theoneGalen
@theonegalen.bsky.social
Rock and roller, history teacher, and Jesus-follower. Deconstructed and reconstructed. Single AF. Nerd. equity matters, trans rights = human rights
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To all the people who say,”If these people would just do it the right way and become citizens,” what say you to all these ICE folks hanging out in courts and grabbing the people who are doing just that? These people ARE doing it “the right way” and are still terrorized.
Absolutely despicable.
Absolutely despicable.
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
To all the people who say,”If these people would just do it the right way and become citizens,” what say you to all these ICE folks hanging out in courts and grabbing the people who are doing just that? These people ARE doing it “the right way” and are still terrorized.
Absolutely despicable.
Absolutely despicable.
One of the greatest Dudes Rock movies of all time
I'm continuing my series of comfort watch movies on Whatever, and today I'm essaying Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and 19th Century Sailing life, which I am happy to view and not to live:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/02/t...
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Two: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World wastes no time in getting the viewer acquainted with the HMS Surprise; in a few brief moments we’re given a sailor’s-eye view of the cram…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 AM
One of the greatest Dudes Rock movies of all time
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Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work newrepublic.com/post/203784/... via @newrepublic.com
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work
The National Guard shooting suspect felt abandoned by the CIA after working together for so long, his fellow unit member said.
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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I was promised fully automated luxury gay space communism dammit!
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I was promised fully automated luxury gay space communism dammit!
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I’m sorry but if you’re this creatively bankrupt Hayao Miyazaki should be allowed to hunt you for sport.
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I’m sorry but if you’re this creatively bankrupt Hayao Miyazaki should be allowed to hunt you for sport.
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A federal judge didn’t “steal” the Commander-in-Chief’s powers—she ruled that DoD exceeded the limits Congress set. That is the rule of law working as designed. What threatens the Republic isn’t judicial review, but officials who insist they’re above it.
November 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A federal judge didn’t “steal” the Commander-in-Chief’s powers—she ruled that DoD exceeded the limits Congress set. That is the rule of law working as designed. What threatens the Republic isn’t judicial review, but officials who insist they’re above it.
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This drunken ignorant oaf
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This drunken ignorant oaf
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What's important is that Houston is 150 miles further south from Oklahoma than Dallas. -OS
Downtown Houston is a whopping 10 miles farther from the Sabine River than Downtown Dallas is from the Red River.
two men in suits and ties are standing next to each other in front of a fire hose .
Alt: Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) explains to the Chief (in the 1960s spy spoof TV series, "Get Smart"), "Missed it by that much," while indicating a tiny distance between his thumb and index finger as an example.
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
What's important is that Houston is 150 miles further south from Oklahoma than Dallas. -OS
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
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collective liberation means solidarity with those most harmed
including: solidarity with victim-survivors
it does not matter if the perpetrator was your friend, your idol, a movement hero, someone who's essential to your work or anything else
tell every truth
+ center those harmed always
including: solidarity with victim-survivors
it does not matter if the perpetrator was your friend, your idol, a movement hero, someone who's essential to your work or anything else
tell every truth
+ center those harmed always
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
collective liberation means solidarity with those most harmed
including: solidarity with victim-survivors
it does not matter if the perpetrator was your friend, your idol, a movement hero, someone who's essential to your work or anything else
tell every truth
+ center those harmed always
including: solidarity with victim-survivors
it does not matter if the perpetrator was your friend, your idol, a movement hero, someone who's essential to your work or anything else
tell every truth
+ center those harmed always
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Our kids concert is current happening in the Activity Room with @captainthrack.bsky.social, @theonegalen.bsky.social and @pinkaboo.bsky.social! #PVCF25
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Our kids concert is current happening in the Activity Room with @captainthrack.bsky.social, @theonegalen.bsky.social and @pinkaboo.bsky.social! #PVCF25
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Reminder that the Renegade Stage is open at the Apple Orchard until 4:30pm today! #PVCF25
Here is @epicmuttonchops.bsky.social performing now!
Here is @epicmuttonchops.bsky.social performing now!
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Reminder that the Renegade Stage is open at the Apple Orchard until 4:30pm today! #PVCF25
Here is @epicmuttonchops.bsky.social performing now!
Here is @epicmuttonchops.bsky.social performing now!
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Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
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happy Jair Bolsonaro got arrested after failing to cut off his ankle monitor day
"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from presidential palace
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
happy Jair Bolsonaro got arrested after failing to cut off his ankle monitor day
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And that is a wrap on the PVCF25 concert! Thank you to all of our musicians, and AV for putting on two excellent concerts!
Now it is bed time.
Now it is bed time.
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
And that is a wrap on the PVCF25 concert! Thank you to all of our musicians, and AV for putting on two excellent concerts!
Now it is bed time.
Now it is bed time.
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Fun fact: recording police in the public performance of their duties is protected conduct under the First Amendment in North Carolina!
The 4th Circuit even said so (www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/211...)
The 4th Circuit even said so (www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/211...)
They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Fun fact: recording police in the public performance of their duties is protected conduct under the First Amendment in North Carolina!
The 4th Circuit even said so (www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/211...)
The 4th Circuit even said so (www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/211...)
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“I’ve got some pretty devastating information about this public figure, and I will wait until well past the time that person amasses power to reveal it, mostly to make sure you’re all paying attention to me.
I’m doing journalism right.
Please subscribe. It’s your civic duty.”
I’m doing journalism right.
Please subscribe. It’s your civic duty.”
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“I’ve got some pretty devastating information about this public figure, and I will wait until well past the time that person amasses power to reveal it, mostly to make sure you’re all paying attention to me.
I’m doing journalism right.
Please subscribe. It’s your civic duty.”
I’m doing journalism right.
Please subscribe. It’s your civic duty.”
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Had SUCH A BLAST performing with @theonegalen.bsky.social! There's something special about a good old unplugged set.
. @ari.arinoblewrites.com and @theonegalen.bsky.social are back for a good ol’ jam session! Come on in to Main Events for more! #PVCF25
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Had SUCH A BLAST performing with @theonegalen.bsky.social! There's something special about a good old unplugged set.
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PLEASE, retail workers
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
PLEASE, retail workers
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
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In WaPo today JB Pritzker is in the picture. Bezos is not. Must be an oversight…
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In WaPo today JB Pritzker is in the picture. Bezos is not. Must be an oversight…
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
And now MBS is feted by our President, because rich criminals are more important than poor journalists.
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
And now MBS is feted by our President, because rich criminals are more important than poor journalists.