“Good Vibrations” hits #1 today in ‘66. “.. one of the greatest pop singles ever made,” said George Martin. “I remember thinking, ‘My God, this is the future of music.’ .. the textures, the changes, the sounds you’d never heard before — it opened up possibilities for every musician who came after.”

THERE IS NO WAR. They weren't trying to "surrender" because unarmed dudes on a boat (even a drug boat) aren't combatants. They were waving for help because their boat just blew up. They weren't "in the fight" or "out of the fight." There's no "fight" between a missile and unarmed guys on a boat.

This is the first anthology I've managed to be part of. The folks at @inspiredquill.bsky.social, and authors @thatcraighallam.bsky.social, @man0words.bsky.social, @strangelstories.bsky.social, @dorothywinsor.bsky.social @eamylonas.bsky.social to name a few, have always made me feel deeply welcome.

I have a short story in this collection, which is centered around the theme of community. Ebook on amazon for $3.99. The small press publisher is a registered social enterprise in the UK, meaning they operate in socially responsible ways. shorturl.at/TinSY

Nancy Pelosi smirks, only backwards, and in high heels. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...

Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations? Actually the whole security establishment pivoted

tonight joelle could not figure out how to turn on the shower in the hotel room and it was just a straight up average shower and afterwards I had a talk with her and was very clear that we must always live in a first strike zone because she is not build for post-apocalypse living

I had to go to the fat people store (DXL) in Mesa to get pants (because are we really supposed to expect 55 year old men to remember pack pants when moving from WV to Arizona for six months) and in under ten minutes got myself locked out of the dressing room in my boxer shorts ask me anything

Come on, Alabama! You have a chance here. Remember, friends don't let Crimson Tide friends vote for Auburn pillocks.

In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ... ... listen to Steve Wozniak.

me sending out party invitations

November 20, 2025 10 months down 38 months to go

Fox Business credulously reports that Saudi Arabia is pushing its investment into the US "to $1 trillion." The entire size of the Saudi economy is $1 trillion. How stupid are these people and/or how stupid do they think their viewers are?

My small press publisher is accepting pre-orders for a collection of short stories centered around the theme of community. The ebook will release Dec 5. If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, they’d appreciate your support. www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2JRSP5...

Whoa.

Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.

America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.

Southeast Iowa. In the city.

Make it stop

Snow on the ground this morning. I guess winter is here

Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

Okay, so I did it. In honor of Sandwich Guy, on what should be the last day of his trial, I figured out the chords. And so, with apologies to the late and great Bob Marley, I banged out this quick and (very) rough rendition of "I Threw the Sandwich." 🤣

The utter stupidity of pursuing a criminal trial against someone for throwing a sandwich that bounced off a bullet proof vest pissing away hundreds of thousands of dollars for this joke is the perfect encapsulation of this Administration.

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

OK stay with me but this is who I think Greg Bovino is really cosplaying

A federal law enforcement agency can always produce use of force data upon demand, and use of force incidents are never so numerous that their "sheer volume" makes it impossible. Only a lawless army of sadistic vandals would expect to assault and terrorize the population with complete impunity.

We live in an episode of Veep

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

Today's resistance hero, BlackHawk Pajama Guy, is Brian Kolp, formerly a prosecutor for Cook County, according to Chicago Tribune article - link below by @smith816.bsky.social

The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.

If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor. Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors. These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism. This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function. Every American should reject it.

Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!

ICE in Portland: “Dear God, they’re Jazzercising in formation! Light ‘em up!”

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

christ almighty what is this guy doing www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

future grandchild: like shit, from an ass? me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House

A helpful visual in many ways

October 20, 2025 9 months down (since Jan 20) 39 months to go

So no terrorism then?

DC J6: 1.500 arrests DC No Kings: zero Tell me again which side is violent?

Harrisburg, PA — there are so many older women in banana suits at the Capitol holding antifa signs and none of that sentence would have made sense to me 10 years ago

Family of 3 in yellow shirts. The parents didn't want their kid's face online, so you can't see his face or his sign which was my favorite: "Be kind."

Challenge accepted

Jeffries: "You've got Leavitt, who's sick, she's out of control. I'm not sure if she's just demented, ignorant, a stone cold liar, or all of the above. But the notion that an official WH spokesperson would say that the D Party consists of 'terrorists, violent criminals & undocumented immigrants'..."

Trump, MAGA, and the billionaire plague are growing fat on the lives of just about everyone else. They are stealing the future from our kids.