Pelgridge Spedder

Pelgridge Spedder

@pelgridge.bsky.social

Get me a grape or an orange and none of that stinkin’ rut beer

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Here’s a good resource, and thanks to @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social for thinking of this.

Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social

In early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases. So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool. They can’t erase history. jan6memoryproject.org

Sometimes all you can say is “Wow.” Or maybe “Try it, asshole.”

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Republican Congressman Mike Collins signals his intent to end Social Security: "[Old people need to] get off of Social Security [and] get back into the workforce."

This ain’t good, in case anyone was wondering. Like really really bad.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Mike Johnson says that the Pentagon is requesting an additional $350,000,000,000 for things like "fighting Communism on our own shores"

Josh is right. When we refer to our work – whatever it may be – as “content”, we may as well be saying “garbage”. It reduces the important and the beautiful to a base level of Gallagher smashing a watermelon. And when that perception becomes acceptable, AI slop slides right in to take over.

Josh Gondelman@joshgondelman.bsky.social

My crankiest old man take is that referring to all art/entertainment/journalism/criticism/comedy/advertising as “content” helped pave the way for broad-ish acceptance of AI slop.

March 2, 2026.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "See that nice drape? When that comes down right now you see a very very deep hole, but in about a year and half you're gonna see a very very beautiful building. In fact, it looks so nice I think I'll leave it and save money on the doors. I believe it will be the most beautiful ballroom."

It’s pretty clear that the country has to extricate itself and all its business from Elon Musk, and throw him to the wolves of European prosecution. His tentacles run extraordinarily deep, so I’m not exactly sure how that would happen, but it has to in order for the US to survive.

@schumer.senate.gov The Republican president has declared war on the United States. This is the biggest, most fundamental crisis that the country has faced since 1861. If for some reason you focus on “affordability” in 2026, then you’re blind, Mr. Magoo. And you should be nowhere near leadership.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"

Very, very important thread. Dealing with Stephen Miller is an exceptionally distasteful endeavor, but we need to understand him in order to burn this thinking on the trash heap of history.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety. We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read: newrepublic.com/article/2041...

Just reupping because reasons

Pelgridge Spedder@pelgridge.bsky.social

My guess is that Trump won’t sign off on any deal that involves compromise with Democrats (which of course is necessary). In his mind, he’d just as soon shut down the government forever. If it doesn’t hurt him personally, he doesn’t give a shit.

After so many years in pain, rest in peace, Bruce Loose. Flipper was my North Star in the early 80s. Their shows captivated me with their chaos, creativity, and Bruce’s seeming disdain for those of us who paid to see them. It was SF at its peak, and I couldn’t get enough.