Paul Ferguson
@fergdawg.bsky.social
Retired Internet Engineering & Technology Flunky, U.S. Army Cold War Veteran, Avid Hiker, Enthusiastic Traveler, Amateur Photographer, Patriot, Informed Voter. Tacoma, WA.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
I also went to see "Hamnet" earlier today. I really, really loved this film.
I wish had a flourish for words because this film deserves better than I can ascribe.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1490...
I wish had a flourish for words because this film deserves better than I can ascribe.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1490...
Hamnet (2025) ⭐ 8.1 | Biography, Drama, History
2h 5m | PG-13
www.imdb.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I also went to see "Hamnet" earlier today. I really, really loved this film.
I wish had a flourish for words because this film deserves better than I can ascribe.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1490...
I wish had a flourish for words because this film deserves better than I can ascribe.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1490...
I rewatched "12 Monkeys" tonight, and it's still just as entertaining as it was the first time I saw it.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0114...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0114...
12 Monkeys (1995) ⭐ 8.0 | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
2h 9m | R
www.imdb.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I rewatched "12 Monkeys" tonight, and it's still just as entertaining as it was the first time I saw it.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0114...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0114...
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🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
LEAK: FBI List of “Extremists” Is Coming, Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
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This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
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Yes, the closest military alliance in world history with the largest & richest group of democracies on the planet. Unprecedented transatlantic economic ties that have made 🇺🇸 & Europe richer than any economies ever. Total “utopian idealism.” Not just a murderer. Also a fool.
“Out with idealistic utopianism,” he said. “In with hard-nosed realism.”
If there is anything that says “hard-nosed realism” it is fighting an utterly pointless conflict with the Houthis—the actual subject of SignalGate.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
If there is anything that says “hard-nosed realism” it is fighting an utterly pointless conflict with the Houthis—the actual subject of SignalGate.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Hegseth declares end of US 'utopian idealism' with new military strategy
The Defense secretary, speaking at the Reagan Defense Forum, outlined defense priorities that focus on the Western Hemisphere and reevaluate the U.S. relationship with Europe.
www.politico.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Yes, the closest military alliance in world history with the largest & richest group of democracies on the planet. Unprecedented transatlantic economic ties that have made 🇺🇸 & Europe richer than any economies ever. Total “utopian idealism.” Not just a murderer. Also a fool.
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Under Trump, America is committing war crimes. But under Biden, there were irritating student protests at a college I did not attend. I have never felt more politically homeless.
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Under Trump, America is committing war crimes. But under Biden, there were irritating student protests at a college I did not attend. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
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A federal judge has rejected a request from the Trump administration to toss a lawsuit challenging the detention of migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay.
Judge rejects Trump administration’s bid to toss lawsuit challenging Guantánamo migrant detentions
A federal judge has rejected a request from the Trump administration to toss a lawsuit challenging the detention of migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay.
trib.al
December 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A federal judge has rejected a request from the Trump administration to toss a lawsuit challenging the detention of migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay.
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Except it isn't "takeover."
Banished reporters can still cultivate sources, report the leaks, uncover the truth etc. All they've lost is access to is Pentagon briefings, which are all lies. Rightwing lapdogs can have that.
The laziest journalism is ONLY reporting what the authorities give you.
Banished reporters can still cultivate sources, report the leaks, uncover the truth etc. All they've lost is access to is Pentagon briefings, which are all lies. Rightwing lapdogs can have that.
The laziest journalism is ONLY reporting what the authorities give you.
‘Mouthpieces for Trump’: inside the rightwing takeover of the Pentagon press corps
Pentagon press passes once held by credentialed journalists are now in the hands of rightwing pundits and Trump allies
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Except it isn't "takeover."
Banished reporters can still cultivate sources, report the leaks, uncover the truth etc. All they've lost is access to is Pentagon briefings, which are all lies. Rightwing lapdogs can have that.
The laziest journalism is ONLY reporting what the authorities give you.
Banished reporters can still cultivate sources, report the leaks, uncover the truth etc. All they've lost is access to is Pentagon briefings, which are all lies. Rightwing lapdogs can have that.
The laziest journalism is ONLY reporting what the authorities give you.
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Someone who once worked for this guy told me he was at a party where everyone was in one way or another, economically dependent upon him. Under those circumstances you don't get much pushback for dumb statements. When they do encounter that pushback, they think its wokeness that must be destroyed.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Someone who once worked for this guy told me he was at a party where everyone was in one way or another, economically dependent upon him. Under those circumstances you don't get much pushback for dumb statements. When they do encounter that pushback, they think its wokeness that must be destroyed.
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Here’s what the drafters of the 1940 Act said: “It is the fact of birth within the territory and jurisdiction, and not the domicile of the parents, which determines the nationality of the child”
May 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Here’s what the drafters of the 1940 Act said: “It is the fact of birth within the territory and jurisdiction, and not the domicile of the parents, which determines the nationality of the child”
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The boat wasn’t headed to the U.S., which we would have learned with a little due process instead of murder. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The boat wasn’t headed to the U.S., which we would have learned with a little due process instead of murder. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
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Trump makes these baloney investment claims all the time (with help from collaborator corporations and authoritarian countries) but they don't work, even with media outlets readily repeating them. Polling on Trump and the economy continues to crater, net approval currently -25ish.
“.. Federal data shows corporate investment levels are roughly in line with last year, with companies on track to invest over $5 trillion in 2025. The $20 trillion surge Mr. Trump has claimed does not appear in the available data.”
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2...
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2...
December 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Trump makes these baloney investment claims all the time (with help from collaborator corporations and authoritarian countries) but they don't work, even with media outlets readily repeating them. Polling on Trump and the economy continues to crater, net approval currently -25ish.
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What an interesting coincidence.
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What an interesting coincidence.
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Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Reported Trees down on SR 8 EB at MP 13.41 near Summit Lk Rd NW [West-End] beginning at 9:49 pm on Dec. 5, 2025 until further notice. View on map
December 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Reported Trees down on SR 8 EB at MP 13.41 near Summit Lk Rd NW [West-End] beginning at 9:49 pm on Dec. 5, 2025 until further notice. View on map
Brownshirt update.
“You’ve got nothing to fear if you’re an American citizen. If you’re not an American citizen, then look out,” Greg Bovino tells reporters while patrolling a neighborhood in Kenner today.
December 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Brownshirt update.
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
True story.
December 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
True story.
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No one in America has done more to incite political violence than Donald Trump. And it’s not close.
During interviews with the FBI, the suspect arrested in the pipe bomb probe told investigators that he believed the 2020 election was stolen, people briefed on the matter said.
https://cnn.it/4a0FdXW
https://cnn.it/4a0FdXW
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
No one in America has done more to incite political violence than Donald Trump. And it’s not close.