Seth A
@swanksalot.bsky.social
Chicago based politics and photography enthusiast
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I think of today’s purveyors of a whiny, entitled “masculinity” in light of the scene in The Godfather where Johnny Fontane is crying that he didn’t get a part in a movie, going “what do I do, what do I do?,” and Vito slaps him, saying “you could act like a man!”
My how times have changed.
My how times have changed.
"we're having a crisis of masculinity!11!" - a man-baby dork
December 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I think of today’s purveyors of a whiny, entitled “masculinity” in light of the scene in The Godfather where Johnny Fontane is crying that he didn’t get a part in a movie, going “what do I do, what do I do?,” and Vito slaps him, saying “you could act like a man!”
My how times have changed.
My how times have changed.
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This Sunday - come help with whistle packets for the west suburbs! TimeOut Market, West Loop, 3:30-5:30
Join Indivisible Greater West Loop to assemble whistle kits to support PASO – West Suburban Action Project and their work with immigrant communities in Chicago’s western suburbs.
Come pack kits, meet neighbors, and grab food/drinks!
🔗 bit.ly/IGWLWhistles1207
Come pack kits, meet neighbors, and grab food/drinks!
🔗 bit.ly/IGWLWhistles1207
Pack Whistle Kits for Neighbors! · Indivisible Greater West Loop
Indivisible Greater West Loop is assembling whistle kits to support [PASO – West Suburban Action Project](https://www.facebook.com/share/17h7Zpp93x/?mibextid=wwXIfr) and their work with immigrant comm...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This Sunday - come help with whistle packets for the west suburbs! TimeOut Market, West Loop, 3:30-5:30
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We will not stop until they stop. 💕
We’ve reached the point in this crisis where comrades from out of state are shipping us packages of thousands of whistles to distribute.
Know that when we win here- we’ll return that favor for the next city. Just as Chicago has taught us.
We are all in this together.
Know that when we win here- we’ll return that favor for the next city. Just as Chicago has taught us.
We are all in this together.
December 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We will not stop until they stop. 💕
He carries shelter dogs around the city in a backpack to help get them adopted www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
He carries shelter dogs around the city in a backpack to help get them adopted www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
The Beguiling, Misunderstood Theremin www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/a...
The Beguiling, Misunderstood Theremin
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December 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Beguiling, Misunderstood Theremin www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/a...
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I have been given the shiny and very real War Stopper Award by
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I have been given the shiny and very real War Stopper Award by
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
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they killed them so they couldn't talk and prove they were not drug smugglers.
Y'all need to start thinking of this as a mob run kleptocracy. They doubletapped the surivors to shut them up and because it was easier than hauling their corpses to the Pine Barrens.
Y'all need to start thinking of this as a mob run kleptocracy. They doubletapped the surivors to shut them up and because it was easier than hauling their corpses to the Pine Barrens.
Again, if this is a legitimate reason to kill someone (it isn’t), then there was nothing the survivors could have done to avoid being killed. And we know that can’t be right, because the USMCJ cites the killing of shipwrecked people **as its prototypical example** of an unlawful order.
4/ Even worse on these officials account, it seems if the third view is correct, that was a reason to kill the survivors.
You read that right, and I am not exaggerating.⤵️
A shipwrecked person beckoning others to come rescue them is a basis for killing them.
You read that right, and I am not exaggerating.⤵️
A shipwrecked person beckoning others to come rescue them is a basis for killing them.
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
they killed them so they couldn't talk and prove they were not drug smugglers.
Y'all need to start thinking of this as a mob run kleptocracy. They doubletapped the surivors to shut them up and because it was easier than hauling their corpses to the Pine Barrens.
Y'all need to start thinking of this as a mob run kleptocracy. They doubletapped the surivors to shut them up and because it was easier than hauling their corpses to the Pine Barrens.
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that's why it took an hour to do. If the standing order was nuke them and any survivors, they would have just done it. But they saw the video, realized they were civilians, and mulled it over for an hour and decided their silence was more important than anything else
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
that's why it took an hour to do. If the standing order was nuke them and any survivors, they would have just done it. But they saw the video, realized they were civilians, and mulled it over for an hour and decided their silence was more important than anything else
Stephen Miller Is Such a Hack - Jezebel apple.news/ADhE7N3bMRta...
Stephen Miller Is Such a Hack — Jezebel
During my youthful days as a Model UN dork, I wrote and read a lot of position papers, resolutions and such, and this was before I leveled up my nerdiness with a political science degree.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Stephen Miller Is Such a Hack - Jezebel apple.news/ADhE7N3bMRta...
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide | GBH www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Despicable
Despicable
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide | GBH www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Despicable
Despicable
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Failed mayoral candidate Ja'mal Green is once again claiming on social media that @thetriibe.com's story on how Paul Vallas’s campaign paid him is untrue. I edited that story; @tonia.thetriibe.com reported it.
So once again: here are the receipts. bit.ly/JaymalPaid
So once again: here are the receipts. bit.ly/JaymalPaid
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Failed mayoral candidate Ja'mal Green is once again claiming on social media that @thetriibe.com's story on how Paul Vallas’s campaign paid him is untrue. I edited that story; @tonia.thetriibe.com reported it.
So once again: here are the receipts. bit.ly/JaymalPaid
So once again: here are the receipts. bit.ly/JaymalPaid
Indiana House Approves Gerrymandered Map. Now It’ll Go to Senate After Trump Threats talkingpointsmemo.com/news/indiana...
I hold out hope that these gerrymanders will end up costing the Republicans seats because of miscalculations based on 2024 election cycle
I hold out hope that these gerrymanders will end up costing the Republicans seats because of miscalculations based on 2024 election cycle
Indiana House Approves Gerrymandered Map. Now It’ll Go to Senate After Trump Threats
Indiana’s Republican-controlled state House approved a new gerrymandered congressional map on Friday,...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Indiana House Approves Gerrymandered Map. Now It’ll Go to Senate After Trump Threats talkingpointsmemo.com/news/indiana...
I hold out hope that these gerrymanders will end up costing the Republicans seats because of miscalculations based on 2024 election cycle
I hold out hope that these gerrymanders will end up costing the Republicans seats because of miscalculations based on 2024 election cycle
I try to always ignore serial racist Megyn Kelly, but there is a non-zero chance that she (to paraphrase Ray Wylie Hubbard): "didn't use the cocaine to get high…
she just liked the way it smelled"
In other words, her wanting to torture and kill alleged cocaine boaters is a bit ironic
she just liked the way it smelled"
In other words, her wanting to torture and kill alleged cocaine boaters is a bit ironic
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I try to always ignore serial racist Megyn Kelly, but there is a non-zero chance that she (to paraphrase Ray Wylie Hubbard): "didn't use the cocaine to get high…
she just liked the way it smelled"
In other words, her wanting to torture and kill alleged cocaine boaters is a bit ironic
she just liked the way it smelled"
In other words, her wanting to torture and kill alleged cocaine boaters is a bit ironic
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Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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In a major coup for someone, Alan Dye leaves Apple
In a major coup for someone, Alan Dye leaves Apple
I learned a long time ago not to make it personal when it comes to criticizing Apple. As someone on the outside looking in, I can (and do) judge what Apple does, but it’s hard to ever know th…
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December 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In a major coup for someone, Alan Dye leaves Apple
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and a Shaper of Memphis Soul Music www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and a Shaper of Memphis Soul Music
As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and a Shaper of Memphis Soul Music www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
Graded on a Curve: Peter Tosh – Live at My Father’s Place 1978 - The Vinyl District www.thevinyldistrict.com/storefront/g...
Graded on a Curve: Peter Tosh, Live at My Father’s Place 1978
Live at My Father’s Place 1978 offers crisp audio clarity of a Peter Tosh performance originally broadcast live over radio via New York’s WLIR FM. While it’s unlikely to alter man…
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December 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Graded on a Curve: Peter Tosh – Live at My Father’s Place 1978 - The Vinyl District www.thevinyldistrict.com/storefront/g...
Little Village Chamber Leader Thanked Border Patrol As Agents Arrested Neighbors, Video Shows blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/03/l...
yikes
"Olman Chaheine, was the chamber’s director of outreach and community development
yikes
"Olman Chaheine, was the chamber’s director of outreach and community development
Little Village Chamber Leader Thanked Border Patrol As Agents Arrested Neighbors, Video Shows
Little Village, an enclave for Mexican Americans and immigrants, was heavily targeted during Operation Midway Blitz. After Block Club uncovered the video, the chamber said the staffer was no longer…
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December 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Little Village Chamber Leader Thanked Border Patrol As Agents Arrested Neighbors, Video Shows blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/03/l...
yikes
"Olman Chaheine, was the chamber’s director of outreach and community development
yikes
"Olman Chaheine, was the chamber’s director of outreach and community development
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Why is Jeffries covering for the fact that the regime is breaking immigration law? That's why saying "the border is secure" does. That's what "give Trump credit" does.
Trump does not want law & order.
He wants to break laws to achieve his goals.
And the Democratic leader SHOULD BE SAYING THAT.
Trump does not want law & order.
He wants to break laws to achieve his goals.
And the Democratic leader SHOULD BE SAYING THAT.
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Why is Jeffries covering for the fact that the regime is breaking immigration law? That's why saying "the border is secure" does. That's what "give Trump credit" does.
Trump does not want law & order.
He wants to break laws to achieve his goals.
And the Democratic leader SHOULD BE SAYING THAT.
Trump does not want law & order.
He wants to break laws to achieve his goals.
And the Democratic leader SHOULD BE SAYING THAT.
House bill seeks $50million of funding per year for major sporting event infrastructure
House bill seeks $50million of funding per year for major sporting event infrastructure
The bill will be introduced by Rep. Rick Larsen, a Democrat, who said the investment is "somewhat peanuts" compared to its potential return.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
House bill seeks $50million of funding per year for major sporting event infrastructure
Texas families file class action lawsuit to halt Ten Commandments display in every school district www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-fami...
Texas families file class action lawsuit to halt Ten Commandments display in every school district
As Attorney General Ken Paxton urges districts to disobey federal rulings, church/state watchdogs are pushing for a statewide injunction
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December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Texas families file class action lawsuit to halt Ten Commandments display in every school district www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-fami...
Analysis: Boat strike scandal shows the limits of Hegseth’s news media crackdown | CNN Business
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December 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Analysis: Boat strike scandal shows the limits of Hegseth’s news media crackdown | CNN Business
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There was a tweet some years back that was like "Being a Democrat is like going to a concert where the band is telling everyone to calm down the whole time" and I think about it a lot
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
There was a tweet some years back that was like "Being a Democrat is like going to a concert where the band is telling everyone to calm down the whole time" and I think about it a lot
Rogers Park's New 400 Theaters Is Reopening As New Operator Revives 113-Year-Old Movie House blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/01/r...
Rogers Park's New 400 Theaters Is Reopening As New Operator Revives 113-Year-Old Movie House
The operator of three historic movie theaters in Michigan has leased the shuttered Rogers Park theater, which was the city's oldest continually running movie theater when it closed in 2023.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Rogers Park's New 400 Theaters Is Reopening As New Operator Revives 113-Year-Old Movie House blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/01/r...