JayV
@ulfhirtha.bsky.social
I try not to drive faster than I can see. 2006 TIME Person of the Year
Astronomer, actor, etc.
TinyMUD's Captain-Nemo. SCA East, Known World Players (KiCMA as Jotun-Eirikr Bjarnason)
Astronomer, actor, etc.
TinyMUD's Captain-Nemo. SCA East, Known World Players (KiCMA as Jotun-Eirikr Bjarnason)
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👉 Dossier Municipales à Bordeaux : l'écolo au galop
👉 Procès Marine Le Pen : c'est la faute à l'Europe !
👉 Festival d'Angoulême : Charlie débat avec d'anciens Grand Prix
En vente mercredi !
👉 Dossier Municipales à Bordeaux : l'écolo au galop
👉 Procès Marine Le Pen : c'est la faute à l'Europe !
👉 Festival d'Angoulême : Charlie débat avec d'anciens Grand Prix
En vente mercredi !
January 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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👉 Dossier Municipales à Bordeaux : l'écolo au galop
👉 Procès Marine Le Pen : c'est la faute à l'Europe !
👉 Festival d'Angoulême : Charlie débat avec d'anciens Grand Prix
En vente mercredi !
👉 Dossier Municipales à Bordeaux : l'écolo au galop
👉 Procès Marine Le Pen : c'est la faute à l'Europe !
👉 Festival d'Angoulême : Charlie débat avec d'anciens Grand Prix
En vente mercredi !
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
A splendid idea!
Remembering at the time people commenting "we don't have a 'Homeland' we have a nation" plus that sense that the GOP was dying to roll back civil liberties & here was a golden opportunity to do just that.
Remembering at the time people commenting "we don't have a 'Homeland' we have a nation" plus that sense that the GOP was dying to roll back civil liberties & here was a golden opportunity to do just that.
Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
Perry: Abolish ICE? How about DHS altogether.
"We have models for how to structure federal immigration oversight that doesn't rely on an unaccountable masked secret police force running rampant in our streets," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
A splendid idea!
Remembering at the time people commenting "we don't have a 'Homeland' we have a nation" plus that sense that the GOP was dying to roll back civil liberties & here was a golden opportunity to do just that.
Remembering at the time people commenting "we don't have a 'Homeland' we have a nation" plus that sense that the GOP was dying to roll back civil liberties & here was a golden opportunity to do just that.
Octavia Butler hits close to home
January 24, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Octavia Butler hits close to home
“It tells us about properties of planets that we can't observe directly,” said Meredith Hughes, chair of astronomy and professor of integrative sciences. “It tells us about how planetary systems evolve at ages of 10 million years to a billion years.”
www.wesleyan.edu/about/news/2...
www.wesleyan.edu/about/news/2...
New Astronomy Research Explores Evolution of Planetary Systems
www.wesleyan.edu
January 21, 2026 at 8:58 PM
“It tells us about properties of planets that we can't observe directly,” said Meredith Hughes, chair of astronomy and professor of integrative sciences. “It tells us about how planetary systems evolve at ages of 10 million years to a billion years.”
www.wesleyan.edu/about/news/2...
www.wesleyan.edu/about/news/2...
It’s Sundowning in America
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
It’s Sundowning in America
A presidential mind is a dangerous thing to lose
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:04 AM
It’s Sundowning in America
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Picture of the Week! Debris discs: the leftovers of planet formation around other stars. (i.e. exoplanet Kuiper belts)
www.eso.org/public/image...
www.eso.org/public/image...
January 20, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Picture of the Week! Debris discs: the leftovers of planet formation around other stars. (i.e. exoplanet Kuiper belts)
www.eso.org/public/image...
www.eso.org/public/image...
THE BREAKDOWN: How Amanda Litman hosted a weekly Saturday dinner for a year (and you can too)
open.substack.com/pub/priyapar...
open.substack.com/pub/priyapar...
THE BREAKDOWN: How Amanda Litman hosted a weekly Saturday dinner for a year (and you can too)
10 lessons you can borrow if you want more community in your life
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:21 PM
THE BREAKDOWN: How Amanda Litman hosted a weekly Saturday dinner for a year (and you can too)
open.substack.com/pub/priyapar...
open.substack.com/pub/priyapar...
A friend is testing out words for “so embarrassed it’s embarrassing how embarrassed we have to be” level of embarrassment and so far "ubershame" is a frontrunner.
January 19, 2026 at 9:04 PM
A friend is testing out words for “so embarrassed it’s embarrassing how embarrassed we have to be” level of embarrassment and so far "ubershame" is a frontrunner.
Happy National Winie the Pooh Day!
(aka A.A.Milne's birthday)
(aka A.A.Milne's birthday)
January 18, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Happy National Winie the Pooh Day!
(aka A.A.Milne's birthday)
(aka A.A.Milne's birthday)
"My fear is not that we fail to survive this moment—it’s that we survive it only to return to the status quo that made it possible. That we leave in place the Electoral College, the filibuster, the gerrymandered maps, the money-soaked elections...don't go back to normal. Normal is how we got here."
If you need a dose of measured optimism, read this:
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
data4democracy.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
"My fear is not that we fail to survive this moment—it’s that we survive it only to return to the status quo that made it possible. That we leave in place the Electoral College, the filibuster, the gerrymandered maps, the money-soaked elections...don't go back to normal. Normal is how we got here."
Now & 2016 are what happens when the crowd chooses Barabbas over Jesus
(h/t LDL on FB)
(h/t LDL on FB)
January 16, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Now & 2016 are what happens when the crowd chooses Barabbas over Jesus
(h/t LDL on FB)
(h/t LDL on FB)
"The Unseelie Fae invite you to a night of revelry, intrigue, and enchantment. Beneath the winter moon, guests gather in the great hall of Bill Miller’s Castle for immersive dining and live performance." - Feb 7th Frost Moon Feast
frostmoonfeast.wellattended.com/events/frost...
frostmoonfeast.wellattended.com/events/frost...
January 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
"The Unseelie Fae invite you to a night of revelry, intrigue, and enchantment. Beneath the winter moon, guests gather in the great hall of Bill Miller’s Castle for immersive dining and live performance." - Feb 7th Frost Moon Feast
frostmoonfeast.wellattended.com/events/frost...
frostmoonfeast.wellattended.com/events/frost...
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We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Noem Says ‘Hundreds More’ Agents Will Be Sent to Minnesota Over ‘Corruption’
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Historian here He has sent swarms of Officers to harass our people He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislaturesQuartering large bodies of armed troops among us
Protecting them from punishment for Murders which they commit on the Inhabitants Declaration of Independence1776
Protecting them from punishment for Murders which they commit on the Inhabitants Declaration of Independence1776
January 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Historian here He has sent swarms of Officers to harass our people He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislaturesQuartering large bodies of armed troops among us
Protecting them from punishment for Murders which they commit on the Inhabitants Declaration of Independence1776
Protecting them from punishment for Murders which they commit on the Inhabitants Declaration of Independence1776
Reminder of the difference between Resistance & Opposition
"We must develop and foster new tactics, platforms and leaders to oppose Trump and show a positive vision. Rather than a resistance, the concept of an opposition is more comprehensive and durable."
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/buil...
"We must develop and foster new tactics, platforms and leaders to oppose Trump and show a positive vision. Rather than a resistance, the concept of an opposition is more comprehensive and durable."
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/buil...
Building the Opposition
From Marc | The success of our democracy rests on an effective opposition movement.
www.democracydocket.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Reminder of the difference between Resistance & Opposition
"We must develop and foster new tactics, platforms and leaders to oppose Trump and show a positive vision. Rather than a resistance, the concept of an opposition is more comprehensive and durable."
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/buil...
"We must develop and foster new tactics, platforms and leaders to oppose Trump and show a positive vision. Rather than a resistance, the concept of an opposition is more comprehensive and durable."
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/buil...
The Mad Stamp Collector
"There is nothing more than the madness, and that is where we must begin."
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
"There is nothing more than the madness, and that is where we must begin."
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Mad Stamp Collector
Our Foreign Policy as Fable
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The Mad Stamp Collector
"There is nothing more than the madness, and that is where we must begin."
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
"There is nothing more than the madness, and that is where we must begin."
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Renee Good’s last words were to ICE agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Ross shot Renee three times in the face. As she was dying, his last words to her were: “Fucking bitch.” And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all.
January 11, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Renee Good’s last words were to ICE agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Ross shot Renee three times in the face. As she was dying, his last words to her were: “Fucking bitch.” And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all.
I often feel that another aspect of this for Putin (and why he worked so hard to install Trump) was to discredit democracy in general - so he & Xi & the like can point to us and go "Democracy? Really? Look at the US! Look at the idiots they want running things! You really want some of that s%%t???"
January 9, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I often feel that another aspect of this for Putin (and why he worked so hard to install Trump) was to discredit democracy in general - so he & Xi & the like can point to us and go "Democracy? Really? Look at the US! Look at the idiots they want running things! You really want some of that s%%t???"
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NEW from my colleagues: Pepper spray used at protest against ICE in Hartford, Connecticut. www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky
Clash involving pepper spray at Hartford rally for Minnesota mom killed by ICE: Recap
Protests against ICE occurred in several Connecticut locations Thursday over the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis.
www.ctinsider.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
NEW from my colleagues: Pepper spray used at protest against ICE in Hartford, Connecticut. www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky
JFC. Thought I woke up in 1989 and we were invading Panama to get Noriega again
January 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
JFC. Thought I woke up in 1989 and we were invading Panama to get Noriega again
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You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
Perry: Trusted providers are being unfairly swept up in Minnesota’s fraud crackdown
As the state's new anti-fraud screening system went into effect, the Holland Center expected to receive $212,000 in payments. It instead received $22,000, David M. Perry writes. If nothing changes soo...
www.startribune.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:53 AM
You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
(free PDF/epub version)
Pas d'armes and Late Medieval Chivalry | Home www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Pas d'armes and Late Medieval Chivalry | Home www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Pas d'armes and Late Medieval Chivalry | Home
A Casebook
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
(free PDF/epub version)
Pas d'armes and Late Medieval Chivalry | Home www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Pas d'armes and Late Medieval Chivalry | Home www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....