Nels
@gonelsgo.bsky.social
Fam. Gardens books beers. Progressive politics. He/him.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
Eating after a colonoscopy feels like walking on a just-mopped floor: I know I have to, but it’s so clean!
October 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Eating after a colonoscopy feels like walking on a just-mopped floor: I know I have to, but it’s so clean!
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IF YOU'RE IN LINE TO PISS ON STROM THURMOND'S GRAVE, STAY IN LINE
April 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
IF YOU'RE IN LINE TO PISS ON STROM THURMOND'S GRAVE, STAY IN LINE
There is an incredibly long and growing list of eventual graves I want to piss on.
March 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
There is an incredibly long and growing list of eventual graves I want to piss on.
@durbin.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov if you’re a leader, even if you think you’re going to lose, you have to fight so the people you’re leading see you fight. No on cloture. No on the CR.
March 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
@durbin.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov if you’re a leader, even if you think you’re going to lose, you have to fight so the people you’re leading see you fight. No on cloture. No on the CR.
I hope you suffer an incurable, fiery genital rash for the rest of your days, you traitorous bag of dried turds. You are a less than worthless thing. Total appeasing garbage.
We need to prioritize the economy and lower grocery prices. I am committed to bipartisan solutions at the border but require GOP cooperation. Additionally, it is crucial that we support our allies and not appease our adversaries.
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Rep. Tom Suozzi, Inside City Hall, 3/4/25
YouTube video by Rep. Tom Suozzi
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March 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I hope you suffer an incurable, fiery genital rash for the rest of your days, you traitorous bag of dried turds. You are a less than worthless thing. Total appeasing garbage.
The Dem party is not for us, not for the people. They are center-right at best.
We looked through tax returns and corporate political disclosures to find some recent funders of Third Way, the dark money group pushing Democrats to reject progressives—latest @sludge.bsky.social:
Think Tank Funded by Elites and Corporations Tells Democrats to Drop Small Donors
In a five-page memo on how to connect with the working class, Third Way says the Democrats should move away from small-dollar donors.
readsludge.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Dem party is not for us, not for the people. They are center-right at best.
Louise Glück, from “October,” in Averno.
February 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Louise Glück, from “October,” in Averno.
“And then we are going to share some fun recipes for Super Bowl Sunday, and after that, I might take a nap.”
Schumer: "Today Leader Jeffries and I are joining together to push legislation to prevent unlawful meddling in the Treasury Department's payment systems and protect Americans across the country ... we call our legislation, 'stop the steal'"
February 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“And then we are going to share some fun recipes for Super Bowl Sunday, and after that, I might take a nap.”
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
When it’s -2F in the morning, the only blooms are inside. 🌱 #zone5b #illinoisgardening #midwesterngardening #damnitiscold
January 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
When it’s -2F in the morning, the only blooms are inside. 🌱 #zone5b #illinoisgardening #midwesterngardening #damnitiscold
It’ll be some time before I need you again, gardenhat. This is just about the only sunshine you’ll see. 🌱
January 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It’ll be some time before I need you again, gardenhat. This is just about the only sunshine you’ll see. 🌱
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57937/...
“with nobody listening we are saying thank you
thank you we are saying and waving
dark though it is”
💙 📚 #poetry #wsmerwin
“with nobody listening we are saying thank you
thank you we are saying and waving
dark though it is”
💙 📚 #poetry #wsmerwin
Thanks
Listen with the night falling we are saying thank you we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings we are running out of the glass rooms with our mouths full of food to look at the sky and ...
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 28, 2024 at 3:18 AM
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57937/...
“with nobody listening we are saying thank you
thank you we are saying and waving
dark though it is”
💙 📚 #poetry #wsmerwin
“with nobody listening we are saying thank you
thank you we are saying and waving
dark though it is”
💙 📚 #poetry #wsmerwin
Chuck Schumer sends the Dems to the locker room with time on the clock.
Senate Democrats drop 4 appeals court picks so they can confirm 12 judges
Senate Democrats drop 4 appeals court picks so they can confirm 12 judges
November 22, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Chuck Schumer sends the Dems to the locker room with time on the clock.
Senate Democrats drop 4 appeals court picks so they can confirm 12 judges
Senate Democrats drop 4 appeals court picks so they can confirm 12 judges
November 19, 2024 at 2:04 AM
I was lucky enough to take a few classes with Reginald Shepherd when he taught at Northern Illinois University. Man, he was good. Anyway, I’m glad for this book.
"You could wake up and go to the internet and see a beautiful new essay about poetry from Reginald Shepherd, which always included names of poets you never heard of. And because you had never heard of them, you could look them up." I did. southernspaces.org/2024/poetics...
The Poetics of Rescue and Resilience: A Conversation with Jericho Brown on The Selected Shepherd
In this extensive conversation (with audio excerpts), Southern Spaces “Queer Intersections” series editor Eric Solomon talks with acclaimed poet Jericho Brown about his editing of The Selected Shepher...
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November 18, 2024 at 4:24 PM
I was lucky enough to take a few classes with Reginald Shepherd when he taught at Northern Illinois University. Man, he was good. Anyway, I’m glad for this book.
"Then you hold life like a face…”
November 18, 2024 at 3:41 PM
"Then you hold life like a face…”
94 allium bulbs planted, leaves collected into the bin to make leaf mold…November gardening in zone 5b 🌱🍂 #illinoisgardening #zone5b
November 15, 2024 at 11:46 PM
94 allium bulbs planted, leaves collected into the bin to make leaf mold…November gardening in zone 5b 🌱🍂 #illinoisgardening #zone5b
I live in the stupidest country, at its stupidest time.
November 14, 2024 at 11:41 PM
I live in the stupidest country, at its stupidest time.