Colin Rowntree

@norealvalue.bsky.social hey!

On Saturday, Elon Musk emailed federal employees and asked them to respond with their top five accomplishments during the previous workweek or risk being fired.

“It’s like the government is being run by BuzzFeed,” Jimmy Kimmel said on Monday.

Opinion | James Carville: The Best Thing Democrats Can Do in This Moment (Gift Article) There’s nothing Democrats can legitimately do to stop Trump, so we need a tactical pause in our fight to plan for the future.

James Carville may have the uncomfortable but correct strategy….

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...

When generations collide….

Memo to Trump: If your spokespeople are having to issue public declarations that no, really, you’re the one in charge, then it’s only because that isn’t as obvious as it should be.

Is it the South African Oligarch or you?

Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama.

I love southern hospitality!

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YouTube video by The Lincoln Project Vice President Trump

Everyone knows who is running this show.

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Musk Expresses Support for Far-Right Party in Germany’s Election It was not the first online intervention by Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and adviser to Donald Trump, on behalf of once-fringe anti-immigrant parties in Europe.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a close adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, on Friday endorsed Germany’s far-right party, a group with ties to neo-Nazis whose youth wing has been classified as “confirmed extremist” by German domestic intelligence.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...

Bro committed to the assignment:

Every few weeks I wonder about whatever became of the stock photo model who’s the go-to illustration for “problematic use of pornography”:

Holiday Shopping Tip:

And here we go! There’s even an old Tom Lehrer theme song for Trump on this one. youtu.be/pklr0UD9eSo?...

Here’s the meme I have pinned in my photo app that I roll out on Facebook at least once a day now that Trump voters are realizing what they voted for:

Opinion | Our Messed-Up Dating Culture Gave Us Donald Trump. Let Me Explain. A generation of resentful young men has arisen from the cultural norm dictating that men must be the breadwinners.

Social Anthropology time! Good read on our slide into becoming the Republic Of Gilead due to declining birth rates. Related: As the Dictionary.com word of the year is “Demure” apparently the allure of "trad-wifery" is now a thing.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/o...

Where to Stream ‘Goncharov’ (1973), The Mysterious Martin Scorsese Movie Dominating Tumblr Everything you need to know to stan Katya and Sofia and to ‘ship Goncharov and Andrey.

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Thanksgiving survival tips:

Just add Canada and Mexico to China on this cartoon and it sums it all up perfectly:

On Edge: What the US election could mean for journalists and global press freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists Journalists are bracing for the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. CPJ’s research ahead of the November vote finds that the hostile media climate fostered during Donald Trump’s presidency...

I'm now volunteering for this vital organization. Read the story to see why this is important and see how too you can help protect journalists in the USA.
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Something to send to anyone you know in the US on a green card for future reference next year. Whoever made it as MAGA propaganda thinks that immigrants are dog and cat-eating criminals, but thanks to them for the handy visual reference for legal immigrants who get caught up in the coming madness.

An essay that really sums up how liberal Americans are feeling about BlueSky. It’s the same feeling we all had during the fleeting 107 days of Kamala Harris’ campaign: Hope, freedom, and the joy of feeling that way for the first time in recent memory.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene to Lead ‘DOGE’ Panel and Work With Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy The rise of the Republican representative from Georgia signals the ascendancy of the MAGA wing of the G.O.P. in Congress.

I thought it was common wisdom not to give a perpetually enraged bully a chainsaw for Christmas.

OOOPS!
Marjorie Taylor Greene Will Lead New ‘DOGE’ Panel on Government Efficiency.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...

Social Media must be overthrown and replaced by Social Persia, which will in turn be conquered by Social Macedonia.

Read on for a helpful PSA….