Tom
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The more I think, the more I read, the less I know for certain. Husband is on the left. 18th Century French history, particularly the reign of Louis XVI. Happy to mute people who voted for this Banana Republic we have now.
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It will never be enough. The goal is to break the University, not have them meet demands.
Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.
Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.
In the NYT right now, from a Justice Dept lawyer: “I will tell you right now that Columbia has not in my opinion — and the opinion of the Department of Justice — has not cleaned up their act,” Mr. Terrell said. “They’re not even close, not even close to having those funds unfrozen.”
"acceding to the ... demands is not going to restore the funding." From @danifriedrich.bsky.social in @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/faci...
www.chronicle.com/article/faci...
March 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It will never be enough. The goal is to break the University, not have them meet demands.
Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.
Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.
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Americans largely expect President-elect Trump to follow through on promises to carry out mass deportations and raise tariffs on China and Mexico, a New YorkTimes/Ipsos poll found. Read more: nyti.ms/4hl9Wiz
January 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Americans largely expect President-elect Trump to follow through on promises to carry out mass deportations and raise tariffs on China and Mexico, a New YorkTimes/Ipsos poll found. Read more: nyti.ms/4hl9Wiz
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The skull of a person long thought to be Cleopatra’s half sister was misidentified for nearly a century, new research from Nature Scientific Reports concludes, raising intriguing questions about the identity of its long-dead teenage owner.
The mystery of an ancient skull takes a new turn after DNA analysis
Scientists thought a tomb with similarities to buildings from Ptolemaic Egypt had been erected in memory of Cleopatra’s half sister, Arsinoë IV.
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January 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The skull of a person long thought to be Cleopatra’s half sister was misidentified for nearly a century, new research from Nature Scientific Reports concludes, raising intriguing questions about the identity of its long-dead teenage owner.
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Now would be a good time for Merchan to pull an “LOL just kidding, go to jail”
January 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Now would be a good time for Merchan to pull an “LOL just kidding, go to jail”
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again, you can read 100 polling and political journalism pieces exploring voter behavior and not find a SINGLE ONE that mentions MAGA voters have a head full of mashed potatoes thanks to a massive and extremely well funded propaganda network across old and new media
I haven't seen a single "we have to understand the concerns of Trump voters" take reckons with the fact that a huge percentage of their concerns are based on false information. You cannot "address" a concern about a fake thing!
This is how I feel discussing inflation.
MAGA person: Biden doesn't care about bread and butter issues like inflation.
Me: He signed the Inflation Reduction Act and we have lowest inflation among OECD.
MAGA person: But what about inflation?!
MAGA person: Biden doesn't care about bread and butter issues like inflation.
Me: He signed the Inflation Reduction Act and we have lowest inflation among OECD.
MAGA person: But what about inflation?!
November 7, 2024 at 11:21 PM
again, you can read 100 polling and political journalism pieces exploring voter behavior and not find a SINGLE ONE that mentions MAGA voters have a head full of mashed potatoes thanks to a massive and extremely well funded propaganda network across old and new media
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Republicans spent the last 45 years building a massive right wing propaganda system across AM radio, local broadcast, cable news, and now the Internet that fills voters heads with facts-optional pudding 24/7
Democrats can't sway them until they acknowledge and find ways to counter it
Democrats can't sway them until they acknowledge and find ways to counter it
November 7, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Republicans spent the last 45 years building a massive right wing propaganda system across AM radio, local broadcast, cable news, and now the Internet that fills voters heads with facts-optional pudding 24/7
Democrats can't sway them until they acknowledge and find ways to counter it
Democrats can't sway them until they acknowledge and find ways to counter it
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I love how they report this like it’s a perfectly normal thing 👇
Trump will 'most likely' pardon Capitol rioters on day one and says Jan. 6 committee members should be jailed. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Trump will 'most likely' pardon Capitol rioters on day one and says Jan. 6 committee members should be jailed. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Trump will 'most likely' pardon Capitol rioters on day one and says Jan. 6 committee members should be jailed
The president-elect also said in an exclusive interview with “Meet the Press” that he won’t request a special prosecutor to investigate outgoing President Joe Biden.
www.nbcnews.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:58 PM
I love how they report this like it’s a perfectly normal thing 👇
Trump will 'most likely' pardon Capitol rioters on day one and says Jan. 6 committee members should be jailed. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Trump will 'most likely' pardon Capitol rioters on day one and says Jan. 6 committee members should be jailed. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Charles Emmanuel was the next male heir of the Stuarts (by descent from Charles I'd daughter Henrietta, duchesse d'Orléans). The line then follows a rather circuitous path through Austria-Este and Bavaria: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobit...
Jacobite succession - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Charles Emmanuel was the next male heir of the Stuarts (by descent from Charles I'd daughter Henrietta, duchesse d'Orléans). The line then follows a rather circuitous path through Austria-Este and Bavaria: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobit...
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#OTD in 1567, Louis de Bourbon-Condé, a leading Protestant figure, tries to kidnap the king and his mother at Meaux, in an even remembered as the Surprise of Meaux. Surprise indeed, as Charles IX and Catherine manage to flee. It didn't take more to ignite the religious powder keg again. #religion
October 29, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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#OnThisDay, 3 Nov 1896, Martha Hughes Cannon is the first woman elected to any US state senate, getting more votes than her husband in the Utah election. The local Dem paper said: “Mrs. Mattie Hughes Cannon is the better man of the two.“
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory 🗃️
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory 🗃️
November 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
#OnThisDay, 3 Nov 1896, Martha Hughes Cannon is the first woman elected to any US state senate, getting more votes than her husband in the Utah election. The local Dem paper said: “Mrs. Mattie Hughes Cannon is the better man of the two.“
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory 🗃️
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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Meta has deleted my last post on Threads on that thread about the 1940 armistice being signed in the same wagon at the same spot. They claim that I encouraged "dangerous organizations". What idiotic moderation… I’m speechless. We’re so much better off here.
#Meta #moderation
#Meta #moderation
When France has to sign an armistice with Germany after being defeated in 1940, Hitler will have it signed in the same wagon, at the same spot, it was pure revenge.
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November 11, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Meta has deleted my last post on Threads on that thread about the 1940 armistice being signed in the same wagon at the same spot. They claim that I encouraged "dangerous organizations". What idiotic moderation… I’m speechless. We’re so much better off here.
#Meta #moderation
#Meta #moderation
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France Lost Generation 🥀
During 1561 days France lost
-1.39m killed
-3.59m wounded
-1.1m left disabled
-120,000 amputated or disfigured
-687 shot
"A man with no memory is a man without life, a nation without memory is a nation without a future"
-Ferdinand Foch
#greatwar
During 1561 days France lost
-1.39m killed
-3.59m wounded
-1.1m left disabled
-120,000 amputated or disfigured
-687 shot
"A man with no memory is a man without life, a nation without memory is a nation without a future"
-Ferdinand Foch
#greatwar
November 10, 2024 at 8:09 AM
France Lost Generation 🥀
During 1561 days France lost
-1.39m killed
-3.59m wounded
-1.1m left disabled
-120,000 amputated or disfigured
-687 shot
"A man with no memory is a man without life, a nation without memory is a nation without a future"
-Ferdinand Foch
#greatwar
During 1561 days France lost
-1.39m killed
-3.59m wounded
-1.1m left disabled
-120,000 amputated or disfigured
-687 shot
"A man with no memory is a man without life, a nation without memory is a nation without a future"
-Ferdinand Foch
#greatwar
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After the removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Tom Emmer has officially announced his intentions to become the next U.S. House speaker.
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October 21, 2023 at 8:22 PM
After the removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Tom Emmer has officially announced his intentions to become the next U.S. House speaker.
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As student loan payments resume for many borrowers this month, some are discovering their expected payments are wrong.
The issue is especially frustrating for people enrolled in a much-touted new repayment plan that the Biden administration said could save the typical borrower $1,000 a year.
The issue is especially frustrating for people enrolled in a much-touted new repayment plan that the Biden administration said could save the typical borrower $1,000 a year.
Rollout of Biden’s new student loan repayment plan hits early snags
Behind-the-scenes calculation errors are resulting in student loan borrowers receiving inaccurate payment amounts.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2023 at 5:33 PM
As student loan payments resume for many borrowers this month, some are discovering their expected payments are wrong.
The issue is especially frustrating for people enrolled in a much-touted new repayment plan that the Biden administration said could save the typical borrower $1,000 a year.
The issue is especially frustrating for people enrolled in a much-touted new repayment plan that the Biden administration said could save the typical borrower $1,000 a year.
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On Saturday, the moon will pass in front of the sun, obscuring much of it but leaving behind a brilliant ring, or annulus, of unfiltered sunlight in parts of the western United States.
Stunning ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse to pass over the U.S. Saturday
The ring of fire or annular eclipse will sweep from Oregon to Texas while the rest of the Lower 48 will see a partial eclipse.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2023 at 8:55 PM
On Saturday, the moon will pass in front of the sun, obscuring much of it but leaving behind a brilliant ring, or annulus, of unfiltered sunlight in parts of the western United States.
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I am shocked — simply SHOCKED — to learn that one of the Twitter Files nonsense-peddlers spent his free time writing things like, "I want white identity politics to grow like wildfire," and, "Holy shit, Hitler actually had some decent points."
Exceptional reporting by @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social.
Exceptional reporting by @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social.
This anti-censorship crusader appears to have buried something himself: A secret alt-right past
Frame Game, the pseudonym of an alt-right internet personality, hid his face while pushing racist conspiracy theories. Inadvertent slips revealed details about his identity.
www.nbcnews.com
October 6, 2023 at 10:03 PM
I am shocked — simply SHOCKED — to learn that one of the Twitter Files nonsense-peddlers spent his free time writing things like, "I want white identity politics to grow like wildfire," and, "Holy shit, Hitler actually had some decent points."
Exceptional reporting by @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social.
Exceptional reporting by @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social.
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The Washington Post found more than two dozen websites that bypass doctors and pharmacies completely to sell semaglutide — the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy — directly to consumers, usually with disclaimers that it’s not for human use.
Inside the gold rush to sell cheaper imitations of Ozempic
The popularity of Ozempic for weight loss has fueled a cottage industry selling off-brand versions, taking advantage of a regulation allowing pharmacies to copy drugs in shortage.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2023 at 8:37 PM
The Washington Post found more than two dozen websites that bypass doctors and pharmacies completely to sell semaglutide — the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy — directly to consumers, usually with disclaimers that it’s not for human use.
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J-B Lemoyne, terracotta bust of a man (probably the Dauphin, son of Louis XV and father of Louis XVI), c1745-50, Met Museum #18thc
September 18, 2023 at 10:13 AM
J-B Lemoyne, terracotta bust of a man (probably the Dauphin, son of Louis XV and father of Louis XVI), c1745-50, Met Museum #18thc
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September 5, 2023 at 4:20 PM
@nguthrie.bsky.social This has a nicer look and feel than Threads does. Also nicer on a computer as well - I just checked.
September 16, 2023 at 5:11 PM
@nguthrie.bsky.social This has a nicer look and feel than Threads does. Also nicer on a computer as well - I just checked.
@nguthrie.bsky.social Thank you so much!
September 16, 2023 at 5:07 PM
@nguthrie.bsky.social Thank you so much!