Bob Crocker
@estesbob.bsky.social
Retired Environmental Engineer, now living in Wisconsin. Past homesteads have included Florida, Colorado, North Carolina and Kentucky. Proud Democrat, liberal and free thinker. Photographer. 🚫 No DM
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Trust in science and media matters more than ever. AI offers incredible opportunities—but can also fuel distortion. Joyce Lorigan and @lingenhoehl.bsky.social share insights on combating false narratives and maintaining public trust in science.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Trust in science and media matters more than ever. AI offers incredible opportunities—but can also fuel distortion. Joyce Lorigan and @lingenhoehl.bsky.social share insights on combating false narratives and maintaining public trust in science.
spklr.io/63320BMUVg
@spektrum.de 🧪
spklr.io/63320BMUVg
@spektrum.de 🧪
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BREAKING: House Oversight Committee believes there has been "an intense White House cover-up" of Epstein files, according to sources
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
BREAKING: House Oversight Committee believes there has been "an intense White House cover-up" of Epstein files, according to sources
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"The officer corps already knows that they bear the constitutional duty to ensure that unlawful orders never reach the young men and women who follow them, and who, in effect, they also serve." If *that* should ever change, be alarmed. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
And why it matters there are two military oaths.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"The officer corps already knows that they bear the constitutional duty to ensure that unlawful orders never reach the young men and women who follow them, and who, in effect, they also serve." If *that* should ever change, be alarmed. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
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When the dust settles it may be that instead of Comey being punished, it will be Halligan and Bondi facing consequences for their unethical, unprofessional actions. www.thebulwark.com/p/bondi-hall...
Bondi and Halligan’s Spectacularly Bad Lawyering for Trump
The Department of Justice’s inappropriate, unethical, and incompetent actions in the case against James Comey are veering toward “uncharted legal territory.”
www.thebulwark.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
When the dust settles it may be that instead of Comey being punished, it will be Halligan and Bondi facing consequences for their unethical, unprofessional actions. www.thebulwark.com/p/bondi-hall...
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"Ukraine is fighting for the values we claim as our own: freedom, sovereignty, human dignity, democratic self-determination....If we fail to support that, we are not merely abandoning Ukraine. We are abandoning ourselves." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ihTiSP
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Ukraine is fighting for the values we claim as our own: freedom, sovereignty, human dignity, democratic self-determination....If we fail to support that, we are not merely abandoning Ukraine. We are abandoning ourselves." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ihTiSP
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"Needless to say, Pete Hegseth is no Jim Schlesinger, Marco Rubio is no Henry Kissinger, Susie Wiles is no Al Haig, and JD Vance is no Gerald Ford. We have a president in panic surrounded by weaklings who will submit to his diktats." www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...
Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic.
The president is feeling cornered and lashing out. It will get ugly—and dangerous.
www.thebulwark.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Needless to say, Pete Hegseth is no Jim Schlesinger, Marco Rubio is no Henry Kissinger, Susie Wiles is no Al Haig, and JD Vance is no Gerald Ford. We have a president in panic surrounded by weaklings who will submit to his diktats." www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...
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Maybe we should just call it the ‘Trump files’
This is damming 🔥
This is damming 🔥
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Maybe we should just call it the ‘Trump files’
This is damming 🔥
This is damming 🔥
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I won! I’m so excited to roll up my sleeves and get to work!
August 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I won! I’m so excited to roll up my sleeves and get to work!
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“His lawyers think he has a strong case for release,” Father Brost told the Arlington Heights Village Board. “But it takes time for the judicial system to catch up with a rogue police force, which is what ICE is…”
www.journal-topics.com/articles/fol...
www.journal-topics.com/articles/fol...
Following Emotional Testimony, Village Board Unanimously Pursues Anti-ICE Ordinance - Journal & Topics Media Group
Like many in Arlington Heights, Father Corey Brost, a member of the clergy at St. Viator, has had someone he knows taken into custody by federal immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agents.
www.journal-topics.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“His lawyers think he has a strong case for release,” Father Brost told the Arlington Heights Village Board. “But it takes time for the judicial system to catch up with a rogue police force, which is what ICE is…”
www.journal-topics.com/articles/fol...
www.journal-topics.com/articles/fol...
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"It remains to be seen what will happen when this case reaches the Supreme Court. But there is a very real chance that Texas’s gerrymander will fall entirely because of inept lawyering by Trump’s Justice Department..."
www.vox.com/politics/469...
www.vox.com/politics/469...
Trump’s Justice Department may have accidentally handed Democrats five House seats
Oops.
www.vox.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"It remains to be seen what will happen when this case reaches the Supreme Court. But there is a very real chance that Texas’s gerrymander will fall entirely because of inept lawyering by Trump’s Justice Department..."
www.vox.com/politics/469...
www.vox.com/politics/469...
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The United States is safer and stronger when democracies like Ukraine are free, stable, and strong enough to deter our adversaries. The deal President Trump is forcing on Ukraine calls on Ukraine and NATO allies to make major concessions or risk losing American support.
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The United States is safer and stronger when democracies like Ukraine are free, stable, and strong enough to deter our adversaries. The deal President Trump is forcing on Ukraine calls on Ukraine and NATO allies to make major concessions or risk losing American support.
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Do you, my American friends, understand that your "president" is selling Ukraine and Europe to Putin as a distraction from his pedophilia and fascism. You do understand that this will be the end of our "special realtionship" as well as NATO? Do we need to destroy the world because of senile mofos?
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Do you, my American friends, understand that your "president" is selling Ukraine and Europe to Putin as a distraction from his pedophilia and fascism. You do understand that this will be the end of our "special realtionship" as well as NATO? Do we need to destroy the world because of senile mofos?
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Man Below is a real and living statesman and wartime leader. Ukraine has the right man at the right time to lead them in the defence of the Nation from the Russian Military Invasion of Ukraine
IMO, it would be an honour to have the Ukrainian Nation & Military Join NATO
Trump is in awe of Putin?
IMO, it would be an honour to have the Ukrainian Nation & Military Join NATO
Trump is in awe of Putin?
Zelensky warns Ukraine risks losing US support over White House peace plan
Vladimir Putin says the plan could be the
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Man Below is a real and living statesman and wartime leader. Ukraine has the right man at the right time to lead them in the defence of the Nation from the Russian Military Invasion of Ukraine
IMO, it would be an honour to have the Ukrainian Nation & Military Join NATO
Trump is in awe of Putin?
IMO, it would be an honour to have the Ukrainian Nation & Military Join NATO
Trump is in awe of Putin?
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"Rebekah Maciorowski, a medical aid worker in Ukraine, was recently interviewed in The Independent about the dramatically changing face of drone warfare. She warned that NATO had no clue what is coming"
The warscape of the Terminator movies could easily be mistaken for Gaza under the IDF or the drone war in Ukraine.
AI warfare is becoming increasingly deadly.
AI scientists warning about the need for guardrails as technology moves faster and faster.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
AI warfare is becoming increasingly deadly.
AI scientists warning about the need for guardrails as technology moves faster and faster.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Terminator Future Has Arrived
Have you ever heard of the Singularity?
substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
"Rebekah Maciorowski, a medical aid worker in Ukraine, was recently interviewed in The Independent about the dramatically changing face of drone warfare. She warned that NATO had no clue what is coming"
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Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
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Watch this story—could be a very big deal.
“Mr. Vindman said releasing the transcript would expose what he views as years of conflicts of interest and corruption in Mr. Trump’s dealings with the Saudis.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
“Mr. Vindman said releasing the transcript would expose what he views as years of conflicts of interest and corruption in Mr. Trump’s dealings with the Saudis.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Trump and Prince Had ‘Disturbing’ Call After Khashoggi’s Murder, Lawmaker Says
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Watch this story—could be a very big deal.
“Mr. Vindman said releasing the transcript would expose what he views as years of conflicts of interest and corruption in Mr. Trump’s dealings with the Saudis.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
“Mr. Vindman said releasing the transcript would expose what he views as years of conflicts of interest and corruption in Mr. Trump’s dealings with the Saudis.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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Likely the first paper to call for Trump’s impeachment in this term
EDITORIAL: Trump's savage call for executing Dem vets in Congress warrants impeachment
‘His behavior is not only reducing the presidency to a treacherous farce, he is rapidly dragging the Republican Party down with him’
sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/edit...
#ImpeachTrump #Sedition #Pentagon
‘His behavior is not only reducing the presidency to a treacherous farce, he is rapidly dragging the Republican Party down with him’
sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/edit...
#ImpeachTrump #Sedition #Pentagon
EDITORIAL: Trump's savage call for executing Dem vets in Congress warrants impeachment - Sentinel Colorado
'His behavior is not only reducing the presidency to a treacherous farce, he is rapidly dragging the Republican Party down with him'
sentinelcolorado.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Likely the first paper to call for Trump’s impeachment in this term
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I posted this on Election Day 2020
November 11, 2024 at 5:40 AM
I posted this on Election Day 2020
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Mission accomplished.
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Mission accomplished.
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NEW: After ProPublica reported that the White House intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate, two senators say the behavior “raises grave questions regarding the independence and impartiality of federal law enforcement operations.
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
In letters to the White House and DHS, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Gary Peters called the intervention a “brazen interference with a federal investigation.”
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
NEW: After ProPublica reported that the White House intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate, two senators say the behavior “raises grave questions regarding the independence and impartiality of federal law enforcement operations.
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
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After a cascade of bird flu cases drove egg prices to record highs, ProPublica reporter @natlash.bsky.social unraveled the outbreak and revealed major flaws in how we combat the disease:
How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After a cascade of bird flu cases drove egg prices to record highs, ProPublica reporter @natlash.bsky.social unraveled the outbreak and revealed major flaws in how we combat the disease:
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They were prosecuted, then pardoned by Trump:
• P.G. Sittenfeld: Convicted of taking a bribe
• Devon Archer: Convicted of defrauding $60M from a tribal entity
• Brian Kelsey: Convicted of illegally funneling ~$100K into his campaign
• P.G. Sittenfeld: Convicted of taking a bribe
• Devon Archer: Convicted of defrauding $60M from a tribal entity
• Brian Kelsey: Convicted of illegally funneling ~$100K into his campaign
A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on s...
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
They were prosecuted, then pardoned by Trump:
• P.G. Sittenfeld: Convicted of taking a bribe
• Devon Archer: Convicted of defrauding $60M from a tribal entity
• Brian Kelsey: Convicted of illegally funneling ~$100K into his campaign
• P.G. Sittenfeld: Convicted of taking a bribe
• Devon Archer: Convicted of defrauding $60M from a tribal entity
• Brian Kelsey: Convicted of illegally funneling ~$100K into his campaign
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I turned off Gmail’s new default setting that uses your inbox to train AI, which removed all sorts of functionality that never required AI before, including inbox sorting. Went from 5 unread to like 10,000 instantly lol.
I guess I’ll be unsubscribing from literally everything! Enshittification.
I guess I’ll be unsubscribing from literally everything! Enshittification.
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I turned off Gmail’s new default setting that uses your inbox to train AI, which removed all sorts of functionality that never required AI before, including inbox sorting. Went from 5 unread to like 10,000 instantly lol.
I guess I’ll be unsubscribing from literally everything! Enshittification.
I guess I’ll be unsubscribing from literally everything! Enshittification.
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Migrating off of Gmail is going to be a hassle, but I guess it's time to start thinking about it.
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Migrating off of Gmail is going to be a hassle, but I guess it's time to start thinking about it.
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This is why I have stopped using Gmail except as the email that I give when online shopping. My main email is Proton now.
Google turned their service into a dumping ground for spam.
So that's how I use it.
Google turned their service into a dumping ground for spam.
So that's how I use it.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This is why I have stopped using Gmail except as the email that I give when online shopping. My main email is Proton now.
Google turned their service into a dumping ground for spam.
So that's how I use it.
Google turned their service into a dumping ground for spam.
So that's how I use it.