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bhosmer.bsky.social
@bhosmer.bsky.social
Historian. DIY'er. Iconoclast.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.

We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.

They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
What could be more quintessentially American than a convicted sex offender attending the biggest sporting/commerical event of the year played in the home stadium of a team implicated in the cover up of systemic priestly sex abuse. Maybe a military salute to the Dear Leader too.
February 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
OK, here's the thing. Beyond the details of this case, which are terrible and unsurprising, there's no such thing as 'corporate citizen.' People are citizens and corporations aren't people. Period. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
NFL chief calls Saints ‘great corporate citizens’ amid church abuse scandal
Roger Goodell speaks as emails detail how team helped to spin coverage of clergy sexual abuse scandal
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
'While it may be dangerous to be America's enemy, to be America's friend is fatal.'

--infamous American war criminal
February 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Isn't this just the perfect sign of our times. The meritocracy in full bloom. Gotta give your kid every boost, education and morality be damned. (oh, this is my high school, by the way). www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
Parents accused in alleged cheating scandal at Cape Elizabeth High School
Moving forward, teachers will create multiple versions of their tests and students will not be allowed to take tests home after the assessments are graded.
www.newscentermaine.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The impending 'demographic cliff' is used to justify all manner of university reorganization. It is taken as 'fact' and presented as such. I've never been terribly convinced and now this:
www.chronicle.com/article/wait...
Wait, Freshman Enrollment Actually Increased Last Fall
The National Student Clearinghouse said that a “methodological error” skewed its previous projections.
www.chronicle.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
What I've been advocating for quite some time: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | How to Fix America’s Two-Party Problem
Proportional representation could help restore American democracy.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms | Johnny Ryan
Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms | Johnny Ryan
The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control Elon Musk’s latest attempts at direct political interference illustrate the grave danger that Europe is facing. He has…
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Nice to see NYT endorsing Anschluss. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/o...
Opinion | O Canada, Come Join Us
Perhaps Trump is not making a threat but offering an opportunity.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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My experience exactly.
Old Twitter's mechanisms would have led me to experts on wildfires, water-policy obsessives, and brave photographers who carried their cameras to the edge of danger and beyond. Today's X wants to convince me that LA's catastrophe is all the fault of women and minorities.
January 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Since I never used Twitter, or Instagram, I'm not sure how this type of social media platform works.
January 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Trump’s scot-free sentencing is proof of special treatment throughout trials
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s scot-free sentencing is proof of special treatment throughout trials
President-elect gets unconditional discharge for hush-money conviction – a rare sentence that cements impunity
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I don't know if anyone else has this experience, but I've noticed a significant increase of far-right posts on my Facebook feed. Over the past month or so. They seem AI generated, but maybe not.
January 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Doesn't this tell you all you need to know about the DNC and their Pod Save America apologists? Not a word of contrition. Not a hint of humility. I guess if the consultants are happy that's all that matters.

Time, past time, for a genuine alternative.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Democrats criticize Harris for ‘self-congratulatory’ review of election loss
Top campaign staff also under fire for saying party has to ‘dominate the moderate’ in Pod Save America appearance
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:03 PM