Doug
@wicksdoug.bsky.social
Still disgruntled. I been everywhere, man. Beach walks rule. Love me a good biography of punk rockers.
Pls, no porn, crypto or get rich marketing schemes.
Pls, no porn, crypto or get rich marketing schemes.
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Phenomenal
It's a class on the history of the far right in the US and each student will design and execute a research project on a Cold War era figure about whom almost nothing has been written, but for whom there is an enormous primary source archive available to work with. 1000s of pages of FBI files...
January 4, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Phenomenal
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This semester I’m teaching a guided research seminar for undergraduates in which they will hopefully have the experience of using the internet as a place of discovery and connection, rather than as the hellscape of algorithmic distraction & rage bait it’s become. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Internet bad
Podcast Episode · Today, Explained · 01/04/2026 · 30m
podcasts.apple.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
This semester I’m teaching a guided research seminar for undergraduates in which they will hopefully have the experience of using the internet as a place of discovery and connection, rather than as the hellscape of algorithmic distraction & rage bait it’s become. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
So ... has congress declared war? Are we at war? Is Maduro charged? W what? Insanity in DC and congress? Crickets.
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
So ... has congress declared war? Are we at war? Is Maduro charged? W what? Insanity in DC and congress? Crickets.
Literally insane.
New regime at CBS news: we hear from too many climate experts.
We need to visit the Des Moines diner more often, and get the opinion of just folks.
New regime at CBS news: we hear from too many climate experts.
We need to visit the Des Moines diner more often, and get the opinion of just folks.
This is nuts. Too much emphasis on experts on climate change, right?
January 2, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Literally insane.
New regime at CBS news: we hear from too many climate experts.
We need to visit the Des Moines diner more often, and get the opinion of just folks.
New regime at CBS news: we hear from too many climate experts.
We need to visit the Des Moines diner more often, and get the opinion of just folks.
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President Stubb:
Our relationship with Russia has changed permanently.
What is also permanent is that Russia is our neighbor.
Our goal in Finland and in Europe is a functioning and peaceful relationship with Russia.
Ultimately, everything depends on Russia's actions.
Our relationship with Russia has changed permanently.
What is also permanent is that Russia is our neighbor.
Our goal in Finland and in Europe is a functioning and peaceful relationship with Russia.
Ultimately, everything depends on Russia's actions.
January 2, 2026 at 10:04 AM
President Stubb:
Our relationship with Russia has changed permanently.
What is also permanent is that Russia is our neighbor.
Our goal in Finland and in Europe is a functioning and peaceful relationship with Russia.
Ultimately, everything depends on Russia's actions.
Our relationship with Russia has changed permanently.
What is also permanent is that Russia is our neighbor.
Our goal in Finland and in Europe is a functioning and peaceful relationship with Russia.
Ultimately, everything depends on Russia's actions.
In Staten Island. I ❤️ this.
Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody
@mandykathryn.bsky.social
Mandy Patinkin performed “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” with students from Staten Island’s P.S. 22 at Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration on Thursday.
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Mandy Patinkin performed “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” with students from Staten Island’s P.S. 22 at Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration on Thursday.
January 2, 2026 at 11:45 AM
In Staten Island. I ❤️ this.
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The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
This year, statues of tall men clad in all black with masks drawn up to hide their faces are disrupting the serenity of a Charlotte church's Nativity scene.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
As anti-ICE Nativity scenes spark outrage, faith leaders grapple with politics at the pulpit | CNN
As Nativity scenes depicting ICE draw attention and outrage, faith leaders are grappling with politics in religion and urging a closer reading of the Christmas story.
www.cnn.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
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Iranian security forces have opened fire on protesters in Lordegan.
January 1, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Iranian security forces have opened fire on protesters in Lordegan.
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Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.
December 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.
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Jack Smith in just-released House Committee interview … about Trump:
“The attack that happened at the Capitol … does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit”
youtu.be/1NOVLkzycPI?...
“The attack that happened at the Capitol … does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit”
youtu.be/1NOVLkzycPI?...
Jack Smith in House Cmte interview re: Trump: “Attack.. at the Capitol does not happen without him”
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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December 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Jack Smith in just-released House Committee interview … about Trump:
“The attack that happened at the Capitol … does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit”
youtu.be/1NOVLkzycPI?...
“The attack that happened at the Capitol … does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit”
youtu.be/1NOVLkzycPI?...
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Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
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BREAKING:
The House Judiciary Committee just released — on New Year's Eve — the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed door deposition.
House Republicans continue their attempts to bury Smith's testimony.
Read it all here: tinyurl.com/cndtn3ez
The House Judiciary Committee just released — on New Year's Eve — the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed door deposition.
House Republicans continue their attempts to bury Smith's testimony.
Read it all here: tinyurl.com/cndtn3ez
December 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
BREAKING:
The House Judiciary Committee just released — on New Year's Eve — the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed door deposition.
House Republicans continue their attempts to bury Smith's testimony.
Read it all here: tinyurl.com/cndtn3ez
The House Judiciary Committee just released — on New Year's Eve — the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed door deposition.
House Republicans continue their attempts to bury Smith's testimony.
Read it all here: tinyurl.com/cndtn3ez
Putin has absolutely o regard for life or his fellow citizens. This is NOT who the US should be in bed with.
According to the BBC, in 2025 Russia lost 40% more soldiers on the front line than at any other time since the start of the full-scale invasion.
bbc.com/news/article...
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December 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Putin has absolutely o regard for life or his fellow citizens. This is NOT who the US should be in bed with.
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A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
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"They found the coats on Thursday morning.
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"They found the coats on Thursday morning.
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.
December 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.
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Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
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Carol of the Bells in #
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Carol of the Bells in #
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
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The New York Times allowed an opinion columnist, whose photographs appear in the Epstein files, to post his opinion on the Epstein files.
This is egregious journalistic malpractice.
This is egregious journalistic malpractice.
December 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The New York Times allowed an opinion columnist, whose photographs appear in the Epstein files, to post his opinion on the Epstein files.
This is egregious journalistic malpractice.
This is egregious journalistic malpractice.
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
Same.
December 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Same.
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Since I see other folks posting bakes, here's mine - banana bread w pecans and chocolate chips. 🤤
December 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Since I see other folks posting bakes, here's mine - banana bread w pecans and chocolate chips. 🤤