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sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 1m

there is something odd between what you and all the other liberal law people here are saying, and the vote

the vote was pretty clear, and must have included a lot of decent judges in the maj, so a lot of decent judges seem to disagree with the tenor of posts here on bsky

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 8m

"Honest Question"

all of you who thought NJ Sen Booker's filibuster was such a powerful, important thing:

well ?
did it make one effing iota of difference in anything , except maybe Senator Booker's campaign fund ?

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 9m

I live in Newton, MA, a small city immediatly to the west of Boston

and I simply won't vote for anyone who is a Ivy grad, we have way to many, cue that Speaker Rayburn line about the best and brightest

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 10m

@paulkrugmann1y.bsky.social maybe 15 years ago

the GOP has an easy job, they just want to burn it down and lower taxes

Democrats have a much tougher job, they want to make gov't work

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 11m

whateve you can say about bsky, you rarely see takes this bad (from mastodon)

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 21m

how many times have I been at a park or playground, a group of teen/20 something men playing, the women sitting on the side

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 23m

Does anyone else have this thing, they see someone with the same name of someone they knew 50 years ago and have a moment of neural confusion ?

just me, I guess

bsky.app/profile/mart...

reminds me of someone from a while ago

bsky.app

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 25m

If you go to any major hospital, or any major research university, you will see large , very $ buildings named after some ultra rich person

eg, the Koch Cancer Center at MIT

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 26m

In a way, the arc from twitter 2015 to bsky 2025, is an arc of enshittification; old twitter was, IMO, way better

and many of hte people who were better , who were actually great, @kevinmkruse.bsky.social @kenwhite.bsky.social are now, IMO, enshittified , or at least not as good as they were
sigh

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 28m

You may ask, what is the diff btw twitter 2015 and bsky today

back in 2015, some guy posted about a well known French singer, who, as a very young lady, had had a hit with "Lollipop" and supposedly didn't get the double entendre

never here, we just get endless halfwit comments about Platner

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 29m

what is that story about the young french female singer who had a big hit with "Lollipop" and supposedly was to young to get it ?

Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 43m

I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.

Reposted

Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social · 3h

as hilarious as it is to imagine sliwa been pulled by cat-drawn chariot, I am reminded that he and the guardian angels are Not Good apnews.com/article/guar...

On live TV, Guardian Angels rough up a man in Times Square then misidentify him as a 'migrant'

The disturbance played out as Curtis Sliwa, founder of the anti-crime patrol group, was speaking to Sean Hannity.

apnews.com

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sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 53m

that means 18 judges voted to not hear en banc ?
I understand there are 29 on the 9th circuit ?

18 - 11 sounds like a pretty strong vote

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 1h

<sarcasm>
Frankfurt Gramsci Freire ?

pretty sophisticated !
sounds like a Princeton or Vassar seminar !

:)

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 1h

myl Noob sense of Ukr Russia war is that there has been very rapid and imp innovation in Drones, and that the US needs to step up on drone RnD and production ?

which is partly tech, cause drones need sophisticated software/guidance that can run on low power computers that are very light in weight?

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 1h

Do we have any data on how often SNAP recipients vote ?

of course, suppression makes it hard for low income people, very hard
but still ?

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 1h

I think most of us don't understand that this is the revenge of the south, made possible by cheap AC
because this sort of stuff is normal in the south, has been a long time, eg see Caro's LBJ bio

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 1h

Hey John, I'm the "Hands" ad, I don't get no respect ?

and what about the push poll suggesting McClain had an illegitimate black child ? are we chopped liver !!

:)

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 2h

why are the words "band camp" in this post
I don't get that

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 2h

I subscribe to this block list (*) which blocks anyone who follows more then 10,000 people

YMMV

*yes, I know block lists and Blockenheimer are dangerous powerful things,

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 2h

by @gelliottmorris.com estimate, 98 to 98.5% of the country did not go to no kings, but did something else

my very rough calculation, if you look at just democratic voters, about 94% didn't attend

which, pure anecdote, is in line with people at my job

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 2h

It wasn't a volunteer anti crime force; it was a bunch of thugs

me, on the D train at 2AM, a group of GAs come thru threatening anyone who had their eyes closed

real thugs

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 2h

nah, same old same old:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIye...

Jesse Helms "Hands" ad

YouTube video by SnakesOnABlog

www.youtube.com

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 2h

ugh, doesn't some of that keating rub off on Senator McCain ?

for us old timers
:)

sloboula.bsky.social @sloboula.bsky.social · 2h