Rich Alderson
@alderson.bsky.social
historical linguist, quondam Tolkien language maven, systems administrator, PDP-10 programmer, former computer museum curator, @[email protected]
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I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
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It is *obscene* that that beast wearing the skin of a man called Elon Musk was just awarded a trillion dollar pay-package after he personally signed the death warrant of hundreds of thousands of innocents earlier this year.
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It is *obscene* that that beast wearing the skin of a man called Elon Musk was just awarded a trillion dollar pay-package after he personally signed the death warrant of hundreds of thousands of innocents earlier this year.
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The Republican plan for healthcare? Not have one.
If you appeal a court order directing you to feel hungry children as directed by the law, you don't care about your citizens' health.
If you appeal a court order directing you to feel hungry children as directed by the law, you don't care about your citizens' health.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The Republican plan for healthcare? Not have one.
If you appeal a court order directing you to feel hungry children as directed by the law, you don't care about your citizens' health.
If you appeal a court order directing you to feel hungry children as directed by the law, you don't care about your citizens' health.
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Also, the world's first simple-minded fascist white supremacist troll trillionaire who hates his children. Let's not forget that.
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Also, the world's first simple-minded fascist white supremacist troll trillionaire who hates his children. Let's not forget that.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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If at least 26 billionaires can waste at least $27 million trying to defeat Zohran Mamdani, then those same billionaires can afford to pay an extra 2% on their income over $1 million to make New York a better, thriving city for everyone — including themselves.
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If at least 26 billionaires can waste at least $27 million trying to defeat Zohran Mamdani, then those same billionaires can afford to pay an extra 2% on their income over $1 million to make New York a better, thriving city for everyone — including themselves.
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BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
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There will be backlash.
There always is.
Be prepared.
There always is.
Be prepared.
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
There will be backlash.
There always is.
Be prepared.
There always is.
Be prepared.
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This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
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New Yorkers know this, of course, but for the rest of the nation watching, it's important to remind everyone that before Donald Trump was anything else, he was a horrible landlord
Mamdani's campaign against housing exploitation is how we prevent future Trumps before they get off the ground
Mamdani's campaign against housing exploitation is how we prevent future Trumps before they get off the ground
November 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
New Yorkers know this, of course, but for the rest of the nation watching, it's important to remind everyone that before Donald Trump was anything else, he was a horrible landlord
Mamdani's campaign against housing exploitation is how we prevent future Trumps before they get off the ground
Mamdani's campaign against housing exploitation is how we prevent future Trumps before they get off the ground
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"New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant. so hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through ALL OF US."
I had to pause because I was crying too hard to see
I had to pause because I was crying too hard to see
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
"New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant. so hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through ALL OF US."
I had to pause because I was crying too hard to see
I had to pause because I was crying too hard to see
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AOC: We know that Donald Trump has not only been convicted of committing crimes, but that the supreme court has given him a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and the danger of this moment. But we cannot respond to that with cowardice.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
AOC: We know that Donald Trump has not only been convicted of committing crimes, but that the supreme court has given him a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and the danger of this moment. But we cannot respond to that with cowardice.
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serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
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In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
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Another reason to vote for Zohran Mamdani?
Prove to the vile Murdoch propagandists at the New York Post that their relentless smear campaign was laughably shoddy.
Prove to the vile Murdoch propagandists at the New York Post that their relentless smear campaign was laughably shoddy.
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Another reason to vote for Zohran Mamdani?
Prove to the vile Murdoch propagandists at the New York Post that their relentless smear campaign was laughably shoddy.
Prove to the vile Murdoch propagandists at the New York Post that their relentless smear campaign was laughably shoddy.
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A great way to build the capacity for attention is to read books.
when people say "but students are so distracted, what is there to do but teach excerpts," i always think, "teach books"
November 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A great way to build the capacity for attention is to read books.
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You’d think the media would be all over “aspiring autocrat throws Great Gatsby themed party for billionaire friends while taking food benefits away from 42 million Americans,” even if just for the clicks. But probably you’d need at least one big outlet that isn’t totally on board with it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
You’d think the media would be all over “aspiring autocrat throws Great Gatsby themed party for billionaire friends while taking food benefits away from 42 million Americans,” even if just for the clicks. But probably you’d need at least one big outlet that isn’t totally on board with it.
I’m finally getting around to this, even though I’ve had it for a month (since relesse day). The Zoë Boehm books landed a couple of days before, and it’s been a busy month what with my wife’s shoulder replacement…
#OctoberDaye @seananmcguire.bsky.social
#OctoberDaye @seananmcguire.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I’m finally getting around to this, even though I’ve had it for a month (since relesse day). The Zoë Boehm books landed a couple of days before, and it’s been a busy month what with my wife’s shoulder replacement…
#OctoberDaye @seananmcguire.bsky.social
#OctoberDaye @seananmcguire.bsky.social
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WHAT KIND OF EVIL FUCKSTICK REFUSES TO STOP TEARGASSING CHILDREN ON HALLOWEEN? THE ICE BARBIE AND OBERGRUPPENFÜHRER GREG BOVINO KIND — BECAUSE THEY FUCKING SUCK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO MY POST ABOUT ALL THIS FASCIST FUCKERY. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/3X5go5b
October 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
WHAT KIND OF EVIL FUCKSTICK REFUSES TO STOP TEARGASSING CHILDREN ON HALLOWEEN? THE ICE BARBIE AND OBERGRUPPENFÜHRER GREG BOVINO KIND — BECAUSE THEY FUCKING SUCK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO MY POST ABOUT ALL THIS FASCIST FUCKERY. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/3X5go5b
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On this Halloween, a reminder that a sculptor included a Xenomorph gargoyle during the 1990s restoration of Paisley Abbey
October 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
On this Halloween, a reminder that a sculptor included a Xenomorph gargoyle during the 1990s restoration of Paisley Abbey
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“We’re the only animal that knows we’re going to go extinct and knows what has to be done, and we’re not doing it.” 🌎
The Nature of David Suzuki | The Tyee
The celebrated Vancouver scientist turns 90 next year. And shows no signs of slowing down.
thetyee.ca
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
“We’re the only animal that knows we’re going to go extinct and knows what has to be done, and we’re not doing it.” 🌎
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Donald Trump’s fixation on shiny gold surfaces would make him the Crow of Presidents, except crows are known for their intelligence.
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Donald Trump’s fixation on shiny gold surfaces would make him the Crow of Presidents, except crows are known for their intelligence.