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Formerly lots of things including teacher, graphic artist, linguist, and software architect. Currently a luthier. Inveterate AI skeptic. DO. NOT. COMPLY!
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Breaking news: Harvey Weinstein has been convicted by a New York jury of one charge of committing a criminal sexual act in his sexual assault retrial, a decision that comes more than a year after his 2020 conviction was overturned.

Strawberry Moon ..... First moon photo with the new camera 😉

NEW — West coast Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) staff got an email this AM telling them how to deal with ICE protests, including working for home and wearing a disguise. "We will not retreat... this is the land of the free and home of the brave." Full text of email shared w/ me:

That's why he lost in a landslide 🙄🙄🙄

Still my go-to chat line if I'm just merrily playing a videogame and someone starts with the MAGA nonsense: "Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were best friends for 15 years." Typically produces silence then a couple new people chiming in "yup."

Austin residents reporting Teslas "robotaxi" testing in groups, often endlessly circling the same block, and even "parked in the middle of the road with their hazard lights on, forcing other drivers to go around them." They appear to not be capable of exceeding 25 mph. fortune.com/2025/06/10/t...

WASHINGTON (AP) - National Guard members already have temporarily detained civilians in the Los Angeles protests, commander says.

“Temporarily” doesn’t make it any better

BREAKING: RFK Jr. names Martin Kulldorff and Robert Malone and six others to ACIP. x.com/SecKennedy/s...

RFK is going to be responsible for a lot of death and suffering

These 18 Senate Dems just voted to advance the crypto industry's money laundering bill: Alsobrooks Booker Cortez Masto Fetterman Gallego Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Kelly Kim Lujan Padilla Rosen Schiff Slotkin Warner Warnock

Had some more to say on the "riots" and "invasion" in LA. If it’s a "riot," it’s the police who are rioting. If there’s an “invasion” of LA, it’s the US military that is invading.

Brian Wilson was my friend and my brother in songwriting. We shared a similar sensibility, as evidenced by his 4 over 5 chord under “Aaaah!” in "Good Vibrations” and mine under "I’m into something good.” We once discussed who used it first, and in the end we decided it didn’t matter. (Continued)

"There have been more than 30 incidents of police violence against journalists as of Tuesday, including 20 injuries, at least five of which required emergency room or urgent care visits..."

ICE fled the scene after ramming a car in Boyle Heights! ABC-7 in L.A. reporting what police said. They're saying there was an incident involving "a federal agent." "They fled the scene." "Hollenbeck Division is even saying they're investigating this, possibly as an assault with a deadly weapon."

Took this picture last week in Muir Woods. My son walked up and said, “isn’t everywhere a first amendment area?”

“…the Jenners have added their physical selves to the list of things generated by technology. In other words, they manifest the end of organically ‘authored’ bodies, merging celebrity culture fully with A.I. culture.”

Just 5 days ago, I was on MSNBC explaining how (1) Musk has hurt too many people to be an ally to Democrats and (2) that he would try to find his way back to Trump sooner or later. Don't be surprised when Elon's at Mar-a-Lago in a couple of weeks.

legitimately I do not understand why more billionaires don't fund media passion projects if I had eleventy billion dollars I would absolutely be doing shit like "I will give you people a hundred million bucks to give me a world class KOTOR remake" or funding romcoms based off my fav romance novels

"oh, this time of great suffering will produce great art" no it fucking won't, it'll mean artists spend all their creative energy on "how do I pay for food this week"

Tis a pity Donald's vanity parade starts in the evening because that's when the thunderstorms are supposed to start.

Buford Highway is where all the international restaurants and food markets are located. @maddow.msnbc.com is right, protest are spreading. The national media coverage is muted, can be found on local networks. www.yahoo.com/news/1-arres...

Truly tragic what’s become of Santa Monica. I was struck by a golden doodle the other day.

The Eagle is sharpening its talons

Congressional Democrats: “Why won’t you people on Bluesky just let us self-destruct in peace like our strategists recommend?”

anarchists just want to be left alone to photocopy their zines

Obviously a "leopard ate my face" situation, but if you actually read the article instead of just getting mad at the headline, it's somehow even worse and more naive than the headline makes it out to be.

New from my investigators: Trump’s IRS nominee Billy Long appears to be implicated in court documents related to a major bribery scheme centered in his old Congressional district. The White House and FBI either didn’t bother looking into it, or they’re covering it up.

This is a real thing being posted and circulated by the Department of Homeland Security, referring to undocumented immigrants as “foreign invaders” and urging good Americans to turn them in. (I’ll leave it to BlueSky historians to find comparisons to WWII era materials.)

call this whenever you see federal agents

Warrant for immigration raid wrongly sought via 'judge-shopping,' Texas judge says reut.rs/45lhEqi

BREAKING: Jurors in the Harvey Weinstein sex assault retrial have reached a partial verdict, finding him guilty of a first-degree criminal sexual act. The jury acquitted him on a second count of first-degree criminal sexual act, and did not reach a unanimous verdict on a count of third-degree rape.

have you ever wanted to bet your house on a coin flip AND the weather at the same time well boy howdy do i have some good news for you