Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I am patiently waiting for a Democratic Party that talks like this 000
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I wonder what keeps what we used to call journalists from reporting what is happening politically. Are they automatically silenced in compliance with their corporate bosses or do they willingly self-silence in advance, and what might be the payoff? 000
Reposted by GariTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comTrump’s Monumental ObsessionThe president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself. 1332719725
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Andy, sorry, that’s not a joke. That’s a public service announcement 032
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026You nailed it here in three sentences with not a superfluous word! 111
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Please don't denigrate apes, they're in a far more intelligent category of animal than this willfully stupid maga-subspecies of sapiens 000
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Except that none of these malevolent slobs could rock a uniform the way those nazis did, decorum plus atrocities 011
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Not even a sliver of daylight between the intentions of the trump regime and this repellent manifesto from the Party (Orwell 1984) 1171
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Just hilarious and the funniest noir comedy imaginable these days except that existentially the whole country is like the sitting-duck media on that plane 020
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 06/08/2026There you go—perfect —the buck gets passed along like a hot potato 010
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Hey Pandy, this review is from last year. And you infer that you have others, this being singled out for the day A YEAR AGO Now waiting patiently for a curated collection of your favorite one-star book reviews 000
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I love how relational and benign he’s being and yet, as friendly as he comes across, he will honor his bear nature 020
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 21/07/2026You’re welcome! First when I look I’m transported to a whole experience of a place I’d like to be. Then I notice what’s happening here is a few strong watercolor horizontal strokes and some perspective-making foreground sand—masterful 020
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Terrifying passive voice language that ICE is inventing. “Passing away from his injuries” removes the murdering ICE agent(s) from being cause of death 170
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 04/07/2026This might be the one crucial question about religious beliefs that is worth asking. Not the beliefs whatever they may be—but does this belief reinforce a person’s certainty, of being right, making others wrong 000
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 25/06/2026So funny...the atheist part is where mostly any person would land if not caught up in a culture of already-there religious discourse 031
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Wow, this Obama—what a hunk of a president, how did we get so lucky? Intelligence, humor, kindness, charisma, and courage besides dazzlingly good looks. No comment on the blob next door 000
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Thank you for just the moment I needed right now to lift my heart 110
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I’d say he exhibits low self esteem AND brain structure of pure predator 020
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 20/05/2026It’s hard to describe our outrage and disgust because this level of corruption is beyond what we have experienced or have adequate language for. We need a whole new dimension of human responses to describe what we are witnessing 010
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Now THAT is a real public service announcement— done. and thank you 090
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 06/05/2026That’s astute! (—Paul Simon) Thank you courageous patriots for getting together and forming an institute 030
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 23/04/2026It will remain dismal..but far more pleasant not to have him around 110
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Please just arrest her and throw her in jail—what are you waiting for 010
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 21/04/2026It’s a dimensional problem. Most people think ordinary Cartesian language can touch the layers of emotional richness if you’ve loved, or been chosen by a cat—a dimension so close to the heart that the loss feels existential (missing Lola Zeppole whose heart stopped beating one month ago) 010