M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Twitter diaspora. Agamemnon sucks: we do the fighting, he gets the girls. (Oregonian. Mediator/lawyer/writer; bylines in The Guardian, Alternet, HuffPost/OffTheBus, more.)

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2024-09-06 02:17:19

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@npub1zle…38k8 It's said that due to prevailing winds and currents it's faster to sail from San Diego to Hawaii to Seattle than it is to sail straight up the West Coast. Maybe ship the car to L.A. then back?

2024-09-06 01:54:56

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@npub1zle…38k8 These guys have better Yelp reviews, if that's still a thing:
https://yelp.to/0jDtzoLqjq

2024-07-22 03:34:29

Does God ever get stoned? #DeepThoughts

2024-07-02 16:51:47

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(Also, although I respect the way Judge Marchan has carefully avoided grounds for appeal, if I were him I'd expend all my accumulated moral capital at sentencing, by creating a record listing every bad thing Trump has ever done then sentencing him to immediately begin serving at least 4.5 years in a real prison, making it impossible for him to act as President even if reelected without SCOTUS stepping in again.)

2024-06-25 04:14:20

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@npub1waj…c4zf Does sanity have Fifth Amendment rights during questioning?

2024-06-11 16:45:25

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@npub1wjh…6adp I feel crappy for Joe, though.

2024-05-24 17:27:47

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@npub1cpp…2uya I don't know if they normally publish poetry, but Chelsea Green has the right vibe and in the past has been super open to new ideas.

2024-05-24 03:58:30

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@npub1cpp…2uya I'd find a new publisher. Poetry is faith; it cannot be compromised without harming the soul.

2024-03-28 02:25:43

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@npub1wje…kd27 "Might"?

2024-02-19 17:22:05

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@npub1qk5…jlda Have you ever played with the awful cameras (pinhole, Holga), to stimulate your creativity by embracing artificial limitations (as you apparently are doing with your phone)?

2024-02-05 00:46:00

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@npub1se6…cmph P.S.: My landscape architect wife wants me to add: we compost because during the housing development process, the organically-rich topsoil is scraped off to expose more structurally "stable" subsoils, so after a home is built that pure-mineral subsoil needs to be nourished in order for topsoil to be replenished, plants to grow, and the environment to thrive.

2024-02-05 00:34:02

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@npub1se6…cmph We compost because (a) our garden gives to us, so we should give back to it; (b) organics don't decompose well in landfills, so it's both wasteful and even harmful to throw them away; (c) composting reminds us of the truth that all beings are interconnected, and that "death" is merely transition, with nothing ever actually lost; and (d) organic matter is GOLD! It's PRECIOUS! It's freaking SACRED! Who would throw away sacred, precious gold?

2024-01-04 17:10:13

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 I sort of disagree. Russia right now is the bad guy, and Ukraine is the good guy. I don't just want the war to end; I want it to end with Russia losing badly and Ukraine's borders being restored and its kidnapped citizens returned.

2024-01-02 20:28:58

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@npub1k04…mwld Ping @npub1wjh…6adp

2023-12-07 05:20:53

Look, I'm not saying she's incorrect. We DO want to put her in a reeducation camp. I'm saying it's either reeducation camps or tumbrels, so she probably should express a little gratitude.
https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-reeducation-camps/?rc_uuid=c0509291-4133-4c1c-994b-e282beec5804
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2023-10-08 21:39:22

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@npub1wjh…6adp Something happen today?

2023-09-18 17:54:27

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@npub1cpp…2uya Because unless you're his personal priest/roshi/rabbi/imam talking to him in private, it seems inappropriate to offer redemption before the victims have been made as whole as possible and the assailant has demonstrated sincere, non-PR-devised regret and contrition. And maybe not even then, because redemption is the right and the responsibility of the victims and the divine, not the public.

2023-09-03 20:10:08

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@npub189n…satx @npub1jsz…42fk Why'd you stop?

2023-09-03 20:09:43

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@npub1hvz…mle9 @npub1t8h…akgm You guys think too hard. I just drive a pickup to the Farmer's Market, place my purchases in the bed, and run through the car wash on my way home.
https://s3.c.im/media_attachments/files/111/003/023/795/280/592/original/254a40f4fc53f897.mp4

2023-08-30 17:22:46

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@npub1grx…uxfe I keep screaming into the void that what I'll call "broadcasting accounts" (ie, accounts like WaPo or NPR that only exist to share information, not to engage their readers directly in discussion) should be "QT"able even if personal accounts aren't. No harassment problem then.

2023-08-30 13:40:04

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@npub1lf4…kcjr Seagal will say anything for attention.

2023-08-25 21:15:28

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@npub1vqm…ccpx No, because no one would care how much Chris Christie weighs. But Trump keeps lying about his weight, and simultaneously attacks others for their weight, so knowing the truth is a nice clean proof that he has a liar and hypocrite.

2023-08-25 02:08:36

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@npub1wjh…6adp @npub1mvs…35k5 @npub1zeq…qpj8 And bench press 325. Ten reps.

2023-08-25 00:04:00

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@npub1wjh…6adp I mean, the ambulance?

2023-08-24 13:37:40

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@npub1520…8lyq @npub1mz4…06zu Trump staring in a mirror, alternating between smarmy smile and Rudyesque snarl, trying to decide which to use.

2023-08-24 03:43:23

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@npub1wjh…6adp There's 5 million votes lost.

2023-08-24 01:52:26

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@npub1wjh…6adp @npub1grx…uxfe Weirdly, I'm not finding it boring.

2023-08-23 17:21:23

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@npub1grx…uxfe @npub1psd…9sr7 And it's not just Putin. Other generals and oligarchs want a cut of the huge revenue Wagner is earning in Africa and the Middle East. THAT'S what his conflict with the Kremlin was mostly about.

2023-08-23 16:36:12

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@npub1zfn…yxu0 This is the clearest explanation I've seen yet of Woodward's conflicts and Smith's strategery:
"The D.C. grand jury obtained video evidence that contradicted the sworn testimony of De Oliveira and Taveras. So now they had a potential perjury charge hanging over them, as well as possible obstruction charges. The Justice Department sent Taveras a target letter saying he was the subject of a grand jury investigation due to his “false sworn denial” before the grand jury earlier.
"Imagine you are attorney Woodward, and your client Taveras receives such a letter. If you advise Taveras to testify truthfully, that will implicate and possibly condemn your other client, Nauta. But if you advise him not to correct his testimony, you could be condemning him to a perjury charge.
"That’s what a real conflict looks like. You can’t help one of your clients without hurting the other.
"At this point, the government moved for a hearing to resolve the conflict. This is called a “Garcia” hearing after the case United States v. Garcia, which first addressed what should be done in such an untenable situation.
"And wow were there fireworks at that hearing. When the judge made independent counsel (a federal public defender) available to Taveras, and when that lawyer explained the stakes and the risks to him, Taveras promptly fired his Trump lawyer, Woodward. He then retracted his prior testimony and, according to the government, “provided information that implicated Nauta, De Oliveira, and Trump in efforts to delete security camera footage.”

2023-08-20 17:41:56

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@npub1xj8…egqe Everyone in Kelowna, B.C. told to evacuate due to wildfires.
A city of 132,000 people. For we geographically-challenged U.S.ians, that's like everyone in Dayton, OH having to evacuate.
Or Pasadena, CA.
Or Elizabeth, N.J.
Or Fargo, N.D.
Poor Canada.
I no longer care about the economy. Everything else comes second. We need to stop burning fossil fuels NOW.

2023-08-17 22:33:54

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 @npub10av…r788 They're not putting him in jail pre-trial because, while most appeals can only happen after a final judgment, one of the few exceptions is orders of pretrial detention. In other words, if she puts him in jail, everything stops while he appeals first to a higher court and then to the Supreme Court. The chances of having him tried before the election would plummet, which is not something the judge should worry about for political reasons but definitely is something she should worry about in the interest of speedy administration of justice.

2023-08-15 02:53:13

I'm blissing out on the fact that Trump will be prosecuted by a #Black D.A....
... under a RICO statute that's extra-harsh because white racist legislators intended it for use against #Black citizens...
... before a jury pool that's 42.5% #Black because two centuries ago white racists there enslaved as many #Black people as they could squeeze onto the fucking ships.
Enjoy the karma, you bigoted fuck.
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2023-08-13 15:30:27

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@npub1437…ranm Tuxie says hello to George and hopes they can be friends.
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2023-08-13 04:40:31

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@npub1vqm…ccpx @npub1swy…snpj Was that the one with "Thrillseekers"?

2023-08-13 04:25:42

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@npub1vqm…ccpx @npub1swy…snpj NO. IT'S STILL PERFECT!

2023-08-12 02:41:08

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@npub145u…hq7w How much is the initial investment? And are you hang gliding or parasailing?

2023-08-09 23:39:14

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@npub1grx…uxfe
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2023-08-09 18:04:31

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@npub1msr…0y7u Oh Jesus yes this. Yes.
Then we add a direct cable car line from the BART station to the ballpark.

2023-08-09 16:31:41

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 In post #3 you describe bosses who give rewards or punishments unpredictably as "the worst," But behavioral scientists have learned that unpredictable reinforcements actually are the most effective at driving behavior. In other words, the very unpredictability of YouTube's reward algorithm probably is a feature, not a bug (and the proof is, as you say, the fact that creators work themselves to death posting new content to YouTube): https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-wise/201311/use-unpredictable-rewards-to-keep-behavior-going

2023-08-09 14:57:14

"Multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching — 'turn the other cheek' — [and] to have someone come up after to say, 'Where did you get those liberal talking points?'" Moore revealed. "And what was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, 'I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ,' the response would not be, 'I apologize.' The response would be, 'Yes, but that doesn't work anymore. That's weak.'"
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-evangelicals-2663078391/

2023-08-08 22:05:11

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@npub1ulm…hweg How can you design-parent the form that nature creates when you drop a viscous liquid onto a flat surface?

2023-08-05 16:15:26

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@npub1vqm…ccpx I hate all yellow-face emojis, because I can't tell what their mouths are doing. Is that a smile? Frown? Straight line? Wiggly thing? To me, they're all just meaningless yellow dots.
Why are we so conscientious about alt texting our images, while inserting illegible images IN OUR DAMN TEXT ITSELF?
:-|

2023-08-04 15:35:13

Yale history professor Timothy Snyder: “That Trump will be tried for his coup attempt is not a violation of his rights. It is a fulfillment of his rights. It is the grace of the American republic. In other systems, when your coup attempt fails, what follows is not a trial.”

2023-08-04 05:15:33

1993: Michael Douglas' character in "Falling Down" is Dilbert.
2023: No, Michael Douglas' character in "Falling Down" is Scott Adams.
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2023-04-22 00:59:17

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#[0] Holy crap. "The federal judge known for his abortion pill ruling and conservative advocacy holds a single stock worth at least $5 million. The stock’s name is redacted on financial disclosure forms."

2023-04-18 19:16:46

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#[0] I can make a pdf searchable if you shoot it to me.