Life's fiddle

Life is a path lit only by the light of those I've loved (Tom Waits) he/him

[Life's fiddle @cleavonleaf]

This site’s become a mockery of what it once was. I’ll be deactivating this account. Had hoped to remain here because it felt like ceding ground at a place I love to the incompetent fool who bought & ruined it. But no more. I’m at BlueSky; if you’re there, look me up & say hi!

[Bishop Talbert Swan @TalbertSwan]

Stop playing in our faces. Y’all didn’t vote for Donald Trump because prices are too high. Y’all voted for him because your morals are too low.

[Gary Koepnick @garykoepnick]

Grok knows.

https://t.co/g7ihWVV507

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

Think of what this says to our children:

— Be the best, do everything right, serve others, and you’ll be ripped apart and denied the dream job you deserve

— Be a scoundrel, lie, cheat, and steal, be a serial sexual predator, and you can be President, or a Supreme Court Justice

[AP Race Calls @AP_RaceCalls]

BREAKING: Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wins reelection to U.S. House in Washington's 3rd Congressional District. #APRaceCall at 6:36 p.m. EST. https://t.co/FjgpZFcJ4E

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

Joe Biden and the Democratic majority Senate have FULL LEGAL POWER to make appointments, including judicial appointments, in the next 2 months.

And they should use it — immediately.

[Gene Bryant @GeneBryant2]

A new study from the London School of Economics says 50 years of tax cuts in the U.S. — which promised to “trickle down” and eventually boost jobs and income for everyone — have only helped one group: the rich.
https://t.co/UIyBqUcDJb

[crunchyrugger @crunchyrugger]

I finally figured out what this election reminds me of. Brexit. Passed in a wave of ignorant jingoism. Almost immediately regretted when people found out what it actually meant.

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

Our prosecutors completely failed us.

They had 4 years to enforce the laws against Trump, and they delayed, and they hesitated, and they were too cautious, and they finally went after him -- but it was too little, too late.

History will judge them, if there is any history left.

[AP Race Calls @AP_RaceCalls]

BREAKING: Democrat Greg Stanton wins reelection to U.S. House in Arizona's 4th Congressional District. #APRaceCall at 2:20 p.m. EST. https://t.co/FjgpZFcJ4E

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.

[Marlene Robertson🇨🇦 @marlene4719]

The Taliban congratulates Trumps win. The Taliban.

Let that sink in you stupid motherf**kers.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Andy Kim, famous for staying at the Capitol after the insurrection to clean up, will be going to the Senate. We should celebrate this win.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

It’s going to be wild to watch the Trump administration claim the election gives them a “mandate” to implement Project 2025, when they spent the entire election telling people they were actually against it.

And the media will largely shrug.

[Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman]

It's still kind of ridiculous to me that so many newspaper staffs are bifurcated into "the writers who aren't allowed to express opinions" and "the writers who aren't required to engage with facts."