Jeff Norman
@jeff2ffs.bsky.social
Don't need no fascist groove thang, likes books and movies and cats and records and weird words and curious facts and also cats and did I mention cats?
It's the Billionaires, Stupid
Well worth reading in full. Until and unless we acknowledge the deeply fundamental flaws of our nation, we will be unable to overcome those flaws.
And ending our grotesque deference to elites is where we start.
Well worth reading in full. Until and unless we acknowledge the deeply fundamental flaws of our nation, we will be unable to overcome those flaws.
And ending our grotesque deference to elites is where we start.
It's the Billionaires, Stupid
The faultline for Dems in the run to 2028 will be attitudes toward elites
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM
It's the Billionaires, Stupid
Well worth reading in full. Until and unless we acknowledge the deeply fundamental flaws of our nation, we will be unable to overcome those flaws.
And ending our grotesque deference to elites is where we start.
Well worth reading in full. Until and unless we acknowledge the deeply fundamental flaws of our nation, we will be unable to overcome those flaws.
And ending our grotesque deference to elites is where we start.
Reposted by Jeff Norman
Have you noticed this? I have.
"The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to his utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade."
That's @sulliview.bsky.social at her site.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dear-media...
"The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to his utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade."
That's @sulliview.bsky.social at her site.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dear-media...
Dear media, stop acting like Trump means what he says
Whether over "a deal" on Greenland or a "pivot" on ICE, we need far more skepticism
margaretsullivan.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Have you noticed this? I have.
"The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to his utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade."
That's @sulliview.bsky.social at her site.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dear-media...
"The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to his utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade."
That's @sulliview.bsky.social at her site.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dear-media...
Right-wingers in COVID: "Oh no! We cannot close the schools! The poor children will suffer from lack of interpersonal contact! We value our children's education so much!"
Right-wingers now: "Abduct the kids! Teargas 'em! Shoot their parents in the streets!" And force the schools to close.
Right-wingers now: "Abduct the kids! Teargas 'em! Shoot their parents in the streets!" And force the schools to close.
February 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Right-wingers in COVID: "Oh no! We cannot close the schools! The poor children will suffer from lack of interpersonal contact! We value our children's education so much!"
Right-wingers now: "Abduct the kids! Teargas 'em! Shoot their parents in the streets!" And force the schools to close.
Right-wingers now: "Abduct the kids! Teargas 'em! Shoot their parents in the streets!" And force the schools to close.
Censorship can get pretty ridiculous.
I mean, more than once I have seen the actor's name rendered as "D*ck Van D*ke"!
I suppose we're meant to be proper, and instead write "Penis Van Lesbian."
I mean, more than once I have seen the actor's name rendered as "D*ck Van D*ke"!
I suppose we're meant to be proper, and instead write "Penis Van Lesbian."
February 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Censorship can get pretty ridiculous.
I mean, more than once I have seen the actor's name rendered as "D*ck Van D*ke"!
I suppose we're meant to be proper, and instead write "Penis Van Lesbian."
I mean, more than once I have seen the actor's name rendered as "D*ck Van D*ke"!
I suppose we're meant to be proper, and instead write "Penis Van Lesbian."
And, the winner in this year's "Obvious Answer to Question Asked in Headline" competition...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Pro-gun groups quickly rallied for Alex Pretti. Why didn’t they do the same for a Black gun owner?
Philando Castile, a lawful gun owner, was shot and killed by a police officer in 2016 – gun rights groups were largely silent
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
And, the winner in this year's "Obvious Answer to Question Asked in Headline" competition...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
We are on the verge of a serious umbrage shortage. Far too many people taking umbrage...and very few giving it.
February 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
We are on the verge of a serious umbrage shortage. Far too many people taking umbrage...and very few giving it.
It's worth noting that despite continuing to push the ridiculous fiction that he won the 2020 election, Trump publicly acknowledged he had "lost by a whisker" to podcaster Lex Fridman in early September 2024.
Either he's knowingly lying, or he's lost his mind to the extent he now thinks he did win.
Either he's knowingly lying, or he's lost his mind to the extent he now thinks he did win.
February 3, 2026 at 10:34 PM
It's worth noting that despite continuing to push the ridiculous fiction that he won the 2020 election, Trump publicly acknowledged he had "lost by a whisker" to podcaster Lex Fridman in early September 2024.
Either he's knowingly lying, or he's lost his mind to the extent he now thinks he did win.
Either he's knowingly lying, or he's lost his mind to the extent he now thinks he did win.
New Monkey Typing Pool noise out. Read all about it... Mostly covers this time, including songs by the Loud Family, Beatles, Kinks, Television, the Cure, Material Issue, Billie Holiday, the Armoires...
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Monkey Typing Pool Plays the Hits! (or not)
A long time ago in a DAW not at all far away from where I’m sitting (approx. 1 ft.), I put together a collection of cover songs. I’d recorded them over the years for various reasons, ne…
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February 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
New Monkey Typing Pool noise out. Read all about it... Mostly covers this time, including songs by the Loud Family, Beatles, Kinks, Television, the Cure, Material Issue, Billie Holiday, the Armoires...
spanghew.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/m...
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The most charming aspect of "When I'm Sixty-Four" is the much-younger Paul imagining that, at 64, he'd still be likely to out till 2:45 in the morning.
February 3, 2026 at 1:13 AM
The most charming aspect of "When I'm Sixty-Four" is the much-younger Paul imagining that, at 64, he'd still be likely to out till 2:45 in the morning.
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i truly hate how much we are living in a bad script
February 2, 2026 at 1:42 PM
i truly hate how much we are living in a bad script
Damn. I had not thought of Westboro Baptist for a long time...but this guy is 100% correct.
The entire Republican party became the westboro Baptist Church
February 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Damn. I had not thought of Westboro Baptist for a long time...but this guy is 100% correct.
People with too much money and too much paranoia (refs to "communists") are public annoyances.
Why the hell can't this jerk just let people walk along the beach? They're not bothering him in the slightest, nor interfering with his life in any way.
Why the hell can't this jerk just let people walk along the beach? They're not bothering him in the slightest, nor interfering with his life in any way.
Wisconsin man hopes his $313 ticket will reshape Lake Michigan shoreline access
Challenging a $313 trespassing ticket, a local man hopes Wisconsin courts will rethink who can walk along Lake Michigan’s public shoreline.
www.wpr.org
February 1, 2026 at 6:43 PM
People with too much money and too much paranoia (refs to "communists") are public annoyances.
Why the hell can't this jerk just let people walk along the beach? They're not bothering him in the slightest, nor interfering with his life in any way.
Why the hell can't this jerk just let people walk along the beach? They're not bothering him in the slightest, nor interfering with his life in any way.
How ridiculous is it that InCEls are wearing jungle camo in wintry white Minneapolis (or anywhere not a jungle)?
Not only are they cosplayers, they're lame-ass cosplayers who'd be laughed at by actual cosplayers.
Not only are they cosplayers, they're lame-ass cosplayers who'd be laughed at by actual cosplayers.
February 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
How ridiculous is it that InCEls are wearing jungle camo in wintry white Minneapolis (or anywhere not a jungle)?
Not only are they cosplayers, they're lame-ass cosplayers who'd be laughed at by actual cosplayers.
Not only are they cosplayers, they're lame-ass cosplayers who'd be laughed at by actual cosplayers.
This appears to be real...but I keep thinking, nah...it must be a prank.
February 1, 2026 at 2:49 AM
This appears to be real...but I keep thinking, nah...it must be a prank.
Not IN THE LEAST blaming Alex Pretti but...anytime the ammosexuals start going on about how "good guys with guns" can open-carry and no one should have a problem with them...these same right-wingers' reaction to his legally carrying should utterly discredit them.
January 31, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Not IN THE LEAST blaming Alex Pretti but...anytime the ammosexuals start going on about how "good guys with guns" can open-carry and no one should have a problem with them...these same right-wingers' reaction to his legally carrying should utterly discredit them.
If we embed ourselves deep in the most absurd fantasy world, and imagine for a second that the goal of ICE is actually to capture dangerous criminals who are undocumented, we would realize instantly that mobilizing an army is exactly the wrong way to do it.
The targets would just leave town.
The targets would just leave town.
January 31, 2026 at 4:16 AM
If we embed ourselves deep in the most absurd fantasy world, and imagine for a second that the goal of ICE is actually to capture dangerous criminals who are undocumented, we would realize instantly that mobilizing an army is exactly the wrong way to do it.
The targets would just leave town.
The targets would just leave town.
Rose just quoted a 'Melania' review at me:"
"How bad is 'Melania'? If it were an in-flight movie, people would still walk out."
"How bad is 'Melania'? If it were an in-flight movie, people would still walk out."
January 31, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Rose just quoted a 'Melania' review at me:"
"How bad is 'Melania'? If it were an in-flight movie, people would still walk out."
"How bad is 'Melania'? If it were an in-flight movie, people would still walk out."
Reposted by Jeff Norman
Pro Tip: Audio engineers, if you want that cavernous, empty warehouse, John Bonham drum sound, set up your kit in any cinema where the Melania movie is playing.
January 29, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Pro Tip: Audio engineers, if you want that cavernous, empty warehouse, John Bonham drum sound, set up your kit in any cinema where the Melania movie is playing.
If you need hope, read the linked article. Excellent piece on how everyday Minnesotans are joining together in resistance.
January 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM
If you need hope, read the linked article. Excellent piece on how everyday Minnesotans are joining together in resistance.
"This isn't over yet. Not by a long shot!"
Astonishing, writers for TV and movies still use this thoroughly clichéd phrase.
Astonishing, writers for TV and movies still use this thoroughly clichéd phrase.
January 28, 2026 at 7:07 PM
"This isn't over yet. Not by a long shot!"
Astonishing, writers for TV and movies still use this thoroughly clichéd phrase.
Astonishing, writers for TV and movies still use this thoroughly clichéd phrase.
Reposted by Jeff Norman
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
HA.
She should have.
She should have.
she can also box tbh. blocking hand up, punching hand square and level. dude is lucky her people got him away from that overhand right
Toughest congressperson in America rears back for a punch, and refuses to cut short townhall, after asshole sprays her with something.
January 28, 2026 at 5:00 AM
HA.
She should have.
She should have.
Fox to Investigate Henhouse Killings
Breaking MS NOW:
Trump's Justice Department has decided there will be no civil rights investigation of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, and instead two units of DHS will investigate their own officers and the man they killed.
Trump's Justice Department has decided there will be no civil rights investigation of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, and instead two units of DHS will investigate their own officers and the man they killed.
No civil rights violation probe into latest MN shooting, sources tell MS NOW
As DHS takes over the federal investigation, current and former law enforcement agents warn that Trump’s DOJ isn’t committed to facts or fairness.
www.ms.now
January 27, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Fox to Investigate Henhouse Killings
When you were a little kid, you might have pretended that, if you covered your eyes, no one could see you.
This is apparently Republican philosophy now: if they don't see and hear the videos of Good's and Pretti's murders, they don't have to deny the evidence of their own senses...
This is apparently Republican philosophy now: if they don't see and hear the videos of Good's and Pretti's murders, they don't have to deny the evidence of their own senses...
January 27, 2026 at 7:22 PM
When you were a little kid, you might have pretended that, if you covered your eyes, no one could see you.
This is apparently Republican philosophy now: if they don't see and hear the videos of Good's and Pretti's murders, they don't have to deny the evidence of their own senses...
This is apparently Republican philosophy now: if they don't see and hear the videos of Good's and Pretti's murders, they don't have to deny the evidence of their own senses...
I didn't realize, seeing ads, that Netflix was now in the business of providing potential snuff footage.
I refer to 'Skyscraper Live', in which a guy free-climbed a skyscraper in real time. You know damned well a lot of viewers tuned in hoping he'd fall.
You're a bunch of sick fucks, Netflix.
I refer to 'Skyscraper Live', in which a guy free-climbed a skyscraper in real time. You know damned well a lot of viewers tuned in hoping he'd fall.
You're a bunch of sick fucks, Netflix.
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I didn't realize, seeing ads, that Netflix was now in the business of providing potential snuff footage.
I refer to 'Skyscraper Live', in which a guy free-climbed a skyscraper in real time. You know damned well a lot of viewers tuned in hoping he'd fall.
You're a bunch of sick fucks, Netflix.
I refer to 'Skyscraper Live', in which a guy free-climbed a skyscraper in real time. You know damned well a lot of viewers tuned in hoping he'd fall.
You're a bunch of sick fucks, Netflix.