David Ling
@ddling.bsky.social
Husband, dad, grandad, dog lover, amateur musician, retired physicist/engineer/teacher, UMich grad, Harvard Physics PhD, U Chicago post-doc, IBM Research, ex-WHS faculty. Son of 2 KU profs.
If other people frequently say that you're great, you might well be.
If you frequently say that you're great, you almost certainly are not, and probably have an Earth-sized hole in your soul, and are a deeply insecure person.
If you frequently say that you're great, you almost certainly are not, and probably have an Earth-sized hole in your soul, and are a deeply insecure person.
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If other people frequently say that you're great, you might well be.
If you frequently say that you're great, you almost certainly are not, and probably have an Earth-sized hole in your soul, and are a deeply insecure person.
If you frequently say that you're great, you almost certainly are not, and probably have an Earth-sized hole in your soul, and are a deeply insecure person.
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
The New York Times and the Washington Post once spoke Truth to Power. Now they speak Power to Truth.
July 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The New York Times and the Washington Post once spoke Truth to Power. Now they speak Power to Truth.
I am currently running a massive trade deficit with Amazon...
April 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I am currently running a massive trade deficit with Amazon...
I've added @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social to all my group chats
March 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I've added @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social to all my group chats
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It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
March 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
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People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.
March 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.
If Trump had been President in 1940, we'd all be speaking German now...
March 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If Trump had been President in 1940, we'd all be speaking German now...
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Today is a reminder of Zelensky's superhuman stamina and strength. He deflected deeply unfair vile attacks in his 3rd language and kept it together while two bullies threatened his country's existence and repeated the tired but infuriating propaganda tropes of the aggressor.
February 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Today is a reminder of Zelensky's superhuman stamina and strength. He deflected deeply unfair vile attacks in his 3rd language and kept it together while two bullies threatened his country's existence and repeated the tired but infuriating propaganda tropes of the aggressor.
I don't mind the dissolution of the Atlantic alliance and the high price of eggs if Pete Rose is admitted to the Hall of Fame...
March 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I don't mind the dissolution of the Atlantic alliance and the high price of eggs if Pete Rose is admitted to the Hall of Fame...
The America I am proud of stands with beleaguered democracies under attack by authoritarian states led by tyrants. Not vice versa.
So ashamed today...
Slava Ukraini!
So ashamed today...
Slava Ukraini!
March 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The America I am proud of stands with beleaguered democracies under attack by authoritarian states led by tyrants. Not vice versa.
So ashamed today...
Slava Ukraini!
So ashamed today...
Slava Ukraini!
For 80 years, the US has benefitted from a world order in which free trade policies and mutual defense pacts among democratic allies has resulted in the $USD being the most favored currency, unprecedented absence of major wars, the increasing prosperity of its citizens and US technology leadership.
March 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
For 80 years, the US has benefitted from a world order in which free trade policies and mutual defense pacts among democratic allies has resulted in the $USD being the most favored currency, unprecedented absence of major wars, the increasing prosperity of its citizens and US technology leadership.
Our NATO allies can no longer view the US as a reliable partner. Not only can they not be sure the US would come to their defense if they were attacked by Russia, they can not be sure that the US would not intervene alongside Russia.
March 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Our NATO allies can no longer view the US as a reliable partner. Not only can they not be sure the US would come to their defense if they were attacked by Russia, they can not be sure that the US would not intervene alongside Russia.
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Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Musk says DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials say that’s not true.
USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
When the inevitable Trump recession comes, we won't know how bad it is because the professionals in the Labor Dept who collect, collate, sort, organize and report labor statistics will have been fired and replaced by loyalist hacks who will fudge the numbers.
February 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
When the inevitable Trump recession comes, we won't know how bad it is because the professionals in the Labor Dept who collect, collate, sort, organize and report labor statistics will have been fired and replaced by loyalist hacks who will fudge the numbers.
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INCOMPETENCE OF NUCLEAR PROPORTIONS
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile. Now, they are rushing to rescind their terminations.
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile. Now, they are rushing to rescind their terminations.
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN
Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
INCOMPETENCE OF NUCLEAR PROPORTIONS
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile. Now, they are rushing to rescind their terminations.
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile. Now, they are rushing to rescind their terminations.
This is a repost of a thread from the other place from 2020 commenting about Trump's policies that discouraged foreign grad students in STEM fields from coming to the US. It is newly relevant in light of Trump's vendetta against American Universities & Research Institutes.
@jfallows.bsky.social
@jfallows.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is a repost of a thread from the other place from 2020 commenting about Trump's policies that discouraged foreign grad students in STEM fields from coming to the US. It is newly relevant in light of Trump's vendetta against American Universities & Research Institutes.
@jfallows.bsky.social
@jfallows.bsky.social
@jojofromjerz.bsky.social is a national treasure
At least for the moment, the Ketamine King and his merry band of unripened incels can’t open a Costco card in my name. So, there is that.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
No one voted for the Ketamine King
Or his unripened incel brigade.
open.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
@jojofromjerz.bsky.social is a national treasure
Long before I knew he was a Nazi...
(Note the date)
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February 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Long before I knew he was a Nazi...
(Note the date)
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Trump is soft on crime...
NEW: A Houston man and Jan. 6 defendant has been arrested for a child sex crime -- two weeks after he was pardoned by Trump and released from a six-year prison stint for assaulting police with bear spray and a metal whip.
Houston man pardoned by Trump arrested on child sex charge
Andrew Taake received a six-year sentence for assaulting officers on Jan. 6. He was arrested Thursday on an outstanding charge of soliciting a minor.
www.texastribune.org
February 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Trump is soft on crime...
I'm really looking forward to having un-monitored pimply boys running IT for NORAD
February 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I'm really looking forward to having un-monitored pimply boys running IT for NORAD
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This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?
Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.
February 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?
The coup is no longer slow-moving
February 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The coup is no longer slow-moving
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"Members of Congress take an oath to 'support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.' That the Constitution’s domestic enemies now include the president does not relieve members of Congress of their responsibility to that oath."
www.thebulwark.com/p/more-dange...
www.thebulwark.com/p/more-dange...
More Dangerous than Watergate
It’s like every past constitutional crisis rolled into one.
www.thebulwark.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"Members of Congress take an oath to 'support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.' That the Constitution’s domestic enemies now include the president does not relieve members of Congress of their responsibility to that oath."
www.thebulwark.com/p/more-dange...
www.thebulwark.com/p/more-dange...