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Shannon

@swalkthewalk.bsky.social
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In person I am good humored and a bit of a nerd. Here, I am kind of a crank, but still a nerd. We await silent Tristero’s empire.

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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Stop being so passive. The only route is to elect Democrats and then organize getting in their face when they don’t behave, including iccupying yheir offices if necessary. You sound as if you refuse to ride the public bus until it stops in front of your house. Fail.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We need to be vigilant about Dems that suck as much as Republicans. popular.info/p/corporate-...
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Corporate mercenary is a bipartisan profession
The AI industry tapped former Obama aide Jay Carney to rebuild ties with Democrats. He spent years at Amazon undermining privacy protections and fighting AI regulation.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
History is shaped by persons of great courage, such as these two filmmakers. youtube.com/shorts/6nio8...
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Here’s what’s in the Gaza film causing uproar in Israel
YouTube video by CNN
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Well stated. www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/co...
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From the ukraine community on Reddit: Short summary of what Russia is, and why ceasefire is not a solution.
Explore this post and more from the ukraine community
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I was friends with a trans person in 1988. Then, such persons were not the brunt of a hate campaign by the American right wing, which understandably wouid make anyone defensive. But honestly, I have never encountered such an Orwellian thought police as one finds by your community on Bluesky.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why is it, unless I follow the exact terminology that you dictate, I am suddenly in favor of violence and cruelty toward people whose humanity must be respected? This is not some anti-trans stance. I took exception to someone who called Trump's bombing of Iran a genocide. Then, most people agreed.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Since uou believe me to be misinformed and unable to discern truth from propaganda, give me some truth. Where are transexuals being rounded up at even a 1/1000th of any recent ethnic cleansing or mass murder of a group?
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s national suicide — destroying the mortar that holds us in a larger social system. You can shop without ever having to speak to another human. Bank and pay bills, w/o contact. Chatting with an interesting cab driver? Soon to be erased. There’s no democracy w/o the demo. Ok, Plenty of demolition.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I may be overly sensitive to the metaphorical meaning because an actual genocide is taking place in Gaza right now. To essentially be co-opting that horror seems grotesque to me.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I think when one feels strongly about an issue, by all means, make a fuss. But calling mistreatment of persons who share no linguistic, ethnic, or national identity, and are not targeted for mass murder by any group, is trivializing victims of Turkush, Nazi, Cambodian, Rwandan, and Gazan genocide.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I object to the misuse due to my belief that misuse engenders denaturing the word of power. I equally object to calling late adolescents children. At 17, I could drive, join the army, and was way through puberty. Nobody called 17 year olds children then. Now it is used frequently to amp up outrage.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sorry, but the point can be made without misusing the term “genocide“ which literally shares an etymology with the word “genes“.
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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For Substack subscribers, I've posted pages from a chapter called "The 9/11 Lobotomy" from my forthcoming book, THE INFERNAL TRIANGLE: HOW AMERICA GOT THIS WAY. rickperlstein.substack.com/p/the-911-lo...
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The 9/11 Lobotomy
Twenty-five years later, four pages from my forthcoming book.
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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2002/05/26/n...
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Fighting to Live as the Towers Died (Gift Article)
The last words of the men and women who were trapped on the high floors of the twin towers.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026
AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...
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Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect
Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We are sending people to countries that torture.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Their knee pad budget must really be through the roof.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Burns.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
BREAKING! Democratic Party leaders announce plan to give every family in the US a pony that flies and farts ice cream if Democrats take control of Congress in the coming election. Trump signs executive order targeting “communist ponies” for immediate deportation to Argentina.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Salt Lake Tribune is a 150+ year-old newspaper that went the nonprofit route several years ago. It now brings in $13MM in revenue vs $12MM in expenses. Enough to support a robust news operation. This is the way for metro news orgs. www.cjr.org/first_person...
That move has been a success. Last year, the Tribune brought in about thirteen million dollars in revenue, a million dollars more than it incurred in expenses.
Its revenue came from several streams: contributions from big foundations and individual donors, advertising in its online and twice-weekly print editions, and subscription fees, though the paywall would be removed shortly after Ileft Utah, in May. Similarweb's ranking system regularly puts the Tribune's traffic among the nation's top two or three nonprofit news organizations, alongside such stalwarts as ProPublica and the Texas Tribune. It's also ambitious, acquiring one newspaper in southeast Utah and starting another in the southwest corner of the state. Recently, management signed its first contract with the new newsroom union, guaranteeing a sixty-thousand-dollar salary floor, at least three weeks of vacation, and generous work-from-home provisions.
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Disembodied Head Lynch @goatburgler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Is it worth noting that the Miami Herald did some of the best, most uncompromising reporting on Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators at Mar-A-Lago courtesy of journalists like Julie K. Brown et al? I think so.
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𝔸𝕞𝕪 𝔹. 💚🌱 #voteforyourlife! #protectdemocracy 🗳️💙🌊 @beachandtreesplz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Texans! You have the chance in a few weeks to oust awful Abbott. He has done nothing but actively harm your state. Education, infrastructure all garbage under him. Racism is encouraged. Hating the poor. Get rid of that cancer. Vote for @ginafortexas.bsky.social ! check your voter registration! #TX
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026
ICE flights. Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, an average and terrible day. 75 total flights, at least 16 removal flights — Cambodia, Costa Rica*, Ecuador*, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Israel*, Jamaica*, Laos, Mexico (4), Nicaragua*, & Vietnam. *suspected third-country removal
An ADSBx map of the world showing dozens of ICE flights touching every continent but Australia and Antarctica. A closer view of North and Central America showing dozens of flights, mostly emanating out of Alexandria, Louisiana.A close-up of Alexandria, Louisiana, showing dozens of flight paths going out of the ICE Air hub there, like evil tentacles.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Looks like a drunk.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
CBS News stenography on display. I am shocked it is this bad. www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/p...
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President Trump says he doesn't think $5,000 dividend payments would need to be approved by Congress
CBS News Texas political reporter Jack Fink spoke with President Trump for an exclusive interview during the president's visit to North Texas.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“Maximized share holder value” begs to differ.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Also known as The Couric.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I hope it involves orange Flavor Aid spiked with cyanide.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Can’t wait for the Rest of the Story.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Guess this means the Houthis have bigger balls than the C Suite at Disney/ABC.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
God looked down and said, “I need a slumlord“.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Ratfuck Junior is a dry junkie, to coin a phrase.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
No, but he sold them some bonds at a 50 bpts premium.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Help needed: When I was in 7th grd. there was a (non) joke that went as follows: Joker:What did the floor say to the refrigerator? Jokee: I dunno. Joker:Dick Tracy! It was cruelty, aimed at seeing the insecure laugh (what’s so funny?), or shaming the non-laugher’s niaveté. Anybody know of similar?
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The ignorance is astonishing. Trumpism has made ignorance into a signifier of character.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Oh Canada! Bravo!
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Good piece. Pinochet’s inheritors are everywhere and too few people in the US acknowledge how widespread the problem is. lucid.substack.com/p/rule-of-th...
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Rule of the Lawless: Chile’s Coup, the Other 9/11
Anti-Communist domestic terror, transnational repression, and collaboration with Fascists
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Golf legend Rory McIlroy uses karate training to achieve total focus in high-pressure matches.
Webster star Emmanuel Lewis practicing tai kwan do in full karate gear at a dojo.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
She and her stooge husband are the worst of the Trump fluffers.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
US stooge media will headline the statement and not the criminal act. Our democracy hangs by a thread in part because of the cowardice of our mass media. I hope there will be a reckoning.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I think people who comment w/o reading the alt are to be treasured as shamans and special sauce deliverers.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Can’t wait for the NYT to roll out some tasty euphemisms for this story.
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Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What a pathetic loser.
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