CursingPoet
@thecursingpoet.bsky.social
Profession: Cursing
Avocation: Poetry and Prose
Other: Velocipedist, ridge walker, sometime angler
Offering: Public notebook, attempting spontaneous poetry
Forays into prose, history, society, philosophy
Photos, poems mostly mine
Promo good work of others
Avocation: Poetry and Prose
Other: Velocipedist, ridge walker, sometime angler
Offering: Public notebook, attempting spontaneous poetry
Forays into prose, history, society, philosophy
Photos, poems mostly mine
Promo good work of others
"Bushby said he has learned a lot over the past nearly three decades, but one thing stands out: “99.99 percent of the people I’ve met have been the very best in humanity,” he said. “The world is a much kinder, nicer place than it often seems.”
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MSN
www.msn.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"Bushby said he has learned a lot over the past nearly three decades, but one thing stands out: “99.99 percent of the people I’ve met have been the very best in humanity,” he said. “The world is a much kinder, nicer place than it often seems.”
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www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
People in Britain who think they are governed by fools should take a closer look at . .Putin. . ruining his country. His war of choice in Ukraine is an economic, financial, geopolitical and human calamity . . Donald Trump, another . .menace offered him a lifeline
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Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall | Simon Tisdall
The war against Ukraine has hit ordinary Russians hard, and the deteriorating situation is likely to inflame tensions, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
People in Britain who think they are governed by fools should take a closer look at . .Putin. . ruining his country. His war of choice in Ukraine is an economic, financial, geopolitical and human calamity . . Donald Trump, another . .menace offered him a lifeline
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I am begging athletes who win a big game to understand that God has no interest in sports and did not have any influence one way or another over your victory.
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I am begging athletes who win a big game to understand that God has no interest in sports and did not have any influence one way or another over your victory.
While everybody is upset about Trump's peace medal and all the trolling, Trump will depart, sooner than later. The real, long term danger is people like Peter Thiel, Joe Lonsdale, Alexander Karp-all Palantir data thieves, spies and Techno fascists-and those other suspects, Zuckerberg, Bezos and Co.
December 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
While everybody is upset about Trump's peace medal and all the trolling, Trump will depart, sooner than later. The real, long term danger is people like Peter Thiel, Joe Lonsdale, Alexander Karp-all Palantir data thieves, spies and Techno fascists-and those other suspects, Zuckerberg, Bezos and Co.
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Just imagine standing in that court with that child—baby, really—and listening to his little voice and having to pretend that something lawful and reasonable is going on. It requires you to fully break with reality.
When I worked in immigration law this wasn’t as common as it is now, but it happened, and it made everyone in the room so desperately uncomfortable, the way you are when you are confronted with your own bald-faced lie that you have to keep up. This is from 2016.
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Just imagine standing in that court with that child—baby, really—and listening to his little voice and having to pretend that something lawful and reasonable is going on. It requires you to fully break with reality.
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
For the busy, a summary:
1. Be nicest to Russia
2. Be nicer to China
3. Screw Europe and NATO
4. Shoot missiles first, ask questions later.
5. Due Process, what's that?
6. Murder, what murder?
7. Hello South America. Yanqui gunboat diplomacy is back.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
1. Be nicest to Russia
2. Be nicer to China
3. Screw Europe and NATO
4. Shoot missiles first, ask questions later.
5. Due Process, what's that?
6. Murder, what murder?
7. Hello South America. Yanqui gunboat diplomacy is back.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Hegseth declares end of US 'utopian idealism' with new military strategy
The Defense secretary, speaking at the Reagan Defense Forum, outlined defense priorities that focus on the Western Hemisphere and reevaluate the U.S. relationship with Europe.
www.politico.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
For the busy, a summary:
1. Be nicest to Russia
2. Be nicer to China
3. Screw Europe and NATO
4. Shoot missiles first, ask questions later.
5. Due Process, what's that?
6. Murder, what murder?
7. Hello South America. Yanqui gunboat diplomacy is back.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
1. Be nicest to Russia
2. Be nicer to China
3. Screw Europe and NATO
4. Shoot missiles first, ask questions later.
5. Due Process, what's that?
6. Murder, what murder?
7. Hello South America. Yanqui gunboat diplomacy is back.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Specifically, Trump security strategy is a for-profit venture for himself first, his family second, his flunkies and anybody who bribes him or throws a big show in his honor, third. Average U.S. citizens will get the bill.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Specifically, Trump security strategy is a for-profit venture for himself first, his family second, his flunkies and anybody who bribes him or throws a big show in his honor, third. Average U.S. citizens will get the bill.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Battlefield Picture Worsening for Ukraine as Trump Pushes Peace Plan
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Trump admin wants to create more targets for whom it already has home and employment addresses and contact information by canceling naturalization ceremonies. Easier to find people to beat up and throw in prison camps that way.
Including members of the military.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/u...
Including members of the military.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/u...
One Step From Citizenship, Some Find It Eludes Their Grasp
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Trump admin wants to create more targets for whom it already has home and employment addresses and contact information by canceling naturalization ceremonies. Easier to find people to beat up and throw in prison camps that way.
Including members of the military.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/u...
Including members of the military.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/u...
Just a reminder that the main source of political violence in the United States, for decades, has been the Right Wing.
It's strange to keep having to remind people of actual facts, but here we are.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
It's strange to keep having to remind people of actual facts, but here we are.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Pipe bomb suspect said he believed 2020 election was stolen, was supportive of Trump
The FBI has spent years searching for the person who put bombs near the Democratic and Republican committee headquarters, hours before the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
www.npr.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Just a reminder that the main source of political violence in the United States, for decades, has been the Right Wing.
It's strange to keep having to remind people of actual facts, but here we are.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
It's strange to keep having to remind people of actual facts, but here we are.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
MacDonald's will soon announce their ceremony to award Donald Trump the Lifetime BigMac Trophy, for the person consuming the most BigMacs in a single lifespan.
December 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
MacDonald's will soon announce their ceremony to award Donald Trump the Lifetime BigMac Trophy, for the person consuming the most BigMacs in a single lifespan.
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This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
So the American Southwest is in long-term, and permanent drought interrupted every once in a while by a rainy year, and the two biggest AZ reservoirs on the Colorado, Mead and Powell are a third full or less. Chip fabs take a whole lot of water-plus their workers
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
18,000 Reasons It’s So Hard to Build a Chip Factory in America
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
So the American Southwest is in long-term, and permanent drought interrupted every once in a while by a rainy year, and the two biggest AZ reservoirs on the Colorado, Mead and Powell are a third full or less. Chip fabs take a whole lot of water-plus their workers
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
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Holding ourselves to account over the boat strike isn’t about the traffickers or the boat… it’s about us
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December 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Holding ourselves to account over the boat strike isn’t about the traffickers or the boat… it’s about us
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Two headlines-
"Alex Karp says Palantir is 'highly ethical' but doesn't need you to believe him"
www.businessinsider.com/palantirs-ce...
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
"Alex Karp says Palantir is 'highly ethical' but doesn't need you to believe him"
www.businessinsider.com/palantirs-ce...
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Two headlines-
"Alex Karp says Palantir is 'highly ethical' but doesn't need you to believe him"
www.businessinsider.com/palantirs-ce...
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
"Alex Karp says Palantir is 'highly ethical' but doesn't need you to believe him"
www.businessinsider.com/palantirs-ce...
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
It's fundamental to the rule of law that top law enforcement officials not be liars--
"Attorney General Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, did not offer a motive, and falsely accused the Biden administration of allowing the investigation to languish"
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
"Attorney General Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, did not offer a motive, and falsely accused the Biden administration of allowing the investigation to languish"
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It's fundamental to the rule of law that top law enforcement officials not be liars--
"Attorney General Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, did not offer a motive, and falsely accused the Biden administration of allowing the investigation to languish"
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
"Attorney General Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, did not offer a motive, and falsely accused the Biden administration of allowing the investigation to languish"
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Two headlines-
"Alex Karp says Palantir is 'highly ethical' but doesn't need you to believe him"
www.businessinsider.com/palantirs-ce...
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
"Alex Karp says Palantir is 'highly ethical' but doesn't need you to believe him"
www.businessinsider.com/palantirs-ce...
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Two headlines-
"Alex Karp says Palantir is 'highly ethical' but doesn't need you to believe him"
www.businessinsider.com/palantirs-ce...
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
"Alex Karp says Palantir is 'highly ethical' but doesn't need you to believe him"
www.businessinsider.com/palantirs-ce...
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
Oh, I think the raccoon just spent part of the evening watching the day's news, and this was just the natural response-
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Rowdy raccoon raids Virginia liquor store, passes out drunk – DW – 12/03/2025
A raccoon fell through a collapsed ceiling tile and found more than he bargained for inside the US liquor store. After a surprise night on the sauce, the plastered procyonid passed out in the bathroom...
www.dw.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Oh, I think the raccoon just spent part of the evening watching the day's news, and this was just the natural response-
www.dw.com/en/rowdy-rac...
www.dw.com/en/rowdy-rac...
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The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/02/w...
When Americans migrate from violent states, the risk of future violence follows them - Berkeley News
The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley.
news.berkeley.edu
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/02/w...
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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AOC: This is how our healthcare system got deregulated. People talking about Americans should have the personal choice of getting totally fleeced by insurance companies.
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
AOC: This is how our healthcare system got deregulated. People talking about Americans should have the personal choice of getting totally fleeced by insurance companies.
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.