Gestalt-ing Raspberry
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Whole Cloth; Manufacturing and fabrication of credibility and pulling the strings. Sam, I am. Just the dog - my feed, my cares.
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Adds a new twist to watching The American Revolution.
Adds a new twist to watching The American Revolution.
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Fun and interesting share provided below.
Adds a new twist to watching The American Revolution.
Adds a new twist to watching The American Revolution.
Good thinking - "Then Harvard—a mainstay in his life and career—announced it would take a fresh look at his and other faculty members’ ties to Epstein."
Gifted from below.
Gifted from below.
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Good thinking - "Then Harvard—a mainstay in his life and career—announced it would take a fresh look at his and other faculty members’ ties to Epstein."
Gifted from below.
Gifted from below.
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Wyoming’s constitution already prohibits voting for non-citizens, and a recent investigation in its most populous county found zero cases of noncitizen voting there in the 2024 election. But the GOP has passed strict new restrictions.
Wyoming Is Now Requiring Would-be Voters to Document Their Citizenship
The rules were pushed by Wyoming’s ultraconservative secretary of state despite no pattern of noncitizen voting. A lawsuit warns it risks tripping up eligible citizens who wish to register.
boltsmag.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Wyoming’s constitution already prohibits voting for non-citizens, and a recent investigation in its most populous county found zero cases of noncitizen voting there in the 2024 election. But the GOP has passed strict new restrictions.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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As the tide is turning, folks, it's a dangerous time.
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
As the tide is turning, folks, it's a dangerous time.
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They also also his business competitors—
Truly mind-blowing levels of hypocrisy from this admin on using government strong arming to threaten social media companies into censoring
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3...
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3...
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
They also also his business competitors—
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Big day for the government moving to dismiss Midway Blitz-related federal assault cases.
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Big day for the government moving to dismiss Midway Blitz-related federal assault cases.
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media coverage of this is already as pathetic as you might expect, usually failing to mention:
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
Trump's censor in chief at the FCC, Brendan Carr, just sent a letter to the heads of BBC, NPR and PBS informing them he's launching a "news distortion" probe into the BBC's editing of a documentary on Trump's Jan. 6 activities.
Here it is:
Here it is:
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
media coverage of this is already as pathetic as you might expect, usually failing to mention:
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
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The American people are just an ATM to the oligarchs at this point.
Withdrawals only.
Withdrawals only.
"The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant has been awarded a $1 billion federal loan guarantee that will enable it to shift onto taxpayers some of the risk of its plan to restart the Pennsylvania facility and sell the electricity to Microsoft for its data centers."
Trump officials give $1 billion loan to restart Three Mile Island
The plan to reopen Three Mile Island to supply Microsoft with power wins a federal loan guarantee, shifting some of the risk onto taxpayers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The American people are just an ATM to the oligarchs at this point.
Withdrawals only.
Withdrawals only.
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Foreman told GJ coordinator that GJ rejected count 1 but approved counts 2 & 3 of 1st indictment. So govt drafted 2-count indictment which foreman signed. But 2-count indictment—the operational one—was never shown to full GJ.
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Foreman told GJ coordinator that GJ rejected count 1 but approved counts 2 & 3 of 1st indictment. So govt drafted 2-count indictment which foreman signed. But 2-count indictment—the operational one—was never shown to full GJ.
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"[History] is really complicated, and you have to tell that complication. ... Any idea of boiling it down to simplistic slogans is not American," Ken Burns said. https://to.pbs.org/4p6Y47H
Ken Burns' 'The American Revolution' explores the beginnings of the nation's democracy
"The American Revolution," the latest work from filmmaker Ken Burns, begins this Sunday on PBS. The six-part, 12-hour history of the war of independence from Britain and the beginnings of the American...
to.pbs.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"[History] is really complicated, and you have to tell that complication. ... Any idea of boiling it down to simplistic slogans is not American," Ken Burns said. https://to.pbs.org/4p6Y47H
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Trump Berates One Reporter and Tells Another,‘Quiet Piggy’
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Epstein’s brother Mark tells Chris Cuomo that the reason the Trump administration is finally releasing the Epstein files is because they’ve been “sanitized.”
Quoting “a pretty good source,” he says “they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out.”
“Jeffrey definitely had dirt on Trump.“
Quoting “a pretty good source,” he says “they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out.”
“Jeffrey definitely had dirt on Trump.“
Mark Epstein: Brother Jeffrey Epstein said he had dirt on Trump | CUOMO
YouTube video by NewsNation
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Epstein’s brother Mark tells Chris Cuomo that the reason the Trump administration is finally releasing the Epstein files is because they’ve been “sanitized.”
Quoting “a pretty good source,” he says “they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out.”
“Jeffrey definitely had dirt on Trump.“
Quoting “a pretty good source,” he says “they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out.”
“Jeffrey definitely had dirt on Trump.“
I love reading these vignettes. An account with the background of people to bring the history and lost lives.
I hope a renewed interest of that era with the American Revolution brings more attention to following this account.
I hope a renewed interest of that era with the American Revolution brings more attention to following this account.
In November 1767, an enslaved man “addicted to be funny in his Talking” and “particular in shaving true his Forehead” escaped slavery in Rhode Island. His story offers a powerful alternative vision of liberty during the era of the American Rev.
Read this story: freedom-seekers.org/story/name-u...
Read this story: freedom-seekers.org/story/name-u...
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I love reading these vignettes. An account with the background of people to bring the history and lost lives.
I hope a renewed interest of that era with the American Revolution brings more attention to following this account.
I hope a renewed interest of that era with the American Revolution brings more attention to following this account.
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Tuesday night northern lights. A severe G4 geomagnetic storm impacted earth and lit up the skies all around the country.
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November 11, 2025
Sandown, New Hampshire
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2026 Wall Calendars are available! Link in the post below.
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November 11, 2025
Sandown, New Hampshire
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2026 Wall Calendars are available! Link in the post below.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Tuesday night northern lights. A severe G4 geomagnetic storm impacted earth and lit up the skies all around the country.
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November 11, 2025
Sandown, New Hampshire
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2026 Wall Calendars are available! Link in the post below.
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November 11, 2025
Sandown, New Hampshire
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2026 Wall Calendars are available! Link in the post below.
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
WSJ opinion ignores the bottom line. Money?
We keep living through crash and burns while CEO $ goes up. Companies choose to rely on others to investing to train workers. All ages.
(And I respect Jim Farley - it's the WSJ/author's choice to omit this fact.)
We keep living through crash and burns while CEO $ goes up. Companies choose to rely on others to investing to train workers. All ages.
(And I respect Jim Farley - it's the WSJ/author's choice to omit this fact.)
Ford can’t fill 5,000 mechanic jobs that pay $120,000 a year.
“We are in trouble in our country. We are not talking about this enough,” says Ford CEO JIm Farley.
Tariffs won't fix American manufacturing. What's needed is a different focus on training.
www.wsj.com/opinion/ford...
“We are in trouble in our country. We are not talking about this enough,” says Ford CEO JIm Farley.
Tariffs won't fix American manufacturing. What's needed is a different focus on training.
www.wsj.com/opinion/ford...
Opinion | Why Ford Can’t Find Mechanics
Forget about reshoring manufacturing without more skilled workers.
www.wsj.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
WSJ opinion ignores the bottom line. Money?
We keep living through crash and burns while CEO $ goes up. Companies choose to rely on others to investing to train workers. All ages.
(And I respect Jim Farley - it's the WSJ/author's choice to omit this fact.)
We keep living through crash and burns while CEO $ goes up. Companies choose to rely on others to investing to train workers. All ages.
(And I respect Jim Farley - it's the WSJ/author's choice to omit this fact.)
“I often say the opposite of justice is inaction, the opposite of love is indifference.”
I wish everyone would read this. The latter can be managed. The former is unlivable.
I wish everyone would read this. The latter can be managed. The former is unlivable.
This post is a reflection on what the film 'Just Mercy' [Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx] tells us about "neutral" law, perseverance, and the exceeding cost of entrenched systemic racial injustice. The film is about Bryan Stevenson's work to free people on death row.
folukeafrica.com/just-mercy-o...
folukeafrica.com/just-mercy-o...
Just Mercy or Just Justice
Thinking of neutrality and ‘both sides’ when one side is a mountain and other is a speck of dust.
folukeafrica.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“I often say the opposite of justice is inaction, the opposite of love is indifference.”
I wish everyone would read this. The latter can be managed. The former is unlivable.
I wish everyone would read this. The latter can be managed. The former is unlivable.
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A lot of good here that all should read (and never quit).
This really stuck out for me -
"Remember that the wealthiest and poorest among your constituency still each have one vote. And voters actually live in the communities where the Democrats need to drive turnout."
This really stuck out for me -
"Remember that the wealthiest and poorest among your constituency still each have one vote. And voters actually live in the communities where the Democrats need to drive turnout."
My urgent prescription for Democratic Party leaders, advocates, and voters after the Dem election sweep & the chaotic shutdown vote.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
NOW WHAT?
Part II - Real Talk for Voters, Advocates, & Dem Leaders in Congress
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A lot of good here that all should read (and never quit).
This really stuck out for me -
"Remember that the wealthiest and poorest among your constituency still each have one vote. And voters actually live in the communities where the Democrats need to drive turnout."
This really stuck out for me -
"Remember that the wealthiest and poorest among your constituency still each have one vote. And voters actually live in the communities where the Democrats need to drive turnout."
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Today is @bfworld.bsky.social’s 11th Podversary. The first 4 episodes debuted 11 years ago.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!
How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?
Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!
How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?
Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.
Episode 422: Seth Rockman, Plantation Goods: How Northern Factories Fueled the Plantation Economy
Discover how hoes, shoes, and cloth linked New England factories to Southern slavery in early America with historian Seth Rockman.
benfranklinsworld.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Today is @bfworld.bsky.social’s 11th Podversary. The first 4 episodes debuted 11 years ago.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!
How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?
Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!
How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?
Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.
Fabulous podcast - finally caught up last night.
Ordering the book.
The subject(s) and great interview (though @lizcovart.bsky.social is always great) exceeded my expectations at every turn.
Ordering the book.
The subject(s) and great interview (though @lizcovart.bsky.social is always great) exceeded my expectations at every turn.
Oh, this is so exciting! Thank you @lizcovart.bsky.social for the invitation. And while I'm here, pleased to announce that @uchicagopress.bsky.social is bringing out a paperback in Spring 2026!!!
Today is @bfworld.bsky.social’s 11th Podversary. The first 4 episodes debuted 11 years ago.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!
How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?
Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!
How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?
Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Fabulous podcast - finally caught up last night.
Ordering the book.
The subject(s) and great interview (though @lizcovart.bsky.social is always great) exceeded my expectations at every turn.
Ordering the book.
The subject(s) and great interview (though @lizcovart.bsky.social is always great) exceeded my expectations at every turn.
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People must understand that conscienceless narcissistic psychopaths engage in depravity offensive against ALL laws of humanity.
They can do anything to anyone including things your conscience-filled mind cannot even conceive of.
They can do anything to anyone including things your conscience-filled mind cannot even conceive of.
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
People must understand that conscienceless narcissistic psychopaths engage in depravity offensive against ALL laws of humanity.
They can do anything to anyone including things your conscience-filled mind cannot even conceive of.
They can do anything to anyone including things your conscience-filled mind cannot even conceive of.