Russell Asplund
@russellasplund.bsky.social
One man, scorned and covered with scars. Science Fiction and Fantasy writer, occasional guitar player, professional nerd and father of 7. He/Him LGBTQ Kids.
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My daughter bought me a book of @themountaingoats.bsky.social lyrics for Christmas. It inspired this poem — which could also be titled Going to Pierpont. (Not that anyone would know where that is.)
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“I am Ozymamdias! King of Kings! Look upon my works ye mighty and despair!”
Nothing beside remains.
Nothing beside remains.
Funniest possible breaking news banner on this amazing headline from a few months ago
July 13, 2026 at 3:28 AM
“I am Ozymamdias! King of Kings! Look upon my works ye mighty and despair!”
Nothing beside remains.
Nothing beside remains.
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An endless stream of batshittery.
July 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
An endless stream of batshittery.
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So the person vouching that Mitch is alive and lucid is the well-known truth teller Scott Jennings who also wants his seat.
July 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
So the person vouching that Mitch is alive and lucid is the well-known truth teller Scott Jennings who also wants his seat.
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Agreed that not everyone who disagrees with me is filled with hate in their heart but the high cost of a college education sounds like a problem chasing trans kids out of public life isn't going to solve
Gluesenkamp Perez: "At town halls, what I saw was the people who were the most upset had spent the last 12 years driving their girls to sports practice & they view their best shot of their student going to college as an athletic scholarship. So when we rush to moralize we miss some of the nuance."
July 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Agreed that not everyone who disagrees with me is filled with hate in their heart but the high cost of a college education sounds like a problem chasing trans kids out of public life isn't going to solve
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I love to see our tax dollars going to support the absolute stupidest possible FBI investigations.
So not only can we not fedpost but apparently we can no longer algae post
June 25, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I love to see our tax dollars going to support the absolute stupidest possible FBI investigations.
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I assimilated all the way to Congress and this idiot still tells me to go back where I came from.
Tom Emmer: "Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe. You know what? I'm done being even the least bit careful. Somalis don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the hell back to where they came from."
June 25, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I assimilated all the way to Congress and this idiot still tells me to go back where I came from.
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If you are wealthy, I think you should spend more money on clothes. There's no pride in buying clothes for the lowest possible price, as this puts downward pressure on garment worker wages and increases the likelihood of exploitation.
June 26, 2026 at 12:33 AM
If you are wealthy, I think you should spend more money on clothes. There's no pride in buying clothes for the lowest possible price, as this puts downward pressure on garment worker wages and increases the likelihood of exploitation.
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Nobody believed Trump and Vance that Iran was going to spend this money on US farm products. That was a line to assuage the cultists who were told by their hero for a decade that providing billions to Iran was weak and evil.
June 25, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Nobody believed Trump and Vance that Iran was going to spend this money on US farm products. That was a line to assuage the cultists who were told by their hero for a decade that providing billions to Iran was weak and evil.
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This Book Was So Prophetic. It Should Be The New Bible.
June 25, 2026 at 3:50 PM
This Book Was So Prophetic. It Should Be The New Bible.
Words have no meaning when used by republicans.
June 25, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Words have no meaning when used by republicans.
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Monica McNutt:
The only Black woman to serve as primary radio analyst for an NBA team. She has earned the respect of both players & fans with her knowledge, her humility and her ability to connect all of Knicks nation thru her steady voice.
#Trailblazer
#PureAura
#SheShed
The only Black woman to serve as primary radio analyst for an NBA team. She has earned the respect of both players & fans with her knowledge, her humility and her ability to connect all of Knicks nation thru her steady voice.
#Trailblazer
#PureAura
#SheShed
June 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Monica McNutt:
The only Black woman to serve as primary radio analyst for an NBA team. She has earned the respect of both players & fans with her knowledge, her humility and her ability to connect all of Knicks nation thru her steady voice.
#Trailblazer
#PureAura
#SheShed
The only Black woman to serve as primary radio analyst for an NBA team. She has earned the respect of both players & fans with her knowledge, her humility and her ability to connect all of Knicks nation thru her steady voice.
#Trailblazer
#PureAura
#SheShed
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Does Nobel have a prize category for starting a war, surrendering quickly, then paying a fortune in reparations?
June 18, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Does Nobel have a prize category for starting a war, surrendering quickly, then paying a fortune in reparations?
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Companies in the transportation business financing a road trip for the Transportation Secretary and his family.
May 15, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Companies in the transportation business financing a road trip for the Transportation Secretary and his family.
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The Intel chair hasn’t read the treaty. If he had, he’d know there’s only been one time NATO was required to help the U.S. and that was after 9/11. And they did.
Intelligence Chair Crawford: "It's in our interest to revisit the construct of NATO and say, 'How does this work for us?' Because when we need help from NATO, by and large they aren't there. Whereas when they need our help, we're there to do the heavy lifting, and I think POTUS has recognized that."
May 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The Intel chair hasn’t read the treaty. If he had, he’d know there’s only been one time NATO was required to help the U.S. and that was after 9/11. And they did.
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May 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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We've reached the point where one party has so obliterated the rule of law that everyone else continuing to abide by it will only hasten the end of our democracy.
That's a recipe for chaos and violence. It's terrifying, and I don't know what we do about it.
That's a recipe for chaos and violence. It's terrifying, and I don't know what we do about it.
May 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
We've reached the point where one party has so obliterated the rule of law that everyone else continuing to abide by it will only hasten the end of our democracy.
That's a recipe for chaos and violence. It's terrifying, and I don't know what we do about it.
That's a recipe for chaos and violence. It's terrifying, and I don't know what we do about it.
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I guess it's possible fetterman doesn't understand this, but Trump breaks promises all the time.
FWIW, in context, this reads like an offer from a party leader to ensure campaign funds to a potential candidate, not an offer of a personal bribe.
Trump asked Sean Hannity to serve as his intermediary in getting John Fetterman to switch parties, according to Politico.
Hannity then conveyed Trump's offer of "more money than he ever dreamed of" to Fetterman the next day on his podcast.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Hannity then conveyed Trump's offer of "more money than he ever dreamed of" to Fetterman the next day on his podcast.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
May 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I guess it's possible fetterman doesn't understand this, but Trump breaks promises all the time.
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Trump threatens to kill 90 million people. Just a typical Monday in this administration.
May 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Trump threatens to kill 90 million people. Just a typical Monday in this administration.
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Those are called strip clubs
Blanche: "There's a lot of things we can be doing, like voter ID. Every time you walk into a restaurant you have to show ID. How about you have to show your idea to vote? That's not anything that's crazy."
May 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Those are called strip clubs
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This court is corrupt and foul. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/u...
All Six Conservative Justices Attended Trump’s State Dinner
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2026 at 3:32 PM
This court is corrupt and foul. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/u...
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Justice Thurgood Marshall, dissenting in Mobile v. Alabama, which gave us the 1982 amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that the Supreme Court just nullified in Louisiana v. Callais.
Every word applies to the current majority:
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Every word applies to the current majority:
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May 1, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Justice Thurgood Marshall, dissenting in Mobile v. Alabama, which gave us the 1982 amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that the Supreme Court just nullified in Louisiana v. Callais.
Every word applies to the current majority:
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Every word applies to the current majority:
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"Cleaning up the risk pool" is a euphemism for eugenicist depraved heart murder. When the Trump regime takes health insurance away from people who rely on it to pay for the medically necessary services that keep us alive, we die. RFK Jr knows that 🧵
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April 21, 2026 at 10:54 PM
"Cleaning up the risk pool" is a euphemism for eugenicist depraved heart murder. When the Trump regime takes health insurance away from people who rely on it to pay for the medically necessary services that keep us alive, we die. RFK Jr knows that 🧵
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RFK Jr. told the House E&C Committee today that the way to bring down healthcare costs is to "clean up the risk pool" — remove the people who cost too much. He said the $4.3 trillion we spend on chronic disease is the emergency. He said most of Minnesota's autism services funding was stolen. 🧵
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April 21, 2026 at 10:53 PM
RFK Jr. told the House E&C Committee today that the way to bring down healthcare costs is to "clean up the risk pool" — remove the people who cost too much. He said the $4.3 trillion we spend on chronic disease is the emergency. He said most of Minnesota's autism services funding was stolen. 🧵