Debbie Seltzer
@dlseltzer.bsky.social
historian & philosopher of education (and environmental studies), lover of cats and orchids, foodie
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'Researchers have found that the primitive humans who lived 2.75 million years ago at an archaeological site called Namorotukunan used stone tools continuously for 300,000 years.' 1/2
Stone tool discovery suggests very first humans were inventors
The find shows that the technology was passed down through thousands of generations.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
'Researchers have found that the primitive humans who lived 2.75 million years ago at an archaeological site called Namorotukunan used stone tools continuously for 300,000 years.' 1/2
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A White House spokesperson reportedly said "the pope doesn't know what he's talking about," a claim Vice President JD Vance has questioned.
Pope Leo Blasts Treatment Of Migrants As Tensions Grow Between White House And Vatican
A White House spokesperson reportedly said "the pope doesn't know what he's talking about," a claim Vice President JD Vance has questioned.
www.forbes.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A White House spokesperson reportedly said "the pope doesn't know what he's talking about," a claim Vice President JD Vance has questioned.
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Traffic update:
If you're heading over the Troll Bridge today, his 3 riddles include questions about goat grooming, historical wigs, and ghost bones.
Good luck!
If you're heading over the Troll Bridge today, his 3 riddles include questions about goat grooming, historical wigs, and ghost bones.
Good luck!
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Traffic update:
If you're heading over the Troll Bridge today, his 3 riddles include questions about goat grooming, historical wigs, and ghost bones.
Good luck!
If you're heading over the Troll Bridge today, his 3 riddles include questions about goat grooming, historical wigs, and ghost bones.
Good luck!
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"This boy better play this piano!"
-Dominique 30 seconds after starting this video
-Dominique 30 seconds after starting this video
They WERE NOT hype enough for my boi.
HE WAS GOIN DUMB ON THEM KEYS
HE WAS GOIN DUMB ON THEM KEYS
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
"This boy better play this piano!"
-Dominique 30 seconds after starting this video
-Dominique 30 seconds after starting this video
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Dang, Joyce, ain’t you heard of the Geneva Conventions?
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Dang, Joyce, ain’t you heard of the Geneva Conventions?
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This is what we call a pattern of criminal behavior.
Mind you, the Supreme Court is potentially curtailing mail in voting, soon.
Reminder: these lying cheaters had multiple days in multiple courts and their claims were thrown out one by one.
We remain in an ongoing coup.
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Mind you, the Supreme Court is potentially curtailing mail in voting, soon.
Reminder: these lying cheaters had multiple days in multiple courts and their claims were thrown out one by one.
We remain in an ongoing coup.
🆘🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This is what we call a pattern of criminal behavior.
Mind you, the Supreme Court is potentially curtailing mail in voting, soon.
Reminder: these lying cheaters had multiple days in multiple courts and their claims were thrown out one by one.
We remain in an ongoing coup.
🆘🇺🇸
Mind you, the Supreme Court is potentially curtailing mail in voting, soon.
Reminder: these lying cheaters had multiple days in multiple courts and their claims were thrown out one by one.
We remain in an ongoing coup.
🆘🇺🇸
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Note that she's not blaming the Democrats who doomed us to this outcome yesterday.
We already know every Senate Republican is trash.
But we're SUPPOSED to be supported by our own D senators.
But they screwed us.
Murray isn't addressing that. Plank in your own eye, etc.
We already know every Senate Republican is trash.
But we're SUPPOSED to be supported by our own D senators.
But they screwed us.
Murray isn't addressing that. Plank in your own eye, etc.
We're debating on the government funding package right now and every single Republican voted against a Democratic amendment to pass a clean, one-year extension of the ACA tax credits.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Note that she's not blaming the Democrats who doomed us to this outcome yesterday.
We already know every Senate Republican is trash.
But we're SUPPOSED to be supported by our own D senators.
But they screwed us.
Murray isn't addressing that. Plank in your own eye, etc.
We already know every Senate Republican is trash.
But we're SUPPOSED to be supported by our own D senators.
But they screwed us.
Murray isn't addressing that. Plank in your own eye, etc.
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I guess Dick thinks that healthcare was an unknown issue before? I mean, it *only* polled in the top 5 concerns for the past 2 decades.
What I DO understand is Durbin is the Senate Minority Whip, whose job it is to keep the caucus together & to keep Dems from defecting, but he decided to join them
What I DO understand is Durbin is the Senate Minority Whip, whose job it is to keep the caucus together & to keep Dems from defecting, but he decided to join them
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I guess Dick thinks that healthcare was an unknown issue before? I mean, it *only* polled in the top 5 concerns for the past 2 decades.
What I DO understand is Durbin is the Senate Minority Whip, whose job it is to keep the caucus together & to keep Dems from defecting, but he decided to join them
What I DO understand is Durbin is the Senate Minority Whip, whose job it is to keep the caucus together & to keep Dems from defecting, but he decided to join them
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is this the part where people finally start agreeing with me to ABOLISH THE FUCKING SENATE
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
is this the part where people finally start agreeing with me to ABOLISH THE FUCKING SENATE
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This is my favorite part of this cycle we've been repeating for my entire adult life: when they sit backwards on the chair for some real talk and explain that you're a fucking peasant who doesn't understand how things work.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is my favorite part of this cycle we've been repeating for my entire adult life: when they sit backwards on the chair for some real talk and explain that you're a fucking peasant who doesn't understand how things work.
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“but why should for-profit healthcare execs be prosecuted for murder?”
i’m glad you asked! it’s because every healthcare exec socially murders innocent people to increase their rate of profit!
i’m glad you asked! it’s because every healthcare exec socially murders innocent people to increase their rate of profit!
“Social murder” is a term created by Friedrich Engels to describe the premature death of marginalized people due to political, social, or economic oppression.
What is happening right now in America is the premeditated, calculated, & planned extermination of children who are trans. This is genocide.
What is happening right now in America is the premeditated, calculated, & planned extermination of children who are trans. This is genocide.
there was a new study published *today* in Nature showing that state-level anti-trans laws increase suicide among trans kids up to 72%.
when we say that the New York Times (and other rags of equal repute) is killing us, that's because *IT IS LITERALLY KILLING US*
when we say that the New York Times (and other rags of equal repute) is killing us, that's because *IT IS LITERALLY KILLING US*
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“but why should for-profit healthcare execs be prosecuted for murder?”
i’m glad you asked! it’s because every healthcare exec socially murders innocent people to increase their rate of profit!
i’m glad you asked! it’s because every healthcare exec socially murders innocent people to increase their rate of profit!
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The shutdown deal includes a ban on hemp products that none of its negotiators debated in public.
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The shutdown deal includes a ban on hemp products that none of its negotiators debated in public.
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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"But the [NC Medicaid's Healthy Opportunities Pilot] program is shutting down, an early casualty of the cuts to Medicaid that Congress approved in July."
An analysis by the UNC School of Medicine found the program saved $1k annually for each of the 13k Medicaid recipients enrolled... “It’s not clear from our side that any folks are really benefiting from that program anyway,” House Speaker Destin Hall said in June. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/h...
Fragile N.C. Residents Lose Medicaid Support for Food and Housing
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"But the [NC Medicaid's Healthy Opportunities Pilot] program is shutting down, an early casualty of the cuts to Medicaid that Congress approved in July."
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Republicans: spending $2 to make sure $1 doesn’t go to someone who they think doesn’t deserve it.
September 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Republicans: spending $2 to make sure $1 doesn’t go to someone who they think doesn’t deserve it.
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Spending money on preventing people from accessing care rather than on care itself is a feature not bug.
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Spending money on preventing people from accessing care rather than on care itself is a feature not bug.
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GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s experiment as a model for the federal Medicaid work requirements set to take effect in 2027.
A new report by a government spending watchdog found that the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
A new report by a government spending watchdog found that the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says
Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...
www.propublica.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s experiment as a model for the federal Medicaid work requirements set to take effect in 2027.
A new report by a government spending watchdog found that the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
A new report by a government spending watchdog found that the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
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Out of all the things to never happen, this one never happened the most.
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Out of all the things to never happen, this one never happened the most.
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This sounds like things he dreams or pays for. So uncomfortable to watch.
Trump: "You have people in Chicago, beautiful Black women wearing a MAGA hat, red MAGA hat -- 'please come Mr Trump, president' -- they call me president, they call me mister, they can call me whatever they want. 'Please come President Trump, please come.' They're begging us to come."
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This sounds like things he dreams or pays for. So uncomfortable to watch.
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This is another wealth transfer, because the DOJ won't defend these suits, they'll settle. This is a $500k payout to the Jan 6ers in Congress.
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This is another wealth transfer, because the DOJ won't defend these suits, they'll settle. This is a $500k payout to the Jan 6ers in Congress.
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apnews.com/article/geor... Korean solar firm cuts pay and hours for Georgia workers as US officials detain imports
South Korean solar firm cuts pay and hours for Georgia workers as US officials detain imports
A South Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia because U.S. customs officials have been detaining imported compone...
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
apnews.com/article/geor... Korean solar firm cuts pay and hours for Georgia workers as US officials detain imports
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With amoral complicit cowards like this in charge of the alleged opposition in the US, the Democrats make me actually consider that the Indian National Congress (sigh) might even pretend more of an opposition than this.
Never thought I’d see the day.
Never thought I’d see the day.
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
With amoral complicit cowards like this in charge of the alleged opposition in the US, the Democrats make me actually consider that the Indian National Congress (sigh) might even pretend more of an opposition than this.
Never thought I’d see the day.
Never thought I’d see the day.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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INGRAHAM: “Why are people saying they’re anxious about the economy?”
TRUMP: “The polls are fake 🤥. The economy is the strongest ever 🤥. We have $20 Trillion coming in 🤥 . Largely because of the tariffs 🤥.”
Every sentence is a lie.
TRUMP: “The polls are fake 🤥. The economy is the strongest ever 🤥. We have $20 Trillion coming in 🤥 . Largely because of the tariffs 🤥.”
Every sentence is a lie.
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
INGRAHAM: “Why are people saying they’re anxious about the economy?”
TRUMP: “The polls are fake 🤥. The economy is the strongest ever 🤥. We have $20 Trillion coming in 🤥 . Largely because of the tariffs 🤥.”
Every sentence is a lie.
TRUMP: “The polls are fake 🤥. The economy is the strongest ever 🤥. We have $20 Trillion coming in 🤥 . Largely because of the tariffs 🤥.”
Every sentence is a lie.
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Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"