Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Man, all I want is a place for my mom to live that's nearby and where she can keep her 3 dogs. I don't even live in a high-demand city. Why does this have to be so difficult? 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 08/10/2026To get on the ballot for statewide office in Illinois, you need 5,000 signatures if running as a Democrat or Republican. If you're running as an independent or 3rd party, you need 25,000 signatures. Why is the bar 5x higher for 3rd parties? This "democracy" is a joke. 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"But who's going to pay for it?" This question rattles around my brain all the time, and I always find the question itself to be a paradox. All humans deserve a roof over their head, but who's going to pay for it? All humans deserve food, water, healthcare, but who's going to pay for it? 100
Reposted by Dave DComrade Jingle Pants ☭🔻Organize Against Oligarchs! @cptjinglepants.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Socialism is about removing those leeches. It's about workers getting paid FAIRLY (not the capitalist slave wage version of "fair"), and those who only leech off workers getting zilch. Nobody should get a piece of your labor simply because they "exist" and "own" things. 131
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The thing about "job creation" is that we don't need owners to create them. The need for shit to get done enough to create jobs. 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I can't think of a reason to ever set my TV's sleep timer for 5 minutes, but it's nice to know I can. 000
Reposted by Dave DAhhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 24/09/2026We are setting the planet on fire and continuing to work long weeks to make garbage for landfills and to produce marketing materials for the stuff in landfills 452189
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 21/09/2026How can a person hate private equity but not also hate capitalism? I don't get it. 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Political candidate debates are kind of visually weird productions. Why do they all stand in a row behind lecterns? Seat them all around a big table or a large sectional sofa. And have snacks there, too. 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Defining "self-sufficient" as being able to buy everything one needs feels like such an ass-backwards definition of self-sufficient 000
Reposted by Dave DJames A. Robichaux @jamesrobichaux.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"When we reinforce the right wing’s racist, sexist, classist frames in an attempt to expose hypocrisy, we lose. If, instead, we root our politics in what is good and bad, just and unjust, moral and immoral, we can win." www.jezebel.com/the-dangerou...jezebel.comThe Dangerous Myth of 'Taxpayer Money'Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth. 021
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Were checks and balances disregarded? Or do they just not work as well as we've convinced ourselves they do? 010
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Best case scenario would be collective ownership instead of private ownership, salary floor/cap with revenue sharing. It isn't that there are bad owners, it's that owners are bad. 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"At a certain point in their existential experience, the oppressed feel an irresistible attraction toward the oppressor and his way of life. Sharing this way of life becomes an overpowering aspiration." —Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed 000
Reposted by Dave DComrade Jingle Pants ☭🔻Organize Against Oligarchs! @cptjinglepants.bsky.social · 26/08/2026No matter how badly liberals and conservatives try to convince me that Socialism is "bad" and that "human nature" means we can't be humanists, I'll never agree that there's a good reason to exploit people. If you're AGAINST socialism, you're FOR exploiting others. That's it. Debate me if you want. 052
Reposted by Dave DProgressive Witch @progressive-witch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026🟦 Nordic Model 🧵THREAD 284416
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The Savannah Bananas have the courage to ask: what if baseball were an assault on the senses? 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Honestly, I'm getting kind of sick of living with cats 100
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 21/08/2026What was at the heart of essentially every horror described in The Jungle? Capitalism. 010
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 18/08/2026When things go from bad to worse: omg this is terrible, we need to go back to bad 121
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Yeah, it says that the Democratic party is a right wing party 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 16/08/2026"The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors." Paulo Freire 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Tech bros are the symptom, capitalism is the disease. 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Doing something creative is worthwhile in and of itself. It's fun to make music even if I'm the only one who will listen to it. It's fun to make art even if I'm the only one who will look at it. 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Uhh, I was actually just trying to look up that one Semisonic song 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Welp, city council just voted unanimously to move forward with a two year contract with Flock. Extremely disappointing. 020
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Springfield City Council votes tomorrow on whether to renew a contract with Flock. I've reached out to my alderperson to share my thoughts. I sure hope they vote it down. 010
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Something I like about baseball is how each player gets to take a turn at doing something 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Wow, this heat and humidity is not ideal for doing yardwork 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The bar is so low that these lukewarm ass takes make a rich white dude "serious presidential material" 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I still think about this Onion article, 15 years later. 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I renewed by FOID recently, and the charge on my bank statement just said: Gun $10 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 20/06/2026It's also possible future generations will see these problems as inconsequential compared to the problems they're facing in real time. 110
Reposted by Dave DAhhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 16/06/2026you never lived in freedom you just didn’t pull on your leash. Get socialist and get organized 119940
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Cauliflower is a strange vegetable. Why does it look like that? What even is it? Why is it so good? 000
Reposted by Dave DJay @weedwizard.wtf · 10/06/2026I always think about this article. www.indigenousaction.org/voting-is-no...indigenousaction.orgVoting is Not Harm Reduction – An Indigenous PerspectiveVoting is Not Harm Reduction An Indigenous Perspective February 2020 – www.indigenousaction.org Zine format printable PDF download: Voting is Not Harm Reduction Zine-FINAL-PRINT (9.8MB) When proclama... 0204
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 31/05/2026When I get home from work, just about every day I can think: I did good things today. I helped people. I simply cannot fathom being one of these cops, getting home and thinking to myself: I did good things today. I helped people. Honestly, when one reflects on their day, what do they think? 110
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Suggest the Napoleon Complex is just a derogatory stereotype, get blocked. Huh, how about that. 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Trailer Trash Trump? Wasn't he born filthy rich in NYC? 010
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 24/05/2026When I was a kid, I thought the Ford Probe was a real cool car 000
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 20/05/2026This song's giving me great vibes for the end of the school year youtu.be/fJDCC9IK2tY?...youtu.befishmans - weather reportYouTube video by spiky grouse 010
Dave D @damnvegetables.bsky.social · 16/05/2026"Things used to be worse" and "things could still improve" are absolutely not mutually exclusive. 030
Reposted by Dave DJames A. Robichaux @jamesrobichaux.bsky.social · 15/05/2026There is no such thing as "taxpayers". It's a dishonest fascist identity category and mythology designed to foster classism, exclusion, hierarchy, and eugenics. "Taxpayer" identity and thinking helps ONLY bigots, bullies, abusers, and very rich people. jamesarobichaux.substack.com/p/why-taxpay...jamesarobichaux.substack.comWhy 'Taxpayer' Identity And Thinking Is Morally Bankrupt In Every Context'Taxpayer' identity and thinking is not appropriate even when discussing measures at the state and local levels. 031
