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Pamela K Gilbert

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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 11d

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11d

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and several other Trump officials are using Washington-area homes built for senior members of the military. Some former residents are worried that the break with tradition could make it more difficult for some admirals and generals to find affordable housing.

Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved into a home at Fort McNair traditionally reserved for the Army’s vice chief of staff. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others also now live in military housing.

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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 11d

So much news, but remember this doesn't let up

Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 11d

Russia will not stop until it's stopped.
The war ends the moment Russia leaves.
Russia lies repeatedly (we won't invade Ukraine, we didn't kill Litvinenko, didn't kill 300 on MH17, didn't use Novichok in the UK etc etc)

We MUST NOT trust Putin.

Day 1345. Here's my daily thread

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11d

Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 11d

FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11d

This is so dumb. H1-B visas are a way the US has hired extraordinary people from around the world. Academic job markets are fiercely competitive, and foreign applicants are not paid less as departments generally follow disciplinary and departmental standards.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Universities across the country are importing foreign workers on H-1B visas instead of hiring Americans who are qualified and available to do the job,” said DeSantis in a statement. “We will not tolerate H-1B abuse in Florida institutions. That’s why I have directed the Florida Board of Governors to end this practice.”

However, it’s unclear how such a move could be carried out. States do not have authority to revoke federal visas, and US Citizenship and Immigration Services regulations prohibit firing employees based on immigration status.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 11d

Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 11d

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 12d

Tuberville thinks he’s sticking it to the Libs because SNAP recipients are all in the “inner city,” and Dems are gonna “feel the pressure” soon.

He’s the senior senator from freaking Alabama! He doesn’t care that his own constituents will suffer when SNAP is suspended?

Evil morons, the lot of ‘em.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 12d

Not feeling great about Pete Hegseth or anyone else tbh "testing" our nuclear weapons

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 12d

None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12d

The Trump administration is a fascist administration, but the United States is not yet a fascist state.

Total state capture takes time. Every obstacle we can present as individuals, groups, communities, and institutions helps slow that process.

Everything we do to resist matters. It ALL matters.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Will Jennings, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 7 more Anna O. Law, Will Jennings, Rosemary A. Joyce, Daniel W. Drezner, Pamela K. Gilbert, Dana R. Fisher, Michael Jones‐Correa, Victor Pickard, Mark Rice, Klaus Oschema

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15d

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.

The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.

No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 15d

Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19d

Carney: But this decades-long process of an ever-closer economic relationship with the United States is now over. And as a consequence, many of our former strengths as a country—more particularly, our economic strengths based on close ties to America—have now become our vulnerabilities…

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 20d

Believable

@criticalai-journal.bsky.social

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Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software

FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of ...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 21d

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 25d

New series just dropped! Victorian/ 19th C Global Anglophone folks, please take a look.

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Elements in Victorian Literature, Science, and the Environment « Humanities# « Cambridge Core Blog

Many eco-scholars today have lamented our current tendency to soft denial. We acknowledge major environmental concerns such as climate change while continuing to go about our lives as if they don’t ex...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25d

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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 29d

Now explain the economics of crop harvesting, for the gold in the back

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 29d

The whole thread

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 29d

Nowhere good

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 29d

The Jan 6 prisoners would be surprised to hear that

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 29d

Checking out my war-ravaged neighborhood here in SE Portland this morning. Everyone stay safe out there.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 29d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29d

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Oct 11

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Oct 5

Oregon AG Rayfield: Huge win at this moment in our democracy right now.

This is the president that is normalizing the use of the United States military in our country.

So to get this strong of a ruling out today for the public to see—it’s incredibly important.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Oct 5

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · Oct 2

A summary both obvious and extraordinary

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Oct 2

"You don’t need to be a mental-health professional to see that something’s very seriously off with Trump—particularly after nearly three years of watching his erratic and abnormal behavior in the White House."

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