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halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 17h

“concentrations of money and power so great that the individual almost ceases to exist, and democracy itself is threatened.”

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halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 17h

“In the early 20th century, a time in many ways similar to our own, Louis Brandeis spoke of the ‘curse of bigness’:

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 22h

⭐️⭐️ Read this: “To give you a sense of the scale of the problem: Fraternity houses across the country are a hotbed of rape and misogyny.”

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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 20h

Life among the ruins. Children sit by a massive pile of rubble at Úri utca 24 in the Buda Castle district following the 1945 Siege of Budapest. A century earlier, this was the home of Ferenc Erkel, the composer of Hungary’s national anthem. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️ 📷 Géza Buzinkay© | Fortepan

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🏆 SPOT ON.

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halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“A bipartisan effort to ban the demolition of presidential memorials — including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — was blocked Monday night in the Senate by an objection from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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GOP senator blocks bill to stop Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center

The bipartisan effort to ban the demolition of presidential memorials was thwarted in the Senate by an objection from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

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Ridge Cook @ridgecook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A shitty, incompetent Senator will hire shitty, incompetent staff and use their "research" without checking when desperate to lay a glove on Smith.

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

⭐️ Thread. Smart.

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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A faerie lemniscate or infinity loop, in partial bloom.

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David Hemond @davidhemond.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why Davey the Axe you ask and not Davey the Ax? A pointed question indeed with a bit of an edge. In short, Axe is the only proper spelling if, like me, you are an aficionado of Samuel Johnson, author of 1755 A Dictionary of the English Language and noted English wit and raconteur. Noah’s the Ax guy.

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David Hemond @davidhemond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We are blessed recently with a fairy ring, or rather an arc. These show up periodically in our yard. Interesting, perhaps a good harbinger?

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Ridge Cook @ridgecook.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We are in the LRC (Late Republican Corruption) phase. A period of extreme hubris protected by a political party who are in the employment of Wealth. While Karl may wring his hands, he helped create the atmosphere for LRC.

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My mother told me these stories: “Tales about the Loup-Garou [lycanthrope/werewolf] are found in French Canadian & European folklore…the Loup-Garou is tied to Catholic morality...a failing [led to] a curse. Only a shedding of blood could free a cursed man” thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/l...

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Loup-Garou

Traditional tales about the Loup-Garou are found in French Canadian and European folklore. The Loup-Garou is also called lycanthrope or werewolf. A Loup-Garou i...

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🥇🥇🥇 “Nauseous Optimism”—Perfect term!

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Beingsass @beingsass.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

all of these men are anti-America

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Each new episode of Lanterns is like an adaptation of Philip Larkin's "This Be the Verse." The first stanza: They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you...

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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed." — Charlotte Brontë, Evening Solace, 1846 Turkish classical violinist Ceren Türkmenoğlu performs II. Malinconia, Eugène Ysaÿe, Sonata for Violin No. 2, composed in 1923. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Banned in 60 countries. But not the US

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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A Great Egret (Nagy kócsag) reflected in the karst springs of the Fényes Nature Trail in Tata, Hungary. This alder peat-bog forest is fed by clear, warm karst springs that stay 20–22°C year-round, creating a magical haven for wildlife. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️ 📷 Tamás Éles© | Szeretlek Tata

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I remember my parents always had the crucifix with a jaunty palm stalk tucked over it. I have copious kid photos, charging cords, and a number of speakers. I reckon we still host our little ‘gods.’

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Steve Sawyer @stevesawyer12.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I couldn’t understand how anyone could observe how this movement advanced from Goldwater to Nixon to Reagan to Limbaugh to Gingrich to Kenneth Starr to Karl Rove to GWB to Trump but couldn’t see the trajectory. 😳🙄

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halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate Donald Trump, who was telling a remarkable number of lies but was rarely being corrected."

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halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"This isn’t just another squabble between the president and the press; it’s a serious situation that cuts to the core of our First Amendment rights." joycevance.substack.com/p/the-wolf-c...

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The Wolf Came As A Wolf: Trump and the First Amendment

Tonight’s post is long.

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David Hemond @davidhemond.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Cassandra analogy is apt but misses that the bad faith rightwing movement was in plain sight - relying on a decades long campaign beginningpost Watergate with the Powell memo. Bringing in Murdoch, controlling media, court packing, money unleashed in politics, contrived culture wars. But ignored.

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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The breathtaking grand staircase of the Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest. Designed by legendary architect Miklós Ybl and built between 1875 and 1884. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️ 📷 Photo by Dániel Balázs Harcz©

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Carmen Harris🇿🇦 @carmenharris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Allegedly. 😹🌿

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

⭐️⭐️⭐️

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🎁 Read this. #ETTD “On paper, the Kennedy Center had an extraordinary financial year… But that [[was due to an] infusion of federal renovation money, which Trump had asked Congress to include in its One Big Beautiful Bill…now threatening to withhold” www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

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What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals

A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Imagine being this gent, having in a moment opened such doors…!

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

All I wanted was a few bucks to go to the movies. I even put on a raincoat to hide my nakedness...and my tail! Forgot the goddam hat.

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Men Facepalm in Response to an 'Oops' Moment

ALT: Men Facepalm in Response to an 'Oops' Moment

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Roughly translated, “wherever there is a human, there is a place of kindness”

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I told my fella it was a “teachers’ conference“ in Boise. There sure wasn’t much conferring… But I learned plenty that I can’t share with my fourth graders.

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Criticality ill newborns, brought to you by RFK Jr.

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David Hemond @davidhemond.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hmm. Demonizing and killing innocent women without evidence based on delusional thinking? The museum is a warning against such mass hysteria and idiocy, a proof that MAGA morons were a problem back then and that our subsequent education has been inadequate to develop necessary critical thinking.

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“On the one hand, small and bony. On the other, quite tasty & accessible. Final decision to be made over a dinner of quail.”

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Ridge Cook @ridgecook.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Like all Republicans, she follows orders; no matter any "concern" she may express.

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David Hemond @davidhemond.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

(If you don’t count destruction: of democracy in the public interest, a constitution and system of laws, a Supreme Court with integrity, Congress, our state department and enlightened foreign policy, free press, separation of church/state, a sound economy…. See also fascism, bigotry, xenophobia…)

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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

King’s College Chapel, built between 1446 and 1515, Cambridge, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️ 📷 Photo by Gary Curtis© | Architecture & Design

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Beautiful language. Beautiful.

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halfmarshall.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“While the Chinese were allowed to cover the Oval Office event, CNN wasn’t even allowed on the White House grounds, despite an overnight ruling from a federal judge.” steady.substack.com/p/he-said-xi...

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He Said, Xi Said

Trump spent his day kowtowing

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Ridge Cook @ridgecook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

They will always cheat. That is why DNC's 51% strategy for Pres elections is so precarious. In a close run with margins thin, jiggling count in a county or two can turn the results in that state and the EC. And the nation is vulnerable because DNC has abandoned so many states, relying on a handful.

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's going to be awkward, lifting the tail of my Trans Furry Airline Pilot to ascertain its current gender

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David Hemond @davidhemond.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m thinking a castle could prove useful given the state of the state.

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A little fixer-upper, who’s coming with? I’ll drive.

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