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troublegnome.bsky.social
Poetry, book & record selling, the macabre, time travel, tasty literature, film, all kinds of music. Director of Shane of The Many Sorrows. My new book: https://www.publishinggenius.com/catalog/dreams-are-my-social-li
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@housedemocrats.bsky.social EXPEL MIKE LEE IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!

Kinda wild that we all get to pay taxes to fund a civil war against us

Thank you to my son and his day care for this terrifying Father’s Day gift.

Bel Air, MD.

Morosely wheeling a howitzer down Constitution Avenue just to feel something, anything

This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com

When violent criminals are pardoned due to partisanship… When tribalism excuses violence against the opposing political party… When justice depends on political affiliation… People. Will. Die. GOP leadership must stop this.

This is one of the best - and most terrifying - images from my bird feeder. 😬

This man is my hero because he’s a member of the United States Air Force and is standing by his #Oath to the #Constitution! I’m hoping that since he has taken the lead others will follow because this is what a true American Soldier looks like! Remember your Oath to the Constitution

The head of the department of homeland security announced that she planned to use military force to take over a democratically elected government in the state of California and we are arguing about whether a California Senator properly identified himself at the door.

The officers who handcuffed Padilla need to be hauled in before Congress, made an example of, fired and arrested on live national television. They violated an American’s Constitutional rights and they assaulted a United States Senator.

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

Ezra, take the fern. He’ll discern your fortune from its rhizome, while I go scrounge us up a pair of juicy ballpark franks. TS ELIOT VERSUS OSCAR MAYER & THE BARD (for Baltimore legend @troublegnome.bsky.social), two poems by @blitzmoritz.bsky.social www.bruisermag.com/moritz_twopo...

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

Summer visit from my OC fam. Big Sis Sharon who ruled with an iron hand when the folks were away and she was left in charge! My mom got us both hooked on books and reading early. Saturday visits to the library were up there with haunting the candy racks at Shermock’s in Curtis Bay.

Pulitzer prize for this Jay L. Clenendin image of LAPD stormtroopers in front of Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)"

Imagine kidnapping people off the street in broad daylight and thinking you're the "good guys". People who are at work, at their kids' school or otherwise minding their business. Imagine shooting people with rubber bullets because they want it to stop and thinking you're the "good guys". 🤔😑

I’ve been fearing this is going to be an ugly summer. Early high heat, sudden appearance of cops everywhere, Trump’s gestapo. Now Brian Wilson, the patron saint of the season has died.

Imagine complaining about Latinos being in a city called "Los Angeles."

This is the most beautiful music I’ve ever heard!! 😍

For decades, Sec. Kennedy has spread lies about vaccines. Now, his misinformation will lead to preventable illness & death. Firing independent experts is a dangerous move that makes it harder for Americans to access vaccines that are safe, effective & essential to saving lives.

Our Founding Fathers would have had a word for calling up a battalion of Marines for regular domestic law enforcement: tyranny.

This cool mural appeared right where we shot the Jesus Shane meets Mary Magdalene scene.

Mr. Authoritarian President, why weren’t you as interested in upholding “very strong law and order” during the insurrection on the Nation’s Capital as you are now in LA? Was your inaction then a result of your having incited the insurrection? #WeMustImpeachTrump!

The great thing about being in a Home Depot if ICE tries to raid is that Home Depot is one gigantic DIY weapon arsenal

What a photo. Paramount, California, U.S., June 7, 2025 @reuters.com

Hell of a photo

Least surprising breakup since Stephen Miller and his suit made of human skin

Easing the pain of having to leave from our short idyllic stay by visiting my old bookseller friend Bob at the wonderful Old Neptune’s. After having a killer breakfast sandwich at Beach Road Round-Up.

First Peregrine Falcon! Sounds a bit like a gull. Our porch is bird central. Everly spent the morning on Merlin bird app. In kind of sad news, we got closure on our old Abbie Thornton cottage. The second time it sold it sold to a private owner who loved it nearly as much as us. When we drove by

Jonathan Joss was MURDERED. Words matter here. He was MURDERED. it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man. Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.

Picked up our rental bikes from nearby favorite spot & saw their 6! day old pony. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one so young in real life.

Mother Gaia to celebrate Pride Month tonight after sunset

Everly has found us a new secluded Chincoteague hang that rivals our beloved Abbie Thornton. Screened-in porch right on the water! Carolina Wrens have been serenading us and the sunset was pop psychedelic. The nearest we’ve stayed to the refuge/beach. bike rental spot about 1/4 mile away.

speaking of roadside america, here's something I saw on the way home from a trip up to Trekonderoga and friends, I have never turned a car around so quickly.

The internet was a mistake. Our modems used to scream to warn us.

Donald Trump pays less in taxes than I spend on the anxiety meds I take because of Donald Trump.

brian was starting to think that maybe his mom wasn’t coming back

I don't want to get my hopes up but I feel like TACO Trade might actually have a chance at boring through and actually causing psychic damage to Trump's heavily fortified brain

Who would not drop all their earthly possessions & concerns to follow Muppet Jesus Shane?