Notices by M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)

Hmmm. Why do I suspect the "problem" is that Facebook doesn't like me calling fascism "fascism"?

@selfcare ... unless your trouble is that you're drowning.

@paninid You gotta be more fluid with the wand.

@JoshuaHolland Trump will side with Musk. He's in office now; he no longer needs the rabble.

@dalias @PharaohBender27 @paninid I think I agree, but how the hell would one implement a true direct democracy rather than a republic for a nation of 350 million people?

@ai6yr @meganL Okay but that's because anyone who still eats at Chik-Fil-A knowing that they're brazenly (albeit deliciously) fascist deserves to be misdirected and choke on diesel fumes.

@Lana @jstogdill @benroyce Here's what the rise of oligarchy and fascism has done to me:

It's no longer enough to me to be pleased by certain obituaries. I now affirmatively wish some people were dead. The world would be exponentially better (and literally millions of other lives would be saved) if just a handful of selected people were dead. If I could give Death a list of names, I would – and it wouldn't take me two minutes to write, and I wouldn't lose any sleep.

I hate that, but I nevertheless admit it.

@lawprofblawg So not a fan of Jefferson's "blood of patriots and tyrants"?

Science News: turns out that if you add brandy to your morning coffee on a workday because what the hell it's your birthday, they cancel out and you're still sleepy at 9:30 a.m.

More bulletins as events warrant.

From @sarahjeong.bsky.social:
"[A] conservative value set does not necessarily translate to conservative politics. These older men were young during the dictatorship, and they lived through the student protests and the bloody Gwangju uprising. It’s tempting to cast them in opposition to a younger generation that tends to vote liberal and is less prone to anti-communist red-baiting. But the ahjussis were once young, too, and in their youth, they ushered South Korea into a true liberal democracy." https://www.theverge.com/24312920/martial-law-south-korea-yoon-suk-yeol-protest-dispatch

If, knowing what you know about Trump, you disagree in any way with Biden pardoning his only remaining son to avoid letting a sociopath take vengeance on him, you really need to sit down, take a deep breath, and refocus on the things that matter.

@kims @br00t4c Okay, yes, that too. (Though it's actually the same thing, right?)

@br00t4c I love that (some of) society has evolved to the point that we can recognize Daniel Craig is WAY cooler – even in a tough, Bondian, "masculine" way – than Sean Connery was, precisely because he's woke.

Are there any orgs that connect people needing reproductive care with allies in other states? We live in Oregon and could host women/other people needing to travel here from red states for healthcare.

@loriemerson @ratsprite @mediaarchaeologylab Look I don't mean to be a pest or a bother but I'm fairly certain federal law now requires you to post a gif of the kaleidoscope with you turning the crank. It's in the Antiquities Act or something.*

*Yes I am a lawyer and I'm TOTALLY giving you sound legal advice here yup uh-huh not BSing or anything nope.

@loriemerson @K4mpfie @ratsprite @mediaarchaeologylab

I would joke that Trump will appoint Clarence Thomas Attorney General and name Matt Gaetz to fill Thomas' Supreme Court seat, except in this screwed up timeline it's entirely possible that Trump will appoint Clarence Thomas Attorney General and name Matt Gaetz to fill Thomas' Supreme Court seat.

You knew Trump wants to eliminate the Department of Education. You've learned he's naming WWE wrestling executive Linda McMahon to head that agency.

But did you know that Project 2025's blueprint for dismantling the agency calls for disabled children's special education services to be overseen by... RFK Jr ? The guy who believes vaccines cause autism and that autism needs to be "cured"? #autism #audhd #neurotribes #ASD

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@kp @clive I'm impressed that the pamphlet had the courage to include the Silver Shirts among the examples of proto-fascism in America, because they were active from 1933 to 1941 (they disbanded after Park Harbor), and their tens of thousands of members were still around.

Never pull your punches around fascists!

Probably the most salient shared characteristic of everyone in Trump's orbit is that they all appear to have personality disorders: narcissism, borderline, etc. When interacting with PD people (as we all are now, sadly), it's helpful to understand what that means, and to learn tools that smart people have developed for dealing with them. Here's a nicely written article by mediator Bill Eddy, coaching professionals on what the PDs are, how PD people operate, and ideas for managing them: (.DOC) https://powerofpeaceportland.com/site/2013new_/Summary_of_High_Conflict_People_in_Legal_Disputes_and.doc