Mell Csicsila

Mobile Musician: Percussion/Drums/Timpani, Teaching Artist, Stylistic Decathlete, Contrarian. Standard Time Enthusiast. RTs gave pause or laughter.

[Mell Csicsila @strikingthings]

How much has the Pentagon “lost?”

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Over the past two years, Elon Musk has lost $200 billion.

Don’t tell me we can’t afford a wealth tax.

[Mell Csicsila @strikingthings]

@smith_john95522 @GovMikeDeWine Bot

[Mell Csicsila @strikingthings]

Everything is conquest.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

Every country on planet Earth is built on conquest. Every “indigenous” tribe claimed its land by conquest. Every line on the map, across every continent and every ethnic group, was drawn by conquest. Apologizing for this is like apologizing for gravity.

[Mell Csicsila @strikingthings]

@SenSanders You should run for Congress. You could change things…

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

The Ottoman train famously ambushed by Lawrence of Arabia during World War I on the Hejaz Railway still remains abandoned in the desert of Saudi Arabia today.

The Hejaz Railway was one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever undertaken by the Ottoman Empire. Constructed in the early 1900s, the railway was meant to link Damascus with Medina, making the pilgrimage journey to Islam’s holy cities faster, safer, and easier for the empire to control.

When World War I erupted, however, the railway became far more than a transportation route. It turned into a critical military lifeline, carrying Ottoman troops, weapons, supplies, and communications across the desert. That importance also made it one of the primary targets during the Arab Revolt.

Lawrence of Arabia worked alongside Arab forces to organize repeated attacks against the railway. Their strategy was not to destroy the entire system outright, but to constantly disrupt it. Blown tracks, sabotaged bridges, and derailed trains forced the Ottomans into a draining cycle of repairs, consuming time, manpower, and resources on the very line meant to hold the region together.

That is why the abandoned wreckage scattered across the desert still feels so haunting today. It is more than a rusting train left behind in the sand. It is a preserved fragment of a war fought through railways, deserts, collapsing empires, and rebellion.

The Hejaz Railway was originally intended to extend all the way to Mecca, but the outbreak of World War I halted construction before the line could move beyond Medina.

[Mell Csicsila @strikingthings]

He obviously did more for this country than my great uncle who was killed by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Solomon Islands…

[Mayor Jacob Frey @MayorFrey]

Today, we remember George Floyd, who was murdered by a former Minneapolis police officer six years ago.

That moment changed our city forever.

[Russ Diamond @russdiamond]

Stop changing clocks = GOOD. Permanent Daylight Saving time = BAD. It was tried in 1974 as an experiment and was so unpopular Congress cancelled the experiment before it was over. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Permanent Standard Time (my HB119) is the healthier, more geographically appropriate choice. And it's already federally approved. @SaveStandard @SupportStandard

[Mell Csicsila @strikingthings]

@Legal_Fil @BizarroTrump10 That account isn’t a real person.

[Mell Csicsila @strikingthings]

@SenWarren More people watched that video than Colbert’s last show.

[E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. @RealEJAntoni]

We tried permanent Daylight Savings Time in the 70's and it was such a disaster that it was repealed in less than a year - the better choice is to lock the clock on permanent Standard Time:
https://t.co/kAzxAdTXNe

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

This one was taken from a *slightly* safer spot and is my favorite shot from the launch- and is also available in print if you want to support my future sacrificial lenses 😉

You can get it here: https://t.co/YAty9p6fsF

[Mell Csicsila @strikingthings]

@SenRickScott This is the wrong way. We did this and it was a failure.

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@RB_brecksville @NEO_Scan Jumped into their hands and made them do things.

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[Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunt]

I know I complain a lot about the Victorians, but at least they looked much better while committing and being the victim of crime, than we do today.

[Mell Csicsila @strikingthings]

@lass_liberty90 @libsoftiktok Does she understand that the Elphaba was set up to look evil because she discovered corruption at the highest level of government?

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@OpnLttrs @deanna_scholz @JDVance Irony

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@greendragonhq @libsoftiktok Where is the “Church of Satan” on this one?

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[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

Rivieras ranked:

4. Italian
3. French
2. Redneck
1. Buick