Northfield Gunn
@autpax.bsky.social
Reality-based skeptic, world traveler.
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.
Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.
Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.
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Lutnick: "It's time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future. This is the new model where you work in these kinds of plants for the rest of your life and your kids work here and your grandkids work here. We let the auto plants go overseas."
April 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Lutnick: "It's time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future. This is the new model where you work in these kinds of plants for the rest of your life and your kids work here and your grandkids work here. We let the auto plants go overseas."
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They're not fooling anyone.
January 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
They're not fooling anyone.
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“5 Things to Know About the AfD, Elon Musk’s New Friends on the German Far Right”
A good to day to re-up this piece of mine with a lot of (shocking) receipts:
A good to day to re-up this piece of mine with a lot of (shocking) receipts:
5 Things to Know About the AfD, Elon Musk’s New Friends on the German Far Right
The Trump-advising billionaire has endorsed the AfD, an anti-Muslim, pro-Nazi party accused of extremism by German courts.
zeteo.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“5 Things to Know About the AfD, Elon Musk’s New Friends on the German Far Right”
A good to day to re-up this piece of mine with a lot of (shocking) receipts:
A good to day to re-up this piece of mine with a lot of (shocking) receipts:
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Good Morning Minnesnowta!
December 19, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Good Morning Minnesnowta!
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“As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.” Alan Watts
I think I can do this.
I think I can do this.
a cat sits on a counter with a cup of coffee on it
ALT: a cat sits on a counter with a cup of coffee on it
media.tenor.com
December 18, 2024 at 11:52 AM
“As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.” Alan Watts
I think I can do this.
I think I can do this.
Why is it that my industry has to be on time 100% of the time, but a car dealership can be two hours over on a simple service appointment?
December 6, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Why is it that my industry has to be on time 100% of the time, but a car dealership can be two hours over on a simple service appointment?
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Abandoning Ukraine would jeopardise British, European and American security and lead to “infinitely higher” costs in the long term, the head of MI6 has warned in a speech that amounted to a plea to Donald Trump to continue supporting Kyiv.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Abandoning Ukraine means ‘infinitely higher’ long-term security costs, MI6 chief says
If Putin allowed to reduce Ukraine to vassal state ‘he will not stop there’, Richard Moore says in plea to Trump
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Abandoning Ukraine would jeopardise British, European and American security and lead to “infinitely higher” costs in the long term, the head of MI6 has warned in a speech that amounted to a plea to Donald Trump to continue supporting Kyiv.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
It's definitely worth getting up very early to get this roast started.
November 28, 2024 at 8:23 PM
It's definitely worth getting up very early to get this roast started.
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So, they're definitely doing Project 2025
Trump taps key Project 2025 architect Russ Vought to head budget office
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Russ Vought, a key architect of "Project 2025," the controversial conservative plan to overhaul the government, to be director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, a powerful agency that helps decide the president's policy priorities and how to pay for them.
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2024 at 12:23 AM
So, they're definitely doing Project 2025
Rainy, snowy, windy, wet Amsterdam.
November 22, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Rainy, snowy, windy, wet Amsterdam.
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Once you realize that Trump isn’t nominating cabinet members to RUN agencies but DESTROY them, it makes more sense.
November 20, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Once you realize that Trump isn’t nominating cabinet members to RUN agencies but DESTROY them, it makes more sense.
Highly recommend this restaurant in Amsterdam.
November 15, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Highly recommend this restaurant in Amsterdam.