Inscrutable melange of compassion and whatchamacallits I live on the Oregon coast now [Profile pic: me, a greyhaired white lady with glasses, smiling. Banner: photo of the sun setting over the ocean]
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Authorities in Argentina recovered an 18th century painting stolen more than 80 years ago by Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam, a week after it was spotted in a real estate listing. The dealer's family plans to get it back. Periodic reminder that justice can take a long, long time.
Ossoff: "It's been extraordinary to see the Speaker of the House reduced to lying in order to cover up sex crimes"
Thanks for the link! I usually miss them
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How about "We will boycott every vote to confirm a Trump appointee, establish a commission to set up immediate hearings and votes on impeachment for Trump, Bondi, and Noem, and call Trump's attempt to establish himself as dictator what it is."
Insufferable smug bastard
Hi everything sucks hereâs a video of a cockatoo playing with a puppy
"I have been threatened... my daughter was threatened..I have been stalked by people who do not get out of the car... as I drive my children to school.." . #Epstein survivor De Georgiou #EpsteinFiles
hey its almost like theatrics and media stunts break through and thats how you do politics
Epstein survivor Anouska de Georgiou: "I am no longer weak. I am no longer powerless. And I am no longer alone. And with your vote, neither will the next generation be. President Trump, you have so much influence and power in this situation. Please use that influence and power to help us."
the thing with elon musk is he is fucking dumb
Trump goes nuclear to continue the #EpsteinCoverUp. Tells Republicans that vote for transparency will be a "hostile act." www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
#Epstein survivor Haley Robson invites Trump to meet with her, since he thinks it's a "hoax" #EpsteinFiles
Man, the 6-5 Fire is over 6k acres and the smaller 6-2 Fire just downriver a mile or so on Don Pedro also looks grim on the nightvis camera. Human impact in a Chinese Camp is terrible. Boat-in camp in burn perimeter. 2 Bald Eagle nest in area and likely impacts on lake fishing in rainy season.
This is worth twelve satires.
Honestly masking at cons and shows is just common sense for preventing a ton of illnesses at this point. I havenât come back from a show with any kind of con crud since 2019, but this is only truly effective if a ton of other people mask too đ
This is the way.
That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
A victim of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has revealed how a group of survivors is compiling a client list of their own.
think about how rotten your soul has to be, how broken your moral compass, to think drag queen story hour is a sign of social decay but snuff films of war crimes is exemplary, stand out, should be shared far and wide. these people are sick
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Alt text: A young woman, with long light brown hair and large black glasses, rests her head on one hand. On top of the photo are the words: âThe breast cancer survival rate in 1920 was 5%. Today itâs 91%. Science can do amazing things â if we fund it.â
We are now undergoing a fascist moment, and it's terrifying. It is as deeply rooted in our own national sins as the fascist moments of other nations were rooted in theirs. I can only hope that it claims a lesser butcher's bill than Hitler's.
A bold move given recent protests and the size/weight of a Portillo's Italian Beef
How do you know your takes are rancid? Just absolute dog shit takes? When you complain about being bullied more on Bluesky than on Twitter.
The event called for 2 p.m. says "the president" will make an announcement. Doesn't say Trump.
I wish every state in the union had legislators like these two in Oregon, pushing for a state constitutional amendment âprohibit law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings and would require them to wear âofficial uniformsâ with badge numbers and names.â www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
i know the earth isnt flat because no company is trying to sell me a trip to see the edge of it
good to know, thanks!
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filling an IV bag from a murky puddle near Trump National's sixth tee. "The president needs parameciums," he tells the assembled media. "It's the only treatment proven to work in real testing." His golf cart is piled high with dozens of dead birds.
Which movie is this?
If we can get 1 or 2 new Patrons to sign up today, I will be a very happy fabric artist and unofficial town sorcerer. www.patreon.com/jeremycreature
New interview with Greta Thunberg in Barcelona yesterday by Middle East Eye. The climate activist and arguably the leading humanitarian voice of our age is about to set sail along with dozens of ships from dozens of nations to bring urgent food and medical aid to millions of people in Gaza
"Blueskyism" helped make The Onion one of the largest newspapers in the world in less than a year. If we had spent all of our time on Twitter, we'd be poorer, dumber and terminally ill with internet poisoning. He's just angry he's wasting away over there in a nazi agnostic lane that doesn't exist.
"The trading debut was most likely the biggest financial success for the president's family since the inauguration" is a very bad way for a journalist to describe the pathological corruption exclusive to this specific family.
âJust because trees fall naturally in the forest doesnât make the chainsaw a hoax.â â @drshepherd2013.bsky.social
Which aligns with another curious conservative phenomenon: giving patronizing advice to Democrats & liberals, which is akin to advice snakes give rabbits, except these snakes believe in their own benign paternalism. "While true that I eat rabbits, this rabbit should examine his own biases...."
is this... a prank?
Seriously, you're right there!
I've been driving this stolen car at top speed through school zones. Irresponsible? Probably. But gosh it's fun!
Somebody is throwing things out of a window of the White House wtaf
Judge Sooknanan is giving a master class in judging during the Trump Administration -- but really in how judges should always value the people whose lives are affected by their decisions.
Transhobes will say I transitioned for the societal privilege and capital of being a Black woman. The most respected and cherished of people, all over the world.
As Hartman said she would vote against the measure, Rep. Hoa Nguyen, who is undergoing cancer treatment and wasn't here earlier, came to the floor. It takes 36 votes to pass any tax measure, and there are 36 Democrats. Javadi, the only R to support the measure, could cancel out Hartman. #orleg
oh no! that's terrible. so sorry for your loss. and, as ever, fuck cancer
To mark the first day of school for public school kids in Minneapolis and much of Minnesota, here are my four older brothers setting off for town for their first day of school in 1958. (I'm not in the shot, I was just 2 yo.) Please - watch out for kids tomorrow and every day!
The contradiction at the heart of transmisogyny has always been that people will insist they don't see us as women while treating us exactly like women, and specifically as women they are entitled to sexually exploit or brutalize.
Not today, Satanâźď¸ Got this garbage in the mail a few days ago. Republicans trying to trick California voters into voting NO on Prop 50. Suddenly they care about âdemocracyâ? Please. Vote YES on Prop 50. Donât let the cheaters write the rules.
yall talking about granny panties like it's a bad thing? poison ivy granny panty is the secret weapon every international woman of mystery needs in her arsenal
Oh yeah!
the big 4 sewing pattern brands are being sold off for parts. if you want patterns, get them *now*. (if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook) craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
or if you're a famous person going to a club or event or something (which is guess is pretty much the same thing as what you just said)
I guess I'd be remiss if I didn't promote my own research here--which is about the 60+ year, far right insurgency inside the GOP that finally realized its goal with the nomination of an illiberal, conspiracy-obsessed, anti-leftist populist named Donald Trump. rightlandia.ghost.io/walter-huss-...
fun with fashion!
Looks like maybe he had to get his head shaved?
Solidarity across all marginalized groups & their allies is hard but essential for defeating the fascists in power. This is exactly why you donât start picking groups to sacrifice because 52% of Americans said yes in a poll to something they havenât given any thought about.
Central Coast Farm workers wish you a happy #LaborDay Campesinos de la Costa Central les desean un feliz DĂa del Trabajo. #WeFeedYou #SoyEsencial
May polling on the supernatural % of U.S. adult citizens who say belief that their belief about the following is closest to it definitely | probably exists God 62% | 13% The Devil 43% | 17% Life after death 42% | 23% Fate 31% | 32% Ghosts 20% | 31% d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Be...
4th place
Itâs September! The leaves are falling, the air is chilled and Congress is back. Ok, letâs see the Epstein files, Mr Speaker.
If youâre ever passing through Hinckley (on certain days of the week between May-Oct), be sure to stop at the Fire Museum
Kilmar got just one weekend with his family before he was again arrested. His attorney said agents would not say why they were detaining the Maryland father. âSuddenly, the singing shifted into a chant of âShame! Shame! Shame,ââ Religion News Service reported. #FreeKilmar
Looks like maybe he had to get his head shaved?
Ames died several years ago, but his "compound" in Turner, OR is still used as the site for this annual Gathering of the Eagles. Here's the lineup for this year. I know of at least one self-avowed neo-Nazi who used to attend these meetings where the Oath Keepers and the John Birchers recruit.
Itâs Labor Day but one place where there is no work is the cold vacuum of the eternal and unending cosmos where you can kick back and relax at Space Hotel, which is opening in only 15 months!
It makes me emotional to see Judge Sooknanan showing that she values each individual childâs life at a moment when this administration is doing exactly the opposite
@indivisible-inco.bsky.social I hope you will start to include alt-text for your images. Then I would be able to share them. Also, in case you don't know, using fancy fonts makes text inaccessible to people who use screen readers.
that's a weird assortment #mytidalartists
The case brought by South Africa v. Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is âarguably the strongest case of genocide that has ever come before the Court.â www.populismstudies.org/professor-sc...
It's like suddenly there are too many exits
Fred Hampton is one of my major political role models. He was assassinated by the Chicago PD (with the go-ahead from Hoover's FBI being an open secret), because he was too successful in both helping Black America and getting people to see the real enemy.
Al Jazeera report on the Global Sumud Flotilla which left Barcelona yesterday to break Israels siege of Gaza. Over 50 ships from 44 countries are taking part.
having to sneeze and burp at the same time is very confusing for the head
Happy birthday!
I have those dreams too!
True blue!
Hitler grew âmorbidly preoccupied with the brevity of his life.â That obsession fueled catastrophe. Trump, once the carnival barker, now looks like a man whose body is giving out. A cornered tyrant is the most dangerous animal alive.
He stole the end of my amaranth while I was harvesting the leaves. He looks like heâs gonna go pen a short story.
You may want to disclose that this was written not by a user of Substack, but by the CEO of Beehiiv, a Substack competitor. It is also highly misleading. Substack is pushing people to subscribe directly to publications and NOT through the Apple.
MORE: Sparkle Sooknanan is still awake -- and she wants a fourth status report from DOJ. The judge orders the government to update her when all putative class members have been returned to ORR custody.
Iâve said it before but truly cannot be overstated: we are living in a golden age for womenâs weightlifting, globally
Amending Arendtâs coinage of âthe banality of evilâ to include âthe lack of narrative tension of evil.â
Stephen Manning, this guyâs lawyer, is one of the best in the country. Itâs very good news that heâs taken this case.
This is infuriating and you should send it to every veteran you know, because while you canât lose your civilian job while youâre activated, they donât have to pay you, and you canât get the mortgage pause until youâve been activated a month. American Legion & VFW should be on fire.
So she's going to tell Congress and Trump to reverse the huge cuts to OHP, right? Right, Anakin?
How the fuck does a court decide that something has been unconstitutional for 90 years? Like decades of judges just didn't notice? So basically the Federalist Society has reduced the judiciary to calvinball.
Hey ICE, National Guard, pick him up
Big popular accounts add alt text to you screenshots challenge (impossible).
Shot clock snafus delaying game. Many reviewed calls. Much stop and go for these players. Weâre still in the 2nd quarter an hour & a half after tip off. Arena doing a fair bit of booing at technical snafus and âjust let them playsâ with these reviewed calls. Howâs it been on the broadcast? #WNBA
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Dear Democratic Leaders, If you wonât stand up for trans people and their rights, youâre tellling me you wonât stand up for *anyone* or *any rights* the second they come under attack. Youâre telling me you donât stand for anything at all. Also, theyâre *people*. Grow a spine or get out the way.
So cool!
Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
why can't the democrat messaging on trans people be "no, we are not going to force children to undergo genital inspections in order to play sports"
I interviewed Flint Taylor, Fred Hampton's & the Chicago Black Panther Party's, lawyer who helped uncover the CPD/FBI's role in his execution and the execution of other members. We discussed historical & present day policing issues in this piece: truthout.org/articles/50-...
i am almost 40 and i literally do not have any point in my life where the right wing has not been doing moral panics about imaginary child abuse while institutionally working to enable real abuse of real children. if it's not the satanic panic it's fucking pronouns.
One statistic provided within this internal document, a 416% increase in perceived âsuicide by copâ by officers. âSuicide by copâ is a fairly controversial term, of course. But very possible we could learn something from additional instances of officers perceiving the situation as such.
Paul F. Tompkins 