AndyC

Never was there for the big party. I did show up the week after and people seemed to appreciate that the whole thing was over and the tourists were gone.

I think his inexperience/low exposure was to his advantage. He was able to define himself in the race, be fresh, and not be defined by his enemies in the way Hillary was for decades previous. It used to be a truism that if you were in congress long enough you came down on both sides of everything

YouTube video by World of Jazz Oscar Peterson Trio & Ella Fitzgerald - Jazz At The Philharmonic - 1957 • World of Jazz

Your musical doomscroll interlude, and it is a banger (if you like jazz, if you don't like jazz try it anyway, what'll it hurt). www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxhx...

I had no idea no one knows where Alexander Smirnov is. That kind of blows my mind.

Hell, they started the teardown on Hillary back when as a way to get at Bill, and then just turned the whole focus on her. Pretty much a solid 20+ years of bashing prior to 2015.

Are you fucking kidding me? These sweaty little men are trying to shatter the transatlantic relationship in record time.

Yep. It is their game. Tear down publicly people who could be popular and beat them with negative q rating type bullshit.

He does a LOT of that sort of thing. Well the whole family does, but he in particular seems to delight in things that are not completely main stream.

Black lives matter is not an organ of the state and all the inherent pressure that can be applied by a state.

I would still go with there is no inherent violence in Black Lives Matter. Saying go ICE after they've gunned down multiple people (on camera), teased kids with food on Thanksgiving, overcrowd cells, and disappear people to where they will be tortured and killed isn't remotely the same thing.

Help me out here. I mean I assume he meant red herring and somehow dumped false flag in with it because his brain shorted out? The irony is the 'false herring' he lays out by giving administrative warrants the same weight in due process as a judicial warrant. He knows the scrutiny bar is too high

Oh I get that, I'm just saying its a hard row for a teacher if several hundred kids think you are awful

Also, how can any student *trust* him after this. He's advocating for the kidnapping of their friends, inherently, by supporting ICE loudly right now. He can do that sure, but no student is under any obligation to treat him with even a modicum of respect ever again.

If he has a new introduction, does that mean he did in fact ring twice?

I try to go by the 'everyone has bad days and the occasional shit take' and have some grace, but sometimes....

I tried to watch that clip. In terms of outrage tolerance, I am probably middle of the road, but I had to stop when I realized I was grinding my teeth.

Not gonna lie. it was giving me 1990 college flashbacks.

I'm old. Is divorced dad rock still blasting Boston's More than a feeling, or have we moved on to 3 Doors Down Superman and Nickelback?

Holy shit. I did NOT make it through that clip. I got as far as the should be charged has been charged bit, and had a ragey flash of Acosta's deal cutting in Florida. He appears to be a horrible person, at the very least.

Voters are identified. They do not wear masks in the polling place. Their name is on a list and it is recorded that they have voted. There is no masked, anonymous voting in the US.

Weird thing, but I was leery of Twitter/social media at that time. Probably shouldn't have been, but I'm a lazy ass late adopter. Bluesky reminds me a lot of the old Usenet, if anything. You NEVER knew who you would rub elbows with.

I hope when I inevitably get arrested (listen, I'm a mouthy fuck up. It will happen), that my lawyer considers this my goal for competence, quotations, and quickness from them. Also, every day detained is a substantial harm for his client

a man with a beard is pointing up with the words he 's right you know behind him Alt: listen, Morgan Freeman is the voice of God itself. I ain't about to pick a fight there and disagree. My arms is too short. (he's right, you know .gif)

obligatory over-used .gif, but 100% correct here.

Holy shit. This is extremely relevant -- like, it's eerie how relevant -- to a story called "Lily the Immortal" by Kyile Lee Baker, that I narrated for It's Storytime last week.

Feel a LOT better about my 'nuke the meta account' decision every day. Miss some of the people, don't miss the sewer we were swimming in.

The amazing thing about Bluesky for me is the access to people who have actual expertise and *know* so much more than me about everything. Where else can a schlub like me chat with an immigration law expert, Supreme court junkies, national security experts, some favorite fantasy authors, and such?

lawd, you already lifted weights typing all that. I'm tired and need a biscuit/nap after reading. thank you.

a german shepherd is looking at the camera with a make gifs at gifsoup.com watermark on the bottom Alt: a german shepherd is looking at the camera trying to figure out fucking life, man. Shit's wild right now and the dog agrees its all really weird and noisy.

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

In my head there is a very clear, bright line between his incredibly skilled social media team and the man himself. I've seen very little to indicate that personally Gavin isn't just borderline trash, and in fact I think if he gets elected he'll lean much more right ward than many seem to believe.

Most everyone but 3/4 of the 5th and 2/3 of the Supremes. The Trump/Miller regime has lost hundreds of cases large and small, and every single one of them matters.