Scott Kolins (@scottkolins.bsky.social) reposted
Oh, and another Thing…!
Professional statistical programmer in clinical studies. I consume mass quantities of teevee drama, read in the areas of race, US civil war history, 20th century history, culture, change, personality. My musical tastes tend toward psychedelic honky-tonk.
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Someone is stealing
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
Sacrilege
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
That will be a banner day for a lot of people
steve (@stupidlikeafox.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Reminds me of some open-casket funerals I’ve been to
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
it's the least you can do after that.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
Shit yeah. play time!
Carter P. Hayes (@allchronology.com) reposted
If the last 12 hours taught us anything, it’s that the real party starts when he finally takes his permanent nap. 🎉🥳🎊
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
What is the percentage?
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
that was a good one
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
there will never be a time when a white girl can play uhuru
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
I knew that. That's why I always throw in some tongue twisters
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
no. I think it's not time yet. it will always come off as black-face. I realize I just made three declarative sentences, but my guts tell me it is never acceptable for a white person to depict a Black person. They can depict themselves.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
3 dollars
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
are these for real? Or models for public consumption?
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
Have the Russians backed off of assaults?
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
hell no. Isolate Israel
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
another illegal executive order. The supremes will side with trump, of course
The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted
JD Vance Asks National Guard Member If He Can Touch Gun https://theonion.com/jd-vance-asks-national-guard-member-if-he-can-touch-gun/
Claudia Burcke (she/her/hers) (@theclaudiaburcke.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I love this journey for him.
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) reposted
Men, if you have a small penis, just register as a Republican and you’ll become a big dick.
Dr Robert Bohan (@robertbohan.bsky.social) reposted
🧵 Good night from Dublin. Here’s the sun disappearing west, over Grattan Bridge. I love sunsets in being nature’s most vibrant palette. My art is about joyous colour too, as you can see in this thread of my one-off ink on paper drawings. [1]
Luca (@lucagalletti.bsky.social) reposted
The voiceover is like a bedtime story 🛏️ 🤣 Zingerman's Bakehouse Ann Arbor, Michigan
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
Dems want to preserve their safety and sanity, Rs want the right to berate and abuse. Dems push away, Rs try to trap and dominate.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
show your own, then, Sir Seb.
Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ (@snarkysillysad.bsky.social) reposted
Sea turtle surfacing by a group of Cownose Rays near Clearwater, Florida: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
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yes. 100 percent
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
thanks God
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
We have lost a season of agricultural production. This is like bible times
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
good balance
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
truth: Flamboyant Sheriffs are always bent. You can take that to the bank
Alan Elrod (@aselrod.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
An element of fascism is a kind of upside down where the meanest, most rapacious, and least virtuous of society are loosed to bully and abuse people who genuinely uphold civic ideals of service and sacrifice. Public service isn’t what the system is about. It’s about conditioning the national body.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
sounds like we are losing (at least) a season of agricultural production. What would Trump know about anything, but especially agriculture?
Teri Kanefield (@terikanefield.bsky.social) reposted
Okay, whew. I've been writing. Some light summer beach reading . . . NOT I begin by going over familiar territory: The authoritarian personality, what the neuroscientists tell us about our political differences. I need this because the new stuff requires context, so please stick with me. . . 1/
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
sloppy hypothetical construct pivots on ideology. That is the take-away
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
I like trial balloons and I LOVE Sade. If she tours doesn't affect me. I will be happy to buy her new album. She is a sensitive artist. How many do we need to lose to the trauma of stupid publicity and celebrity media?
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
there is a crew in black leotards out there working his strings.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
66 yo white guy here. I've been to 9 dif. schools from grade school through graduate school and I recall only one Black instructor for any class I took. I think in all those schools, only college and grad school had any Black faculty, and I think only a handful. Thanks for the eye-opening post.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
Haig was hot to trot, wasn't he?
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
hell yeah
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
"Lee, having only achieved the rank of Colonel in US Army, sought advancement in treason. He was rewarded with a General's commission and, in an act of mercy, was saved from the noose at the end of the episode."
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
Terry Pratchett
Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle (@dytsras.bsky.social) reposted
Twenty years ago today, Katrina struck. But Katrina itself didn't cause its aftermath. That was the local and federal government. Read Naomi Klein's "Disaster Capitalism." They didnt help the people. They seized the local apparatus, displaced, and expelled people. But there's one more thing...
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't believe those are federal agents
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
there will be a sequence at the end that recounts the various and grisly fates of the characters. Just desserts will be served.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
I love the battery park area
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
natural causes
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
he's evil
Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd.bsky.social) reposted
I’m so angry about this COVID vaccine thing that I can barely see straight
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
good alt text
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
we can laugh at this, confident that the fascists will never get the joke.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
cool facility. they must have a chipper on the right for the junked tradies
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
mediocre white men stand in line for the largesse
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
"The Gambia" AP. Get it right
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
thank you for bringing the facts to light
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
holy crap. My Grandfather was born in 1845 or so and my father was born in 1922. I'm 66. It was an Eastern European experience so not the African one at all. The span of time always boggles my mind. thanks for what you do. I'm a reader.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
It's hard to believe he was alive at the same time as me
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
He wrote it in june of 59, sealed it to be opened after his death, which was in 63
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
That depends on the book. If I can't replace it for a median price of ten dollars, I will offer them a guestroom and put them in charge of dishes while they read it.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social)
He should say, "So you're saying I intimidated you?" "Guilty!!!"
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
If I lend someone a book, I just order a another copy. But I hate to lend books, too.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
The just keep thinking up new ways to make life harder for normal people
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
those assholes really suck
Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) reposted
70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men. His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves.bsky.social) reposted
#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) reposted
Important.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
he is a shameless fraud
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
trump is such and unworthy adversary
Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle (@dytsras.bsky.social) reposted
🧵 Tomorrow, the country will celebrate the 62nd anniversary of the March on Washington. As we slide in fascism, they'll invoke the greatness of democracy as 250,000 people stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Perhaps they'll even invoke the "content of their character" portion of THE speech
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
me too. thanks
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
DON'T PET THE ALIEN!!!!
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
freedom to maintain an arsenal to protect being free to maintain an arsenal
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social)
DO NOT PET THE ALIEN!
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
WHO YOU GONNA SHOOT, MOTHERFUCKER!
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
congratulations.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
It is an early compromise between the eugenicists and the people who have skin in older people being protected. We need to keep pushing so we can also protect our children and younger colleagues. This is eugenics. The demented monster wants to force a population to adapt to the virus.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
do they display like a pineapple?
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
The reports on the Star-Tribune are up to the minute.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
the shit he says...
A Republic If You Can Keep It (@arepublicif.bsky.social) reposted
To be a rapist is to be a dictator at the personal level. We knew he had raped dozens of women and girls. Now he is ruling like a dictator at the national level. Just like he promised. The abuse of women is not incidental. Ever. #RemoveTrump
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
They can do that? (no)
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
it was a good one
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Krasner: So, if what you have is a group of ICE agents, or even the military, coming into Philadelphia and committing crimes—assaults that are illegal, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, obstruction of the administration of justice—they can be prosecuted.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social)
This conversation should have been over a couple of hundred years ago, but if you think any argument for slavery that does not center the enslaved is a killer argument: You are wrong.
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
big kitchen doesn't want you to know the truth
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
calm down. we hate it when daddy and mommy fight
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social)
The folks who were enslaved, for example
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
The folks who were enslaved, for example
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
I am very interested in your thoughts on this
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
I just finished it. relentlessly powerful Be ready
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
Do not come, Donald Trump. You are neither wanted nor needed here in Illinois.
Annie Stegg Gerard (@anniestegg.bsky.social) reposted
Almost there...just finishing the last little details on my centerpiece painting for DragonCon! Come see us in the art show this weekend! #dragoncon #dragonconartshow #dragoncon2025 #oilpainting #unicornart
I Post Animal Vids... 😊 (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted
The baby goat video you all needed! 👀😊 #bluesky #animals #goats
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
"Down to"
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
dibs
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
these are lies
johniwaniszek.bsky.social (@johniwaniszek.bsky.social) reply parent
very cool. no pun intended. well. pun intended, but still very cool
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