Rodney Welch
rodneywelch.bsky.social
Rodney Welch
@rodneywelch.bsky.social
Just here for culture talk and anti-Nazi camaraderie.
Do you ever read a sex scene in a novel and think “This is just an AI-enhanced sex tape of the author”?
February 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Ever swiped something from the Book’s for Soldiers box? I did once. It was The Stranger by Albert Camus and I thought “No one would read this in a foxhole.”
February 21, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Watched The Wild Bunch this afternoon as prep for an online group zoom discussion. Alas, I got the time wrong. Oh well, great movie as always and it makes me want to rewatch everything by Bloody Sam Peckinpah, a titanic figure of New American Cinema.

#Cinema
#ClassicFilm
#Movies
February 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
He thought he was the King of America
Where they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wine
Now I try hard not to become hysterical
But I'm not sure if I am laughing or crying…

Elvis Costello, singing presciently nearly 40 years ago
February 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reposted by Rodney Welch
President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
February 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Reposted by Rodney Welch
I'm feeling nostalgic for competence.
February 18, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The anagram for the name of Trump’s slimy acting U.S. deputy attorney general, Emil Bove, is “O me! Evil B!”
February 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Reposted by Rodney Welch
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.

The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM