Shawn

Shawn

@muzhudby.bsky.social

Oboist and pianist, teacher Check us out at www.ssoly.org

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Thought experiment: What would a “good conservative” believe? Consider their views on anything. When I say “good” I mean any conservative beliefs that actually help society. Society equals everyone regardless of race, gender, religion, or sexuality, etc. Sincerely, I’m curious what you think:

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🚨 FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA VOTERS! More than 7K voters had their registrations flagged over questions about their residential addresses, & the ACLU is raising serious concerns about errors. Check your voter status NOW. If it says “Challenged,” contact Fulton County Elections.

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NEW: At least 18 voting centers in Alaska Native communities have not opened despite early voting having already started in the state last week. “There is no legal excuse for the failure to open these sites,” one state senator wrote to the Alaska elections chief.

democracydocket.comAlaska Natives’ early voting hampered by unlawful closuresAt least 18 early voting sites in Alaska Native communities have yet to open, which is hampering turnout among a historically disenfranchised population.

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The man who has spent more money on politics in the last 2 years than George Soros has in his entire lifetime never says anything positive about his guy Ken Paxton. But he does serve up a steady diet of this stuff.

Unfortunately, average republicans still will not care. He could rape a child on live TV and they’d forgive him. The only unforgivable action he could ever do is to become a good and decent, kind, respectful, honest, and unselfish man. That’s their line.

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.

Follow party for the next hour: I’m back on Bluesky now and will follow back anyone who follows me until I reach at least 1,600 here.

I hurt my leg recently jumping off a ledge I’ve jumped off before but landed bad. I’m nearly 50. I want us middle aged older people to stop immediately going to “well when we get old” in response to stories like this. My injury wasn’t due to waking up with creaky bones, in fact at 47 I’ve never

had creaky bones or random aches. We don’t all want to commiserate over aging. My gray hair and receding hairline is all you people get, but physically I can ride a bike full of camping gear miles away to go camping so you don’t get to take one injury a teenager could have suffered and

turn it into a commiseration about along with me. Please just stop doing this. I’ll be 50 in 3 years and I plan on going as strong as I am now.

Religion wasn’t created to control the masses but more to alleviate their fear of lightening, earthquakes, and eclipses. Most if not all of your issue with religion is actually just an issue with evangelical Christianity. But don’t apply that system to every religion that’s ever existed.

Capitalists have failed to create the world they promised. They have created homelessness and a trillionaire. That’s it.

Calling conservatives “stupid” is fun but pointless. You actually have work to do beyond just insulting the people you plan to have Thanksgiving with and to have watch your kids. You may think to yourself that they are immoral idiots, but have you questioned why you still trust them.

This sums up so much including in the US. We spend all of our energy trying to avoid confrontation with our family and coworkers but that is a WASTE of energy.

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We really should have an international holiday to celebrate the agricultural advances the Indigenous Nations people of the Americas made on their own because their hard work has created your favorite dish. You can love any dish on any continent and it’s almost certain you’re loving Native American.

One bag of groceries that was mostly salad stuff cost me $60 at Albertsons today. This is directly the fault of theRepublican Party. No one else is to blame but the conservative voters. They do not know what they are doing but vote anyway.

Every time I’ve mentioned that I was kicked off of threads and I don’t know why, someone has offered me a link to a process to get a third look and reconcile it but, how can I say this, I audition for principle oboe in every orchestra I try for… that’s my personality. I do not beg.

I’m not invested in Brazils elections and I don’t really understand why anyone in the US is. What I want to see are leftist victories worldwide but I’m not hanging my coat on Brazil’s outcomes. I cut off my own family to show conservatives that we aren’t alike enough in key areas, and that they

need to change for me to feel comfortable around them ever again. And yes, that means that I will spend a 3rd Thanksgiving and Christmas in a row not seeing them. Do the hard part and stop outsourcing your activism. Brazil isn’t the US. Your family is.

Conservative voters actively choose to be lied to. On the left we CANCEL liars, on the right they pay them to lie some more. I can understand a little stretch of the truth here and there, but when the president I had voted for *lied* about seeing Israeli babies that were decapitated by Hamas, I

did what all conservatives are supposed to have done for the last 11 years: I called Biden out on social media for lying and I emailed the White House over it. I didn’t secretly wait and hope someone else would just fix it, I expressed my disgust for someone I voted for who LIED directly to me.

I didn’t care if Dems and neoliberals would come flying out of the rafters to scream at me, I stood up for myself and my dignity. Donald lies about everything, every day, and pretty much zero conservatives can be bothered to care. They either grumble quietly alone, or they ignore it.

Rewatching Pluribus and I’m still struck by Rhea Seehorn as an actor. I want to see her in more things! I first saw her in an episode of Burn Notice and even though I love the show, it’s not really full of standout acting, but the first time I saw her episode I said “she is the best actor I’ve

ever seen on this show” and she was just a kind of tertiary character. I think it’s just how realistic she comes across to me in her performances. I really love it.

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Florida is worth fighting for. I know it and you do too. Down here on the ground, we know something the pundits and donor class seem unable to see: Floridians are ready for change and we are the heroes we've been waiting for to see us through. #AngieforFlorida

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Riviera Beach, I’m coming to see y’all TOMORROW!  Join me for a Plaza Party & Phone Bank with food, fun and entertainment! 📅 Monday, Oct. 26 ⏰ 5:30 PM ET 📍 RSVP: Angie4Us.com/RBPB #AngieForFlorida

Capitalism was birthed from slavery and needs slaves to function at its peak. This is why capitalist economies seek out weaknesses in anti-slavery laws to find slaves. It’s like water trying to flow downhill and there is no way to stop it. You either have less efficient capitalism or you get slavery

Please let Israel rid itself of this government, and seek a lasting peace with Palestinians without any input from the racists who want a genocide.

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com

Israel is just 2 days away from a critical election, and thousands of protesters are filling the streets of Tel Aviv demanding Netanyahu’s removal! They’re demanding accountability for October 7 security failures and an independent commission of inquiry.

Our economy is running on a pure sugar-high at this point. Just wisps of cotton candy that completely evaporates in our mouth so we gobble up more and more. Stop electing conservatives and that includes neoliberal Dems. We need socialism and massive regulation on capitalists.

This analyst's report from Apollo about AI uses the term "S&P 493" to refer to the "S&P 500 minus the Mag 7" - because if you take out the AI companies, the S&P 500 is tanking. www.apollo.com/wealth/insig...

I’ve found it very strange to hear people say they have no idea where countries are on the globe. I can’t name every country but I’ve always known where the big ones were. I decided to quiz myself on a map of African countries and I found

that without any study I know where region of Africa most of them are even if I don’t know where they are exactly. So with a bit of study region by region I could boost that to close to 100%. Not knowing where Japan is is too foreign for me to even comprehend. www.geoguessr.com/vgp/3163?gam...

geoguessr.comAfrica: Countries - Map Quiz Game - SeterraThere are over one billion people living in the African continent. With a population of over 170 million and growing, Nigeria is the largest of the countries. Using this free map quiz game, you can le...

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Join me and Vice President @kamalaharris.com for a virtual fundraiser in support of our campaign for the U.S. Senate! Every bit of support helps us reach more voters and finish strong. 📅 Tuesday, Oct. 27 ⏰ 6:00 PM ET RSVP at Angie4Us.com/KHVF #AngieForFlorida

The strategy isn’t to try and find and win over any “good” republicans that might exist, that ship has sailed. They have had 11 years to rein Donald in and protect the US from fascism and they have all failed. The best they could do was exit the party and ignore the results of their votes.

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A Black couple about to tour a Queens, NY apartment got a message from the real estate agent as they approached: "Ugh. They are black." "She mistakenly sent it to us. But it was supposed to go to the owner," Olaso said. They are suing. | Greg Cergol www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/d... #BlackskyNews

nbcnewyork.com‘Ugh, they're black': Couple snubbed in mis-text sues for housing discriminationThe woman’s employer, real estate firm Douglas Elliman, says the agent is no longer with the company. The couple, meanwhile, found a spot on Long Island and plans to marry next year.

We really should make it a point to force republicans to publicly blame him for all losses. “Do you think Donald’s unpopularity caused the you to lose, or were you just a bad candidate?”

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Dan Sullivan voted for the Iran war more than 10 times. Dan Sullivan voted to jack up gas prices more than 10 times.

What Donald did to Husted is sexual harassment. There is only one thing Donald could do to lose Christian GOP support in full and that would be to become a good person, stop lying, and sincerely apologize to any one of the many people he’s harmed and offended.

D. Earl Stephens@dearlstephens.bsky.social

🖊️FAMOUS PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES: -KENNEDY: "Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country." -FDR: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” -TRUMP: "I looked and I watched up and down. I looked at his ass."

I think I will need a two week break after the election is over. No social media after I hear how the difficult states go and how many flips we get. I’ll be taking the week of Thanksgiving off from work but maybe I’ll see if I can swing an additional week. I need a retreat.

I hope Dems will dredge up the classified documents case when they impeach Donald. It can be a way to demonstrate that he has never taken national security seriously.