Paul Hutchinson
@paulhutch.com
I'm interested in too many things and have been on the net since Compuserve provided access (75110,2422).
I block Crypto booster accounts, accounts with no posts and anyone who is not offering rational conversation
I block Crypto booster accounts, accounts with no posts and anyone who is not offering rational conversation
One of those stark reminders in history that so many patriots were slave holders and the vast majority of the population of the colonies were racist.
12 NOVEMBER 1775, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: George Washington forbids the enlistment of “Negroes, Boys unable to bare Arms, nor old men unfit to endure the fatigues of the campaign” in the Continental Army. founders.archives.gov/documents/Wa...
Founders Online: General Orders, 12 November 1775
General Orders, 12 November 1775
founders.archives.gov
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
One of those stark reminders in history that so many patriots were slave holders and the vast majority of the population of the colonies were racist.
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Consumer sentiment has tanked since Trump took office. It’s well below last year’s levels and nowhere near Trump’s first-term levels.
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Consumer sentiment has tanked since Trump took office. It’s well below last year’s levels and nowhere near Trump’s first-term levels.
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self-doubt is part of the process!
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
self-doubt is part of the process!
This version of the chart makes the Trump complete flip to the rich clearer than the version I reposted yesterday.
Those post-Covid wage growth trends for high-income vs. low-income Americans has completely flipped.
(via B of A) @mikezaccardi.bsky.social
(via B of A) @mikezaccardi.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This version of the chart makes the Trump complete flip to the rich clearer than the version I reposted yesterday.
Notice the dramatic change when Trump takes over.
Under Biden lower income earners were keeping up with inflation better than higher income.
Under Trump high earners sprint ahead of inflation while lower earners fall further and further behind.
Under Biden lower income earners were keeping up with inflation better than higher income.
Under Trump high earners sprint ahead of inflation while lower earners fall further and further behind.
BofAI: Inflation growth YoY has outpaced the after-tax wage growth of lower- and middle-income households since the beginning of the year
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Notice the dramatic change when Trump takes over.
Under Biden lower income earners were keeping up with inflation better than higher income.
Under Trump high earners sprint ahead of inflation while lower earners fall further and further behind.
Under Biden lower income earners were keeping up with inflation better than higher income.
Under Trump high earners sprint ahead of inflation while lower earners fall further and further behind.
I've crushed so many dead bodies the last few weeks :-)
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I've crushed so many dead bodies the last few weeks :-)
Arghhhh!
Hey journalists why are you not mentioning to the public that the Barred Owl is an invasive species that only recently moved into the Northern Spotted Owls (NSO) territory. That's why USFWS is going to use culling to help protect the NSO.
Hey journalists why are you not mentioning to the public that the Barred Owl is an invasive species that only recently moved into the Northern Spotted Owls (NSO) territory. That's why USFWS is going to use culling to help protect the NSO.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Arghhhh!
Hey journalists why are you not mentioning to the public that the Barred Owl is an invasive species that only recently moved into the Northern Spotted Owls (NSO) territory. That's why USFWS is going to use culling to help protect the NSO.
Hey journalists why are you not mentioning to the public that the Barred Owl is an invasive species that only recently moved into the Northern Spotted Owls (NSO) territory. That's why USFWS is going to use culling to help protect the NSO.
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
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There’s a word for people who trust in the rhythm method: “parents”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
The MAHA-Fueled Rise of Natural Family Planning
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
There’s a word for people who trust in the rhythm method: “parents”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Hey @radiofreetom.bsky.social I saw Gravy the Turkey blocking the intersection on my way back from bird watching @ Sachuet NWR today
Lots of Harlequin Ducks are there already
Lots of Harlequin Ducks are there already
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hey @radiofreetom.bsky.social I saw Gravy the Turkey blocking the intersection on my way back from bird watching @ Sachuet NWR today
Lots of Harlequin Ducks are there already
Lots of Harlequin Ducks are there already
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Every person who thinks it's just pedantry to argue about what constitutes "fascism" should think very hard about how much damage has been done to American life by the indiscriminate and incorrect usage of words like "terrorism," "war," "treason" and "communist", among many others.
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Every person who thinks it's just pedantry to argue about what constitutes "fascism" should think very hard about how much damage has been done to American life by the indiscriminate and incorrect usage of words like "terrorism," "war," "treason" and "communist", among many others.
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🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
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This is a good point. (No snark.) I'm sure this SCOTUS sneers at Trump in private, but the conservative majority is trying to bank power for a better version of a right-winger.
They don’t want Trump to have as much power as possible. They want some future Federalist Society/Opus Dei-approved President to have as much power as possible. They’re willing to hold their nose and give it to Trump as a means to that end.
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This is a good point. (No snark.) I'm sure this SCOTUS sneers at Trump in private, but the conservative majority is trying to bank power for a better version of a right-winger.
Bravo!
Fascists don’t lose elections in fascist countries. It’s that simple. If you want declare fascism has won and go pretend you’re For Whom the Bell Tolls, fine, just get out of the way and let the rest of your serious fellow citizens save the democracy that you’ve already written off.
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Bravo!
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As another UN climate conference begins, I'm seeing even fewer Americans than ever talking about climate change, which is what the fossil fuel companies want. News groups are firing climate reporters and that doesn't help. Don't stop bringing this up. It hasn't gone away www.bbc.com/news/live/cw...
Starmer warns 'consensus is gone' on fighting climate change as leaders gather at COP30 - follow live
Prince William says the climate threat is
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
As another UN climate conference begins, I'm seeing even fewer Americans than ever talking about climate change, which is what the fossil fuel companies want. News groups are firing climate reporters and that doesn't help. Don't stop bringing this up. It hasn't gone away www.bbc.com/news/live/cw...
Great article, my favorite paragraph:
"The doomers were wrong. Not about the threats being real—those are real. But about resistance being futile. About accommodation being wisdom. About the fight being over."
"The doomers were wrong. Not about the threats being real—those are real. But about resistance being futile. About accommodation being wisdom. About the fight being over."
The Simulation Is Collapsing
Tuesday, Republicans got crushed in elections across New Jersey, Virginia, and New York. Not close races. Not razor-thin margins. Massive defeats in states they’d convinced themselves were winnable after Trump’s 2024 victory. Bret Baier—on Fox News, to Fox &…
Tuesday, Republicans got crushed in elections across New Jersey, Virginia, and New York. Not close races. Not razor-thin margins. Massive defeats in states they’d convinced themselves were winnable after Trump’s 2024 victory. Bret Baier—on Fox News, to Fox &…
The Simulation Is Collapsing
Tuesday, Republicans got crushed in elections across New Jersey, Virginia, and New York. Not close races. Not razor-thin margins. Massive defeats in states they’d convinced themselves were winnable after Trump’s 2024 victory. Bret Baier—on Fox News, to Fox & Friends—had to explain to his audience how bad it was. “It’s a big loss,” he said. Not just the results, but “the spreads are surprising.” Young women “overwhelmingly” supported Democrats based on the economy and “those ICE images.” Based on how they “feel about the economy” versus “how Wall Street’s doing.”
www.techdirt.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Great article, my favorite paragraph:
"The doomers were wrong. Not about the threats being real—those are real. But about resistance being futile. About accommodation being wisdom. About the fight being over."
"The doomers were wrong. Not about the threats being real—those are real. But about resistance being futile. About accommodation being wisdom. About the fight being over."
:-(
FREE TAX-FILING EXPERIMENT IS ENDED BY TRUMP ADMIN : WSJ
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
:-(
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About 30 vultures just flew overhead, circling as they headed south. I assume they're looking for the GOP politicians who lost yesterday.
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Great article, I learned so much about this elephant. Including the fact that it is an actual elephant.
New at Tetrapod Zoology, a brief look at what's surely the world's best known extinct proboscidean: that Ice Age superstar the Woolly mammoth .... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/11... #mammoths #IceAge #Pleistocene #fossilmammals #elephants
A Woolly Mammoth Primer — Tetrapod Zoology
I’ve said before that proboscideans – the familiar group of placental mammals that includes living elephants and their many fossil relatives – have never been well served here at Tet Zoo…
tetzoo.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Great article, I learned so much about this elephant. Including the fact that it is an actual elephant.
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One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions. I am in Spain this week launching the book - come along! www.tomgauld.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions. I am in Spain this week launching the book - come along! www.tomgauld.com
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PSA if you’re getting chilly and starting to side-eye ads for plug-in mini wall heaters: DO NOT BUY. Even if they were designed safely the whole premise is asinine and dangerous.
www.which.co.uk/news/article...
www.which.co.uk/news/article...
Illegal and dangerous plug-in mini heaters for sale on online marketplaces - Which?
Electric heaters from Amazon, eBay and Wish could pose a risk of electric
shocks, burns or even fire
www.which.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
PSA if you’re getting chilly and starting to side-eye ads for plug-in mini wall heaters: DO NOT BUY. Even if they were designed safely the whole premise is asinine and dangerous.
www.which.co.uk/news/article...
www.which.co.uk/news/article...
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Phrase of the moment: "a stifling grip on the fundamentals of commerce"
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
Monopoly Men
Tim Wu’s "The Age of Extraction" argues that Big Tech’s dominance is squeezing businesses, distorting markets, and destabilizing democracy.
washingtonmonthly.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Phrase of the moment: "a stifling grip on the fundamentals of commerce"
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
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Word of the moment: "regret"
www.computerworld.com/article/4084...
www.computerworld.com/article/4084...
Forrester: Companies regret many AI-related layoffs
The research firm says 55% of employers surveyed regret laying off staffers because of the promise of AI.
www.computerworld.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Word of the moment: "regret"
www.computerworld.com/article/4084...
www.computerworld.com/article/4084...