Sometimes, I think "the resistance" should spend less time on social media and more time out there, you know, resisting Then I go over to X, where the regime officials are clearly spending all of their time posting and enacting content based policy The revolution will be virtual and worked from home

What's a movie SO bad that you could NOT believe they did a sequel? I'll start:

@denverr.bsky.social Yeah, the 50k is the "grip" as in WE broke the law so now we got something on each other. Then big "flip" we both GET something from each other. Signing bonus

There is a high probability that Trump was not only ok with defunding and disrupting cancer research, that HE WAS IN FAVOR OF IT for reason of personal spite and vendetta against Biden. That is who he is advertised to be. That is who he admits to being. That is who the evidence shows him to be.

Don't worry folks, Stephen Miller is an early model, prone to emotional miscues and unrealiable, they'll improve the software, get hair to grow, etc.

Ok, I'm just putting a little list together here 7 months in: - Abandoning Ukraine, ok predictable -quiet quitting NATO, yeah, fairly predictable -flip flop on Epstein files, okkkk -tarrif dance party mayhem -imperialist threats -stagflation -gutting science and medicine -back to Afghanistan? Wtf?

Touch some grass! No, wait, no, not that grass! Make up your minds, people.

I thinkbthe President should seek asylum ᵃᵈᵐⁱˢˢⁱᵒⁿ

Ok, I've seen bits and pieces of that a̶b̶o̶m̶i̶n̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ 'memorial' Woah boy America, wee howdy. Here's some Tom Waits: 🎶Well it's got to be a chocolate Jesus Make me feel good inside Got to be a chocolate Jesus Keep me satisfied🎶 I'll take Tom's Chocolate Jesus over your hateful orange grifter Jesus.

Incitement Identification: FASCIST! Is the subject a FASCIST or displaying multiple FASCIST traits? No: rude,crass, inaccurate but not Incitement Yes: an accurate or plausible label, also not Incitement Not everything someone you don't like says or does is fascism. Same same for Incitement.

It's really 12 months past the time we all need to get our heads around the fact that extremism is a feature, not a bug with the "World Shithead Government" movement. Don't be distracted by my mocking the World Government conspiracy nuttery. Although, the same moneied interests, soooooooo, maybe?

If Canada has any principled non-autocratic conservatives remaining, now would be a great time to step forward. There is a solid demographic of non-maplemaga conservatives, independents, and even right of center liberals who will support, or at least listen.

I'll just throw this out here again: Using the levers of government Using the resources of government Using the friggin Whitehouse stationary for personal or political retribution is a corrupt act It is a peronal vanity indulgence or an illegal campaign contribution

@denverr.bsky.social I haven't listened yet. I have great hope it goes in a certain direction, but I'm sure it's great either way. 😀

With help from his brother and some creative sound effects, an 11-year-old made us smile with his podcast. It's a finalist in this year's NPR Student Podcast Challenge.

@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social If you are heading north of the border for book signings and such... ✒️

It's the little fascists, the "Dopey eyed cows" like the one my uncle met in the Netherlands 81 years ago this week. open.substack.com/pub/timprice...

Situational awareness is knowing that there are some jobs that can only be done correctly by yourself. Situational mastery is knowing that most jobs are better left to the more skilled and qualified.

Felt like I was sipping a beverage off to the side listening to some friends discuss current events. Have a listen substack.com/@reedgalen/n...

@stephenking.bsky.social LLMs like ChatGPT sometimes seem like a manifestation of 'Christine'

If the current behavior to surpress, stigmatize, and endanger free speech continues,it will not just "put pressure on the 1A" It will nullify it. Having to file a lawsuit, appeals, and then hoping the Supreme Court will take the case is not a luxury available to 99.9999% of Americans.

America has done a LOT within, close to,and somewhat nearby the boundaries of the constitution for a LONG time. Presidents have too. Maybe if your ideas require actions SO FAR outside of those boundaries, they are just bad, criminal, pathetic ideas?

There is SO much dunking that needs to happen on so many disingenuous and bad faith posts, especially on X. The physical capacity to dunk sufficiently has exceeded the capabilities of the entire human race, even if everyone had devices and wifi. The Domin-a-matrix is upon us Neo

DJT clip on @bloomberg.com this morning: -great legal immigration system -inflation way down, practically 0 -tarrifs bringing in trillions Imagine if EVERYONE just played along with the spin/lies/delusions of previous administrations Who knows, maybe everything would have been better?

The current administration, all of its sycophants, and all of the media and online ecosystems that service it have ZERO interest in solving problems. They are solely invested and incentivized to MAGNIFY and EXPLOIT problems. This makes the discussion of solutions

Headlines as content is a MAJOR problem Poor word choices and outright deceptions abound As disinformation problems go, hell, as problems facing humanity go, it is way down the list. Still, people are only reading the Headlines, peoples perception is tainted or completely formed by the headline.

Researchers and commentators much smarter and better resourced than I am could comment on this with more authority. However, the Trans-panic moment that has captured a large portion of the public sphere is based on numerous logical fallacies and flat-out disinformation. Soviet style crackdown fuel

Disonant Cognitions of Angry Mobs There's a hole in my suspicions But it's not one of my traditions To let a hateful notion go There's a whole lot of conditions Grooming my suspicions I won't change up my position Hell no Chimin' 'bout some crimin' -Adding to the dead? Not me! Must be Thee!

Is this stick leftist? I need to know before I throw it for the neighbors dog to fetch. I don't want any trouble if I ever travel to the USA again, like, ever. (What if I flip it over?)

In today's episode of "You can't make this shit up!" The Maple Maga communication brigade is flooding X with: -Real estate prices are crashing! (After campaigning on high costs) -The affordable new homes are TINY (wtf?) -1.5 mil a home! (As if money is only for the first houses? (not giveaways btw)

(Whispers) I think it might be a fire. (Declares) It can't be a fire. We don't accept those here! (stammers) But there's smoke, heat, bright dancing flames... (YELLS) THERE IS NO DAMN FIRE HERE, IT'S NOT ALLOWED! YOU LEFTIST LIBTARD, YOU'RE FIREdddd,uh, get the fuck out of my sight.

I'm an actual free speech advocate. Say what you want, journalists, advocates, and concerned citizens. I do have a suggestion. Start using the present tense for your warnings. Firing journalists and others for failing to tow a party line does not RISK a chilling effect, it IS a chilling effect.

That sucking sound you might be hearing? It's the sound of people being sucked into the quicksand of BAD FAITH arguments and claims. Go on X for a bit, read most of the N̶o̶r̶t̶h̶ K̶o̶r̶e̶a̶n̶ t̶r̶u̶t̶h̶ m̶i̶n̶i̶s̶t̶r̶y̶ Trump admin and supporters posts. Answer/don't answer? The engagement is the trick and the treat

Test post, ignore with apologies X is failing to post on certain (completely innocuous) gifs, seeing if it's gif or X

I just, I gotta just say this. I get the idea that X is a bigger pond, more engagement, and there's a "closing time at a dive bar" adrenaline rush possible when mixing it up with god knows who. But, if you want to talk it out a bit, at least some of the time, Bluesky is better, calmer (usually).

Oh mannnnnn, watch on Substack, watch on YouTube, jeez, decisions decisions. I'm putting my thumbs on a weight-loss program so my comments don't look like drunk texting. (Maybe I should just try drunk texting? Hmmmmmm) Be there humans!

Doing one of them there experiment thingies: When is (if ever) the last time you picked up your phone or tablet, and read something that really, directly impacted your life in a major way? Me: 6 months ago, my son texted me that our grandson's scans came back cancer free.

Do not mistake this for defeatism. I'm just saying the problem is a little different than people are framing it. People are listing a bunch of policy adjustments or tweaks that somehow magically will fix things in 2 or 4 years. Basically, "It'll buff out!" The problem:

Sunday resets, croissant therapy 😀

Ahhhh, what the hell, I'll post a link to this one here. It's got one of my mom's quilts in it. (I swear a little bit, so, well, I warned you) open.substack.com/pub/timprice... (There's probably some typos or something, not like I proofread or anything 😀)

Well, I guess until the @bsky.app team deploys a sophisticated Ai feature to auto block anyone who unironically posts the words "woke mind virus" I'm stuck in this daily living hell. If I'd have known +50yrs was going to be like this I would have taken worse care of myself. This f@#$ing timeline

Iffffff, you're a fake Christian, and ya know it call for murder If you're a fake Christian and you know it, call for murder If you're posing and you know it, and ya really wanna show it If you're faking Christianity calllllllllllll for murder

1. A few hours before this morning’s presser, in which law enforcement authorities announced they had taken into custody Charlie Kirk’s killer, Meghan McCain, daughter of the late John McCain, weighed in on “the fundamental difference between the right and the left in this country.”

If Miller or anyone else wants to advocate ending extremism, I will have my doubts, but I will listen. Like lean forward and take notes listen. Anyone who talks about eliminating/punishing/eradicating the "radical left" is selling genocide as air freshner.

If you ignore everything bad that people who identify as "right-wing" do, then amplify everything bad that people who identify as "left-wing" do... You still have to ignore how people identify and blame it all on "left-wingers" to keep the cult money rolling in.

Central casting! CASTING!!! Goddammit, where are those idiots? They better not be high again... We need another patsy! This time, get a believable one, and fer christsakes this time dress him up correctly. (No, i don't think it was a conspiracy, well, not BEFORE the shooting)

I'm not digging this timeline, but I broke the f@#%ing multiverse portal thingy, and for now, I'm stuck. Mothef@#%ing cats knocking shit off my desk. F@#%! Well, at least they're cute.

I'm old enough to remember when the only Americans frothing at the mouth to kill other Americans were clearly foreign operatives fomenting hate and violence online. The early 2000's seem so long ago.

Why did this guys advice never catch on?

@radiofreetom.bsky.social I'm going to read the article you just posted, but weirdly I had similar thoughts earlier today too...