John Koen

Peaceful. Not celebratory, but resolute and positive.

“But it’s my birthday!” 🎉

We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again

No Kings Philadelphia. Get espresso, march up the parkway to the art museum
#nokings #philadelphia

NEW: Fourth Circuit shoots down the Trump administration’s efforts to appeal Judge Xinis’s order requiring it to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

“We shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Court’s recent decision.”

Wait... Who was president in 2020???

Oh. Right. The Orange Menace.

25 hours and 4 minutes (source: MSNBC, where Rachel Maddow is now interviewing him).

Polls just closed in Wisconsin.

If you're in line and reading Bluesky, I'm guessing you already know that you should stay in line.

Thurmond was the same age as Booker when he set the record Senator Cory Booker just broke.

Thurmond was afforded a bathroom break and read from the encyclopedia. Booker held the floor the entire time and delivered a consistent, cogent speech for more than 24 hours.

Incredible.

Senator Corey Booker blew past S. Thurm-bag’s “record”. How long was Sen. Booker’s filibuster? It looks to me like about 24:40. Where’s the exact number?

One major sign that the Democratic party is run by the wrong people is that the willingness of current leadership to deny leadership posts to AOC is inversely related to the enormous energy and enthusiasm of crowds she draws across the country and her ability to pinpoint exactly what we need to do.

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Aww…
Nice to hear from you here!

Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position.

You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.

Backstage after the ushers told me that some audience members were asking if “the handsome cellist would be playing this concert”! 😂

Did you get something near your usual seat?

Unfortunately I am off that week, but two of our new cellists will be playing!

Thanks for looking me up! This place is better for now but I haven’t spent much time here yet

This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak.

Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds

a man in a suit and tie is eating popcorn from a pink box ALT: a man in a suit and tie is eating popcorn from a pink box

In case you missed the good news today.

Trump will be sentenced tomorrow.

The appeals court ruled that the Jack Smith report can be released.

Straight GOAT of trolling👏🏼👏🏼🔥

You need to make the account a memorial — I haven’t had to do it, but it is supposed to be possible. Once you are in charge of the account, you should be able to download everything.

‘Songs for Murdered Sisters’: Margaret Atwood poems set to music to honour opera baritone Joshua Hopkins’ murdered sister ‘It was always our intention to create a piece that would help wake people up to the epidemic that is intimate partner and gender-based violence ... the advocacy is extremely important to me’

Article about the song cycle paired with Mahler 9 this week at Philadelphia Orchestra, "Songs for Murdered Sisters". Written for Nathalie Warmerdam, sister of baritone Joshua Hopkins, and other women, music by Jake Heggie, and the words by the amazing Margaret Atwood. bit.ly/3Wa5vz7

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A front page for the ages.

I guess you’re still in Japan? Although that dish looks very Puerto Rican to me! I zoomed in on the American-looking menu (can’t read the words, though), but I guess Moron could be one of those Japanese words that coincidentally matches an English word. Or like my Dutch last name which means garden.

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By year!! (And no, I don’t know manga, my youngest brother keeps me informed occasionally)

I have a feeling these memes aren’t going away. 🤣
#PresidentMusk