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This message hits hard.

Apparently, copying and pasting the epstein docs undoes redactions.

Congress should not let up on contempt for Bondi. They must bring her b4 committee, under oath. Except this time when she starts with her CRAP, they must be prepared to have the Sgt. At Arms, put her in cuffs. Period.

The bots are ramped up here on Bluesky. I keep getting "follows" from users who follow thousands but only have like ten followers & maybe a couple posts - always the same thing... trying to sell "Fuck ICE" T shirts. I block them right quick, but for the last few days it's been like whack-a-mole.

Bastards wanna shrink the population & engineer it into some tech bro religious fantasy world engineered for bourge-garch plutocrat enrichment. The disabled, the queer community, the elderly non-producers and non-white immigrants are all in the cross hairs. Women, except the compliant, at risk too.

Sharing this piece by Zoe Yu on impossible (yet somehow possible) beauty standards for women. Below the link is my comment, re #melanoma - tho' Yu's essay isn't at all about skin cancer, I felt there was a tie in to her piece. Nose Jobs and Other Necessary Luxuries open.substack.com/pub/audacity...

He's got good points. Heed his warning. substack.com/@andrawatkin...

They can't hide the truth. This is what US taxpayer dollars are paying for. You OK with that? Didn't think so. Share and make some noise! WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment open.substack.com/pub/muellers...

When you're a writer, everything sounds like a prompt. Or is it just me? #writingcommunity #fiction #prompt

The only Christmas song to listen to today. RIP and thank you Chris Rea! youtu.be/DDt3u2Ev1cI?...

Dear 2026, Let's DO BETTER. Seriously. #NewYear #NewUS

For today's #Caturday pose, Abner demonstrates the hip flexor stretch in dad's recliner. Don't be fooled, this is not an invitation for belly rubs.

"Perhaps this is adulthood's final frontier: becoming sufficient audience for your own life." Really sums up beautifully what I'd been feeling after retiring. substack.com/@theoldgreyt...

Remember in Iraq, after Saddam was ousted, so many Iraqis couldn't wait to tear down every statue and monument? It'll be like that. It'll be joyous, raucous, and oh so satisfying.

Yesterday was crazy; more wind and rain, but thankfully not any more flooding and the power & cable was restored. So spouse and I tuned into the Seahawks game a little late, well after half time. Guess that worked out for us. Holy Hawks, all I really needed was the last 20 minutes. What a game!

Relay from BLUESKY....

Above all else, you have to love and support creatives MORE than you hate generated slop. Show us that you care because you value and love what we do, and that you want us to keep doing it.

It’s possible to tell someone they are in too steep of a decline to keep being president! America just did that last year!!

We know that targeted boycotts work. This would send a strong message if enough people would participate. The beauty is in it's simplicity sustained over a relatively short period of time. It isn't painful, the only requirement is an update to one's W-4 form. Peaceful resistance. #12For12 #FICA

WHAT IF everyone went into work in January & changed the number of exemption withholding to 12, for 12 weeks? It would get some attention, good traction. Ninety days of NO FICA taxpayer federal deposits might make politicians more responsive to THE PEOPLE. #12For12 #flip2026 #2026W-4Exemptions

Funny, in a not funny-ha-ha sort of way, they're eager to protect children from books & art & diversity, but not from guns and bullets and hunger and preventable diseases... which are far more destructive and insidious to children's health and mortality. - Skeptical of the "But The Children!" crowd.

EVERYBODY CONTACT YOUR SENATORS. Don't let this cruelty be signed into law!

It's easy to become a billionaire! All ya gotta do is kiss orange ass, steal data, and close legit gov't so some of that taxpayer money funnels your way.

Trump shares dangerous misinformation during school tragedy at Brown University. 25th Amendment NOW!

RELEVANT. Cut the cord. substack.com/@andrawatkin...

Why is anyone still giving Meta platforms ANY attention? Boycotts worked (Target, Tesla, Disney...) If you can't reach out to friends & family without FB, then maybe rethink how you're operating in the world & how you define friends? Same for Amazon, plenty of other options. Hell in a handbasket!

It's bad y'all.

I understand the need for revenue on most websites, but I have a rule. If ads become 1/2 to 3/4 of my screen, or pop ups that must be constantly closed in order to view content, it's an automatic NO. I just won't visit that place again. If ad is for an evil entity, same. Another reason I left FB.

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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy. Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.

You can't serve two masters. "The time has come for MAGA Christians to decide whether they are disciples of Jesus or disciples of Trump’s contempt." MAGA Jesus, by @Nick_Anderson_ substack.com/@nickanderso...

I'd read it.

#WritingAccountability 12/9/25 I have finished the first read/edit and I only cried a little. Now I'll move on to making the changes to the digital copy. I am on schedule for finishing this month. Good feeling. #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity #urbanfantasy

Please excuse my inappropriate language, but these fucking pussies don't want you to know who they are. The attendees of the 2025 AmRen conference: Sam Dickson Thomas Rousseau Eric Orwall Greg Johnson David Zsutty Jared Alexander Huggins Dillon Gaidono Emil Cosmon youtube.com/watch?v=mQwR...

Silent Middle Child nails it. Again:

New science fiction short story: Ezra can’t seem to remember how long he’s been inside this VR game. When his brother won’t even tell him what day it is, he begins to suspect that something is very wrong. #scifi #sff #sciencefiction dnschmidt.com/science-fict...

I'm doing research on #WriterGroups, help me out if you can! Best and worst practices, or experiences? Hard and fast rules? Why/why not to join a group? #writingcommunity #writers #author

Some say it is illegal to arrest a sitting president. It is not. The president is subject to the law like everyone. That none have been arrested in the U.S. is only a policy internal to the DOJ based on the need for continuity of government operations--a policy that never imagined a criminal POTUS.

Also important in phase 1 of first #edit: sometimes I read it out loud. I listen to rhythm, cadence, etc. I want the story to flow as it should, with properly placed short or loud bursts like slow baroque music that carries the reader downriver. #EnjoyTheRide #amEditing #writingcommunity #wip

Yes, I also use a red pen and yellow highlighter for this. Old habits die hard, but I like the first draft print out and it's fun to look back on. After Phase 1 is complete, then I'll make the changes in my digital file. My goal is to finish this first edit in 2025. #amwriting #wip #writingcommunity

#WritingAccountability 12/7/25 Edit progress, pg 150/234 = 64% of phase 1 Phase 1 of my first edit is to read, correct, and make notes as I go along as if I were reading it for the first time. This takes a slightly different mindset than the writing of the draft. I do this part on a paper print out