My first post of the new year — how tragic.

A feed for the tree.

Another feel good story.

Finally.

Trump’s judges give the green light for sending troops to Portland.

Fucking hell. They can’t stop us.

Card night!

@jamellebouie.net sums it up. The Dems put the focus on an issue. Instead, they could have said that the Republicans and the president refuse to respect the rule of law and we are not going to let them do that. Make the shutdown about their cowardness and lies.

UAW President Shaw again in @jacobinmag.bsky.social: The crisis at the border is a humanitarian crisis. It’s caused by corporate greed and finger pointing politicians. it’s caused by corporate greed. My view; Its also the moderates, who want pragmatism in the face of authoritarians.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @aoc.bsky.social — now there’s a combo for our future

A landslide is coming in 2026. A full repudiation of the Trump administration will happen. Just believe it. Trump is running up a muddy hill. The rains are coming. The people around will lose any future they might have had. Many will lose their personal freedom. Which side are you on?

How financial assets have given the rich more and everyone else far less. The promise was a lie. The wealthy have not innovated but instead collected rents on the 90 percent of the public who can’t play the game the top 10% enjoy. Via @jacobinmag.bsky.social

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social provides some light to a dark political landscape. I just wish moderate Dems would stop fearing their shadows and support Mamdani, the Democrat’s choice for mayor of New York.

I love how Mamdani has frightened both Democrats and Republicans to the point that they are working together. Mamdani will win. And his influence will spread. There is no stopping this movement.

The Democratic mayoral candidate from New York City calls for a debate with the president.

Jodie Foster in The Mauritanian. #filmsky

Mohammad Salama, pictured here reporting from Gaza, worked for Al Jazeera. Credit...via Reuters. He is the tenth Al Jazeera journalist to have been killed since the start of the war in Gaza.

David Bowie introduced DEVO to Brian Eno. Bowie worked with Eno to produce DEVO’s first album: Are We Not Men? Check out the Devo documentary on Netflix. #filmsky

Cashing in the chips.

The DEVO documentary is awesome. #film #filmsky

lol

So basically, you don’t get paid in any timely way and your subscribers are not your own. So what do you really get? A lot of hard work to get your thoughts down and association with the Fascists that Substack promotes.

I mean, read the comments.

Trump will lose this one. Protect our right vote.

It is elegant and so true. a poet telling the story of consequence. "you danced, now you pay."

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social holds a light for progressives to follow: “To many progressives, his style of politics—principled, pocketbook-focused, and online—was an electrifying answer for a moribund party.” politicalwire.com/2025/08/14/t...

🚀 TOMORROW! 🚀 Join TNS's own @fredericl.bsky.social & @alexwilliams.bsky.social this Wednesday, Aug 13, as they talk with @leaddev.com's EIC, Scott Carey, about the latest in Generative AI. ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCBF...

From the NYT of all places: Since the inauguration, the left has racked up conspicuous electoral and intercoalitional victories. Zohran Mamdani’s triumph in the New York City mayoral primary is the most visible example, generating enormous nat’l attention and indeed considerable party pushback.

Vegan options are growing in numbers on Martha's Vineyard. Why? A tick that bites and makes eating meat and dairy pretty much a no-go. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/d...

What groups in Washington, DC are taking action against Trump?

Republicans are the regressive party.

Do Dems have a chance? Not in Texas. But across the rest of the US? I hope so. “The spectre of a redistricting war is now spreading across the country, with Democratic governors in California and New York vowing to retaliate by redrawing their own states’ maps.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Love this.

Tim Cook and Trump; obsequious remarks; odd optics for Apple — what are we to think of its values? daringfireball.net

I played golf with my Dad at Jackson Park in Chicago last week. A man in his forties joined us who feared AI taking his job, and future jobs, too. I said there's always a job in the resistance. I believe that 100%. He said he hopes it does not come to that. Regardless, the movement has started.

nice table. #portland

I find it most egregious when there is a need for action and the ones who benefit most are the consultants with pennies on the dollar going to the ones who are supposed to be the recipients. It’s just the fucked up way the capitalist world works.

Cubs win in dramatic fashion. Walk-off home run by Justin Turner. #baseball #cubs

Paradise?

Wow. The eruption preceded the earthquake.

How do these Trump appointees (Bove), always look like total assholes. Like they’ve been jerks since kids.

Wednesday!

Dems pleas for support but the status quo approach does not work any more. Support the left for better results.

Come on Congress — do something. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

On one hand I hear people say don’t blame the Democrats for our state of things but then we see no opposition to blatant gerrymandering from Democratic leadership. Can we start acting in opposition instead of rolling over?Via @scripting.com open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Who runs Congress? Epstein.

Cousin Cousine #filmsky #film

I think I get it now. The Supreme Court ghosted us. They just moved on, did not make any statements, just ghosted us.

Lillard returns to the Blazers. clutchpoints.com/nba/portland...