Bill Shea
@billshea19.bsky.social
Ex-journalist writing a shitty novel. Key West literary beach bum. Anti-fascist Leftist. Cleveland guy in Detroit. Filled with japery, rage, soup. Libertine degenerate descended from Welsh coal miners. Unhinged. No gods, no kings. Essays: Billshea.com
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Final thoughts on the Edmund Fitzgerald (and the Titanic)
I attended the memorial service (at the Mariner’s Church of Detroit – the “musty old hall” from the song) to mark the 50th anniversary of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking. As an o…
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I attended the memorial service (at the Mariner’s Church of Detroit - the "musty old hall" from the song) to mark the 50th anniversary of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking on Monday. As an old-head Titanic buff and a Great Lakes kid, it was moving. Free essay:
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Let's Remember Some Gelatinous Shape Shifters
hillary clinton doesn't get a lot of love on this site but let's never forget she took odo's virginity with such gentleness and skill that they made a baseball card out of it
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Let's Remember Some Gelatinous Shape Shifters
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I can't believe the Know-Nothing Party got control of the government.
The White House's National Security Strategy includes some smatterings of Great Replacement rhetoric, naturally.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I can't believe the Know-Nothing Party got control of the government.
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I'm sorry does Mr. Golfer Man think we should be like North Korea
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I'm sorry does Mr. Golfer Man think we should be like North Korea
This is the conservative mindset: America should be more cruel and then lists mostly autocracies as a template
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This is the conservative mindset: America should be more cruel and then lists mostly autocracies as a template
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Why are the richest people the biggest heartless dicks to the people in desperate circumstances?
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Why are the richest people the biggest heartless dicks to the people in desperate circumstances?
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
The best part of this is the adolescent bully response from the White House flacks, who don't actually deny anything and functionally prove the article's wider point.
Michael Wolff dished on the president’s “disgruntlement” with his faltering Cabinet members.
How Trump Secretly Knifes His Cabinet Suck-Ups: Wolff
Michael Wolff dished on the president’s “disgruntlement” with his faltering Cabinet members.
trib.al
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The best part of this is the adolescent bully response from the White House flacks, who don't actually deny anything and functionally prove the article's wider point.
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
The officials in tonight's NFL game are not having a banner night
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The officials in tonight's NFL game are not having a banner night
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Pete Hegseth is a sadistic serial killer.
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Pete Hegseth is a sadistic serial killer.
Cruelty and greed, there's nothing more to conservative politics
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Cruelty and greed, there's nothing more to conservative politics
That was a fucking safety, Jesus Christ
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
That was a fucking safety, Jesus Christ
All of these people are corrupt dipshits
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
All of these people are corrupt dipshits
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Whenever you're annoyed with Bluesky, click over to LinkedIn remember things can be much, much dumber.
December 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Whenever you're annoyed with Bluesky, click over to LinkedIn remember things can be much, much dumber.
It's confusion that emerges from battle, sometimes literally fog/smoke, but primarily the unknown that troops and commanders face because of rapidly moving events, limited communications, deceptions, signal jamming, and the chaos of combat.
There's no fog of war when drone striking a lone speedboat.
There's no fog of war when drone striking a lone speedboat.
Does nobody know what fog of war really means? It's not a lack of literal visibility, or smoke from munitions, it's confusion, chaos, discord.
Also, this is a must watch: tv.apple.com/us/movie/the...
Also, this is a must watch: tv.apple.com/us/movie/the...
The Fog of War - Apple TV
Academy Award®-winner for Best Documentary Feature,
tv.apple.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It's confusion that emerges from battle, sometimes literally fog/smoke, but primarily the unknown that troops and commanders face because of rapidly moving events, limited communications, deceptions, signal jamming, and the chaos of combat.
There's no fog of war when drone striking a lone speedboat.
There's no fog of war when drone striking a lone speedboat.
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It's hard to pick from the rogues gallery of murderous ideas, but sometimes I feel the most dangerous thing about modern conservatism is its transparent desire to destroy the fabric of truth in daily life.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It's hard to pick from the rogues gallery of murderous ideas, but sometimes I feel the most dangerous thing about modern conservatism is its transparent desire to destroy the fabric of truth in daily life.
This is the same sadistic shithead that published a NY Times op-ed lusting to have the 82nd Airborne Division slaughter American citizens. He will see neither heaven nor Valhalla.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is the same sadistic shithead that published a NY Times op-ed lusting to have the 82nd Airborne Division slaughter American citizens. He will see neither heaven nor Valhalla.
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You guys, they're going to cancel World Baby.
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
You guys, they're going to cancel World Baby.
This is how societies slip quickly into totalitarianism
Louisiana’s hunting and wildlife authority is one of more than 1,000 state and local agencies that have partnered with US immigration authorities this year alone. www.wired.com/story/story/...
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE
Louisiana’s hunting and wildlife authority is one of more than 1,000 state and local agencies that have partnered with US immigration authorities this year alone.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is how societies slip quickly into totalitarianism
I've never better understood The Terror era of the French Revolution.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I've never better understood The Terror era of the French Revolution.
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I didn't mention it in my bit on this story from earlier this week, but one of the most dispiriting things about this, beyond how predictable it was, is that all these elected officials care much more about doing shit like this than they do about the University of Oklahoma continuing to exist.
The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I didn't mention it in my bit on this story from earlier this week, but one of the most dispiriting things about this, beyond how predictable it was, is that all these elected officials care much more about doing shit like this than they do about the University of Oklahoma continuing to exist.
Falklands discourse on here but not seeing this 1982 Newsweek banger.
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Falklands discourse on here but not seeing this 1982 Newsweek banger.
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Live look from DoD before second strike
December 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Live look from DoD before second strike
Imagine wanting to be a servile little toady. The world is full of the oily grasping bottom feeders. And they're always surprised when Dear Leader eventually has them up against a wall.
Outstanding reporting today from the New Media at the Pentagon.
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Imagine wanting to be a servile little toady. The world is full of the oily grasping bottom feeders. And they're always surprised when Dear Leader eventually has them up against a wall.
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We don’t need AI to make slop
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
We don’t need AI to make slop
If true, this guy should do time in Leavenworth but alongside Hegseth and Trump
A top admiral is expected to tell lawmakers tomorrow that he and his legal adviser concluded that the two survivors of a boat strike in September were attempting to continue their drug run, making them and the damaged vessel legitimate targets for another attack.
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Exclusive | Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers
Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the commander of the September attack, is set to provide an account of his role for the first time in a closed briefing.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
If true, this guy should do time in Leavenworth but alongside Hegseth and Trump