Jenn Wong
@jennwong.bsky.social
African violet obsessive. Dress history, hand embroidery, native plants, and dogs. Lots of dogs. Recreating ca.1600 jacket V&A 173-1869 in silk on linen.
Pinned
So, so pretty
‘Ultimately, it was culinary circumstance backed up by savvy marketing that made Le Creuset a byword for cast-iron cookware’ – Thomas Marks celebrates the centenary of France’s most famous pots and pans
A pan for all seasons
The emergence of Le Creuset cookware a century ago sparked a change in how home kitchens both looked and functioned
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
So, so pretty
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To promote @adamkinzinger.substack.com recent Amazon film “The Last Republican”, re-upping our earlier discussion with Adam on how the Republican Party promotes conspiracy theories.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Adam Kinzinger of the Congressional January 6 Committee
Podcast Episode · Mission Implausible · 02/21/2024 · 37m
podcasts.apple.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
To promote @adamkinzinger.substack.com recent Amazon film “The Last Republican”, re-upping our earlier discussion with Adam on how the Republican Party promotes conspiracy theories.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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New: We've translated in full a 1988 KGB training manual on how to infiltrate U.S. government facilities in the Middle East and North Africa. Something of a Russian growth industry these days, you might say. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
How Russian Spies Infiltrate U.S. Institutions
Read a 1988 KGB textbook on how to recruit agents working for the U.S. government abroad.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
New: We've translated in full a 1988 KGB training manual on how to infiltrate U.S. government facilities in the Middle East and North Africa. Something of a Russian growth industry these days, you might say. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
Aha
Was Project 2025 in fact an Opus Dei project? Of course it was. And the key tie in was the man responsible for Project 2025, Kevin Roberts, an Opus Dei acolyte.
Kevin Roberts and the Opus Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation is a regular at the Opus Dei hub in DC
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Aha
There is! We do!
There’s more to Philadelphia than Rocky and cheesesteaks. The cradle of the American revolution also has cutting-edge street art and some of the best art museums in the world
This is the east coast’s most overlooked city
www.thetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
There is! We do!
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Some of the #SciArt community might be interested in this!
Craft a piece of science fiction history! LAcon V is soliciting submissions for a base design for the Hugo Awards that celebrates science fiction’s sense of adventure and what makes LAcon V and Southern California special as both a Worldcon & location.
We welcome all submissions: lacon.org/hugobase
We welcome all submissions: lacon.org/hugobase
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Some of the #SciArt community might be interested in this!
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Thanks to elaborate coordination between muscle and breath, woodpeckers are able to hammer at a perfectly consistent rate for an extended period of time.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/woodpecker-drumming-bird-brain-behavior-songbirds
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/woodpecker-drumming-bird-brain-behavior-songbirds
Drumming woodpeckers use similar brain regions as songbirds
Woodpeckers drum on trees and other objects using brain regions similar to those that songbirds use to sing, suggesting a common evolutionary origin for the complex behaviors.
www.sciencenews.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Thanks to elaborate coordination between muscle and breath, woodpeckers are able to hammer at a perfectly consistent rate for an extended period of time.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/woodpecker-drumming-bird-brain-behavior-songbirds
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/woodpecker-drumming-bird-brain-behavior-songbirds
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Please enjoy some Bruce and Saska pics from today’s walk
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Please enjoy some Bruce and Saska pics from today’s walk
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Far better than my poor powers to communicate the matter.
I have thoughts, and they aren’t going to fit neatly into Bluesky posts. Briefly:
1. The deal sucks.
2. Probably not as much as you think it does.
3. It’s good to be mad.
4. FFS, be madder at the GOP.
5. Strategy is hard.
5b. Timing matters.
6. The fight isn’t over.
7. Go pet a cat. (Or a dog.)
1. The deal sucks.
2. Probably not as much as you think it does.
3. It’s good to be mad.
4. FFS, be madder at the GOP.
5. Strategy is hard.
5b. Timing matters.
6. The fight isn’t over.
7. Go pet a cat. (Or a dog.)
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Far better than my poor powers to communicate the matter.
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Schumer basically had a janky pair of 7s and Thune/Johnson had a royal flush. Trump finally called Schumer’s bluff with SNAP, airports before Thanksgiving and killing the filibuster. Once that happened, it was over.
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Schumer basically had a janky pair of 7s and Thune/Johnson had a royal flush. Trump finally called Schumer’s bluff with SNAP, airports before Thanksgiving and killing the filibuster. Once that happened, it was over.
Good summary
Speaker Mike Johnson faces major challenges as the House prepares to vote on the shutdown-ending deal. The chamber returns to Washington this week — and the road ahead won’t be easy.
Read more on the state of play:
punchbowl.news/article/hous...
Read more on the state of play:
punchbowl.news/article/hous...
Johnson faces multitude of challenges in House vote to reopen government
House Republican leaders will announce in the next day or two that they’re bringing the chamber back into session for the first time in more than 50 days.
punchbowl.news
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Good summary
Taika Waititi really nailed the Alex Karp character in "Free Guy"
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Taika Waititi really nailed the Alex Karp character in "Free Guy"
We got our shingles vax as early as our insurance (then) allowed.
A new study shows people who experienced multiple episodes of shingles had a higher risk of dementia for several years after the second outbreak, compared with those who had it only once.
How a childhood virus can contribute to dementia later and what you can do
A new study suggests that the shingles vaccine may help prevent dementia by reducing the risk of varicella-zoster virus reactivation
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We got our shingles vax as early as our insurance (then) allowed.
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“…there is not such freedom and toleration of political opinion and action that the minority party can exercise an effective and wholesome restraint upon the party in power. Without such restraint, party rule becomes tyrannical and corrupt.”
~James A. Garfield, 1880.
Image: Library of Congress.
~James A. Garfield, 1880.
Image: Library of Congress.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“…there is not such freedom and toleration of political opinion and action that the minority party can exercise an effective and wholesome restraint upon the party in power. Without such restraint, party rule becomes tyrannical and corrupt.”
~James A. Garfield, 1880.
Image: Library of Congress.
~James A. Garfield, 1880.
Image: Library of Congress.
This is so much fun. And, about "scroop"👇🏼
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This is so much fun. And, about "scroop"👇🏼
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I gave Volodymyr Zelenskyy a copy of my book "Invasion" at the presidential palace in Kyiv. Seconds after we sat down for an interview the electricity failed, plunging us into darkness! Zelenskyy seemed relaxed, good-humoured and resilient, after almost four years of full-scale war. A remarkable guy
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I gave Volodymyr Zelenskyy a copy of my book "Invasion" at the presidential palace in Kyiv. Seconds after we sat down for an interview the electricity failed, plunging us into darkness! Zelenskyy seemed relaxed, good-humoured and resilient, after almost four years of full-scale war. A remarkable guy
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Important investigation of operations by shadowy firms based in the Baltic states to keep Russian shadow fleet fuelled.
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Important investigation of operations by shadowy firms based in the Baltic states to keep Russian shadow fleet fuelled.
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Counter Terrorism Policing has confirmed that over one-fifth of its current casework now involves a sharp escalation in foreign interference across the UK.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=63869
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=63869
Counter Terrorism fighting more state-sponsored activity
Counter Terrorism Policing has confirmed that over one-fifth of its current casework now involves a sharp escalation in foreign interference across the UK.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Counter Terrorism Policing has confirmed that over one-fifth of its current casework now involves a sharp escalation in foreign interference across the UK.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=63869
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=63869
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"The information war will be won not only by defending our values, but by strategically projecting them into contested information environments."
The west must stop playing defence to avoid losing the information war, writes Pekka Kallioniemi.
@vatniksoup.bsky.social
The west must stop playing defence to avoid losing the information war, writes Pekka Kallioniemi.
@vatniksoup.bsky.social
Beyond Defence: A Proactive Strategy for the West in the Information Domain - International Centre for Defence and Security
The information war is not a future threat—it is the defining battlefield of the present.
icds.ee
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"The information war will be won not only by defending our values, but by strategically projecting them into contested information environments."
The west must stop playing defence to avoid losing the information war, writes Pekka Kallioniemi.
@vatniksoup.bsky.social
The west must stop playing defence to avoid losing the information war, writes Pekka Kallioniemi.
@vatniksoup.bsky.social
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The ruling means the government will have to make the payments within 48 hours unless the Supreme Court intervenes.
Appeals Court Won’t Let Trump Administration Limit SNAP Benefits
The ruling means the government will have to make the payments within 48 hours unless the Supreme Court intervenes.
on.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The ruling means the government will have to make the payments within 48 hours unless the Supreme Court intervenes.
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A US appeals court refused to pause a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to fully fund November food-aid benefits to 42 million eligible Americans
Trump Administration Loses Bid to Limit Food Aid Funding for Now
A US appeals court refused to pause a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to fully fund November food-aid benefits to 42 million eligible Americans.
bloom.bg
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A US appeals court refused to pause a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to fully fund November food-aid benefits to 42 million eligible Americans
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Japan's new prime minister makes clear she'll provide military support to Taiwan if it comes under attack. www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16...
Takaichi doesn’t budge from past controversial comments | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stuck to her guns during Diet deliberations on Nov. 10, declining to withdraw a pledge to provide support to Taiwan if it came under attack and Japan felt threatened.
www.asahi.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Japan's new prime minister makes clear she'll provide military support to Taiwan if it comes under attack. www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16...
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A federal appeals court late on November 9 allowed a judge's order to stand that directs President Donald Trump's administration to fully fund this month's food aid benefits for 42 million low-income Americans during the ongoing government shutdown reut.rs/49blAvH
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A federal appeals court late on November 9 allowed a judge's order to stand that directs President Donald Trump's administration to fully fund this month's food aid benefits for 42 million low-income Americans during the ongoing government shutdown reut.rs/49blAvH
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A federal appeals court denied the Trump administration’s bid to avoid fully funding federal food-assistance benefits for November, a ruling that means the government will have to make the payments within 48 hours unless the Supreme Court intervenes.
Appeals Court Won’t Let Trump Administration Limit SNAP Benefits
The ruling means the government will have to make the payments within 48 hours unless the Supreme Court intervenes.
on.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A federal appeals court denied the Trump administration’s bid to avoid fully funding federal food-assistance benefits for November, a ruling that means the government will have to make the payments within 48 hours unless the Supreme Court intervenes.