Ken Thompson
@kthomp20.bsky.social
Retired. History and art. Gentle musings and humanistic perspectives.
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Seeing this in the flesh blew my mind. Please go down the rabbit hole if you don’t know about this beautiful 7th c. depiction of Mary holding baby Jesus, on St Cuthbert’s reliquary, held in beautiful Durham Cathedral. Mary’s fingers can be seen around Jesus’ left shoulder and his feet dangle. Ctd..
January 17, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Seeing this in the flesh blew my mind. Please go down the rabbit hole if you don’t know about this beautiful 7th c. depiction of Mary holding baby Jesus, on St Cuthbert’s reliquary, held in beautiful Durham Cathedral. Mary’s fingers can be seen around Jesus’ left shoulder and his feet dangle. Ctd..
Some days, the simple things in life truly matter.
January 9, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Some days, the simple things in life truly matter.
On my walk: cattails in winter.
January 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
On my walk: cattails in winter.
My cat hiding in the deepest, darkest corner.
August 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
My cat hiding in the deepest, darkest corner.
Trump Confesses that the United States Is a Client of Russia www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/18/t...
Trump Confesses that the United States Is a Client of Russia - emptywheel
The hold Putin has over Trump is existential for Trump. And unless we can expose that, the US will increasingly become a mere satellite of Russia.
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August 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Trump Confesses that the United States Is a Client of Russia www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/18/t...
What Price Would Trump Demand to Sell Out Ukraine? www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/13/w...
What Price Would Trump Demand to Sell Out Ukraine? - emptywheel
And all we're waiting to see on Trump's Friday meeting with Putin is what kind of deceit Trump adopts to pretend that his coming betrayal of not just Ukraine -- but the US itself -- is instead the pea...
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August 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
What Price Would Trump Demand to Sell Out Ukraine? www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/13/w...
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"I think the end game is to change normal everywhere you see it."
Q&A: Rep. Kweisi Mfume on Trump and the Republicans
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Q&A: Rep. Kweisi Mfume on Trump and the Republicans
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Mfume: 'Where we are is a real test point, a real point of temperature checking in our country.'
Q&A with Rep. Kweisi Mfume: With 14 years in Congress in two different stints, he says, 'It's gotten worse. I've never seen anything like this.'
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July 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"I think the end game is to change normal everywhere you see it."
Q&A: Rep. Kweisi Mfume on Trump and the Republicans
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Q&A: Rep. Kweisi Mfume on Trump and the Republicans
open.substack.com/pub/danrodri...
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Voters respond to fighters (e.g., AOC, Pritzker, Booker) who do not hold back in attacking MAGA extremists. Prefer fresher voices expressing righteous anger rather than old fogies acting as if opposition is futile. Favor politicians who pledge dramatic change, not more of the same
Bluntly, democracy is in rotten shape. Despite heroic lawyering, growing protests, and dogged D opposition, the Trump regime has progressed in its quest to create a police state, seize poser from Congress power and intimidate law firms, universities, and media cos
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Democracy is on Life Support
But Democrats do have a path to recovery
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July 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Voters respond to fighters (e.g., AOC, Pritzker, Booker) who do not hold back in attacking MAGA extremists. Prefer fresher voices expressing righteous anger rather than old fogies acting as if opposition is futile. Favor politicians who pledge dramatic change, not more of the same
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Newport Beach attorney Heidi Plummer says she was handcuffed and taken to an ICE processing center during a weekend operation in Santa Ana, despite her U.S.
citizenship and public legal role. "There was no warning... no rhyme or reason."
citizenship and public legal role. "There was no warning... no rhyme or reason."
July 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Newport Beach attorney Heidi Plummer says she was handcuffed and taken to an ICE processing center during a weekend operation in Santa Ana, despite her U.S.
citizenship and public legal role. "There was no warning... no rhyme or reason."
citizenship and public legal role. "There was no warning... no rhyme or reason."
Paid thuggery. How is DHS paying for this when they cave already blown their budget?
DHS CONTRACTORS FOR KIDNAPPING: These job adverts confirm that DHS-ICE is hiring people off the streets with as little as 2 years military service.
Plus CBP is hiring former War on Terror analysts to hunt Americans and migrants alike.
Straight up Secret Police shit.
These were on LinkedIn.
Plus CBP is hiring former War on Terror analysts to hunt Americans and migrants alike.
Straight up Secret Police shit.
These were on LinkedIn.
June 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Paid thuggery. How is DHS paying for this when they cave already blown their budget?
Our health is endangered by the Big Disastrous Bill.
From CBO:
• 11.8 million lose coverage due to One Big Beautiful Bill provisions
• 16M fewer w/ coverage in 2034 when incorporating the 4.2M expected coverage loss from expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies
That's a 57% ↑ in # of uninsured compared to June 2024 current policy projection
• 11.8 million lose coverage due to One Big Beautiful Bill provisions
• 16M fewer w/ coverage in 2034 when incorporating the 4.2M expected coverage loss from expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies
That's a 57% ↑ in # of uninsured compared to June 2024 current policy projection
June 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Our health is endangered by the Big Disastrous Bill.
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It’s fucking bizzaro world we’re living in where the President shares untruths on truth social, the justice department serves injustice, the department of education promotes ignorance, and the health department increases disease by undermining prevention.
May 7, 2025 at 3:45 AM
It’s fucking bizzaro world we’re living in where the President shares untruths on truth social, the justice department serves injustice, the department of education promotes ignorance, and the health department increases disease by undermining prevention.
On the Rump’s schedule for today: President will participate in the 2025 RNC Spring Gala at Mar-a-Lago.
Part-time president and full time grifter.
Part-time president and full time grifter.
May 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
On the Rump’s schedule for today: President will participate in the 2025 RNC Spring Gala at Mar-a-Lago.
Part-time president and full time grifter.
Part-time president and full time grifter.
Important interview with Dr. Brandy X Lee. mindsitenews.org/2025/04/21/t...
'A Public Health Emergency': The Crusade to Assess Trump’s Mental Fitness for Office – MindSite News
Dr. Bandy X. Lee says Trump has deteriorated, and the level of danger has vastly increased — especially because his symptoms have spread.
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April 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Important interview with Dr. Brandy X Lee. mindsitenews.org/2025/04/21/t...
Excellent read. This resistance.
April 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Excellent read. This resistance.
We are in an emergency.
April 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We are in an emergency.