Bwaugh-ha-ha
@bwaugh.bsky.social
North Vancouver born, international educator.
For comparison purposes, I'll just leave this here: John Fund on "winner and losers in the Kavanaugh confirmation fight." www.foxnews.com/opinion/john...
John Fund: Winners and losers in the Kavanaugh confirmation fight
In assessing who comes out ahead or behind after the Kavanaugh firestorm, let’s acknowledge that in some ways we don’t know: the midterm elections a month from now have become more chaotic and uncerta...
www.foxnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
For comparison purposes, I'll just leave this here: John Fund on "winner and losers in the Kavanaugh confirmation fight." www.foxnews.com/opinion/john...
The ribbon is more subtle for sure but that is not necessarily a bad thing, and wearable everywhere, all the time!
June 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The ribbon is more subtle for sure but that is not necessarily a bad thing, and wearable everywhere, all the time!
There is this excellent t-shirt. pmpress.org/index.php?l=... And I wear it as often as I can but it is not really daily wear! I did find occasion to wear it to work once, when doing a house-building project with my students, but otherwise it only gets seen at the grocery story or at demos.
General Strike T-Shirt English
Eric Drooker graphic in red and white ink on a black union-made shirt.
pmpress.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
There is this excellent t-shirt. pmpress.org/index.php?l=... And I wear it as often as I can but it is not really daily wear! I did find occasion to wear it to work once, when doing a house-building project with my students, but otherwise it only gets seen at the grocery story or at demos.
Swalwell: “I don’t associate myself with what he [Mamdani] has said about the Jewish people.”
Mamdani: (see photo/alt text)
Mamdani: (see photo/alt text)
June 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Swalwell: “I don’t associate myself with what he [Mamdani] has said about the Jewish people.”
Mamdani: (see photo/alt text)
Mamdani: (see photo/alt text)
One day, I can imagine all that tension melting away due to some theoretical shiatsu, just like this: physicsworld.com/a/conflictin...
June 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
One day, I can imagine all that tension melting away due to some theoretical shiatsu, just like this: physicsworld.com/a/conflictin...
I am Canadian. The funny thing about “having to decide” is that we never get asked to. That’s the point with kings. And that’s why the US protests were given that title.
June 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I am Canadian. The funny thing about “having to decide” is that we never get asked to. That’s the point with kings. And that’s why the US protests were given that title.
King Charles III, Queen Elizabeth II, and every other British sovereign back to 1748....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troopin....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troopin....
Trooping the Colour - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
King Charles III, Queen Elizabeth II, and every other British sovereign back to 1748....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troopin....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troopin....
Exactly the point but with the examples provided in the post: blocking a door isn't violence, shooting someone with a rubber bullet is.
June 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Exactly the point but with the examples provided in the post: blocking a door isn't violence, shooting someone with a rubber bullet is.
Listen to this first hand account for another example. Were an LEO in LA to face this level of physical danger from a protestor you would not need to scour bsky to find the story. bsky.app/profile/jima...
This happened live on the show today. Independent journalist Jorge Ramos caught up with a pregnant U.S. citizen who told us she was roughed up and arrested by federal agents during a detainment near Los Angeles. Watch!
June 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Listen to this first hand account for another example. Were an LEO in LA to face this level of physical danger from a protestor you would not need to scour bsky to find the story. bsky.app/profile/jima...
Especially when violence gets defined so asymmetrically that shooting rubber bullets at a reporter is ok but blocking a door is labeled as violence: "The protest was initially peaceful but protesters began putting scooters in front of building entryways" apnews.com/article/immi...
Protests over immigration raids are popping up across the US with more planned
Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids are beginning to spread across the country.
apnews.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Especially when violence gets defined so asymmetrically that shooting rubber bullets at a reporter is ok but blocking a door is labeled as violence: "The protest was initially peaceful but protesters began putting scooters in front of building entryways" apnews.com/article/immi...
Depends on how you define "terrorist," but if armed robbery for political ends is included, then look up Los Macheteros.
June 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Depends on how you define "terrorist," but if armed robbery for political ends is included, then look up Los Macheteros.
You only listed 11. Add Republic of Congo.
June 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
You only listed 11. Add Republic of Congo.
Just heard the chat - impressive! I signed the card a while back and would love to have some visible way to demonstrate and subtly model the commitment to others on a day to day basis. Imagining a green/red/whatever ribbon to get folks asking after it, and to build a visible community of commitment.
June 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Just heard the chat - impressive! I signed the card a while back and would love to have some visible way to demonstrate and subtly model the commitment to others on a day to day basis. Imagining a green/red/whatever ribbon to get folks asking after it, and to build a visible community of commitment.
My grad work was on the Vaidya metric! journals.aps.org/prd/abstract...
Double-null coordinates for the Vaidya metric
Einstein's equations with spherical symmetry are formulated in double-null coordinates, and the high-frequency approximation to a unidirectional radial flow of unpolarized radiation (the Vaidya metric...
journals.aps.org
May 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
My grad work was on the Vaidya metric! journals.aps.org/prd/abstract...
This article, too: blog.nicklozier.com/divestspd-su...
DivestSPD Successfully Identifies Six Seattle Police Officers Who Attended Deadly Capitol Riot.
As hundreds of rioters who breached the Capitol are being identified by the authorities and their communities…
blog.nicklozier.com
May 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This article, too: blog.nicklozier.com/divestspd-su...
It’s still in the public record and archived on Wayback Machine. openoversight.tech-bloc-sea.dev/incidents/3952
spdblotter.seattle.gov/wp-content/u...
www.police1.com/officer-misc...
spdblotter.seattle.gov/wp-content/u...
www.police1.com/officer-misc...
Seattle Police Department incident
OPA Case 2021OPA-0013
- OpenOversight
View details for Seattle Police Department incident OPA Case 2021OPA-0013.
openoversight.tech-bloc-sea.dev
May 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It’s still in the public record and archived on Wayback Machine. openoversight.tech-bloc-sea.dev/incidents/3952
spdblotter.seattle.gov/wp-content/u...
www.police1.com/officer-misc...
spdblotter.seattle.gov/wp-content/u...
www.police1.com/officer-misc...
Ramones It's Alive
Talking Heads Stop Making Sense
Gilberto Gil Kaya n'gan Daya (Kaya) (Ao vivo)
Joni Mitchell Miles of Aisles
BB King Live in Cook County Jail
Nirvana Unplugged
Talking Heads Stop Making Sense
Gilberto Gil Kaya n'gan Daya (Kaya) (Ao vivo)
Joni Mitchell Miles of Aisles
BB King Live in Cook County Jail
Nirvana Unplugged
April 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Ramones It's Alive
Talking Heads Stop Making Sense
Gilberto Gil Kaya n'gan Daya (Kaya) (Ao vivo)
Joni Mitchell Miles of Aisles
BB King Live in Cook County Jail
Nirvana Unplugged
Talking Heads Stop Making Sense
Gilberto Gil Kaya n'gan Daya (Kaya) (Ao vivo)
Joni Mitchell Miles of Aisles
BB King Live in Cook County Jail
Nirvana Unplugged