Michael Coats
@captmathman.bsky.social
Teacher in the Seattle Area
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Washington goalkeeper Mia Hamant has died after a battle with a rare form of kidney cancer, the university announced Thursday. She was 21.
Hamant was diagnosed in April as she was preparing for her senior year for the top-seeded Huskies.
Full story: yhoo.it/3WJsZuL
Hamant was diagnosed in April as she was preparing for her senior year for the top-seeded Huskies.
Full story: yhoo.it/3WJsZuL
Washington soccer player Mia Hamant dies at 21 of rare kidney cancer
Hamant was only the 14th known case of her form of kidney cancer.
yhoo.it
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Washington goalkeeper Mia Hamant has died after a battle with a rare form of kidney cancer, the university announced Thursday. She was 21.
Hamant was diagnosed in April as she was preparing for her senior year for the top-seeded Huskies.
Full story: yhoo.it/3WJsZuL
Hamant was diagnosed in April as she was preparing for her senior year for the top-seeded Huskies.
Full story: yhoo.it/3WJsZuL
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Dmitri Shostakovich, at the age of 18, composed his First Symphony 100 years ago
His music can’t be fully appreciated apart from the October Revolution, which created the circumstances under which it was composed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
His music can’t be fully appreciated apart from the October Revolution, which created the circumstances under which it was composed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Dmitri Shostakovich, at the age of 18, composed his First Symphony 100 years ago
Shostakovich is remembered by contemporaries who were interviewed many decades later as a student of single-minded determination, even as a young teenager.
www.wsws.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Dmitri Shostakovich, at the age of 18, composed his First Symphony 100 years ago
His music can’t be fully appreciated apart from the October Revolution, which created the circumstances under which it was composed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
His music can’t be fully appreciated apart from the October Revolution, which created the circumstances under which it was composed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi defies Turkish state’s intervention on its program
The Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal rejects the demands to change or remove the demands in our Program
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
The Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal rejects the demands to change or remove the demands in our Program
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi defies Turkish state’s intervention on its program
The Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, which was officially established in August in Turkey, received a letter from the Supreme Court of Appeals Prosecutor’s Office demanding that it change its program. It ca...
www.wsws.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi defies Turkish state’s intervention on its program
The Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal rejects the demands to change or remove the demands in our Program
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
The Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal rejects the demands to change or remove the demands in our Program
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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San Diego workers speak out as hunger and homelessness surge
“We’re trying to stock up before things get worse. In a few weeks, these lines will be three times as long.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
“We’re trying to stock up before things get worse. In a few weeks, these lines will be three times as long.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
San Diego workers speak out as hunger and homelessness surge
Workers in San Diego spoke to the WSWS about empty fridges, lost benefits and the daily struggle to feed their families.
www.wsws.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
San Diego workers speak out as hunger and homelessness surge
“We’re trying to stock up before things get worse. In a few weeks, these lines will be three times as long.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
“We’re trying to stock up before things get worse. In a few weeks, these lines will be three times as long.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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The awarding of #ElonMusk’s pay package is, at the same time, a declaration of intent by the ruling class to massively impoverish the working class through layoffs, austerity and the destruction of social programs.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Elon Musk’s $1 trillion payout and the case for expropriation
The awarding of Musk’s pay package is, at the same time, a declaration of intent by the ruling class to massively impoverish the working class through layoffs, austerity and the destruction of social ...
www.wsws.org
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The awarding of #ElonMusk’s pay package is, at the same time, a declaration of intent by the ruling class to massively impoverish the working class through layoffs, austerity and the destruction of social programs.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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The presidents of the air traffic controllers' and flight attendants' unions say that the government shutdown has made their members' situations desperate. Yet they've made no call for strike action or for the immediate resumption of paychecks. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Trump seeks Supreme Court help in denying food to millions, as hundreds of flights are cancelled
As the longest government shutdown in US history continued, Trump’s Justice Department appealed to the highest court to block an order to resume food stamps.
www.wsws.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The presidents of the air traffic controllers' and flight attendants' unions say that the government shutdown has made their members' situations desperate. Yet they've made no call for strike action or for the immediate resumption of paychecks. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Maryland’s anti-book ban law used for first time in state’s history. It protected a gay book. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/mary...
Maryland's anti-book ban law used for first time in state's history. It protected a gay book. - LGBTQ Nation
"There are kids out there right now who are going through exactly what I went through in 1995," the author said about his book.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Maryland’s anti-book ban law used for first time in state’s history. It protected a gay book. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/mary...
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Elon Musk, world’s richest man, awarded $1 trillion pay package
The agreement allows Tesla’s board, largely consisting of Musk’s cronies, to award him the shares even if he fails to meet the goals set out.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
The agreement allows Tesla’s board, largely consisting of Musk’s cronies, to award him the shares even if he fails to meet the goals set out.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Elon Musk, world’s richest man, awarded $1 trillion pay package
The massive payout for Musk sends a clear message from Wall Street that the sky is the limit for CEO pay and the enrichment of the financial oligarchy.
www.wsws.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Elon Musk, world’s richest man, awarded $1 trillion pay package
The agreement allows Tesla’s board, largely consisting of Musk’s cronies, to award him the shares even if he fails to meet the goals set out.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
The agreement allows Tesla’s board, largely consisting of Musk’s cronies, to award him the shares even if he fails to meet the goals set out.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Despite its deep unpopularity, the Democratic Party made gains because of mounting economic hardship and widespread hostility to Trump’s efforts to establish a presidential dictatorship. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Mass hostility to Trump, anger over economy drove 2025 election results
Despite its deep unpopularity, the Democratic Party made gains because of mounting economic hardship and widespread hostility to Trump’s efforts to establish a presidential dictatorship.
www.wsws.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Despite its deep unpopularity, the Democratic Party made gains because of mounting economic hardship and widespread hostility to Trump’s efforts to establish a presidential dictatorship. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Billionaires don’t have to choose between rent and food. They get to attend Great Gatsby style parties and donate millions to a monstrous building that is being created for the wealthy, all with money they steal from the labor of the working class.
Billionaires don’t have to choose between rent and food. They get to attend Great Gatsby style parties and donate millions to a monstrous building that is being created for the wealthy, all with money they steal from the labor of the working class.
Some SNAP recipients have to choose between rent and food amid halt in benefits
Some Americans who saw their SNAP benefits halt on Nov. 1 say they have to choose between paying their rent and buying food.
abc7.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
abc7.com/post/snap-re...
Billionaires don’t have to choose between rent and food. They get to attend Great Gatsby style parties and donate millions to a monstrous building that is being created for the wealthy, all with money they steal from the labor of the working class.
Billionaires don’t have to choose between rent and food. They get to attend Great Gatsby style parties and donate millions to a monstrous building that is being created for the wealthy, all with money they steal from the labor of the working class.
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Death toll rises to 12 in UPS air disaster in Louisville, Kentucky, involving plane just serviced for cracked fuel tank
Such disasters as Monday’s crash will continue as long as all decisions affecting safety are subordinated to profit.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Such disasters as Monday’s crash will continue as long as all decisions affecting safety are subordinated to profit.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Death toll rises to 12 in UPS air disaster in Louisville, Kentucky, involving plane just serviced for cracked fuel tank
More information will emerge, but what can be said for certain is that ruthless cost-cutting and profiteering by the capitalist ruling class make such disasters inevitable.
www.wsws.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Death toll rises to 12 in UPS air disaster in Louisville, Kentucky, involving plane just serviced for cracked fuel tank
Such disasters as Monday’s crash will continue as long as all decisions affecting safety are subordinated to profit.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Such disasters as Monday’s crash will continue as long as all decisions affecting safety are subordinated to profit.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Your periodic reminder that reviews help authors in all kinds of ways. If you love a book, please consider leaving a review on the platform of your choice. Thanks for your support!
November 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Your periodic reminder that reviews help authors in all kinds of ways. If you love a book, please consider leaving a review on the platform of your choice. Thanks for your support!
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Texas students speak in defense of historian Tom Alter
"It’s not just Texas that I feel like is limiting freedom of speech. I feel like America in general, that we can’t even support Palestine and we will get banned from social media..."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
"It’s not just Texas that I feel like is limiting freedom of speech. I feel like America in general, that we can’t even support Palestine and we will get banned from social media..."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Texas students speak in defense of historian Tom Alter
The attack on Alter is an assault on democratic rights and the ability of the working class to learn the history of its own class struggle.
www.wsws.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Texas students speak in defense of historian Tom Alter
"It’s not just Texas that I feel like is limiting freedom of speech. I feel like America in general, that we can’t even support Palestine and we will get banned from social media..."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
"It’s not just Texas that I feel like is limiting freedom of speech. I feel like America in general, that we can’t even support Palestine and we will get banned from social media..."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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The dangers we face due to Covid not being taken seriously enough. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
thetyee.ca
November 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The dangers we face due to Covid not being taken seriously enough. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Just helped a poor knight in need of math help. She solved this and we dined on Halloween candy!
(Hum the Roger Miller tune while reading the above)
#halloween #mathhumor #robinhood
(Hum the Roger Miller tune while reading the above)
#halloween #mathhumor #robinhood
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Just helped a poor knight in need of math help. She solved this and we dined on Halloween candy!
(Hum the Roger Miller tune while reading the above)
#halloween #mathhumor #robinhood
(Hum the Roger Miller tune while reading the above)
#halloween #mathhumor #robinhood
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At election rally, DSA candidate Zohran Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment
Mamdani’s supporters who are looking for a way to fight must be warned that the candidate is laying a political trap.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Mamdani’s supporters who are looking for a way to fight must be warned that the candidate is laying a political trap.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment
By joining hands with New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who refuses to raise taxes on the wealthy, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani demonstrated the fraudulence of his avowed “socialism.”
www.wsws.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
At election rally, DSA candidate Zohran Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment
Mamdani’s supporters who are looking for a way to fight must be warned that the candidate is laying a political trap.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Mamdani’s supporters who are looking for a way to fight must be warned that the candidate is laying a political trap.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Austrian Eagle vs German Eagle. The Austrian Eagle has seen some shit.
October 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Austrian Eagle vs German Eagle. The Austrian Eagle has seen some shit.
My first in person rehearsal since March 10, 2020. My sight reading wasn’t as bad as I feared. My chops, however, are. My lips are hamburger now…
Had a great time playing with Marysville Community Band again. (I work to 8 on Tue/Wed so Evergreen Community Orchestra isn’t an option right now😢)
Had a great time playing with Marysville Community Band again. (I work to 8 on Tue/Wed so Evergreen Community Orchestra isn’t an option right now😢)
October 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
My first in person rehearsal since March 10, 2020. My sight reading wasn’t as bad as I feared. My chops, however, are. My lips are hamburger now…
Had a great time playing with Marysville Community Band again. (I work to 8 on Tue/Wed so Evergreen Community Orchestra isn’t an option right now😢)
Had a great time playing with Marysville Community Band again. (I work to 8 on Tue/Wed so Evergreen Community Orchestra isn’t an option right now😢)
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By nominating Paul Ingrassia, a Trump loyalist with minimal legal experience and a documented record of fascistic statements, to head the OSC, Trump was making a conscious political statement that the “rule of law” would be subsumed by the “Führer principle.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead Office of Special Counsel, withdraws after leak of fascist texts
Ingrassia is just the latest Republican operative to be outed as a Nazi.
www.wsws.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
By nominating Paul Ingrassia, a Trump loyalist with minimal legal experience and a documented record of fascistic statements, to head the OSC, Trump was making a conscious political statement that the “rule of law” would be subsumed by the “Führer principle.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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The lesson of Raila Odinga’s death is that Kenya’s future cannot be built through the politics of bourgeois nationalism, but only through the independent struggle of workers and youth against the capitalist order that Odinga defended. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Raila Odinga’s funeral turns into another Ruto government massacre
Nothing could more starkly capture the bankruptcy of Odinga’s legacy than the massacre that unfolded at his funeral, carried out by the “broad-based” Kenyan government he helped forge.
www.wsws.org
October 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The lesson of Raila Odinga’s death is that Kenya’s future cannot be built through the politics of bourgeois nationalism, but only through the independent struggle of workers and youth against the capitalist order that Odinga defended. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
My weekend. Hey, Monday is Diwali! Also, no to Trump and the Democrats alike, and to Musk and Bezos and Dimon.
October 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
My weekend. Hey, Monday is Diwali! Also, no to Trump and the Democrats alike, and to Musk and Bezos and Dimon.
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The Sanders/AOC CNN town hall was a paean to "bipartisanship", in which the two Democratic Party hacks said nothing about the escalating conspiracy of Trump to establish a dictatorship.
At one point, Sanders praised Marjorie Taylor-Green as a "good Republican"
At one point, Sanders praised Marjorie Taylor-Green as a "good Republican"
October 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The Sanders/AOC CNN town hall was a paean to "bipartisanship", in which the two Democratic Party hacks said nothing about the escalating conspiracy of Trump to establish a dictatorship.
At one point, Sanders praised Marjorie Taylor-Green as a "good Republican"
At one point, Sanders praised Marjorie Taylor-Green as a "good Republican"
Had a great weekend with J at the Bigfoot Book Festival in Redmond! The place was hopping and we ended the day all smiles.
October 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Had a great weekend with J at the Bigfoot Book Festival in Redmond! The place was hopping and we ended the day all smiles.