Andrew Lessman
@atlessman.bsky.social
Teacher at heart, attorney, higher education regulation, ADA compliance and inclusive design
Object permanence remains a tricky concept for them.
October 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Object permanence remains a tricky concept for them.
Do I think Trump's policies will be as disastrous as Mao's GLF and CR?
Boy I hope not.
Do I think Trump conducts himself like Mao, as well as some other historical dictators?
Yes.
Do I think international bodies should take those similarities into account when bestowing a peace prize?
Yes.
Boy I hope not.
Do I think Trump conducts himself like Mao, as well as some other historical dictators?
Yes.
Do I think international bodies should take those similarities into account when bestowing a peace prize?
Yes.
October 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Do I think Trump's policies will be as disastrous as Mao's GLF and CR?
Boy I hope not.
Do I think Trump conducts himself like Mao, as well as some other historical dictators?
Yes.
Do I think international bodies should take those similarities into account when bestowing a peace prize?
Yes.
Boy I hope not.
Do I think Trump conducts himself like Mao, as well as some other historical dictators?
Yes.
Do I think international bodies should take those similarities into account when bestowing a peace prize?
Yes.
Trump and Mao share many similarities.
Both largely dismissed as too crass by the upper class but who rose to the absolute peak of power.
Both very callous to human suffering and unwilling to accept criticism of their disastrous policies.
Very different systems and periods of history, though.
Both largely dismissed as too crass by the upper class but who rose to the absolute peak of power.
Both very callous to human suffering and unwilling to accept criticism of their disastrous policies.
Very different systems and periods of history, though.
October 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Trump and Mao share many similarities.
Both largely dismissed as too crass by the upper class but who rose to the absolute peak of power.
Both very callous to human suffering and unwilling to accept criticism of their disastrous policies.
Very different systems and periods of history, though.
Both largely dismissed as too crass by the upper class but who rose to the absolute peak of power.
Both very callous to human suffering and unwilling to accept criticism of their disastrous policies.
Very different systems and periods of history, though.
Certainly not my intention.
Been able to speak with many people about it who lived through it.
It was a terribly violent and chaotic time when even family members turned against one another.
Great Leap Forward and the resulting Great Famine seem to have been higher total death toll situations.
Been able to speak with many people about it who lived through it.
It was a terribly violent and chaotic time when even family members turned against one another.
Great Leap Forward and the resulting Great Famine seem to have been higher total death toll situations.
October 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Certainly not my intention.
Been able to speak with many people about it who lived through it.
It was a terribly violent and chaotic time when even family members turned against one another.
Great Leap Forward and the resulting Great Famine seem to have been higher total death toll situations.
Been able to speak with many people about it who lived through it.
It was a terribly violent and chaotic time when even family members turned against one another.
Great Leap Forward and the resulting Great Famine seem to have been higher total death toll situations.
Most of Mao's death toll was due to gross policy negligence.
In addition to maximizing Executive power, Trump has built a "Red Guard"-style personality cult that can and will engage in violence on his behalf.
He's also a protectionist who increasingly meddles in business for his own benefit.
In addition to maximizing Executive power, Trump has built a "Red Guard"-style personality cult that can and will engage in violence on his behalf.
He's also a protectionist who increasingly meddles in business for his own benefit.
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Most of Mao's death toll was due to gross policy negligence.
In addition to maximizing Executive power, Trump has built a "Red Guard"-style personality cult that can and will engage in violence on his behalf.
He's also a protectionist who increasingly meddles in business for his own benefit.
In addition to maximizing Executive power, Trump has built a "Red Guard"-style personality cult that can and will engage in violence on his behalf.
He's also a protectionist who increasingly meddles in business for his own benefit.
Mao didn't.
Trump is clearly more along that trajectory as opposed to Kissinger or Arafat.
Trump is clearly more along that trajectory as opposed to Kissinger or Arafat.
October 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Mao didn't.
Trump is clearly more along that trajectory as opposed to Kissinger or Arafat.
Trump is clearly more along that trajectory as opposed to Kissinger or Arafat.
Nothing Kimmel actually said was factually wrong.
September 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Nothing Kimmel actually said was factually wrong.
"REAL MEN save money by growing their own vegetables"
June 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"REAL MEN save money by growing their own vegetables"
Always was one of the more absurd lawsuits.
June 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Always was one of the more absurd lawsuits.
"Foreign policy" just was not a big deal to these people.
Now it is a really, really, really, enormously too big a deal to be left up the whims of any single individual.
Checks and balances for all important matters.
Now it is a really, really, really, enormously too big a deal to be left up the whims of any single individual.
Checks and balances for all important matters.
June 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"Foreign policy" just was not a big deal to these people.
Now it is a really, really, really, enormously too big a deal to be left up the whims of any single individual.
Checks and balances for all important matters.
Now it is a really, really, really, enormously too big a deal to be left up the whims of any single individual.
Checks and balances for all important matters.
We've still made a mess of things with the little bit of the universe we're stuck on.
No reason to get overly Zen and forget that there are big problems that need collective action to fix.
Everyone just dig into which ever of the many critical problems suits your fancy.
No reason to get overly Zen and forget that there are big problems that need collective action to fix.
Everyone just dig into which ever of the many critical problems suits your fancy.
June 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
We've still made a mess of things with the little bit of the universe we're stuck on.
No reason to get overly Zen and forget that there are big problems that need collective action to fix.
Everyone just dig into which ever of the many critical problems suits your fancy.
No reason to get overly Zen and forget that there are big problems that need collective action to fix.
Everyone just dig into which ever of the many critical problems suits your fancy.
Bugs are summer's endless buzzkills.
June 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Bugs are summer's endless buzzkills.
That hardly anyone is even talking about the Robot Rules makes me sad.
May 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
That hardly anyone is even talking about the Robot Rules makes me sad.
Ninja flips or nothing.
a woman says you swing the hardest damn it you go big or you go home .
ALT: a woman says you swing the hardest damn it you go big or you go home .
media.tenor.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Ninja flips or nothing.
Make Airplanes Crash Again!
May 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Make Airplanes Crash Again!
Looking good, sir.
May 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Looking good, sir.
Everyone on the left that is still talking about moral victories or only wanting to win "the right way" is part of the problem.
May 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Everyone on the left that is still talking about moral victories or only wanting to win "the right way" is part of the problem.
"PLEASE TRY AGAIN... (not that it will fucking work)...."
a cartoon cat is sitting on top of a red car with his mouth open .
ALT: a cartoon cat is sitting on top of a red car with his mouth open .
media.tenor.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"PLEASE TRY AGAIN... (not that it will fucking work)...."