Alex
@face-the-waves.bsky.social
Waveform delivery service 🎧 audio engineer and DIY organizer 🎤
Mostly post about politics and history
Mostly post about politics and history
…Elon Musk is going to buy TikTok isn’t he?
January 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
…Elon Musk is going to buy TikTok isn’t he?
Elite democrats giving bland speeches about democracy and continuity on the same stage as Elon Musk doing literal sieg heil is such a perfect microcosm of the state of our country, it’s almost too on the nose.
January 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Elite democrats giving bland speeches about democracy and continuity on the same stage as Elon Musk doing literal sieg heil is such a perfect microcosm of the state of our country, it’s almost too on the nose.
Some nuance to add to the discussion about “slave firefighters” I’m seeing on Instagram. I’m becoming increasingly concerned about my community’s propensity to simply believe infographics because they confirm prior biases. You can’t change the world if you don’t actually know what’s happening.
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January 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Some nuance to add to the discussion about “slave firefighters” I’m seeing on Instagram. I’m becoming increasingly concerned about my community’s propensity to simply believe infographics because they confirm prior biases. You can’t change the world if you don’t actually know what’s happening.
You really gotta hand it to Octavia Butler. Parable of the Sower is turning out to be spot on about almost everything, once again.
January 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
You really gotta hand it to Octavia Butler. Parable of the Sower is turning out to be spot on about almost everything, once again.
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If you are an IATSE member impacted or displaced by the ongoing wildfires, please know that assistance is available through the Walsh/Di Tolla/Spivak Foundation. Applications and instructions can be found on the IATSE Disaster Response Committee's page here: iatse.net/take-action/...
January 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If you are an IATSE member impacted or displaced by the ongoing wildfires, please know that assistance is available through the Walsh/Di Tolla/Spivak Foundation. Applications and instructions can be found on the IATSE Disaster Response Committee's page here: iatse.net/take-action/...
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“Dead End on Papaya Street” is the noir screenplay Jimmy Buffett never got to write.
December 31, 2024 at 1:29 PM
“Dead End on Papaya Street” is the noir screenplay Jimmy Buffett never got to write.
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factions of the far right may be eating each other alive, but they always do this, and would be just as glad to turn and sink their teeth into your neck. the sniping can be entertaining and useful, but don't mistake it for meaningful fractures in the project of ressentiment.
December 29, 2024 at 6:20 AM
factions of the far right may be eating each other alive, but they always do this, and would be just as glad to turn and sink their teeth into your neck. the sniping can be entertaining and useful, but don't mistake it for meaningful fractures in the project of ressentiment.
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Barack Obama has shared his top erotic free-to-play games of 2024
December 21, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Barack Obama has shared his top erotic free-to-play games of 2024
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A right wing car maker who bought a media outlet in order to amplify antisemitic conspiracy theories is advocating for a far right German party that promises to expel a disfavored minority? You don’t say.
December 20, 2024 at 2:42 PM
A right wing car maker who bought a media outlet in order to amplify antisemitic conspiracy theories is advocating for a far right German party that promises to expel a disfavored minority? You don’t say.
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A friend described the current Democratic response to the political moment “bringing a strongly worded letter to a knife fight” and I can tell that’s one of those phrases that’s going to be sticking
December 17, 2024 at 3:56 PM
A friend described the current Democratic response to the political moment “bringing a strongly worded letter to a knife fight” and I can tell that’s one of those phrases that’s going to be sticking
My theory is that a lot of what’s driving the Trump movement is people’s desire to be free of all social constraints and moral rules governing their behavior. It boils down to “I want to do exactly what I want at all times and not feel bad about it”. I have a story to illustrate this-
One of my immediate thoughts about HBO not renewing Sesame Street is that we live in a moment where being kind is an inherently political act.
December 17, 2024 at 5:27 AM
My theory is that a lot of what’s driving the Trump movement is people’s desire to be free of all social constraints and moral rules governing their behavior. It boils down to “I want to do exactly what I want at all times and not feel bad about it”. I have a story to illustrate this-
I am utterly convinced that if the Democrats ran AOC in 2028 they would win in a landslide. There’s a very deep well of working class anger at the brutal unfairness of our society, and it’s a crime that the Dems fumbled the bag to the point that a literal billionaire was the one to tap into it.
December 17, 2024 at 5:16 AM
I am utterly convinced that if the Democrats ran AOC in 2028 they would win in a landslide. There’s a very deep well of working class anger at the brutal unfairness of our society, and it’s a crime that the Dems fumbled the bag to the point that a literal billionaire was the one to tap into it.
Fascinating reporting that illuminates a crucial aspect of Putin’s transformation of Russian society
Just four months after his release from Russian prison, Evan Gershkovich has the lead byline on an incredible story about the ultrasecret Russian agency behind his kidnapping. He and the Journal identified the precise individuals involved. Astonishing. www.wsj.com/world/russia...
December 13, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Fascinating reporting that illuminates a crucial aspect of Putin’s transformation of Russian society
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The ovulation tracking app, "Ovia", now mandates you identify what state you live in. Delete immediately and warn anyone who might need to know.
December 10, 2024 at 3:55 AM
The ovulation tracking app, "Ovia", now mandates you identify what state you live in. Delete immediately and warn anyone who might need to know.
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Yes person on the internet Syrians are aware that everything isn’t perfect and that there are challenges ahead. I think they didn’t need you to tell them that given that it’s been 5 decades of tyranny and no country ever emerged from tyranny without challenges ahead.
December 8, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Yes person on the internet Syrians are aware that everything isn’t perfect and that there are challenges ahead. I think they didn’t need you to tell them that given that it’s been 5 decades of tyranny and no country ever emerged from tyranny without challenges ahead.
This guy is like a real life V for Vendetta
MSNBC is reporting that the backpack that the Midtown shooter ditched in Central Park was full of Monopoly money
December 8, 2024 at 5:57 AM
This guy is like a real life V for Vendetta
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MSNBC is reporting that the backpack that the Midtown shooter ditched in Central Park was full of Monopoly money
December 8, 2024 at 12:02 AM
MSNBC is reporting that the backpack that the Midtown shooter ditched in Central Park was full of Monopoly money
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Imagine how grim the Grayzone office holiday party is going to be
December 8, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Imagine how grim the Grayzone office holiday party is going to be
Hearing unconfirmed reports that Timothee Chalamet is the United Healthcare shooter.
December 6, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Hearing unconfirmed reports that Timothee Chalamet is the United Healthcare shooter.
Hard to imagine the toll public service like this takes on a person’s mental health, but damn… we are losing another effective progressive voice to the bullying and malicious cronyism of our terrible council majority.
City Councilmember Tammy Morales will leave the council in January. "There’s [an] assumption that I represent something that the previous council did, and so nothing I do is worth consideration." publicola.com/2024/12/04/c...
City Councilmember Tammy Morales Will Leave the Council In January - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett City Councilmember Tammy Morales, who was just reelected to her Southeast Seattle seat last year, is…
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December 4, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Hard to imagine the toll public service like this takes on a person’s mental health, but damn… we are losing another effective progressive voice to the bullying and malicious cronyism of our terrible council majority.
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Napoleon, December 3, 1812
i've sobered up and the cold is getting to me so I may have to retreat from history
December 3, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Napoleon, December 3, 1812
Welp, this year’s winner of least competent coup attempt since J6 is pretty clear
December 3, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Welp, this year’s winner of least competent coup attempt since J6 is pretty clear
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I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know
Last updated December 3, 10:09 AM South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Heesoo Jang Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics Journalism Department, University of...
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December 3, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Trump and his team are absolutely watching how events unfold in South Korea. If the coup attempt succeeds, it will embolden them to take more radical steps more quickly.
December 3, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Trump and his team are absolutely watching how events unfold in South Korea. If the coup attempt succeeds, it will embolden them to take more radical steps more quickly.