@sielulintu.bsky.social
Transplanted from northeast US to Flyover Country. Boomer. Language nerd. Folk music enthusiast. Picker of nits. Need to stop doomscrolling and post more about music.
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Okay, so let’s get one of those.
September 14, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Okay, so let’s get one of those.
Listening to music from 1990, as one does, when the lyrics suddenly have present-day significance.
Boiled in Lead - Brave Bombardier
#folkrock #boiledinlead
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaDk...
Boiled in Lead - Brave Bombardier
#folkrock #boiledinlead
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaDk...
Brave Bombardier
YouTube video by Boiled in Lead - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Listening to music from 1990, as one does, when the lyrics suddenly have present-day significance.
Boiled in Lead - Brave Bombardier
#folkrock #boiledinlead
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaDk...
Boiled in Lead - Brave Bombardier
#folkrock #boiledinlead
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaDk...
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September 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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“I think that it is absolutely ridiculous that individuals like Bill Gates and Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos pay Social Security tax for the first few minutes of the year, but we have teachers and police officers and nurses that are paying year-round.” - Josh Turek
Josh Turek, Lindsay James: Eliminate cap on Social Security taxes
Preserving the long-term health of social safety net programs like Social Security and Medicare were the topic of campaign events held Wednesday by a pair of Iowa Democrats.
www.thegazette.com
September 10, 2026 at 1:45 PM
“I think that it is absolutely ridiculous that individuals like Bill Gates and Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos pay Social Security tax for the first few minutes of the year, but we have teachers and police officers and nurses that are paying year-round.” - Josh Turek
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a year later I am still frankly consumed by this. obviously I have no idea how I'd answer that question except to say quite literally anything else. thankfully, the pageantry of erika's world tour leads me to believe that this exhange almost certainly never took place, but still.
September 10, 2026 at 1:14 PM
a year later I am still frankly consumed by this. obviously I have no idea how I'd answer that question except to say quite literally anything else. thankfully, the pageantry of erika's world tour leads me to believe that this exhange almost certainly never took place, but still.
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Folks, this answer is "I endorse the pre-Trump status quo in which sports governing bodies made rules about when post-transition Trans women were allowed to compete based on sports considerations rather than bigotry"
Talarico: "I oppose trans athletes playing in girls' sports if it endangers safety or fairness"
September 10, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Folks, this answer is "I endorse the pre-Trump status quo in which sports governing bodies made rules about when post-transition Trans women were allowed to compete based on sports considerations rather than bigotry"
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Since becoming president again, Trump has promised:
-$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend"
-$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend"
-$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies
-$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms
No checks have been issued
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
-$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend"
-$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend"
-$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies
-$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms
No checks have been issued
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
Trump: "If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate...I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000."
September 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised:
-$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend"
-$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend"
-$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies
-$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms
No checks have been issued
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
-$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend"
-$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend"
-$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies
-$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms
No checks have been issued
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
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We are punishing people for having devoted their lives to helping us all.
NSF is consolidating its geoscience research grants into a new program, GEOcore and reducing annual grants to $110 million total in 200-350 awards. Typical was about $300 million in 1,200 awards. Not including institutional grants ($1.3 billion/yr) and those may be gone.
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)
www.nsf.gov
September 9, 2026 at 4:43 AM
We are punishing people for having devoted their lives to helping us all.
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When I was volunteering at the COVID19 vaccine POD in 2021, people would say over and over again that they were getting vaccinated for the people they love.
Last year, only 17.5% of American adults got the COVID19 vaccine.
Please get one for the people you love. 💕
Last year, only 17.5% of American adults got the COVID19 vaccine.
Please get one for the people you love. 💕
September 3, 2026 at 10:52 PM
When I was volunteering at the COVID19 vaccine POD in 2021, people would say over and over again that they were getting vaccinated for the people they love.
Last year, only 17.5% of American adults got the COVID19 vaccine.
Please get one for the people you love. 💕
Last year, only 17.5% of American adults got the COVID19 vaccine.
Please get one for the people you love. 💕
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do not into that good night be gently guided--
September 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
do not into that good night be gently guided--
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“Think I give a damn about what this Piker guy is saying when the richest Nazi the world has ever seen is bankrolling the destruction of America via the Republican Party?”
— how every Dem should answer questions about Hasan Piker
— how every Dem should answer questions about Hasan Piker
August 24, 2026 at 10:03 PM
“Think I give a damn about what this Piker guy is saying when the richest Nazi the world has ever seen is bankrolling the destruction of America via the Republican Party?”
— how every Dem should answer questions about Hasan Piker
— how every Dem should answer questions about Hasan Piker
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Republicans' largest donor (by far) is hosting a robust debate on his platform about whether Jews are white. Corporate Media will ask precisely 0 Republicans about their largest donor's all-consuming misogyny, xenophobia, antisemitism, he will instead by referred to as a visionary industrialist.
September 2, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Republicans' largest donor (by far) is hosting a robust debate on his platform about whether Jews are white. Corporate Media will ask precisely 0 Republicans about their largest donor's all-consuming misogyny, xenophobia, antisemitism, he will instead by referred to as a visionary industrialist.
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i know this is what "i never thought the leopards would eat my face" is exactly describing. but i'd argue what something like the Milo incident shows is that their version is even shallower than that. they're playing GTA and everyone but them is an NPC. life's barely real to them.
September 2, 2026 at 3:25 AM
i know this is what "i never thought the leopards would eat my face" is exactly describing. but i'd argue what something like the Milo incident shows is that their version is even shallower than that. they're playing GTA and everyone but them is an NPC. life's barely real to them.
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Bessent: "Everyone in this audience and every news outlet should be ashamed for taking a lying regime at face value"
September 2, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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Walmart spent $43.4B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2025, enough to give each of its 2.1M workers annual bonuses of $2,953.
Last year, retiring CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $29.2M — his largest payday ever and 958x Walmart's median worker pay of $30,520.
Textbook corporate greed.
Last year, retiring CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $29.2M — his largest payday ever and 958x Walmart's median worker pay of $30,520.
Textbook corporate greed.
August 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Walmart spent $43.4B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2025, enough to give each of its 2.1M workers annual bonuses of $2,953.
Last year, retiring CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $29.2M — his largest payday ever and 958x Walmart's median worker pay of $30,520.
Textbook corporate greed.
Last year, retiring CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $29.2M — his largest payday ever and 958x Walmart's median worker pay of $30,520.
Textbook corporate greed.
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Cool, cool, I have a couple quick questions -- who's in charge of preventing food-induced illnesses right now and how good a job are they doing?
RFK Jr defends measles: "In 10 years, there have been 3 measles deaths in America. There are now about 1.2 million deaths every year from food-induced illness. The media and certain demagogic politicians are constantly trying to scare us about infectious disease."
August 29, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Cool, cool, I have a couple quick questions -- who's in charge of preventing food-induced illnesses right now and how good a job are they doing?
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Measles-linked deaths since RFK Jr became HHS Secretary now surpass those recorded in the previous 20 years combined.
August 28, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Measles-linked deaths since RFK Jr became HHS Secretary now surpass those recorded in the previous 20 years combined.
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Pete Hegseth, who covers himself in crusade tattoos and keeps talking about crusading, makes an excellent crusader, in that he keeps killing Muslim civilians and losing wars in the Middle East by being an incompetent loser.
August 28, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Pete Hegseth, who covers himself in crusade tattoos and keeps talking about crusading, makes an excellent crusader, in that he keeps killing Muslim civilians and losing wars in the Middle East by being an incompetent loser.
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#AltText
Choose your Leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
Choose your Leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
August 28, 2026 at 11:53 PM
#AltText
Choose your Leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
Choose your Leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
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To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
August 28, 2026 at 11:53 PM
To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
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None of these people who run against "government health care" ever turn it down once they get elected.
August 28, 2026 at 4:55 PM
None of these people who run against "government health care" ever turn it down once they get elected.
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"On this day six months ago, Donald Trump started his war with Iran, saying it would be over in four weeks." zeteo.com/p/how-stephe...
August 28, 2026 at 1:46 PM
"On this day six months ago, Donald Trump started his war with Iran, saying it would be over in four weeks." zeteo.com/p/how-stephe...
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