I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife
@heptaglemious.bsky.social
Engineer. Recovering Xitter user.
Old enough to remember elections where there was hope for change.
Posts may contain traces of withering scorn.
Slava Ukraini!
Old enough to remember elections where there was hope for change.
Posts may contain traces of withering scorn.
Slava Ukraini!
And remember, even before this new map, Texas was one of the most gerrymandered states. An R+7 map was not foot enough for them.
Wow! The Supreme Court basically just said, if you want to do racial gerrymandering, have at it.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
And remember, even before this new map, Texas was one of the most gerrymandered states. An R+7 map was not foot enough for them.
SCOTUS would strike it down as unconstitutional - states regulate the time, place and manner of elections. And it’s not just gerrymandering, either. States like Georgia already make it far harder to vote if you are in a D+ district. Fewer polling places, longer lines.
a lot of people have elaborate ideas about how house districting could be reformed, up to and including proportional representation, but it would be interesting to see the fallout if congress just passed a very short law saying that partisan gerrymanders are illegal
December 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
SCOTUS would strike it down as unconstitutional - states regulate the time, place and manner of elections. And it’s not just gerrymandering, either. States like Georgia already make it far harder to vote if you are in a D+ district. Fewer polling places, longer lines.
Imagine if Biden had told Bolsonaro to resign or be invaded.
Yes, it’s hard to imagine anything that insane. Trump did it to Maduro? Crickets.
When the revolution comes, the editorial boards of every major news outlet are going to need to be pilloried.
Yes, it’s hard to imagine anything that insane. Trump did it to Maduro? Crickets.
When the revolution comes, the editorial boards of every major news outlet are going to need to be pilloried.
December 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Imagine if Biden had told Bolsonaro to resign or be invaded.
Yes, it’s hard to imagine anything that insane. Trump did it to Maduro? Crickets.
When the revolution comes, the editorial boards of every major news outlet are going to need to be pilloried.
Yes, it’s hard to imagine anything that insane. Trump did it to Maduro? Crickets.
When the revolution comes, the editorial boards of every major news outlet are going to need to be pilloried.
Fair. Also, racism is far from the most important of the dozens of reasons Farage should not be trusted with any kind of power.
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Fair. Also, racism is far from the most important of the dozens of reasons Farage should not be trusted with any kind of power.
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If only there were some way of knowing if the Trump regime is deliberately trying to kill people for the crime of Breathing While Brown.
ICE detention centers are being investigated for overcrowding, denial of adequate food & water, sexual assault, abuse of the elderly, & of the sick, of pregnant women....
Is Trump deliberately running torture/extermination camps?
Is Trump deliberately running torture/extermination camps?
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If only there were some way of knowing if the Trump regime is deliberately trying to kill people for the crime of Breathing While Brown.
NEW Tim Traveller! With EXCITING NEWS!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkSY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkSY...
The Paris Metro's Private Collection Will FINALLY Open To The Public (But First, It Needs To Move)
YouTube video by The Tim Traveller
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December 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
NEW Tim Traveller! With EXCITING NEWS!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkSY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkSY...
All the press should send one pool rep to any White House conference, and other than that, never set foot inside the place.
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
All the press should send one pool rep to any White House conference, and other than that, never set foot inside the place.
Freeze peach culture at its finest. She demands the amplification of her lies about vaccines, but rejects the right of others to challenge her.
Over at X, the hellsite formerly known as Twitter, I’ve been dealing with legal threats of defamation suits for describing a woman who says she’s vaccine injured as an antivaxxer. She tracked down my cell number and home address and then started threatening. Very stalkery, IMHO. Also exhausting.
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Freeze peach culture at its finest. She demands the amplification of her lies about vaccines, but rejects the right of others to challenge her.
Imagine being grateful for more people going hungry to save you a fraction of a cent on the dollar in tax.
Rollins: Joe Biden increased food stamp program funding by 40%. Now… we continue to roll that back… Just gratitude and joy for this work. So, so grateful to you.
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Imagine being grateful for more people going hungry to save you a fraction of a cent on the dollar in tax.
War on women? You mean by increasing discrimination, boosting religious misogyny, and undermining healthcare and autonomy?
Oh, wait, no. You mean by allowing trans people to exist.
Oh, wait, no. You mean by allowing trans people to exist.
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
War on women? You mean by increasing discrimination, boosting religious misogyny, and undermining healthcare and autonomy?
Oh, wait, no. You mean by allowing trans people to exist.
Oh, wait, no. You mean by allowing trans people to exist.
Barack Obama surprises plane full of veterans arriving in Washington
YouTube video by The Independent
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I am no strategic genius, but it feels as if throwing military under the bus for following your illegal orders right before you plan to give a load more illegal orders is probably not a shrewd move.
As you read about service members' response to being underbussed by Pete Hegseth, consider how this will play as Trump tries to start an illegal war with Venezuela.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I am no strategic genius, but it feels as if throwing military under the bus for following your illegal orders right before you plan to give a load more illegal orders is probably not a shrewd move.
The stupid lazy racist thuggery of arresting harmless people during immigration hearings is one thing.
But this? This is the kind of thing we used to protest when corrupt military dictators did it. Ten hors shackled on a plane to a country you’ve never seen.
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
But this? This is the kind of thing we used to protest when corrupt military dictators did it. Ten hors shackled on a plane to a country you’ve never seen.
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The stupid lazy racist thuggery of arresting harmless people during immigration hearings is one thing.
But this? This is the kind of thing we used to protest when corrupt military dictators did it. Ten hors shackled on a plane to a country you’ve never seen.
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
But this? This is the kind of thing we used to protest when corrupt military dictators did it. Ten hors shackled on a plane to a country you’ve never seen.
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
This professor has been placed on administrative leave because Karen thinks that you should be able to assert Biblical Truth(TM) - as interpreted by the misogynist Christian Nationalist right - in a scientific field.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This professor has been placed on administrative leave because Karen thinks that you should be able to assert Biblical Truth(TM) - as interpreted by the misogynist Christian Nationalist right - in a scientific field.
Fascinating talk on the US development of helmets, featuring a real character : Bashford Dean, zoologist and armour expert. Oh, also, cute doggo. youtu.be/lMV22n87_Zk?...
The First American Helmet – The M1917 Trench Helmet
YouTube video by David Willey
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Fascinating talk on the US development of helmets, featuring a real character : Bashford Dean, zoologist and armour expert. Oh, also, cute doggo. youtu.be/lMV22n87_Zk?...
Our long national nightmare is over. Once again the President of the United States can use traditional American schoolyard insults against his vastly more intelligent (and less senile) opponents.
The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Our long national nightmare is over. Once again the President of the United States can use traditional American schoolyard insults against his vastly more intelligent (and less senile) opponents.
Makes sense. Christian prayer is the only response they allow to shootings.
Other countries try things like gun laws. And don’t have the shooting problem.
Other countries try things like gun laws. And don’t have the shooting problem.
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Makes sense. Christian prayer is the only response they allow to shootings.
Other countries try things like gun laws. And don’t have the shooting problem.
Other countries try things like gun laws. And don’t have the shooting problem.
Remember, folks, every accusation is a confession with this guy.
Trump claims “any document” signed by Joe Biden is “hereby terminated.”
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Remember, folks, every accusation is a confession with this guy.
OK, this is very clever. youtu.be/BckzvQn57ZI?...
A Conversation in Medieval English | LONDON 1399
YouTube video by LetThemTalkTV
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
OK, this is very clever. youtu.be/BckzvQn57ZI?...
I’m sorry, but “FBI Director Kash Patel” brings me up short every time.
Of all the unserious people in serious jobs, this and Pam Bondi are, IMO, the worst.
Of all the unserious people in serious jobs, this and Pam Bondi are, IMO, the worst.
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I’m sorry, but “FBI Director Kash Patel” brings me up short every time.
Of all the unserious people in serious jobs, this and Pam Bondi are, IMO, the worst.
Of all the unserious people in serious jobs, this and Pam Bondi are, IMO, the worst.
When you can’t afford DropBox because you are disbarred and broke, so you use ECMF instead.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/60672...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/60672...
Kelly v. Disciplinary Counsel Patricia B. Swartz, 1:21-cv-01490 - CourtListener.com
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November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
When you can’t afford DropBox because you are disbarred and broke, so you use ECMF instead.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/60672...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/60672...
Oh yeah, Allison is easily distracted.
In the same way that a terrier is easily distracted from a cornered rat.
In the same way that a terrier is easily distracted from a cornered rat.
Guys. Please stop dropping into my replies on any post that doesn't mention Epstein and accuse me of being distracted. Once you have more lawsuits filed to release the files than I do, we can talk. Until then, I can hold more than one thought in my head. Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Oh yeah, Allison is easily distracted.
In the same way that a terrier is easily distracted from a cornered rat.
In the same way that a terrier is easily distracted from a cornered rat.