here?
He’s calling it “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts”. Memorial, hmm.
December 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
He’s calling it “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts”. Memorial, hmm.
Who thought that putting the country in the hands of a few lifetime political appointees with no ethics standards was a good idea?
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Who thought that putting the country in the hands of a few lifetime political appointees with no ethics standards was a good idea?
Question: how many members of “The Greatest Generation” went to war to fight Fascism, only to practice it when they got home?
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Question: how many members of “The Greatest Generation” went to war to fight Fascism, only to practice it when they got home?
Think about this: Federal judges and justices are lifetime political appointees without regular review procedures. How is this in any way democratic?
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Think about this: Federal judges and justices are lifetime political appointees without regular review procedures. How is this in any way democratic?
Two things I can’t wait to see the last of:
1. “If Biden had done that…”
Biden would not have done that.
2. Parallels with Nazi Germany
They scare us. However, this is not Nazi Germany and this is not the 1930’s. We need to figure out how to resist in 2025 USA.
1. “If Biden had done that…”
Biden would not have done that.
2. Parallels with Nazi Germany
They scare us. However, this is not Nazi Germany and this is not the 1930’s. We need to figure out how to resist in 2025 USA.
September 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Two things I can’t wait to see the last of:
1. “If Biden had done that…”
Biden would not have done that.
2. Parallels with Nazi Germany
They scare us. However, this is not Nazi Germany and this is not the 1930’s. We need to figure out how to resist in 2025 USA.
1. “If Biden had done that…”
Biden would not have done that.
2. Parallels with Nazi Germany
They scare us. However, this is not Nazi Germany and this is not the 1930’s. We need to figure out how to resist in 2025 USA.
I swear, BlueSky has become Twitterfied. You may disagree with me—or more likely misunderstand what I’m saying. You may question it to your heart’s content. But if you call me names or accuse me of spurious behavior, I’ll block you.
August 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I swear, BlueSky has become Twitterfied. You may disagree with me—or more likely misunderstand what I’m saying. You may question it to your heart’s content. But if you call me names or accuse me of spurious behavior, I’ll block you.
Dear Moderate Democrats (aka Fascist Sympathizers):
If you throw trans people under the bus, you also throw their families, their friends, their coworkers, their colleagues, their clients, and their vendors under the bus. That’s a whole lotta people to throw under the bus! For what?
If you throw trans people under the bus, you also throw their families, their friends, their coworkers, their colleagues, their clients, and their vendors under the bus. That’s a whole lotta people to throw under the bus! For what?
August 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Dear Moderate Democrats (aka Fascist Sympathizers):
If you throw trans people under the bus, you also throw their families, their friends, their coworkers, their colleagues, their clients, and their vendors under the bus. That’s a whole lotta people to throw under the bus! For what?
If you throw trans people under the bus, you also throw their families, their friends, their coworkers, their colleagues, their clients, and their vendors under the bus. That’s a whole lotta people to throw under the bus! For what?
It’s about time we start renaming political movements as what they’ve become.
Republicans are Fascists.
Centrists are Fascists.
Moderates are Fascist Sympathizers.
Republicans are Fascists.
Centrists are Fascists.
Moderates are Fascist Sympathizers.
August 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It’s about time we start renaming political movements as what they’ve become.
Republicans are Fascists.
Centrists are Fascists.
Moderates are Fascist Sympathizers.
Republicans are Fascists.
Centrists are Fascists.
Moderates are Fascist Sympathizers.
Over 25% of the population of Israel came out today to protest their government’s policies. With our pitiful 3%, who do we Americans think we are to criticize Israelis?
August 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Over 25% of the population of Israel came out today to protest their government’s policies. With our pitiful 3%, who do we Americans think we are to criticize Israelis?
Moderates/Centrists to Fascists: We’re meeting you halfway, OK?
Fascists: Sure, thanks. Now we only have half as far to go!
Fascists: Sure, thanks. Now we only have half as far to go!
August 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Moderates/Centrists to Fascists: We’re meeting you halfway, OK?
Fascists: Sure, thanks. Now we only have half as far to go!
Fascists: Sure, thanks. Now we only have half as far to go!
My take on work requirements for Medicaid: if you want government handouts and you don’t WANT to work, run for Congress.
July 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
My take on work requirements for Medicaid: if you want government handouts and you don’t WANT to work, run for Congress.
The entertainment industry has always been motivated by profit over ethics and we shouldn’t be surprised at the lengths Paramount was willing to go to for approval of its merger.
July 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The entertainment industry has always been motivated by profit over ethics and we shouldn’t be surprised at the lengths Paramount was willing to go to for approval of its merger.
Fascists always say that their victims are criminals, most often child molesters. This is pure projection on their part. You don’t have to fact check their statements. They are lies.
July 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Fascists always say that their victims are criminals, most often child molesters. This is pure projection on their part. You don’t have to fact check their statements. They are lies.
The Rule-of-law Justices write some blistering dissents. That and $1.75 will get you a ride on an LA Metro bus.
July 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Rule-of-law Justices write some blistering dissents. That and $1.75 will get you a ride on an LA Metro bus.
Concentration camps are designed to destroy the lives of the prisoners and their families in a way that brings sadistic joy to their captors. ICE doesn’t run “internment camps” or “detention centers”. They run concentration camps.
July 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Concentration camps are designed to destroy the lives of the prisoners and their families in a way that brings sadistic joy to their captors. ICE doesn’t run “internment camps” or “detention centers”. They run concentration camps.
Everyone please stop referring to the SCOTUS Six as “Conservative “!
June 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Everyone please stop referring to the SCOTUS Six as “Conservative “!
The three pillars of American oligarchy are the Senate, the Electoral College, and the Supreme Court. All have functioned in their way to deny the rights of “we the people.” Today, the Supreme Court has reasserted its stance against the rights of citizens.
June 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The three pillars of American oligarchy are the Senate, the Electoral College, and the Supreme Court. All have functioned in their way to deny the rights of “we the people.” Today, the Supreme Court has reasserted its stance against the rights of citizens.
So people in LA try to stop ICE from beating up and kidnapping brown people and the LAPD stages a riot. That gets amplified by the media and makes everyone think that protests are all violent. But that simply has never been the case. Unless there are right wing or FBI agitators, protests are…
June 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
So people in LA try to stop ICE from beating up and kidnapping brown people and the LAPD stages a riot. That gets amplified by the media and makes everyone think that protests are all violent. But that simply has never been the case. Unless there are right wing or FBI agitators, protests are…
Things are very scary right now, but when I see what’s happening in the streets, it looks to me more like the fall of autocracy.
June 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Things are very scary right now, but when I see what’s happening in the streets, it looks to me more like the fall of autocracy.