Paul x.bird
@paulgzer.bsky.social
Engineer, Democrat thru & thru. Pro civil rights, animals, banjos, cities, reading, universal health care. Anti murder weapons.
Bots, porn, $ requests, crypto bros are an immediate block. I am too old for that crap.
Be kind and keep your knees loose.
Bots, porn, $ requests, crypto bros are an immediate block. I am too old for that crap.
Be kind and keep your knees loose.
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This was an unexpected surprise. I wrote a thread about what was happening with redistricting in Indiana. It’s been a wild ride.
The state senate was under immense pressure from Trump to vote for a new map that would make Indiana 9-0 Republican districts.
They voted against it.
The state senate was under immense pressure from Trump to vote for a new map that would make Indiana 9-0 Republican districts.
They voted against it.
Live updates: Indiana Senate votes down redistricting bill, breaking with Trump
The vote may come down to the wire as on-the-fence lawmakers hear final arguments.
www.indystar.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This was an unexpected surprise. I wrote a thread about what was happening with redistricting in Indiana. It’s been a wild ride.
The state senate was under immense pressure from Trump to vote for a new map that would make Indiana 9-0 Republican districts.
They voted against it.
The state senate was under immense pressure from Trump to vote for a new map that would make Indiana 9-0 Republican districts.
They voted against it.
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Remember how they said the upcoming war in Venezuela was about drugs, and then they seized an oil tanker?
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Remember how they said the upcoming war in Venezuela was about drugs, and then they seized an oil tanker?
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Fine. Give us the Epstein files in Times New Roman, then.
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Fine. Give us the Epstein files in Times New Roman, then.
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"You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They don’t need that many. And you don't need 37 gold baby carriages. 2 or 3 is nice. You must go without, even though affordability is a hoax. See? I've fixed the problem!"
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They don’t need that many. And you don't need 37 gold baby carriages. 2 or 3 is nice. You must go without, even though affordability is a hoax. See? I've fixed the problem!"
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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Ossoff: "She's gonna have to give up her insurance in the middle of chemotherapy while she's fighting breast cancer. What are people supposed to do when they lose health insurance in the middle of a cancer battle? ... this is life or death"
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ossoff: "She's gonna have to give up her insurance in the middle of chemotherapy while she's fighting breast cancer. What are people supposed to do when they lose health insurance in the middle of a cancer battle? ... this is life or death"
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“Mississippi Burning” premieres 37 years ago tonight — one of Hackman’s great performances.
“.. I suppose I see myself as a serious artist,” he said, “and it felt right to do something of historical import. It was an extremely intense experience.”
#RIP 🙏🏼
“.. I suppose I see myself as a serious artist,” he said, “and it felt right to do something of historical import. It was an extremely intense experience.”
#RIP 🙏🏼
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“Mississippi Burning” premieres 37 years ago tonight — one of Hackman’s great performances.
“.. I suppose I see myself as a serious artist,” he said, “and it felt right to do something of historical import. It was an extremely intense experience.”
#RIP 🙏🏼
“.. I suppose I see myself as a serious artist,” he said, “and it felt right to do something of historical import. It was an extremely intense experience.”
#RIP 🙏🏼
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It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
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So, Trump’s plan is to give a $2K one time payment to Americans instead of to insurance companies, but Americans are supposed to use the $2K to buy insurance from insurance companies.
Did I get that right?
Not only is it willfully insufficient for people’s healthcare needs, but it’s nonsensical.
Did I get that right?
Not only is it willfully insufficient for people’s healthcare needs, but it’s nonsensical.
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
So, Trump’s plan is to give a $2K one time payment to Americans instead of to insurance companies, but Americans are supposed to use the $2K to buy insurance from insurance companies.
Did I get that right?
Not only is it willfully insufficient for people’s healthcare needs, but it’s nonsensical.
Did I get that right?
Not only is it willfully insufficient for people’s healthcare needs, but it’s nonsensical.
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It's really time to hold Murdoch accountable for this. Not that any of the Murdochs are squeamish about this. But they like being accepted in polite company and this stench should stick on them.
Fox’s Jesse Watters says people who are against bombing shipwrecked people in international waters without due process or any evidence whatsoever that they have drugs or are even heading to 🇺🇸 “sound like lawyerly, whiny, effeminate weasels”
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
It's really time to hold Murdoch accountable for this. Not that any of the Murdochs are squeamish about this. But they like being accepted in polite company and this stench should stick on them.
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Americans should have known the details of which files the president illegally detained after his last "presidency" & which are still missing that the FBI was looking for----before the last election. What a disservice to Americans & a threat to their security. We need to fix that.
December 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Americans should have known the details of which files the president illegally detained after his last "presidency" & which are still missing that the FBI was looking for----before the last election. What a disservice to Americans & a threat to their security. We need to fix that.
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
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I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
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This is a time in our nation's history that will be remembered for all the broken fools who needed so much attention.
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is a time in our nation's history that will be remembered for all the broken fools who needed so much attention.
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Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"
December 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"
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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
There is no one, NO ONE, who better personifies the beneficence of Jesus better than Trump. And that includes Jesus himself.
December 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
There is no one, NO ONE, who better personifies the beneficence of Jesus better than Trump. And that includes Jesus himself.
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This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.