The best American flag is the battle flag of Tecumseh Sherman’s 23rd Corps, made from the tattered remains of Confederate banners.

it is somewhat of a testimony to the (albeit troubled) stability of our Republic and the relative nonviolence of our politics that such frail and stupid individuals are allowing themselves to be filmed

the come-to-Jesus moment for many Americans is when the Savior beckons them home as the beep-beep machines get turned off

Calendrier de l'avent d'enluminures médiévales #calavhist, jour 2 ! Ce petit cheval de Troie est terriblement trop mignon... BnF, ms. Français 12 601, fol. 235 ; un manuscrit du XVe siècle.

The calls are coming from inside the house.

removing accreditation from these universities, and as a consequence, collapsing their D1 football programs seems an appropriate 2029 goal

Hoo boy Whole buncha folks about to have to face a choice between complying with a Congressional subpoena and getting fired because pete's mad at them Also if anything is a "start the clock" moment on pete's tenure coming to an end, it's this

It is worth remembering that these are people who loyally fought alongside us for 20 years while Miller was enduring the harrowing experience of writing press releases

TURKEY TURKEY

ESCARGONE IN SIXTY SECONDS (escarcroquerie) www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

I'm so happy 'cause today I found my friends They're in my head I'm so ugly but that's okay 'cause so are you We broke our mirrors Sunday morning is everyday for all I care And I'm not scared Light my candles in a daze 'cause I found God

"but we're in a banana republic regime already!" uh, folks, either the viziers would not let a competitor get this close, or Mamdani, as the newly elected leader of the cultural and financial capital of the USA, would shove this old man aside and take power on television

can clear up *space* to solve other problems but yeah you bring all your personality disorders with you on the journey

Pilgrim badges (enseignes de pèlerinage) !

an American response very similar to Wilson in 1918-1919 describing the destruction of Reims as not too bad also the mercenary administration, which believes in nothing but racism, understands that without the imprimatur of commerce there is no opportunity for white-collar crime

🇪🇸 En Espagne, plus de 3.300 sépultures clandestines sont héritées de la Guerre civile, et il resterait encore 114.000 disparus de cette époque, selon le gouvernement. Les experts tentent d'identifier les corps pour les rendre à leurs familles ⤵️

What the fuck were we doing opposing tyrants abroad only to let this happen to our homes?

Someone asked me what the administration would do for the 250th anniversary of independence (1776) yesterday, and I said, "have a UFC match on the White House lawn, followed by a massive coronary and a going out of business sale." Starting the sale early!

what a thing to see the night PBS puts on a documentary that includes the battles of Lexington and Concord

Watching Slow Horses and then I'm like, wait, someone made a miniseries about Imad Mughniyeh? That's it, I'm only watching spy / political thrillers where at least two languages are spoken per episode as entertainment from now on sorry @ryleecoyote.bsky.social

views from Billy Goat Hill today Noe Valley, San Francisco, California 'tis a tough life

Break the American Heresy

"Mr. President, let me suggest the spring program for the Kennedy Center: Swan Lake. Not too fancy, just fancy enough, and recognizable to many people. And, as a gift to the American people, we should offer to televise the performance for free. And on repeat."

Of the paths in journalism, one is starfucking and stenographer to the wealthy and powerful. Another is crusader journalism which is going to involve a lot of interviews with disadvantaged people or getting uncomfortably close to flying metal. Which is more appealing to the elite professional?

The regime is untroubled by threats of a wider war in Europe don't worry, they say, it'll all end in a flash

la spoliation des biens

this happened: President Chomo was stumping for a possible Mayor Cuomo

Plutocrats are semi-literate scum who surround themselves with courtiers to make their depredations and conspiracies against the public seem grand, polished, and traditional. 1776 this shit? No, 1789 this shit.

to serve the American people it was a cookbook

This the reform policy of science fiction author Iain Banks Culture series; we're uh, ten or twenty thousand years of development away from it, but that's not going to stop Musk from trying to use nonsense to goose shares now This would be like Anduril showing you plans for 40K Tau battlesuits.

I want to read and write books that have absolutely nothing to do with making me a better person who is more valuable in the labor market As a clawback from technofascism, it's time for the San Francisco area to lean into 1890's-style Barbary Coast sybaritic hedonism

stuff may be dispiriting so here's a @ryleecoyote.bsky.social photo

hey @ryleecoyote.bsky.social

old scan. Beck's Bier coaster, German, probably from Tanzania circa 1968

sure, US democracy may collapse, but the exiled Yale history and philosophy departments will stand a beacon in the Northern Command Resource Zone (formerly Canada)

there really is a common nature of terrible, mad kings and their vile and ridiculous courts throughout history occasionally we get a highlight, like a blue-eyed lion relaxing next to a pool of mercury, but mostly it's just sharp collapse after a long-heralded and decadent decline

"We demand the right to starve our poorest citizens, some of whom live in our most productive and populous cities!" "Don't worry, we are also reducing pay and food for all but a small coterie of internal security troops, who we have deployed against our labor force!"

one day there will be a short incident during a press conference and this will be our Swan Lake

This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

I thought I would wake up today to find that demented president dotard reacted to the election results by bulldozing the West Wing

imo the correct dem immigration position is engraved in stone on ellis island

The voters, after 10 months of Republican government: holy fucking shit get me outta here

man I would probably not be partying it up right before 10% of the kids in America are going to spend a week surviving on canned green beans and Halloween candy

A faut esperer qu'ca finira ben tot "Hope it ends soon" exhibits.stanford.edu/frenchrevolu... Stanford & BnF French Revolution digital archive

war is how Americans learn about geography politics is how they learn about history

school history classes should, if just for color, include that there's 50+ pages of hater-level Alexandrine couplets blaming George Washington for starting a world war in 1754 and that he signed a capitulation acknowledging the "assassination" of a French officer when surrendering Fort Necessity

The way we avoid having to do all of this again in 8 or 12 or 16 or 24 years is by imprinting a generational memory of, "oh, the last time they did that, all of the top guys - I mean, the ones who survived - went to prison for the rest of their lives, and had their property seized."

local pastor who I met a month or two ago www.newsweek.com/pastor-shot-...

everyone wants the nines but nobody wants to pay for nines