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Proud American, former refugee, Husband, Father, informed optimist, pragmatic idealist, aviation geek, history nerd, subversive do-gooder.
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submitted 4 days ago • 280 comments

There have never been kings in America. The monarchy doesn't start now.

submitted 7 days ago • 1158 comments

Worth a read www.politico.com/news/magazin...

submitted 17 days ago • 71 comments

"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."

submitted 21 days ago • 290 comments

This is hilarious. I especially like the annexation of Green Bay and the mystery Mississippi River announcement.

submitted 21 days ago • 1138 comments

submitted 23 days ago • 571 comments

California forever.

submitted 29 days ago • 15 comments

My one wish for the inauguration is that there is a gift bag under the seats of Bezos, Zuck, Elon etc, with a single, embroidered , padded knee pad Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆

submitted 43 days ago • 5878 comments

When you have total control of the ball 🤩 🎥 tt|sidster32

submitted 44 days ago • 65 comments

What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.

submitted 47 days ago • 755 comments

Seen in Venice Beach today

submitted 47 days ago • 60 comments

I fear there is deep truth here.

submitted 48 days ago • 1486 comments

submitted 50 days ago • 592 comments

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

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submitted 58 days ago • 133 comments

Me at the start of 2024/ me at the end of 2024

submitted 62 days ago • 3 comments

Perfectly timed capture ….amazing colours ✨❄️✨🤍✨❄️✨

submitted 66 days ago • 224 comments

We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky. Help us gain our following back Follow Retweet Repeat Join the park side @altyellonatpark.org

submitted 70 days ago • 860 comments

Movies have led me to believe that at some point in life... My car brakes will be cut I'll need to army crawl through an air duct Someone will wrongfully commit me to a mental institution I'll accidentally step into quicksand Water will spill on my Mogwai

submitted 76 days ago • 275 comments

We basically talked about being brave. Now more than ever, we need to be brave

submitted 76 days ago • 205 comments

What I thought would kill me, by age: 0-20: Russian nuke 20-30: AIDS 30-50: Terrorists 50-present: the people who copied off me in high school.

submitted 77 days ago • 97 comments

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

submitted 77 days ago • 314 comments

Annual reminder: Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders. Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.

submitted 77 days ago • 415 comments

One of the lessons of the last month is that great wealth cannot buy courage but it can reveal cowardice.

submitted 77 days ago • 329 comments

More Parents Say Allowing Child To Play Football Not Worth Risk Of Being Drafted By Jets theonion.com/more-parents...

submitted 80 days ago • 151 comments

May your day be peaceful and full of beauty. Good morning Blue Sky

submitted 80 days ago • 424 comments

If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane. We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵

submitted 80 days ago • 2158 comments

Ok, he’s got a point.

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it

submitted 92 days ago • 634 comments

This is why every vote matters. I’m not spending my time trying to understand MAGA’s ever. I am going to spend time trying to figure out why people who are on our side stayed home.

submitted 93 days ago • 112 comments

Since not a day goes by without someone saying I’m “just another big account that doesn’t say what to do.” I’ll once again say what I think you can do. 1) 30 states have local/state elections starting in Feb. Get involved/run. 2) Join a special issue group like civil rights, abortion or immigrant

submitted 94 days ago • 469 comments

People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change

submitted 94 days ago • 473 comments