@rwhetsel.bsky.social
Sounds not tangential. Thank you.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Sounds not tangential. Thank you.
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According to regional budget data, Russia continues to recruit approximately 30,000 men per month. This may explain why Russia is willing to lose thousands of soldiers each month in its assault on Ukraine, essentially treating its soldiers as "living munitions."
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
According to regional budget data, Russia continues to recruit approximately 30,000 men per month. This may explain why Russia is willing to lose thousands of soldiers each month in its assault on Ukraine, essentially treating its soldiers as "living munitions."
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legend.
we all like to think we'd do the right thing but it sounds like this guy did
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
we all like to think we'd do the right thing but it sounds like this guy did
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
legend.
we all like to think we'd do the right thing but it sounds like this guy did
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
we all like to think we'd do the right thing but it sounds like this guy did
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And isn't it the case that the debt levels of Iceland, the Netherlands, and Finland are not as high as the USA's in terms of a percentage of GDP? While all three have government debt, the United States has a significantly higher debt-to-GDP ratio.
Countries such as Iceland, the Netherlands, and Finland are considered to have the highest standards of living. They are also known for socialist policies. Their people are willing to pay more in taxes for free healthcare and education as well as a better quality of life for all their citizens.
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
And isn't it the case that the debt levels of Iceland, the Netherlands, and Finland are not as high as the USA's in terms of a percentage of GDP? While all three have government debt, the United States has a significantly higher debt-to-GDP ratio.
Deadly use of sucn fearmongering: Vietnam.
R. McNamara was a Republican hire, but weren‘t Democrats yelling the bully mantra, too?
Is the yelling today done on laptops and watches made in Vietnam? Using earpods made in Vietnam, too?
Labels in language serve to harm not to communicate. Reword.
R. McNamara was a Republican hire, but weren‘t Democrats yelling the bully mantra, too?
Is the yelling today done on laptops and watches made in Vietnam? Using earpods made in Vietnam, too?
Labels in language serve to harm not to communicate. Reword.
With Zohran Mamdani's inspiring victory, Republicans are yet again fearmongering about "socialism."
But conservatives always yell “socialism” at every initiative designed to help people.
It's nothing more than an old scare tactic. https://youtu.be/xq02yuY4wDQ?si=akvbkf8GSClBEHLt
But conservatives always yell “socialism” at every initiative designed to help people.
It's nothing more than an old scare tactic. https://youtu.be/xq02yuY4wDQ?si=akvbkf8GSClBEHLt
Socialism Fear-mongering is Bananas | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Deadly use of sucn fearmongering: Vietnam.
R. McNamara was a Republican hire, but weren‘t Democrats yelling the bully mantra, too?
Is the yelling today done on laptops and watches made in Vietnam? Using earpods made in Vietnam, too?
Labels in language serve to harm not to communicate. Reword.
R. McNamara was a Republican hire, but weren‘t Democrats yelling the bully mantra, too?
Is the yelling today done on laptops and watches made in Vietnam? Using earpods made in Vietnam, too?
Labels in language serve to harm not to communicate. Reword.
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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.
Thanks NBC for putting 'badly' in quotes.
Or maybe here 'feeling badly' is right--as in 'feeling x up badly and making x feel bad.'
Whatever, the use of feel badly to mean feel bad is a reliably working stereotype. You hear it and you duck. Insincere condescension stains.
Or maybe here 'feeling badly' is right--as in 'feeling x up badly and making x feel bad.'
Whatever, the use of feel badly to mean feel bad is a reliably working stereotype. You hear it and you duck. Insincere condescension stains.
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Thanks NBC for putting 'badly' in quotes.
Or maybe here 'feeling badly' is right--as in 'feeling x up badly and making x feel bad.'
Whatever, the use of feel badly to mean feel bad is a reliably working stereotype. You hear it and you duck. Insincere condescension stains.
Or maybe here 'feeling badly' is right--as in 'feeling x up badly and making x feel bad.'
Whatever, the use of feel badly to mean feel bad is a reliably working stereotype. You hear it and you duck. Insincere condescension stains.
Like TikTok somehow (as below)....? (Details compliments of AI)
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Like TikTok somehow (as below)....? (Details compliments of AI)
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Time to get our hands dirty, Lets get to work NYC <3
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Time to get our hands dirty, Lets get to work NYC <3
"I think Americans are finally recognizing how much trouble we’re in."
Safety and sovereignty to the United States.
Safety and sovereignty to Ukraine.
Safety and sovereignty to the United States.
Safety and sovereignty to Ukraine.
I saw coverage of an enormous line on MSNBC this afternoon. Jacob Soboroff was talking to the people in line. It was more than an hour long. I think Americans are finally recognizing how much trouble we’re in.
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
"I think Americans are finally recognizing how much trouble we’re in."
Safety and sovereignty to the United States.
Safety and sovereignty to Ukraine.
Safety and sovereignty to the United States.
Safety and sovereignty to Ukraine.
Thank you, President Obama.
Leaping to national elections, assuming the map of misery linked below will be a political resource, how so?
A recent article by Tim Snyder raised the question and since preparation is everything....
Your experience....
statehealthcompare.shadac.org/map/197/opio...
Leaping to national elections, assuming the map of misery linked below will be a political resource, how so?
A recent article by Tim Snyder raised the question and since preparation is everything....
Your experience....
statehealthcompare.shadac.org/map/197/opio...
November 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Thank you, President Obama.
Leaping to national elections, assuming the map of misery linked below will be a political resource, how so?
A recent article by Tim Snyder raised the question and since preparation is everything....
Your experience....
statehealthcompare.shadac.org/map/197/opio...
Leaping to national elections, assuming the map of misery linked below will be a political resource, how so?
A recent article by Tim Snyder raised the question and since preparation is everything....
Your experience....
statehealthcompare.shadac.org/map/197/opio...
Is the cynicism described below a case of opportunism making excuses for itself?
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Is the cynicism described below a case of opportunism making excuses for itself?
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Reality is often far too unrealistic for a good reader's sensibilities.
I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
October 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Reality is often far too unrealistic for a good reader's sensibilities.
November 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“The single most effective action that could bring pause to the massacre in El Fasher is for the right call from Abu Dhabi to be placed to RSF leadership....”
"Nathaniel Redmond, director of the Yale school of public health, said on Tuesday that the “horror, scale and velocity of killing” in El Fasher had left pools of blood visible from satellites"
Pity the West simply does not have any tools to pressure UAE, which is the RSF's main funder and supplier
Pity the West simply does not have any tools to pressure UAE, which is the RSF's main funder and supplier
Sudan siege ends in bloodbath despite pleas for mercy
Evidence emerges of atrocities committed by the paramilitary RSF after it seized control of El Fasher
www.ft.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“The single most effective action that could bring pause to the massacre in El Fasher is for the right call from Abu Dhabi to be placed to RSF leadership....”
Paragraph three of the body of the letter below refers to vaccinations.
October 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Paragraph three of the body of the letter below refers to vaccinations.
The pattern of cherishing and "milking" grievances (including making up supporting "facts") as a way of life will not pass but can be called by name, rather than fallen for and allowed to distract.
NEWS: A Democratic candidate calling a subset of Republicans “deplorable” nine years ago.
NOT NEWS: A sitting Republican president confessing that he “hates” Democrats, posting AI-generated fantasies about sh*tting on them, and telling generals that they are “no different than a foreign enemy.”
NOT NEWS: A sitting Republican president confessing that he “hates” Democrats, posting AI-generated fantasies about sh*tting on them, and telling generals that they are “no different than a foreign enemy.”
Also, it may seem like a small thing, but by my count this is the third Ezra Klein show that highlights Hillary Clinton’s “deplorables” comment. To be fair, it is the guest who brings it up. But it is important in highlighting what I see as the double standard by which the parties are assessed.
October 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The pattern of cherishing and "milking" grievances (including making up supporting "facts") as a way of life will not pass but can be called by name, rather than fallen for and allowed to distract.
My dumb
"To gavel" out is to end a meeting officially & definitely by firmly tapping a mallet against a block of resonant wood on a desk or lectern. In a courtroom, too, a judge "gavels out a session" to end it. In an auction, the auctioneer's "gavel out" signals acceptance of the highest bid.
"To gavel" out is to end a meeting officially & definitely by firmly tapping a mallet against a block of resonant wood on a desk or lectern. In a courtroom, too, a judge "gavels out a session" to end it. In an auction, the auctioneer's "gavel out" signals acceptance of the highest bid.
I just went to the House floor to demand that Speaker Johnson swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the GOP gaveled out without even recognizing us.
We’re not going anywhere. I’m here with Leader Jeffries and Adelita Grijalva. Speaker Johnson must swear her in.
We’re not going anywhere. I’m here with Leader Jeffries and Adelita Grijalva. Speaker Johnson must swear her in.
October 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
My dumb
"To gavel" out is to end a meeting officially & definitely by firmly tapping a mallet against a block of resonant wood on a desk or lectern. In a courtroom, too, a judge "gavels out a session" to end it. In an auction, the auctioneer's "gavel out" signals acceptance of the highest bid.
"To gavel" out is to end a meeting officially & definitely by firmly tapping a mallet against a block of resonant wood on a desk or lectern. In a courtroom, too, a judge "gavels out a session" to end it. In an auction, the auctioneer's "gavel out" signals acceptance of the highest bid.
Mentality jog....One of several buried insights here on group work/play...
October 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Mentality jog....One of several buried insights here on group work/play...
Alienation undermines the rule of law, too?
Some become accustomed to unlawful violence, others become alienated from the state
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Alienation undermines the rule of law, too?
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