∞ Monkeys
@somanymonkeys.bsky.social
New Deal Democrat
Sometimes I do the RICO (Really Intense Cussing Online)
Sometimes I do the RICO (Really Intense Cussing Online)
"The postal service is unique in that it treats all residences of equal importance no matter how remote."
Like much of what you posted, this is simply wrong. Over a million people live in places where there's no mail delivery to their residence & they aren't all super remote places.
Like much of what you posted, this is simply wrong. Over a million people live in places where there's no mail delivery to their residence & they aren't all super remote places.
November 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"The postal service is unique in that it treats all residences of equal importance no matter how remote."
Like much of what you posted, this is simply wrong. Over a million people live in places where there's no mail delivery to their residence & they aren't all super remote places.
Like much of what you posted, this is simply wrong. Over a million people live in places where there's no mail delivery to their residence & they aren't all super remote places.
A mail carrier pushing their cart takes up a larger space. They're delivering stuff the same as the robot. I'll let chat decide who is delivering the more useful products in 2025.
(Not an anti-USPS comment. Delivery is a productive function.)
(Not an anti-USPS comment. Delivery is a productive function.)
November 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
A mail carrier pushing their cart takes up a larger space. They're delivering stuff the same as the robot. I'll let chat decide who is delivering the more useful products in 2025.
(Not an anti-USPS comment. Delivery is a productive function.)
(Not an anti-USPS comment. Delivery is a productive function.)
What do they do when a couple pushing a double wide baby stroller comes along?
I don't like the delivery robots, but I think the argument that they hog up the sidewalk is weak. They have better etiquette than a lot of people pushing their kids around.
I don't like the delivery robots, but I think the argument that they hog up the sidewalk is weak. They have better etiquette than a lot of people pushing their kids around.
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 AM
What do they do when a couple pushing a double wide baby stroller comes along?
I don't like the delivery robots, but I think the argument that they hog up the sidewalk is weak. They have better etiquette than a lot of people pushing their kids around.
I don't like the delivery robots, but I think the argument that they hog up the sidewalk is weak. They have better etiquette than a lot of people pushing their kids around.
This even being a close race is going to prompt thoughts of retirement for repubs in swing districts.
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This even being a close race is going to prompt thoughts of retirement for repubs in swing districts.
And hate crimes. IDF is not part of the training, but PA law enforcement is.
www.adl.org/responding-q...
www.adl.org/responding-q...
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
And hate crimes. IDF is not part of the training, but PA law enforcement is.
www.adl.org/responding-q...
www.adl.org/responding-q...
It looks pretty much like the mic setup from his turkey pardon. This was streamed from Mar a Lago, not the WH. I suspect they threw this together with less gear than they'd have at the WH & little time for testing & tweaking before going live.
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It looks pretty much like the mic setup from his turkey pardon. This was streamed from Mar a Lago, not the WH. I suspect they threw this together with less gear than they'd have at the WH & little time for testing & tweaking before going live.
The shoulders are weird for the camera angle. The cuff & her hand coming out also. But, it's not inconsistent with Photoshop tough ups.
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The shoulders are weird for the camera angle. The cuff & her hand coming out also. But, it's not inconsistent with Photoshop tough ups.
I don't see enough details about the methodology to evaluate, but Pritzker at +71 favorability makes me think this poll isn't accurate.
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I don't see enough details about the methodology to evaluate, but Pritzker at +71 favorability makes me think this poll isn't accurate.
Huh. It's not clear what happened, but it started with a human hit & run driver. I'm not at all sure a human driver would've done better than the robot here.
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Huh. It's not clear what happened, but it started with a human hit & run driver. I'm not at all sure a human driver would've done better than the robot here.
Long lines of taxis isn't a new phenomenon. People driving their own cars will be lined up outside the nearby parking lots. Cars take space & in a dense zone, it's going to cause backed up traffic.
Ideally, more people would use public transit, especially when it's as close as it is in that video.
Ideally, more people would use public transit, especially when it's as close as it is in that video.
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Long lines of taxis isn't a new phenomenon. People driving their own cars will be lined up outside the nearby parking lots. Cars take space & in a dense zone, it's going to cause backed up traffic.
Ideally, more people would use public transit, especially when it's as close as it is in that video.
Ideally, more people would use public transit, especially when it's as close as it is in that video.
Beinart posted about it on xitter & this is a reply from an editor at The American Prospect.
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Beinart posted about it on xitter & this is a reply from an editor at The American Prospect.
I'm trying to track down what year that's from. Calling LBJ's relationship with MLK "complicated" is an understatement, but whatever he said privately, LBJ understood he needed MLK's support in public.
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I'm trying to track down what year that's from. Calling LBJ's relationship with MLK "complicated" is an understatement, but whatever he said privately, LBJ understood he needed MLK's support in public.
TV reporters were not seen as allies by the men swinging clubs at civil rights protesters. They were often attacked themselves because the footage they captured was so damning.
www.huffpost.com/entry/selma-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/selma-...
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
TV reporters were not seen as allies by the men swinging clubs at civil rights protesters. They were often attacked themselves because the footage they captured was so damning.
www.huffpost.com/entry/selma-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/selma-...
Your fabricated quote & depiction of national media coverage as "anti-civil rights" is ahistorical. You conflate reporting of something a local sheriff might have said with what the reporters & anchors were saying. The coverage of Bloody Sunday was pivotal.
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Your fabricated quote & depiction of national media coverage as "anti-civil rights" is ahistorical. You conflate reporting of something a local sheriff might have said with what the reporters & anchors were saying. The coverage of Bloody Sunday was pivotal.
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Easiest 3 second decision I've made today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Easiest 3 second decision I've made today.
I literally just had someone pop into my replies claiming most of the US population is "under the poverty line" & I have to wonder where he got such a silly idea.
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I literally just had someone pop into my replies claiming most of the US population is "under the poverty line" & I have to wonder where he got such a silly idea.
I thought maybe there'd at least be a vote for a NY State Assembly resolution condemning the invasion, but it's absolute crickets. It's not like a state rep or a mayor can do much here, but he has no problem expressing other foreign policy opinions.
www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/n...
www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/n...
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I thought maybe there'd at least be a vote for a NY State Assembly resolution condemning the invasion, but it's absolute crickets. It's not like a state rep or a mayor can do much here, but he has no problem expressing other foreign policy opinions.
www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/n...
www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/n...
PAL-Awda are antisemitic. They traffic in tropes. Their goal is to force millions of Jews out of their homes within the 1949 borders.
I don't care if you want to ignore the obvious because not doing so makes you a "bad person" on Bluesky.
I don't care if you want to ignore the obvious because not doing so makes you a "bad person" on Bluesky.
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
PAL-Awda are antisemitic. They traffic in tropes. Their goal is to force millions of Jews out of their homes within the 1949 borders.
I don't care if you want to ignore the obvious because not doing so makes you a "bad person" on Bluesky.
I don't care if you want to ignore the obvious because not doing so makes you a "bad person" on Bluesky.
There's a block at this post & you replied that it was a "bad faith infiltrator", which I think is completely wrong. The protest organizer is a group that openly backs Hamas' goal of replacing Israel with an Arab Islamic state & routinely uses antisemitic language.
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
There's a block at this post & you replied that it was a "bad faith infiltrator", which I think is completely wrong. The protest organizer is a group that openly backs Hamas' goal of replacing Israel with an Arab Islamic state & routinely uses antisemitic language.
This is the post we're in the broken thread of:
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This is the post we're in the broken thread of: