Neil Mackenzie
@nmackenzie.bsky.social
Books, music, technology.
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
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My monthly wrap-up post for November is out, rounding up all my #GermanLitMonth reviews :)
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November 2025 Wrap-Up – German Literature Month
November, as always, was dominated by my German Literature Month reading, but while that’s been the case for over a decade now, this edition of GLM was a little different. Having jumped in t…
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November 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
My monthly wrap-up post for November is out, rounding up all my #GermanLitMonth reviews :)
tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/n...
tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/n...
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Inevitable:
Mitchell and Webb — Nazis: "Are we the baddies?"
YouTube video by The Mitchell and Webb Collection
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Inevitable:
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When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
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Ever since the government shutdown, it’s finally begun to sink in on people that Trump and his entire administration are a bunch of raging ideologues or incompetents or both, peddling a fantasy version of their strength that people no longer buy.
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There’s No Doubt About It: The Great MAGA Crack-Up Has Begun
Every single prominent member of the Trump administration has had a very, very bad week.
trib.al
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Ever since the government shutdown, it’s finally begun to sink in on people that Trump and his entire administration are a bunch of raging ideologues or incompetents or both, peddling a fantasy version of their strength that people no longer buy.
trib.al/OGQOIk5
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Solomon Burke & Gillian Welch - Valley Of Tears
YouTube video by ItsWaldo (Walter Brinkman)
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Blue Saturday
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Blue Saturday
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
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Fadi and Jum'ah abu Assi, 8 and 11 years old
killed by the IDF today as they were collecting firewood near Khan Younis.
IDF spokesperson announced the airforce and ground forces "eliminated an immediate threat to IDF forces"
killed by the IDF today as they were collecting firewood near Khan Younis.
IDF spokesperson announced the airforce and ground forces "eliminated an immediate threat to IDF forces"
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Fadi and Jum'ah abu Assi, 8 and 11 years old
killed by the IDF today as they were collecting firewood near Khan Younis.
IDF spokesperson announced the airforce and ground forces "eliminated an immediate threat to IDF forces"
killed by the IDF today as they were collecting firewood near Khan Younis.
IDF spokesperson announced the airforce and ground forces "eliminated an immediate threat to IDF forces"
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I hope people are starting to figure out Daniel Lurie has never had a real job, has no idea what he's doing, and is only our mayor for two reasons: 1. his mom spent $9m to buy him frontrunner status, 2. voters disliked the other candidates more
"hey boss the last one cheated on her taxes, should we check the others?"
Lurie filming an Instagram reel: "huh?"
Lurie filming an Instagram reel: "huh?"
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I hope people are starting to figure out Daniel Lurie has never had a real job, has no idea what he's doing, and is only our mayor for two reasons: 1. his mom spent $9m to buy him frontrunner status, 2. voters disliked the other candidates more
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Remember, too, that Hegseth would have been rejected if a single additional Republican senator — or, JD Vance — had joined Sen. Collins, McConnell, and Murkowski in voting no with the Democrats. See: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Remember, too, that Hegseth would have been rejected if a single additional Republican senator — or, JD Vance — had joined Sen. Collins, McConnell, and Murkowski in voting no with the Democrats. See: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Back in the days before the Edinburgh Fringe Festival became a corporate comedy exhibition there would always be several Tom Stoppard plays on every year.
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Back in the days before the Edinburgh Fringe Festival became a corporate comedy exhibition there would always be several Tom Stoppard plays on every year.
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1/ The Wall Street Journal reports that the main focus of the US-Russia peace talks is to get commercial advantage for American companies, and personal benefits for individuals linked to the Trump Administration. European officials are said to be shocked by the plans. ⬇️
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
1/ The Wall Street Journal reports that the main focus of the US-Russia peace talks is to get commercial advantage for American companies, and personal benefits for individuals linked to the Trump Administration. European officials are said to be shocked by the plans. ⬇️
Rozencrantz and Guildenstern
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Rozencrantz and Guildenstern
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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In case you were wondering how stupid and evil you’d have to be to marry Stephen Miller, just watch this
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In case you were wondering how stupid and evil you’d have to be to marry Stephen Miller, just watch this
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“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
― H.L. Mencken
― H.L. Mencken
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
― H.L. Mencken
― H.L. Mencken
I believe that love is the dark side of life, more corrupt than any crime or heresy. I believe that wherever love erupts, a whirlwind of chaos like the world before the first day of creation ensues.
- Ingeborg Bachmann, The Good God of Manhattan
Tr: Lilian Friedberg
- Ingeborg Bachmann, The Good God of Manhattan
Tr: Lilian Friedberg
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I believe that love is the dark side of life, more corrupt than any crime or heresy. I believe that wherever love erupts, a whirlwind of chaos like the world before the first day of creation ensues.
- Ingeborg Bachmann, The Good God of Manhattan
Tr: Lilian Friedberg
- Ingeborg Bachmann, The Good God of Manhattan
Tr: Lilian Friedberg
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Tonight's sunset, San Francisco Financial District and Bay Bridge from Emeryville, California.
#sunset #sky #nature #eastcoastkin
#sunset #sky #nature #eastcoastkin
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Tonight's sunset, San Francisco Financial District and Bay Bridge from Emeryville, California.
#sunset #sky #nature #eastcoastkin
#sunset #sky #nature #eastcoastkin
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It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
Grey Friday
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
November 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Grey Friday
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
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If they ever get around to building this thing, it should be bulldozed on Day 1 of a new administration. No messing around, no hemming and hawing about procedure or costs. Order heavy equipment in and start knocking it down immediately, as surely as an overthrown tyrant's statues would be torn down.
Even the architect Trump hired to build his massive addition to the White House objects to the president's vision. The two have argued about the size of the 90,000-sq-foot project that would dwarf the mansion. @jonathanreports.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If they ever get around to building this thing, it should be bulldozed on Day 1 of a new administration. No messing around, no hemming and hawing about procedure or costs. Order heavy equipment in and start knocking it down immediately, as surely as an overthrown tyrant's statues would be torn down.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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Look forward to Bari Weiss asking "has identity politics gone too far?" while studiously ignoring the most virulent identity politics driving American government
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Look forward to Bari Weiss asking "has identity politics gone too far?" while studiously ignoring the most virulent identity politics driving American government
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Last month a small group was granted permission by the Port of London Authority to undertake a walkover survey of the #TowerBeach: the team was interested to examine the remains of structures recorded during the 1990s-2010s & to collect any significant artefacts found on the foreshore surface.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Last month a small group was granted permission by the Port of London Authority to undertake a walkover survey of the #TowerBeach: the team was interested to examine the remains of structures recorded during the 1990s-2010s & to collect any significant artefacts found on the foreshore surface.
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This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history