People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it. They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory. Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human. Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has only to do the Sailor, the Construction Worker, the Indian, and the Biker and she’ll have done the entire Village People.

I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period. I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt. But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are

The most surreal and maddening feature of the campaign was that everyone agreed that high prices were the main issue but the guy explicitly, consistently running on a platform of raising everyone’s prices won voters most concerned about high prices. We hammered this time and time again and yet.

This is what Billionaire Fascism looks like. Wake up before it’s too late. Oh, but hey Washington Post is still in the Pentagon b/c Quisling Jeff Bezos has made his post a a minor constellation in the Republo-fascist machine that now runs our country. We need a massive civil disobedience campaign!

Hi, I’m God. I don’t care how you fight Nazis as long as you fight them.

This is a great question for all of congress to think about. Hypothetically,If FEMA goes away, what happens to home owners and other insurance rates ? Climate change looks like it will make rates so high, home insurers will want equity in your house as a way of holding down rates

Trump doubles down on “cleaning out Gaza” as Netanyahu is first foreign “dignitary” to visit White House, and Hamas is still clearly, fully in control of Gaza…. Yeah, sounds like a peaceful situation to me, Mr “President-for-Peace”.

So far, the only thing Trump has done to help lower costs for his base (who supposedly voted him in to lower their cost of living) has done the opposite; his actions on the first day will increase the price of groceries and prescription drugs.

So now it’s okay to assault police officers, as long as it’s done in service of the Overlord? Is there ANYONE who agrees with these pardons?

Just have to say that the $Trump meme coin is a gift to all of us who are not fans of his. It’s just a matter of time until a lot of people lose money from this. I’m a crypto fan. This is not crypto any more than Madoff was just buying and selling shares of stock

Best thing we can do right now is focus on our personal health - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual - to prepare for what’s to come.

By pardoning the most violent January 6th attackers, Trump is telling them to commit more violence in his name, and if and when they do — he will protect them. We are all in terrible danger.

He pardoned EVERY SINGLE PERSON... I won't hold my breath for people to be outraged.

Hi, I’m God. I had nothing to do with saving that guy’s life or making him president.

Thank you Officer Dunn, for your service to our democracy.

Thank you Joe.

A woman of integrity.

I don’t know what the future will record about these days but I damn sure know that with my voice, my circle of influence, my time, and my work—I won’t make it any easier for this wretched fraud and those who worship him to write the epitaph for America. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-second...

I think I’m going to spend a lot of time on BlueSky this week. I feel the need to be surrounded by my people.

Anthony Fauci dared to commit the one mortal sin for which there can never be any forgiveness: he stood in the face of their bloviating, belligerent spray-tanned savior—and he spoke truth that could actually save lives. That is why they despise him. johnpavlovitz.com/2021/10/25/t...

Justice is coming... eventually. ⚖️ #MartinLutherKingDay2025

Unbelievable. So Melania also launched her own crypto. When will Baron launch his?

With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.

It shouldn't be difficult to commit to preserving the evidence from the Special Counsel’s January 6th investigation. And yet...

Pam Bondi has the same illness as Pete Hegseth. Once again, I say...these hearings should be simplified: Refuse even one time to answer a "yes/no" question with a "yes/no" answer...and your ass is out the door and no longer eligible for confirmation. This should apply to both parties.

Fucking HILARIOUS that these hypocritical Christian Senators have so much forgiveness in their souls for Pete Hegseth abusing women and cheating on his wives but they couldn't find any grace for private citizen Hunter Biden, who isn't running for anything. Give me a fucking break.

Wiping out the “deep state” — also known as “competent professionals who understand the job” — at the National Security Council surely won’t lead to anything bad happening

So true.

I know I keep screaming this into the void but just because climate change isn’t the *only* factor contributing to an extreme event doesn’t mean it’s not *a* factor. Literally nothing on Earth is unaffected by the changing climate.

Still not into the habit of this BlueSky yet…. Guess I’ll need to work on that, since Facebook/Instagram/Meta is becoming more problematic…

From now on I will be calling Trump’s Cabinet selections the #MeToo Cabinet. P.S. White women voted for him.

“Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt” ~ So far, they’re nailing the “circus” part. Not sure how they’re going to deliver on the “bread” part, though.

Good news: Twitter is collapsing. And this chart doesn't even show the last two weeks—which have seen the largest exodus in site history. There are reports from Newsweek and others that Twitter may merge with Truth Social. If that happens, the last collapse of Twitter may happen almost overnight.

@bsky.app curious.. how will you keep the haters and bots out?

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Normalize “terrible” as an answer to common questions like “how are you doing?”

Learned a new word last night - Welzschmertz. German for “World-Pain”. Literally what we are all feeling right now.

Idiocracy is the new normal.