Ben Luoma @revlucky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A person who needs a computer program to help him read a book that used to be popular with teenagers is employed as a professional writer. Just letting that sink in for a minute. 010
Ben Luoma @revlucky.bsky.social · 31/07/2026An interesting list. Can't quibble with the top 3 in that order. Ranking the next 6 mainline denominations is mostly just a matter of hair splitting. I would have put the UMC lower and the ELCA higher due to historical record, but that's just me. 100
Reposted by Ben LuomaGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/02/2026The “should of” is a cringeworthy nice touch. 1062974458
Reposted by Ben LuomaThe Onion @theonion.com · 31/01/2026“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.theonion.comRFK Jr. Demonstrates How To Remove Tapeworm By Scooting Ass Across CarpetWASHINGTON—In an address touting the practice as a completely drug-free method to relieve the common affliction, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demonstrated Thursday how ... 29192651886
Ben Luoma @revlucky.bsky.social · 01/08/2025This is the best pitch the Democrats have right now. Next week, I expect fundraising emails titled "it's not what it looks like" and "please, baby, we can change!" 020
Ben Luoma @revlucky.bsky.social · 20/07/2025From Cuomo in New York to Newsom in California, it's nice to see Democrats have taken a hard look at the losses in 2024 and decided to double down on the strategy that got them here. 100
Ben Luoma @revlucky.bsky.social · 16/03/2025I worked at Rhode Island Hospital where Doctor Alawieh works, for 6 years. I don't know her personally, but I recognize her photo and I know one of the other doctors quoted in the article. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...providencejournal.comBrown Medicine doctor deported despite federal court order. What we know.A court order that would have delayed the deportation of Dr. Rasha Alawieh was issued while her plane was on the tarmac, but it took off anyway. 120
Reposted by Ben LuomaPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 27/02/2025 7049331509
Ben Luoma @revlucky.bsky.social · 20/02/2025So this popped up on recommended jobs on Indeed yesterday: 000
Reposted by Ben LuomaC-SPAN @c-span.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY): "Seven times my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate...Representing our Commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime. I will not seek this honor an eighth time. My current term in the Senate will be my last." youtu.be/dIsl-vXuNwMyoutu.beSenator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Announces RetirementYouTube video by C-SPAN 6143
Ben Luoma @revlucky.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Insight for today: if you've been touch typing long enough, typing with just your non-dominant hand feels a little like freestyling sonnets in Piglatin. 110
Ben Luoma @revlucky.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Here's a political reality that I haven't heard many people reflect on. Trump's xenophobia appeals to people left behind by the free trade economy, but free trade left people behind partly because it didn't relax immigration policy. 100
Reposted by Ben LuomaProPublica @propublica.org · 13/02/2025Our Supreme Connections database tracks who’s paid the Supreme Court justices, reimbursed their travel expenses or given them gifts. We just added Justice Samuel Alito’s 2023 filing and newly uncovered Justice Clarence Thomas filings from the 1990s.propub.liProPublica’s Supreme Connections Database Updated With New Alito, Thomas FilingsOur database of the Supreme Court justices’ financial connections now includes Samuel Alito’s deferred 2023 filing and eight previously missing disclosures from Clarence Thomas dating back to the 1990s. 5830031267
Reposted by Ben LuomaMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/02/2025If you don't think America is corrupt, Pam Bondi, the Florida Attorney General who took a bribe, was sworn in as the US Attorney General by Clarence Thomas, a SCOTUS Justice who routinely takes bribes. 687116933815
Ben Luoma @revlucky.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Thank you, The Advocate, for pointing out at the top of the article that EOs are not laws, no matter what Trump says. We've got to stop letting him pretend they are. 010
Reposted by Ben LuomaTamsin the Sword ⚔️ Monster 🧌 @tamsin.reimaginedgirl.com · 31/01/2025Cis friends, please read this. There'll be another post coming shortly. 24827
Reposted by Ben LuomaThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 30/01/2025This Hannah Arendt quote feels appropriate right now "Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." 2431651036
Ben Luoma @revlucky.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Short but worth a read. slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comTurns Out Everyone Was Wrong About the “Resistance” to Trump This TimeThis is not shaping up to be the kind of regime that you want to be remembered for collaborating with. 110
Reposted by Ben LuomaPaula King @pking.bsky.social · 22/01/2025This is freaking awesome. www.iamexpat.de/expat-info/g...iamexpat.deMunich museum removes portrait of Elon MuskCurators at the Deutsches Museum in Munich have covered a portrait of Elon Musk which is part of a permanent exhibition about visionarires in astronautics. 011
Ben Luoma @revlucky.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Donald is a favorite of some Christians. Yet he's calling for an apology from the Bishop for asking him to show compassion towards those whom society throws stones at and protect the stranger in our midst. Still haven't heard what he feels about Musk's "accidental gesture." 000
Ben Luoma @revlucky.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Sometimes I feel like we're stuck in a mediocre cyberpunk novel. Not only has the realty tv start returned to power, but now he's being aided/controlled by the owners of megacorporations who use their wealth to shape how people see realty. 000
Reposted by Ben LuomaChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/01/2025I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message. 172510228016381
Reposted by Ben LuomaThe Advocate @advocate.com · 20/01/2025President Donald Trump is expected to issue more than 200 executive orders on Monday, moments after being sworn back into office. The orders will target transgender rights, diversity initiatives, and other federal policies. Read more: www.advocate.com/politics/tru... 3228
Reposted by Ben LuomaKore RavenSea. Enby, & u won’t tell me otherwise. Fuck fascism @oftheseawitch.bsky.social · 20/01/2025As far as I am concerned, this is war. 0124
Ben Luoma @revlucky.bsky.social · 20/01/2025What to do on a work from home day? Why, read a 97 page annual compliance document ofcourse 010
Ben Luoma @revlucky.bsky.social · 16/01/2025I backslid for a couple of days, partly to follow some drama that only tangentially affects me, but I've now removed the Facebooks from my phone. Feeling good about it. 030
