Deacon Blues

Deacon Blues

@kaibutsu.bsky.social

Father, guitarist, singer, lover, rock and roller. Deep-voiced Big Daddy. An amalgam of jokes and wisdom, tempered by reality.

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RIP Mr.Koenig

George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

FIFTY PAGES. Get this pervert and his enablers out of office, then throw them all in GenPop.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

House Judiciary Democrats have just released a 50-page report that pulls together years of assault allegations against Trump and his reported connections to Jeffrey Epstein. The report calls for a special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein.

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Trump is so rattled by Obama packing crowds that he’s inventing imaginary voters. “If I ran against anybody right now, they say I’d win by 20-25 points… Look at the crowds. You have 20,000 people outside trying to get in. Obama was here yesterday. He didn’t have a very big crowd. It was sparse.”

Do they get a] a medal or b] ordered to salt the earth after the fire's out?

Black Intellect Media@blackintellect.bsky.social

Suspect arrested over fire at Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ retreat in Bavaria: About 200 firefighters deployed to tackle blaze at former Nazi mountain retreat in remote part of southern Germany www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

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i first learned of this watching an episode of “the pitt.” the show did a great job telling this history and paying homage to these innovators.

Charlotte “Pure True Love”@charluv.bsky.social

The Black Man Who Invented 911 In 1967, emergency medical care in Black neighborhoods was nonexistent Police threw patients into the back of a paddy wagons. So a group of “unemployable” Black men built the nation’s first ambulance services. onemicblackhistorypodcast.substack.com/p/the-black-...

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Turns out, you can in fact vote your way out of this.

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

Chris Cornell:

Jerad Walker@jeradwalker.bsky.social

This excerpt from a 1994 Spin magazine story about Soundgarden (written by the legendary Jonathan Gold) is all you need to know about Billy Corgan. We are all Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil.

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A Black Farmer Is Running to Become Louisiana’s Next U.S. Senator: Jamie Davis says he vows to reduce diesel costs for farmers & make healthcare more affordable if he’s elected to serve in Washington. Reporting by @aallyahpatrice.bsky.social capitalbnews.org/louisiana-ja...

capitalbnews.orgA Black Farmer Is Running to Become Louisiana's Next U.S. SenatorJamie Davis says he vows to reduce diesel costs for farmers and make healthcare more affordable if he’s elected to serve in Washington.

Nothing causes chaos like the truth. Thank you.

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

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Leave Africa Alone Leave Cuba Alone Leave Ukraine Alone! Leave Palestine Alone! Leave Greenland Alone! Leave Venezuela Alone! Leave Lebanon Alone! Leave Taiwan Alone! And France Stop Threatening to Murder African Presidents Who Kicked your Colonizer Ass Out of Africa! #HappyCaturday