Dean Astumian, OFS
@deanast.bsky.social
Secular Franciscan, follower of Jesus and St. Francis, physicist interested in operating principles of synthetic and biological molecular machines, and non-equilibrium chemistry, wine, hiking, travel, social justice.
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Yes it’s going very very badly. #RESIST #BLUECREW #VOTEBLUE #PROJECT2026 #EPSTEINFILES #TRUMPISAPEDOPHILE
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Yes it’s going very very badly. #RESIST #BLUECREW #VOTEBLUE #PROJECT2026 #EPSTEINFILES #TRUMPISAPEDOPHILE
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Veteran's Day 2025. Remembering all those that have served in the Armed Forces including my dad and me.
To all Veterans--Thank you for your service. May the Lord give you peace.
To all Veterans--Thank you for your service. May the Lord give you peace.
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Veteran's Day 2025. Remembering all those that have served in the Armed Forces including my dad and me.
To all Veterans--Thank you for your service. May the Lord give you peace.
To all Veterans--Thank you for your service. May the Lord give you peace.
Says the biggest whiner to have ever had a national platform. How can this draft dodger dare take the name of the honorable fallen into his mouth. Trump disgraces everything he touches - his presence is a desecration.
Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Says the biggest whiner to have ever had a national platform. How can this draft dodger dare take the name of the honorable fallen into his mouth. Trump disgraces everything he touches - his presence is a desecration.
But Mamdani is one of those Muslims, similar to the annoying type of Christian, that take seriously the command to serve the poor, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and give generously, as if God really could mean those commands to be more important than what we do or don't eat or who we love.
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
But Mamdani is one of those Muslims, similar to the annoying type of Christian, that take seriously the command to serve the poor, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and give generously, as if God really could mean those commands to be more important than what we do or don't eat or who we love.
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
It was rising, and now, thanks to you, it is falling.
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
It was rising, and now, thanks to you, it is falling.
Having an illiterate fool as President may not be in the best interests of the US.
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Having an illiterate fool as President may not be in the best interests of the US.
Kaine has sold the future of those people for the faithless promise of faithless people in the present. He hasn't done a darn thing to help those people - he has taken the easy way out and is aiding and abetting Trump and Republicans in their running roughshod over the constitution and rule of law.
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Kaine has sold the future of those people for the faithless promise of faithless people in the present. He hasn't done a darn thing to help those people - he has taken the easy way out and is aiding and abetting Trump and Republicans in their running roughshod over the constitution and rule of law.
It has now been formally announced that the position of Senate Democratic Whip will now be officially known as Senate Democratic Wet Noodle.
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It has now been formally announced that the position of Senate Democratic Whip will now be officially known as Senate Democratic Wet Noodle.
"I fear, this war, so costly of blood and treasure, will not cease until men of the North are willing to leave good positions, and sacrifice the dearest personal interests, to rescue our country from desolation, and defend the national existence against treachery" Joshua Chamberlin to Governor
"In great deeds something abides. On great fields something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear, but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of souls." Chamberlin's dedicatory speech, Oct. 3, 1899 Gettysburg. Here is the Chamberlain we need:
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"I fear, this war, so costly of blood and treasure, will not cease until men of the North are willing to leave good positions, and sacrifice the dearest personal interests, to rescue our country from desolation, and defend the national existence against treachery" Joshua Chamberlin to Governor
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Guaranteed by whom, the tooth fairy?
Angus King: "This initial strategy didn't work. And now we have one. We're gonna have a guaranteed vote on the ACA, and it may not succeed. I grant that. But a reasonable chance -- 10, 20, 30% -- is a lot better than 0% which is where we were."
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Guaranteed by whom, the tooth fairy?
We can also look to Margaret Chase Smith, who spoke this statement of conscience on the floor of the Senate:
www.senate.gov/artandhistor...
We have come to expect bowing, scraping, and pearl clutching from Collins, but now Angus King? His words of surrender, "it didn't work", bring shame to Maine.
www.senate.gov/artandhistor...
We have come to expect bowing, scraping, and pearl clutching from Collins, but now Angus King? His words of surrender, "it didn't work", bring shame to Maine.
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We can also look to Margaret Chase Smith, who spoke this statement of conscience on the floor of the Senate:
www.senate.gov/artandhistor...
We have come to expect bowing, scraping, and pearl clutching from Collins, but now Angus King? His words of surrender, "it didn't work", bring shame to Maine.
www.senate.gov/artandhistor...
We have come to expect bowing, scraping, and pearl clutching from Collins, but now Angus King? His words of surrender, "it didn't work", bring shame to Maine.
"In great deeds something abides. On great fields something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear, but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of souls." Chamberlin's dedicatory speech, Oct. 3, 1899 Gettysburg. Here is the Chamberlain we need:
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"In great deeds something abides. On great fields something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear, but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of souls." Chamberlin's dedicatory speech, Oct. 3, 1899 Gettysburg. Here is the Chamberlain we need:
The irony is that when I moved to Maine from Chicago I heard Angus King speak about Chamberlain - Joshua Chamberlain, prof. of Bowdoin college. When that Chamberlain and his command ran out of ammunition at Gettysburg, Chamberlain led a bayonette charge that saved the union flank and the battle.
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The irony is that when I moved to Maine from Chicago I heard Angus King speak about Chamberlain - Joshua Chamberlain, prof. of Bowdoin college. When that Chamberlain and his command ran out of ammunition at Gettysburg, Chamberlain led a bayonette charge that saved the union flank and the battle.
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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
Angus King claims to be a student of history, but in a crisis chose to emulate Neville, not Maine's own Joshua Chamberlain. Had Angus been on little round top in 1863 he would have retreated since standing and fighting wasn't working and the Civil war may well have been lost.
Healthcare costs for millions of Americans are doubling. Angus King has a net worth of $22 million.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Angus King claims to be a student of history, but in a crisis chose to emulate Neville, not Maine's own Joshua Chamberlain. Had Angus been on little round top in 1863 he would have retreated since standing and fighting wasn't working and the Civil war may well have been lost.
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But this was so long ago, surely it can't be relevant today?
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
But this was so long ago, surely it can't be relevant today?
And many of his followers blame Biden, or Obama, or perhaps even Lyndon Johnson.
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
And many of his followers blame Biden, or Obama, or perhaps even Lyndon Johnson.
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The contradictory messages are happening because we have a senile old fool who is mentally unstable who bases his foreign policy off things he sees or Fox and clips from social media that his hacks show him. The entire world is less safe as a result.
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The contradictory messages are happening because we have a senile old fool who is mentally unstable who bases his foreign policy off things he sees or Fox and clips from social media that his hacks show him. The entire world is less safe as a result.
according to Trump they are all names Who.
The most corrupt America Last President in history. Every day a new pardon worse than one the day before.
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
according to Trump they are all names Who.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Bessent shamelessly lies: "Inflation came down in April for the first time in four years under President Trump...Walmart came out yesterday and said the Thanksgiving meal is 25% less." (Inflation fell steadily in the last two years of the Biden administration and Walmart is making the meals smaller)
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM