Mitchell Gillett
@gillettmitch.bsky.social
Former Comprimario, under-employed director of opera, opera lecturer, worker in the paint industry, with a talented wife and 2 energetic dogs.
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So yesterday, we were watching a movie, and there was several ads for a children’s hospital begging for a monthly donation so they could continue fighting cancer
And all I could think of is we live in the richest country on earth with 800 billionaires and a trillionaire
And all I could think of is we live in the richest country on earth with 800 billionaires and a trillionaire
December 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
So yesterday, we were watching a movie, and there was several ads for a children’s hospital begging for a monthly donation so they could continue fighting cancer
And all I could think of is we live in the richest country on earth with 800 billionaires and a trillionaire
And all I could think of is we live in the richest country on earth with 800 billionaires and a trillionaire
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It's kind of crazy how important school districts are to the underlying economy of a series of small towns, and how in doubling down on homeschooling and charters and all that business, rural types have basically put people in power who are ripping away the most important employer where they live.
Concur. I did enough HS accreditation visits in rural northern New England that I can do the community profile in my sleep. The five biggest employers
The school district
The hospital
The largest supermarket
One mill/plant/factory
One wild card (tourism, a 2nd factory, distro center, rail yard.)
The school district
The hospital
The largest supermarket
One mill/plant/factory
One wild card (tourism, a 2nd factory, distro center, rail yard.)
December 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It's kind of crazy how important school districts are to the underlying economy of a series of small towns, and how in doubling down on homeschooling and charters and all that business, rural types have basically put people in power who are ripping away the most important employer where they live.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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George Washington wanted to conquer Indigenous Land, and the Crown wouldn't let him. Tells you all you need to know about America.
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My Family’s 240-Year Journey Shows Why Canada Will Never Bow to Trump | The Walrus
I turned to history—and my ancestors—to understand the country’s resistance to American domination
thewalrus.ca
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
George Washington wanted to conquer Indigenous Land, and the Crown wouldn't let him. Tells you all you need to know about America.
thewalrus.ca/my-familys-2...
thewalrus.ca/my-familys-2...
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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Canadian reality TV star threatens to go full Karen on most powerful elected official in NYC
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Canadian reality TV star threatens to go full Karen on most powerful elected official in NYC
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One of the less-discussed points Al Gore made in his crusade against fossil fuels was that there was a ton of money to be made in developing alternative sources of energy. But, of course, we were too dumb to listen.
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
One of the less-discussed points Al Gore made in his crusade against fossil fuels was that there was a ton of money to be made in developing alternative sources of energy. But, of course, we were too dumb to listen.
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"Remember, Remember"
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Remember, Remember"
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Behind every performance, exhibition and education or community project, significant numbers of undervalued freelancers are making work happen. Anita Holford thinks they deserve greater recognition.
The invisible backbone: Freelance enablers in the arts - Arts Professional
Behind every performance, exhibition and education or community project, significant numbers of undervalued freelancers are making work happen. Anita Holford thinks they deserve greater recognition.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Behind every performance, exhibition and education or community project, significant numbers of undervalued freelancers are making work happen. Anita Holford thinks they deserve greater recognition.
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I’ll never forget when I first met one of my favorite Canadians as a teen, and told her “I love Toronto.”
Her response was a sigh, followed by “All Americans do.”
Her response was a sigh, followed by “All Americans do.”
The jays having one good inning and then spending three hours holding everyone hostage while they waste any and all goodwill is the energy Toronto brings to this nation, I just want Americans to know this
November 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I’ll never forget when I first met one of my favorite Canadians as a teen, and told her “I love Toronto.”
Her response was a sigh, followed by “All Americans do.”
Her response was a sigh, followed by “All Americans do.”
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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An American comedian will let you know they're being funny by yelling the funny bit so loud it can be heard in Beijing.
A British comedian will let you know they're being funny by varying their quiet monotone by a subatomic fraction unmeasurable on any known scale.
A British comedian will let you know they're being funny by varying their quiet monotone by a subatomic fraction unmeasurable on any known scale.
October 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
An American comedian will let you know they're being funny by yelling the funny bit so loud it can be heard in Beijing.
A British comedian will let you know they're being funny by varying their quiet monotone by a subatomic fraction unmeasurable on any known scale.
A British comedian will let you know they're being funny by varying their quiet monotone by a subatomic fraction unmeasurable on any known scale.
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Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich