Tall Drink of Swiftness
@tallswiftness.bsky.social
Progressive liberal
Resurrecting my orchid hobby
6' 6" tall, single
Coastal Humboldt County, California
Resurrecting my orchid hobby
6' 6" tall, single
Coastal Humboldt County, California
Pinned
Why the Rich Don’t Pay Taxes
YouTube video by New Economic Thinking
youtu.be
A huge amount of insight and valuable information! 26 min.
@bostoncollege.bsky.social law professor Ray Madoff, author of "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy," explains how a century of tax policy created two Americas: one that pays taxes and one that doesn’t.
@bostoncollege.bsky.social law professor Ray Madoff, author of "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy," explains how a century of tax policy created two Americas: one that pays taxes and one that doesn’t.
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ICE caught bringing in more people they abducted to Alligator Auschwitz in Florida on Thanksgiving morning
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
ICE caught bringing in more people they abducted to Alligator Auschwitz in Florida on Thanksgiving morning
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Still thinking about this article. It’s always been a sore spot in YIMBY circles that so many progressive foundations pour money into NIMBYism, and I’m glad it’s finally being aired in public. Keep talking about it. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...
Philanthropy Needs to Pick a Side on the Housing Construction Debate
Despite California’s severe housing shortage, foundations are still funding on the wrong side of the housing fight there, guest author Ned Resnikoff writes.
www.insidephilanthropy.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Still thinking about this article. It’s always been a sore spot in YIMBY circles that so many progressive foundations pour money into NIMBYism, and I’m glad it’s finally being aired in public. Keep talking about it. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...
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Judge issues major victory for due process in class action lawsuit, rules that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can no longer detain immigrants without offering them a bond hearing. Everyone gets a bond hearing now.
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Judge issues major victory for due process in class action lawsuit, rules that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can no longer detain immigrants without offering them a bond hearing. Everyone gets a bond hearing now.
Is Kate Beckinsale ok? Someone check on her, please.
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Is Kate Beckinsale ok? Someone check on her, please.
Just like their new health plan, but it's only a concept.
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Just like their new health plan, but it's only a concept.
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The fact that I follow @barackobama.bsky.social but he won't follow me back convinces me that he's just not willing to put any effort into our relationship.
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The fact that I follow @barackobama.bsky.social but he won't follow me back convinces me that he's just not willing to put any effort into our relationship.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
PFAS cause cancer.
It's been proven.
It's been proven.
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food.
The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of what are called "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
PFAS cause cancer.
It's been proven.
It's been proven.
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No matter what you eat for the holidays, please never:
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
No matter what you eat for the holidays, please never:
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
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why is it called “orthodontist”,,,, imagine telling someone you’ve got a dontist appointment
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
why is it called “orthodontist”,,,, imagine telling someone you’ve got a dontist appointment
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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To all those who responded to me over the last two years, "Return the hostages," do you still actually think it was about the hostages? How do you feel about being complicit in whitewashing genocide? Will you now have the dignity to retract and call out Israel's apartheid & genocide for what it is?
How AP News whitewashes genocide.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
To all those who responded to me over the last two years, "Return the hostages," do you still actually think it was about the hostages? How do you feel about being complicit in whitewashing genocide? Will you now have the dignity to retract and call out Israel's apartheid & genocide for what it is?
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9 times out of 10 the worst person in any given location is a guy in a suit
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
9 times out of 10 the worst person in any given location is a guy in a suit
Ah! She's conveniently "retiring" with the bare minimum service time to be eligible for retirement benefits.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Ah! She's conveniently "retiring" with the bare minimum service time to be eligible for retirement benefits.
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There’s a moment in the classic film “Paths of Glory” in which an artillery officer, told to commit a war crime, asks for the order in writing.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
Gift link: wapo.st/43FXQfO
detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There’s a moment in the classic film “Paths of Glory” in which an artillery officer, told to commit a war crime, asks for the order in writing.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
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“For too long, Albertans have been subjected to these sassy drag queens on television. In my view, the exuberance, creativity, and joy they present on TV is a wilful rejection of Alberta values,” Smith said in an address to reporters.
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/11/dani...
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/11/dani...
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“For too long, Albertans have been subjected to these sassy drag queens on television. In my view, the exuberance, creativity, and joy they present on TV is a wilful rejection of Alberta values,” Smith said in an address to reporters.
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/11/dani...
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/11/dani...
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A gentle reminder—turkeys out of the freezer and into the fridge today.
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A gentle reminder—turkeys out of the freezer and into the fridge today.
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BTW, I would really like @consumerreports.org to watch this video and perhaps start breathing down the necks of those big companies for forcing everyone into using pre-dosed products.
That's the opposite of pro-consumer, imo.
youtu.be/DAX2_mPr9W8
That's the opposite of pro-consumer, imo.
youtu.be/DAX2_mPr9W8
I was right about dishwasher pods, and now I can prove it
YouTube video by Technology Connections
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
BTW, I would really like @consumerreports.org to watch this video and perhaps start breathing down the necks of those big companies for forcing everyone into using pre-dosed products.
That's the opposite of pro-consumer, imo.
youtu.be/DAX2_mPr9W8
That's the opposite of pro-consumer, imo.
youtu.be/DAX2_mPr9W8
What a great songwriter!
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
What a great songwriter!
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“Beavis and Butt-Head Invade Haiti” is a helluva movie pitch🤣😂🤣🙄
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“Beavis and Butt-Head Invade Haiti” is a helluva movie pitch🤣😂🤣🙄
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You can only save two. Which ones do you choose?
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
You can only save two. Which ones do you choose?
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Me: "Do you want me to look into your eyes when I put it in my mouth?”
Cop: "Ma'am, just blow into the breathalyzer please."
Cop: "Ma'am, just blow into the breathalyzer please."
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Me: "Do you want me to look into your eyes when I put it in my mouth?”
Cop: "Ma'am, just blow into the breathalyzer please."
Cop: "Ma'am, just blow into the breathalyzer please."
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.