Jody
@monterossino.bsky.social
Napa/Tuscany. Likes good wine, good books, good cats, and good whiskey. Go Niners/Dubs/Giants! Recovering world class ballroom dancer. Would sleep better in these times without that history degree.
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Somebody raised these kids right. We need more of this energy. 😂
December 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Somebody raised these kids right. We need more of this energy. 😂
Having been told by a family member not to be histrionic over some of this stuff, I feel this article down to my bones.
Trying to forecast the future is prone to uncertainty, though I am probably closer to the alarmist end of the spectrum.
This article is most useful in highlighting the dismissals of such warnings. Big question is why? Normalcy bias? Not being vulnerable?
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
This article is most useful in highlighting the dismissals of such warnings. Big question is why? Normalcy bias? Not being vulnerable?
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Having been told by a family member not to be histrionic over some of this stuff, I feel this article down to my bones.
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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What a world to go to bed thinking about one mass shooting and wake up to news of another, a targeted hate crime, at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. And also in the video where an actual hero, Ahmed al Ahmed chooses not to kill one of the terrorists.
December 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What a world to go to bed thinking about one mass shooting and wake up to news of another, a targeted hate crime, at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. And also in the video where an actual hero, Ahmed al Ahmed chooses not to kill one of the terrorists.
Genuinely gave me chills when he talked about his grandkids. If you wake up guys like this to this level of rage, well, you’re losing this war.
I genuinely don't know if this is a "Minnesotan" thing or an "old guy of a certain age" thing but in case it's Minnesotan and people need an anger translator: this guy is so angry he could just about set something on fire with his mind.
This one isn’t downloadable but if you have TikTok go watch it. Well worth your time www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr4gRL7v/
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Genuinely gave me chills when he talked about his grandkids. If you wake up guys like this to this level of rage, well, you’re losing this war.
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The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
We already told the European family not to come here—this cements it.
And if my husband is forced to pick between his passports….welp.
And if my husband is forced to pick between his passports….welp.
December 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
We already told the European family not to come here—this cements it.
And if my husband is forced to pick between his passports….welp.
And if my husband is forced to pick between his passports….welp.
She’s right. Disgraceful.
HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
December 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
She’s right. Disgraceful.
My husband’s naturalization ceremony was one of the most moving things I’ve seen. It made me proud to be an American in a different way. We had a family party after to celebrate. It’s a big fucking deal. So cruel.
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
My husband’s naturalization ceremony was one of the most moving things I’ve seen. It made me proud to be an American in a different way. We had a family party after to celebrate. It’s a big fucking deal. So cruel.
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
In Napa County we’ve been in the fog belt almost constantly.
New post: Under resilient ridge, prolonged tule fog episode brings cold & damp weather to Central Valley but anomalously warm/dry weather elsewhere. Plus, update on what turned out to be record-wet autumn in some spots & PacNW flood risk this wk. elsewhere.
Under a resilient ridge, prolonged tule fog episode brings cold and damp weather to the Central Valley but anomalously warm/dry weather elsewhere - Weather West
An increasingly resilient ridge keeps California dry, but with markedly different daily weather in dense tule fog vs non-fog zones, following a very wet and relatively warm autumn Well, the final numbers are now in and they reflect what everyone has been talking about in Southern California: it genuinely was historically wet this fall in
weatherwest.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In Napa County we’ve been in the fog belt almost constantly.
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Dec. 5, 1925: Benito Mussolini outlines a plan to indoctrinate the country’s children in Fascism through the public schools. “In all grades,” he says, “the Italian youth shall be educated to comprehend Fascism and the noble aims which Fascism proposes to accomplish."
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Dec. 5, 1925: Benito Mussolini outlines a plan to indoctrinate the country’s children in Fascism through the public schools. “In all grades,” he says, “the Italian youth shall be educated to comprehend Fascism and the noble aims which Fascism proposes to accomplish."
Vergogna!
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Vergogna!
The ‘nip is good tonight.
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The ‘nip is good tonight.
On this Thanksgiving Eve, I am grateful for this writer and this thread in particular. Jim!
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
On this Thanksgiving Eve, I am grateful for this writer and this thread in particular. Jim!
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QUANDO COMPRI UN NUOVO LETTINO PER I GATTI
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
QUANDO COMPRI UN NUOVO LETTINO PER I GATTI
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what was it that you did here exactly?
A DOGE Exit Interview
It’s the agency’s turn to send a pointless, time-consuming email explaining its accomplishments.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
what was it that you did here exactly?
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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I've grown more conservative as I've grown older but the things I want to conserve are democracy and decency
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I've grown more conservative as I've grown older but the things I want to conserve are democracy and decency
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil
Delegates were evacuated from the conference venue, where thousands from nearly 200 countries had gathered.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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I enjoyed learning this.
When you’re sitting in a jazz bar in NOLA and it occurs to you to wonder who wrote “Tea For Two” and it turns out it was a superstar composer of the 1920s who was also an incredibly prolific alcoholic and horndog who died of tuberculosis before he turned fifty and whose photo is utter perfection.
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I enjoyed learning this.
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