Luke

There are three rules I’ve always believed in:

1. Don’t mess with someone else’s children:

2. Don’t mess with someone’s income;

3. Don’t mess with someone else’s food.

This administration breaks all three of my simple basic principles.

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The Gleichschaltung was the process of the Nazi Party taking control over all aspects of Germany—cultural, economic, political, as well as the tightest controls over the media and government information.

It took less than a year.

The "Gulf of America" isn't what Trump thinks it is, and it's only getting wider.

I've been in this fight since I was 6 years old

Rogue One maybe?

Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.

“Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions,” wrote one respondent. “My feed is almost entirely scientists and I actually get updates on research that is relevant and timely,” wrote another.

#ScienceSky #AcademicSky

MAGA Is Starting to Crack Now that Trump is president again, the right’s moment of unity is over.

The tech right and the nationalist right were aligned in the goal of electing Trump. Now that he's president, not everyone can win. @alibreland.bsky.social writes:

Just these job freezes alone are going to cause unemployment to soar, right?

The Great Trumptator The Great Trumptator: "by the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie!" - why Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator is still urgent

"Brutes have risen to power. But they lie!""

The final speech of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator becomes more urgent than ever (from our archives):

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Proposing a new Nobel Prize category, for exceptional achievements in Doing the Bare Minimum.

YouTube video by Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker Trump's Inauguration Was Worse Than We Expected

Wow @timheidecker.bsky.social

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And nor should you. Thank you.

World map with all countries in green except for the United States, symbolizing U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Caption from '@IdiotBenevolent' says "The updated World Health Organization map is a sick joke."

The joke is on us.

What you can do Ten ways to resist Trump II

In light of Trump II’s predictably cruel and bonkers beginning, many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations. robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-c...

January 22, 2025 Marc Caputo of Axios reported today that Trump’s decision to pardon or commute the sentences of all the January 6 rioters convicted of crimes for that day’s events, including those who attacked police...

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Costco

Big hearts to Costco
Diversity has been proven to yield better results.

Capitulation Is Contagious When fear spreads in a society, powerful people who know better are often the first to show their weakness.

When fear spreads in a society, powerful people who know better are often the first to show their weakness. Sycophancy has momentum, @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes, but so does courage.

Idea for a Twilight Zone episode:

(I have these all the time)

A father learns his 8-year-old son has made a new friend at school. When the friend comes over to play, the father realizes the boy is his own best friend from back in his school days.

Idea for a Twilight Zone episode:

(I have these all the time)

A father learns his 8-year-old son has made a new friend at school. When the friend comes over to play, the father realizes the boy is his own best friend from back in his school days.

Photo from Indiana Jones movie of Harrison Ford lining up to punch a Nazi soldier in the face.

Reminder - the good guy in this scene is Dr. Jones.

If she can do it, we can all do it.

i’m doing my part! 🫡

There is no mandate. It was not a landslide. The majority of Trump’s voters elected him because they wanted him to lower costs. That’s it.

They did not elect him to pardon violent insurrectionists or rename the Gulf of Mexico.

He will overstep, and Democrats need to call him out at every turn.

KKK distributes flyers in Kentucky telling immigrants to ‘leave now’ Documents, including phone number and invitation to ‘join us’, distributed same day Trump took office

KKK (Yes, the KKK is VERY much still alive & dangerous) distributes flyers in Kentucky telling immigrants to ‘leave now’
Documents, including phone number and invitation to ‘join us’, distributed same day Trump took office.
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So when all was said and done, the only country that opened it's prisons and sent crazy murderous criminals to prey upon innocent American citizens, was us.

Here's a helpful guide for anyone traveling the labyrinthine path the deleting their facsist-friendly Facebook accout: