Ashton Gilmore
@gilmore.bsky.social
You'll probably see posts about Reds baseball, fantasy baseball, Virginia sports, and the occasional riff on foreign policy.
At some point we're going to have to have a conversation about the perverse incentive we've created as a country: disobey an order to commit murder and you go to jail immediately without trial, but if you commit a murder there's no prospect of punishment at all. That's a problem.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
At some point we're going to have to have a conversation about the perverse incentive we've created as a country: disobey an order to commit murder and you go to jail immediately without trial, but if you commit a murder there's no prospect of punishment at all. That's a problem.
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No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.
Pirro: "These Guardsmen and all who are here to protect the District are the line that separates a civilized society from a barbaric one."
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.
How it started/going
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
How it started/going
It's weird that I live on the same planet as people who think that being a deeply flawed human is still a disqualifying attribute for politicians.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's weird that I live on the same planet as people who think that being a deeply flawed human is still a disqualifying attribute for politicians.
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If you people knew what this house looked like prior to like, 2022, it selling for $367,000 would blow your mind. lmao.
1407 FLORENCE RD, sold on 2025-11-21 for $367,000. Zoned R-A, assessed at $316,000. $392 per square foot. Last sold in 2023 for $207,500.
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you people knew what this house looked like prior to like, 2022, it selling for $367,000 would blow your mind. lmao.
My initial reaction is that it's bad winning on a technicality rather than with an emphatic statement that "this action is wrong on its face, regardless of who was appointed and how".
This is how you end up with courts haggling over what a semicolon meant in 1983 and how that impacts your rights.
This is how you end up with courts haggling over what a semicolon meant in 1983 and how that impacts your rights.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My initial reaction is that it's bad winning on a technicality rather than with an emphatic statement that "this action is wrong on its face, regardless of who was appointed and how".
This is how you end up with courts haggling over what a semicolon meant in 1983 and how that impacts your rights.
This is how you end up with courts haggling over what a semicolon meant in 1983 and how that impacts your rights.
"The CDC is lying to you about vaccines and autism" is a sentence I genuinely never thought I'd see written by a highly respected doctor and it also be 100% true.
Unlike a lot of things happening right now, the distrust being sowed by the CDC right now will take generations to fix, costing lives.
Unlike a lot of things happening right now, the distrust being sowed by the CDC right now will take generations to fix, costing lives.
The CDC is lying to you about vaccines and autism. The CDC webpage about vaccines and autism now misrepresents the science and lies to the public about vaccines and autism. It’s just part of RFK Jr.'s ongoing war on vaccines. sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-cdc-is-l...
The CDC is lying to you about vaccines and autism
The CDC webpage about vaccines and autism now misrepresents the science and lies to the public about vaccines and autism. It's just part of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s continuing war on vacc
sciencebasedmedicine.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"The CDC is lying to you about vaccines and autism" is a sentence I genuinely never thought I'd see written by a highly respected doctor and it also be 100% true.
Unlike a lot of things happening right now, the distrust being sowed by the CDC right now will take generations to fix, costing lives.
Unlike a lot of things happening right now, the distrust being sowed by the CDC right now will take generations to fix, costing lives.
My daughter keeps begging for an elf on the shelf but instead I've given her a collection of essays on totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
My daughter keeps begging for an elf on the shelf but instead I've given her a collection of essays on totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
Being unable to sign Schwarber because you owe Candelario and Arraez a combined $30 million would be the *chef's kiss* microcosm of the past 5 years of Reds moves.
The most fascinating free agent of the winter isn't Pete Alonso or Bo Bichette.
It's Luis Arraez. We finally get to see how teams really value batting average.
On what he brings, and the one very obvious team that should sign him ...
--> www.mlb.com/news/underst...
It's Luis Arraez. We finally get to see how teams really value batting average.
On what he brings, and the one very obvious team that should sign him ...
--> www.mlb.com/news/underst...
Making sense of Arraez's complex free-agent case
This winter features what just might be the most divisive case we’ve seen for a free agent in years.
We’re talking about Luis Arraez, who is either “the best contact hitter alive” or “a below-average ...
www.mlb.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Being unable to sign Schwarber because you owe Candelario and Arraez a combined $30 million would be the *chef's kiss* microcosm of the past 5 years of Reds moves.
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In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
Depressing write up because it's 100% correct down to every last comma. With just a bit more investment from ownership, the Reds could be a 90+ win team (Add Schwarber, bolster bullpen).
But right now the plan seems to be to trade a SP from our "rotation of a 90 win team" and not add a strong bat.
But right now the plan seems to be to trade a SP from our "rotation of a 90 win team" and not add a strong bat.
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Depressing write up because it's 100% correct down to every last comma. With just a bit more investment from ownership, the Reds could be a 90+ win team (Add Schwarber, bolster bullpen).
But right now the plan seems to be to trade a SP from our "rotation of a 90 win team" and not add a strong bat.
But right now the plan seems to be to trade a SP from our "rotation of a 90 win team" and not add a strong bat.
I'm convinced that people who write on bathroom stall walls are serial killers.
November 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I'm convinced that people who write on bathroom stall walls are serial killers.
"We extracted mitochondrial DNA from this wooly mammoth and our conclusion: Powerhouse."
Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a wooly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in the extinct mammal's body just before it died. n.pr/4patABW
Scientists pull ancient RNA from a wooly mammoth's body
Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a wooly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in the extinct mammal's body just before it died.
n.pr
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"We extracted mitochondrial DNA from this wooly mammoth and our conclusion: Powerhouse."
This is the most immoral piece of technology I've ever seen and I used to have to use palantir on a daily basis.
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is the most immoral piece of technology I've ever seen and I used to have to use palantir on a daily basis.
I learned about this in Mr. Koenig's 7th grade history class. It's called lebensraum.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I learned about this in Mr. Koenig's 7th grade history class. It's called lebensraum.
And they say all knowledge was lost in the Middle Ages... @goingmedieval.bsky.social
little library, big attitude
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
And they say all knowledge was lost in the Middle Ages... @goingmedieval.bsky.social
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Also most voters have just never thought remotely seriously about policy. “Should we get rid of illegal immigrants? Well, of course; they’re illegal!” There’s nothing deeper than that going on until they start seeing what that actually entails.
Some Dems and pundits overread the significance of Trump's win. They looked at dissatisfaction with the border and discerned a seismic cultural reaction to immigration levels inside the country. The former was real. The latter is a mirage.
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Also most voters have just never thought remotely seriously about policy. “Should we get rid of illegal immigrants? Well, of course; they’re illegal!” There’s nothing deeper than that going on until they start seeing what that actually entails.
Ah, we're at this point in the Reds off season.
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Ah, we're at this point in the Reds off season.
YouTube Music's algorithm is vastly superior to Spotify's bullshit AI doom loop. Gracious.
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
YouTube Music's algorithm is vastly superior to Spotify's bullshit AI doom loop. Gracious.
"Hey Nick, are we going to do any QO's this year? Might be nice to get an extra draft pick..."
Krall:
Krall:
a man wearing a black shirt that says 10keys stands in front of a scoreboard
ALT: a man wearing a black shirt that says 10keys stands in front of a scoreboard
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Hey Nick, are we going to do any QO's this year? Might be nice to get an extra draft pick..."
Krall:
Krall:
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Here's how to turn it off.
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