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Peter K Owen

@pkowen.bsky.social

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Things I'm for Livable cities Public schools A national health care system Livable minimum wages But mostly livable cities. That means walkable, served by frequent public transit

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Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · Jul 12

Happy #Caturday from Nona

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Michael G. L. @theled.bsky.social · 5h

All of us.
Loud
Fearless

They are panicking
They are losing

The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 18h

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 19h

I'm with you

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 23h

Drive for 'success' without meaning or purpose. Incredible energy and drive for ... power and riches. Oh, their mission statements SAY they want to make the world better. But they do not.

Meanwhile - people inspired by science, medicine, social work, and the arts are considered losers. Or worse

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 23h

Hyperloop = Elmo was stuck in traffic once and imagined a Tesla tunnel

Send troops to SF = Beniof saw a homeless person

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 1d

Tells you a lot about Scalise, doesn't it?

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 1d

That said - you are right that we need to rebuild now. But I won't pretend the Rs had any justification for their decades long campaign of destruction.

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 1d

I mean COME ON does no one understand recent history?

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 1d

Let's be real. The 'previous status quo' has been failing because REPUBLICANS HAVE UNDERMINED it for 50 YEARS.

It all started with Reagan. "Government is the problem"

The social safety net built after the Great Depression needed shoring up. Instead it's been systematically dismantled.

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 1d

Let's be real. The 'previous status quo' has been failing because REPUBLICANS HAVE UNDERMINED it for 50 YEARS.

It all started with Reagan. "Government is the problem"

The social safety net built after the Great Depression needed shoring up. Instead it's been systematically dismantled.

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 1d

Murder

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 1d

It's a blind spot I've been learning to adjust. "Most people try to do the right thing" has become provably false.

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 2d

It would certainly help AI purveyors with product engagement.

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 2d

I'd also caution that sadly, the Epstein Files are probably another Mueller Report. But let's release them and find out!

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 2d

Wow that ear sure healed like it was never injured.

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 2d

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 3d

it's wondering if the good i know
will last to be seen by the eyes of the little ones

sometimes it feels like bars of steel
i cannot bend with my hands
oh - i worry too much
somebody told me that i worry too much

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 3d

i cannot bend with my hands
oh - i worry too much
somebody told me that i worry too much

it's the quick-step march of history
the vanity of nations
it's the way there'll be no muffled drums
to mark the passage of my generation
it's the children of my children
it's the lambs born in innocence
...

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 3d

it's the way we tell ourselves that all these things are normal
till we can't remember what we mean
it's the flicker of our flames
it's the friction born of living
it's the way we beat a hot retreat
and heave our smoking guns into the river

sometimes it feels like bars of steel
...

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 3d

it's the children out playing in the rock garden
all dolled-up in black hats and war paint

sometimes it feels like bars of steel
i cannot bend with my hands
oh - i worry too much
somebody told me that i worry too much

it's these sandpaper eyes
it's the way they rub the luster from what is seen
...

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 3d

Create some art. Play some music. I've got a new song down.

it's the demolition derby
it's the sport of the hunt
proud tribe in full war-dance
it's the slow smile that the bully gives the runt
it's the force of inertia
it's the lack of constraint
...

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 3d

The Republican plan is for poor people to die and rich people to get the best of everything.

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 4d

Hey! JD! SHUT YOUR TRAP!! Can't stand these lying sacks anymore. Not for a minute.

"He did nothing wrong" is from the Roy Cohn playbook. Not a direct denial of the question, a dishonest rhetorical diversion.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Nice recap

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Lizzy For Democracy @lizzy2016.bsky.social · 4d

Flood the Zone with Truth and Facts...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

Peter K Owen @pkowen.bsky.social · 4d

And what EXACTLY is the purpose of this foreign military base on American soil? Hm, probably no risk tho.

Can't imagine Qataris working for the military getting radicalized or anything