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Eli Friedmann

@eligit.bsky.social

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Guitar player/teacher/photographer in Manhattan. Pro Trump and other annoying accounts blocked/muted on sight.

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Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 10h

Posting is a whole world unto itself.
How it relates to non posting life can be QUITE abstract.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 10h

And emissions are still rising.

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 10h

“The earth has reached its first catastrophic tipping point linked to greenhouse gas emissions, with warm water coral reefs now facing a long-term decline and risking the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, according to a new report.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 10h

Our nation is a broken thing indeed.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 13h

Meanwhile:

Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 13h

The World's First Climate Tipping Point Has Been Crossed, Scientists Say

time.com/7325086/cora...

The World's First Climate Tipping Point Has Been Crossed

The world's coral reefs are dying—and will continue to unless global temperatures drop significantly.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 14h

That is the most frustrating part.
None of this was inevitable.
This did not have to happen.
It is all painfully stupid.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 14h

Sally and Caitlin and Bari all joined together in one post.
Truly disheartening.
Avoid like poison.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 14h

A psychopath pondering his own mortality.
Very strange stuff.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 14h

People treated a deadly serious election like a chance to harvest clicks on the internet.
A chance to build a personal brand.
And just look at the consequences of passing Harris over because she wasn't "good enough" for them.
Allowing trump and his pack of lunatics take over everything.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 14h

This is so f**king true.
And look at the consequences of this thoughtless behavior.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 14h

If these fascists wanted to ACTUALLY jail all their opponents we'd be seeing murder cases using fake evidence.
Really going for the jugular.
But there's nothing like that.
It's these flimsy cases on low level "crimes".
We should not attach TOO much importance to this stuff imo.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 14h

One of the things you notice with these indictments is how flimsy they are.
The charges, even if proven true, are very low level stuff.
These are not competent fascists.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 15h

Go right ahead and indict Schiff.
It will all amount to jack squat.
Just like it did with "lock her up", and Comey, and James.
They've got NOTHING.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 14h

The people being tackled in the street by trump's goon squad are not a threat to America.
In many cases they are a significant net plus to the economy, working very hard for low wages, taking no services.
Doing jobs that the vast majority of citizens consider unacceptable.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 14h

The combination of ignorance and recklessness is almost beyond belief.
And extremely dangerous.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 14h

Very true.
The numbers tell the tale.
Stagflation looms.
Jobs numbers stagnant.
Prices still rising.
And if/when the AI bubble pops?
Look out below.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 15h

Go right ahead and indict Schiff.
It will all amount to jack squat.
Just like it did with "lock her up", and Comey, and James.
They've got NOTHING.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 15h

Imagine getting woken up by a goon squad at 7am and they bust into your house and shoot your dog.
That is f**ked up.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 15h

They're killing the dogs.
Factual this time.

Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 17h

CBP agents knocked on an El Paso home at 7:15 a.m.

The owner asked to secure his Rottweiler, Chop, in the bathroom.

While he got his ID, agents opened the door and shot Chop.

The family tried to save him as he bled out on the kitchen floor.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 15h

Imagine if the blood clots in those hydrant sized ankles were to migrate?

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 15h

Truly one of the most surprising and brilliant tactics I've seen in years.
The joy and mockery in the face of fascism.
And it reads well on screens.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 15h

And we can trace the entire maga "movement" all the back to the civil war.
Without post civil war/civil rights resentment maga would never have had such fertile soil to plant their poisonous seeds in.
Millions of americans feel like the wrong side won the civil war.
And trump used that feeling.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 15h

The day magas start caring about data will be the day they stop being maga.
Their king is the biggest liar in human history.
Data is anathema to their entire ethos.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 15h

I remember when republicans used to preach about "states rights" and "freedom".
lol.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 17h

She isn’t president and never was.
Vice presidential power is barely a thing.
Your job is to support the president and break a tie in congress.
That’s it.
Anyway, this is all convenient because it helps me build a block/mute list going into 2026 and 2028 when these same folks do the same s**t again.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 19h

“I have no idea”
He got that part right.

Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 19h

And also misjudging the relevance of attacking them on this issue.
IMO it seems irrational to NOT attack them for this.
"Trump makes everything more expensive, especially food, housing, and healthcare."
Just go with it.