bdonnelly
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NYC. Turn ons include black coffee, loud guitars, dead lifts, books, Islay whiskey, demonstrations, and anything for the revolution. A Bluesky Low Volume Elder™
Happy to be here. Happy to be anywhere.
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· Sep 4
What if the Deep State was just the norms we made along the way?
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Today is the anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Not only did the law literally open doors to countless students with disabilities (myself included), it also had the unintended consequence of creating the moral panic around an autism "epidemic." 🧵 1/
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Today is the anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Not only did the law literally open doors to countless students with disabilities (myself included), it also had the unintended consequence of creating the moral panic around an autism "epidemic." 🧵 1/
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When he’s gone, I know there will be a lot to do, but can we make sure the living rose garden gets restored?
Started. Going.
Started. Going.
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
When he’s gone, I know there will be a lot to do, but can we make sure the living rose garden gets restored?
Started. Going.
Started. Going.
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
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An often overlooked angle of the end of the Roman Republic is that all the strongmen who tried or became dictators first became billionaires. Pompey, Caesar, Crassus, Antony and finally Octavian were so rich that they could buy senators, legions and ships and be no match for the state's finances.
There’s a reason Caesar was forbidden to cross the Rubicon and return to Rome with his army. It’s what separates a relatively free society from a fascist one.
Pirro: "These Guardsmen and all who are here to protect the District are the line that separates a civilized society from a barbaric one."
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
An often overlooked angle of the end of the Roman Republic is that all the strongmen who tried or became dictators first became billionaires. Pompey, Caesar, Crassus, Antony and finally Octavian were so rich that they could buy senators, legions and ships and be no match for the state's finances.
I’ve basically given up on sleeping at night now. Consigned to falling asleep about 5 in the afternoon and waking up at midnight. I hate this.
November 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I’ve basically given up on sleeping at night now. Consigned to falling asleep about 5 in the afternoon and waking up at midnight. I hate this.
I really really really am tired of this insomnia
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I really really really am tired of this insomnia
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It’s not even an administration, it’s a cartel.
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
It’s not even an administration, it’s a cartel.
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calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
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"fake news" and "Lügenpresse" were less about spreading novel lies and more about maintaining epistemological discipline in the face of countervailing evidence
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"fake news" and "Lügenpresse" were less about spreading novel lies and more about maintaining epistemological discipline in the face of countervailing evidence
What are we even doing here, America?
"Trump said in a Nov. 28 social media post that he is pardoning Juan Orlando Hernández, the former two-term president of Honduras who was convicted last year by a U.S. jury for 'conspiring to distribute more than 400 tons of cocaine and related firearms offenses'"
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump says he will pardon former Honduran president convicted on drug charges
The pardon announcement comes despite Trump making cracking down on illegal drug trafficking central to his second term.
www.usatoday.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
What are we even doing here, America?
Afternoon jams...
Mark Lettieri Group Meets WDR Big Band at Studio 4, by Mark Lettieri
10 track album
marklettieri.bandcamp.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Afternoon jams...
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They believe that Trump will use the formal powers of the government and whatever informal powers he may have to extract costs from them if they do not play ball and they equally believe that the anti-Trump coalition will not extract these costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
given how unpopular Trump is, it’s insane that civil society/universities/law firms are still asking themselves “how do I stay on Trump’s good side” rather than “how do I avoid facing consequences for complying with Trump’s illegal demands”
New Gallup poll shows Trump's approval hit a new low for his second term:
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
They believe that Trump will use the formal powers of the government and whatever informal powers he may have to extract costs from them if they do not play ball and they equally believe that the anti-Trump coalition will not extract these costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
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Remember when the Very Serious People™️ gave us very stern lectures about how wrong it was to call these people Nazis?
This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remember when the Very Serious People™️ gave us very stern lectures about how wrong it was to call these people Nazis?
No, no it’s ok dude, you just take it easy. I know waking me up at 2am takes a lot out of you.
November 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
No, no it’s ok dude, you just take it easy. I know waking me up at 2am takes a lot out of you.
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In 1977, astronomers detected a one-time radio burst from deep space — the mysterious “Wow! signal.” It hit 1420 MHz, the key hydrogen line linked to the search for intelligent life. It appeared once… never again… and its source remains unknown. Nearly 50 years later, the mystery only grows.
1977: The Big Ear Radio Telescope Captures the "Wow!" Signal
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November 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
In 1977, astronomers detected a one-time radio burst from deep space — the mysterious “Wow! signal.” It hit 1420 MHz, the key hydrogen line linked to the search for intelligent life. It appeared once… never again… and its source remains unknown. Nearly 50 years later, the mystery only grows.
“You will be haunted by three spirits.”
The spirits:
The spirits:
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
“You will be haunted by three spirits.”
The spirits:
The spirits:
When you stumble onto an entire discourse you didn’t even know was happening here mid-stream and just start blocking anyone involved on principle bc no one has time for whatever this is
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
When you stumble onto an entire discourse you didn’t even know was happening here mid-stream and just start blocking anyone involved on principle bc no one has time for whatever this is
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Effectively there is no *one* person performing the duties of President of the United States right now. We are in an interregnum with an occupied throne.
The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Effectively there is no *one* person performing the duties of President of the United States right now. We are in an interregnum with an occupied throne.
