Ed Wiederer
@famousmred.bsky.social
Elementary ESL. Erstwhile newspaper graphics. Chicago sports. Politically excitable.
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This is straight from joseph Heller‘s Catch-22. We wouldn’t have had to kill them if they just let themselves drown.
December 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
This is straight from joseph Heller‘s Catch-22. We wouldn’t have had to kill them if they just let themselves drown.
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Great piece on the failure of centrist governments in the UK, France, and Germany to give voters anything to actually vote for and their fueling of the far-right by elevating its message, and the contrast that Spain offers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Great piece on the failure of centrist governments in the UK, France, and Germany to give voters anything to actually vote for and their fueling of the far-right by elevating its message, and the contrast that Spain offers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
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Has there been an American administration that has demonstrated the message of this poem more than the Trump administration? Today, it’s the Somalis. And to think that there are still major education organizations afraid to speak out against these neofascists
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Has there been an American administration that has demonstrated the message of this poem more than the Trump administration? Today, it’s the Somalis. And to think that there are still major education organizations afraid to speak out against these neofascists
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
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Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
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A common question about the 2025 Bears has been, is this sustainable?
My thought: Does it matter? They're 8-3 and might need to go only 2-4 to make the playoffs.
@danwiederer.bsky.social and I tackle that topic, along with Caleb Williams, the CBs and OL
My thought: Does it matter? They're 8-3 and might need to go only 2-4 to make the playoffs.
@danwiederer.bsky.social and I tackle that topic, along with Caleb Williams, the CBs and OL
Can the 8-3 Chicago Bears keep winning this way?
The Black Friday game in Philadelphia might tell us how good the Bears really are, but for now, it's hard to doubt the progress.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A common question about the 2025 Bears has been, is this sustainable?
My thought: Does it matter? They're 8-3 and might need to go only 2-4 to make the playoffs.
@danwiederer.bsky.social and I tackle that topic, along with Caleb Williams, the CBs and OL
My thought: Does it matter? They're 8-3 and might need to go only 2-4 to make the playoffs.
@danwiederer.bsky.social and I tackle that topic, along with Caleb Williams, the CBs and OL
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Greg Luzinski, Chicago White Sox, 1982 Topps
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Greg Luzinski, Chicago White Sox, 1982 Topps
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Wife: I just found out Megyn Kelly has a teenage daughter. She has clearly seen that video of her mom from the other night. I'm sure her classmates have seen it too. I cannot believe what these people do to their children every day in the name of Donald Trump. They love him more than their own kids.
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Wife: I just found out Megyn Kelly has a teenage daughter. She has clearly seen that video of her mom from the other night. I'm sure her classmates have seen it too. I cannot believe what these people do to their children every day in the name of Donald Trump. They love him more than their own kids.
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The code is not complicated. Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The code is not complicated. Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...
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Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
Kristi Noem is mad that protesters are blowing whistles at ICE agents.
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
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The more I think about it the worse it gets that not a single other member of the press objected to “quiet, piggy!”
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The more I think about it the worse it gets that not a single other member of the press objected to “quiet, piggy!”
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We saw on Friday elite solidarity rather than professional solidarity when Trump called a female reporter “piggy” and not a single one of her colleagues came to her defense—presumably because they didn’t want to threaten their own proximity to power.
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We saw on Friday elite solidarity rather than professional solidarity when Trump called a female reporter “piggy” and not a single one of her colleagues came to her defense—presumably because they didn’t want to threaten their own proximity to power.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
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Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?