Sid Olufs
@sidster7.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus (Latin for not no more) of politics at Pacific Lutheran. 39 years there, 4 at U of Montana before that. Teaching tai chi these days, including sword and cane. Appreciative of the many smart and caring people on BlueSky.
Switzerland has some world class looney bins, I mean clinics that treat mental illness. Maybe they could just commit him, not let him come back here.
January 21, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Switzerland has some world class looney bins, I mean clinics that treat mental illness. Maybe they could just commit him, not let him come back here.
Keep the jokes coming, arts people.
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Replica of Trump’s Birthday Message to Epstein Appears on National Mall
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January 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Keep the jokes coming, arts people.
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January 20, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Security issues in quantum computing.
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Q&A: What does cybersecurity look like in the quantum age? | Penn State University
Quantum computers could become a prime target for malicious hackers, according to Swaroop Ghosh, professor of computer science in the Penn State School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, ...
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January 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Security issues in quantum computing.
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Of course that’s what it is.
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A Distraction from Epstein Files? Trump Ramps Up Chaos in Minnesota, Greenland & Beyond
One month after the deadline set by Congress for the Justice Department to release all files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Trump administration has made available less than 1...
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January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Of course that’s what it is.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Minnesota ain’t special.
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It’s Not Just Minnesota—Fraud Is Everywhere
Scammers and state governments routinely pilfer from federal health-care programs.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Minnesota ain’t special.
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This is how the surveillance state works.
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Report: ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds On Medicaid Data
ICE is using a Palantir tool that uses Medicaid and other government data to stalk people for arrest. This is exactly the kind of data privacy abuse that EFF has been warning about.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:17 PM
This is how the surveillance state works.
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Wanna watch a buncha videos of ICE thugs behaving badly?
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Why are federal agents gunning down Americans in the streets?
The shooting of Renee Good, like all of the ICE abuses, is symptomatic of a deeper mental illness.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Wanna watch a buncha videos of ICE thugs behaving badly?
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So, ICE is recruiting at gun shows.
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Have you been to a gun show?
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Have you been to a gun show?
January 20, 2026 at 2:34 PM
So, ICE is recruiting at gun shows.
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Have you been to a gun show?
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Have you been to a gun show?
“The enjoyment of barley juice should be seen as a gift from God.”
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World’s oldest monastic brewery to be sold as German beer sales slide
Brewing tradition of nearly 1,000 years at Weltenburg Abbey in Bavaria to be bought up by Munich company Schneider Weisse
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January 20, 2026 at 12:36 AM
“The enjoyment of barley juice should be seen as a gift from God.”
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it could happen. sky is clear here, unusual for this time of year.
January 19, 2026 at 10:18 PM
it could happen. sky is clear here, unusual for this time of year.
You do realize he is insane.
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Donald Trump links threats to seize Greenland to Nobel prize snub in letter
US president says he no longer feels the need to think ‘purely of peace’ in letter to Norwegian prime minister
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January 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
You do realize he is insane.
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January 18, 2026 at 7:08 PM
The Wall Street perspective….
—We have a spending problem, not a taxing problem (love our tax cuts).
—If we get long term 3% growth, maybe a spurt of 5% soon, that will ease things (how? I don’t know).
—Investor confidence, #1 goal of govt economic policies.
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—We have a spending problem, not a taxing problem (love our tax cuts).
—If we get long term 3% growth, maybe a spurt of 5% soon, that will ease things (how? I don’t know).
—Investor confidence, #1 goal of govt economic policies.
www.thestreet.com/investing/bl...
BlackRock CEO delivers blunt warning on US national debt
Markets may not be ready for this.
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January 18, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The Wall Street perspective….
—We have a spending problem, not a taxing problem (love our tax cuts).
—If we get long term 3% growth, maybe a spurt of 5% soon, that will ease things (how? I don’t know).
—Investor confidence, #1 goal of govt economic policies.
www.thestreet.com/investing/bl...
—We have a spending problem, not a taxing problem (love our tax cuts).
—If we get long term 3% growth, maybe a spurt of 5% soon, that will ease things (how? I don’t know).
—Investor confidence, #1 goal of govt economic policies.
www.thestreet.com/investing/bl...
Did you enjoy Catch-22? Then you’ll enjoy reading about what’s going on at the Social Security Administration.
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1 Year Into Trump 2.0, the Social Security Administration Is in Disarray | naked capitalism
If you are so unfortunate as to need assistance from the Social Security Administration, good luck with that.
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January 18, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Did you enjoy Catch-22? Then you’ll enjoy reading about what’s going on at the Social Security Administration.
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“Asking scientists to spy on and report on their fellow co-authors” is a “classic hallmark of authoritarianism.”
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USDA employees ordered to investigate foreign researchers they work with
USDA employees have been directed to investigate foreign scientists who collaborate with the agency for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.”
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January 18, 2026 at 4:27 PM
“Asking scientists to spy on and report on their fellow co-authors” is a “classic hallmark of authoritarianism.”
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Long term trend is not good, the Don’s policies are making things much worse short term.
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Gap between farm costs and earnings is the widest in a decade | AGDAILY
U.S. farmers are facing one of the widest gaps in a decade between what they pay to produce food and what they earn from selling it.
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January 18, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Long term trend is not good, the Don’s policies are making things much worse short term.
www.agdaily.com/insights/gap...
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Funny how this works once in a while.
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Larry Ellison once renamed a superyacht because its name spelled backwards was ‘I’m a Nazi’
The uberwealthy Oracle founder is a major donor to Jewish and pro-Israel causes.
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January 18, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Funny how this works once in a while.
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Say what you will about diet, exercise, etc…. When it comes to getting old and avoiding dementia due to Alzheimer's, you can’t beat having the right genes. None of the males in the family lasted long enough to tell. The women did OK.
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Evaluating the association of apolipoprotein E genotype and cognitive resilience in SuperAgers
INTRODUCTION “SuperAgers” are oldest-old adults (ages 80+) whose memory performance more closely resembles middle-aged adults. The present study examined apolipoprotein E (APOE) allele frequency in ...
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January 18, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Say what you will about diet, exercise, etc…. When it comes to getting old and avoiding dementia due to Alzheimer's, you can’t beat having the right genes. None of the males in the family lasted long enough to tell. The women did OK.
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Of what use are hypersonic weapons? Inherently destabilizing.
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GUEST POST: IF YOU CAN DODGE A WRENCH: How the PLA Plans to Use Hypersonic Weapons
Today’s guest post about PLARF Ludicrous Speed Devices is by Jenny Moss [LinkedIn]. Snowboarder, China Analyst, Team Alumnus, in that order. One [...]
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January 18, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Of what use are hypersonic weapons? Inherently destabilizing.
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Yup, she’s right. We are living under an authoritarian government. Enabled by an authoritarian party in Congress, plenty of judicial appointments that support it.
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Democrat targeted by Trump attacks ‘authoritarian’ effort to intimidate critics
Elissa Slotkin, under investigation over Pentagon video, says president using ‘well-worn playbook’ to silence debate
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January 18, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Yup, she’s right. We are living under an authoritarian government. Enabled by an authoritarian party in Congress, plenty of judicial appointments that support it.
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