Reposted by Bob MarstallBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Dear God. I almost feel sorry for anyone who allows themself to be fooled by this guy. 5584391356494 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/01/2025The future they want is a broken administration unable to manage a modern society 551460299 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallRep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 24/01/2025Fresh from the mass pardons of cop-beating criminals, the GOP announces a new “investigation” of Jan. 6. Hard to see what they can add to the 800-page report of the bipartisan Jan. 6 Cmte, but they can procure the star witness who has so far refused to testify: Donald Trump. 1251536333 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallPatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Trump is now attacking Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde who admonished him to recognize the dignity of all people. Here is a portion of the admonition from Tuesday’s National Prayer Service that Trump took issue with. Trump can’t stand a message that is essentially “love thy neighbor.” 1471693281 0
Bob Marstall @danaus.bsky.social · 21/01/2025This is great and I’m very happy for everyone. But where are the celebrations for any of the 70 Palestinians who were released? I’m sure their families are equally happy! www.facebook.com/reel/9815070...facebook.com16K views · 283 reactions | Palestinian detainees are released in the West Bank during day one of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. https://nbcnews.to/42Eym2L | NBC NewsPalestinian detainees are released in the West Bank during day one of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. https://nbcnews.to/42Eym2L. 020 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18/01/2025It’s interesting to me in a way listening to Yarvin. Because I do think he captures what motivates key tech bro types. But almost everything he says is puerile and mostly silly. Almost all the conversation is just him parrying questions with … www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...nytimes.com‘The Interview’: Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy is DoneThe once-fringe writer has long argued for an American monarchy. His ideas have found an audience in the incoming administration and Silicon Valley. 4336447 0
Bob Marstall @danaus.bsky.social · 18/01/2025A very nice interview about ideas with David Lynch. www.facebook.com/reel/1110241...facebook.com1M views · 11K reactions | David Lynch on where ideas come from 🧩 "In the other room, the puzzle is all together...but they keep flipping in just one piece at a time." (via @BAM_Brooklyn) #RIPDavidL...David Lynch on where ideas come from 🧩 "In the other room, the puzzle is all together...but they keep flipping in just one piece at a time." (via @BAM_Brooklyn) #RIPDavidLynch #DavidLynch. 010 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallMarlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social · 18/01/2025I had Copilot forced on me yesterday. No way to turn it off + I’m also an editor + also have the same concerns. Unacceptable that we’ve had something forced upon us that we didn’t ask for, don’t want, and that jeopardizes our livelihoods! (Plus the hovering icon is bloody annoying.) 👇🧵 3226 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallMS NOW @ms.now · 15/01/20255 things to know about Pam Bondi ahead of today’s Senate confirmation hearing. @maddow.msnbc.com breaks it all down. WATCH: m.youtube.com/watch?v=igOC...m.youtube.comRachel Maddow on Pam Bondi: Five things to know about Trump's (second) pick for attorney generalYouTube video by MSNBC 812556 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 12/01/2025NYT: Four years after receiving a pardon from President Donald J. Trump for crimes related to foreign lobbying, Paul Manafort is again seeking business from political interests abroad, capitalizing on international interest in forging connections to Mr. Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/u...nytimes.comAfter Trump’s Pardon, Paul Manafort Is Back and Looking for Foreign Work (Gift Article)The president-elect’s 2016 campaign chairman, four years after receiving clemency, is testing the international market with a team of Trump-linked consultants. 44636221 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/01/2025I’m not even mad. This is like watching some dbag ride off in a car with no brakes. Just going to kick back and watch the show. 5863277 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/01/2025These 44 Republicans voted against forest management wildfire prevention in December.meidasnews.com44 Republicans Voted Against Forest Management Wildfire Prevention in DecemberThe funds allow states like California to create barriers to stop the spread of fires 530126375770 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallThe Onion @theonion.com · 11/01/2025theonion.comMark Zuckerberg Defends Decision To Fly Confederate Flag At Facebook HeadquartersMENLO PARK, CA—Claiming that the banner embodied the spirit of the company’s values, Mark Zuckerberg defended his controversial decision Friday to fly a Confederate flag at the Facebook headquarters. ... 21935739711214 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/01/2025Dear Republicans, guess who does believe in climate change? California and Florida insurance companies. They don’t give a damn about your politics. Whether you claim to believe in climate change or not, we’re all in the same boat dealing with the consequences. 12433151043 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallGreg of the North 🇨🇦 @gregrgay.bsky.social · 01/01/2025More of this - “Critical thinking has seven critical features: being inquisitive and curious, being open-minded to different sides, being able to think systematically, being analytical, being persistent to truth, being confident about critical thinking itself, and lastly, being mature” #cdnpolien.wikipedia.orgCritical thinking - Wikipedia 49617 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallJuanito Majo John Madden @juanitomajo.bsky.social · 10/01/2025To my mind Brian Tyler Cohen is a national treasure: clear/ compelling/analytic/powerful/courageous and also funny. We need his voice more than ever. In today's post, he is angrier than I've ever seen him - and he's right to be angry.youtu.beTrump pulls DISGUSTING stunt over Los Angeles firesYouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen 541717334 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10/01/2025“You see, taxes are an implicit acknowledgment that I exist within society and not above it. That my fate is tethered to the fate of humanity at large. That I am not the special little boy I’ve always believed myself to be.”mcsweeneys.netI Will Pay Any Amount to Not Pay My TaxesI’ve gotten myself into a bit of a jam. A series of natural disasters is barreling towards my home, and there is a severe shortage of resources and... 115644 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallLaurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Trump’s plea to put off his sentencing by NY Judge Merchan makes no sense. He has already been tried and convicted. He says some of the evidence should’ve been excluded, but the only possible remedy if that were true — it’s not — would be to reverse his conviction in the still pending appeal. 45950132 0
Bob Marstall @danaus.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Swais2c Expedition Update: successful ice core extraction from below the remote Ross Ice Shelf fb.watch/w_Op4GJMP8/?fb.watch 020 0
Bob Marstall @danaus.bsky.social · 08/01/2025An update (in English) on the current extremely dire medical conditions due to the almost-complete Israeli embargo of medicine and medical personal. www.instagram.com/reel/DEe5LRP...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 010 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallHarold Underdown @hunderdown.bsky.social · 06/01/2025A report on a big copyright infringement case involving romantasy novels. tldr: proving copyright infringement is complicated. 052 0
Bob Marstall @danaus.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Happy 78th birthday to Katherine Switzer for making history by being the first woman to run the Boston Marathon! m.facebook.com/story.php?st...m.facebook.comLog in or sign up to viewSee posts, photos and more on Facebook. 010 0
Bob Marstall @danaus.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Great old b&w movie of Pierre-August’s Renoir at work painting fb.watch/wYQUUsbuSX/?fb.watch 010 0
Bob Marstall @danaus.bsky.social · 07/01/2025What a coincidence! Blackrock, Larry Fink and the US economy! Who knew! www.instagram.com/reel/DDxzrwX...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 010 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallIan Bedloe @ianbedloe.bsky.social · 06/01/2025This is history. Mini documentary “A Coup in Plain Sight” put together by Meidas Touch Network. A short but important watch and save. youtu.be/fCpyAirTZms?...youtu.beA Coup in Plain Sight (A Meidas Original Short)YouTube video by MeidasTouch 715668 0
Bob Marstall @danaus.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Israel created apartheid in Gaza and the West Bank, beginning with the Nakba in 1948. Now it is committing outright ethnic cleansing, if not genocide, with well over 45,000 killed, more than half women and children. www.instagram.com/reel/DCLnsEN...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 010 0
Bob Marstall @danaus.bsky.social · 04/01/2025“Israel is not a country, it is a US military base.” www.instagram.com/reel/DEX03wo...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 000 0
Bob Marstall @danaus.bsky.social · 04/01/2025David Bowie’s last words… m.facebook.com/story.php?st...m.facebook.com 000 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Republicans have been defunding education for decades for this reason. An uneducated electorate is easier to control. 20620135 0
Reposted by Bob Marstall@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 03/01/2025"...we’re under a well-funded, well-coordinated information assault." This is a brutal look at the GOP's very successful years-long effort to destroy fact-based media. Thank goodness @karlbode.com also includes some solid ideas about how to fix things. 13392172 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallWindsor Mann @windsormann.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Isaac Asimov was born on this day in 1920. This quotation from 1980 holds up: “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States…. [It is] nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’” 10577187 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallLaurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 03/01/2025“The Supreme Court’s chief justice, John Roberts, is now echoing Trump’s demand that people stop criticizing him, his colleagues, and other federal jurists — while continuing to pretend that judges are not political.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comJohn Roberts Absurdly Suggests the Supreme Court Has No 'Political Bias'The Supreme Court’s chief justice bashed “public officials” who criticize judges for partisan rulings “without a credible basis for such allegations.” 2491634511 0
Bob Marstall @danaus.bsky.social · 03/01/2025A forceful opinion by Dan Rather about Donald Trump m.facebook.com/story.php?st...m.facebook.com 000 0
Bob Marstall @danaus.bsky.social · 03/01/2025“This is a crime against humanity and international law. Israel’s aim to kill as many people as possible - why else would they systematically deny any humanitarian aid and target doctors, nurses and healthcare workers?” www.instagram.com/reel/DEUgbZs...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 000 0
Bob Marstall @danaus.bsky.social · 02/01/2025The Israelis have denied ALL medical aid in Gaza, including many supplies this doctor had collected from caregivers in America - supplies that would have saved dying children. www.instagram.com/reel/DD4s9q-...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 000 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallMegan O’Toole @meganotoole.bsky.social · 01/01/2025As the Gaza genocide continues, Israel has set up a leisure village for soldiers in the enclave, offering a physiotherapist to massage their legs and backs; popcorn and candy floss machines ‘like at the cinema and fairs’; and a lounge with a fixed menu including Belgian waffles and fresh pretzels.middleeasteye.netGaza's 'luxury spa': How Israel creates a fantasy retreat to distract from genocideAs they murder women and children, Israeli soldiers get massages and fine dining - a perfect illustration of the invention of an entire alternate reality 03523 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallLaurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Happy 2025 = 45², the first “square” year since 1936, the next being 2116. Its digit sum is also a square: 2+0+2+5 = 9 = 3². This last happened in 1681 and next occurs in 2304. And not since 900 has the year divided by the digit sum been a square too: 900/9=100 = 10² & 2025/9=225 = 15² QED. 👀🎉😁 1411728306 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Youtube algorithms pushed Bolsonaro's extremist videos, helping him get elected in Brazil, which is to say that Google helped destroy the Amazon rainforest and indigenous rights there, eyes wide open. Silicon Valley destructiveness takes many forms. www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/w...nytimes.comHow YouTube Radicalized Brazil (Published 2019)YouTube built its business on keeping users hooked. This has been a gift to extremist groups. An investigation in the company’s second-biggest market found serious consequences. 101274421 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallLori Trani @ltrani.bsky.social · 30/12/2024“Because you didn’t clean up your wells, you’ll lose that money, but it’s a fraction of the profits you’ve banked or the cost of the cleanup work.” 822662 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 31/12/2024So many people already think Musk is a Nazi that they won’t be able to see what an escalation this is. Each step toward violence matters, and this is a huge one. It’s trolling, sure, in the joking/not-joking mode of current fascism. 29716161 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallMarlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Good morning & Happy New Year! For me, 2025 has started with one of my favorite kinds of #OceanDevotion. 🐟🤿🐠 (If you want to enjoy the full 2.5 minute version, it’s on my Instagram: icebirdstudio) 1367 0
Reposted by Bob MarstallMediaite @mediaite.com · 31/12/2024Washington Post Top Political Reporters Flee for The Atlantic As Part of Ongoing Staff Exodus www.mediaite.com/news/washing...mediaite.comWashington Post Top Political Reporters Flee for The Atlantic As Part of Ongoing Staff ExodusTwo of The Washington Post’s top political journalists join The Atlantic as the storied newspaper continues to bleed talent at the close of a tumultuous year. 29703111 0
