Can't overpay for a house if you get outbid at the last minute by someone with (probably) a cash offer. Oh well.

Bernice King has it absolutely right. We are facing a moral crisis in this country. And we must all act together to end it.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

“Heartbroken but also very angry… sickening lies by the administration… reprehensible and disgusting… Alex is clearly not holding a gun… please get the truth out about our son, he was a good man…”

Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice." Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.

Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position, Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.

All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.

Easiest vote of the tournament (for me). AIN & Animal are both top 15 tracks on my list. (#1 & #11).

A walk through the tall ones at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. #ForestFriday #Photography #Trees #California 📷

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

"It's only money," I say to myself, as I talk myself into overpaying for a house.

I'm as sick of seeing "the Epstein files" as anybody else on my BlueSky feed, but it is crazy how the Justice Department is just ignoring the law with seemingly no ability for congress to step in. Makes you wonder which congressmen are in the files. The rot goes deep i would imagine.

People clamoring for the 25th Amendment when we don’t even have a 1st, 4th, 10th…

The director of the FBI: "I don't read." His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

GF just asked me: "do you ever take it personally when people tease JD Vance for having eyeliner, knowing fully well it's probably natural" 7th grade me having PTSD. It's the one thing (literally just ONE) thing i feel sorry for JD Vance about. *no, that's just how my eyes look, OKAY?!*

"Should we vote to give more money to the people shooting my constituents in the face?" is not a complicated political question. And yet, Democrats don't seem able to answer it.

I know that there’s a lot going on in the world right now but I’m still a little hung up on this Uncle Pappy reveal

Me waiting for @nugs.net & @sonos (not on Bsky) to come together and fix their playlists in the desktop app.

Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it

She is absolutely cooking here. The guy on the other hand, no idea how he keeps getting put on the air.

This is an absolutely insane thread. Riding the bus always has the best stories

It's National Good Day Day. I hope everyone has a good day (and doesn't have to use their AK). (link to Ice Cube's masterpiece youtu.be/h4UqMyldS7Q) www.newhoustonmusic.com/2018/10/13/e...

Imagine having literally 1 post on Bsky and having it be this one. What a badass.

I definitely remember voting for Brian Armstrong to represent me in Congress.

I know there's a lot of bad stuff out there, but a year ago (almost to the day) I reached out to someone here on BlueSky to talk about a TV series we both liked and a band we were obsessed with and now we're making plans for a future together. So ya know, good things can still happen.

Nah, just for America

Louder for the people in the back.

Legally, you don't HAVE to reply trying to turn every post into something political or newsworthy. Posts are allowed to NOT be about something horrible happening right now.

He really is doing all of it.

cannot emphasize this enough. His floor speech post-Jan-6th was actually [sorry, don't hate me] very good and convincing that Donal Trump was guilty af. But then did NOTHING to remove him and indeed voted to acquit. F-this guy forever.

The fact that any republicans aren't speaking out aggressively about this is troubling (to quote susan collins). Very troubling indeed.

This cartoon goes hard.

Here's something others have probably concluded but i've never given much thought to: Having 2 different pre-sales is just a way to collect demand statistics, farm emails/phone numbers, and then feed data into your dynamic pricing algorithm. It's all just a ruse to gather info & scalp the end user.

Good.

Sure but has THIS supreme Court ruled on it? It seems to me the GOP and the conservative majority in the court only likes states rights when it suits their policy outcomes.

I want to talk about a dystopian world we are entering - where every moment, event, and crisis just become commodities. Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness. 1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.

McBride: Look, people are clutching their pearls at this guy yelling something at the president. They are more offended by a worker standing up to the president and calling him out for his hypocrisy than they are by the president trying to cover up for a human trafficking ring

At least Obama's hypothetical Death Panels would have decided who deserved to die based on a rubric more complicated than "did they just piss off a high school dropout armed by the state"

I think this exists but checking the hive mind on different websites that might be doing this: I Input: A list of bands i like & a geographic area and search radius. The website outputs: A calendar or a list by concert date of shows coming up. Is this BandInTown? Spotify? Jambase? who else?

Here's what i don't get: If i'm in line and I just want to GET a ticket, why is TM asking me to manually PICK MY SEAT when i click on a section?! ...and if i pick a seat how does it disappear when i go to pay?! Anyway the good news is I got 2 tix for 2 days, but that system is trash.

Pre-melt: Ticketmaster is one of the worst companies on planet earth.

Don't bother arguing about whether ICE is a police force or a military force. It's neither. It behaves as a disorganized, violent mob, cursing, shouting contradictory orders, and attacking unarmed citizens on a whim. It is deployed to create fear and chaos, not to enforce laws or establish order.

ICE is what's left after all the smarter, more physically fit bigoted misogynists become cops or prison guards or mall security- the absolute dregs of The Worst Guy You Knew In High School population

Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.

Incredible what this woman has been able to do with her wealth. Wish more of the robber Barron's would use their wealth for good instead of the dystopian world they've been creating for us.