Richmond Eustis
@reustis.bsky.social
Reclusive Swamp Druid. Associate professor, Nicholls State: World Lit, Wilderness, and other "Waste" lands. Senior field & Wilderness Medicine instructor at NOLS. Wilderness EMT. Oud, bees. Fulbright Jordan 2015-17.
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Richmond Eustis
@reustis.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Obligatory pinned skeet. Behind the scenes with my oud at last year's Arabic Music Retreat.
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Remember when the police murdered 12 year-old Tamir Rice because they drove their police car into a park where he was playing with his sister, and said he sacred them so bad they had to kill him?
Yeah man, police and cars. A strange relationship.
Yeah man, police and cars. A strange relationship.
January 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Remember when the police murdered 12 year-old Tamir Rice because they drove their police car into a park where he was playing with his sister, and said he sacred them so bad they had to kill him?
Yeah man, police and cars. A strange relationship.
Yeah man, police and cars. A strange relationship.
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Masked ICE agents, it seems, are now killing American citizens on American streets.
Any Democrat who doesn’t support abolishing ICE should be instantly primaried and run out of the party.
This is non negotiable. You cannot support the continued existence of this fascist murderous secret police.
Any Democrat who doesn’t support abolishing ICE should be instantly primaried and run out of the party.
This is non negotiable. You cannot support the continued existence of this fascist murderous secret police.
January 7, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Masked ICE agents, it seems, are now killing American citizens on American streets.
Any Democrat who doesn’t support abolishing ICE should be instantly primaried and run out of the party.
This is non negotiable. You cannot support the continued existence of this fascist murderous secret police.
Any Democrat who doesn’t support abolishing ICE should be instantly primaried and run out of the party.
This is non negotiable. You cannot support the continued existence of this fascist murderous secret police.
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It cannot be the case that the people with the loudest megaphones in the moment only use them to timidly tsk as people are being murdered.
January 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM
It cannot be the case that the people with the loudest megaphones in the moment only use them to timidly tsk as people are being murdered.
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someone shared this nearly 6 years ago
"Minneapolis Everywhere"
"Minneapolis Everywhere"
January 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM
someone shared this nearly 6 years ago
"Minneapolis Everywhere"
"Minneapolis Everywhere"
You are so bad at this. So very, very bad. And your inability to meet the moment has consequences for us all.
January 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
You are so bad at this. So very, very bad. And your inability to meet the moment has consequences for us all.
Is "Abolish ICE" a reasonable middle ground now? Or is it still way too "radical" and "unhelpful," as certain "radical centrist" consultant types scolded people like me a few years ago?
January 7, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Is "Abolish ICE" a reasonable middle ground now? Or is it still way too "radical" and "unhelpful," as certain "radical centrist" consultant types scolded people like me a few years ago?
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Trump said specifically this is what they were gonna do on the debate stage! I don't want to hear another goddamn word about how "they didn't want this". Grow up!
January 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Trump said specifically this is what they were gonna do on the debate stage! I don't want to hear another goddamn word about how "they didn't want this". Grow up!
I'm not going to watch the latest federal snuff film. I'm glad it exists, because it records actual events, and may mean some sort of justice one day.
But videos like this also serve the Administration's goal of spreading fear and a sense of invulnerable power. I won't participate in that.
But videos like this also serve the Administration's goal of spreading fear and a sense of invulnerable power. I won't participate in that.
January 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I'm not going to watch the latest federal snuff film. I'm glad it exists, because it records actual events, and may mean some sort of justice one day.
But videos like this also serve the Administration's goal of spreading fear and a sense of invulnerable power. I won't participate in that.
But videos like this also serve the Administration's goal of spreading fear and a sense of invulnerable power. I won't participate in that.
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Fuck Bari Weiss, fuck bootlicking regime propaganda
January 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Fuck Bari Weiss, fuck bootlicking regime propaganda
McLaughlin should never work again after repeated false statements like this. She should live out her life subject to public shame and contempt.
Unfortunately, there's an entire structure on the Right designed specifically to shower her with money and praise when she leaves this post.
Unfortunately, there's an entire structure on the Right designed specifically to shower her with money and praise when she leaves this post.
January 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
McLaughlin should never work again after repeated false statements like this. She should live out her life subject to public shame and contempt.
Unfortunately, there's an entire structure on the Right designed specifically to shower her with money and praise when she leaves this post.
Unfortunately, there's an entire structure on the Right designed specifically to shower her with money and praise when she leaves this post.
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For my newsletter this morning, I called for a ban on Grok after X, the child porn app formerly known as Twitter, started removing the clothes of women and girls in photos posted on the site. www.burnsnotice.com/grok-the-chi...
Grok, the Child Porn Generator, Should Be Illegal
X, the child porn company formerly known as Twitter, is now removing the clothes of women and children with photos on the site on behalf of its users.
I first joined Twitter in December 2015. Deeply ...
www.burnsnotice.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM
For my newsletter this morning, I called for a ban on Grok after X, the child porn app formerly known as Twitter, started removing the clothes of women and girls in photos posted on the site. www.burnsnotice.com/grok-the-chi...
The entire Department of Homeland Security needs to be shattered into pieces, rendered for parts, and the earth salted beneath it. If we get the opportunity.
And I'm generally anticarceral, but we really need to figure out what to do in a legal sense with a lot of DHS employees.
And I'm generally anticarceral, but we really need to figure out what to do in a legal sense with a lot of DHS employees.
DHS's first official statement is out, and they call the woman who was shot a domestic terrorist who they claim was trying to kill an ICE agent.
As a reminder, Tricia McLaughlin's post-shooting statements have been proven to be false MULTIPLE times in the past. They are simply not trustworthy.
As a reminder, Tricia McLaughlin's post-shooting statements have been proven to be false MULTIPLE times in the past. They are simply not trustworthy.
January 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The entire Department of Homeland Security needs to be shattered into pieces, rendered for parts, and the earth salted beneath it. If we get the opportunity.
And I'm generally anticarceral, but we really need to figure out what to do in a legal sense with a lot of DHS employees.
And I'm generally anticarceral, but we really need to figure out what to do in a legal sense with a lot of DHS employees.
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If Democrats can't win on "the administration is full of and covering for kiddie rapers and they're using your tax money to invade Venezuela and pay fat Nazis to shoot your neighbors" then GET THE FUCK OUT OF POLITICS
January 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
If Democrats can't win on "the administration is full of and covering for kiddie rapers and they're using your tax money to invade Venezuela and pay fat Nazis to shoot your neighbors" then GET THE FUCK OUT OF POLITICS
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I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
Federal agents murdered that woman. And it's exactly what the people who voted for Trump want.
January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Federal agents murdered that woman. And it's exactly what the people who voted for Trump want.
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Just saw the video. Unless that woman was armed and pointing a gun at the ICE cop (and I've seen no reported evidence of that), there's no way in hell her truck posed a threat to him. Not a chance.
January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Just saw the video. Unless that woman was armed and pointing a gun at the ICE cop (and I've seen no reported evidence of that), there's no way in hell her truck posed a threat to him. Not a chance.
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Label the video and don’t watch it, but also, thank the person who was there and who made the video, because it’s clear evidence that ICE is lying and that an ICE agent murdered a woman.
What we do with this knowledge is up to us.
What we do with this knowledge is up to us.
January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Label the video and don’t watch it, but also, thank the person who was there and who made the video, because it’s clear evidence that ICE is lying and that an ICE agent murdered a woman.
What we do with this knowledge is up to us.
What we do with this knowledge is up to us.
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The video shows ICE agents removing the woman's body from the car & carrying her down the road, no ambulance. An onlooker tried to approach to help, identified himself as a doctor & ICE pointed guns at him.
January 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
The video shows ICE agents removing the woman's body from the car & carrying her down the road, no ambulance. An onlooker tried to approach to help, identified himself as a doctor & ICE pointed guns at him.
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When people start puffing out their chests and talking like the Athenian delegation in the Melian dialogue, it's because they are feeling powerful and invulnerable. That's how a lot of people on the right are feeling right now: it feels to them like they just proved that the US can ...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
When people start puffing out their chests and talking like the Athenian delegation in the Melian dialogue, it's because they are feeling powerful and invulnerable. That's how a lot of people on the right are feeling right now: it feels to them like they just proved that the US can ...
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For me J6 was a final, unmistakable signal: this is all out in the open. There are no more dog whistles, no more hints & suggestions. Nothing is hidden. Words are pointless -- there's nothing to uncover, nothing to point out. If you see this & continue down the same path, *it's because you want it*.
January 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
For me J6 was a final, unmistakable signal: this is all out in the open. There are no more dog whistles, no more hints & suggestions. Nothing is hidden. Words are pointless -- there's nothing to uncover, nothing to point out. If you see this & continue down the same path, *it's because you want it*.
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Starting tomorrow, the Trump administration is set to send notices to 1,000 student loan borrowers (first round) noticing them of an intent to garnish their wages for student loan debt.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
January 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Starting tomorrow, the Trump administration is set to send notices to 1,000 student loan borrowers (first round) noticing them of an intent to garnish their wages for student loan debt.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
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LSU conducted a 17 yr simulation that showed if Meta withdrew the maximum daily allowed water amount, groundwater levels could drop 65 feet beneath some areas of the facility. These low water levels could lead to land sinking and saltwater seeping into water supplies. www.wbrz.com/news/meta-s-...
Meta's Louisiana data center causing concern over water usage
RICHLAND - Meta's new artificial intelligence data center, being built in northeast Louisiana, plans to use about 23 million gallons of water daily, the amount about 17,000 residents use each day, acc...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:15 PM
LSU conducted a 17 yr simulation that showed if Meta withdrew the maximum daily allowed water amount, groundwater levels could drop 65 feet beneath some areas of the facility. These low water levels could lead to land sinking and saltwater seeping into water supplies. www.wbrz.com/news/meta-s-...
Of course, I can think of maybe four courses university-wide in which Plato's work might appear on the syllabus.
January 6, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Of course, I can think of maybe four courses university-wide in which Plato's work might appear on the syllabus.
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9/ And for anyone you know who might still buy at all into the Trump/MAGA whitewash of Jan. 6, send them this NYT documentary, “Day of Rage.” As haunting as ever to watch. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Video: Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol
A six-month Times investigation has synchronized and mapped out thousands of videos and police radio communications from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, providing the most complete picture to date of what ha...
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
9/ And for anyone you know who might still buy at all into the Trump/MAGA whitewash of Jan. 6, send them this NYT documentary, “Day of Rage.” As haunting as ever to watch. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...