Not to be whiny, but I would really like for something good to happen. On a personal level. On a national level. On a global level. One of all three.
08.10.2025 03:23 β π 222 π 35 π¬ 7 π 1@buildingblue.bsky.social
A blue speck in a very red state! Retired software developer. Enjoy people, walking, reading, cats, art, music, travel. No DMs or financial requests. πΉππ¨π¦πΌ
Not to be whiny, but I would really like for something good to happen. On a personal level. On a national level. On a global level. One of all three.
08.10.2025 03:23 β π 222 π 35 π¬ 7 π 1Look, I know this is controversial, but Iβm on the side of the ones who **arenβt** shooting priests in the head with pepper balls.
08.10.2025 04:19 β π 776 π 163 π¬ 14 π 5Why didn't Democratic Senators ask Pam Bondi why she didn't prosecute Jeffrey Epstein when she was Florida's Attorney General from 2011 to 2019 at the very time he was running his child sex ring in Florida?!!
07.10.2025 18:16 β π 4323 π 1109 π¬ 175 π 59COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?
BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
08.10.2025 03:31 β π 11812 π 3154 π¬ 469 π 540Awful. Itβs early but this appears to be a junta or junta-aligned attack on civilian protesters.
(Reminder: ICE has deported at least 20 people to Myanmar this year.)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Durbin to Bondi: "Although you've been a registered foreign agent for Qatar, you didn't recuse yourself from signing off on Trump's solicitation of a free jet from the royal family, even though this gift was clearly illegal. Connections to Bondi seem to yield more favorable outcomes for defendants."
07.10.2025 13:31 β π 2927 π 988 π¬ 86 π 48If you are turned away at the polls because your name is not on the register, don't walk away. Say this: "I request a provisional ballot as required by law." Don't let anyone steal your vote.
An important reminder for upcoming elections.
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"Dear Sweet Blessed Little Baby Jesus, please watch over our armed thugs as they turn away the stranger, persecute the foreigner and harm the least of our brothers and sisters."
07.10.2025 21:26 β π 2458 π 596 π¬ 155 π 19Tonight: Ward 10 forum with league of women voters!
08.10.2025 00:00 β π 67 π 8 π¬ 4 π 0The GOP government shutdown is about to test Democrats in the Senate on a whole new level. Air traffic control at major airports like ATL and DFW is about to go dark. This will devastate both the US and global economy. Republicans will blame it on the Democrats.
08.10.2025 00:35 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Pete Hegseth was busy ignoring his job and doing pushups as part of a show for the Guinness Book of World Records while Illinoisans are being invaded by Trumpβs military troops.
08.10.2025 00:05 β π 1932 π 472 π¬ 127 π 27New lib signaling phenomenon in my neighborhood: taking down their stars & stripes, and putting up the California Republic flag.
07.10.2025 15:05 β π 77 π 6 π¬ 5 π 0A bunch of little business cards that I printed with tetrapaks on the rollaco press with the word No! on them.
I also made up 4 'No' cards, ten stamps for ten occasions where you tell that pushy person No and you've earned yourself a treat. Say no and treat yo' self! A very people pleaser, shop owner friend utilises these by silently holding one up at customers who take the micky. #Printmaking
07.10.2025 13:57 β π 14 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Country crooner Zach Bryan has addressed the intense backlash to his new anti-ICE song that created a MAGA uproar.
08.10.2025 01:11 β π 58 π 10 π¬ 5 π 1[when someone tries to move their cat off camera during a call]
LEAVE IT π«
Melania and Donald both have the grifter chromosome.
08.10.2025 01:10 β π 67 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0This is why physical media is important. Digital versions and newly produced prints will be edited, but if you have the original on your shelf, no one can edit or censor that.
08.10.2025 01:11 β π 81 π 6 π¬ 1 π 2Such a romantic love story, I wonder why that would be taken out
08.10.2025 01:08 β π 79 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0She's sloppy seconds. Epstein tagged her first
08.10.2025 01:06 β π 99 π 4 π¬ 2 π 0Guess who owns Harper Collins? Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
08.10.2025 01:09 β π 154 π 15 π¬ 5 π 0The original version of the book said that Epstein was involved in introducing Melania to her beloved husband.
08.10.2025 01:05 β π 4807 π 1769 π¬ 390 π 134Oppenheimer got a lot of praise for depicting rapid pursuit of a dangerous new technology that, once unleashed, cannot be undone, which many compared to AI. But it turned out the moviesβs timeliest, most currently relevant historical analogy was in depicting McCarthyism.
08.10.2025 01:11 β π 184 π 27 π¬ 4 π 0I wouldnβt advise anyone in Portland to walk your dog near this building.
08.10.2025 00:48 β π 10010 π 1959 π¬ 737 π 148Putin:
The decisions made in February 2022 were right and timely.
Putin has no intention of stopping the war.
My wife took this great picture of the moon Sunday evening. I appreciate the patience it took to capture these migrating Canada geese. Rodman, NY
#birds
After yelling and obfuscating to senators for hours, Dick Durbin hit her with this one: "Eventually you are going to have to answer for your conduct in this. You won't do it today, but eventually you will." Suddenly, she went SILENT.π₯ She knows.
You're phucked, Pam....just sayin'