Fred Little
@doclittle.bsky.social
Global Affairs, American Literature, East Asian Studies. Active practitioner of Koryū Budō, Bukkyō, Shintō. Lapsed poet. Struggling Hammond Organist. Former Academic Administrator @ Columbia University & NJIT.
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Fred Little
@doclittle.bsky.social
· Apr 1
Chuck Schumer is a Republican asset.
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we are subject to a plague of TRASHY people who absolutely REVEL in wallowing like fatted hogs in their gilded-gold trash-heaps, and by God, I am sick and tired of it
this tawdry Olivia Nuzzi stuff highlights why I’m turning into a small-c conservative with regards to “it is unseemly and shameful for people in positions of power and influence to subject the public to their messy-ass sex nonsense on a constant basis”
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
we are subject to a plague of TRASHY people who absolutely REVEL in wallowing like fatted hogs in their gilded-gold trash-heaps, and by God, I am sick and tired of it
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I want to begin by saying I am sorry that I constantly emailed a pedophile for a decade after his conviction for child prostitution asking for advice on how to fuck a student... with that out of the way, today we are going to be taking about globalization and the long 20th century
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I want to begin by saying I am sorry that I constantly emailed a pedophile for a decade after his conviction for child prostitution asking for advice on how to fuck a student... with that out of the way, today we are going to be taking about globalization and the long 20th century
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Aside from the fact that Harvard should obviously fire Summers and he should not be around young people, imagine hearing your professor say this and then just carrying on with class.
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Aside from the fact that Harvard should obviously fire Summers and he should not be around young people, imagine hearing your professor say this and then just carrying on with class.
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This Day in Labor History: November 19, 1915. Utah executed IWW organizer Joe Hill for a murder he almost certainly did not commit. But he was an Wobbly and dispensable to society, especially in Utah, a starkly conservative western state outraged by the sheer existence of these radicals!!!
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 19, 1915. Utah executed IWW organizer Joe Hill for a murder he almost certainly did not commit. But he was an Wobbly and dispensable to society, especially in Utah, a starkly conservative western state outraged by the sheer existence of these radicals!!!
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More than one thing can be true. They were never going to get healthcare back, not now. But they left money on the table and the public does by quite a lot blame them. Epstein had been handled well so far but it had to happen sometime.
i think ppl who thought the Ds were making a mistake by reopening the government - myself included - probably need to take the L at this point.
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
More than one thing can be true. They were never going to get healthcare back, not now. But they left money on the table and the public does by quite a lot blame them. Epstein had been handled well so far but it had to happen sometime.
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We are at a point where state and local police are repeatedly investigating federal law enforcement for systemically illegal behavior.
To the point that even CBS News has to note that pretty high up in the article.
A truly bad sign, at least in the short run (hoping prompts real change in future).
To the point that even CBS News has to note that pretty high up in the article.
A truly bad sign, at least in the short run (hoping prompts real change in future).
November 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Six hundred too many.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Six hundred too many.
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Money laundering is the entire purpose of the art market currently
A portrait of a young woman by Gustav Klimt became the second most expensive painting to sell at auction, at $236.4 million.
At $236.4 Million, Portrait by Klimt is Second Most Expensive Painting Sold at Auction
The portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, looted by the Nazis and spared from a blaze, was a highlight of the Sotheby’s inaugural sale in its new home.
nyti.ms
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Money laundering is the entire purpose of the art market currently
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Let’s see if the “personal liberties and free markets” editorial board of the Washington Post will actually take Trump to task over his comments excusing the murder of one its own columnists.
Given that they’ve purged me and all their opinion writers who actually care about human rights.
Given that they’ve purged me and all their opinion writers who actually care about human rights.
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Let’s see if the “personal liberties and free markets” editorial board of the Washington Post will actually take Trump to task over his comments excusing the murder of one its own columnists.
Given that they’ve purged me and all their opinion writers who actually care about human rights.
Given that they’ve purged me and all their opinion writers who actually care about human rights.
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the president called a woman reporter WHAT
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
the president called a woman reporter WHAT
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I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
Explore this post and more from the JewsOfConscience community
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November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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in chicago, the police did not help anyone who was being targeted by ice; rather, they provided a line of defense for such agents
it would be nice if people actually internalized that the police are under no obligation to help anyone, as the supreme court stated
it would be nice if people actually internalized that the police are under no obligation to help anyone, as the supreme court stated
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
in chicago, the police did not help anyone who was being targeted by ice; rather, they provided a line of defense for such agents
it would be nice if people actually internalized that the police are under no obligation to help anyone, as the supreme court stated
it would be nice if people actually internalized that the police are under no obligation to help anyone, as the supreme court stated
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By the way, this is a big reason that feminists and other survivor advocates call for removing perpetrators from campus.
It isn’t about punishing them. It’s about protecting the integrity of the institution as a whole. A perpetrator left in a position of power is a dangerous thing.
It isn’t about punishing them. It’s about protecting the integrity of the institution as a whole. A perpetrator left in a position of power is a dangerous thing.
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
By the way, this is a big reason that feminists and other survivor advocates call for removing perpetrators from campus.
It isn’t about punishing them. It’s about protecting the integrity of the institution as a whole. A perpetrator left in a position of power is a dangerous thing.
It isn’t about punishing them. It’s about protecting the integrity of the institution as a whole. A perpetrator left in a position of power is a dangerous thing.
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And once they’re in their positions of power, they get to serve as gatekeepers for university policies and procedures around sexual violence and gender discrimination.
Overwhelmingly, they use that power to protect perpetrators and other patriarchal traditions of the campus.
Overwhelmingly, they use that power to protect perpetrators and other patriarchal traditions of the campus.
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
And once they’re in their positions of power, they get to serve as gatekeepers for university policies and procedures around sexual violence and gender discrimination.
Overwhelmingly, they use that power to protect perpetrators and other patriarchal traditions of the campus.
Overwhelmingly, they use that power to protect perpetrators and other patriarchal traditions of the campus.
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If you haven’t worked for a university, you might not know that one of the primary ways universities manage sexually violent faculty is promoting them away from students and into power.
It isn’t a coincidence. It’s the system working as designed.
It isn’t a coincidence. It’s the system working as designed.
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If you haven’t worked for a university, you might not know that one of the primary ways universities manage sexually violent faculty is promoting them away from students and into power.
It isn’t a coincidence. It’s the system working as designed.
It isn’t a coincidence. It’s the system working as designed.
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Out of the three colleges I’ve attended, two had a president step down because of sexual misconduct during the time I was connected to campus.
Larry Summers is another reminder that part of why universities respond so badly to sexual violence is because there are powerful perpetrators within them.
Larry Summers is another reminder that part of why universities respond so badly to sexual violence is because there are powerful perpetrators within them.
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Out of the three colleges I’ve attended, two had a president step down because of sexual misconduct during the time I was connected to campus.
Larry Summers is another reminder that part of why universities respond so badly to sexual violence is because there are powerful perpetrators within them.
Larry Summers is another reminder that part of why universities respond so badly to sexual violence is because there are powerful perpetrators within them.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for 6 years for. I gave him my loyalty for free. I've never owed him anything. Let me tell you what a traitor is -- a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries."
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Time was if you talked to a woman like that in public a man would tell you what’s what.
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Time was if you talked to a woman like that in public a man would tell you what’s what.
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I mean, why do you think such a high percentage of grassroots activists are retirees? We're the only ones with the time and the commitment to our local communities.
I try to avoid "real organizers vs. fake/keyboard organizers" framings for the most part but one thing you learn quickly from organizing is how difficult it is to get people to do anything at all, how much you're competing against sociologically. people are overworked and tired
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I mean, why do you think such a high percentage of grassroots activists are retirees? We're the only ones with the time and the commitment to our local communities.
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JUST IN: A federal appeals court panel (with 2/3 Trump appointees) calls his lawsuit against CNN — over use of the term Big Lie — "meritless" and affirms the decision by a lower court to throw it out. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
JUST IN: A federal appeals court panel (with 2/3 Trump appointees) calls his lawsuit against CNN — over use of the term Big Lie — "meritless" and affirms the decision by a lower court to throw it out. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Everyone is downplaying that Mar-A-Lago is a vector in the Epstein pipeline so it’s good to point this out
“ At just 16 years old, she took a job at Mar a Lago, believing she had secured a dream summer position. But that dream quickly morphed into a nightmare when Ghislaine Maxwell preyed upon her…. They trafficked her”
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Everyone is downplaying that Mar-A-Lago is a vector in the Epstein pipeline so it’s good to point this out
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Sex pest : i am retiring from public life
public : good fuck off
sex pest : except for these various paid and unpaid public positions
public : did we stutter
public : good fuck off
sex pest : except for these various paid and unpaid public positions
public : did we stutter
Larry Summers steps back from public commitments, ‘deeply ashamed’ by Epstein revelations
Emails revealed that Summers sought advice from Epstein on romantically pursuing a woman he referred to as his mentee.
www.politico.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Sex pest : i am retiring from public life
public : good fuck off
sex pest : except for these various paid and unpaid public positions
public : did we stutter
public : good fuck off
sex pest : except for these various paid and unpaid public positions
public : did we stutter
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The primary fascist base is not rural whites. It is your local car dealers.
Hendrick Motorsports sold dozens of SUVs to ICE, records show
The $2.25M contract was for 25 Chevrolet Tahoes
www.wbtv.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The primary fascist base is not rural whites. It is your local car dealers.
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You have to do this to every Democratic aligned guy in those emails. It’s a cancer that needs to be cut out
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
You have to do this to every Democratic aligned guy in those emails. It’s a cancer that needs to be cut out