Reposted by Ken DowDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 22hIf you’re looking for proof that American politics and media are the most powerful propaganda system in human history, consider that barely anyone can easily afford the basic necessities needed to survive and yet the discourse is mostly about everything other than that 25929268
Ken Dow @kennymd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Prokaryotic=no nucleus Eukaryotic=nucleus Iscariotic=cancer 010
Reposted by Ken DowA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Every day I read a dozen things so grotesque, so depraved, that i could never again trust or respect anyone supporting it. But even in a crowded field this stands out. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...nytimes.comFort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says (Gift Article)If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history. 1340386
Reposted by Ken DowThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Here’s a brilliant idea for when you’re out there making good trouble and raging against the machine. I love it. 842499
Reposted by Ken Dow"Spooky" Gene Rayburn @generayburn.com · 06/10/2026When I lose it, there will be signs... 3354
Ken Dow @kennymd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Digital blackface." Awesome. Just when you think things can't get shittier... 000
Reposted by Ken DowJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives 1851951384
Reposted by Ken Dowebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm feeling this way 😤🥺 17745691302
Reposted by Ken DowA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious. 5264351784
Reposted by Ken Dowworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10161171709
Reposted by Ken DowJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Everything is a crypto rug pull scam, from the meme coin bullshit to the AI bubble and fake apocalyptic panic and the entire stock market. One lie after another to grab as much money as possible before the bottom falls out. 1020851
Reposted by Ken DowNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Democrats warned that Trump would spend his term inventing criminal charges against his enemies. In reality, he's only done that to a few people and has mostly focused on killing criminal investigations into his allies and letting them out of jail. Where does he go for his apology? 743759
Reposted by Ken DowDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths. 371713279
Reposted by Ken Dowweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't. 62107322533
Reposted by Ken DowMolten Irony (Wade) @ginsengity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I realize there are lots of stupid people in every country in the world, but why do they have to be concentrated in the USA? 1731787251
Reposted by Ken DowMark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I know it's late in his career but I'd like to see Tom Jones release a follow-up song called 'It IS Unusual', which focuses on rare but documented phenomena like Halley's Comet. 1924126
Reposted by Ken Dowandy vs. @im-all-id.me · 26/09/2026It's really comin down out there (civilization) 262373467
Reposted by Ken DowCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843511195
Reposted by Ken DowA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"Look, me and the EU people got this little misunderstanding. See, they're EU ... I'm US. They got the Arc de Triomphe, mine is the Great Big Arch. We both got two all-white parties, special laws, lettuce, cheese, fascists and Nazis, but their Nazis have swastikas. My Nazis have no swastikas." 616625
Reposted by Ken DowGod @thegodshow.com · 25/09/2026You ever just get tired of this shit? I know I do. It’s all I can do to keep from smashing the reset button everyday. 3234774472
Reposted by Ken DowThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026New York’s DSA @nycmayor @zohrankmamdani continues to erase barriers and center regular folks 👇🏽👏🏾 Again: They weren’t scared of him failing, they were scared of him succeeding. 602778631
Reposted by Ken DowMichael sisto @sistosterone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I had no idea it would take the American people 10 years to realize Trump is full of shit. I thought it was pretty obvious immediately. 3203250493
Reposted by Ken DowA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"It’s probably existentially terrifying to believe you are one of the Good Ones, unilaterally authorized to decide who is a Good One and who is not, only to discover that some of the other self-authorized Good Ones disagree with you about that." www.the-reframe.com/this-is-us/the-reframe.comThis is UsMoving from "I'm one of the Good Ones" to actually becoming good. 418025
Reposted by Ken DowDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 23/09/2026National security is why HBO needs to greenlight my projects. Also, national security is why MLB must subsidize the Oriole rotation by two starters. NatSec is the very reason I should have a table reserved permanently at Le Bernadin. Also, my apartment should be topped with drones and snipers. 3461861
Reposted by Ken DowJosh D. S. 2 On the Spooky Beach @matrixman124.hellthread.vet · 22/09/2026A government so bad that even people who never felt the consequences feel the consequences 310830
Reposted by Ken DowDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 22/09/2026All that will be gibbered at the U.N. today cannot be fathomed. But one thing is fixed and certain: As an American, I will end the day degraded, coated in a fresh layer of viscous, congealing embarrassment and shame. 2052373
Reposted by Ken DowThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026From the people who told you that straight white male privilege doesn’t exist… 811137203281
Reposted by Ken DowPaul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this. 354163204190
Reposted by Ken DowJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Not great when you recognize the whole AI thing reflects the mentality and worldview of white supremacist slavers looking for free labor to increase their profits while doing nothing and also living in total, all-consuming fear that there will be an uprising that leads to their violent comeuppance. 622774
Reposted by Ken DowGeorge Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 18/09/2026In the end, he's just tryin' to make this Russia with more Chipotles and whatnot. 1544467
Reposted by Ken DowGeorge Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Spoiler alert and whatnot. You don't have to completely understand how someone lives their life in order to LET someone live their life. 7551871041
Reposted by Ken DowRadio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience. “ - W.E.B. DuBois #RadioFreeAmerica #politics 39344
Reposted by Ken DowMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The surest sign that a majority SCOTUS decision was moral, fair, and based on existing law: 223100731779
Reposted by Ken DowNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026In this Ohio town, it was a tradition: bacon and eggs, big cup of Folgers, then over to the old arena to see Macklemore open for Ed Sheeran. But now the speech police are taking all of that away. 837326
Reposted by Ken DowNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Because Zohran Mamdani is a Muslim, he could never do what was needed from a New York mayor after 9/11: spend the next 25 years binge-drinking himself into oblivion. by Rudy Giuliani 91052115
Reposted by Ken DowGreg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The elusive, ephemeral , emotional support muntjac wishes you a fruitful weekend full of joy. 08214
Reposted by Ken DowCally Beaton @callybeaton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Anyone who has ever complained about London Underground, complain no more. 151127632218
Reposted by Ken DowThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I feel this one. I hate what our government is doing to its citizens. I'd say that we deserve better, but do we?🤔 35996162250
Reposted by Ken DowJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Every night I go to bed thinking I have seen the dumbest shit I’ll ever see in my life and every morning I am wrong before I’ve even finished my coffee 1193556629
Reposted by Ken DowAliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 10/09/2026I believe less in AI as a global threat a la terminator and more in people using AI as an excuse to make decisions that then create global threats (cutting workforces, cutting human decision making out of the use of war weapons, generally encouraging people to not think for themselves...) 1023248