Bob Calder
@bobcalder.net
Study how marginalized groups are empowered by the internet.
Retired teacher - web development and thinking skills.
AAAS Section X, Science and Society
Nobody is safe until everybody is safe
My old Blogger: http://www.bobcalder.net/
Retired teacher - web development and thinking skills.
AAAS Section X, Science and Society
Nobody is safe until everybody is safe
My old Blogger: http://www.bobcalder.net/
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Bob Calder
@bobcalder.net
· Jan 27
I will follow you back if you're an academic in history, computational sociology, or hard science. If you make things with your hands like art or furniture, that's cool.
I will block you if you trade anything or offer advice on trading whether it's crypto or securities.
I will block you if you trade anything or offer advice on trading whether it's crypto or securities.
In the 50s it was doing firing clerks that did filing. In the 60s it was mailing bills. In the 80s it was the more of the same. People wanted software to cut the tip off their cigar AND do bookkeeping because computers are magic. Not that it didn't work . . . eventually.
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
In the 50s it was doing firing clerks that did filing. In the 60s it was mailing bills. In the 80s it was the more of the same. People wanted software to cut the tip off their cigar AND do bookkeeping because computers are magic. Not that it didn't work . . . eventually.
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We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
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This exact same reporter was ousted from the NY Times for soliciting a $30,000 donation from Epstein— and you're telling me that as an employer, the NY Times never bothered to circle back and review this person's correspondence with a convicted pedophile?
A former New York Times staffer quietly left the paper after revealing he had solicited charitable donations from Jeffrey Epstein
Former New York Times reporter Landon Thomas Jr. told his editors he became friends with Epstein after profiling him in 2008, NPR reported Thursday.
www.businessinsider.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This exact same reporter was ousted from the NY Times for soliciting a $30,000 donation from Epstein— and you're telling me that as an employer, the NY Times never bothered to circle back and review this person's correspondence with a convicted pedophile?
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Strike 3! Arrived around 2000 UTC / noon PST. Will it be a biggie? Stay tuned. Initial indications are that it won't be as big as strike 1 was.
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Strike 3! Arrived around 2000 UTC / noon PST. Will it be a biggie? Stay tuned. Initial indications are that it won't be as big as strike 1 was.
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Whenever I think of Merrick Garland I always think of this tweet by the great John Lurie
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Whenever I think of Merrick Garland I always think of this tweet by the great John Lurie
Troll farm much?
"The more-than-300 comments responding to that anonymous post are full of mothers looking for property in New Jersey or Florida, predicting that Mamdani’s promise to make buses free will lead criminals to rape and kill innocent passengers."
LMAO @ UES mommies crashing out
LMAO @ UES mommies crashing out
Upper East Side Moms Are Melting Down Over Mamdani
A 35,000-person Facebook group devolved into panic and infighting after the mayoral election.
www.thecut.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Troll farm much?
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As an Albertan, I was able to walk into a COVID immunization clinic in BC yesterday and receive a booster free of charge. No hassle. No wait.
It’s amazing how well public healthcare works when it is adequately funded and isn’t micromanaged by an anti-science, fascist government.
It’s amazing how well public healthcare works when it is adequately funded and isn’t micromanaged by an anti-science, fascist government.
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
As an Albertan, I was able to walk into a COVID immunization clinic in BC yesterday and receive a booster free of charge. No hassle. No wait.
It’s amazing how well public healthcare works when it is adequately funded and isn’t micromanaged by an anti-science, fascist government.
It’s amazing how well public healthcare works when it is adequately funded and isn’t micromanaged by an anti-science, fascist government.
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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Racism never left, but took on new guises and endured. Anyone targeted knew this, but now others are noticing the worst of it and finding it hard to comprehend, let alone admit, their own past obliviousness and role in creating the present.
For all those surviving, strength and take care.
For all those surviving, strength and take care.
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
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UK politics live – latest updates
Decades-old racism is returning to British politics, and “it makes people feel very scared” Keir Starmer has said, warning that divisive hard-right politics was “tearing our country apart”.
Speaking to GP and TV personality Amir Khan, the prime minister accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of overseeing a return of the racist and divisive politics “that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Racism never left, but took on new guises and endured. Anyone targeted knew this, but now others are noticing the worst of it and finding it hard to comprehend, let alone admit, their own past obliviousness and role in creating the present.
For all those surviving, strength and take care.
For all those surviving, strength and take care.
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I'll start
youtu.be/80GKeyIqDW0?...
youtu.be/80GKeyIqDW0?...
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS
YouTube video by American Experience | PBS
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November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I'll start
youtu.be/80GKeyIqDW0?...
youtu.be/80GKeyIqDW0?...
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Those of y'all who have followed me since Ye Olden Days might remember that I ran a law firm once upon a time, a couple blocks from Eastway Elementary School
And in 2015 the firm was doing so well that I (foolishly) ran for a seat in our state senate...
...as an R
...on the ballot with King Trump
And in 2015 the firm was doing so well that I (foolishly) ran for a seat in our state senate...
...as an R
...on the ballot with King Trump
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Those of y'all who have followed me since Ye Olden Days might remember that I ran a law firm once upon a time, a couple blocks from Eastway Elementary School
And in 2015 the firm was doing so well that I (foolishly) ran for a seat in our state senate...
...as an R
...on the ballot with King Trump
And in 2015 the firm was doing so well that I (foolishly) ran for a seat in our state senate...
...as an R
...on the ballot with King Trump
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Day 2: Negotiations have begun.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Day 2: Negotiations have begun.
Nearly the only funding source for AI that isn't incestuous.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/s...
SoftBank rides the AI wave as OpenAI lifts Vision Fund to $19 billion gain
SoftBank's stock has slumped in the past week as concerns of an artificial intelligence bubble sent jitters through global markets.
www.cnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Nearly the only funding source for AI that isn't incestuous.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/s...
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“The most dramatic rollback of human rights for trans people in a generation will be covered by a mainstream corporate press that has purged queer journalists from its ranks in a stunningly transparent series of politicized moves over the past month.”
NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community.
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Corporate Media’s Queer Purge — Assigned
It’s no coincidence that historic assaults on trans and queer people’s rights have been accompanied by the mainstream media’s widespread dismissal of LGBTQ+ journalists and the elimination of beats de...
www.assignedmedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“The most dramatic rollback of human rights for trans people in a generation will be covered by a mainstream corporate press that has purged queer journalists from its ranks in a stunningly transparent series of politicized moves over the past month.”
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Democrats need to call Republicans what they are: un-American. Every Republican going along with Trump’s destruction wears that label, and it’s time to make them own it. Watch LP’s Stuart Stevens on MSNBC:
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Democrats need to call Republicans what they are: un-American. Every Republican going along with Trump’s destruction wears that label, and it’s time to make them own it. Watch LP’s Stuart Stevens on MSNBC:
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Propaganda does not rely entirely on unassailable evidence and impeccable logic to discipline its targets. Neither can the response, writes Calum Matheson, an associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh.
Scholars Must Recognize the Role of Affect and Emotion in Disinformation | TechPolicy.Press
The tactics of digital emotional manipulation are many and varied, but many of the most prominent exploit frustration and rage, writes Calum Matheson.
www.techpolicy.press
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Propaganda does not rely entirely on unassailable evidence and impeccable logic to discipline its targets. Neither can the response, writes Calum Matheson, an associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh.
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In September, federal agents swarmed a Hyundai manufacturing site, detaining more than 500 workers, including more than 300 from South Korea.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
These South Korean workers came to the US to build an EV battery plant. They left in shackles. They still want to know why
ICE agents raided, arrested workers at a Georgia battery factory in September.
abcnews.link
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In September, federal agents swarmed a Hyundai manufacturing site, detaining more than 500 workers, including more than 300 from South Korea.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
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What the actual fuck???
“Cassidy has been exhorting his colleagues to back a new idea to put money into employer-sponsored accounts that would allow individuals to set aside pre-tax dollars for medical expenses.”
HALF OF ACA ENROLLEES ARE SELF-EMPLOYED.
“Cassidy has been exhorting his colleagues to back a new idea to put money into employer-sponsored accounts that would allow individuals to set aside pre-tax dollars for medical expenses.”
HALF OF ACA ENROLLEES ARE SELF-EMPLOYED.
Democrats want to extend Obamacare credits. Republicans have other ideas. (Politico)
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
What the actual fuck???
“Cassidy has been exhorting his colleagues to back a new idea to put money into employer-sponsored accounts that would allow individuals to set aside pre-tax dollars for medical expenses.”
HALF OF ACA ENROLLEES ARE SELF-EMPLOYED.
“Cassidy has been exhorting his colleagues to back a new idea to put money into employer-sponsored accounts that would allow individuals to set aside pre-tax dollars for medical expenses.”
HALF OF ACA ENROLLEES ARE SELF-EMPLOYED.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Russian forces targeted energy substations that power the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power plants overnight on Nov. 7-8, amid its large-scale attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
kyivindependent.com/russia-targe...
kyivindependent.com/russia-targe...
Russia targeted substations powering nuclear plants during large-scale overnight energy attacks, Sybiha says
Russian forces targeted energy substations that power the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power plants overnight on Nov. 7-8, amid its large-scale attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Foreign Min...
kyivindependent.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Russian forces targeted energy substations that power the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power plants overnight on Nov. 7-8, amid its large-scale attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
kyivindependent.com/russia-targe...
kyivindependent.com/russia-targe...
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i think “ai data centers in space makes sense”
is the peak of the bubble. this is the beanie baby happy meal toy of the LLM era.
is the peak of the bubble. this is the beanie baby happy meal toy of the LLM era.
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
i think “ai data centers in space makes sense”
is the peak of the bubble. this is the beanie baby happy meal toy of the LLM era.
is the peak of the bubble. this is the beanie baby happy meal toy of the LLM era.
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Jesus save us from the accounting nightmare.
Add how health insurance works to the very long list of things Trump doesn't understand, doesn't care to understand, and will glibly lie about to get whatever he wants in the moment.
www.rawstory.com/trump-267427...
www.rawstory.com/trump-267427...
Trump proposes multibillion-dollar handout to voters to end shutdown: ‘To the people!'
President Donald Trump made a stunning announcement Saturday in recommending that Congress sign off on a multibillion dollar payout directly to Americans as an alternative to funding government health...
www.rawstory.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Jesus save us from the accounting nightmare.
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Hopefully you’ve all read this excellent piece by Peter Coviello, about why you should never talk to the New York Times, or in general any media with a preconceived agenda. But also see his “Is there God after Prince?”, written just after Prince’s passing… lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-t...
November 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Hopefully you’ve all read this excellent piece by Peter Coviello, about why you should never talk to the New York Times, or in general any media with a preconceived agenda. But also see his “Is there God after Prince?”, written just after Prince’s passing… lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-t...