GGG
@ggg50.bsky.social
Radical Liberal. Anti-Authoritarian.
We live in deeply unconstitutional and upsetting times.
We live in deeply unconstitutional and upsetting times.
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GGG
@ggg50.bsky.social
· May 10
My grandma is the nicest, most beautiful person I know. She’s turning 85 this year. I hope she can make it to 90 somehow. She still has her wits about her and we always have an intelligent conversation. If you have someone like this in your life, of any age, be very grateful for them.
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I'm sure they would plead that doesn't mean they agree with all the rest, and yet you never see them on the speaker lineup at any kind of left-coded liberal event. And it's not because such events won't have right of center anti-Trump figures. They're generally very eager to, I've done them.
February 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I'm sure they would plead that doesn't mean they agree with all the rest, and yet you never see them on the speaker lineup at any kind of left-coded liberal event. And it's not because such events won't have right of center anti-Trump figures. They're generally very eager to, I've done them.
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In 2022 I was at Cato, working to launch a journal intended to oppose national conservatism. I quit when my boss told me that I shouldn’t single Trump out for criticism, and I should describe Biden as about equally bad.
They say everyone should quit on principle at least once. That one was mine.
They say everyone should quit on principle at least once. That one was mine.
February 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
In 2022 I was at Cato, working to launch a journal intended to oppose national conservatism. I quit when my boss told me that I shouldn’t single Trump out for criticism, and I should describe Biden as about equally bad.
They say everyone should quit on principle at least once. That one was mine.
They say everyone should quit on principle at least once. That one was mine.
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It's cool that they brought Mike Tyson on to tell us to stop eating processed foods and start eating ears.
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
It's cool that they brought Mike Tyson on to tell us to stop eating processed foods and start eating ears.
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Huge number of cases where the article is basically fine (though maybe buries vital info several paragraphs deep) but the headline is grossly misleading. Unfortunately 100x more people are going to read the headline than finish the article, so “but in paragraph 8 we explain…” is a poor excuse.
I've been a critic of NYT for two decades--sometimes as a job--but I don't have monolithic view. There are great reporters working there. Headline writers, not so much. This is actively misleading. By framing it as a question it takes a side, asserting that he wants to w/out plausible evidence.
February 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Huge number of cases where the article is basically fine (though maybe buries vital info several paragraphs deep) but the headline is grossly misleading. Unfortunately 100x more people are going to read the headline than finish the article, so “but in paragraph 8 we explain…” is a poor excuse.
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I am helping my 16 year old improve something she's written and am seeing the young writer's urge to complicate and to use fancy sounding, but uncertain, words. Be direct. Say what you mean. Which means using words you own, that map to *your* thoughts, and not words unfamiliar and thus imprecise.
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 AM
I am helping my 16 year old improve something she's written and am seeing the young writer's urge to complicate and to use fancy sounding, but uncertain, words. Be direct. Say what you mean. Which means using words you own, that map to *your* thoughts, and not words unfamiliar and thus imprecise.
Aaron, I think AOC’s post is relevant to this conversation
January 26, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Aaron, I think AOC’s post is relevant to this conversation
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“Don’t call us the Gestapo or we’ll have to summarily execute people.”
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 12:25 AM
“Don’t call us the Gestapo or we’ll have to summarily execute people.”
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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Did I mention “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!”?
To reiterate, “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGG HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Don’t ask me anything as I’m just a constant scream right now
January 20, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Did I mention “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!”?
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#DHS has been an instrument of terror for lots of Americans long before the #Minneapolis invasion by #ICE The difference now is that more people are finally waking up to what a bureaucratic monster was created in the fear & panic post-9/11.
D.H.S.’s Role Questioned as Immigration Officers Flood U.S. Cities
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:09 AM
#DHS has been an instrument of terror for lots of Americans long before the #Minneapolis invasion by #ICE The difference now is that more people are finally waking up to what a bureaucratic monster was created in the fear & panic post-9/11.
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In extraordinary message, Fed chair announces that he’s being extorted/coerced by the US government under color of law.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:51 AM
In extraordinary message, Fed chair announces that he’s being extorted/coerced by the US government under color of law.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
This framing by @NewYorkTimes seems irresponsible and lacking in moral clarity. NY Times is introducing symmetry to a debate where there is none. While the video has intensified partisan reactions, it’s still incumbent upon the media to call a spade a spade — in this case, a murder in plain sight.
January 9, 2026 at 12:37 PM
This framing by @NewYorkTimes seems irresponsible and lacking in moral clarity. NY Times is introducing symmetry to a debate where there is none. While the video has intensified partisan reactions, it’s still incumbent upon the media to call a spade a spade — in this case, a murder in plain sight.
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I got my son a Switch 2 for Christmas, and it turned out he asked my mom for a digital projector, and these gifts have merged, Voltron like, into the kids now playing Mario Cart eight feet wide on the living room wall. Which is very festive.
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I got my son a Switch 2 for Christmas, and it turned out he asked my mom for a digital projector, and these gifts have merged, Voltron like, into the kids now playing Mario Cart eight feet wide on the living room wall. Which is very festive.
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Weird how all the people who tried to get everyone fired for saying anything about Charlie Kirk's murder that wasn't donning sackcloth and smearing ashes on their head have suddenly revisited their opposition to celebrating a murder, isn't it?
January 8, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Weird how all the people who tried to get everyone fired for saying anything about Charlie Kirk's murder that wasn't donning sackcloth and smearing ashes on their head have suddenly revisited their opposition to celebrating a murder, isn't it?
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The most fun I've ever had watching a football game was when McDaniel's Dolphins put up 70 points on the Broncos and my wife, the hardcore Broncos fan, was out with friends and not watching, so I texted her updates every time someone scored even after she told me she didn't really need live updates.
Dolphins fire McDaniel after 4 seasons
The Miami Dolphins dismissed head coach Mike McDaniel, the team announced Thursday.The 42-year-old leaves the team with a 35-33 record across four seasons, including a 7-10 mark in 2025."After…
www.thescore.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:07 AM
The most fun I've ever had watching a football game was when McDaniel's Dolphins put up 70 points on the Broncos and my wife, the hardcore Broncos fan, was out with friends and not watching, so I texted her updates every time someone scored even after she told me she didn't really need live updates.
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I often listen to the Pali Canon or dhamma talks while working in the garden. @sujato.bsky.social’s translations are all very accessible at suttacentral.net.
SuttaCentral
Early Buddhist texts from the Tipitaka (Tripitaka). Suttas (sutras) with the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness, insight, wisdom, and meditation.
suttacentral.net
January 6, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I often listen to the Pali Canon or dhamma talks while working in the garden. @sujato.bsky.social’s translations are all very accessible at suttacentral.net.
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Always happy to talk about Theravada Buddhism, tropical plants, distance running, and home cooking. I feel like those topics don’t get as much engagement though.
u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
January 6, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Always happy to talk about Theravada Buddhism, tropical plants, distance running, and home cooking. I feel like those topics don’t get as much engagement though.
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If I remember correctly, the video mentions that.
December 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
If I remember correctly, the video mentions that.
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This 2001 remake sucks
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This 2001 remake sucks
The Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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I don’t think a high number of pardons is a bad thing at all. There are many, many people who deserve clemency, far more than ever get pardons.
It’s *who* he’s pardoning that is the bad thing.
It’s *who* he’s pardoning that is the bad thing.
So far, in less than one year, Donald Trump has issued over TEN TIMES as many pardons as he did in his entire four-year first term. That’s a lot of criminals released onto our streets.
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I don’t think a high number of pardons is a bad thing at all. There are many, many people who deserve clemency, far more than ever get pardons.
It’s *who* he’s pardoning that is the bad thing.
It’s *who* he’s pardoning that is the bad thing.
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The Las Vegas GP is at least redeemable in that Vegas is still a cool city despite continuous attempts to make it less cool. Miami is Dubai for Americans.
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The Las Vegas GP is at least redeemable in that Vegas is still a cool city despite continuous attempts to make it less cool. Miami is Dubai for Americans.