Nancy Huntly
@nhuntly.bsky.social
Ecologist, researcher, prof emerita, volunteer, speck in the universe; former city council member; past candidate for Utah Senate; engaged in our community
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No. It shows how corrupt corporate boards are. This is not some complex social-cultural phenomenon. It is graft. Very simple. @deanbaker13.bsky.social
The astronomical pay deal shows the light years to which firms will go in order to retain talent. It also highlights the potentially cataclysmic risk, as businesses see it, of talent loss econ.st/4nXT9Fl
Illustration: Brett Ryder
Illustration: Brett Ryder
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
No. It shows how corrupt corporate boards are. This is not some complex social-cultural phenomenon. It is graft. Very simple. @deanbaker13.bsky.social
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The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
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"The Grift Bubble: A Political Theory of American Collapse"
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
The Grift Bubble
A Political Theory of American Collapse
snyder.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"The Grift Bubble: A Political Theory of American Collapse"
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
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I don’t think US taxpayers should subsidize treason against the United States
NEW: The DOJ is in settlement talks with Mike Flynn for $50M. They're robbing us blind. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I don’t think US taxpayers should subsidize treason against the United States
Perhaps we could care just a little more for our beautiful and wondrous world. Gilt and ballrooms are paltry and tawdry in comparison.
How climate change is altering
"The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ripple across an ecosystem."
www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
"The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ripple across an ecosystem."
www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down. | Quanta Magazine
The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ripple across an ecosystem.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Perhaps we could care just a little more for our beautiful and wondrous world. Gilt and ballrooms are paltry and tawdry in comparison.
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How climate change is altering
"The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ripple across an ecosystem."
www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
"The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ripple across an ecosystem."
www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down. | Quanta Magazine
The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ripple across an ecosystem.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
How climate change is altering
"The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ripple across an ecosystem."
www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
"The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ripple across an ecosystem."
www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
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The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
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Blending Family and Governance, Richard III has his nephews imprisoned in the Tower of London and later murdered.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Blending Family and Governance, Richard III has his nephews imprisoned in the Tower of London and later murdered.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
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New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.”
Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
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Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
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Trump-Licensed Presidential Seal Beer Pong Set Could Violate Federal Law
A site affiliated with Lee Greenwood sells merchandise with the seal—such as a $20 beer pong set with “Presidential themed balls”—and pays licensing fees to a Trump LLC.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.”
Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Amen, brother
Our president is a joke (a very bad joke). So our country is becoming a joke.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Amen, brother
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It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
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#CDC 's latest FluView reports that the number of pediatric #flu deaths in 2024-25 reached 287. That brings last season's total to 1 shy of the toll in the 2009 H1N1 #pandemic.
Flu can be hard on kids. Fortunately, there are vaccines that can mitigate severity. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
Flu can be hard on kids. Fortunately, there are vaccines that can mitigate severity. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
#CDC 's latest FluView reports that the number of pediatric #flu deaths in 2024-25 reached 287. That brings last season's total to 1 shy of the toll in the 2009 H1N1 #pandemic.
Flu can be hard on kids. Fortunately, there are vaccines that can mitigate severity. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
Flu can be hard on kids. Fortunately, there are vaccines that can mitigate severity. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
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100,000 kids die every year from measles. And it can cause severe complications even if you survive.
Measles can ravage the immune system and brain, causing long-term damage – a virologist explains
Complications from measles infection are surprisingly common.
theconversation.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
100,000 kids die every year from measles. And it can cause severe complications even if you survive.
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No crypto! Just old-fashioned corruption
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
No crypto! Just old-fashioned corruption
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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I think the most disturbing thing tactically is that the Trump regime and possibly members of the DOJ itself are intimately involved with the J6ers and their allies to this day.
This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I think the most disturbing thing tactically is that the Trump regime and possibly members of the DOJ itself are intimately involved with the J6ers and their allies to this day.
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Did you know? Congress is currently considering measures that would expand the military draft to women and automate registration.
Instead, it's time for lawmakers abolish this immoral system of forced military conscription entirely.
Instead, it's time for lawmakers abolish this immoral system of forced military conscription entirely.
Dangerous Draft Automation: Why It’s Time to End the Selective Service | Friends Committee On National Legislation
The future of the Selective Service System is currently being debated in negotiations over this year’s annual military policy bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
www.fcnl.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Did you know? Congress is currently considering measures that would expand the military draft to women and automate registration.
Instead, it's time for lawmakers abolish this immoral system of forced military conscription entirely.
Instead, it's time for lawmakers abolish this immoral system of forced military conscription entirely.
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
Ever more corruption
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ever more corruption
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It's sad that 65 years after the publication of this image, the ideas of George Lincoln Rockwell are having a moment, while the ethos of Norman Rockwell is being openly derided by millions.
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It's sad that 65 years after the publication of this image, the ideas of George Lincoln Rockwell are having a moment, while the ethos of Norman Rockwell is being openly derided by millions.
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15 years ago @jevinwest.bsky.social and I talked about how we needed a data scientists’ code of ethics like the Hippocratic oath.
We still do.
We still do.
November 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
15 years ago @jevinwest.bsky.social and I talked about how we needed a data scientists’ code of ethics like the Hippocratic oath.
We still do.
We still do.
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Yet another grifter trying to get a payment from the US government for righteous prosecutions by a non-corrupt DOJ -- and the payment would be made by our currently corrupt DOJ. Where's the public outrage?
The settlement talks between the Trump administration and Michael Flynn and Stefan Passantino marked a change in position by DOJ, which previously had successfully argued in court to have both of their lawsuits tossed out
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Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Yet another grifter trying to get a payment from the US government for righteous prosecutions by a non-corrupt DOJ -- and the payment would be made by our currently corrupt DOJ. Where's the public outrage?
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Brazil didn’t stop at sentencing former president Bolsanaro to 27 years for an attempted coup; his entire inner circle—from the vice president and the military commander to the intelligence chief and even his son—are also facing decades in prison.
America, this is what democracy looks like.
America, this is what democracy looks like.
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Brazil didn’t stop at sentencing former president Bolsanaro to 27 years for an attempted coup; his entire inner circle—from the vice president and the military commander to the intelligence chief and even his son—are also facing decades in prison.
America, this is what democracy looks like.
America, this is what democracy looks like.
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I dont think this needs to be semi-serious!
@segoddard.bsky.social
have a very related approach in what we call neo-royalism and how it could shape the international system. Now I'm going to do a deeper read of Anderson.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...
@segoddard.bsky.social
have a very related approach in what we call neo-royalism and how it could shape the international system. Now I'm going to do a deeper read of Anderson.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...
www.dropbox.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I dont think this needs to be semi-serious!
@segoddard.bsky.social
have a very related approach in what we call neo-royalism and how it could shape the international system. Now I'm going to do a deeper read of Anderson.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...
@segoddard.bsky.social
have a very related approach in what we call neo-royalism and how it could shape the international system. Now I'm going to do a deeper read of Anderson.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...
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No justice, no peace is a fact, not a threat.
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
No justice, no peace is a fact, not a threat.