Edge
@czarbucks.bsky.social
Engineer. Atheist. Misanthrope.
What if this weren't a rhetorical question?
Maryland > Orlando > Asheville
Same on masto
What if this weren't a rhetorical question?
Maryland > Orlando > Asheville
Same on masto
JFC
I don't believe where we are any longer.
I don't believe where we are any longer.
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
JFC
I don't believe where we are any longer.
I don't believe where we are any longer.
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Auggie should be Asheville's ambassador.
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Auggie should be Asheville's ambassador.
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Surprised and disappointed that the first appointment I could get for family member at #Georgetown's Movement Disorder Clinic isn't until June 23.
That's really pretty appalling. Is it like that elsewhere?
That's really pretty appalling. Is it like that elsewhere?
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Surprised and disappointed that the first appointment I could get for family member at #Georgetown's Movement Disorder Clinic isn't until June 23.
That's really pretty appalling. Is it like that elsewhere?
That's really pretty appalling. Is it like that elsewhere?
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turns out black chalk stains if you draw it over and over every day for 8+ months (the last time it was powerwashed). even shadow auggie has thoughts though.
December 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
turns out black chalk stains if you draw it over and over every day for 8+ months (the last time it was powerwashed). even shadow auggie has thoughts though.
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Immigrants were questioned about their country of origin and turned away while waiting in line for their citizenship ceremonies.
It sounds like a work of dystopian fiction. But it's not. This is exactly what happened at Faneuil Hall last week.
Unacceptable. Naturalize them now.
It sounds like a work of dystopian fiction. But it's not. This is exactly what happened at Faneuil Hall last week.
Unacceptable. Naturalize them now.
Unacceptable. Immigrants questioned and turned away from citizenship ceremonies.
Immigrants were questioned about their country of origin and turned away while waiting in line for their citizenship ceremonies.
It sounds like a work of dystopian fiction. But it's not. This is…
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December 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Immigrants were questioned about their country of origin and turned away while waiting in line for their citizenship ceremonies.
It sounds like a work of dystopian fiction. But it's not. This is exactly what happened at Faneuil Hall last week.
Unacceptable. Naturalize them now.
It sounds like a work of dystopian fiction. But it's not. This is exactly what happened at Faneuil Hall last week.
Unacceptable. Naturalize them now.
#Asheville does stupid again, now we're fining a woman for drawing in chalk. As she says, it's not the artwork, it's the words, and there's a protection for that.
And it's freaking chalk.
avlwatchdog.org/opinion-the-...
And it's freaking chalk.
avlwatchdog.org/opinion-the-...
Opinion: The saga of Auggie the Dachshund, aka the chalk artist lawbreaker, shows the City of Asheville truly has nothing more important to do • Asheville Watchdog
The word “ridiculosity” is one of my favorites, mainly because it sounds made up — but also because it describes Asheville oh so well. Merriam-Webster defines the word as “the quality or state of bein...
avlwatchdog.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
#Asheville does stupid again, now we're fining a woman for drawing in chalk. As she says, it's not the artwork, it's the words, and there's a protection for that.
And it's freaking chalk.
avlwatchdog.org/opinion-the-...
And it's freaking chalk.
avlwatchdog.org/opinion-the-...
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Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:
May 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:
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Wurman is being pretty slippery with his definition of "purpose." There was extensive discussion about the impact of the Amendment on Chinese immigrants and "Gypsies," so they knew it would have a broader impact than just on children of freed people, and agreed on the interpretation of the words.
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Wurman is being pretty slippery with his definition of "purpose." There was extensive discussion about the impact of the Amendment on Chinese immigrants and "Gypsies," so they knew it would have a broader impact than just on children of freed people, and agreed on the interpretation of the words.
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After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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An American president is pressuring politicians of his own party on social media by name, even after some of them have received threats and been swatted in the wake of prior Trump postings. This is what experts on political violence call "stochastic terrorism."
Trump puts screws on Indiana Senators to greenlight GOP-friendly voting map
The Supreme Court seems unlikely to halt a tsunami of partisan gerrymanders.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
An American president is pressuring politicians of his own party on social media by name, even after some of them have received threats and been swatted in the wake of prior Trump postings. This is what experts on political violence call "stochastic terrorism."
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By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
Always try to keep up with what @thomaszimmer.bsky.social is writing, easier if you read German. If not, definitely catch this thread, and sign up for his newsletter.
He's told us for years that the right wants to define what an American is, and here we are. And it's getting uglier.
He's told us for years that the right wants to define what an American is, and here we are. And it's getting uglier.
What is next for MAGA?
I wrote about the MAGA civil war, the dynamics shaping this ugly struggle for supremacy on the Right, what Trumpism without Trump might look like, and why MAGA is likely to emerge more ideological and more radical.
Some thoughts from my new piece for @zeit.de:
I wrote about the MAGA civil war, the dynamics shaping this ugly struggle for supremacy on the Right, what Trumpism without Trump might look like, and why MAGA is likely to emerge more ideological and more radical.
Some thoughts from my new piece for @zeit.de:
MAGA: Wie MAGA um die Zeit nach Trump kämpft
Donald Trumps Macht über seine Bewegung wird rissig. Sie streitet schon jetzt, wer nach ihm kommt – und zwar auf ihre Art: Die Rede ist vom MAGA-Bürgerkrieg.
www.zeit.de
December 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Always try to keep up with what @thomaszimmer.bsky.social is writing, easier if you read German. If not, definitely catch this thread, and sign up for his newsletter.
He's told us for years that the right wants to define what an American is, and here we are. And it's getting uglier.
He's told us for years that the right wants to define what an American is, and here we are. And it's getting uglier.
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The reason why these internal conflicts on the Right are so ugly is that MAGA is a shrill, almost hysterical movement. It exists in a constant state of imagined emergency: Under siege, enemies everywhere, MAGA is lusting for purity and always looking for traitors in their own midst.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The reason why these internal conflicts on the Right are so ugly is that MAGA is a shrill, almost hysterical movement. It exists in a constant state of imagined emergency: Under siege, enemies everywhere, MAGA is lusting for purity and always looking for traitors in their own midst.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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C] Follow every outlet on Marisa's list:
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Holes is an understatement.
“A federal judge's blistering 233-page ruling…outlines in detail what the judge called repeated lies by Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino about clashes between agents and protesters.”
DHS lies every bit as much as 47 does.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“A federal judge's blistering 233-page ruling…outlines in detail what the judge called repeated lies by Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino about clashes between agents and protesters.”
DHS lies every bit as much as 47 does.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Judge's ruling on feds' use of force in Operation Midway Blitz accuses Border Patrol's Bovino of "outright lying"
A federal judge's ruling supporting limits on federal immigration agents' use of force in Chicago outlines in detail what the judge called repeated lies by Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino.
www.cbsnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Holes is an understatement.
“A federal judge's blistering 233-page ruling…outlines in detail what the judge called repeated lies by Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino about clashes between agents and protesters.”
DHS lies every bit as much as 47 does.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“A federal judge's blistering 233-page ruling…outlines in detail what the judge called repeated lies by Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino about clashes between agents and protesters.”
DHS lies every bit as much as 47 does.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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#ACIP voted to ignore decades of science, limiting the ability of families to protect their kids fr preventable diseases. Despite no evidence of vaccine harm, overwhelming evidence the birth dose of hep B strongly protects babies - @jillrose.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
STATEMENT: RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Rollbacks Threaten Public Health and Safety
www.americanprogress.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#ACIP voted to ignore decades of science, limiting the ability of families to protect their kids fr preventable diseases. Despite no evidence of vaccine harm, overwhelming evidence the birth dose of hep B strongly protects babies - @jillrose.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
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Ladder press conference.
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ladder press conference.
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The Republican Party really only has one core principle now: Everything the government does must either benefit Donald Trump and his allies or punish his enemies.
Donald Trump’s restitution scheme is among the greatest heists in US history
Bogus claims of malicious prosecution could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Republican Party really only has one core principle now: Everything the government does must either benefit Donald Trump and his allies or punish his enemies.
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I once got to use "splunge" in context and it delighted me inordinately. bsky.app/profile/edid...
What's a word or phrase that you really enjoy getting an opportunity to use?
December 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I once got to use "splunge" in context and it delighted me inordinately. bsky.app/profile/edid...
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their goal is to kill children
and every Republican senator who knew better and voted to confirm him anyway has that blood on their hands
and every Republican senator who knew better and voted to confirm him anyway has that blood on their hands
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
their goal is to kill children
and every Republican senator who knew better and voted to confirm him anyway has that blood on their hands
and every Republican senator who knew better and voted to confirm him anyway has that blood on their hands
December 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Interesting hypothesis about hw Black Death started. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe's Black Death plague
A volcanic eruption may have set off a chain reaction that led to Europe's deadliest pandemic.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Interesting hypothesis about hw Black Death started. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Another great take on what is happening with our vaccine policy, when a herd of ignorant, venal people are put in charge, and don't care how many people they kill.
From @drjudystone.bsky.social
From @drjudystone.bsky.social
New post: The Hepatitis B vaccine is at risk from the new CDC advisory committee members. Here's why.
#ACIP #HepatitisB #HepatitisPrevention #CDC #newborn
#DefendPublicHealth #GrandparentsForVaccines
Thanks @doritreiss.bsky.social @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @nurseteria.bsky.social
#ACIP #HepatitisB #HepatitisPrevention #CDC #newborn
#DefendPublicHealth #GrandparentsForVaccines
Thanks @doritreiss.bsky.social @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @nurseteria.bsky.social
Why The Hepatitis B Birth Dose Is At Risk From New CDC Vaccine Advisors
New members of the CDC vax advisory committee (ACIP) are opposed to newborn Hepatitis B vaccine, believing them not needed for most, and dangerous. Data contradicts that.
www.forbes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Another great take on what is happening with our vaccine policy, when a herd of ignorant, venal people are put in charge, and don't care how many people they kill.
From @drjudystone.bsky.social
From @drjudystone.bsky.social
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This is Magnus. He just beat cancer. His family wrote the big news on their car and bought him balloons to celebrate. Magnus got so much love from strangers the whole way home. His human said, "I hope everyone has a Magnus in their lives, who shows them what determination and strength are." 14/10
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is Magnus. He just beat cancer. His family wrote the big news on their car and bought him balloons to celebrate. Magnus got so much love from strangers the whole way home. His human said, "I hope everyone has a Magnus in their lives, who shows them what determination and strength are." 14/10