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Unpublished author; technical writer; web site finagler; auto-didact: computer nerd; sex worker rights supporter. Full-on progressive.
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Apparently th “riots” in LA are so bad that in addition to the National Guard standing around in an area so quiet you can hear dogs barking, 50 LAPD officers had time to match in the Pride Parade. Of course, Fox watchers will hear none of this. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MtmUjq/

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@andrewohehir.bsky.social AGAIN? JFC. www.salon.com/2025/06/08/i...

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As a Jewish guy, I think about this a lot. cc @theradr.bsky.social

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Farmers are losing their field workers, just as foreign customers are retaliatory-tariffing US crops. So: ultimate question: When your small family farm fails how little (pennies on the dollar?) will big ag have to pay to acquire your land - and is that the whole point of the exercise?

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Just sayin’. www.amazon.com/spike-strips...

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I not that both Tom and Robert have turned off the comments, which is deeply annoying. Of course in Tom’s case it was because he was well on the way to being ratioed into the ground.

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I know tons of people love The Office, but that pseudo-documentary style really bothers me. It’s why I can’t watch What We Do In The Shadows & had to turn Mountainhead off after ten minutes. I don’t know if it’s my OCD or some other neurodivergent thing, but I literally cannot watch that style.

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you may not like it but this is what 2 high agency males look like

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These are *public servants* supposedly carrying out public policy; they don’t get to be anonymous. Lots of people “put their lives on the line” for their job & don’t hide behind masks. Fire fighters eg. Even cops. apnews.com/article/ice-...

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Fucking finally. Let’s see how the red states do without blue state money.

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@froomkin.bsky.social It’s just a matter of time. justthenews.com/government/f... minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/03/h...

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I may not be LGBT my own self (despite what my bi bff continually insists), but I have a trans daughter & have been an ally as long as I can remember. (A gay man took care of my sons & I when they went on a 2nd Honeymoon. My best man is bi. Etc.) So Happy Pride everyone, & to heck with the haters.

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@jeffpearlman.bsky.social Really enjoying your content, Jeff. Subscribed to your TikTok channel, Pressbox Chronicles on YouTube, & hell maybe I’ll even buy one of your books. Watching your Q&A vid & my question is: What do you think of the term “content”? (As a tech writer, I Have Thoughts.)

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Perhaps California should demand that corporate taxes be paid to the state rather than the federal government. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/... California has the fourth largest economy in the world. Its GDP is larger than Japan’s.

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