Old Tehanu
@oldtehanu.bsky.social
Writer. Science fan. Maps matter. Biology is queer af. Worked at MS, Public Schools, & public transit. Gadfly. Old dragons don't die. Eunoia.
Just Say NO.
What power you have, use it against oligarchs & Nazls.
Banner: 1982, young me.
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Just Say NO.
What power you have, use it against oligarchs & Nazls.
Banner: 1982, young me.
Sry 4 typos.
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ANALYSIS: Increasing political polarization and the decline of local media have thoroughly nationalized American politics. Voters increasingly use national party animosity, not local issues, to decide gubernatorial and mayoral races, turning them into proxies for Washington conflicts.
No Politics Is Local
State and city elections are now heavily intertwined with what happens in Washington.
www.theatlantic.com
Focus on you local and state candidates. Who works FOR us? Who leads? Who gets stuff done or tells us how?
Even Epstein knew that the financial arm of his criminal organization was the more dangerous one.
Society goes easy on rapists, even child rapists.
But, we have no idea what economic pillars would fall when all the Epstein facts come out.
And they will. So, let's not starve people while waiting.
Society goes easy on rapists, even child rapists.
But, we have no idea what economic pillars would fall when all the Epstein facts come out.
And they will. So, let's not starve people while waiting.
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Even Epstein knew that the financial arm of his criminal organization was the more dangerous one.
Society goes easy on rapists, even child rapists.
But, we have no idea what economic pillars would fall when all the Epstein facts come out.
And they will. So, let's not starve people while waiting.
Society goes easy on rapists, even child rapists.
But, we have no idea what economic pillars would fall when all the Epstein facts come out.
And they will. So, let's not starve people while waiting.
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"Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’ " | FT
Do we believe him?
We hope #WarrenBuffett, one of the all time #investment leaders doesn't go quiet.
#FollowTheLeader
Capital at risk
on.ft.com/4p135Ph
Do we believe him?
We hope #WarrenBuffett, one of the all time #investment leaders doesn't go quiet.
#FollowTheLeader
Capital at risk
on.ft.com/4p135Ph
Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’
World’s most famous investor warns against corporate greed as he prepares to hand over reins of Berkshire Hathaway
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’ " | FT
Do we believe him?
We hope #WarrenBuffett, one of the all time #investment leaders doesn't go quiet.
#FollowTheLeader
Capital at risk
on.ft.com/4p135Ph
Do we believe him?
We hope #WarrenBuffett, one of the all time #investment leaders doesn't go quiet.
#FollowTheLeader
Capital at risk
on.ft.com/4p135Ph
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Building 'generational wealth' from Camp Mystic. Finally, the real timeline is published for us to see. They moved the equipment to safety, but not the littles.
Suits Accuse Camp Mystic of Gross Negligence in Children’s Deaths
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Building 'generational wealth' from Camp Mystic. Finally, the real timeline is published for us to see. They moved the equipment to safety, but not the littles.
Good. And I hope the concept of what is part of Epidemiology expands.
We are going to need that Infectious Desease thinking applied to all sorts of public issues.
We are going to need that Infectious Desease thinking applied to all sorts of public issues.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Good. And I hope the concept of what is part of Epidemiology expands.
We are going to need that Infectious Desease thinking applied to all sorts of public issues.
We are going to need that Infectious Desease thinking applied to all sorts of public issues.
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We have got to elect ONLY Congress members who will commit to deep reforms of the entire system!
When non MAGA get power back, I hope we all DEMAND all Fed office candidates commit to
Deep reforms of the SCOTUS and Appellate court structures, including processes and enforceable consequences for invisgating corruption.
Deep reforms of the SCOTUS and Appellate court structures, including processes and enforceable consequences for invisgating corruption.
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We have got to elect ONLY Congress members who will commit to deep reforms of the entire system!
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“For decades, Iranians fleeing persecution have found protection in the United States. But this fall, the Trump administration deported a planeload of people to Iran after making a deal with Tehran.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
‘It Feels Like I’m in a Nightmare’: Inside the First Deportation Flight to Iran
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“For decades, Iranians fleeing persecution have found protection in the United States. But this fall, the Trump administration deported a planeload of people to Iran after making a deal with Tehran.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
When non MAGA get power back, I hope we all DEMAND all Fed office candidates commit to
Deep reforms of the SCOTUS and Appellate court structures, including processes and enforceable consequences for invisgating corruption.
Deep reforms of the SCOTUS and Appellate court structures, including processes and enforceable consequences for invisgating corruption.
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
When non MAGA get power back, I hope we all DEMAND all Fed office candidates commit to
Deep reforms of the SCOTUS and Appellate court structures, including processes and enforceable consequences for invisgating corruption.
Deep reforms of the SCOTUS and Appellate court structures, including processes and enforceable consequences for invisgating corruption.
I wish they had caved on Epstein and not on healthcare.
People won't die (presumably the other bad guys are no longer keeping the Epstein-Maxwell criminal organization going) if we wait 6 months or a year for an Epstein vote and disclosure.
Can't live w/o food and medicine.
People won't die (presumably the other bad guys are no longer keeping the Epstein-Maxwell criminal organization going) if we wait 6 months or a year for an Epstein vote and disclosure.
Can't live w/o food and medicine.
“… Beyond the bluster, there was … relief in Trump’s orbit that [they had been] offered a reprieve from a shutdown that was dragging down [their] poll numbers [that would likely have] gotten worse …”
#ÇaPue #GiftArticle #TrumpΤύραννος #StopPoisonousFarRightDogmas #LetAmericaBeAmericaAgain
#ÇaPue #GiftArticle #TrumpΤύραννος #StopPoisonousFarRightDogmas #LetAmericaBeAmericaAgain
Why the Democrats Finally Folded
This is how the government shutdown was always going to end.
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I wish they had caved on Epstein and not on healthcare.
People won't die (presumably the other bad guys are no longer keeping the Epstein-Maxwell criminal organization going) if we wait 6 months or a year for an Epstein vote and disclosure.
Can't live w/o food and medicine.
People won't die (presumably the other bad guys are no longer keeping the Epstein-Maxwell criminal organization going) if we wait 6 months or a year for an Epstein vote and disclosure.
Can't live w/o food and medicine.
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Reinventing myself after AI stole my clients. It's a clever abomination! Here is my story. medium.com/ai-ai-oh/ai-...
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AI Is Not Your Friend
You invite them into your home. They eat all your food, trash your belongings, and then toss you out onto the street. What should you do?
medium.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Reinventing myself after AI stole my clients. It's a clever abomination! Here is my story. medium.com/ai-ai-oh/ai-...
for non-Medium members: medium.com/ai-ai-oh/ai-...
for non-Medium members: medium.com/ai-ai-oh/ai-...
"One well-recognized illusion of generalizability arises when researchers mistake Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic (WEIRD) convenience samples as more representative of all humans than they actually are."
First, cognitive science is WEIRD: our participants aren’t sufficiently diverse to generalize across populations. An illusion of generalizability arises when we believe studies of WEIRD participants can generalize to all humans. 4/
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"One well-recognized illusion of generalizability arises when researchers mistake Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic (WEIRD) convenience samples as more representative of all humans than they actually are."
Very interesting and excellent.
Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Very interesting and excellent.
Is it strange that I am not at all surprised?
He stays out of the direct sunlight because it could destroy him.
Stephen Miller Has Reportedly Started Sleeping At Night In A Coffin
Stephen Miller is raising eyebrows with his new sleeping habits.
medium.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Is it strange that I am not at all surprised?
I don't give af. Just make it stop. Worst tween o session since deez nutz.
My tween and her friends won't tell me what 6-7 means 🤷🏽♀️ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
What Does ‘6-7’ Mean? Maybe Tweens Don’t Want You to Know.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I don't give af. Just make it stop. Worst tween o session since deez nutz.
Yeah. Trump City in the making. Complete with a "company town" and indentured labor.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Yeah. Trump City in the making. Complete with a "company town" and indentured labor.
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Opinion | What Started as Affordability Politics Has Become Something Deeper
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Democrats Were Winning the Shutdown. Why Did They Fold? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Most of gov. is funded only until the end of Jan. (So get ready: We could be doing this again in a few months.) Most gallingly, the deal does nothing to extend the expiring ACA tax credits which was the point!
Most of gov. is funded only until the end of Jan. (So get ready: We could be doing this again in a few months.) Most gallingly, the deal does nothing to extend the expiring ACA tax credits which was the point!
Opinion | Democrats Were Winning the Shutdown. Why Did They Fold?
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Democrats Were Winning the Shutdown. Why Did They Fold? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Most of gov. is funded only until the end of Jan. (So get ready: We could be doing this again in a few months.) Most gallingly, the deal does nothing to extend the expiring ACA tax credits which was the point!
Most of gov. is funded only until the end of Jan. (So get ready: We could be doing this again in a few months.) Most gallingly, the deal does nothing to extend the expiring ACA tax credits which was the point!
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"Addiction is compulsive drug use despite harm. Dependence is just needing something to function." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | What Is Kennedy’s Problem With Medication?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Addiction is compulsive drug use despite harm. Dependence is just needing something to function." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
The raping and trafficking is not what they are most afraid of.
Coming clean would subject A LOT of very rich people to restitution and punitive damages as well as long jail times, that would destitute them and leave them and their descendants humiliated.
Epstien could wreck whole economies.
Coming clean would subject A LOT of very rich people to restitution and punitive damages as well as long jail times, that would destitute them and leave them and their descendants humiliated.
Epstien could wreck whole economies.
18,000 released emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo account confirm that prosecutors opened a money-laundering investigation running parallel to the #Epstein rape trafficking.
It was shut down by US officials to prevent exposure of major institutions and individuals. #OpDeathEaters #3E 🧵
It was shut down by US officials to prevent exposure of major institutions and individuals. #OpDeathEaters #3E 🧵
The Epstein Money Laundering Coverup
Eighteen thousand emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s Yahoo account reveal a 2007 federal money-laundering investigation.
spookyconnections.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The raping and trafficking is not what they are most afraid of.
Coming clean would subject A LOT of very rich people to restitution and punitive damages as well as long jail times, that would destitute them and leave them and their descendants humiliated.
Epstien could wreck whole economies.
Coming clean would subject A LOT of very rich people to restitution and punitive damages as well as long jail times, that would destitute them and leave them and their descendants humiliated.
Epstien could wreck whole economies.
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"In fact, they were acting with the express approval of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and were reporting to him daily." prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
The Senate Democratic leader and his Gang of Eight keep trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. On Thursday, they told their caucus colleagues they had ten votes to reopen the government—i...
prospect.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"In fact, they were acting with the express approval of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and were reporting to him daily." prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
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SCOTUS denies review of Obergefell, and will take up the Fifth Circuit's flawed decision rejecting Mississippi's 5-day post-election grace period for postmarked ballots. Have aliens abducted the MAGA-Five and replaced them with decent, ethical clones?
Supreme Court to Hear Major Challenge to Mail-In Ballot Laws
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
SCOTUS denies review of Obergefell, and will take up the Fifth Circuit's flawed decision rejecting Mississippi's 5-day post-election grace period for postmarked ballots. Have aliens abducted the MAGA-Five and replaced them with decent, ethical clones?
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We are in a polycrisis👇
"self-reinforcing events like melting of the polar ice caps & [Amazon] destruction..propel us toward higher [temps]. This triggers more droughts, floods, wildfires, crop failures & sea-level rise, [unleashing] economic shocks, mass migration.."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
"self-reinforcing events like melting of the polar ice caps & [Amazon] destruction..propel us toward higher [temps]. This triggers more droughts, floods, wildfires, crop failures & sea-level rise, [unleashing] economic shocks, mass migration.."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | The Post-Cold War Era Is Over. What Should We Call This New One?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We are in a polycrisis👇
"self-reinforcing events like melting of the polar ice caps & [Amazon] destruction..propel us toward higher [temps]. This triggers more droughts, floods, wildfires, crop failures & sea-level rise, [unleashing] economic shocks, mass migration.."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
"self-reinforcing events like melting of the polar ice caps & [Amazon] destruction..propel us toward higher [temps]. This triggers more droughts, floods, wildfires, crop failures & sea-level rise, [unleashing] economic shocks, mass migration.."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
