thesageofportugal (ironic)
@sagebrennan
Expatriate American in Sintra. Husband and Humanist. Recently upgraded to Autism Dad. UNC alum x2. Yes, in fact, Sage is a real name and it’s mine. Creativity is what happens while other people are following instructions.
Does ANYBODY believe this administration right now? FDA now claims the Cycloporiasis test on Taco Bell lettuce was a “false positive” and all I want to know is how much did the presumably-oligarchist owners of Taylor Farms pay Trump to make this b.s. announcement?
”Box 4… Poison Darts” Perfectly captures the vibe here. (Oxford Universty Museum of Natural History, Pitt-Rivers.)
Sure, sweetie, I can totally figure out how to wedge a self-contained apartment into our old stone hotel in Portugal for your Mom to live in. No problem!
In my personal version of “Orwellian Media Fascism” this would be it. All of it. Everything anyone would ever need to know. 🙌
Who has two (left) thumbs and just accidentally drilled into the same freshwater pipe for the SECOND TIME? This guy.
The White House is famously lacking in office space, so… (Room 442 in my basement, honoring the West Wing’s “Steam Pipe Trunk Distribution Venue”)
Hunting for communists defiantly celebrating May Day outside my window in Portugal.
Thune and Johnson: “midterms, schmidterms…we’re not terrified, no way!
Virginia voters confront Texas republican terrorists: “Do we look like idiots? If you gerrymander, we’re just gonna destroy you in Virginia, and you know it! Why do you want to hurt yourselves with this? Were you abused as children?“
Maybe potent messaging from intelligent (and gorgeous) leaders in Europe will help sway what’s left of the American polity back to center over the long run.
In the melieu of "We need more plumbers and fewer lawyers" videos, here's my entry as a former hedge fund advisor in China turned hacker-plumber in Portugal
Barron and Yair and all the other failsons in the extended Trump Crime Syndicate are also entertaining themselves by front-running the stock market with inside information with scraps of their criminal inheritances.
"Fueling anxieties over changes at CNN" feels a bit I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I by the L.A. Times.
“Harvesting” a wild deer? Are we now combining Hunting and Gathering into ‘harvesting’ ?? This is hunting, I believe, not harvesting like something people are ’growing’ like a crop!
I think it’s remarkable that we normalized Trump‘s bizarre compulsive mugging for cameras whenever there’s an opportunity to show off his ridiculous childish sharpie signature. This nonsense has been going on for NINE YEARS and we don’t even notice anymore.
This is what’s ’trending’ on Bluesky rn and I think I live on an entirely different planet.
Fitting ”Word of the Day” in this morning’s inbox. Hamartia: A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero…
Yeah, this photo will be a huuuge help. Crackerjack investigative work here, Rhode Island. Especially days after the murder of students at Brown.
Pure joy, caninified. This pic will get me through the week 😅
It’s not FAIR, what we are forcing these federal ICE officers to do. His haunting eyes betray belligerence and distrust and ... terror of our fellow citizens. Their mission is a fraud, and it’s almost inevitable that testosterone-driven violence will eventually drive us toward mob rule. RESIST!
What is Josh Hawley trying to do with his face, in this picture? Is that his idea of a… smile? These are desperately broken people... at least Lindsay Graham had the sense to get bombed before they took his photo.
Smart and concise thread on the crisis of disordered discourse and destruction of truth in America. @eliothiggins.bsky.social is living in my head rent free tonight.