Mischollanious Thoughts
@mischollaneous.bsky.social
Raconteur, tea drinker.
Neuro-Spicy thinker of thoughts.
Better living through CQI.
Neuro-Spicy thinker of thoughts.
Better living through CQI.
Pinned
The massive influx of high traffic accounts unaccustomed to the practice of using Alt text have diluted its use into obscurity.
The ubiquity of Alt txt makes Bluesky a welcoming space for disabled folk like me.
Don't slam the door on the faces of the differently abled by skipping the Alt txt.
The ubiquity of Alt txt makes Bluesky a welcoming space for disabled folk like me.
Don't slam the door on the faces of the differently abled by skipping the Alt txt.
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Hegseth is posting crap like this because he is confident in getting a presidential pardon.
He’s confident in a presidential pardon because it’s an official act for Trump, and SCOTUS all but legalized illegal official acts in Trump v. USA.
He’s confident in a presidential pardon because it’s an official act for Trump, and SCOTUS all but legalized illegal official acts in Trump v. USA.
This is what the so-called "Secretary of War" is tweeting amid reports that his department ordered a second strike to make sure they killed survivors of a boat they attacked that they allege with no proof carries drugs (which doesn't justify bombing them even it were true)
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Hegseth is posting crap like this because he is confident in getting a presidential pardon.
He’s confident in a presidential pardon because it’s an official act for Trump, and SCOTUS all but legalized illegal official acts in Trump v. USA.
He’s confident in a presidential pardon because it’s an official act for Trump, and SCOTUS all but legalized illegal official acts in Trump v. USA.
A reminder from Santa, an expert on the nuances of the naughty list
TRUMP’S
“…constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong…With such a people, you can do whatever you want.”
~Hannah Arendt
“…constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong…With such a people, you can do whatever you want.”
~Hannah Arendt
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
A reminder from Santa, an expert on the nuances of the naughty list
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TRUMP’S
“…constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong…With such a people, you can do whatever you want.”
~Hannah Arendt
“…constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong…With such a people, you can do whatever you want.”
~Hannah Arendt
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 AM
TRUMP’S
“…constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong…With such a people, you can do whatever you want.”
~Hannah Arendt
“…constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong…With such a people, you can do whatever you want.”
~Hannah Arendt
When communities watch out for each other, they are stronger.
This is a cheap, easy, and effective way to protect your neighbors from the abuse of power being used by this administration.
The code only works if people know it. Grab a whistle, give a whistle. Share this knowledge with everyone.
This is a cheap, easy, and effective way to protect your neighbors from the abuse of power being used by this administration.
The code only works if people know it. Grab a whistle, give a whistle. Share this knowledge with everyone.
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
When communities watch out for each other, they are stronger.
This is a cheap, easy, and effective way to protect your neighbors from the abuse of power being used by this administration.
The code only works if people know it. Grab a whistle, give a whistle. Share this knowledge with everyone.
This is a cheap, easy, and effective way to protect your neighbors from the abuse of power being used by this administration.
The code only works if people know it. Grab a whistle, give a whistle. Share this knowledge with everyone.
Hoarding is a serious mental health issue.
Throwing away a working device containing environmentally destructive components just to protect corporate profits strikes me as a much more serious psychological disorder.
Recklessly mischaracterizing our reality has become a hallmark of American media.
Throwing away a working device containing environmentally destructive components just to protect corporate profits strikes me as a much more serious psychological disorder.
Recklessly mischaracterizing our reality has become a hallmark of American media.
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Hoarding is a serious mental health issue.
Throwing away a working device containing environmentally destructive components just to protect corporate profits strikes me as a much more serious psychological disorder.
Recklessly mischaracterizing our reality has become a hallmark of American media.
Throwing away a working device containing environmentally destructive components just to protect corporate profits strikes me as a much more serious psychological disorder.
Recklessly mischaracterizing our reality has become a hallmark of American media.
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Multiple women came forward and their complaints were ignored.
This is the culture Hegseth wants to foster.
He doesn’t want women to be safe.
He won’t let them come forward anonymously.
Rape culture is alive and well.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
This is the culture Hegseth wants to foster.
He doesn’t want women to be safe.
He won’t let them come forward anonymously.
Rape culture is alive and well.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Army OB-GYN accused of secretly recording women under his care
This week, the U.S. Army has been reckoning with a sexual abuse scandal that could involve the largest number of allegations in its history. An Army doctor is accused of abusing women who were under h...
www.pbs.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Multiple women came forward and their complaints were ignored.
This is the culture Hegseth wants to foster.
He doesn’t want women to be safe.
He won’t let them come forward anonymously.
Rape culture is alive and well.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
This is the culture Hegseth wants to foster.
He doesn’t want women to be safe.
He won’t let them come forward anonymously.
Rape culture is alive and well.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
Ice keeps looking increasingly incompetent when they pull shit like this. And 'this' appears to be their standard operating procedure.
The kind of colonizer BS just keeps on with its slow quiet attempt at genocide transpiring under the radar of white society.
This is the hallmark of oppression.
The kind of colonizer BS just keeps on with its slow quiet attempt at genocide transpiring under the radar of white society.
This is the hallmark of oppression.
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Ice keeps looking increasingly incompetent when they pull shit like this. And 'this' appears to be their standard operating procedure.
The kind of colonizer BS just keeps on with its slow quiet attempt at genocide transpiring under the radar of white society.
This is the hallmark of oppression.
The kind of colonizer BS just keeps on with its slow quiet attempt at genocide transpiring under the radar of white society.
This is the hallmark of oppression.
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Of course the first American pope has Turkey for Thanksgiving.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
In Turkey, Pope Meets Erdogan With Message of Outreach
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Of course the first American pope has Turkey for Thanksgiving.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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We’ve got a serious case of “The Elites that Thrive in Omelas”, but they would never be satisfied with just one kid.
They build their cozy world of impunity while immiserating pretty much everyone else, as much as they can get away with. 😒
They build their cozy world of impunity while immiserating pretty much everyone else, as much as they can get away with. 😒
If this piece doesn't make you want to drag out the guillotine, then nothing will.
Free article
Free article
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We’ve got a serious case of “The Elites that Thrive in Omelas”, but they would never be satisfied with just one kid.
They build their cozy world of impunity while immiserating pretty much everyone else, as much as they can get away with. 😒
They build their cozy world of impunity while immiserating pretty much everyone else, as much as they can get away with. 😒
The sign only regulates behavior, not what's in people's hearts, but that apparently is a request too extreme for Colorado Republicans to comply with.
Thanks to @twesq.bsky.social for this. It is entertaining, but lacking alt text. Fixed that.
Thanks to @twesq.bsky.social for this. It is entertaining, but lacking alt text. Fixed that.
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The sign only regulates behavior, not what's in people's hearts, but that apparently is a request too extreme for Colorado Republicans to comply with.
Thanks to @twesq.bsky.social for this. It is entertaining, but lacking alt text. Fixed that.
Thanks to @twesq.bsky.social for this. It is entertaining, but lacking alt text. Fixed that.
This emphasizes why the GOP has committed to abandoning public education.
Those who haven't learned about the world, the law, or critical thinking are easier to control.
The originalists in power have embraced the new slavery. Economic indebtedness creates a chattel class ripe for exploitation.
Those who haven't learned about the world, the law, or critical thinking are easier to control.
The originalists in power have embraced the new slavery. Economic indebtedness creates a chattel class ripe for exploitation.
The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This emphasizes why the GOP has committed to abandoning public education.
Those who haven't learned about the world, the law, or critical thinking are easier to control.
The originalists in power have embraced the new slavery. Economic indebtedness creates a chattel class ripe for exploitation.
Those who haven't learned about the world, the law, or critical thinking are easier to control.
The originalists in power have embraced the new slavery. Economic indebtedness creates a chattel class ripe for exploitation.
Justice is slow, but like the tortoise in its race against a hare, it keeps plodding on till it reaches its goal.
Project 2025 was designed to flood the zone enough to break the justice system before the inevitable consequences unfold.
The judicial needs protecting until it can get
its job done.
Project 2025 was designed to flood the zone enough to break the justice system before the inevitable consequences unfold.
The judicial needs protecting until it can get
its job done.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Justice is slow, but like the tortoise in its race against a hare, it keeps plodding on till it reaches its goal.
Project 2025 was designed to flood the zone enough to break the justice system before the inevitable consequences unfold.
The judicial needs protecting until it can get
its job done.
Project 2025 was designed to flood the zone enough to break the justice system before the inevitable consequences unfold.
The judicial needs protecting until it can get
its job done.
The Trump regime will hopefully be brief, but it's hellbent on racking up the damages while they can. Fresh travesties amassing daily will be felt for generations.
Apparently that isn't good enough, and they are now attempting permanent enshitification of our fagile and finite planetary habitat.
Apparently that isn't good enough, and they are now attempting permanent enshitification of our fagile and finite planetary habitat.
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The Trump regime will hopefully be brief, but it's hellbent on racking up the damages while they can. Fresh travesties amassing daily will be felt for generations.
Apparently that isn't good enough, and they are now attempting permanent enshitification of our fagile and finite planetary habitat.
Apparently that isn't good enough, and they are now attempting permanent enshitification of our fagile and finite planetary habitat.
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If you don't want your Gmail contents to be used to train Google's AI - here's how to opt out:
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
If you don't want your Gmail contents to be used to train Google's AI - here's how to opt out:
Dear Santa,
Please find me a CPA, who is also a table top game player.
I want someone I can stratagize my financial future the same way I would plan a campaign in an RPG like Travelers. I'm weary of accountants who can't think in table top terminologies.
Please Santa, I promise I've been good.
Please find me a CPA, who is also a table top game player.
I want someone I can stratagize my financial future the same way I would plan a campaign in an RPG like Travelers. I'm weary of accountants who can't think in table top terminologies.
Please Santa, I promise I've been good.
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Dear Santa,
Please find me a CPA, who is also a table top game player.
I want someone I can stratagize my financial future the same way I would plan a campaign in an RPG like Travelers. I'm weary of accountants who can't think in table top terminologies.
Please Santa, I promise I've been good.
Please find me a CPA, who is also a table top game player.
I want someone I can stratagize my financial future the same way I would plan a campaign in an RPG like Travelers. I'm weary of accountants who can't think in table top terminologies.
Please Santa, I promise I've been good.
The oligarchs holding whips of power over those indentured by indebtedness are the true heroes of our nation, deserving of such windfalls from the public coffers.
Not like healthcare for we simple fools who have sacrificed our body, mind, and soul running the economic engines that made them rich.
Not like healthcare for we simple fools who have sacrificed our body, mind, and soul running the economic engines that made them rich.
The Big Bad Betrayal Bill will cost $3.4 TRILLION over the next ten years. Extending ACA tax credits would cost $350 billion over ten years — a fraction of the cost.
Republicans would rather give tax breaks to billionaires than make health care affordable for American families.
Republicans would rather give tax breaks to billionaires than make health care affordable for American families.
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The oligarchs holding whips of power over those indentured by indebtedness are the true heroes of our nation, deserving of such windfalls from the public coffers.
Not like healthcare for we simple fools who have sacrificed our body, mind, and soul running the economic engines that made them rich.
Not like healthcare for we simple fools who have sacrificed our body, mind, and soul running the economic engines that made them rich.
I'm a lifetime gamer and former Wizard of the Coast.
Today's GOP is my least favorite kind of gamer.
Zero sum players, who lack imagination and skill, only achieving their gains by bending, breaking, and changing the rules.
This strategy is transparent and the most disingenuous kind of gameplay.
Today's GOP is my least favorite kind of gamer.
Zero sum players, who lack imagination and skill, only achieving their gains by bending, breaking, and changing the rules.
This strategy is transparent and the most disingenuous kind of gameplay.
Here's the 2026 House calendar. Pretty odd that it has a week off at the end of January, since the current stopgap funding plan runs out on Jan. 30, 2026.
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I'm a lifetime gamer and former Wizard of the Coast.
Today's GOP is my least favorite kind of gamer.
Zero sum players, who lack imagination and skill, only achieving their gains by bending, breaking, and changing the rules.
This strategy is transparent and the most disingenuous kind of gameplay.
Today's GOP is my least favorite kind of gamer.
Zero sum players, who lack imagination and skill, only achieving their gains by bending, breaking, and changing the rules.
This strategy is transparent and the most disingenuous kind of gameplay.
While Bluesky is still in its pre-enshittification era, I have enjoyed having a social media app back in my life, albeit marginally.
I fled the FB/Meta maelstrom after the news broke about Cambridge Analytics poisoning democracy.
They have only gotten worse.It's time to hold them accountable.
I fled the FB/Meta maelstrom after the news broke about Cambridge Analytics poisoning democracy.
They have only gotten worse.It's time to hold them accountable.
Hold Meta accountable for fraudulent ads
Facebook exposes users to 11 scam ads a day
action.consumerreports.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
While Bluesky is still in its pre-enshittification era, I have enjoyed having a social media app back in my life, albeit marginally.
I fled the FB/Meta maelstrom after the news broke about Cambridge Analytics poisoning democracy.
They have only gotten worse.It's time to hold them accountable.
I fled the FB/Meta maelstrom after the news broke about Cambridge Analytics poisoning democracy.
They have only gotten worse.It's time to hold them accountable.
This is based on the idea that the plan you want exists for you to buy.
We really shouldn't let people with lifetime government gold standard coverage make choices about the 'value menu' options regular people have to shop from.
Don't dismantle an imperfect system without a better replacement.
We really shouldn't let people with lifetime government gold standard coverage make choices about the 'value menu' options regular people have to shop from.
Don't dismantle an imperfect system without a better replacement.
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is based on the idea that the plan you want exists for you to buy.
We really shouldn't let people with lifetime government gold standard coverage make choices about the 'value menu' options regular people have to shop from.
Don't dismantle an imperfect system without a better replacement.
We really shouldn't let people with lifetime government gold standard coverage make choices about the 'value menu' options regular people have to shop from.
Don't dismantle an imperfect system without a better replacement.
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Note the absolutely spot-on touch that * the football is never even placed *.
Democrats keep trying to go through the motions anyway.
Beyond dumb.
Democrats keep trying to go through the motions anyway.
Beyond dumb.
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Note the absolutely spot-on touch that * the football is never even placed *.
Democrats keep trying to go through the motions anyway.
Beyond dumb.
Democrats keep trying to go through the motions anyway.
Beyond dumb.
There's nothing at all shady about getting into bed with a couple of boutique banks with a history of regulatory violations to back our latest pump-and-dump,get rich quick, crypto scheme. It's completely legit.
Look away now, stop asking questions or some kneecaps might just wind up broken somehow.
Look away now, stop asking questions or some kneecaps might just wind up broken somehow.
Two tiny banks are fuelling the Trump family’s crypto empire: one based in New York’s Trump Tower, the other sandwiched between a junkyard and a funeral parlour in New Jersey. Free from the FT www.ft.com/content/39a4...
How two tiny banks are helping Donald Trump’s sons build a crypto empire
Dominari Holdings and Yorkville Advisors are benefiting from close connections with Eric and Donald Trump Jr
www.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
There's nothing at all shady about getting into bed with a couple of boutique banks with a history of regulatory violations to back our latest pump-and-dump,get rich quick, crypto scheme. It's completely legit.
Look away now, stop asking questions or some kneecaps might just wind up broken somehow.
Look away now, stop asking questions or some kneecaps might just wind up broken somehow.
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SNAP is one of our best programs, but universal basic income would be better, especially for local stimulus. SNAP can only be spent on food—and not even all food. No hot food. Nor all stores. Cash can buy anything anywhere. With SNAP, higher pay can also mean becoming worse off. Not true with UBI.
Reporter: SNAP is so stimulative to our economy. There are lots of rural stores where 60% of their sales are SNAP sales. So that rural store might have to shutter its doors. This is our collective struggle. All of us do better when people experiencing hunger do better. All of us lose when they don't
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
SNAP is one of our best programs, but universal basic income would be better, especially for local stimulus. SNAP can only be spent on food—and not even all food. No hot food. Nor all stores. Cash can buy anything anywhere. With SNAP, higher pay can also mean becoming worse off. Not true with UBI.
I can offer nothing to dispute the accuracy of this plotting of our current orientation within contemporary literary paradigms.
Here we are indeed.
This brings to mind a contextually appropriate quotation:
"Oh no, not again!"
- bowl of petunias
Hitchikers Guild to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
Here we are indeed.
This brings to mind a contextually appropriate quotation:
"Oh no, not again!"
- bowl of petunias
Hitchikers Guild to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I can offer nothing to dispute the accuracy of this plotting of our current orientation within contemporary literary paradigms.
Here we are indeed.
This brings to mind a contextually appropriate quotation:
"Oh no, not again!"
- bowl of petunias
Hitchikers Guild to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
Here we are indeed.
This brings to mind a contextually appropriate quotation:
"Oh no, not again!"
- bowl of petunias
Hitchikers Guild to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams