Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Meanwhile, in the rest of the world: “To be a whacher is not a choice” heartblock.substack.com/p/to-be-a-wh...heartblock.substack.com“To be a whacher is not a choice”Letter from Nairobi (2012) 001
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Non, dis-moi, non Mitsouko. Catherine Ringer, célèbre voix des Rita Mitsouko, est morte à l’âge de 68 ans. [How many DJ gigs in Paris did I spin this one?] www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae-t...youtube.comLes Rita Mitsouko - Andy (Clip Officiel)YouTube video by Les Rita Mitsouko 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"But boredom isn’t a problem; rather, it’s the condition in which the mind, left alone, begins to play by itself, to wander, associate, drift toward the transitional space where unexpected connections assemble unbidden." aeon.co/essays/play-...aeon.coPlay is doing its work even if we’re not keeping score | Aeon EssaysWe are most human when we play freely, imaginatively, pointlessly. Gamification risks atrophying that most precious capacity 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ppa...youtube.comDr. Robert F. Thomas- The Great Smoky Mountain Horseback Healer of Body and SoulYouTube video by Maranda Vandergriff 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026File under praise the helpers and pay it forward. Dolly on the doctor that delivered her: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t25C...youtube.comDr. Robert F. ThomasYouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic 100
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"There is a theory of politics going around called popularism. And if popularism means anything, it should mean getting on the right side of the public on the most highly salient issues. and data centers and flock cameras are very very salient." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK7b...youtube.comThe Democratic Establishment Needs Ideas, BadlyYouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026From the files of people who use technology as a tool and still understand friendships and human connections are more important: “The most important thing about a gadget isn’t what it does; it’s who it does it for and what it does it to.” @doctorow.pluralistic.net www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPQN...youtube.comAI Was Never About Helping You | Cory DoctorowYouTube video by The Atlantic 1145
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026From the "Promises made, promises kept" department: Todd Blanche Vows To Remain Fully Independent Of The Law — theonion.com/todd-blanche...theonion.comTodd Blanche Vows To Remain Fully Independent Of The LawWASHINGTON—Assuring the American people he would not let the legal system sway his judgment in any decision he makes, recently sworn-in Attorney General Todd Blanche vowed at a press conference Monday... 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Thoughts on the post-47th world: “Safety is not just the absence of violence, but the presence of opportunity, dignity, and community.” open.substack.com/pub/thenatio...open.substack.comZohran Mamdani and the Politics of JoyAnd it’s backed up by actions and initiatives that seem designed to genuinely foster a joyful city. 010
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JRq...youtube.comIs This FascismYouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026"One Wednesday evening, he walked out the door of his home into his Pontiac Bonneville and headed West." RIP Smitty Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/o...nytimes.comHal Williams, Actor in First Wave of Black Sitcoms, Dies at 91 (Gift Article)As a divorced father of three in Ohio, he moved to Hollywood to pursue his boyhood dream to act. He became a recognizable face on “Sanford and Son.” 010
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Song of the Day 7/16/26: [regarding global warming and air quality] www.youtube.com/watch?v=phXT...youtube.comCanary In A CoalmineYouTube video by The Police - Topic 010
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 15/07/2026"Silicon Valley’s power rests on presenting a narrow, reactionary fantasy as inevitable progress. But other futures are possible, and other science fictions exist." aeon.co/essays/silic...aeon.co 001
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Song of the Day 07/03/26: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vxa...youtube.comIftin - Baddaa Doon Baa Maraysoo.wmvYouTube video by ZS 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 02/07/2026News feed cleanse: @jamestalarico.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=CamY...youtube.comThe Cause of Texas | James Talarico Accepts US Senate NominationYouTube video by James Talarico 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Song of the Day 07/02/26: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OyA... [Oddly, traveling down a rabbit hole looking for a specific Iftin track led me here instead.]youtube.com🇱🇧 Afif Chaya - يا اميّه = Oumia (1984) 🇱🇧YouTube video by Psycho Phono 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026It's been haunting me since 1979, but I still think it makes more sense to be stuck in Toyota with Tricia Pagoda. 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Reviewing the swamp and all the green within: projects.propublica.org/trump-team-f...projects.propublica.orgExplore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublicaUse this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de... 010
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Leaving the triangle of sadness. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNFi...youtube.comKeir Starmer is a Cautionary Tale (For Democrats)YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Pulpit v. bully: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9h2...youtube.comOssoff: “Scripture is full of kings brought low by their own arrogance.” | Big Bethel AME ChurchYouTube video by Jon Ossoff 000
Reposted by RobKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 22/06/2026BREAKING: Judge Patrick Schiltz has quashed several DOJ grand jury subpoenas aimed Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, saying they were part of a retaliatory effort over their refusal to aid Trumpa dmin immigration enforcement efforts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 174121893395
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026News feed cleanse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=waUj...youtube.comFULL SPEECH: Michelle Obama at opening of Barack Obama Presidential CenterYouTube video by ABC News 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 21/06/2026More folks doing the heavy lifting. “A Manufactured Crisis” www.hrw.org/report/2026/...hrw.org“A Manufactured Crisis”The 180-page report, “‘A Manufactured Crisis’: Minnesota Communities Terrorized by the Federal Government,” comprehensively documents how the US government’s “Operation Metro Surge” caused a human rig... 010
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 19/06/2026"[Wars] must be opposed, but more fundamentally they must be prevented: be removing money from politics, by addressing basic inequalities, by breaking up monopolies, by enabling social mobility." Capitulation Day open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...open.substack.comCapitulation DayThe dimensions of defeat, and the chance for recovery 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 17/06/2026What folks are doing. What's your strategy for overthrowing authoritarianism? What are you fighting for? spokesman-recorder.com/2026/06/16/g...spokesman-recorder.comGeorgia Fort IWMF Courage Journalism Award 2026 BLCK Press MinneapolisGeorgia Fort IWMF Courage Journalism Award 2026 honors Minneapolis BLCK Press founder facing federal charges for her coverage and career. 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Over 3,500 people were detained during Operation Metro Surge. Here’s where they went. minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/16/o...minnesotareformer.comOver 3,500 people were detained during Operation Metro Surge. Here's where they went. • Minnesota ReformerMost immigrants arrested in Operation Metro Surge were sent to Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, after being detained at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minnesota. Nearly half of them ... 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 15/06/2026From the ever thoughtful Rebecca Solnit: @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social www.meditationsinanemergency.com/in-the-dark-...meditationsinanemergency.comIn the Dark Times Will There Also Be Singing?This is the one-hundredth essay at Meditations in an Emergency. Thank you everyone who has joined me here. A while back I bought a first edition of a Willa Cather novel for nothing much at a library ... 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Modern Times has always been one of my favs in the Twin Cities. Like Le Voyeur in Oly or Les pères populaires in Paris, it's down to earth, punk, and serves high quality food. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/d...nytimes.comThis Restaurant Stopped Charging for Food. And Profits Are Up. 010
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026What folks are doing. What's your strategy for overthrowing authoritarianism? What are you fighting for? 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Essential election guide. the-projects.org/influence-in...the-projects.orgThe Influenced IndexEvery member of Congress scored from 0 to 100. Who takes the money? Does it change how they vote? Evidence of capture carries more weight than the money itself. 010
Reposted by RobAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/05/2026"On the present trajectory, Iran will emerge from the conflict many times stronger and more influential than it was before the war. It will exercise leverage with dozens of the richest nations in the world." From Robert Kagan, @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comTrump’s Endgame Is SurrenderHe seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat. 971538676
Reposted by RobTauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Here's the playlist on Youtube for Colbert's final show - the first video doesn't even open with loud applause. It begins with Colbert talking about how wonderful his colleagues are. It's a genuinely sobering.youtube.comA Reciprocal Emotional Relationship - Colbert's Series Finale Begins With A Message For His AudienceYouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 1136
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026What folks are doing. What's your strategy for overthrowing authoritarianism? What are you fighting for? www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3_s...youtube.comThe Trump/Epstein Reading RoomYouTube video by Samantha Bee 000
Reposted by RobTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/05/2026A superloser is a leader of a great power, or (onetime) superpower, whose disastrous choices lead to a crash. He possesses a combination of skills that allow for a rise to personal power and the collapse of state power. I spell out the phenomenon in this video: snyder.substack.com/p/the-era-of...snyder.substack.comThe Era of the SuperlosersTrump, Putin, and the World 331266487
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Steps on the way to impeachment: "Well, I think the facts will prove me right." www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWsk...youtube.comWATCH: Sen. Reed questions Blanche in Justice Department budget hearingYouTube video by PBS NewsHour 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Song of the Day 5/20/26. www.facebook.com/reel/8804723...facebook.com 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Song of the Day 5/14/26: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkRt...youtube.comSteve Earle - "City Of Immigrants" [Official Music Video]YouTube video by Steve Earle 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Song of the Day 5/13/26: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQLA...youtube.comCure For Paranoia - "No Brainer" - NPR Tiny Desk Submission (2026)YouTube video by Cure for Paranoia 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Steps on the way to impeachment sliding into Thoughts on the post-47th world: "You might be cynical about that. I'm not." @jamellebouie.net www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSCU...youtube.comTrump Is Catastrophically Unpopular.YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Song of the Day 5/9/26: [Well there's Taylor and KPop Demons and Kidz Bop that'll get the youngins hopping at my kid's elementary school; but it's nice to see they also appreciate the classics.] www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZIF...youtube.com"Potatoe Chips" - Slim Gaillard & His Bakers Dozen (1952 Mercury)YouTube video by Jason Madore 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 06/05/2026News feed cleanse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=okd5...youtube.comWhat Powers Should The President Not Have? Former President Obama Weighs InYouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Meanwhile, in the rest of the world: www.thenation.com/article/cult...thenation.comAre Magazines Failing to Cover the New World Order?A conversation with Gavin Jacobson, one of the founding editors of Equator, a new publication that is trying to make sense of the world after the West. 000
Reposted by RobRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/04/2026To be a person of no consequence, to speak without power, is a bewilderingly awful condition, as though you were a ghost, a beast, as though words died in your mouth, as though sound no longer traveled. It is almost worse to say something and have it not matter than to be silent. 126460
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Steps on the way to impeachment sliding into Thoughts on the post-47th world: @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...bostonreview.netA Year of Magical ThinkingElite impunity has fueled the fantasy that catastrophes are for other people. 010
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Thoughts on the post-47th world: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjuD...youtube.comIt's Not Both Sides. It Never Was.YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Thoughts on developing good libraries: "These practices share an underlying premise: that a reader’s access to books and ideas is fragile, and that the fragility is not visible from the inside until something has already been lost." cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/the-librar...cardcatalogforlife.substack.comThe Libraries That Weren't Supposed to ExistBasement libraries and buried archives: a brief history of reading against the state. 000
Rob @robmkeefe.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Song of the day 4/22: [it's good enough for me...] www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzod...youtube.com(Gimme Some of That) Ol' Atonal Music - Merle Hazard feat. Alison BrownYouTube video by Merle Hazard 000
