A good, last-minute interview with Hopium (Simon Rosenberg) with Aftyn Behn ( @aftynbehn.bsky.social ):
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver...
Early voting has ended Wednesday 26-Nov-2025; so if you live in that district, election day is this coming Tuesday 2-Dec-2025.
sos.tn.gov/elections/se...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver...
Early voting has ended Wednesday 26-Nov-2025; so if you live in that district, election day is this coming Tuesday 2-Dec-2025.
sos.tn.gov/elections/se...
New Conversation With The Inspiring Aftyn Behn - Let's Help Her Close Strong Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!
Watch this wonderful discussion with our great candidate making the GOP sweat in a deep red district in Tennessee
www.hopiumchronicles.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A good, last-minute interview with Hopium (Simon Rosenberg) with Aftyn Behn ( @aftynbehn.bsky.social ):
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver...
Early voting has ended Wednesday 26-Nov-2025; so if you live in that district, election day is this coming Tuesday 2-Dec-2025.
sos.tn.gov/elections/se...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver...
Early voting has ended Wednesday 26-Nov-2025; so if you live in that district, election day is this coming Tuesday 2-Dec-2025.
sos.tn.gov/elections/se...
Another podcast I had to listen to with Wajahat Ali and Jess Craven dated 11-Nov-2025: thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
The Age of Democratic Centrism Must End
What has a useless, corrupt, ineffectual Democratic centrist done for you lately, except kiss up to the oligarchy, bear hug Netanyahu, and cave to Trump and the Republicans?
thelefthook.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Another podcast I had to listen to with Wajahat Ali and Jess Craven dated 11-Nov-2025: thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
@tiffanyng.bsky.social I enjoyed your article recently "A starter kit for civilization" in MIT Technology Review dated Nov/Dec 2025. It was about Marcin Jakubowski and his Open Source Ecology and the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS).
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
@tiffanyng.bsky.social I enjoyed your article recently "A starter kit for civilization" in MIT Technology Review dated Nov/Dec 2025. It was about Marcin Jakubowski and his Open Source Ecology and the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS).
"...
[attempt to prop up Andrew Cuomo] after he lost the primary is cited ... When figures like Bill Clinton, Elon Musk, Stephen Miller, and Donald Trump coalesce around a single figure, it signals that the candidate is not for the people.
..."
daniellemoodie.substack.com/p/a-seismic-...
[attempt to prop up Andrew Cuomo] after he lost the primary is cited ... When figures like Bill Clinton, Elon Musk, Stephen Miller, and Donald Trump coalesce around a single figure, it signals that the candidate is not for the people.
..."
daniellemoodie.substack.com/p/a-seismic-...
A Seismic Shift: The Awakening of American Civic Engagement | The Danielle Moodie Show
For 10 months, a sense of being submerged in disaster—swimming in acid and steeped in grief—prevailed amidst a relentless barrage of negative news.
daniellemoodie.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
"...
[attempt to prop up Andrew Cuomo] after he lost the primary is cited ... When figures like Bill Clinton, Elon Musk, Stephen Miller, and Donald Trump coalesce around a single figure, it signals that the candidate is not for the people.
..."
daniellemoodie.substack.com/p/a-seismic-...
[attempt to prop up Andrew Cuomo] after he lost the primary is cited ... When figures like Bill Clinton, Elon Musk, Stephen Miller, and Donald Trump coalesce around a single figure, it signals that the candidate is not for the people.
..."
daniellemoodie.substack.com/p/a-seismic-...
Could be Jasmine Crocket (@crockett.house.gov) or AOC (@aoc.bsky.social). Quote of the day by Bruno Rodriguez Parrillo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba:
"...this is the UN General Assembly. It is not a signal chat, nor the House of Representatives."
Here's the clip:
bsky.app/profile/lore...
"...this is the UN General Assembly. It is not a signal chat, nor the House of Representatives."
Here's the clip:
bsky.app/profile/lore...
Waltz called out at the UN. The rhetoric this administration uses in the US won’t fly anywhere else still and that’s of some comfort. The entire world is being tested right now.
October 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Could be Jasmine Crocket (@crockett.house.gov) or AOC (@aoc.bsky.social). Quote of the day by Bruno Rodriguez Parrillo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba:
"...this is the UN General Assembly. It is not a signal chat, nor the House of Representatives."
Here's the clip:
bsky.app/profile/lore...
"...this is the UN General Assembly. It is not a signal chat, nor the House of Representatives."
Here's the clip:
bsky.app/profile/lore...
An important Seneca Project ad for the Saturday 18-Oct-2025 No Kings #2 protest everywhere (youtu.be/Jxlwdp824sM). Find a #NoKings event near you at nokings.org#map.
bsky.app/profile/shar...
bsky.app/profile/shar...
OCTOBER 18— NO KINGS PROTEST
YouTube video by The Seneca Project
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 5:31 AM
An important Seneca Project ad for the Saturday 18-Oct-2025 No Kings #2 protest everywhere (youtu.be/Jxlwdp824sM). Find a #NoKings event near you at nokings.org#map.
bsky.app/profile/shar...
bsky.app/profile/shar...
A good song.
bsky.app/profile/oned...
but don't forget the frogs: Amphifa and #antifa
A line from the song:
"Call me ANTIFA. That’s alright with me." 👊
bsky.app/profile/cape...
bsky.app/profile/oned...
but don't forget the frogs: Amphifa and #antifa
A line from the song:
"Call me ANTIFA. That’s alright with me." 👊
bsky.app/profile/cape...
🖐️😲🎶 'It's OK to call me ANTIFA' 🎶
youtu.be/pLo5BgzXWtc?...
Call Me Antifa – A Patriotic Protest Anthem for Freedom, Justice, and Love
YouTube video by The Resistance
youtu.be/pLo5BgzXWtc?...
Call Me Antifa – A Patriotic Protest Anthem for Freedom, Justice, and Love
YouTube video by The Resistance
Call Me Antifa – A Patriotic Protest Anthem for Freedom, Justice, and Love
YouTube video by The Resistance
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A good song.
bsky.app/profile/oned...
but don't forget the frogs: Amphifa and #antifa
A line from the song:
"Call me ANTIFA. That’s alright with me." 👊
bsky.app/profile/cape...
bsky.app/profile/oned...
but don't forget the frogs: Amphifa and #antifa
A line from the song:
"Call me ANTIFA. That’s alright with me." 👊
bsky.app/profile/cape...
Wow! In Portland! A city I've visited a few times.
"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
bsky.app/profile/stev...
"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
bsky.app/profile/stev...
"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
October 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Wow! In Portland! A city I've visited a few times.
"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
bsky.app/profile/stev...
"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
bsky.app/profile/stev...
By Anne Applebaum dated 22-Dec-2024 (10 mon. ago) on the Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado.
"...
This is the opposite of populism: Instead of giving people easy solutions, Machado talks about complex problems that won’t be solved for a long time. ..."
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
"...
This is the opposite of populism: Instead of giving people easy solutions, Machado talks about complex problems that won’t be solved for a long time. ..."
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
October 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
By Anne Applebaum dated 22-Dec-2024 (10 mon. ago) on the Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado.
"...
This is the opposite of populism: Instead of giving people easy solutions, Machado talks about complex problems that won’t be solved for a long time. ..."
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
"...
This is the opposite of populism: Instead of giving people easy solutions, Machado talks about complex problems that won’t be solved for a long time. ..."
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
"In 1973, an Air Force nuclear-missile officer named Harold Hering asked a simple question ... “How can I know that an order I receive to launch my missiles came from a sane president?” The question cost him his career. ... How many officers left the room asking themselves Major Hering’s question?"
October 12, 2025 at 5:21 AM
"In 1973, an Air Force nuclear-missile officer named Harold Hering asked a simple question ... “How can I know that an order I receive to launch my missiles came from a sane president?” The question cost him his career. ... How many officers left the room asking themselves Major Hering’s question?"
Interesting perspective from Glenn Kischner (@glennkirschner.bsky.social) (with Daneille Moodie @daniellemoodie.bsky.social). The defense is planning 4 motions for dismissal; Glenn is optimistic. Great line was "Justice is a team sport...", so get in the game!
bsky.app/profile/terp...
bsky.app/profile/terp...
October 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Interesting perspective from Glenn Kischner (@glennkirschner.bsky.social) (with Daneille Moodie @daniellemoodie.bsky.social). The defense is planning 4 motions for dismissal; Glenn is optimistic. Great line was "Justice is a team sport...", so get in the game!
bsky.app/profile/terp...
bsky.app/profile/terp...
Release the Epstein files. According to Rep. Eric Swalwell (x.com/RepSwalwell/...) the end is near. I read the Hill article (thehill.com/homenews/hou...) here (and others). I remain leery, but optimistic. See: bsky.app/profile/miss... and bsky.app/profile/shep... and bsky.app/profile/dhar....
October 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Release the Epstein files. According to Rep. Eric Swalwell (x.com/RepSwalwell/...) the end is near. I read the Hill article (thehill.com/homenews/hou...) here (and others). I remain leery, but optimistic. See: bsky.app/profile/miss... and bsky.app/profile/shep... and bsky.app/profile/dhar....
I'm old enough to remember when this Vietnam photo was taken. There are several iconic Vietname-era photos and this is certainly one of them. I hope Ashlee Rezin is remembered for this photo from this era as well.
Thank you Craig ( @craigreynolds.bsky.social ).
bsky.app/profile/crai...
Thank you Craig ( @craigreynolds.bsky.social ).
bsky.app/profile/crai...
October 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I'm old enough to remember when this Vietnam photo was taken. There are several iconic Vietname-era photos and this is certainly one of them. I hope Ashlee Rezin is remembered for this photo from this era as well.
Thank you Craig ( @craigreynolds.bsky.social ).
bsky.app/profile/crai...
Thank you Craig ( @craigreynolds.bsky.social ).
bsky.app/profile/crai...
@ioponomarenko.bsky.social
Thanks @stevevanprooyen for the archive link: archive.ph/2025.09.27-1... "Why Ukraine is winning the war" by Yuval Noah Harari
"...
[But] the Ukrainian victory is already [irreversible] ... [Putin has failed to achieve] the destruction of the Ukrainian nation.
..."
Thanks @stevevanprooyen for the archive link: archive.ph/2025.09.27-1... "Why Ukraine is winning the war" by Yuval Noah Harari
"...
[But] the Ukrainian victory is already [irreversible] ... [Putin has failed to achieve] the destruction of the Ukrainian nation.
..."
archive.ph
October 8, 2025 at 5:23 AM
@ioponomarenko.bsky.social
Thanks @stevevanprooyen for the archive link: archive.ph/2025.09.27-1... "Why Ukraine is winning the war" by Yuval Noah Harari
"...
[But] the Ukrainian victory is already [irreversible] ... [Putin has failed to achieve] the destruction of the Ukrainian nation.
..."
Thanks @stevevanprooyen for the archive link: archive.ph/2025.09.27-1... "Why Ukraine is winning the war" by Yuval Noah Harari
"...
[But] the Ukrainian victory is already [irreversible] ... [Putin has failed to achieve] the destruction of the Ukrainian nation.
..."
I read, and enjoyed, "Downbelow Station" by Cherryh many years ago. I didn't immediately identify this alleged plagiarization, but Snopes says this is not correct. www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...
So, @gtconway.bsky.social should take this post down or post a retraction.
bsky.app/profile/gtco...
So, @gtconway.bsky.social should take this post down or post a retraction.
bsky.app/profile/gtco...
October 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I read, and enjoyed, "Downbelow Station" by Cherryh many years ago. I didn't immediately identify this alleged plagiarization, but Snopes says this is not correct. www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...
So, @gtconway.bsky.social should take this post down or post a retraction.
bsky.app/profile/gtco...
So, @gtconway.bsky.social should take this post down or post a retraction.
bsky.app/profile/gtco...
For the shopskeeper with "HOPE" on their door.
"Hope, as we have heard, is not a strategy.
*But*, hope is absolutely crucial for success. We must and will succeed for ourselves, America, and the world.
So, thank you."
"Hope, as we have heard, is not a strategy.
*But*, hope is absolutely crucial for success. We must and will succeed for ourselves, America, and the world.
So, thank you."
October 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
For the shopskeeper with "HOPE" on their door.
"Hope, as we have heard, is not a strategy.
*But*, hope is absolutely crucial for success. We must and will succeed for ourselves, America, and the world.
So, thank you."
"Hope, as we have heard, is not a strategy.
*But*, hope is absolutely crucial for success. We must and will succeed for ourselves, America, and the world.
So, thank you."
Another excellent post from "Pru Pru" liberalisheverythingleftunsaid.substack.com/p/get-your-g...
"...
It means: no more waiting for someone else.
No more “they should do something.”
You are “they.”
...
So I say this with all the love in my heart: PIVOT. It’s time.
Get. Your. Game. Face. On.
..."
"...
It means: no more waiting for someone else.
No more “they should do something.”
You are “they.”
...
So I say this with all the love in my heart: PIVOT. It’s time.
Get. Your. Game. Face. On.
..."
Get Your Game Face ON: This is the Part Where You MUST RISE
A Rally Cry for The Weary
liberalisheverythingleftunsaid.substack.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Another excellent post from "Pru Pru" liberalisheverythingleftunsaid.substack.com/p/get-your-g...
"...
It means: no more waiting for someone else.
No more “they should do something.”
You are “they.”
...
So I say this with all the love in my heart: PIVOT. It’s time.
Get. Your. Game. Face. On.
..."
"...
It means: no more waiting for someone else.
No more “they should do something.”
You are “they.”
...
So I say this with all the love in my heart: PIVOT. It’s time.
Get. Your. Game. Face. On.
..."
Waj ( @wajali.bsky.social ) & Danielle Moodie ( @daniellemoodie.bsky.social ) are on fire in "Weaponizing Justice: The Crisis of Accountability and America’s Political Crossroads" thelefthook.substack.com/p/weaponizin...
Worth watching, even though it is long.
Worth watching, even though it is long.
Weaponizing Justice: The Crisis of Accountability and America’s Political Crossroads
Indicting Comey while pardoning insurrectionists, declaring war on ANTIFA but coddling white supremacists: the dangerous rise of MAGA is due to our nation's failure of accountability
thelefthook.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Waj ( @wajali.bsky.social ) & Danielle Moodie ( @daniellemoodie.bsky.social ) are on fire in "Weaponizing Justice: The Crisis of Accountability and America’s Political Crossroads" thelefthook.substack.com/p/weaponizin...
Worth watching, even though it is long.
Worth watching, even though it is long.
A lot of concrete details about polling and elections and hopium and Sinclair/ABC/Disney[1] in this Breakdown by "Mueller, She Wrote" Allison Gill with Simon Rosenberg.
bsky.app/profile/germ...
[1] www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/s...
bsky.app/profile/germ...
[1] www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/s...
September 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A lot of concrete details about polling and elections and hopium and Sinclair/ABC/Disney[1] in this Breakdown by "Mueller, She Wrote" Allison Gill with Simon Rosenberg.
bsky.app/profile/germ...
[1] www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/s...
bsky.app/profile/germ...
[1] www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/s...
Quote from therickwilson.substack.com/p/mickey-to-...
"“This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this.”
Those were the words of one Jimmy Kimmel last night..."
I agree; see bsky.app/profile/caro... for link to opening.
"“This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this.”
Those were the words of one Jimmy Kimmel last night..."
I agree; see bsky.app/profile/caro... for link to opening.
September 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Quote from therickwilson.substack.com/p/mickey-to-...
"“This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this.”
Those were the words of one Jimmy Kimmel last night..."
I agree; see bsky.app/profile/caro... for link to opening.
"“This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this.”
Those were the words of one Jimmy Kimmel last night..."
I agree; see bsky.app/profile/caro... for link to opening.
Accountability is key. It is really what we need from Democrats.
On this subject, see from about 45:40 (2740 seconds) in this video podcast with Waj and Katie: katiephang.substack.com/p/the-glorio...
On this subject, see from about 45:40 (2740 seconds) in this video podcast with Waj and Katie: katiephang.substack.com/p/the-glorio...
The Glorious Corruption of the Dumbest, Most Reckless Administration On Earth with Katie Phang
When two brown people unite, look out world!
substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Accountability is key. It is really what we need from Democrats.
On this subject, see from about 45:40 (2740 seconds) in this video podcast with Waj and Katie: katiephang.substack.com/p/the-glorio...
On this subject, see from about 45:40 (2740 seconds) in this video podcast with Waj and Katie: katiephang.substack.com/p/the-glorio...
From Alexandra Petri (bsky.app/profile/petr...):
"...
Silence will certainly save us. Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away. I have this guidance straight from Secretary Kennedy.
..."
bsky.app/profile/petr...
"...
Silence will certainly save us. Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away. I have this guidance straight from Secretary Kennedy.
..."
bsky.app/profile/petr...
September 23, 2025 at 5:06 AM
From Alexandra Petri (bsky.app/profile/petr...):
"...
Silence will certainly save us. Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away. I have this guidance straight from Secretary Kennedy.
..."
bsky.app/profile/petr...
"...
Silence will certainly save us. Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away. I have this guidance straight from Secretary Kennedy.
..."
bsky.app/profile/petr...
Mary Trump makes this point well in "This Is NOT How It's Done" in www.marytrump.org/p/this-is-no... . Check it out.
"... it really does sound like Schumer is once again inclined to squander ...—by making common cause with the fascists..."
Also, she includes: Bash & Schumer bsky.app/profile/rura...
"... it really does sound like Schumer is once again inclined to squander ...—by making common cause with the fascists..."
Also, she includes: Bash & Schumer bsky.app/profile/rura...
September 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Mary Trump makes this point well in "This Is NOT How It's Done" in www.marytrump.org/p/this-is-no... . Check it out.
"... it really does sound like Schumer is once again inclined to squander ...—by making common cause with the fascists..."
Also, she includes: Bash & Schumer bsky.app/profile/rura...
"... it really does sound like Schumer is once again inclined to squander ...—by making common cause with the fascists..."
Also, she includes: Bash & Schumer bsky.app/profile/rura...
A really good "Talking Feds" post by Harry Litman: "Donald Trump in the 9th Circle of Hell"
bsky.app/profile/harr...
"Forcing a prosecutor [e.g Siebert] to stand in court and allege charges he ... knows cannot be proven is the gravest assault on justice imaginable, not to mention the Kafkaesque ..."
bsky.app/profile/harr...
"Forcing a prosecutor [e.g Siebert] to stand in court and allege charges he ... knows cannot be proven is the gravest assault on justice imaginable, not to mention the Kafkaesque ..."
“Free speech is ultimately instrumental. It ensures accountability, fosters wisdom, protects against civil violence, and more; in essence, it underwrites every other liberty.”
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
Donald Trump in the 9th Circle of Hell
His two huge betrayals of the Constitution
open.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A really good "Talking Feds" post by Harry Litman: "Donald Trump in the 9th Circle of Hell"
bsky.app/profile/harr...
"Forcing a prosecutor [e.g Siebert] to stand in court and allege charges he ... knows cannot be proven is the gravest assault on justice imaginable, not to mention the Kafkaesque ..."
bsky.app/profile/harr...
"Forcing a prosecutor [e.g Siebert] to stand in court and allege charges he ... knows cannot be proven is the gravest assault on justice imaginable, not to mention the Kafkaesque ..."
From Sarah Jones in www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/pastor-rej... (I didn't see the whole post):
...
“How dare you compare him to MLK?,” Pastor Jamal Bryant said, rejecting the efforts to make Charlie Kirk into Martin Luther King, Jr. after his horrific assassination.
...
...
“How dare you compare him to MLK?,” Pastor Jamal Bryant said, rejecting the efforts to make Charlie Kirk into Martin Luther King, Jr. after his horrific assassination.
...
Pastor Rejects Comparison Of Charlie Kirk To Civil Rights Icon: 'How dare you compare him to MLK?'
'How dare you compare him to MLK?,' Pastor Jamal Bryant said, rejecting the efforts o make Charlie Kirk into MLK, Jr. after his tragic assassination.
www.thedailypoliticususa.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
From Sarah Jones in www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/pastor-rej... (I didn't see the whole post):
...
“How dare you compare him to MLK?,” Pastor Jamal Bryant said, rejecting the efforts to make Charlie Kirk into Martin Luther King, Jr. after his horrific assassination.
...
...
“How dare you compare him to MLK?,” Pastor Jamal Bryant said, rejecting the efforts to make Charlie Kirk into Martin Luther King, Jr. after his horrific assassination.
...