Carlsaganspeaks
@carlsaganspeaks.bsky.social
A skeptical historian of the evolution of religion, esp. Judaism and Christianity, from a scientific anthropological perspective. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Be kind and the world will be a better place.
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Schrodinger's immigrant: driving down our wages with their cheap labor, and also buying up all of our houses.
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Schrodinger's immigrant: driving down our wages with their cheap labor, and also buying up all of our houses.
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trump made the prosecutor who gave epstein a pass the secretary of labor!
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
trump made the prosecutor who gave epstein a pass the secretary of labor!
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And here's 2016 Schumer. www.politico.com/story/2016/1...
Trump finds an unlikely partner: Chuck Schumer
The two New Yorkers have spoken at length about legislation and appointments in a series of phone calls.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
And here's 2016 Schumer. www.politico.com/story/2016/1...
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(reposted because of a stupid typo). Here's the 2016 piece on Trump internment camps: www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/u...
Trump Camp’s Talk of Registry and Japanese Internment Raises Muslims’ Fears (Published 2016)
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
(reposted because of a stupid typo). Here's the 2016 piece on Trump internment camps: www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/u...
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We started Indivisible in 2016 because a future Trump appointee was talking about the WWII Japanese internment camps as a model for immigrants at the same time that Schumer was talking about finding common ground with Trump.
This concentration camp was opened at Fort Bliss, the site of a former Japanese internment camp.
It also cost over $1B in private contracts to build in a place meant to hold 1000 people. So, basically it’s a fascist grift.
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It also cost over $1B in private contracts to build in a place meant to hold 1000 people. So, basically it’s a fascist grift.
shorturl.at/qhuSc
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We started Indivisible in 2016 because a future Trump appointee was talking about the WWII Japanese internment camps as a model for immigrants at the same time that Schumer was talking about finding common ground with Trump.
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The longevity of the Mafia in Italy serves as a warning that, once this style of rule embeds itself in the state, it is “very difficult to extract,” Adam Serwer argues. https://theatln.tc/cmuUQ5Rh
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The longevity of the Mafia in Italy serves as a warning that, once this style of rule embeds itself in the state, it is “very difficult to extract,” Adam Serwer argues. https://theatln.tc/cmuUQ5Rh
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Language buried in this shutdown “deal” allows 8 GOP Senators who tried to throw a coup, sue to get millions in taxpayer money—because Jack Smith got their phone records. THEY TRIED TO THROW A COUP. There is no excuse for any Dem supporting this. This is absolutely wrong. Full stop—Period.
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Language buried in this shutdown “deal” allows 8 GOP Senators who tried to throw a coup, sue to get millions in taxpayer money—because Jack Smith got their phone records. THEY TRIED TO THROW A COUP. There is no excuse for any Dem supporting this. This is absolutely wrong. Full stop—Period.
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I’d like to hear what Merrick Garland is doing right now
Reading case law & ghostwriting long-winded opinions to soothe his embarrassment of being the most ineffectual AG in history who could’ve stopped this but was too meek to act against the threat of Trump, our country & to the rule of law…
Reading case law & ghostwriting long-winded opinions to soothe his embarrassment of being the most ineffectual AG in history who could’ve stopped this but was too meek to act against the threat of Trump, our country & to the rule of law…
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I’d like to hear what Merrick Garland is doing right now
Reading case law & ghostwriting long-winded opinions to soothe his embarrassment of being the most ineffectual AG in history who could’ve stopped this but was too meek to act against the threat of Trump, our country & to the rule of law…
Reading case law & ghostwriting long-winded opinions to soothe his embarrassment of being the most ineffectual AG in history who could’ve stopped this but was too meek to act against the threat of Trump, our country & to the rule of law…
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It’s the same old same old. Republicans do a tantrum and break the dishes. The Democrats clean it up. It’s an abusive relationship.
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It’s the same old same old. Republicans do a tantrum and break the dishes. The Democrats clean it up. It’s an abusive relationship.
I hear Bluesky is up to 40 million users, bravo!
What is the magical user number where we start to shift the public narrative back toward neutral? 100 million? The billionaire rightwingnut for-profit media machine is a beast to compete with.
What is the magical user number where we start to shift the public narrative back toward neutral? 100 million? The billionaire rightwingnut for-profit media machine is a beast to compete with.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I hear Bluesky is up to 40 million users, bravo!
What is the magical user number where we start to shift the public narrative back toward neutral? 100 million? The billionaire rightwingnut for-profit media machine is a beast to compete with.
What is the magical user number where we start to shift the public narrative back toward neutral? 100 million? The billionaire rightwingnut for-profit media machine is a beast to compete with.
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They are leaving because when they did a documentary about our criminal President’s coup attempt, they did not include the parts where he pretended he wasn’t attempting a coup.
Bulletin: BBC director general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness are resigning "following criticism that a BBC Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump."
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
They are leaving because when they did a documentary about our criminal President’s coup attempt, they did not include the parts where he pretended he wasn’t attempting a coup.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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It captures the essence of Trump: 'How dare he faint and distract from me'
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It captures the essence of Trump: 'How dare he faint and distract from me'
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It’s basically all the major airports in the US, including HNL. I wish for a functional government not run by sociopaths.
These are the airports that will reduce flights during the government shutdown
The Federal Aviation Administration is forcing airlines to cut 10% of their flights at 40 of the busiest airports across the nation to reduce pressure on air traffic controllers during the ongoing gov...
apnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It’s basically all the major airports in the US, including HNL. I wish for a functional government not run by sociopaths.
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Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.
ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
November 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.
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This is very true. If/when The Felon croaks, evil Criminal Johnson & the rest of the crew will continue the destruction. They're a disease that must be 100% eradicated.
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is very true. If/when The Felon croaks, evil Criminal Johnson & the rest of the crew will continue the destruction. They're a disease that must be 100% eradicated.
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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When Congress pushed back the end of Daylight Saving Time in 2005, it ensured that our annual plunge in to darkness will almost always occur just before the November election.
I am CONVINCED this is voter suppression—quite possibly to the persistent benefit of Republicans! slate.com/news-and-pol...
I am CONVINCED this is voter suppression—quite possibly to the persistent benefit of Republicans! slate.com/news-and-pol...
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
When Congress pushed back the end of Daylight Saving Time in 2005, it ensured that our annual plunge in to darkness will almost always occur just before the November election.
I am CONVINCED this is voter suppression—quite possibly to the persistent benefit of Republicans! slate.com/news-and-pol...
I am CONVINCED this is voter suppression—quite possibly to the persistent benefit of Republicans! slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Let me be very clear. It is not enough that RFK Jr. was forced to admit today that no causal relationship between Tylenol and autism has been shown.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Let me be very clear. It is not enough that RFK Jr. was forced to admit today that no causal relationship between Tylenol and autism has been shown.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.
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🎯 My thoughts come down to weariness over the constant infantilization of white men in their 20s and 30s for doing "stupid sh*t" & get a redemption arc, when I can tell you as a black woman I never got that grace to eff up continuously AS A TEEN.
In the end, Mainers will decide.
🧾 is.gd/c8aCk1
In the end, Mainers will decide.
🧾 is.gd/c8aCk1
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
🎯 My thoughts come down to weariness over the constant infantilization of white men in their 20s and 30s for doing "stupid sh*t" & get a redemption arc, when I can tell you as a black woman I never got that grace to eff up continuously AS A TEEN.
In the end, Mainers will decide.
🧾 is.gd/c8aCk1
In the end, Mainers will decide.
🧾 is.gd/c8aCk1
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Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.
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the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
Best post of the day, this is the singular key to deconstructing the fascist takeover
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Best post of the day, this is the singular key to deconstructing the fascist takeover
Best, most relevant post of the day
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Best, most relevant post of the day