A photograph of the 1939 pro-Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Counterpoint:
30.01.2026 16:56 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@zurch.bsky.social
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A photograph of the 1939 pro-Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Counterpoint:
30.01.2026 16:56 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The White House message has changed but will the policy stay the same? www.bbc.com/news/article...
27.01.2026 17:04 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Trump took a day trip from DC at Anchorage to meet with Vladimir Putin.
26.01.2026 01:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Or he’ll fumble on your own 20.
25.01.2026 22:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Your mailbox was no angel.
25.01.2026 17:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0AF1 is back in Washington. Press got off to watch the president exit the old plane but is now back onboard after having been told they “could not be in the flight lines as the President switches planes.”
21.01.2026 04:39 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1Per White House press pool, Air Force One - which was on its way to Switzerland - has had to turn around and is flying back to DC because of a “minor electrical issue.”
21.01.2026 03:49 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 2Vegas has Indiana -7.5. The people with skin in the game know what’s up.
20.01.2026 00:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Has he tried issuing an executive order?
18.01.2026 23:11 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Part of the British strategy for managing Trump was to play nice and get first in line to make a trade deal that minimizes the economic damage. It worked - for a while. They ended up with a better rate than many. But now they’re facing 25% tariffs anyway because of Trump’s desire to buy Greenland.
17.01.2026 17:15 — 👍 26 🔁 6 💬 7 📌 3The next chance for the Supreme Court to rule that these kind of tariffs are illegal and that the law Trump is using was never meant for this kind of thing will be on Tuesday, when the justices said new decisions will be announced.
17.01.2026 17:03 — 👍 124 🔁 56 💬 7 📌 6You don’t give strippers dollar bills anymore. You needs fives and tens. Damn inflation.
17.01.2026 14:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0 “(Ribbon worms have separate sexes, and although B has not been definitively tested, researchers suspect the worm is male due to what appear to be numerous testes.)”
That would do it …
I don't know. Spite, maybe? It always sends me into a little panic.
14.01.2026 16:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Maybe the key is to stylize it somewhat or at least signpost it better.
10.01.2026 17:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I dunno. It takes an iconic image and reimagines it in our modern times. Maybe it could be confusing/misleading if you don’t know anything about Tiananmen Square. But I (perhaps foolishly) hope most people do.
10.01.2026 17:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0“I spoke to real Americans who are scared and angry. I also got some emails.”
09.01.2026 12:48 — 👍 22 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0A fatal shooting, recorded on video from multiple angles, and two very different conclusions as to who is to blame - and what it means. www.bbc.com/news/article...
08.01.2026 19:24 — 👍 14 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 0I hear we are being greeted as liberators.
03.01.2026 23:12 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Donald Trump, an Iraq War critic, appears to be getting into the nation-building business. www.bbc.com/news/article...
03.01.2026 22:47 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0He fills that glove with Vaseline to keep his hand soft for his next wife.
29.12.2025 01:28 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A golden oldie.
18.12.2025 19:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Trump also appointed all the members of the board - breaking with tradition by dismissing those selected by previous presidents.
18.12.2025 18:33 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Trump is president of the board that just voted to add Trump's name to the Kennedy Center.
18.12.2025 18:32 — 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0Whoever wins the Republican nomination in 2028 will have been given a winning coalition – if they can keep it. www.bbc.com/news/article...
17.12.2025 02:27 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ladies and gentlemen, the New York Times newsroom is only 66% white. We have a national crisis here.
16.12.2025 18:47 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"In less than a decade, the entire face of the industry changed. The New York Times newsroom has gone from 57 percent male and 78 percent white in 2015 to 46 percent male and 66 percent white in 2024."
Imagine seeing this stat and thinking, yes, this proves my point that it's tough for white guys.
Man plays out his midlife crisis in print.
16.12.2025 16:54 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Moose out front should have told her.
16.12.2025 02:54 — 👍 31 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0