Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Great song!
Blue pixel on a red screen. Outraged by how the powerful & wealthy are moving us; thankful for you who fight against our new authoritarian test drive. Fascinated by the "hard problem" of consciousness: we still don't know what it is. Dogs and cats.💙🌊🎸🐕🐈⬛🇺🇲🇨🇦
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Great song!
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Dirty diapers?
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
By this time next year we will have completely retired the entire national debt! "There'll be Spandex jackets, one for everyone. " youtu.be/Ueivjr3f8xg?...
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
By this time next year we will have completely retired the entire national debt! "There'll be Spandex jackets, one for everyone. " youtu.be/Ueivjr3f8xg?...
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
By this time next year we will have completely retired the entire national debt! "There'll be Spandex jackets, one for everyone. " youtu.be/Ueivjr3f8xg?...
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Your work is so appreciated, thanks.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Shelley's "Ozymandias" is my favorite poem. I have a print of Charlie Millar's painting of the same name, with the poem underneath. Haunting.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Is JD Vance on vacation? If not, something's up.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social)
By this time next year we will have completely retired the entire national debt! "There'll be Spandex jackets, one for everyone. " youtu.be/Ueivjr3f8xg?...
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
By this time next year we will have completely retired the entire national debt! "There'll be Spandex jackets, one for everyone. " youtu.be/Ueivjr3f8xg?...
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
This is how it begins, the "soft eugenics" designed to prey upon the weak, poor, elderly, the uneducated and conspiracy-minded. It subtly reduces the headcount of takers, of "useless eaters" who are "stealing" resources from so-called able-bodied, productive consumers.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
And no doubt JD Vance is someone who would fully embrace the newly discovered SCOTUS immunity ruling and would actively attempt to see how far it would take him in order to keep the wheels on and consolidate his power should (when?) the opportunity arise.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
I think JD Vance is someone who would fully embrace the newly discovered SCOTUS immunity ruling and would actively attempt to see how far it would take him in order to keep the wheels on and consolidate his power should (when?) the opportunity arise.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
We are SO stupid. China is eating our lunch, making scientific advances we used to dream of, and exerting its influence around the world in the vacuum we have created.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social)
And yet SCOTUS interfered in Colorado to keep Trump on the 2024 ballot despite being ruled ineligible by state election officials and the state's Supreme Court due to fomenting an insurrection in 2021.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
And yet SCOTUS interfered in Colorado to keep Trump on the 2024 ballot despite being ruled ineligible by state election officials and the state's Supreme Court due to fomenting an insurrection in 2021.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Pagan, maybe, but not demonic.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Apres moi, le deluge.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
I think JD Vance is someone who would fully embrace the newly discovered SCOTUS immunity ruling and would actively attempt to see how far it would take him in order to keep the wheels on and consolidate his power should (when?) the opportunity arise.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Disney already paid out $15 million to President Cankles over a George Stephanopoulos remark, it won't let ABC do something so costly again.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Or "alarmed?"
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump's upping things to DEFCON 2, "our country will be destroyed, our military, etc..." Signaling to SCOTUS that import taxes (tariffs) are really important. You'd think if we were "taking in TRILLIONS" like he said, that our current $1.6 TRILLION budget deficit would now be a surplus.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Bodhisattva
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Dream On
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Somebody's Baby
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Electricland
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Southern Cross
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump's upping things to DEFCON 2, "our country will be destroyed, our military, etc..." Signaling to SCOTUS that import taxes (tariffs) are really important. You'd think if we were "taking in TRILLIONS" like he said, that our current $1.6 TRILLION budget deficit would now be a surplus.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump's upping things to DEFCON 2, "our country will be destroyed, our military, etc..." Signaling to SCOTUS that import taxes (tariffs) are really important. You'd think if we were "taking in TRILLIONS" like he said, that our current $1.6 TRILLION budget deficit would now be a surplus.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump's upping things to DEFCON 2, "our country will be destroyed, our military, etc..." Signaling to SCOTUS that import taxes (tariffs) are really important. You'd think if we were "taking in TRILLIONS" like he said, that our current $1.6 TRILLION budget deficit would now be a surplus.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
This is how it begins, the "Soft Eugenics" designed to prey upon the weak, poor, elderly, the uneducated and conspiracy-minded. It subtly reduces the headcount of takers, of "useless eaters" who are "stealing" resources from so-called able-bodied, productive consumers.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
What You're Doing - The Beatles youtu.be/7Sba2LbhkVY?...
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh Trump understands, he's just directing the Commissioner to fix the HoF election.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump just wants Manfred to fix the election.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
I think JD Vance is someone who would fully embrace the newly discovered SCOTUS immunity ruling and would actively attempt to see how far it would take him in order to keep the wheels on and consolidate his power should (when?) the opportunity arise.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
WHY does @jaketapper.bsky.social STILL have 287.6k followers on BlueSky? Are we, like our dogs who always think the doorbell is for them, in expectation of a forthcoming new book announcement about Trump's excellent health and fitness for office?
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Good to know Trump remains steadfastly focused on the critical national and international issues most important to us.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
For decades I have wondered how German citizens in the early 1930s could allow Hitler and his henchmen to take over and completely turn their country into an evil, terrifying empire. In the last 7 months, having lived through this daily, incremental slide to dictatorship, I now understand.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Does anyone know if he's actually playing golf once he gets to the club? Does anyone know if he's actually being driven to the club?
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
This is how it begins, the "Soft Eugenics" designed to prey upon the weak, poor, elderly, the uneducated and conspiracy-minded. It subtly reduces the headcount of takers, of "useless eaters" who are stealing resources from able-bodied, productive consumers.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social)
Dallas, Houston and Oklahoma City - look out, you're next! Wait, scratch that, Fall is coming and there will be plenty of leaves to rake for the National Guard in Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis, etc.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Dallas, Houston and Oklahoma City - look out, you're next! Wait, scratch that, Fall is coming and there will be plenty of leaves to rake for the National Guard in Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis, etc.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
No one in Trump 2.0 cares if people in west Texas die from measles, or if gradeschoolers are shot up, or if 12 million lose access to healthcare or if AI decides who gets a hip replacement. Between soft eugenics and voluntary/involuntary deportations the goal is the same - a war on the weak.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
2/ No one in Trump 2.0 cares if people in west Texas die from measles, or if gradeschoolers are shot up, or if 12 million lose access to healthcare or if AI decides who gets a hip replacement. Between soft eugenics and voluntary/involuntary deportations the goal is the same - a war on the weak.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social)
Actually, no, they go hand in hand. This is how it begins, the "Soft Eugenics" designed to prey upon the weak, poor, elderly, the uneducated and conspiracy-minded. It subtly reduces the headcount of takers, of "useless eaters" who are stealing resources from able-bodied, productive consumers.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Actually, no, they go hand in hand. This is how it begins, the "Soft Eugenics" designed to prey upon the weak, poor, elderly, the uneducated and conspiracy-minded. It subtly reduces the headcount of takers, of "useless eaters" who are stealing resources from able-bodied, productive consumers.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Whole lotta leaf-raking needed in Boston this Fall too.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social)
Trump and Pulte released this demon to use against Democrats. Did they not think by doing so that prominent Republicans would not also become ensnared in this meaningless trap? If you own more than one residential property, unless you specifically intend to offer one for rent, they are "primary."
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump and Pulte released this demon to use against Democrats. Did they not think by doing so that prominent Republicans would not also become ensnared in this meaningless trap? If you own more than one residential property, unless you specifically intend to offer one for rent, they are "primary."
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump or a body double, I can't tell, but I can tell you today would be a great day to release the Epstein files.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
I dunno - Chicago's gonna need national guard help this Fall, whole lotta leaves to rake.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
WHY is anyone still subscribing to the BezosPost or NYT? Even the recipes are lame.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Granddaughter
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
I dunno - Chicago's gonna need national guard help this Fall, whole lotta leaves to rake.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
No, it looks like a sad, overweight 79-year-old man whose kids and grandkids never visit.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social)
I dunno - Chicago's gonna need national guard help this Fall, whole lotta leaves to rake.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
I dunno - Chicago's gonna need national guard help this Fall, whole lotta leaves to rake.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Same in OK, and, mysteriously, ICE is nowhere to be found in this state. Completely non-existent. Pretty sure the big money OK business donors to Appropriations Committee Chmn Tom Cole made their hands-off wishes known, which he conveyed to Kristi "Puppy-Killer" Noem in no uncertain $$$ terms.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
We are SO stupid. China is eating our lunch, making scientific advances we used to dream of, and exerting its influence around the world in the vacuum we have created.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social)
Add the US Military to the list of institutions now captured by Trump 2.0. Others in process, including the Federal Reserve.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Add the US Military to the list of institutions now captured by Trump 2.0. Others in process, including the Federal Reserve.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
WHY is anyone still subscribing to the BezosPost or NYT? Even the recipes are lame.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Empty vessel - you mean like a Diet Coke can?
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Les Mis = WH version of Swan Lake.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Les Mis = WH version of Swan Lake.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Les Mis = WH version of Swan Lake.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Like Logan Roy in "Succession?"
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
If JD's on vacation it's a false alarm.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Heart bypass or transplant surgery?
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait...where is JDVance, is he on vacation?
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
And JD proclaimed he was ready "god forbid" something should happen.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Didn't Vance say the former Pope appeared to be in great health when he insisted on meeting him earlier this year?
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Where's JD Vance?
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
🤣🤣🤣
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait...is JD on vacation?
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait...is JD on vacation?
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Fantastic album!
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Is JD Vance on vacation this weekend? If not, maybe the end is near for Trump.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Next stop, Chicago, by the end of next month - whole lotta leaves to rake this Fall. 🍁🍁🍁
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Is JD Vance on vacation this weekend? If not, maybe the end is near for Trump.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Is JD Vance on vacation this weekend? If not, maybe the end is near for Trump.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Next stop, Chicago, by the end of next month - whole lotta leaves to rake this Fall. 🍁🍁🍁
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Next stop, Chicago, by the end of next month - whole lotta leaves to rake this Fall. 🍁🍁🍁
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
If JD Vance stops going on vacations, we'll know the end is near for Trump.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
If JD Vance stops going on vacations, we'll know the end is near for Trump.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
But he's "loyal" which makes him eminently qualified, just like Trump’s future Fed picks.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Notice in his tweet Trump’s no longer claiming import taxes (tariffs) are paid by other countries, basically just saying it would be embarrassing to us if they were rescinded.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Freeze your credit files ASAP!
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly! But then MAGAs get to join us to live under an authoritarian dictatorship and Vance will be universally despised by everyone. But he still will be president, and if he's learned anything in 200 days, it's how to use the levers of power to stay in power. Like now, without the stupid tweets.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Notice in his tweet Trump’s no longer claiming import taxes (tariffs) are paid by other countries, basically just saying it would be embarrassing to us if they were rescinded.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Notice Trump’s no longer claiming import taxes (tariffs) are paid by other countries, basically just saying it would be embarrassing to us if they were rescinded.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Notice Trump’s not claiming import taxes (tariffs) are paid by other countries anymore, basically just saying it would be embarrassing to us if they were rescinded.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
A very interesting thesis. It would appear the moral arc of the universe does not bend toward justice, but toward destruction and that "goodness might be redefined as that which resists the nature and structure of reality, however futilely."
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump will probably wait until the end of next month to deploy National Guard - will be a whole lotta leaves to rake by then.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Pro Birth.
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
For No One - The Beatles youtu.be/sep5E3ssXLQ?...
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
Benjamin Franklin foresaw this in 1787 (well not the algorithms): "...when the People shall become so corrupted as to need Despotic Government, being incapable of any other. "
Zane Highlander (@zlander.bsky.social) reply parent
But he's "loyal" which makes him eminently qualified, just like Trump’s future Fed picks.