Tin Man walking
@tinmanbs.bsky.social
Reluctant socialist. Committed pessimist. Worships Woke Jesus. Refugee from Social Media Formerly Known As Twitter since Nov'24.
Everything that isn't about our slide into an authoritarian abyss is a distraction.
Everything that isn't about our slide into an authoritarian abyss is a distraction.
The salient fact of US politics is that there's about 70 million voters who would live with their entire family in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if only "those people" in the next box over don't even have a curtain rod. Or a sparrow to put on it.
December 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The salient fact of US politics is that there's about 70 million voters who would live with their entire family in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if only "those people" in the next box over don't even have a curtain rod. Or a sparrow to put on it.
It's going to get worse. A whole lot worse, I expect.
December 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It's going to get worse. A whole lot worse, I expect.
Historically, history has been written by the winners.
December 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Historically, history has been written by the winners.
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I 💙 ProPublica. Their serious, in-depth reporting is second to none. If you have a few dollars to spare each month, you'd be hard pressed to spend them for anything better than this trusted news source, so rare in our "slap-dash info" age.
December 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I 💙 ProPublica. Their serious, in-depth reporting is second to none. If you have a few dollars to spare each month, you'd be hard pressed to spend them for anything better than this trusted news source, so rare in our "slap-dash info" age.
REALITY has a liberal bias.
December 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
REALITY has a liberal bias.
The next administration will (in my fantasy world) declare his administration to have been a criminal enterprise, ergo all of #MiracleEar's decisions, appointments, and regulations are null and void.
December 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The next administration will (in my fantasy world) declare his administration to have been a criminal enterprise, ergo all of #MiracleEar's decisions, appointments, and regulations are null and void.
No, not in generations. Worst SCOTUS EVER.
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
No, not in generations. Worst SCOTUS EVER.
My goodness! Does MSM know?
December 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
My goodness! Does MSM know?
If only someone had warned him.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If only someone had warned him.
Indeed. In my fantasy world, the next administration adopts the policy that we were taken over by the mob and therefore every appointment, regulation, law, and decision are voided.
PS: Also, the Epstein files will be released.
PS: Also, the Epstein files will be released.
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Indeed. In my fantasy world, the next administration adopts the policy that we were taken over by the mob and therefore every appointment, regulation, law, and decision are voided.
PS: Also, the Epstein files will be released.
PS: Also, the Epstein files will be released.
Cons: We like totally shredded it, man!
Reform: Hold my beer.
Reform: Hold my beer.
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Cons: We like totally shredded it, man!
Reform: Hold my beer.
Reform: Hold my beer.
Taco Zimmerman, chief executive of AVROTROS, the public broadcaster that organizes the Netherlands participation, said in a statement that “culture unites, but not at all costs.”
Slovenia and Spain also confirmed they were pulling out.
Slovenia and Spain also confirmed they were pulling out.
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Taco Zimmerman, chief executive of AVROTROS, the public broadcaster that organizes the Netherlands participation, said in a statement that “culture unites, but not at all costs.”
Slovenia and Spain also confirmed they were pulling out.
Slovenia and Spain also confirmed they were pulling out.
Coercing is a lot cheaper than paying them I suppose.
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Coercing is a lot cheaper than paying them I suppose.
okay, so I Googled it...
Judge Engoron's Ruling: In his summary judgment ruling, which found Trump and other executives (including Allen Weisselberg) liable for fraud, Judge Engoron wrote that the defense's repetitive arguments "invoke the time-loop in the film Groundhog Day".
Judge Engoron's Ruling: In his summary judgment ruling, which found Trump and other executives (including Allen Weisselberg) liable for fraud, Judge Engoron wrote that the defense's repetitive arguments "invoke the time-loop in the film Groundhog Day".
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 AM
okay, so I Googled it...
Judge Engoron's Ruling: In his summary judgment ruling, which found Trump and other executives (including Allen Weisselberg) liable for fraud, Judge Engoron wrote that the defense's repetitive arguments "invoke the time-loop in the film Groundhog Day".
Judge Engoron's Ruling: In his summary judgment ruling, which found Trump and other executives (including Allen Weisselberg) liable for fraud, Judge Engoron wrote that the defense's repetitive arguments "invoke the time-loop in the film Groundhog Day".
Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres – "In this country, it is wise to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others."
— Voltaire re the execution of Adm Byng.
— Voltaire re the execution of Adm Byng.
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres – "In this country, it is wise to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others."
— Voltaire re the execution of Adm Byng.
— Voltaire re the execution of Adm Byng.