(((grinninfoole)))
@grinninfoole.bsky.social
I took Carl Sagan and Mr. Rogers seriously. My bad.
Host of @civilpoliticsradio.com
Host of @civilpoliticsradio.com
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
If you believe that Dem leadership is fighting for you, ask them what they did when the Supreme Court took away the human rights of 50% of the nation, when two thirds of Americans disagreed with the Court’s decision, and we had the presidency. More than 3 years later. Ask how they’ve fought.
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
If you believe that Dem leadership is fighting for you, ask them what they did when the Supreme Court took away the human rights of 50% of the nation, when two thirds of Americans disagreed with the Court’s decision, and we had the presidency. More than 3 years later. Ask how they’ve fought.
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
Hahahahah they were just playing a trick on us where they’d pretend to fight back until we voted for them, and then immediately cave www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Hahahahah they were just playing a trick on us where they’d pretend to fight back until we voted for them, and then immediately cave www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Senate leaders are truly 'first among equals', and only have so much leverage for obstreperous members in their party caucus. This is by design, since they serve 6 year terms and only really answer to their state's elite. Plus, most of them can afford to just bail, like Sinema & Manchin did.
Those people are compromised. They were never going to vote on our side in the end, no matter how good or bad the leadership. And there are a few others, who would have "filled in" if the GOP hadn't had enough.
While I agree we need to move Schumer along, this was not the point of failure here.
While I agree we need to move Schumer along, this was not the point of failure here.
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Senate leaders are truly 'first among equals', and only have so much leverage for obstreperous members in their party caucus. This is by design, since they serve 6 year terms and only really answer to their state's elite. Plus, most of them can afford to just bail, like Sinema & Manchin did.
Several Democrats are now caving on the shutdown.
Senators take first step toward reopening the government after historic shutdown
The Senate voted late Sunday evening on a compromise that could reopen the government following the longest shutdown in history.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Several Democrats are now caving on the shutdown.
And he didn’t even have to pay me to say it. (But if he wants to…)
Elon Musk is worth every cent of his trillion dollars
Elon Musk is worth every cent of his trillion dollars
Elon Musk is worth every cent of his trillion dollars
www.independent.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
And he didn’t even have to pay me to say it. (But if he wants to…)
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
Sending and receiving messages is still super efficient.
They are just intentionally designing a system in which no records are ever kept.
Lesson drawn from Nuremberg and the Nazis I suspect.
They are just intentionally designing a system in which no records are ever kept.
Lesson drawn from Nuremberg and the Nazis I suspect.
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Sending and receiving messages is still super efficient.
They are just intentionally designing a system in which no records are ever kept.
Lesson drawn from Nuremberg and the Nazis I suspect.
They are just intentionally designing a system in which no records are ever kept.
Lesson drawn from Nuremberg and the Nazis I suspect.
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
I'm in @thenation.com this morning on the repeated failure of transphobia as political strategy, efforts to scapegoat trans people for Democrats' own failures, and Zohran Mamdani's model of solidarity
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I'm in @thenation.com this morning on the repeated failure of transphobia as political strategy, efforts to scapegoat trans people for Democrats' own failures, and Zohran Mamdani's model of solidarity
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
Good morning #ttrpg folks! Thank you for the amazing launch for #AW3rd! Y’all have pushed us so far over the stretch goal for the digital e-zine of additional materials we’re going to have to think about what might come next. It’s a lovely day! Let’s see where this thing can go!
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
When I was nearly 19, Sweet Honey In The Rock came to my college, and a friend insisted I come to the show. I mostly enjoyed it, but I don't recall anything about it now–except this song, which has profoundly affected my thinking ever since and still moves me to tears.
Are My Hands Clean? (Live At Carnegie Hall, New York, NY / November 7, 1987)
YouTube video by Sweet Honey in the Rock - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
When I was nearly 19, Sweet Honey In The Rock came to my college, and a friend insisted I come to the show. I mostly enjoyed it, but I don't recall anything about it now–except this song, which has profoundly affected my thinking ever since and still moves me to tears.
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.
This is the *moderate* position, by the way.
This is the *moderate* position, by the way.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.
This is the *moderate* position, by the way.
This is the *moderate* position, by the way.
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
I think a better phrasing for this would be “the public isn’t swayed by anti trans rhetoric.”
A lot of us certainly do care about trans issues, but we are firmly on the opposite side of the GOP.
A lot of us certainly do care about trans issues, but we are firmly on the opposite side of the GOP.
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I think a better phrasing for this would be “the public isn’t swayed by anti trans rhetoric.”
A lot of us certainly do care about trans issues, but we are firmly on the opposite side of the GOP.
A lot of us certainly do care about trans issues, but we are firmly on the opposite side of the GOP.
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
I don't think it's even right to say the voting public doesn't care. I think the truth is a lot of voters may generally find trans identity moderately confusing but also *none of their business*.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
Spanberger’s GOP foe spent 57% of her ad budget on anti-trans attacks. Spanberger focused on the economy. You see what won. trib.al/fkMmsR4
The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.
The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I don't think it's even right to say the voting public doesn't care. I think the truth is a lot of voters may generally find trans identity moderately confusing but also *none of their business*.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
Jesus Christ on a crutch.
This is some bargain basement “Live, Laugh, Love” bullshit on THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE.
With alt text
With alt text
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Jesus Christ on a crutch.
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
1/ In my part of media studies (nexus of news, social, influence) there has been so much to be gloomy about the past 10 years. But nothing snaps me out of it quite like big moments where it’s clear information still is capable of penetrating the propaganda/AI slop force field. Last night was such.
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
1/ In my part of media studies (nexus of news, social, influence) there has been so much to be gloomy about the past 10 years. But nothing snaps me out of it quite like big moments where it’s clear information still is capable of penetrating the propaganda/AI slop force field. Last night was such.
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
Werner Herzog directing a Maybelline ad: Perhaps she is born with it. What a frightful notion, to be imbued with the fetters of capitalist commodification from birth. It suggests God Himself is a part of our dreadful pattern instead of a refuge from it.
June 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Werner Herzog directing a Maybelline ad: Perhaps she is born with it. What a frightful notion, to be imbued with the fetters of capitalist commodification from birth. It suggests God Himself is a part of our dreadful pattern instead of a refuge from it.
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
Since Q is a boomer who doesn't understand technology I have done you all the favor of posting this insane footage
November 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Since Q is a boomer who doesn't understand technology I have done you all the favor of posting this insane footage
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
I'll give him this: at least he didn't keep us waiting like Kissinger did.
BREAKING
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died per a statement from his family.
He was 84.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died per a statement from his family.
He was 84.
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I'll give him this: at least he didn't keep us waiting like Kissinger did.
I genuinely would like to hear Jim Brockmire's take on this World Series.
November 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I genuinely would like to hear Jim Brockmire's take on this World Series.
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
This is the way.
So I walked up to the loudmouth and asked them if they thought starving kids was cool. Loudly.
No was their answer. So I asked them if starving the parents of these kids was cool? Was starving our elders cool? They said no again.
So I asked them what they were going to do to help these people
No was their answer. So I asked them if starving the parents of these kids was cool? Was starving our elders cool? They said no again.
So I asked them what they were going to do to help these people
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
This is the way.
Reposted by (((grinninfoole)))
“At Distrito Catorce in Boyle Heights, a new painting replaces a beloved Dodgers tribute, capturing the disappointment and activism of longtime fans in response to the team’s silence on immigration raids.”
boyleheightsbeat.com/boyle-height...
boyleheightsbeat.com/boyle-height...
Boyle Heights art shows Valenzuela arrested by ICE in Dodgers cap
At Distrito Catorce in Boyle Heights, a new painting replaces a beloved Dodgers tribute, capturing the disappointment and activism of longtime fans in response to the team’s silence on immigration rai...
boyleheightsbeat.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
“At Distrito Catorce in Boyle Heights, a new painting replaces a beloved Dodgers tribute, capturing the disappointment and activism of longtime fans in response to the team’s silence on immigration raids.”
boyleheightsbeat.com/boyle-height...
boyleheightsbeat.com/boyle-height...