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Philip Hadley

@lordblandings.bsky.social

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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · Dec 28

“ … Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free/The wretched refuse of your teeming shore/Send these, the tempest-tossed to me/I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
The U.S. is not just for highly intelligent nerds. It’s for everyone who wants a better life. 🇺🇸

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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 14h

Kowabunga!

Helen Alexander @bawley.bsky.social · 15h

Sufer Dude cat.

Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 19h

It’s “Old Yeller” all over again. No one can watch that movie and not cry.

Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 1d

This is how I’m going to look every time someone dislikes one of my posts.

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💙 Leslie 💙 @jazzzzzy.bsky.social · 2d

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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to understand where increasing income inequality is leading, look at the “favelas” in Brazil, where a “drug raid” can lead to the police killing over 100 people.

Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 1d

The judge who set $2 million bail in this case needs to go back to law school and learn some fundamentals. Such as: In this country, subject to some very narrow exceptions, we are free to think anything we want and free to say whatever it is we think.

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gregcatar.bsky.social @gregcatar.bsky.social · 2d

Coffee is here and now…
Books, coffee, and the autumn rain as background music. Nothing more, nothing better… just perfect!

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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 1d

There are a lot of disturbing things in that story. It’s disturbing, for example, that a large chunk of Brazilians support this type of police misconduct on the theory that most of the identified victims (78 out of 99 [?]) had criminal records. That’s not how criminal justice is supposed to work.

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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 1d

Around 35 years ago, techno-utopians told us that making the internet public would bring knowledge and enlightenment to the world and lead to the downfall of tyrants everywhere.

How did that work out?

Now they tell us that we have nothing to fear from AI.

What could possibly go wrong?

Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 2d

I just read a post according to which ICE had recently made a contract to purchase “guided missile warheads,” among other things. That is apparently not true. Somebody evidently used the wrong code in filling out some kind of form. Social media are gradually becoming useless as a source of facts.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump’s takeover

Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for orchestra, theater and dance performances are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.

Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover

Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 2d

#Caturday 🐈‍⬛

bilalsahin07.bsky.social @bilalsahin07.bsky.social · 3d

Sokakta yürüyüş yolumda rastladıklarım... 😺

#Blueskyねこ部 #cats #cat #caturday #catsky #catsofbluesky #kittens #catpics #catlover #photography #nature

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 2d

@neguse.house.gov gives a lesson on how to reframe a journalist’s stupid question about #SNAP! 💪🏼

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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 2d

#Caturday 🐈‍⬛

davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 2d

A new month, a new #Caturday.

Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 2d

#Caturday 🐈‍⬛

Helen Alexander @bawley.bsky.social · 2d

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gregcatar.bsky.social @gregcatar.bsky.social · 2d

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Annika @annihowls.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Halloween.

A grey cockatiel wearing a tiny black witch hat and a cape

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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 3d

She made really good chocolate mousse, too.

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Barnabas Bulpett @bbulpett.bsky.social · 4d

New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
54°F (12° C), cloudy.
#NYC #City #Street #SidewalkShed #Renovation #Pigeons #PasselOfPigeons #Flock #Birds

Daytime scene on a cloudy day in a large city, facing a broad city sidewalk in front of a group of mixed-use buildings undergoing major renovations; the buildings are all tagged up with graffiti and there is a large green "sidewalk shed" and scaffolding in front; in the foreground, there are easily a hundred or more pigeons standing on the floor, as well as on the rollup door lintel, window sills, and doorways; an elderly woman has left food for them, which annoys some people, but it is her thing and I say let her live her life; a couple of the pigeons appears to be taking flight; in the distance, beyond the high-rise buildings up the street, the gray cloudy sky looks serious - it will probably rain tomorrow.

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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 3d

Now, if you love New York City, you have to make a lot of sacrifices to actually live here. The plutocrats seem petrified by the idea that those who love New York City might some day be able to live here without making such enormous sacrifices. I’m not sure why that is. #Mamdani

Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 3d

I’m just wondering if this guy would pass Hegeseth’s anti-facial hair rule.

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 4d

For the post-war release of "The Maltese Falcon" in Italy.

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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 4d

Be the light. ☮️

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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 4d

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Noir Beach Shack ♬ 🎞 @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 4d

1 day until Halloween...

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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 4d

I just cast my vote for Mamdani. I’m a “centrist,” by the way. But I’m a centrist who understands that there is nothing wrong with “socialism.” In fact, socialism is the only alternative to a society where the top 0.1% controls 99.9% of our wealth.

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