randy r. potts
@thephatic.bsky.social
journo, editor, photog; Hromadske, TVPWorld, New Yorker, AJE, VQR, et al 🏳️🌈
Tulsa / DC / mieszkam w Warszawie
DM for Signal
Tulsa / DC / mieszkam w Warszawie
DM for Signal
this is the sweet spot, when academic books are written in such a way they are both scholarly and also accessible to HS Seniors
Love this book. And now my daughter is using it for her Year 12 English project on White Lotus and Rousseau's Second Discourse.
Fun for the whole family! Thanks @laywilliams.bsky.social
Fun for the whole family! Thanks @laywilliams.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
this is the sweet spot, when academic books are written in such a way they are both scholarly and also accessible to HS Seniors
yet another reason to revisit anything Milton rn is that he also lived in a time of rising Christian nationalism, a time when the reactionaries were closing down theaters for Jesus; his role in those times is actually super super interesting and his Satan, ofc, famously relatable
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 1:54 PM
yet another reason to revisit anything Milton rn is that he also lived in a time of rising Christian nationalism, a time when the reactionaries were closing down theaters for Jesus; his role in those times is actually super super interesting and his Satan, ofc, famously relatable
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Finished reading @juliagaffield.bsky.social 's biography of Jeans-Jaques Dessalines, one of the founding fathers of Haiti. The book is a story of what Dessalines did versus the way he has been sometimes inaccurately portrayed for political reasons as a bloodthirsty unthinking man unfit to rule. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Finished reading @juliagaffield.bsky.social 's biography of Jeans-Jaques Dessalines, one of the founding fathers of Haiti. The book is a story of what Dessalines did versus the way he has been sometimes inaccurately portrayed for political reasons as a bloodthirsty unthinking man unfit to rule. 1/
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Jennifer, a resident detained by federal agents, says the whistles, the alerts and the warnings from local residents are making a huge difference in keeping our neighbors safe from ICE.
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Jennifer, a resident detained by federal agents, says the whistles, the alerts and the warnings from local residents are making a huge difference in keeping our neighbors safe from ICE.
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Okay, another long shot: Is there anyone on here who is an expert in gaming law? Especially in Nevada's laws about cheating in casinos?
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Okay, another long shot: Is there anyone on here who is an expert in gaming law? Especially in Nevada's laws about cheating in casinos?
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
for whatever reason, the European press seems to have collectively decided that the biggest story of our lifetime - the fall of the world's sole superpower into some form of illiberal kleptocracy - is beneath them to actually report on
Look forward to more grand declations about how Europeans must emulate an America whose government is in the sixth week of shutdown and now can't provide safe air travel
✈️ FAA Ops Summary - 09/0300 ✈️
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ADDITI0NAL STAFFING TRIGGERS ISSUED. LGA GROUND DELAY PROGRAM TIMED
OUT. DFW, IAH AND HOU GROUND DELAY PROGRAMS WERE CA... More info in image.
FAA Details. #AvGeek
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ADDITI0NAL STAFFING TRIGGERS ISSUED. LGA GROUND DELAY PROGRAM TIMED
OUT. DFW, IAH AND HOU GROUND DELAY PROGRAMS WERE CA... More info in image.
FAA Details. #AvGeek
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
for whatever reason, the European press seems to have collectively decided that the biggest story of our lifetime - the fall of the world's sole superpower into some form of illiberal kleptocracy - is beneath them to actually report on
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Have you seen it?! Romare Bearden’s mural “Baltimore Uproar” in the Upton Metro Station.
November 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Have you seen it?! Romare Bearden’s mural “Baltimore Uproar” in the Upton Metro Station.
a lot of friends in Baltimore are already struggling - it turns out that the President threatening to send the National Guard into a city is a great way to tank the local economy - nobody wants to buy a house or start a business if they think soldiers will soon be out patroling the streets
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
a lot of friends in Baltimore are already struggling - it turns out that the President threatening to send the National Guard into a city is a great way to tank the local economy - nobody wants to buy a house or start a business if they think soldiers will soon be out patroling the streets
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Only four of my prints of Zohran are left in the store. $30 from each sale goes to NYC DSA www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/zohra...
'Portrait of Zohran Mamdani' Art Print — Molly Crabapple
Molly drew her ‘Portrait of Zohran Mamdani ’ from life at his pre-election rally at New York’s Terminal Five. Own a gorgeous piece of art and help us make history as we elect NYC’s first Socialist ma...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Only four of my prints of Zohran are left in the store. $30 from each sale goes to NYC DSA www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/zohra...
left Baltimore because I lost my job and the best job I found, bc of past journalism and editing work, just happened to be in Warsaw - it's really hard to watch all this from afar and feel unable to do much to help
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
left Baltimore because I lost my job and the best job I found, bc of past journalism and editing work, just happened to be in Warsaw - it's really hard to watch all this from afar and feel unable to do much to help
pretty grim times, reaching out to friends in Baltimore to let them know about the impending ICE surge so they can spread the news to whoever needs to know, buy whistles, organize, etc; on the bright side, it's def possible Baltimoreans will push back even more than we've seen in Chicago
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
pretty grim times, reaching out to friends in Baltimore to let them know about the impending ICE surge so they can spread the news to whoever needs to know, buy whistles, organize, etc; on the bright side, it's def possible Baltimoreans will push back even more than we've seen in Chicago
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9/ "So, there we were. A group of Black Americans confronted with all these dead white Americans… When they were alive, we couldn’t sit in the same room."
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
9/ "So, there we were. A group of Black Americans confronted with all these dead white Americans… When they were alive, we couldn’t sit in the same room."
6 months of MREs suggests a 6 month occupation of Baltimore
In central MD alone, ICE is rapidly contracting:
- AI skip tracing
- AI face recognition
- Cell tower spoofing vehicles
- Signal exploitation equipment
- 6 months of MREs for detainees
- Detainee transport vans
- Device cracking & data exploit firms
- AI skip tracing
- AI face recognition
- Cell tower spoofing vehicles
- Signal exploitation equipment
- 6 months of MREs for detainees
- Detainee transport vans
- Device cracking & data exploit firms
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
6 months of MREs suggests a 6 month occupation of Baltimore
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In central MD alone, ICE is rapidly contracting:
- AI skip tracing
- AI face recognition
- Cell tower spoofing vehicles
- Signal exploitation equipment
- 6 months of MREs for detainees
- Detainee transport vans
- Device cracking & data exploit firms
- AI skip tracing
- AI face recognition
- Cell tower spoofing vehicles
- Signal exploitation equipment
- 6 months of MREs for detainees
- Detainee transport vans
- Device cracking & data exploit firms
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
In central MD alone, ICE is rapidly contracting:
- AI skip tracing
- AI face recognition
- Cell tower spoofing vehicles
- Signal exploitation equipment
- 6 months of MREs for detainees
- Detainee transport vans
- Device cracking & data exploit firms
- AI skip tracing
- AI face recognition
- Cell tower spoofing vehicles
- Signal exploitation equipment
- 6 months of MREs for detainees
- Detainee transport vans
- Device cracking & data exploit firms
hey, "Judeo Christian" was always about Judah Ben-Hur who, like all of the good Jews, finally accepted Jesus as the Messiah.
Tucker Carlson Is Resurrecting Christianity's Ugly Tradition of Antisemitism
In rejecting universalism, the talk show host and his recent guest, white supremacist Nick Fuentes, are rejecting Christ himself
www.theunpopulist.net
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
hey, "Judeo Christian" was always about Judah Ben-Hur who, like all of the good Jews, finally accepted Jesus as the Messiah.
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I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
icing on the cake is that even with all of Orban's anti-gay laws they couldn't keep Budapest recently from filling up with so many hundreds of thousands of protesters with Pride flags there were fears one of the famous bridges might collapse
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
icing on the cake is that even with all of Orban's anti-gay laws they couldn't keep Budapest recently from filling up with so many hundreds of thousands of protesters with Pride flags there were fears one of the famous bridges might collapse
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First landing for Voloshin! And in what hands!
People, you know I don’t ask for much. Do me a favor: get a copy. It’s my pride and joy.
People, you know I don’t ask for much. Do me a favor: get a copy. It’s my pride and joy.
In the mail: very excited to see ARC of 𝑆𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑: 𝐸𝑥𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑦𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑑, a "mock epic" (yes, it's in verse !), by Alexander Voloshin (tr. @bdralyuk.bsky.social ), coming from @pauldrybooks.bsky.social (4/2026) www.pauldrybooks.com/products/sid...
Sidetracked: Exile in Hollywood
Translation and Introduction by Boris Dralyuk98-page paperback / 5.5" x 8.5" / ISBN 9781589882126Publication Date: 4/21/2026 (available for preorder)The first English translation of a 1953 mock epic o...
www.pauldrybooks.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
First landing for Voloshin! And in what hands!
People, you know I don’t ask for much. Do me a favor: get a copy. It’s my pride and joy.
People, you know I don’t ask for much. Do me a favor: get a copy. It’s my pride and joy.
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When I left Belarus, I didn’t know I was leaving forever. I didn’t say a proper goodbye, I didn’t do so many things I would have done if I knew it. All I have now is my memories. Sharing them feels very vulnerable but important at the same time.
daryazorka.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
daryazorka.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
A little black kitten
Childhood memories from Belarus: on rescuing kittens and following your heart.
daryazorka.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
When I left Belarus, I didn’t know I was leaving forever. I didn’t say a proper goodbye, I didn’t do so many things I would have done if I knew it. All I have now is my memories. Sharing them feels very vulnerable but important at the same time.
daryazorka.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
daryazorka.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
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I’ve been trying to say this for a while, but I feel like no one is really listening to me who’s obsessively focused on the “groyper problem” at the expense of everything else. The issue with unhinged far-right streamers goes beyond Fuentes and the groypers. Things have been cooked for years.
There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I’ve been trying to say this for a while, but I feel like no one is really listening to me who’s obsessively focused on the “groyper problem” at the expense of everything else. The issue with unhinged far-right streamers goes beyond Fuentes and the groypers. Things have been cooked for years.
really crazy how any time I'm in Manhattan I unknowingly keep to Mandaniland
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
really crazy how any time I'm in Manhattan I unknowingly keep to Mandaniland
as a former teacher who did exactly this, I have one tip: bring in local journalists - teens distrust "journalists" because usually they have never met one - let them meet a living journalist, let them ask all their questions, it goes a long way in developing understanding
Teens overwhelmingly used negative words like "biased," "boring," "chaotic," and "bad" to describe the news media and journalists in a new @newslit.org survey.
Those doing the hard and important work of teaching media literacy to high schoolers are unsurprised. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias...
Those doing the hard and important work of teaching media literacy to high schoolers are unsurprised. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias...
“Biased,” “boring,” “chaotic,” and “bad”: A majority of teens hold negative views of news media, report finds
About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”
www.niemanlab.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
as a former teacher who did exactly this, I have one tip: bring in local journalists - teens distrust "journalists" because usually they have never met one - let them meet a living journalist, let them ask all their questions, it goes a long way in developing understanding