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blocked.

This article is from @markhertling.bsky.social - a retired three-star Army general - and everyone should read it.

beautiful!

A real question asked at the White House press briefing: Does the president want to execute members of Congress?

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

A collection of small spring flowers I grew in my garden, including a tiny daffodil & primroses on a chipped black enamel background

It would help so much if you could RT my post above about my etsy shop.I confess I've really struggled with pretty severe mental illness this yr which has prevented me from working for much of it. A repost will put my shop in front of a few more eyes.I appreciate your support here so much,thankyou🌿

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.

🎶 Don't give up
'Cause you have friends
Don't give up
You're not the only one
Don't give up🎶

Thank you for the beautiful image this morning.

Hello, @laurierking.bsky.social. I received your Buzz newsletter today, and I'm so glad to hear that you're healing. More calcium! More bone broth! Congratulations!

I normally don't post/repost anything about Megyn Kelly. She is - as one poster put it - a vapid c*nt who just wants her 15 minutes.

However, I'm glad that this young lady I am posting was given permission by her parents to post this 👇🏽💙 Spot on dear! 💙

Inside Austin’s Red Scare A group of California dissidents settled in Texas’s capital during the pandemic. It wasn’t the right-wing paradise they’d imagined.

This by @mimiswartz.bsky.social.

Not the point, but it sure is "nice to see Beethoven get the credit for his hard work and personal growth."

www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Great analysis of the mechanisms of propaganda. Thank you, @techdirt.com.

"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens."
—United States President Harry S Truman

My students read @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social 's To Unreality and Beyond today: jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/ic90uta1...

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

Three porch pumpkins under purple light, two classically carved for Halloween.

YouTube video by Christian Larsen Steppenwolf - Monster

"And though the past has its share of injustice
Kind was the spirit in many a way
Now it's a monster and will not obey.
America, where are you now?
Don't you care about your sons and daughters?
Don't you know we need you now?
We can't fight alone against the monster."
—Steppenwolf, "Monster" (1970)

Nurse: Are you sick, or do you just like wearing the mask?
Me: Well, COVID is still active
Nurse: I know! I just got it, it was horrible. And I caught it here!

SF institution hangs protest banners as federal agents are sent to Bay Area "Pity the nation whose leaders are liars."

“Pity the nation whose leaders are liars / Whose sages are silenced and whose bigots haunt the airwaves…”

City Lights on the imminent Trump admin assault on San Francisco www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

youtu.be/lKCblAJtzgE

[Redacted] "complained that [Colombian president Gustavo] Petro has shown 'a fresh mouth toward America.'

What is he, a 1950s housewife?

7 Things the No Kings Protests Accomplished The political emergency isn't over, of course, but who thought it would be. Here are seven things this weekend's protests accomplished.

What, if anything, did the No Kings protests accomplish?

I've seen that pop up in everything from genuine inquiry to sneering dismissal. For anyone asking or facing that question, here's an answer.

Everything isn't all fixed, of course. But the protests accomplished at least these seven things:

Let a thousand dick jokes bloom.

Find someone, as my neighbor says, who will represent her pro-boner.

At #NoKings in Chesapeake VA

Great crowd in Chesapeake this morning.

YouTube video by Schoolhouse Rock No More Kings - Schoolhouse Rock Boston Tea Party

Very unflattering portrayal of George III.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R1t...

I haven't had the capacity to keep up with moderation lists for a bit, but this one is really obvious, so I'm stealing some energy from Future Me: a list for the extremely obvious wave of inauthentic accounts following today's newly-created US gov accounts

bsky.app/profile/did:...

No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

Up early to drive to my hometown of Lexington MA (where the first No Kings day was arguably held in 1775). If you don't know where it's happening near you, here's the guide.

Please turn out--this is one of those days that matter in American history
www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=t...