@gbiorczyk.bsky.social
I need books, classical music and people who like to think and laugh. Long suffering Social Democrat on the brink of leaving
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"Der Szenenapplaus bei besonders harter, pointierter Kritik wie dieser war immer wieder auffällig groß." - Kleingeistiger "Endlich-sagt's-mal-einer"-Applaus ist grundsätzlich furchtbar, egal aus welcher Ecke.
December 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Der Szenenapplaus bei besonders harter, pointierter Kritik wie dieser war immer wieder auffällig groß." - Kleingeistiger "Endlich-sagt's-mal-einer"-Applaus ist grundsätzlich furchtbar, egal aus welcher Ecke.
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What is it with people on speaker phone? Do they not realize they can hold the phone to their ear and keep a great portion of the conversation private?
Why does everyone want everything as loud and public as possible, these days?
Your spouse is having an argument with YOU.
Not the rest of us.
Why does everyone want everything as loud and public as possible, these days?
Your spouse is having an argument with YOU.
Not the rest of us.
December 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
What is it with people on speaker phone? Do they not realize they can hold the phone to their ear and keep a great portion of the conversation private?
Why does everyone want everything as loud and public as possible, these days?
Your spouse is having an argument with YOU.
Not the rest of us.
Why does everyone want everything as loud and public as possible, these days?
Your spouse is having an argument with YOU.
Not the rest of us.
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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
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Not surprised. Lonsdale has the usual history of treating women like crap.
stanforddaily.com/2019/03/15/s...
stanforddaily.com/2019/03/15/s...
Stanford Doesn't Trust Joe Lonsdale to Mentor Students; You Shouldn't Either.
In a recent article, The Stanford Review implied that activists misled the community in campaigning for Phi Kappa Psi to cancel an event with Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale ’03. This couldn’t be fur...
stanforddaily.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Not surprised. Lonsdale has the usual history of treating women like crap.
stanforddaily.com/2019/03/15/s...
stanforddaily.com/2019/03/15/s...
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
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I used to have a 10/10 Rule. Take any group: 10% of the people are idiots and 10% are a-holes. But I always clarified that meant that I believed 80% of people are decent and trying their best to be good.
I no longer have faith in those numbers.
I no longer have faith in those numbers.
December 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I used to have a 10/10 Rule. Take any group: 10% of the people are idiots and 10% are a-holes. But I always clarified that meant that I believed 80% of people are decent and trying their best to be good.
I no longer have faith in those numbers.
I no longer have faith in those numbers.
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The phrase “‘most people are basically good” is sure not aging well
She compares the boat strikes to Jesus breaking the sabbath to heal someone.
December 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The phrase “‘most people are basically good” is sure not aging well
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Interesting what Crick notes.
Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.
Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.
On why Farage doesn’t apologise for his schoolboy racism:
“if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too.’ ”
Exactly.
He is racist. So are his voters. He can’t be pissing them off by saying sorry.
#NeverPM
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
“if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too.’ ”
Exactly.
He is racist. So are his voters. He can’t be pissing them off by saying sorry.
#NeverPM
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
December 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Interesting what Crick notes.
Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.
Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.
That's correct for all art forms. Das stimmt übrigens für alle Orte, an denen Kunst gemacht (oder gelehrt) wird.
I guarantee you if we took all the funding away from the legendary assholes and gave it to talented nice people, we would have an equal if not greater amount of good movies and fewer traumatized and miserable assistants, crew, and actors.
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
That's correct for all art forms. Das stimmt übrigens für alle Orte, an denen Kunst gemacht (oder gelehrt) wird.
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There’s not a single filmmaker who is so magically good it should excuse them being a bully. Not one. Give their money to someone else. We have plenty of talent and too many assholes hogging the resources.
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
There’s not a single filmmaker who is so magically good it should excuse them being a bully. Not one. Give their money to someone else. We have plenty of talent and too many assholes hogging the resources.
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Not as a group, no. But I think being normal is acting in accordance with your individual needs, it shouldn’t be based on how common your needs are.
December 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Not as a group, no. But I think being normal is acting in accordance with your individual needs, it shouldn’t be based on how common your needs are.
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Newsom could’ve said “we need to focus on common goals” - neutral, reasonable
Instead, he chose to say “culturally normal.” This is loaded language. It warns you about not conforming. It stigmatizes those who do not. It’s a bad and divisive choice, and i think it’s worth noting.
Instead, he chose to say “culturally normal.” This is loaded language. It warns you about not conforming. It stigmatizes those who do not. It’s a bad and divisive choice, and i think it’s worth noting.
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Newsom could’ve said “we need to focus on common goals” - neutral, reasonable
Instead, he chose to say “culturally normal.” This is loaded language. It warns you about not conforming. It stigmatizes those who do not. It’s a bad and divisive choice, and i think it’s worth noting.
Instead, he chose to say “culturally normal.” This is loaded language. It warns you about not conforming. It stigmatizes those who do not. It’s a bad and divisive choice, and i think it’s worth noting.
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Here is my rant for the year and The Era:
We need to stop confusing the words “normal” and “common.”
It may seem trivial, but the differences between them are the differences between using stigmatizing language and descriptive language, they’re the whole piñata of difference.
We need to stop confusing the words “normal” and “common.”
It may seem trivial, but the differences between them are the differences between using stigmatizing language and descriptive language, they’re the whole piñata of difference.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Here is my rant for the year and The Era:
We need to stop confusing the words “normal” and “common.”
It may seem trivial, but the differences between them are the differences between using stigmatizing language and descriptive language, they’re the whole piñata of difference.
We need to stop confusing the words “normal” and “common.”
It may seem trivial, but the differences between them are the differences between using stigmatizing language and descriptive language, they’re the whole piñata of difference.
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"I hope people will return to Mr Collins in Love when they’re in need of something gentle and pastoral, where kindness wins out, and summer is always just around the corner."
@leewelchwriter.bsky.social said this about her book in an interview, and it's just so beautifully apt. 🧡
@leewelchwriter.bsky.social said this about her book in an interview, and it's just so beautifully apt. 🧡
Need some kindness and gentleness in your life? Try my m/m romance in which young clergyman Mr Collins from Pride and Prejudice is the hero.
Out on audio or from most online bookshops.
Out on audio or from most online bookshops.
December 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"I hope people will return to Mr Collins in Love when they’re in need of something gentle and pastoral, where kindness wins out, and summer is always just around the corner."
@leewelchwriter.bsky.social said this about her book in an interview, and it's just so beautifully apt. 🧡
@leewelchwriter.bsky.social said this about her book in an interview, and it's just so beautifully apt. 🧡
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Liebe Europäische Kommission, liebes EU-Parlament: Wie lange wollt ihr noch Content für einen Kanal liefern, dessen Eigentümer euch auflösen will und der eure Reichweite drosselt? Dieser Ort ist eine Jauchegrube. Raus da! Geht lieber dahin, wo Demokratie kein Hassobjekt ist.
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Liebe Europäische Kommission, liebes EU-Parlament: Wie lange wollt ihr noch Content für einen Kanal liefern, dessen Eigentümer euch auflösen will und der eure Reichweite drosselt? Dieser Ort ist eine Jauchegrube. Raus da! Geht lieber dahin, wo Demokratie kein Hassobjekt ist.
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Sigmar Gabriel feiert Innenminister Alexander Dobrindt für dessen Umgang mit dem Berliner Verwaltungsgericht.
Ich finde, man muss ihm dankbar sein, dass er das Thema wieder aufbringt. Und gleichzeitig muss man beide scharf kritisieren.
(Geschenklink)
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Ich finde, man muss ihm dankbar sein, dass er das Thema wieder aufbringt. Und gleichzeitig muss man beide scharf kritisieren.
(Geschenklink)
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Sigmar Gabriel: Gerichte ignoriert man nicht
Sigmar Gabriel lobt Innenminister Dobrindt für seinen Umgang mit der Justiz. Ein Beispiel dafür, wie Demokraten im Kampf gegen die AfD die Maßstäbe verrutschen können.
www.zeit.de
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sigmar Gabriel feiert Innenminister Alexander Dobrindt für dessen Umgang mit dem Berliner Verwaltungsgericht.
Ich finde, man muss ihm dankbar sein, dass er das Thema wieder aufbringt. Und gleichzeitig muss man beide scharf kritisieren.
(Geschenklink)
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Ich finde, man muss ihm dankbar sein, dass er das Thema wieder aufbringt. Und gleichzeitig muss man beide scharf kritisieren.
(Geschenklink)
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Anyone who has participated in or attended a naturalization ceremony knows how meaningful and joyous these ceremonies tend to be. The cruelty of this is heartbreaking and enraging.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Anyone who has participated in or attended a naturalization ceremony knows how meaningful and joyous these ceremonies tend to be. The cruelty of this is heartbreaking and enraging.
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So, the way they're going to parse this is that Hegseth didn't say "kill them all," he said "destroy the boat and everyone in it." This is like his Signalgate argument that he didn't release classified info...
...because he declassified it
...because he declassified it
WaPo is reporting that Bradley told lawmakers that Hegseth DID give a kill order.
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
So, the way they're going to parse this is that Hegseth didn't say "kill them all," he said "destroy the boat and everyone in it." This is like his Signalgate argument that he didn't release classified info...
...because he declassified it
...because he declassified it
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For the first time since 1978, the Kennedy Center honors ribbon will abandon their signature rainbow color scheme. meidasnews.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Kennedy Center Ditches Signature Rainbow Ribbon
The new navy blue ribbon is described as being “associated with dignity and tradition”
meidasnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
For the first time since 1978, the Kennedy Center honors ribbon will abandon their signature rainbow color scheme. meidasnews.com/news/trumps-...
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There’s something doubly grating about the pious invocation of “Western civilization” by the sort of incurious dolt who wouldn’t know a Titian canvas, a Beethoven quartet, or a Socratic dialogue if whapped them upside the head.
It has long been clear that unalloyed racism lies at the core of Trumpism, and he is becoming increasingly explicit about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
There’s something doubly grating about the pious invocation of “Western civilization” by the sort of incurious dolt who wouldn’t know a Titian canvas, a Beethoven quartet, or a Socratic dialogue if whapped them upside the head.
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We have become a profoundly ridiculous country. This makes the Nero-era look sane and normal.
December 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We have become a profoundly ridiculous country. This makes the Nero-era look sane and normal.
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It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
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I mean, yeah. That's the entire point? Heated Rivalry, the book, is about loneliness and isolation and shoving yourself so deeply in the closet that you can't see anything outside of it, except you can't deny yourself one fundamental sweetness. The one that allows you to express your true self.
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I mean, yeah. That's the entire point? Heated Rivalry, the book, is about loneliness and isolation and shoving yourself so deeply in the closet that you can't see anything outside of it, except you can't deny yourself one fundamental sweetness. The one that allows you to express your true self.