Stranger in a strange land. Selector Supreme. Former host and producer of the KSFS radio show The End of The World Party. Football Columnist at West Sound of Mind. Waiting for The Great Leap Forward.
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Bruv. You @robertgarcia.bsky.social take money from AIPAC, and Real Estate barons who keep rents and housing prices sky high. Why should we remotely believe you about anything?
Too real, Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Too real.
Ditto.
Aye. Verily.
"Not that Bluesky is important"
The labor movement was born in Pittsburgh. As the son of a union bus driver I was proud to walk with the laborers and countless other unions in the Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade. These men and women built this city, our Commonwealth, and our country and I’m proud as hell to be with them today.
A shout-out to Portland, Little Rock, Ocean City, San Diego, Indianapolis, Salem, Denver, Asheville, and Pittsburgh!
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Indisputable
I am 76 & I have had most of these vaccinations at one time or another. Also vaccinations against Covid, Tetanus, plus Cholera & Yellow Fever when travelling in foreign countries. These prevented me catching horrible diseases & dying a gruesome death. They did not harm me, they protected me!
Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍 #janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
He seems not completely full of shite. That’s a good start alright.
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
Aye. To grossly understate it, he’s not good at just taking the L and tipping his cap
Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
It’s always weirdly moving for me to depart or arrive at this train station. It’s where my grandparents and great-grandma got off exactly 80 years ago, to restart their lives in the shapeshifting postwar Poland. Seeing this sign, the first thing they must have seen, was especially eerie.
IT’S ALL NATIVE LAND!
Nice one.
Nigerian composer Ayo Bankole explores African Pianism beautifully in ‘Egun Variations’ based on an Egun theme of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. 🎥Video courtesy of Onassis Stegi, Athens, part of my African Pianism recital programme.
Our board game social was a success yesterday! Thanks to the D*List for giving us 3 free hours in their office space in Auckland and to Cheeky Parrot Games which provided the games library. We hope to arrange more get togethers like this. We had about 25 people brave Auckland's weather to attend.
Too real, Lord. Too real.
Thou shalt not end vaccines. God will not save you from plague. The Middle Ages should’ve made that very clear.
There’s a special place in hell for morons who get millions of people killed.
Just a quick note: I hadn’t realised that Musovski was given a two-match ban in the Quarter-Final against Puebla, and is not eligible for selection for the Leagues Cup Final. I’ve since corrected the article. Slainte.
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
It’s time for the West Sound of Mind Sounders FC Pre-Match Report for Sounders v. Miami. GO ON YOU SOUNDERS!!! GET IN!!! westsoundofmind.blogspot.com/2025/08/seat...
West Sound of Mind Sounders FC Pre-Match Report for Sounders v. Miami to be posted tonight. West Sound of Mind: No subscription model, no bullshit, always Anti-Corpo, Always AI-Free. – Gilbert Gabriel & Nick Laird-Clowes youtu.be/V-NPb4AlaXw?... (2of2)
Sounders FC v. Inter Miami CF. Leagues Cup Final. Royal Brougham Park. Two clubs enter the ground, only one leaves victorious. We’ve seen what our lads are capable of, and that gives us the power to believe that we just might win this thing… (1of2)
“Guess who just got back today Them wild-eyed boys that’d been away Haven’t changed, hadn’t much to say But man, I still think them cats are crazy…” – Phil Lynott youtu.be/bawlZLHMEas?... (2of2)
Sounders FC return to The Evergreen after dispatching LA Galaxy in the Leagues Cup Semi-Finals. Them wild-eyed Boys in Green just got back to Seattle. Next: Inter Miami in a cup final showdown for the ages at Royal Brougham Park, Sunday next. It’s Research Day at West Sound of Mind… (1of2)
Football + pints. ⚽🍺
The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
Real
Imagine a country that makes you read grapes of wrath at 16 and then gets mad at you for internalising it at 26
Too real, Wordloc. Too real.
Everything you are doing. Keep doing it. Your district needs you. This country needs you. Desperately. I wish you the Protection of The Light this day and for all the days yet to come. Slainte
See y’all there!
Slainte
Aye. There’s good music, and then what good music is sometimes associated with. Two different things. We’re good, you and I.
It’s always a good day when there’s one in the win column. Miss you, Brother.
I used the new bike parking at the Nantes train station the other day. It has tons of amenities, incl. a vending machine w/ 🚲 essentials. The payment system still needs work & the cargo bike area doesn't have anchors like at Commerce but the train connection was seamless. Overall a good experience!
If Ashli Babbitt's parents really wanted to avenge her death they would, instead of pitifully whitewashing her legacy, be suing Fox News for filling their child's gullible head with dangerous nonsense that directly led to her death.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
Working people across DC showed up to make clear: We are united. We are strong. We are powerful. We are loud! #FreeDC
A couple of months ago, the Navy dishonored civil rights hero Harvey Milk by removing his name from a ship. Now, the Air Force is dishonoring itself by celebrating a domestic terrorist called Ashli Babbitt.
"Literally no one thinks prayer is a substitute for action." Then why is prayer, literally, *always* the substitute for action, you willfully obtuse asshole?
That’s how it’s done
“Javier Milei is hurriedly removed from an election campaign motorcade after being targeted by stones and bottles thrown by the public.” HHHAAHAHHAHAH
This gives me a very deep sadness
Our friends over at Rebaño are looking for Partners & Sponsors for the upcoming ‘25-‘26 Academy Season. Rebaño is doing amazing work representing & building up the Latino & Latina Youth of the Mile High City through soccer. Go support those supporting our next generation of soccer humans.
cc: everyone in a position of power and responsibility
We’re going to go on a rant for a minute, and yes we’re bringing some history with us. Back in 1755, Benjamin Franklin wrote words that still echo today: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
Pushing out top officials. Firing hundreds of lifelong public health experts. Trying to slash the CDC’s budget by billions. How is this “Making America Healthy Again”?
While the mainstream discussions are depressingly about *how* best to remove and stop immigrants, it’s a revolutionary act nowadays to say that immigration is actually a positive thing and an essential component of a thriving country, so please join me in doing so!
The newly ousted director of the CDC refused to fire top agency leaders or approve changes to vaccines from RFK Jr.’s hand-picked panel of advisers.
Have you considered canvassing on a Thursday? zohranfornyc.com/events
Real
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
If Cracker Barrel sets them off, imagine how they’ll react when they hear I went woke in the New Testament — turning the other cheek, feeding the poor, all that radical stuff.
PICK UP YOUR SANDWICHES AMERICA!!! AND GIVE THEM HELL!!!
It's wall to wall people here at Lynnhurst Park. A full acre of open hearts and raw grief. Pray for the Dead. Fight like hell for the Living.
Brilliant
Just admit it: You love your guns more than your children. The first step is acknowledging the problem.
Yes, @markwarner.bsky.social you do.
I certainly hope so
I believe these bastards will face a Nuremberg trial in the future.
When Ziblatt is talking about the lessons from Weimar for the present day, you listen. Chilling.
Do you want to know who’s at “high risk” with a Covid infection? It’s everyone The answer is everyone, if you have lungs & a vascular system, you are at high risk because Covid will damage it all, no matter who you are. All your organs have a vascular system Death isn’t the only outcome.
🚨ICE agents are racially profiling and arresting Hispanic drivers in the DC area today, targeting work vehicles like trucks and vans. A friend who was targeted sent me video today. Here’s a picture that shows one of two agents before he pulled on his mask. Unmarked black Ford truck, plate: NTV9211.
Ottawa provides nearly $22.7M to expand EV charging stations in B.C. (BC)
I genuinely can't express how much joy it brings me to watch Davis Schneider, a moustache-sporting, buff-as-hell athlete in a sport where fans regularly throw tantrums over Pride nights, walk up the plate to Chappell Roan's Pink Pony Club. I think it's important. What a dude.
Nice one
In another instalment of: “Didn’t Age Well” This video was deleted from Twitter. So you know what to do. 😏
Easier to ask forgiveness than permission. Or something like that.
CHICAGO!!!! Our Punks for Progress show is TONIGHT!!!! We’ve got a great show, cool merch, and an outlet for anyone else who is unbelievably angry and determined to make a better world. Get your ticket at katforillinois.com/concert
I’m also worried about declining standards for food safety. I don’t think media is doing a good job of showing how dangerous this is.
Protesters disrupt Susan Collins’ ribbon cutting in Searsport
Start at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
"State terror isn’t coming, it’s here. The kidnapping of our immigrant neighbors, the brutal treatment of protesting Spokanites, the Trumped up charges–all of it is meant to scare us..." Dr. Joan Braune and Dr. Judy Roher wrote in an analysis. rangemedia.co/state-... 🧵/1
Agreed
Reporters and journalists are not the same thing. Journalists are academics by nature. It’s slow, plodding, and serious work. Journalists make arguments. Reporters report.
Those who have the power to stop mass shootings can go to hell with their "thoughts and prayers." Do something about it, you evil bastards.
OHHHHHHH!
Breakfast Club host Charlamagne says of Hakeem Jeffries: "I call him AIPAC Shakur." "I just don't think he stands for anything."
AND ME!
I hope he burns in hell.
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Truth
The Isley Brothers Fight the Power ✊ iconic group, Iconic Song that's relevant in 2025
I hope you and yours are well this day, Anna.
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