Satadru Pramanik
@satmandu.bsky.social
DO, BME MEng, MPH.
Smarter half: @kimbeast.bsky.social
He/Him. Cinema snob, ST pessimist, LT optimist.
Also at @satmandu@defcon.social
Open Source Dev at Chromebrew, and contributor to OpenZFS + sundry other projects.
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Smarter half: @kimbeast.bsky.social
He/Him. Cinema snob, ST pessimist, LT optimist.
Also at @satmandu@defcon.social
Open Source Dev at Chromebrew, and contributor to OpenZFS + sundry other projects.
Signal: satadru.01
🌩️👀 jr-q3e79ZL9H
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I finally looked up the person to whom this Tombstone belonged, the one that gave me pause when I visited the American cemetery in Normandy last summer when I saw the state I grew up in, Michigan, listed on it.
Kenneth E Bleasdell, of Ann Arbor, MI, was one of 3 brothers who died fighting in WW2.
Kenneth E Bleasdell, of Ann Arbor, MI, was one of 3 brothers who died fighting in WW2.
On this anniversary of D-Day, I'm thinking again about my visit to Normandy last year.
I believe even more firmly that every American should, if able, make at least one summer pilgrimage there.
Also, several decades into this journey, I finally understand the transformative power of pilgrimages.
I believe even more firmly that every American should, if able, make at least one summer pilgrimage there.
Also, several decades into this journey, I finally understand the transformative power of pilgrimages.
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(1/X) A lot of good commentary out there on why Dems shouldn't have caved, a lot of it from people I don't usually agree with: Yggy and the Nates, Jon Stewart (!).
For me, it all comes down to Cedric the Entertainer: you have to wish that a motherfucker would cancel all the flights/cut SNAP....
For me, it all comes down to Cedric the Entertainer: you have to wish that a motherfucker would cancel all the flights/cut SNAP....
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
(1/X) A lot of good commentary out there on why Dems shouldn't have caved, a lot of it from people I don't usually agree with: Yggy and the Nates, Jon Stewart (!).
For me, it all comes down to Cedric the Entertainer: you have to wish that a motherfucker would cancel all the flights/cut SNAP....
For me, it all comes down to Cedric the Entertainer: you have to wish that a motherfucker would cancel all the flights/cut SNAP....
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You see that massive chunk of blue that spans over half 20th century? It is PURE FDR momentum.
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
You see that massive chunk of blue that spans over half 20th century? It is PURE FDR momentum.
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Yep, this morning I said to someone in conversation re @schumer.senate.gov “having no one in that job would be more effective.”
I think that’s right.
I think that’s right.
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Yep, this morning I said to someone in conversation re @schumer.senate.gov “having no one in that job would be more effective.”
I think that’s right.
I think that’s right.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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Even if not pushing for this debacle, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s inability to hold his caucus is proof positive he is the wrong leader for this time.
The eight Neville Chamberlains betrayed the thousands of government workers who have held out, the SNAP beneficiaries who have faced starvation, and the millions of Democrats who supported this fight. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
Forget ‘moderates.’ There are ‘fighters’ and there are ‘defeatists’
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Even if not pushing for this debacle, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s inability to hold his caucus is proof positive he is the wrong leader for this time.
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This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
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The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Fantastic stuff. I can't wait for this to eventually trickle down into USPSTF recommendations, but I shudder at what Pharma is going to start pricing this at for Americans w/o insurance.
Among adults with HeFH who were already taking statin therapy, treatment with enlicitide was well tolerated and reduced levels of LDL-C, apolipoprotein B, non–HDL-C, and lipoprotein(a).
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November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Fantastic stuff. I can't wait for this to eventually trickle down into USPSTF recommendations, but I shudder at what Pharma is going to start pricing this at for Americans w/o insurance.
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Begala’s criticism of Mamdani’s vote share is so disingenuous! Yes, the candidate facing both Republican and intra-party opposition in a high turnout election did not perform as well as candidates running essentially unopposed in low turnout ones.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Begala’s criticism of Mamdani’s vote share is so disingenuous! Yes, the candidate facing both Republican and intra-party opposition in a high turnout election did not perform as well as candidates running essentially unopposed in low turnout ones.
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I guess the other thing I'll say is that by january 2025 I was like "america is over. america is full of placid cucks who will let their country go to fascists without a fight" because the bulk of the country and the media didn't care about doge taking over payments infrastructure, and i was wrong
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I guess the other thing I'll say is that by january 2025 I was like "america is over. america is full of placid cucks who will let their country go to fascists without a fight" because the bulk of the country and the media didn't care about doge taking over payments infrastructure, and i was wrong
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I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
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I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
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This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.
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I'm guessing this also was when Helen Keller made the biopic about her life. Something I've never heard of -- she stars at herself. Called 'Deliverance' and released in 1919, it's actually a pretty solid film. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliver...
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I'm guessing this also was when Helen Keller made the biopic about her life. Something I've never heard of -- she stars at herself. Called 'Deliverance' and released in 1919, it's actually a pretty solid film. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliver...
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I guess I need to add that pundits have to get out of a normal democracy mindset too.
It’s been a decade of democratic backsliding, and nearly a year of rapid descent. Writing as if it’s 2013 or 1995 is out of touch. Either ”I have my head in the sand” or “I like this but won’t say so directly.”
It’s been a decade of democratic backsliding, and nearly a year of rapid descent. Writing as if it’s 2013 or 1995 is out of touch. Either ”I have my head in the sand” or “I like this but won’t say so directly.”
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
www.arcdigital.media
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I guess I need to add that pundits have to get out of a normal democracy mindset too.
It’s been a decade of democratic backsliding, and nearly a year of rapid descent. Writing as if it’s 2013 or 1995 is out of touch. Either ”I have my head in the sand” or “I like this but won’t say so directly.”
It’s been a decade of democratic backsliding, and nearly a year of rapid descent. Writing as if it’s 2013 or 1995 is out of touch. Either ”I have my head in the sand” or “I like this but won’t say so directly.”
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Recent studies show that some large bats eat songbirds on night migration, plucking them out of the sky. Studies also show rats wait near bat havens and pluck them out of the sky and eat them. This is kind of a vague turducken for whatever eats the rat, I suppose.
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Recent studies show that some large bats eat songbirds on night migration, plucking them out of the sky. Studies also show rats wait near bat havens and pluck them out of the sky and eat them. This is kind of a vague turducken for whatever eats the rat, I suppose.
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for those puzzling out why an administration hostile to HRT for transition is super pro HRT for menopause, their claims that menopause ruins women and marriages seems pretty key
No, menopause does not kill women or cause divorce.
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
for those puzzling out why an administration hostile to HRT for transition is super pro HRT for menopause, their claims that menopause ruins women and marriages seems pretty key
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Tectonic plate puzzle anyone? 🌎
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November 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Tectonic plate puzzle anyone? 🌎
Made by me, one at a time. I’m planning to have a really limited number available before the holidays - if you want to find out when I do, sign up to my newsletter! I will share them through it first.
Sign up > www.luciaperezdiaz.com#newsletter
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I really like the phrase Ukrainian Kinetic Sanctions for attacks on Russian refineries.
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The Saratov oil refinery in russia has been shot ablaze. The facility is run by Rosneft and produces annually 7 million tons of oil products.
credit to: [https://bsky.app/profile/tendar.bsky.social/post/3m5dchm54u22c](https://bsky.app/profile/tendar.bsky.social/post/3m5dchm54u22c)
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November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I really like the phrase Ukrainian Kinetic Sanctions for attacks on Russian refineries.
old.reddit.com/r/ukraine/co...
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47 fighters actually fighting—refusing unanimous consent, throwing up every roadblock available—would be infinitely more valuable (under a R president) than 53 Schumers
and that doesn’t even **begin** to get into the dynamic value
and that doesn’t even **begin** to get into the dynamic value
Would you rather have a senate caucus that was 47 fighters or 53 chuck schumers
because your 47 fighters ain't doing shit in the minority
because your 47 fighters ain't doing shit in the minority
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
47 fighters actually fighting—refusing unanimous consent, throwing up every roadblock available—would be infinitely more valuable (under a R president) than 53 Schumers
and that doesn’t even **begin** to get into the dynamic value
and that doesn’t even **begin** to get into the dynamic value
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I'm going to actively say at this point that I don't think people should donate to any Dem-run PACs. What guarantee do we have that they won't give the money to cowards to stave off primary challengers?
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I'm going to actively say at this point that I don't think people should donate to any Dem-run PACs. What guarantee do we have that they won't give the money to cowards to stave off primary challengers?
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
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Progressive groups yes but also a lot of the federal employees involved with all this
www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...
www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Progressive groups yes but also a lot of the federal employees involved with all this
www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...
www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...
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Let me tell you something very relevant to know: @chiosse.bsky.social is one of a very few members of the council to move a big, truly important bill to passage in decades.
He banned broker fees for renters, which were an outrageous rip off that cost millions of NYers big money.
He banned broker fees for renters, which were an outrageous rip off that cost millions of NYers big money.
Hakeem Jeffries is about to get a primary challenger.
@chiosse.bsky.social will reportedly make an announcement about this in the coming weeks.
@chiosse.bsky.social will reportedly make an announcement about this in the coming weeks.
Against Mamdani’s Wishes, Gen Z Councilman Plans to Challenge Jeffries
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Let me tell you something very relevant to know: @chiosse.bsky.social is one of a very few members of the council to move a big, truly important bill to passage in decades.
He banned broker fees for renters, which were an outrageous rip off that cost millions of NYers big money.
He banned broker fees for renters, which were an outrageous rip off that cost millions of NYers big money.
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One of Donald Trump’s great innovations is that he does things. Democrats to the 85th percentile do not do things—they ask for permission to do things. Trump does things and dares anyone to tell him he can’t. We should learn from this
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
One of Donald Trump’s great innovations is that he does things. Democrats to the 85th percentile do not do things—they ask for permission to do things. Trump does things and dares anyone to tell him he can’t. We should learn from this