https://bsky.app/profile/seamus.lihttps://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3mcbixski5c2cI tried Turkish delight for the first time today. It was otherwise unremarkable, but the rosewater aftertaste was such a Proustian moment that brought to mind images of my grandparent's furniture, living room, chinaware, and neighborhood markets. It was good but not betray-my-siblings good.13 Jan 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcbixski5c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3m6dd7ncnv22o@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy23 Nov 2025 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6dd7ncnv22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3m3lojufsgs2aFor all his experience, Andrew Cuomo surely came off like an amateur in the debate.20 Oct 2025 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3lojufsgs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3m3fwkky2ek2rI hope everyone shows up in costumes! It’ll be like a second Halloween!17 Oct 2025 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3fwkky2ek2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3ls5xz5vkfk2nAt least he won’t start any new wars oops lol22 Jun 2025 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls5xz5vkfk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3lrrmra3ask2tI heard “Taiwana” on a @economist.com podcast before realizing they meant Tijuana.17 Jun 2025 04:09 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrrmra3ask2thttps://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3lr6tge7wus2mLA will be a test of how much abuse Americans will be willing to tolerate from this administration.09 Jun 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6tge7wus2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3lnbnwt67ls2lThere’s still time for resistance and accountability as the fascist enforcers don’t yet dare to show their faces. When the masks come off, it’ll be too late.20 Apr 2025 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnbnwt67ls2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3lmxr3jioek24For people who are counting on Congress to take action, are you really expecting the people who have been working for 50 years to establish one-party minority rule to suddenly change course and reverse their gains, when they’re this close to actually attaining it for good?16 Apr 2025 23:36 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmxr3jioek24https://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3lmdqq4a3ks2jI wonder if @columbiauniversity.bsky.social would’ve turned in Albert Einstein to the Third Reich in their zealous compliance of the law.09 Apr 2025 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmdqq4a3ks2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3lmdbafajd222The economic ruin wrought upon us is an asset to the authoritarian because it weakens the economic thereby political power of the people while consolidating theirs. Don’t expect an uprising when things get “bad enough,” because we will be so demoralized and desperate with no power left to resist.08 Apr 2025 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmdbafajd222https://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3llq76eqf7k24As any economist who's not Peter Navarro will tell you, a tariff will: 1. transfer part of your wealth to uncompetitive corporations 2. convert part of your wealth into gov't revenue and thereby relieving the tax burden on corporations 3. lose a part of your wealth into the void as deadweight loss01 Apr 2025 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3llq76eqf7k24https://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3llcdmjm6es2h@signal.org bills itself as a means to shield private citizens from government surveillance, so it's beyond ironic how it turned that out our government is using it to evade accountability from its citizens.26 Mar 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3llcdmjm6es2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3lkm7o4bsec2vThe biomass of all humans alive, in our living density, is just under the volume of a cube half mile long, high, and wide. Rolled into a meatball, it would be about 500 meters in diameter. The world's largest building by volume is the Boeing Everett Factory and we'll fill up just under 40 of them.17 Mar 2025 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkm7o4bsec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3lidz7knq2k24The DOGE infiltration of IRS will allow this administration and its corporate handlers to target, harass, blackmail, prosecute, and silence any American dissident with the slightest financial and tax irregularity.17 Feb 2025 05:28 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lidz7knq2k24https://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3libqj5yk3222Gulf of America is meant to demonstrate the administration’s ability to make us accept any absurdity and to punish those who refuse. It is not a silly little thing and not a battle to abandon.16 Feb 2025 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3libqj5yk3222https://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3lhfpx2hlvc2nTrump proposes the liquidation and annexation of occupied Gaza. It is exactly what it sounds like. https://nypost.com/2025/02/04/us-news/trump-says-us-will-take-over-the-gaza-strip-after-relocating-all-palestinians/05 Feb 2025 04:22 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhfpx2hlvc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3lhfn7qhchk27@badgayspod.bsky.social please please PLEASE do Jack Donovan!05 Feb 2025 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhfn7qhchk27https://bsky.app/profile/seamus.li/post/3lgxrriv3ks2bMass deportation is about two things: 1. A mass transfer of public wealth into hands of the private prison industry 2. Driving remaining immigrants further underground so they will accept even more exploitative terms of employment It's never about getting your jobs back or your keeping you safe. https://www.joemygod.com/2025/01/deportation-flight-cost-5x-first-class-ticket-each/30 Jan 2025 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:mtip7xf2znqg5qyc5dfdo4kr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgxrriv3ks2b