"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"

Extinction bursts suck…

Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power - file impeachment articles every day in the House - withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee - be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable

I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago. Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑

One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong. How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.

This feels significant

Reminder: Tomorrow’s election closing times. - 7 p.m. ET - Virginia - 8 p.m. ET - New Jersey - 9 p.m. ET - New York City - 8 p.m. PT - California

Every woman veteran that you know is probably raging deeply tonight. Because we all had to serve next to that guy, that toxic masculinity, barely disguised white nationalist, misogynist to the core, guy-who you-know-raped-somebody-or-held-them-down…

Also it is literally the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody, more people need to realize this

Signs of the Times cont. www.popville.com/2025/09/sign...

wow

Hell yeah Star Wars! #Andor #Emmys

Home. They should go home.

The salt trucks and snow plows aren’t coming, folks. But that doesn’t mean the viral video doesn’t matter. Just not in the way that you might think. tadstoermer.substack.com/p/the-snow-p...

“Sign The Petition: Don’t Cut Down RFK’s Heritage Trees” www.popville.com/2025/09/sign...

@mikeduncan.bsky.social any historical predictions?

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

Uninformed voters weren't voting for the GOP because of policy but because of vibes. Moving right on issues does nothing for them because they don't know what the issues even are.

I keep seeing people say things like, “Well we’re not going to HAVE elections,” and with all due respect, I think this is both wildly pessimistic and also wildly naive. We are not going to have free and fair elections. We also have not had them in the past.

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The nudity of Liberty Leading the People www.planetnude.co/p/the-nudity...

oh so we should dissent peacefully?? through legitimate channels?? like by being elected to the united states senate and asking questions at a DHS press conference???

@mikeduncan.bsky.social thank you for this amazing story. And especially such diverse and incredible women doing things other than falling in love and having babies. This is a beautiful tribute to incredible women throughout time. I’m gonna miss the new episodes and cherish its existence.

better yet, consider unsubscribing from HBO/Max the week before her show comes out (& if you rejoin, wait until the HP season is over). it's not enough to *not* watch it – HBO needs to know it will hurt their bottom line if they continue producing it

Somehow the "We need to support policies that are popular" crowd never land on the very popular polices like "taxing big corporation more," "making health care more affordable," or "paying teachers more." It's always just "be 10% more racist."

It's funny how when you ask them why they think Pope Francis was "too woke" and request specific examples, they always wound up describing Christ's teachings without a hint of self-awareness.

Sign of the day…

@mikeduncan.bsky.social I don't know which revolution you'll start after the Martian, but maybe this one could be useful in current times? www.portugal.com/history-and-...

When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king, the palace becomes a circus. -Turkish proverb

Please to enjoy this interview/profile of me and the Martian Revolution.

Ohh "America First" was a hit list

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

It’s very discouraging to watch our country slowly re-learn the lessons that led to the end of segregation, among them that people who think they’re racially superior are nearly universally incompetent fools unable to face up to their own deficiencies and putting them in charge is suicide

#persistence #dreams

The antidote isn’t just exposing the con — it’s refusing to play along. And for God’s sake, stop looking for heroes. Democracy is collective resistance, or it’s dead. No democracy has survived what we’re facing. Think that’s hyperbole? Go read Weimar’s obituary. #resistancehistory

What beauty. What joy. What art. youtu.be/urTfEEsGHds

The problem with short cuts is they eventually get too long

Can we stop talking throwing around words like "autocracy" and "oligarchy" when talking about America's uncertain future? According to history, political experts, and a little-known book called "a dictionary," America is ALREADY in the throes of fascism.

Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.

@mikeduncan.bsky.social why does this kinda feel like the discovery of phos5?

these cabinet announcements are like an advent calendar counting down to the apocalypse

I have a suggestion for you. In times of trouble and strife, there is therapeutic benefit in being among trees and in physical contact with them. So if you can, go hug a tree today, the bigger the better. This huge old chinkapin oak is known as The Great God Tree.

And then he handed it back to the man ha "saved" it from 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

This season of the US has too many villains

Truth in words and picture