@cdirksen.bsky.social, vitriolic misandrist
Boston, MA
Joined October 2008
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ICYMI because you rarely use Twitter except during @phish tour, @bizarchive and @phishnet and @mbirdfoundation are on BlueSky along with @Phish_FTR. #Phish #ASSFACE #GHOTI cc @treyanastasio @mike_gordon @pagemcconnell @jfishman600
ICYMI because you rarely use Twitter except during @phish tour, @bizarchive and @phishnet and @mbirdfoundation are on BlueSky along with @Phish_FTR. #Phish #ASSFACE #GHOTI cc @treyanastasio @mike_gordon @pagemcconnell @jfishman600
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Jon Stewart on election night: "We're all going to have to wake up tomorrow morning and work like hell to move the world to the place that we prefer it to be." #DailyShow
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Never ceases to amaze me how many folks who’ve heard RATM are in Paul Ryan mode, having literally ZERO understanding of anything that band was about and even less understanding where any of us might stand on contemporary issues. Recently was talking to a couple at a restaurant who were big fans of “Killing In The Name”. The nice lady said, “I love that song. It helped me rage against my parents and later against the jab!” I said, “Ma’am that song is about racist cops who often behave like the Ku Klux Klan in service of historical white supremacy and are boot licking lackeys and thugs of the racist capitalist ruling class.” She sat there chewing and blinking, chewing and blinking.
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As we all await the outcome of what feels like a make-or-break election, I want to offer some perspective, if you’ll hand a fellow with eight-plus decades the mic for a moment.
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McGovern: I was the last person off the House floor on January 6. I took over for Speaker Pelosi, went into the Speaker’s Lobby, and saw this mad, deranged crowd smashing the glass, trying to get at us. 140 law enforcement officials were injured, and some died from their injuries. Staff were traumatized. If these people had gotten to us, they would have killed us. To call them hostages or political prisoners is grotesque. It shows that Donald Trump is a sick, demented man.
I remember watching Republican colleagues crouch behind chairs in the House gallery, afraid for their lives, some on the verge of tears. This notion of saluting or praising those who caused this chaos, this violence, and harmed law enforcement is sickening—it makes me want to vomit. That’s why Trump cannot get anywhere near the White House. He is unfit to govern. It is quite frankly disgusting that he is the nominee of a major political party in this country.
I hope he loses, and loses big. I hope Republicans lose big and are forced to reinvent themselves and go back to being conservatives instead of being held captive by this MAGA right-wing group of extremist fascists.
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Many don’t realize that the first people Hitler sent to his concentration camps weren’t everyday Jewish citizens, but his political opponents. So, when Trump rants about retribution, locking up his opponents, and giving them “very long sentences,” I can’t help but take him seriously… because history teaches us that is what fascist dictators do during their “Day One” period to consolidate their power. (After all, if you’re hellbent on staying in power but aren’t likely to win the next election, you can’t have your political opponents running around free.)
To keep fascism out of our lives, vote for democracy!
Trump’s MSG rally was WORSE than you’ve heard (or seen) it was:
Insults, anti-immigrant tropes take the stage at Trump’s New York rally
npr.org/2024/10/27/g-s1-3023…
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Too much to say about Phil Lesh. I can't gather my thoughts yet. For now, hear *some* of my love for Phil on the AB episode about Phil and Friends from April 1999 with @cdirksen:
youtube.com/watch?v=lDOVTEUd…
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Voter: I am a Republican that’s no longer registered. Your inaction during your presidency was a little disturbing to me. What happened during January 6th and the fact that you waited so long to take action while your supporters were attacking the Capitol. Coronavirus, I thought the public was misled and many more lives could’ve been saved.. I’m curious how people close to you in your administration don’t want to support you so why would I support you? Your own VP doesn’t want to support you.
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Robert Smith: "Dynamic pricing is a scam that would disappear if every artist said, ‘I don’t want that!’ (...) ‘Oh, we didn’t know,’ they say. They all know. If they say they do not, they’re either fucking stupid or lying"
#TheCure
#Ticketmaster
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Oh look! Donald Trump is embarrassing us in front of the world again. Remember this was every day during his Presidency?
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From now until the general election, my weekly “Downballot” series will explore lesser-known races on the 2024 ballot
This first 1 might be the greatest story in politics. It has everything:
A Klandaughter, a civil rights hero, white history, Black history & a map
A thread:
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happy birthday to King Crimson's Discipline album. 43 years old today. and as fresh as ever tonight in Dallas at the Majestic Theatre 😉
#kingcrimson
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I’ve long said that we can learn more about our home by leaving it and looking at it from a distance — and since my student days, I’ve done just that for about three months every year. My mission: to equip and inspire Americans to venture beyond Orlando. And I’ve dedicated my life to teaching the value of thoughtful travel.
What does that have to do with the 2024 US election? This election is deeper than right vs. left or Democrat vs. Republican. It’s a referendum on American democracy...with our Constitution on the chopping block. And I believe if everyone could travel before they vote, the political landscape of the USA would be vastly different.
I see our world as a place filled with love, joy, and good people who share similar needs and concerns. I believe fear is for people who don’t get out much. The flip side of fear is understanding…and we gain understanding by traveling, whether that be a low-budget road trip south or north of the border or a month-long European vacation. Travelers learn that if a just and stable world is the goal, we need not walls but bridges.
This upcoming Monday, Sept. 23, I’ll enjoy making my case in 75 minutes on a special edition of Monday Night Travel — “Rick Steves’ Travel as a Political Act” — before entertaining your questions live. I hope to see you there...and if you have friends who could use a little vicarious travel, please invite them to join you in registering for this virtual show at ricksteves.com/mnt. It’s free...fun...and extremely dangerous.
