BevBall
@bevball.bsky.social
Old, mobile, semisane, Upper West Side, attended pinko college in Ohio, class of 1963
Fan of Eisenhower’s speech about MIC. money out of elections
grandmother of one adult and two teenagers
mother of a son in LA and daughter in Scotland
No DMs!!!
Fan of Eisenhower’s speech about MIC. money out of elections
grandmother of one adult and two teenagers
mother of a son in LA and daughter in Scotland
No DMs!!!
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In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
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to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness
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Last month he was a soybean farmer, this month he’s an expert on intercontinental cattle drives.
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Last month he was a soybean farmer, this month he’s an expert on intercontinental cattle drives.
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…and then the rest of the White House press corps pushed back against the president’s gratuitous insult aimed at one of their colleagues?
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
…and then the rest of the White House press corps pushed back against the president’s gratuitous insult aimed at one of their colleagues?
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
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Neal Katyal says he's working on a TV show that he describes as "The West Wing for the Supreme Court," and my question is, have We As A Society not suffered enough
A Brief History Of Awful TV Shows About the Supreme Court
The concept of “The West Wing for the Supreme Court” might be the only thing more upsetting than the actual Supreme Court.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Neal Katyal says he's working on a TV show that he describes as "The West Wing for the Supreme Court," and my question is, have We As A Society not suffered enough
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FWIW, Elizabeth Warren and Larry Summers go back years. They had this interaction in 2009 after the 2008 financial crisis and the ensuing Great Recession.
billmoyers.com/2014/09/05/i...
billmoyers.com/2014/09/05/i...
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
FWIW, Elizabeth Warren and Larry Summers go back years. They had this interaction in 2009 after the 2008 financial crisis and the ensuing Great Recession.
billmoyers.com/2014/09/05/i...
billmoyers.com/2014/09/05/i...
Bessent said the sick cows were brought into the country by illegals who brought their cows with them.
Who will write the screenplay?
Who will write the screenplay?
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Bessent said the sick cows were brought into the country by illegals who brought their cows with them.
Who will write the screenplay?
Who will write the screenplay?
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Groyper Party destroys higher ed to combat antisemitism
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Groyper Party destroys higher ed to combat antisemitism
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Mathematician and astronomer August Ferdinand Möbius was born #OTD in 1790. 🧪 🔭
He is best known for devising a surface that not even the New York Times could find a way to both-sides.
He is best known for devising a surface that not even the New York Times could find a way to both-sides.
a bunch of ants are crawling around a circular object that looks like an infinity sign
Alt: A bunch of ants are crawling around a Mobius strip, which is a one sides object produced by twisting one end of a flat strip by 180 degrees and then gluing it to the other end.
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Mathematician and astronomer August Ferdinand Möbius was born #OTD in 1790. 🧪 🔭
He is best known for devising a surface that not even the New York Times could find a way to both-sides.
He is best known for devising a surface that not even the New York Times could find a way to both-sides.
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How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Attacks?
The complete list and count, strike by illegal strike.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The complete list and count, strike by illegal strike.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
November 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Attacks?
The complete list and count, strike by illegal strike.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The complete list and count, strike by illegal strike.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
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“A doctor he trusted”
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“A doctor he trusted”
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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My question is who is doing all the Epsteining for these powerful wealthy men now?
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My question is who is doing all the Epsteining for these powerful wealthy men now?
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The Ultimate Con: Arms Contractors are Making out Like Bandits
The Ultimate Con: Arms Contractors are Making out Like Bandits
U.S. interceptors have failed almost half their tests, and the secretary of defense responds by bellowing: "That's what $50 billion buys us?"
dlvr.it
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The Ultimate Con: Arms Contractors are Making out Like Bandits
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The use of terror is not a byproduct of Trumpian politics: it is central to how he governs.
(Politico) - An Indiana Senate Republican who President Donald Trump called out in a Truth Social post Sunday for not backing the White House’s plan to draw new congressional maps was later targeted by a swatting, according to local authorities.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The use of terror is not a byproduct of Trumpian politics: it is central to how he governs.
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If he has nothing to hide he doesn’t need a House vote. He can just release everything.
Trump now says House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files “because we have nothing to hide”
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
If he has nothing to hide he doesn’t need a House vote. He can just release everything.
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Powerful.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Powerful.
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My new faculty orientation in 2011 featured two messages: “get grants and don’t have sex with students.” I thought it was odd because both points seemed obvious, but as the Epstein emails suggest, for many academic men the later wasn’t nearly as obvious as it should have been.
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
My new faculty orientation in 2011 featured two messages: “get grants and don’t have sex with students.” I thought it was odd because both points seemed obvious, but as the Epstein emails suggest, for many academic men the later wasn’t nearly as obvious as it should have been.
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there's a strategy
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
there's a strategy
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It could be buy one get one free shrimp bhuna at your local Indian restaurant
BESSENT: “THE $2,000 DIVIDEND COULD COME IN LOTS OF FORMS… IT COULD BE JUST THE TAX DECREASES. IT COULD BE NO TAX ON TIPS.”
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It could be buy one get one free shrimp bhuna at your local Indian restaurant
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Chat, is "the rich are doing the 'fox' hunts again where the fox is a person" a recession indicator www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting
Nervous reporter is chased across English countryside by baying bloodhounds, in what could soon be only legal way to hunt with dogs
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Chat, is "the rich are doing the 'fox' hunts again where the fox is a person" a recession indicator www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The problem of how to have institutions without hierarchies persists
November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The problem of how to have institutions without hierarchies persists
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if we tax them more, how will they pay for all the blood cleansing, cell rejuvenation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation they need? www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
if we tax them more, how will they pay for all the blood cleansing, cell rejuvenation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation they need? www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
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Judge: They "repeatedly and publicly announced a playbook of initiating civil rights investigations of preeminent universities to justify cutting off federal funding, with the goal of bringing universities to their knees and forcing them to change their ideological tune"
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining UC over alleged discrimination
The Trump administration demanded UCLA pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funding and ensure eligibility for future funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus.
www.npr.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Judge: They "repeatedly and publicly announced a playbook of initiating civil rights investigations of preeminent universities to justify cutting off federal funding, with the goal of bringing universities to their knees and forcing them to change their ideological tune"
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...