Ed Walker
@edwalker.bsky.social
I read a lot of books, Some of them are interesting enough to write about at emptywheel.net. Retired lawyer. Currently reading The Ethics Of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir.
Avatar: detail from Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden by Masaccio.
Avatar: detail from Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden by Masaccio.
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Ed Walker
@edwalker.bsky.social
· Nov 20
There are three things you need to learn from your media engagements:
1. Am I or my family in danger?
2. How can I help people who are in danger?
3. Who is on my side?
Once you've answered those questions, you can safely sign out in order to protect your blood pressure and your sanity.
1. Am I or my family in danger?
2. How can I help people who are in danger?
3. Who is on my side?
Once you've answered those questions, you can safely sign out in order to protect your blood pressure and your sanity.
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Trump reposts a very strong NY Post editorial seemingly written specifically for him. The editorial lists Putin's aggressions *and* the ways in which "[a]cross the world, Russia is opposing Trump’s agenda." Final two grafs are below but the whole thing is worth reading.
nypost.com/2025/12/30/o...
nypost.com/2025/12/30/o...
December 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Trump reposts a very strong NY Post editorial seemingly written specifically for him. The editorial lists Putin's aggressions *and* the ways in which "[a]cross the world, Russia is opposing Trump’s agenda." Final two grafs are below but the whole thing is worth reading.
nypost.com/2025/12/30/o...
nypost.com/2025/12/30/o...
My visit to CERN was a highlight of 2025. It is an amazing astonishing thing, and the scientists we met are delightful and passionate about their work.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
The man taking over the Large Hadron Collider – only to switch it off
Next head of Cern backs massive replacement for world’s largest machine to investigate mysteries of the universe
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My visit to CERN was a highlight of 2025. It is an amazing astonishing thing, and the scientists we met are delightful and passionate about their work.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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You know what actually makes women happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage, and not have a miscarriage kill us.
Participating in these "debates" is agreeing that our rights are not important.
Participating in these "debates" is agreeing that our rights are not important.
Debating Away Our Humanity
CBS News wants to know if "feminism failed women." Here's what they're really asking.
jessica.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
You know what actually makes women happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage, and not have a miscarriage kill us.
Participating in these "debates" is agreeing that our rights are not important.
Participating in these "debates" is agreeing that our rights are not important.
There are plenty of Republican Nazi-adjacent grifters salivating at the prospect of a new gig.
“Nearly the entire legal & economic policy staff of the Heritage Foundation is departing” in a “rebuke of Heritage President Kevin Roberts in the wake of his refusal to retract an Oct video defending Tucker Carlson for conducting a friendly interview w/ … [anti-Semite] Nick Fuentes.” 12/22/25…1/
Heritage Foundation undergoes mass staff exodus as cracks open on the New Right
The divisions are no longer just between pro-Trump and anti-Trump conservatives.
reason.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
There are plenty of Republican Nazi-adjacent grifters salivating at the prospect of a new gig.
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Same for universal healthcare. We are impoverishing ourselves while destroying our quality of life to line the pockets of a few dozen repellent individual swindlers.
If the US invested in child care and had national policies like paid leave comparable to other industrialized countries, we would generate $775 billion of economic activity a year. The question should not be, “how can we afford to do this?” The question is, “how can we afford not to?” Let’s do this.
Most New Yorkers can’t afford childcare.
December 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Same for universal healthcare. We are impoverishing ourselves while destroying our quality of life to line the pockets of a few dozen repellent individual swindlers.
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Hint: if you’re reading this - even if you’re feeling comfortable financially- you’re likely still in the bottom 93%.
And your “comfort” may be contingent on just one serious accident, one disease, one natural disaster, or one frivolous lawsuit by someone richer.
Think about that.
And your “comfort” may be contingent on just one serious accident, one disease, one natural disaster, or one frivolous lawsuit by someone richer.
Think about that.
Since 1975, $79 trillion in wealth has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1% — a 1% that now owns more wealth than the bottom 93%.
We can respect innovation & entrepreneurship, but we cannot respect the extraordinary greed that now exists.
We need a wealth tax.
We can respect innovation & entrepreneurship, but we cannot respect the extraordinary greed that now exists.
We need a wealth tax.
December 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hint: if you’re reading this - even if you’re feeling comfortable financially- you’re likely still in the bottom 93%.
And your “comfort” may be contingent on just one serious accident, one disease, one natural disaster, or one frivolous lawsuit by someone richer.
Think about that.
And your “comfort” may be contingent on just one serious accident, one disease, one natural disaster, or one frivolous lawsuit by someone richer.
Think about that.
A bunch of us were at lunch in Nashville; Mariska Hargitay and what looked like family was at a nearby table. In spite of the Nashville rule that you never acknowledge a star, one of the guys went over and told her he was an extra on an episode of Law and Order.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A bunch of us were at lunch in Nashville; Mariska Hargitay and what looked like family was at a nearby table. In spite of the Nashville rule that you never acknowledge a star, one of the guys went over and told her he was an extra on an episode of Law and Order.
Who ya gonna believe: Laura Loomer or the people who live there?
NIGERIA STRIKE BLUF: Operation Loomer-Minaj
$20 Million Wiffleball - Swing & a Miss. Joba Sokoto State has no recent history of ISWAP & are happy Christian/Moslems. 3 of 12 missiles did not detonate. Near misses on local hospital. No casualties.
$20 Million Wiffleball - Swing & a Miss. Joba Sokoto State has no recent history of ISWAP & are happy Christian/Moslems. 3 of 12 missiles did not detonate. Near misses on local hospital. No casualties.
December 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Who ya gonna believe: Laura Loomer or the people who live there?
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1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
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My family had to sue the New College Foundation to get them to issue a DEI scholarship we endowed there shortly before the takeover. Unsurprisingly, the Times hasn’t called us about this at any point.
December 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
My family had to sue the New College Foundation to get them to issue a DEI scholarship we endowed there shortly before the takeover. Unsurprisingly, the Times hasn’t called us about this at any point.
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As long as our crack media are more petrified of using the word fascist than they are of Trump’s masked Gestapo, they’ll continue to be spectacularly unproductive.
December 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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the last three Most Disturbing Ads I’ve Ever Seen have all been CandyAI. really keep raising the bar on themselves
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
the last three Most Disturbing Ads I’ve Ever Seen have all been CandyAI. really keep raising the bar on themselves
December 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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It seems like the more knowledge we humans have, the harder it is for almost all of us to know enough to understand that increased knowledge and put it to use..
That's why it's so easy for RFK, Jr. and randos on the internetto lie to them.
It seems like the more knowledge we humans have, the harder it is for almost all of us to know enough to understand that increased knowledge and put it to use..
That's why it's so easy for RFK, Jr. and randos on the internetto lie to them.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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It seems like the more knowledge we humans have, the harder it is for almost all of us to know enough to understand that increased knowledge and put it to use..
That's why it's so easy for RFK, Jr. and randos on the internetto lie to them.
It seems like the more knowledge we humans have, the harder it is for almost all of us to know enough to understand that increased knowledge and put it to use..
That's why it's so easy for RFK, Jr. and randos on the internetto lie to them.
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'Wants', or more likely 'tells'?
Just more of Trump-Vance-Rubio doing what Putin wants them to do.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/u...
#PutinsPuppet #PutinsPuppets #PutinsGOP
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/u...
#PutinsPuppet #PutinsPuppets #PutinsGOP
US quietly removes sanctions from firms accused of supplying Russia's military - Euromaidan Press
Treasury dropped sanctions on Cyprus, Dubai, Turkish, and Finnish firms tied to Russian military supplies - without explanation.
euromaidanpress.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
'Wants', or more likely 'tells'?
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And if everybody practices this basic information hygiene, guess what happens to the annoying guys? They go away.
You should all just block that guy you hate instead of being mad all the time. If you think he's being inflammatory for engagement, then stop engaging!
December 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
And if everybody practices this basic information hygiene, guess what happens to the annoying guys? They go away.
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December 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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American history seems to be a history of difficulty in living up to stated ideals. The 14th amendment was assumed not to apply to Asians (Chinese Exclusion Act) or to Native Americans or Japanese later, and was most often used to grant rights to corporations than to protect rights of individuals.
December 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
American history seems to be a history of difficulty in living up to stated ideals. The 14th amendment was assumed not to apply to Asians (Chinese Exclusion Act) or to Native Americans or Japanese later, and was most often used to grant rights to corporations than to protect rights of individuals.
This is theft, possibly armed theft. These agents are subject to state arrest and indictment if this story is true.
Where are the cops? Where are the state police? Where are city and county officials? What is the governor doing?
Where are the cops? Where are the state police? Where are city and county officials? What is the governor doing?
ICE agents spent Christmas Eve arresting a man in a Walmart parking lot—even taking his groceries for themselves.
A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused.
trib.al/kF8CDpe
A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused.
trib.al/kF8CDpe
December 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is theft, possibly armed theft. These agents are subject to state arrest and indictment if this story is true.
Where are the cops? Where are the state police? Where are city and county officials? What is the governor doing?
Where are the cops? Where are the state police? Where are city and county officials? What is the governor doing?
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ICE agents spent Christmas Eve arresting a man in a Walmart parking lot—even taking his groceries for themselves.
A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused.
trib.al/kF8CDpe
A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused.
trib.al/kF8CDpe
December 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
ICE agents spent Christmas Eve arresting a man in a Walmart parking lot—even taking his groceries for themselves.
A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused.
trib.al/kF8CDpe
A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused.
trib.al/kF8CDpe
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In 1932, FDR was elected with 57.4% of the vote. He brought us the New Deal.
In 1964, LBJ was elected with 61.1% of the vote. He brough us the Great Society.
In 2025, Trump was elected with 49.8% of the vote. He's attempting to destroy everything FDR & LBJ built.
The rest is commentary.
In 1964, LBJ was elected with 61.1% of the vote. He brough us the Great Society.
In 2025, Trump was elected with 49.8% of the vote. He's attempting to destroy everything FDR & LBJ built.
The rest is commentary.
December 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In 1932, FDR was elected with 57.4% of the vote. He brought us the New Deal.
In 1964, LBJ was elected with 61.1% of the vote. He brough us the Great Society.
In 2025, Trump was elected with 49.8% of the vote. He's attempting to destroy everything FDR & LBJ built.
The rest is commentary.
In 1964, LBJ was elected with 61.1% of the vote. He brough us the Great Society.
In 2025, Trump was elected with 49.8% of the vote. He's attempting to destroy everything FDR & LBJ built.
The rest is commentary.
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Another nice day so joined my Danish neighbors for a walk over the mountain to Gorbio. Made it back just as the sun set so no run ins with the wild boar. But I did see the bats who live in the old Maginot Line fortress.
December 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Another nice day so joined my Danish neighbors for a walk over the mountain to Gorbio. Made it back just as the sun set so no run ins with the wild boar. But I did see the bats who live in the old Maginot Line fortress.