“Quatro Oceanos", a kinetic art installation by Brooklyn-based artist Daniel Wurtzel. The installation uses air and fabric to create a mesmerizing, sculptural performance

A little secret. I was so disgusted by Bill Clinton’s sexual predations that I voted for Bob Dole in ‘96. The only Republican I’ve ever voted for in my entire life. If Bubba’s in the Epstein files I won’t be surprised and may karma do its job.

I’m a huge Bond fan and Daniel Craig has been the best 007 so far and Skyfall the best Bond movie.

If you don’t think child rape is a partisan issue just watch this Epstein case unfold. The cult will fall on their sword to save Trump and the millionaires and billionaires who participated with Trump.

Operation “Southern Spear”? Narco-terrorism isn’t really a thing, it’s just drugs. Cartels aren’t rushing into the US forcing us to take drugs. Little Johnny and Suzy are voluntarily gulping down street drugs. No one’s terrorizing them. This is operation “Epstein Fear” and completely predictable.

I’ve learned many things on Bluesky including that about the same number of members who like dragon art like drawings of women with huge buttocks, thighs and swords.

This is beyond horrifying.

Im anticipating hoards of pious phonies feigning surprise very soon.

I’ve many favorite Neil Young songs and a couple albums in particular. One song that always stuck with me is “for the turnstiles” from his On the Beach album. The slide guitar and simple banjo are haunting, supporting a sad song about change, impermanence. Happy birthday to an amazing songwriter.

I’m assuming “tougher abortion restrictions”, coming from the pro-birth party, means forced insemination by a white male and carrying the fetus to term or you get jail time.

Happy Wednesday

Thank goodness there's BlueSky so I don't have to find a void to scream into.

In case you missed it, I'm pissed-off and this pissed-offness is going to persist for quite a while.

You can tell how any of the establishment dems and repubs vote just by looking at their big donors. It's that simple. E.g., AIPAC has most of them by the huevos. Gaza is now rubble-ized. Healthcare donated $429 million to Dems and Repubs in 2024. You think they'll usher in Medicare for all?

I love this idea

I’m impressed that up-speak seems to have all but disappeared. Well done! Now work on putting those interstitial T’s back into words. It’s impor-int.

A big challenge for caretakers occurs when the caretaking is over. You're have time for self-care (finally) and find meaning elsewhere. That's a huge step and a big empty space to fill.

Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland. The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh. Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.

Republicans have a health plan! The UCA. The Unaffordable Care Act. Aka TrumpCare.

I just sent ActBlue a demand to delete my donor account. Never again.

This is a civil war. Lincoln had McClellan, Hooker and Pope. He junked them for Grant, Sherman and Sheridan We have Schumer, Durbin and Cortez Masto in our leadership. Act Blue, lose my fucking number until we're clean of generals who can't fight or discipline the troops. No cash for this shit.

Once the real story comes out about Trump, Epstein, Maxwell and all the guilty parties involved in a decades-long human trafficking racket, will MAGA just roll with it? As the price that has to be paid to own the Libs? Sunday after Sunday of talking heads minimizing the crimes against young girls?

Monday morning mood: We’re going to have to kill them all.

The last 3 election cycles I registered as a Democrat after decades of registering as an independent. Never again. You can’t beat a bunch of callous crooks with a bunch of feckless invertebrates.

I’m amazed by Senate Dems deciding to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Way to completely give away your leverage for a bag of magic beans.

A Republican promise. LOL. The speaker is a snake. Thune is a MAGA toady. Who’s stupid enough to give in on healthcare now based upon on a promise from either of those two to do something later? Swear in Grijalve. Now. Then discuss a potential compromise.

I’m furious with those who voted for Trump, but don’t want anyone to go hungry even MAGA and especially their children. Taking pleasure in cruelty is Trump’s brand not mine.

One of the challenges of having a family member with mental illness is not their neediness. It’s that they’re frequently assholes.

Hoping the word “vibe” ends with 2025 just as “woke” did in 2024.

How does ANYONE benefit from forcing a transgender person to list their birth gender on their passport? It solves no problem and, in fact, will create problems. It’s just cruelty.

“The drama was heightened when Scion Asset Management, Michael Burry’s hedge fund, disclosed to the SEC that it had a short bet worth $1.1 billion against Nvidia and Palantir.”

A group of us fund/cook/serve a meal at a supportive housing campus. Residents typically get a meal per day but Sundays were a food desert, so we now do a weekly Sunday breakfast. We've gotten to know some of the people we serve, but we SEE them all. Donating is great. Engaging is that much better.

There are people that… …start fires. …run away from fires. …stare at fires burning. …run towards the fire to help. RFK Jr is the type to start a fire and run away from it.

Lots of “when is the old guard gonna step down?” mewling on here by 30 and 40 something’s. The old guard gets paid more than you. If you were capable enough to replace them the corporation would hand the “old guard” a pink slip and a fake gold watch faster than you can say “early retirement”.

“The maximum penalty is death in Mauritania, Somalia, and Nigeria in states where sharia law is applied. Life imprisonment is the maximum penalty for same-sex relations in Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Jail terms of up to 14 years are possible in Gambia, Kenya and Malawi.”

If you do one thing today, read and share this link. It is the tech oligarchs’ plan to take over the government and build a post-democratic America, proven to be well underway. To understand the tech bros, we must think like them—they view our democracy as an outdated system that must be replaced:

People who talk nonstop and loudly at shows and concerts suck. And not in a good way.

Reining in a meaningful voice isn’t “broadening their reach”.

My favorite Reynolds quote is "The social safety net has become a hammock." perpetuating the GOP's myth that the poor are just lazy and, therefore, undeserving of essential services.

the second polls close in California, CNN projects that Proposition 50 passes

How wonderful to see former NJ Gov Christine Whitman (R) - 1st and until now the only female Gov in NJ - applaud Mikie Sherrill’s win. How awful to hear her talk about centrism as the future.

Highest voter turnout in NYC since 1969. The year of the re-election of Liberal mayor John Lindsay.

I’m assuming the Federal Agent assaulted by a sandwich was taken to the Mayo Clinic.

Hooo boy. There’s catsup on the WH walls tonight.

It’s #coosday

Worried about AI valuations, you say? I’m astonished.

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @deadder.bsky.social )

Mike Johnson is one of the worst human beings that I’ve encountered in my life. There have been horrible politicians, but Johnson seems to be taking pleasure in America’s suffering. He’s a Dominionist. A member of the New Apostolic Reformation. They don’t support democracy. They want theocracy.