Platypusman

Hey MAGAs! You voted for this. How’s it working for you?

https://apnews.com/article/snap-food-government-shutdown-trump-a807e9f0c0a7213e203c074553dc1f9b

“Arguing that ‘no country should be above international law,’ Mayor Brandon Johnson urged the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday to hold President Donald Trump’s administration accountable for what he called a ‘worsening human rights crisis in the United States.’” […]

Local tamale maker through doorway at 6 AM, making her daily supply for selling in town.

I just returned from a two week adventure in Guatemala. I was with a group of volunteers that went to a remote town on the northwest side of the country, Nuevo Progresso. There were ophthalmologist, dentists, and OBGYN professionals from the U.S. volunteering […]

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There are no good Republicans left

Hey Trump! You and your cronies can eat shit. I mean that in the nicest possible way.

The existing GOP with seats in Congress will be singing a different tune tomorrow. Their ship just hit an iceberg and they have no lifeboats.

am gonna sleep so happy tonight. my body and soul and faith in Humanity needed this Mamdani win.

#NYC #2025ELECTIONS #ELECTIONS2025 #ZohranMamdani

I believe that we all get one life to live and heaven and hell are right here on earth. In that spirit I wish Dick Cheney a swift journey to oblivion but his war crimes never be forgotten.

Here's to war criminals dying in jail in the Hague. Some day. 🍻

If humans were smart we would change the clocks 1/2 hour and leave them there forever. But then there would be nothing to complain about (if only).

Everybody needs to calm the f down. We are being trolled by the master of all trolls. Aside from his inability to make a true statement, or even remember where he is half of the time, everything he says he is going to do or wants to do is either illegal, impossible, or just plain crazy. His […]

@cdarwin This is not normal. Normal has left the building.

Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio,
Kristi Noem, and others
have taken over homes that until recently housed senior military officers.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/trump-officials-military-housing-stephen-miller/684748/

Political appointees Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have moved onto military bases.
Move along. Nothing to see here.

@anamariecox.bsky.social Is there no fediverse version of Substack?

I tell Google to turn off and on my living room lights. That is as far as I am willing to go with AI. The rest is bullshit.

Via ABC news,
Planet imagery showing the change in the view from space of the White House over the past month

@carstenfranke It’s criminal! What’s next? A Las Vegas style strip down the Washington Mall?

The biggest problem with the Republican Party is that it is no longer possible to be honest and a Republican. To look at what your party is doing and saying and to remain a member requires you to be dishonest and accept a constant stream of lies as realities. It must be a living hell and cannot […]

Image of White House demolition.

Yesterday I learned that the East Wing was built in 1942 as a cover for a new bunker for the President in case we were invaded by the Nazis. Now I can’t help but think that our nazis are building a ballroom to cover an underground interrogation and torture center for so-called enemies of the state.

All those assholes must know something we don’t know. But boy, if they are wrong, look out.
That’s the only thing keeping me going right now. I’ve been saying “they finally got him!” for so long I can’t even remember the first time.

Amazon listing of tactical boots for $9,999.

That is a very expensive pair of boots.

I really need people to understand that refusing to seat fascists is an antifascist act that protects democracy & is not the same as fascists refusing to seat antifascists to destroy democracy—in the same way that finding a guilty person guilty isn't the same as finding an innocent person guilty.

@jamesmarshall Sorry I missed you.

Rally for No Kings at UC Berkeley

Decent gathering at UC Berkeley this morning. Not many students. They must have been studying for midterms.

If you are thinking about leaving your smart phone at home because you are worried about your privacy, don’t bother. That ship sailed a long time ago. You are better off bringing it so you can document and share what you witness with whoever you can.
With all the surveillance and intelligences […]

The republicans are so sleazy and disgusting it is impossible to even listen to them, much less watch them in videos. Just reading their words makes my stomach turn. I don’t hate them, really, I just can’t stand them. There’s a difference.

THIS.

Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline

Ken Exline (@KenExline@masto.ai) Attached: 1 image Trump is stomping all over the rule of law and the Constitution and all I hear is whining about it. Someway, somehow there has to be a solution. It can't wait any longer. Trump must be stopped.

Yes please!
https://masto.ai/@KenExline/115384208517030324