Sam Wood
@cornerrobot.bsky.social
Sheep farmer. Workforce development specialist. Firefighter. Artist.
Used to be a journalist-night desk chief and ME at daily newspapers.
Used to be a journalist-night desk chief and ME at daily newspapers.
We’ve been robbed of our freedom.
Who will stand with us?
I am wicked grateful right from the (hard)core of my busted punk rock heart. Thank you @dropkickmurphys.com for this well-timed album. Thank you for holding on to the ethics and the fight.
Buy it, humans, and listen.
Who will stand with us?
I am wicked grateful right from the (hard)core of my busted punk rock heart. Thank you @dropkickmurphys.com for this well-timed album. Thank you for holding on to the ethics and the fight.
Buy it, humans, and listen.
"Everything we've been doing for the past 30 years was a kind of warm-up for the moment we're in."
Jeffrey Goldberg interviews the Dropkick Murphys front man Ken Casey about punk, politics, and Donald Trump:
Jeffrey Goldberg interviews the Dropkick Murphys front man Ken Casey about punk, politics, and Donald Trump:
Ken Casey: ‘I’m Not Going to Shut Up’
A conversation with the Dropkick Murphys front man about punk, politics, and Donald Trump
bit.ly
July 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We’ve been robbed of our freedom.
Who will stand with us?
I am wicked grateful right from the (hard)core of my busted punk rock heart. Thank you @dropkickmurphys.com for this well-timed album. Thank you for holding on to the ethics and the fight.
Buy it, humans, and listen.
Who will stand with us?
I am wicked grateful right from the (hard)core of my busted punk rock heart. Thank you @dropkickmurphys.com for this well-timed album. Thank you for holding on to the ethics and the fight.
Buy it, humans, and listen.
Bill Moyers leaves us a legacy well worth trying to do justice.
June 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Bill Moyers leaves us a legacy well worth trying to do justice.
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Our Kids Poetry Studio in Odesa is in second year and kids, many of whom are refugees of war, are writing poems. If you read Ukrainian, here is the article: vo.od.ua/rubrics/kult... If you read English, here is a link: poemsnotbombs.org. Please consider support this work.
May 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Our Kids Poetry Studio in Odesa is in second year and kids, many of whom are refugees of war, are writing poems. If you read Ukrainian, here is the article: vo.od.ua/rubrics/kult... If you read English, here is a link: poemsnotbombs.org. Please consider support this work.
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Headline from The New York Times in 2020. "US deaths near 100,000, an incalculable loss." #covid
As of today, that "incalculable loss" is 1.2 million Americans.
And RFK Jr is taking away our vaccines.
As of today, that "incalculable loss" is 1.2 million Americans.
And RFK Jr is taking away our vaccines.
May 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Headline from The New York Times in 2020. "US deaths near 100,000, an incalculable loss." #covid
As of today, that "incalculable loss" is 1.2 million Americans.
And RFK Jr is taking away our vaccines.
As of today, that "incalculable loss" is 1.2 million Americans.
And RFK Jr is taking away our vaccines.
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This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in
AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...
www.gazettenet.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
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What if tech bros had held their nerve? What if ABC had told Trump they’d see him in court? What if Ivy League Universities had defended Columbia? What if big law firms had sued Trump? Cowardice is contagious. Welcome to the Great Grovel www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
Since Trump came to power cowardice has become contagious
From the tech bros to the leaders of Ivy League universities, the great grovel to Donald Trump is well underway. What America needs now more than ever...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
What if tech bros had held their nerve? What if ABC had told Trump they’d see him in court? What if Ivy League Universities had defended Columbia? What if big law firms had sued Trump? Cowardice is contagious. Welcome to the Great Grovel www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
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Portrait of Louise Bourgeois, 1997 by photographer Annie Leibovitz #womensart
April 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Portrait of Louise Bourgeois, 1997 by photographer Annie Leibovitz #womensart
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Take heart.
There is no shortage of courage.
There is no shortage of courage.
April 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Take heart.
There is no shortage of courage.
There is no shortage of courage.
Shock Doctrine.
I paced in my living room reading the book by @naomiaklein.bsky.social
And not long after I quit the newspaper where I worked because they installed a political operative on the editorial board and flipped out when asked about it. Now that guy is one of the authors of Project 2025.
I paced in my living room reading the book by @naomiaklein.bsky.social
And not long after I quit the newspaper where I worked because they installed a political operative on the editorial board and flipped out when asked about it. Now that guy is one of the authors of Project 2025.
April 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Shock Doctrine.
I paced in my living room reading the book by @naomiaklein.bsky.social
And not long after I quit the newspaper where I worked because they installed a political operative on the editorial board and flipped out when asked about it. Now that guy is one of the authors of Project 2025.
I paced in my living room reading the book by @naomiaklein.bsky.social
And not long after I quit the newspaper where I worked because they installed a political operative on the editorial board and flipped out when asked about it. Now that guy is one of the authors of Project 2025.
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Great point listening to a talk by @timothysnyder.bsky.social: U.S. is making itself and its allies less powerful, which increases Russia’s relative power and influence, and brings about the multipolar world that it wants
April 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Great point listening to a talk by @timothysnyder.bsky.social: U.S. is making itself and its allies less powerful, which increases Russia’s relative power and influence, and brings about the multipolar world that it wants
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There is new interest in Missouri as a bellwether of American decline -- a model of what the regime wants. I wrote and warned on this extensively in my 2020 book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT. Some excerpts:
April 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
There is new interest in Missouri as a bellwether of American decline -- a model of what the regime wants. I wrote and warned on this extensively in my 2020 book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT. Some excerpts:
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scoop: Eugene Robinson is leaving The Washington Post, per an email he sent to the staff this morning
April 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
scoop: Eugene Robinson is leaving The Washington Post, per an email he sent to the staff this morning
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Damn, that's a fantastic video for a campaign launch.
We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one. Let’s go.
April 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Damn, that's a fantastic video for a campaign launch.
The Foggy Dew - Sinéad O’Connor & The Chieftains, 1995
YouTube video by CR's Video Vaults
youtu.be
April 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Absolutely fantastic conversation between my friend @rushkoff.com and writer/artist @mollycrabapple.bsky.social. We have reasons to be frustrated and angry, but must remember to find fun, happiness, and purpose in some aspect in our life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Md...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Md...
Molly Crabapple | Team Human Podcast w/ Douglas Rushkoff ep. #312
YouTube video by Douglas Rushkoff
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Absolutely fantastic conversation between my friend @rushkoff.com and writer/artist @mollycrabapple.bsky.social. We have reasons to be frustrated and angry, but must remember to find fun, happiness, and purpose in some aspect in our life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Md...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Md...
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In Hungary.
In Tel Aviv.
In Gaza.
In Georgia.
In Turkey.
In Serbia.
And growing around the US.
Mass movements are happening around the world as people are demanding their freedoms back.
As people begin to reclaim what these authoritarians have taken from us.
Something’s growing worldwide.
In Tel Aviv.
In Gaza.
In Georgia.
In Turkey.
In Serbia.
And growing around the US.
Mass movements are happening around the world as people are demanding their freedoms back.
As people begin to reclaim what these authoritarians have taken from us.
Something’s growing worldwide.
April 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
In Hungary.
In Tel Aviv.
In Gaza.
In Georgia.
In Turkey.
In Serbia.
And growing around the US.
Mass movements are happening around the world as people are demanding their freedoms back.
As people begin to reclaim what these authoritarians have taken from us.
Something’s growing worldwide.
In Tel Aviv.
In Gaza.
In Georgia.
In Turkey.
In Serbia.
And growing around the US.
Mass movements are happening around the world as people are demanding their freedoms back.
As people begin to reclaim what these authoritarians have taken from us.
Something’s growing worldwide.
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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
March 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
From HCR’s letter this morning:
“As a little girl growing up in Chippewa Falls,” Crawford said in her victory speech, “I never could have imagined that I’d be taking on the richest man in the world for justice in Wisconsin. And we won.”
“As a little girl growing up in Chippewa Falls,” Crawford said in her victory speech, “I never could have imagined that I’d be taking on the richest man in the world for justice in Wisconsin. And we won.”
April 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
From HCR’s letter this morning:
“As a little girl growing up in Chippewa Falls,” Crawford said in her victory speech, “I never could have imagined that I’d be taking on the richest man in the world for justice in Wisconsin. And we won.”
“As a little girl growing up in Chippewa Falls,” Crawford said in her victory speech, “I never could have imagined that I’d be taking on the richest man in the world for justice in Wisconsin. And we won.”
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"Denmark has given four times as much aid per capita to Ukraine as the US....In Greenland, what we saw was American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain." Must read by @timothysnyder.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Vance’s posturing in Greenland was not just morally wrong. It was strategically disastrous | Timothy Snyder
Thanks to Trump’s administration, the US could soon have to fight wars to get things that, just a few weeks ago, were there for the asking, says professor Timothy Snyder of Yale University
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"Denmark has given four times as much aid per capita to Ukraine as the US....In Greenland, what we saw was American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain." Must read by @timothysnyder.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I'm watching the Cory Booker speech on the Senate Floor right now. #BigMessyAmerica www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
Cory Booker's anti-Trump speech on the Senate floor has lasted 15 hours and counting
The New Jersey Democrat has been criticizing the Trump administration's policies on immigration, education, the economy and more since 7 p.m. Monday. Here's what to know about his marathon speech.
www.npr.org
April 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I'm watching the Cory Booker speech on the Senate Floor right now. #BigMessyAmerica www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
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Right now, Booker is still at it. And you can watch: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Listen to Sen Cory Booker rip into anyone who voted for the CR!
He’s pledged to hold the floor tonight for as long as possible.
Let’s lift him up and show him support as he gets in good trouble!
@booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com
He’s pledged to hold the floor tonight for as long as possible.
Let’s lift him up and show him support as he gets in good trouble!
@booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Right now, Booker is still at it. And you can watch: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
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It’s as if Rome had elected the Vandals
JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
www.npr.org
March 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It’s as if Rome had elected the Vandals