The "this isn't a war" gaslighting is getting so absurd it's almost crossed over into performance art.
02.03.2026 22:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@juliahamilton.bsky.social
Unitarian Universalist Minister in Santa Barbara. Would like to post about the struggle to be human in a beautiful and heartbreaking world. But probably mostly politics. Also sometimes food.
The "this isn't a war" gaslighting is getting so absurd it's almost crossed over into performance art.
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02.03.2026 18:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0this made me lol. Now that's all I'm gonna think about whenever I hear him speak. Just his internal circuit boards looking for the next most likely word....
02.03.2026 17:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Sounds like he's road testing talking points to see what sticks and shoppng around for his next applause line. He doesn't have a solid sound bite for this war yet so he's trying out a few things to see what gets the media going.
02.03.2026 16:14 β π 33 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0a homemade blue and purple frosted cupcake on a silver tray
If eating a leftover birthday cupcake for breakfast is wrong, I don't wannt be right.
02.03.2026 16:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0oooh, I forgot how much they loved those videos of missile tracers at night in the sky. Orwellian glee.
02.03.2026 15:58 β π 22 π 2 π¬ 2 π 1This. Being human means accepting that you have agency and responsibility for your actions. When we dehumanize, we let people off the hook too easily. I want billionaires and ICE agents to be accountable, and not be given a free pass from thier humanity and the obligations thereof.
02.03.2026 14:44 β π 82 π 19 π¬ 0 π 0Eisenhower
02.03.2026 00:12 β π 15348 π 5718 π¬ 372 π 327First Venezuela, then Iran, and there's rumbling about Cuba. When will Democrats learn their lesson and stop talking about the Epstein files?
28.02.2026 18:06 β π 1042 π 176 π¬ 24 π 5Remember when the Constitution said that Congress was the body authorized to declare war? Impeachment now.
28.02.2026 16:28 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians.
We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.
Three men posing in front of an army tank while holding up tank ammunition. Headline placed at bottom of image reads βHe Built a Camera From Firearms To Photograph U.S. Gun Owners For βThoughts & Prayersβ At La Luz de Jesus Galleryβ
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Shakespeare has a quote for every occasion.
25.02.2026 01:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This really sums it up.
24.02.2026 20:57 β π 3594 π 886 π¬ 24 π 12First hand stories on the horrendous conditions in our closest detention center, Adelanto. Run by the for-profit GEO group, it's been horrible for years. If you are in an area with a new detention camp being proposed, do everything you can to stop it! www.pressenterprise.com/2026/02/23/i...
24.02.2026 15:42 β π 4 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0my spouse is a public high school teacher and this is exactly what they do in every class, per school policy. all phones in the "phone hotel" at the beginning of class. ....but if they have to use iPads or laptops in class, then chatGPT I still available.
24.02.2026 04:59 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Time to roll up our sleeves and talk about misogyny again. Without concerted effort, tech will have it baked into the OS, just like society at large.
23.02.2026 16:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm finally watching The Pitt and it is reminding me of how awful and scary it was and how much unresolved trauma there is from those days. RFK Jr. is a sociopath.
23.02.2026 16:47 β π 19 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This os a critical moment -please submit a comment to keep our night sky safe. There is absolutely no good reason to put AI in orbit.
23.02.2026 14:25 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people local newspaper reporters are rarified elites instead of ink-stained wretches driving their Honda Civic to a crime scene so you know donβt have to rely on Nextdoor and the police press release.
22.02.2026 19:50 β π 3815 π 880 π¬ 38 π 29Fun Louisiana facts:
22.02.2026 04:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When I see an adult grab a child by the arm like that, and then escalate when challenged, I think to myself, "This is not the first time they have laid hands violently on a child."
21.02.2026 23:44 β π 40 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0If you consider "paying people for their labor" to be the same as "wealth redistribution", then you can understand why he longs for the good old days of enslavement.
21.02.2026 18:23 β π 15 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0oh jeez, sorry east coast friends. Bundle up.
21.02.2026 17:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This was SB this morning, a few blocks from my home:
21.02.2026 06:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hegseth has made clear that he thinks heβs on a modern day crusade.
18.02.2026 20:03 β π 1284 π 405 π¬ 63 π 11some serious thunder and lightning here in SB tonight!
18.02.2026 06:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0the silhouette of a cat sitting in front of a TV watching an ice skater in the Olympics
My cat really likes watching ice skaters in the Olympics.
17.02.2026 16:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wow.
17.02.2026 03:59 β π 35787 π 16592 π¬ 1292 π 2460The angel of abundance, the Dolly Lama of literacy, the distributor of almost a third of a billion books for kids.
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