On this day in 1989, the Berlin Wall fell.

Poor New York. When California Republicans attempted to recall Gavin Newsom back in 2021 they fielded a guy with a bear. All New York gets is Ron DeSantis in drag.

Has anyone seen Dan Bongino lately?

He probably thinks mustard gas was also made by the same folks that make Grey Poupon.

The U-Haul caravans heading south on the I-95 should be awe-inspiring.

It's Eugene Debs' birthday! Party accordingly.

Nate Silver. He used to be somebody, I think.

Well, here we are in November and there still that one pesky fly that refuses to give up.

Pro Tip: If you're planning on moving from NYC in the immediate future, it's best to check on truck availability and make early reservations! Note: This is not a commercial for, or endorsement of, the U-Haul Holding Company or any of their fine goods and services.

Will Andrew Cuomo get a Christmas Card from Donald this year?

Pennsylvania voted to retain 3 Democratic Justices of their Supreme Court! slate.com/news-and-pol...

Trump lost the narrative tonight. Let's keep it that way.

One fall down a flight of stairs and it means zilch.

New York Times headline, Wednesday, November 5, 2025 "CITY TO TRUMP: DROP DEAD" A Headline 50 Years in the Making!

New York Post advertising for new copy editor.

On this day in 1918 the Kiel Mutiny begins. Followed a sailor's strike on October 30-31, which incapacitated the High Seas Fleet. Within six days the German Empire will be proclaimed a republic, the Kaiser would abdicate and an armistice would be signed on November 11th. #NavalHistory

On November 1, 1918 Raffaele Paolucci and Raffaele Rossetti entered Pola harbor and attached mines to the hull of the former Austro-Hungarian battleship Viribus Unitus. She had been turned over to the nascent State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. The ship sank in 15 minutes. #NavalHistory

On November 2, 1947, Howard Hughes pilots the first (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules, better known as the Spruce Goose. The plane remained airborne for 26 seconds.

And the list of Speakers include a future Confederate Secretary of State, a future Confederate Senator, and a future Confederate general who really wasn't very good.

Erika was going to wear the matching top, but she remembered the last time she farted while wearing the entire ensemble.

"I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction." --Clarence Darrow

Haven't seen anyone else post this yet, so... Happy Halloween, y'all! youtu.be/KFPI9b9N6CQ

On this day in 1918, Ottoman Minister of Marine Affairs Rauf Bey and British Admiral Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe, C-in-C Mediterranean Fleet, sign the Armistice of Mudros on board HMS Agamemnon off the island of Lemnos. The Turks are out of World War One. #NavalHistory

Easier to round up and arrest when the time comes!

There is a certain indescribable joy in serving a pleading on the other side of a case that you know will likely ruin opposing counsel's lunch. The only thing better is doing it on a Friday afternoon.

The Coffee Must Flow. Landsraad overturns the Emperor's Edict.

Of course the court of the Mad King is silent. They're getting what they can while they can. When he goes, their gravy train slides into a siding and is gone forever.

The President of the United States thinks a test for dementia is an IQ test, and none of his sycophants will tell him he’s wrong. Let that sink in.

If you have to start a Monday, do a tedious, mind numbing chore before dawn. [I got my laundry done.] Everything else that happens today looks better already!

Is this like a "concept of an idea?" www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

On October 27, 1945, the US Navy held a fleet review in New York City featuring 47 warships, each with its name painted on the hull for identification. #NavalHistory youtu.be/NdsXt5ke6Xo

It occured to me over breakfast that one of the better ways to drive Trump scatty would to start having a conversation over the successorship. He's not going to last very much longer, now, is he?

As a native-born Angeleno, I'm almost obligated to root for the Dodgers. But I'm still glad the Jays are doing so well in Game 1.

Went out to dinner tonight and was treated to a guy who launched into a rather loud non-stop litany of complaints from the moment he sat down in a booth that was a little too close to me to avoid hearing too much of it. (1/3)🧵

After the rain earlier this week, one of our local settling ponds has started attracting a lot of waterfowl. I saw a bunch of ducks floating around in a pond that was bone dry last Friday.

Does anyone else in the Bluesky community actually keep gloves in the glove compartment?

And he's trying to sell it well above market value... www.realtor.com/news/unique-...

We're getting whacked by a thunderstorm right now complete with a flood advisory from the National Weather Service.

Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois was a Captain and Admiral in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Navies who was captured by the British on four separate occasions, in 1794, in 1795, in 1806 in sea battles and in 1815 when he was Governor of Guadalupe. #NavalHistory

One of my favorite Trafalgar paintings, mainly because it is so wrong. Painted by Auguste Mayer, it shows the French 74 Redoubtable about to surrender to a British three-decker. The name of the British ship is shown on the stern as Sandwich. (More nitpicking in ALT)

If Bakunin and Kropotkin had decent tailors and barbers, they might have had more of a following.

On this Trafalgar Day, please give remember William Carnegie, the 7th Earl of Northesk. He was the third-in-command of the British fleet at Trafalgar, aboard the third first-rate ship of the line in the fleet, Britannia. A career naval officer, he succeeded to the title in 1792. #NavalHistory

If Republicans had to wear a shock-collar that went off every time they lied, they would look a lot like this...

On this date in 1827, combined British, French and Russian squadrons attack and destroy a Turkish-Egyptian fleet at Navarino. This is the last major naval battle between ships powered solely by sail and was a major step towards Greek Independence.

Neat fact: there's enough room in the hulk of the S.S. United States (scheduled to be sunk off Florida as an artificial reef) for the entire US billionaire class, and the Republican delegations to both Houses of Congress. Why let all that spare room go to waste?

King Missile now has the sequel to their classic song "Detachable Penis." Get back in the studio guys! "Inflatable Penis" damn near writes itself!

Whiskey Pete Hegseth declares war on Pacific Ocean fish. And closes the I-5 (the corridor between San Diego and the L.A. area) for seventeen miles. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

The three Leone class destroyers (Leone, Pantera and Tigre) were originally designed for the Regia Marina as scout cruisers. Commissioned in 1924, they displaced about 2,200 tons and carried eight 4.7" guns mounted fore, aft, and amidships as well as six 17.7 inch torpedo tubes. #NavalHistory

Demonstration in Wenceslaus Square, Prague, November 1989. The Velvet Revolution peacefully brought down 41 years of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia in a little over a month.