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Grizzled software/web designer, graphic artist, and political activist. Former webmaster at Democracy for America. Online for >40 years & my soul hasn't been entirely crushed yet. He/him/his πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡²πŸ‡½πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ
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malacandra.me
π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 9d
My father used to say, "The purpose of language is not to make yourself understood, but to make yourself incapable of being misunderstood."

Looking back on this, I have to wonder about what other impossible standards he set for me.
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 18h
The term "Lebensborn" is more poetic.
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 1d
I applaud you for doing that. I really do.

But fascism can exist along a continuum.

And there are currently people being grabbed off the streets by armed and masked squads… and transported off-shore to foreign prisons without due process.

And our β€œunitary executive” threatens worse to come.
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 1d
It’s easy to feel that way when ICE isn’t targeting you.

Yet.

But they are increasingly widening their scope.
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CondΓ© Union @condeunion.bsky.social Β· 1d
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and CondΓ© United on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands Late Wednesday night, CondΓ© Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four CondΓ© United leaders for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on this week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue. These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action. Through these illegal terminations, CondΓ© Nast management is attempting to intimidate and silence our members' advocacy for the courageous cultural and political journalism of Teen Vogue, as well as diverting attention away from the obvious lack of corporate leadership at the company. CondΓ© United members illegally fired are: Alma Avalle: Writer, digital producer at Bon Appetit; NewsGuild of New York first vice president, trans activist, and union leader Jake Lahut: Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House Jasper Lo: Senior fact checker at The New Yorker and US Army veteran: outgoing first vice chair of The New Yorker Union Ben Dewey: Videographer at CondΓ© Nast Entertainment, former vice chair of the CNE unit β€œManagement’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. β€œThe NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at …
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 1d
Damn: Donald Trump being the most callous person in a room full of Pharma execs.
Donald Trump stands stiffly, facing forward as a group of pharmaceutical execs are gathered around to look after the welfare of a collapsed colleague.
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 2d
Taking hostages seems on-brand for them.
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 3d
The NYT calls it! Woo-hoo!
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 3d
I saw someone post this question: "What does your dog dream about?"

I'll be damned if I know: they never talk about their dreams.

But after a bit of reflection, I figure they probably have that dream where they're out in public and suddenly realize that they're totally naked.
Two whippets sleeping on a bed.
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 3d
The modern GOP is the revival of the old Know Nothing Party.
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Β· 3d
And once again it works for Mike Johnson. He gets asked about Trump’s pardon of his crypto fraud guy yesterday after Trump’s 60 Minutes interview, he said he doesn’t know about it, then he DOESN’T GET ASKED a single question about it today in his press conference. bsky.app/profile/ronf...
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Β· 4d
The reason why Republicans get away with saying β€œI don’t anything about that” is because they usually aren’t asked about the topic again the following day or a few days later. Media has already moved on to the next illegality or abuse, and the cycle continues.
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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social Β· 3d
In honor of the dearly departed, a preview from Chapter Two ("The 9/11 Lobotomy") my forthcoming (hopefully in a year) book THE INFERNAL TRIANGLE: HOW AMERICA GOT THIS WAY.
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 3d
Dick Cheney, dead at 84.

I can remember when Dick Cheney was the standard for evil, but even he became alarmed by the growing malignancy of the forces he did so very much to unleash.

It was too little, too late to either redeem him, or to save us.
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 4d
We typically ease them into it 10 minutes at a time over nearly a week.
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 4d
You'd think that all of this should be obvious, but there are very well paid political consultants of long-standing who don't seem to get it.
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 4d
At least one of them is very outspoken about how repellent she finds him.
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 4d
I expect his descendants will get worse shit for it, thanks to him.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social Β· 4d
You don’t get to name your kid X Γ† A-12 and then say β€œor whatever his name is” about anyone else.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social Β· 4d
Elon Musk endorses Cuomo for mayor of New York and makes sure to add some racism in there: β€œβ€¦Mumdumi or whatever his name is.”
Elon Musk: Remember to vote tomorrow in New York! Bear in mind that a vote for Curtis is really a vote for Mumdumi or whatever his name is. VOTE CUOMO! 11:45 AM β€’ 11/3/25 β€’ 1.2M Views
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Β· 4d
First Cuomo got Trump's endorsement, now he's got the endorsement of the richest man in the world.

It's clearer than ever that there's only one candidate for NYC Mayor who will actually stand up to the oligarchs: Zohran Mamdani.
Elon Musk backs Cuomo against Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race
Musk encouraged NYC voters to back former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani the day before the city's mayoral electi
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Β· 5d
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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malacandra.me
π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 5d
It's more like a concept of a notion of an inkling of a musing about an idea of a plan.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com Β· 5d
Trump refuses to share his plan to replace Obamacare:
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 5d
A hundred thousand op-ed's would bloom.
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 5d
*fewer. <\stannis>
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 5d
The New Hippocratic Oath: "It's not what you know, it's who you know."
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π•„π•’π•π•’π•”π•’π•Ÿπ••π•£π•’ @malacandra.me Β· 5d
The Syllabus.

For there can only be one…
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