peridot
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I'm a computer science teacher, cook, and piano player who is mostly too shy to post but loves to read and learn. Interested in people trying to make the world a better […]
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WATCH: Its hard to laugh at what’s happening in the United States, but maybe some laughter mixed with the devastating truth is how we can keep paying attention — and we NEED to pay attention — without losing our minds.
The most batshit part of this is how COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS the lies have been.
The most batshit part of this is how COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS the lies have been.
ICE Killing in Minnesota Ignites Protests as Trump and Kristi Noem Double Down | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:26 AM
WATCH: Its hard to laugh at what’s happening in the United States, but maybe some laughter mixed with the devastating truth is how we can keep paying attention — and we NEED to pay attention — without losing our minds.
The most batshit part of this is how COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS the lies have been.
The most batshit part of this is how COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS the lies have been.
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To all refugees form #bluesky - welcome. This is a place of oddity, peculiarity, and lovely people.
It can take a little longer to find your place here, but you will, if you try. So welcome, and say hello.
It can take a little longer to find your place here, but you will, if you try. So welcome, and say hello.
October 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
To all refugees form #bluesky - welcome. This is a place of oddity, peculiarity, and lovely people.
It can take a little longer to find your place here, but you will, if you try. So welcome, and say hello.
It can take a little longer to find your place here, but you will, if you try. So welcome, and say hello.
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Feel free to continue arguing over the shooter's motives, but please understand that *it doesn't matter*.
There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.
There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.
September 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Feel free to continue arguing over the shooter's motives, but please understand that *it doesn't matter*.
There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.
There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.
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This ad is killer.
Agree, Chris, his vids are right up there.
Agree, Chris, his vids are right up there.
This campaign has produced the best ads/content of any Democratic campaign I’ve covered since Obama ‘08 and it’s not really close.
I am once again asking you to stop sending us money.
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
September 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This ad is killer.
Agree, Chris, his vids are right up there.
Agree, Chris, his vids are right up there.
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Former career #diplomat who served as director of the #cia, deputy Secretary of #state, served 32 years in the #unitedstates #foreignservice & 7 years as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International #peace William J. Burns writes ‘A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants’
“You […]
“You […]
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masto.ai
August 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Former career #diplomat who served as director of the #cia, deputy Secretary of #state, served 32 years in the #unitedstates #foreignservice & 7 years as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International #peace William J. Burns writes ‘A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants’
“You […]
“You […]
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Retired Iowa judge and former staunch Republican implores Iowans to see the reality of what is happening to America -- and then organize and vote to save it. https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/08/15/i-grew-up-an-iowa-republican-this-is-not-your-parents-republican-party/
I grew up an Iowa Republican. This is not your parents' Republican Party
Myron Gookin: This is a Republican Party of the few, who are hell-bent on gutting democracy and the rule of law to enrich themselves.
www.bleedingheartland.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Retired Iowa judge and former staunch Republican implores Iowans to see the reality of what is happening to America -- and then organize and vote to save it. https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/08/15/i-grew-up-an-iowa-republican-this-is-not-your-parents-republican-party/
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#bostonweekend 29/x
I've got guests in town this weekend & this is extremely my jam, but not theirs, please go, its weird theatre, near home, and free:
Sun #theatre: #ancientGreece x #hitchcock x #60srock - “Attack of the Byrds! a verse play by Gary Duehr adapted from “The Birds” by […]
I've got guests in town this weekend & this is extremely my jam, but not theirs, please go, its weird theatre, near home, and free:
Sun #theatre: #ancientGreece x #hitchcock x #60srock - “Attack of the Byrds! a verse play by Gary Duehr adapted from “The Birds” by […]
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toot.boston
August 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#bostonweekend 29/x
I've got guests in town this weekend & this is extremely my jam, but not theirs, please go, its weird theatre, near home, and free:
Sun #theatre: #ancientGreece x #hitchcock x #60srock - “Attack of the Byrds! a verse play by Gary Duehr adapted from “The Birds” by […]
I've got guests in town this weekend & this is extremely my jam, but not theirs, please go, its weird theatre, near home, and free:
Sun #theatre: #ancientGreece x #hitchcock x #60srock - “Attack of the Byrds! a verse play by Gary Duehr adapted from “The Birds” by […]
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"How can it be done to you and your ancestors and you turn around and do it to someone else?" Mandy Patinkin on the revenge business. youtu.be/dFjOb9DGS1w?...
Mandy Patinkin on Gaza: A Plea to Jews
YouTube video by The Interview
youtu.be
July 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"How can it be done to you and your ancestors and you turn around and do it to someone else?" Mandy Patinkin on the revenge business. youtu.be/dFjOb9DGS1w?...
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Just learned some frankly disconcerting stuff, accounts on #private #socialmedia #platforms that have more than 10,000 followers actually get paid.
This makes me sad.
But also glad that I am dedicated to the #fediverse, #mastodon in particular.
I don’t say shit for clicks nor $$$$.
I am […]
This makes me sad.
But also glad that I am dedicated to the #fediverse, #mastodon in particular.
I don’t say shit for clicks nor $$$$.
I am […]
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masto.ai
June 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Just learned some frankly disconcerting stuff, accounts on #private #socialmedia #platforms that have more than 10,000 followers actually get paid.
This makes me sad.
But also glad that I am dedicated to the #fediverse, #mastodon in particular.
I don’t say shit for clicks nor $$$$.
I am […]
This makes me sad.
But also glad that I am dedicated to the #fediverse, #mastodon in particular.
I don’t say shit for clicks nor $$$$.
I am […]
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Right now, Dems are hiding in their offices, scrolling their phones fearfully, wondering "how are voters going to feel about the National Guard being deployed?"
The right, meanwhile, is vigorously *attempting to shape* how voters feel about it, filling every medium with coordinated propaganda.
The right, meanwhile, is vigorously *attempting to shape* how voters feel about it, filling every medium with coordinated propaganda.
June 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Right now, Dems are hiding in their offices, scrolling their phones fearfully, wondering "how are voters going to feel about the National Guard being deployed?"
The right, meanwhile, is vigorously *attempting to shape* how voters feel about it, filling every medium with coordinated propaganda.
The right, meanwhile, is vigorously *attempting to shape* how voters feel about it, filling every medium with coordinated propaganda.
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Interesting and good to see U.S. civil society organizations banding together to fight for U.S. constitutional democracy and rule of law. https://civilrights.org/resource/the-pact/
The Pact: A Civil Rights Coalition Unity Commitment
We commit to stay united in our shared vision for opportunity, prosperity, dignity, belonging and for the rights and justice necessary to ensure them.
civilrights.org
April 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Interesting and good to see U.S. civil society organizations banding together to fight for U.S. constitutional democracy and rule of law. https://civilrights.org/resource/the-pact/
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The Foreign Service Journal has published my requiem for the Voice of America. https://afsa.org/sites/default/files/flipping_book/040525/10/index.html
April 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Foreign Service Journal has published my requiem for the Voice of America. https://afsa.org/sites/default/files/flipping_book/040525/10/index.html
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The Democrats on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee are holding hearings about what's going on at VA. I was invited to testify at one of the hearings (will post more about this later) and was told, "If your friends and family want to watch live, this will […]
[Original post on federate.social]
[Original post on federate.social]
March 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Democrats on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee are holding hearings about what's going on at VA. I was invited to testify at one of the hearings (will post more about this later) and was told, "If your friends and family want to watch live, this will […]
[Original post on federate.social]
[Original post on federate.social]
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This post explains why Chuck Schumer is right about the risk that a shutdown would also shut down access to the courts.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/14/d...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/14/d...
Democrats Have to Stop Making Political Decisions with an Eye Towards 2026 - emptywheel
Democracy will be preserved or lost in the next three months. And democracy will be won or lost via a nonpartisan political fight over whether enough Americans want to preserve their way of life to fi...
www.emptywheel.net
March 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This post explains why Chuck Schumer is right about the risk that a shutdown would also shut down access to the courts.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/14/d...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/14/d...
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An interesting interview that’s worth your time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-gillian-tett.html?unlocked_article_code=1.304.M_gd.2qo5GhYBlABW&smid=url-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-gillian-tett.html?unlocked_article_code=1.304.M_gd.2qo5GhYBlABW&smid=url-share
March 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
An interesting interview that’s worth your time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-gillian-tett.html?unlocked_article_code=1.304.M_gd.2qo5GhYBlABW&smid=url-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-gillian-tett.html?unlocked_article_code=1.304.M_gd.2qo5GhYBlABW&smid=url-share
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March 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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I wonder what the next horrible unthinkable idea will be?
Hm. What would make Chris Mathews sputter with flabbergasted indignation the most saying "you simply can't DO that" ? It'll be whatever THAT is.
Because making that kind of pundit sputter is the entire point. Actually putting on a […]
Hm. What would make Chris Mathews sputter with flabbergasted indignation the most saying "you simply can't DO that" ? It'll be whatever THAT is.
Because making that kind of pundit sputter is the entire point. Actually putting on a […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
March 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I wonder what the next horrible unthinkable idea will be?
Hm. What would make Chris Mathews sputter with flabbergasted indignation the most saying "you simply can't DO that" ? It'll be whatever THAT is.
Because making that kind of pundit sputter is the entire point. Actually putting on a […]
Hm. What would make Chris Mathews sputter with flabbergasted indignation the most saying "you simply can't DO that" ? It'll be whatever THAT is.
Because making that kind of pundit sputter is the entire point. Actually putting on a […]
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Earlier, I shared 2 disturbing posts. Here's a palate cleanser.
Via Yashar Ali:
In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over #Europe and #Canada are posting in support of #Ukraine in […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
Via Yashar Ali:
In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over #Europe and #Canada are posting in support of #Ukraine in […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
February 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Earlier, I shared 2 disturbing posts. Here's a palate cleanser.
Via Yashar Ali:
In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over #Europe and #Canada are posting in support of #Ukraine in […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
Via Yashar Ali:
In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over #Europe and #Canada are posting in support of #Ukraine in […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
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Dear artists, comedians, and satirists: None of us can do the work we're doing without y'all helping to keep us sane. Please keep bringing the laughter amidst the pain. I am so grateful to you.
February 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Dear artists, comedians, and satirists: None of us can do the work we're doing without y'all helping to keep us sane. Please keep bringing the laughter amidst the pain. I am so grateful to you.
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Read. Boost. Share.
Marc Elias’s open letter to Musk.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-open-letter-to-elon-musk/
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rwpozui3m47mst4xxfy4lv2b" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@GottaLaff
Marc Elias’s open letter to Musk.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-open-letter-to-elon-musk/
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rwpozui3m47mst4xxfy4lv2b" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@GottaLaff
www.democracydocket.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Read. Boost. Share.
Marc Elias’s open letter to Musk.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-open-letter-to-elon-musk/
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rwpozui3m47mst4xxfy4lv2b" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@GottaLaff
Marc Elias’s open letter to Musk.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-open-letter-to-elon-musk/
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rwpozui3m47mst4xxfy4lv2b" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@GottaLaff
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More from the American Bar Associarion, condemning the Trump regime and urging all lawyers to stand up against it. This is extraordinary. There is too much text for me to put in alt-text, some quotes follow. 1/
February 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
More from the American Bar Associarion, condemning the Trump regime and urging all lawyers to stand up against it. This is extraordinary. There is too much text for me to put in alt-text, some quotes follow. 1/
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The kind of hero we need.
#uspolitics #resistance #wikipedia
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/one-woman-s-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-on-wikipedia
#uspolitics #resistance #wikipedia
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/one-woman-s-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-on-wikipedia
One Woman’s Mission to Rewrite Nazi History on Wikipedia
Ksenia Coffman’s fellow editors have called her a vandal and a McCarthyist. She just wants them to stop glorifying fascists—and start citing better sources.
getpocket.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM