Doug Storm
@storminbloom.bsky.social
radio producer and host. most ardent opinion: frank muller's moby dick is unparalleled; less ardently, le guin's Lathe is ventriloquist PKD. Tanaka Shozo on pollution gives the lie to the liberal worldview of Individual responsibility.
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“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
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February 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
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Sens Jon Husted (R-OH) & Bernie Moreno (R-OH) both got big payments from Les Wexner and then on cue started to disparage investigations into the Epstein files. This is how the corrupt system works.
February 10, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Sens Jon Husted (R-OH) & Bernie Moreno (R-OH) both got big payments from Les Wexner and then on cue started to disparage investigations into the Epstein files. This is how the corrupt system works.
"Wilder than anything Pynchon has ever written." Jeet Heer on Epstein's "network."
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM
"Wilder than anything Pynchon has ever written." Jeet Heer on Epstein's "network."
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Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
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February 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
politics in the US is expedient and slow rolling anything is just intentional. that Steven Miller illegally created the fascist Hellscape we are currently in with all speed tells me it can be undone with all speed, and that all US politicians are choosing to be in ineffectual in stopping it.
February 8, 2026 at 2:17 PM
politics in the US is expedient and slow rolling anything is just intentional. that Steven Miller illegally created the fascist Hellscape we are currently in with all speed tells me it can be undone with all speed, and that all US politicians are choosing to be in ineffectual in stopping it.
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Also, this is the second-most impactful thing he’s ever done. The first is kill hundreds of thousands of people by also illegally dismantling & cutting funds for USAID.
February 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Also, this is the second-most impactful thing he’s ever done. The first is kill hundreds of thousands of people by also illegally dismantling & cutting funds for USAID.
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Alex Heigl reports on a program at San Quentin where San Francisco Conservatory students work with incarcerated men on writing and performing.
"I love the times when we look around at each other while the spirit of music is being felt and played. In those moments I feel closest to God and Heaven."
"I love the times when we look around at each other while the spirit of music is being felt and played. In those moments I feel closest to God and Heaven."
One of the beautiful things music can do
Teaching music inside San Quentin
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February 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Alex Heigl reports on a program at San Quentin where San Francisco Conservatory students work with incarcerated men on writing and performing.
"I love the times when we look around at each other while the spirit of music is being felt and played. In those moments I feel closest to God and Heaven."
"I love the times when we look around at each other while the spirit of music is being felt and played. In those moments I feel closest to God and Heaven."
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Sully discusses all the things about Trump and Epstein that US media is afraid to touch. And does a good job of it too. It's the moral depravity, stupid.
Notes On Epstein
On an American elite that's self-dealing, self-obsessed, and long past good and evil.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Sully discusses all the things about Trump and Epstein that US media is afraid to touch. And does a good job of it too. It's the moral depravity, stupid.
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the uber rich do not make rational economic decisions (who really does?) - they sometimes "share" their toys, but mostly they take their toys home, hide their toys, break their toys, blow up their toys, flush their toys, sell their toys, put their toys in storage, lie about their toys.
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
the uber rich do not make rational economic decisions (who really does?) - they sometimes "share" their toys, but mostly they take their toys home, hide their toys, break their toys, blow up their toys, flush their toys, sell their toys, put their toys in storage, lie about their toys.
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If you want to FINALLY watch Scott Bessent get pinned down on specifics about the illegal money laundering operation being conducted by the Trump admin from someone who knows WTF he’s talking about, this clip is your chance. Bessent gets destroyed.
February 4, 2026 at 8:22 PM
If you want to FINALLY watch Scott Bessent get pinned down on specifics about the illegal money laundering operation being conducted by the Trump admin from someone who knows WTF he’s talking about, this clip is your chance. Bessent gets destroyed.
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All across Europe, there is immediate reaction to the Epstein file disclosures. In the US: bupkis. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
George Mitchell’s name removed from US-Ireland scholarship after Epstein files release
Scholarship was set up in name of former US senator who brokered Belfast Agreement
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/02/02/george-mitchells-name-removed-from-us-ireland-scholarship-after-epstein-files-release/?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IT_EDIT_LunchtimeLatestEmail_NEW_RSS_UTM&utm_term=big_story&utm_id=110881&sfmc_id=2870603&utm_content=George_Mitchell’s_name_removed_from_US-Ireland_scholarship_after_Epstein_files_release
February 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM
All across Europe, there is immediate reaction to the Epstein file disclosures. In the US: bupkis. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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This is the U Penn donor who helped push the President out, pushed to eliminate arts & science offerings, and drafted Trumps "compact" with universities.
People like Rowan repeatedly claimed the moral high ground to impose their agenda on students and faculty.
People like Rowan repeatedly claimed the moral high ground to impose their agenda on students and faculty.
Top Apollo Global Management executives including chief Marc Rowan held wide-ranging discussions over the firm’s tax arrangements with Jeffrey Epstein throughout the 2010s www.ft.com/content/092d...
Apollo chief Marc Rowan consulted Epstein on firm’s tax affairs
New files reveal extensive talks between disgraced financier and key decision makers at US private capital firm
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February 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
This is the U Penn donor who helped push the President out, pushed to eliminate arts & science offerings, and drafted Trumps "compact" with universities.
People like Rowan repeatedly claimed the moral high ground to impose their agenda on students and faculty.
People like Rowan repeatedly claimed the moral high ground to impose their agenda on students and faculty.
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He also lied systematically to his partners about his relationship with Epstein, it appears.
February 2, 2026 at 12:09 AM
He also lied systematically to his partners about his relationship with Epstein, it appears.
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This is why you desperately need to give yourself a break if you drink out of a plastic bottle sometimes.
None of this is your fault.
None of this is your fault.
Methane pollution from US oil and gas infrastructure causes more climate change than the entire economies of all but seven nations on earth.
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
Accounting for methane from natural gas infrastructure in United States greenhouse gas emission estimates
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that United States net greenhouse gas emissions have declined over the last two decades and are no…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:09 AM
This is why you desperately need to give yourself a break if you drink out of a plastic bottle sometimes.
None of this is your fault.
None of this is your fault.
The take-home message from this study is clear: long COVID is here to stay, even in children, and can be exacerbated by reinfections and sustained by high viral circulation.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Long COVID is here to stay—even in children
Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, also known as long COVID) are complex,
multisystem, long-lasting complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection that profoundly impact
the daily life of those...
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February 1, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The take-home message from this study is clear: long COVID is here to stay, even in children, and can be exacerbated by reinfections and sustained by high viral circulation.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Good time to remember that Bernie Sanders is the most popular politician in America www.gelliottmorris.com/p/who-is-the...
January 31, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Good time to remember that Bernie Sanders is the most popular politician in America www.gelliottmorris.com/p/who-is-the...
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Political data roundup for the last week: Democrats hit historic high in Fox News Poll as GOP loses ground on key issues
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Democrats hit historic high in Fox Poll as GOP loses ground on key issues
Plus: Trump's approval among independents falls to a record low, and the issue landscape shifts ahead of 2026. Your weekly political data roundup for February 1, 2026.
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February 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Political data roundup for the last week: Democrats hit historic high in Fox News Poll as GOP loses ground on key issues
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...
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It's crazy that if you have the first principle "human ethnic groups, physical differences aside, are not different in terms of mental capacity or 'inherent' personality traits" you are woker than 90% of the people who work for supposedly liberal media organizations.
January 31, 2026 at 3:38 AM
It's crazy that if you have the first principle "human ethnic groups, physical differences aside, are not different in terms of mental capacity or 'inherent' personality traits" you are woker than 90% of the people who work for supposedly liberal media organizations.
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Ahem
Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:
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January 31, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Ahem
Can you see it, finally? GOP platform - "My way or the no way." That's it. NO principles. No ethics. Religion only matters as a social cudgel. POWER and VIOLENCE. Period.
January 30, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Can you see it, finally? GOP platform - "My way or the no way." That's it. NO principles. No ethics. Religion only matters as a social cudgel. POWER and VIOLENCE. Period.
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This is so unhinged
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This is so unhinged
how many journalism profs (are these even a thing anymore?) are going absolutely nuts over the fact that there are zero outlets doing actual journalism? When Homan says "in theater" shouldn't a journalist there jump on that?
January 29, 2026 at 7:34 PM
how many journalism profs (are these even a thing anymore?) are going absolutely nuts over the fact that there are zero outlets doing actual journalism? When Homan says "in theater" shouldn't a journalist there jump on that?
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Iran and Russia have engineered a new system under which the secret police are empowered to exercise total control over the internet and social media in all forms. You can expect that Trump will be copying these practices to the letter in short order.
January 29, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Iran and Russia have engineered a new system under which the secret police are empowered to exercise total control over the internet and social media in all forms. You can expect that Trump will be copying these practices to the letter in short order.