gilroy0
@gilroy0.bsky.social
Teacher, American, human(ish). Learning the past, observing in the present, living in the future.
@talkingpointsmemo.com I don't want to be overly negative, but I'm not a fan of the apparent redesign of the front page and site. It's aggressively unaesthetic.
October 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
@talkingpointsmemo.com I don't want to be overly negative, but I'm not a fan of the apparent redesign of the front page and site. It's aggressively unaesthetic.
@puzzmo.com The website says "Gift a Subscription for $29". Clicking the button leads to a checkout that lists the price as $39. Which is it?
October 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
@puzzmo.com The website says "Gift a Subscription for $29". Clicking the button leads to a checkout that lists the price as $39. Which is it?
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Donald Trump is a rapist and a pedophile.
September 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Donald Trump is a rapist and a pedophile.
@ap-trevor.bsky.social Any comment about the capitulation by College Board and retreat from its commitment to lifting up ALL students? Is the AP Program specifically planning on following the corporate concession?
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Exam administrator College Board scraps tool for identifying disadvantaged students
College Board, the non-profit administrator of the SAT college admissions exam, has said it is discontinuing a tool aimed at helping to identify promising college applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds and neighborhoods.
www.reuters.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
@ap-trevor.bsky.social Any comment about the capitulation by College Board and retreat from its commitment to lifting up ALL students? Is the AP Program specifically planning on following the corporate concession?
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Just a reminder: There is no United States Department of War. The Department of Defense is established by law, and no President -- not even a toddler-king one -- can simply change it. Trump's executive order is essentially a command to the executive branch to give the DoD a nickname.
September 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Just a reminder: There is no United States Department of War. The Department of Defense is established by law, and no President -- not even a toddler-king one -- can simply change it. Trump's executive order is essentially a command to the executive branch to give the DoD a nickname.
January 6 was a violent insurrection, not a peaceful protest.
Just posting this periodically to make sure we remember.
Just posting this periodically to make sure we remember.
August 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
January 6 was a violent insurrection, not a peaceful protest.
Just posting this periodically to make sure we remember.
Just posting this periodically to make sure we remember.
I believe Trump when he claims he's trying to tackle violent crime in the Capital. He's just 1678 days late.
August 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I believe Trump when he claims he's trying to tackle violent crime in the Capital. He's just 1678 days late.
Also...
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the state of California gets not one dime
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I guess she doesn't know that California pays $83 billion more in federal taxes (every year!) than it receives back.
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the state of California gets not one dime
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I guess she doesn't know that California pays $83 billion more in federal taxes (every year!) than it receives back.
July 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Also...
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the state of California gets not one dime
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I guess she doesn't know that California pays $83 billion more in federal taxes (every year!) than it receives back.
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the state of California gets not one dime
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I guess she doesn't know that California pays $83 billion more in federal taxes (every year!) than it receives back.
Age verification? I utterly disdained Dinesh D'Souza when he wasn't known anywhere but in DC local rags.
Age verification? I remember when Donald Trump was only known and hated in New York.
Age verification? My most treasured Xmas present was an Atari 2600.
July 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Age verification? I utterly disdained Dinesh D'Souza when he wasn't known anywhere but in DC local rags.
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We are a mongrel nation, and so long as we remain so purely impure, we will continue to eat the world's lunch
July 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We are a mongrel nation, and so long as we remain so purely impure, we will continue to eat the world's lunch
I'm not generally a fan of the Big Blue Boy Scout, but these day are making me reconsider.
Do we still need stories about an aspirational immigrant who's so devoted to his adopted country that he regularly puts himself in danger to help even those who fear and distrust him, and who's primary antagonist is an egotistical tech billionaire?
Yes, fucking obviously. You numpties.
Yes, fucking obviously. You numpties.
Do we still need Superman? https://on.ft.com/4nuyCJz
July 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I'm not generally a fan of the Big Blue Boy Scout, but these day are making me reconsider.
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This is the heart of it. They cannot imagine a public good.
May 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This is the heart of it. They cannot imagine a public good.
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A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-pat...
A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research
Over the past four months, I’ve spoken to dozens of biomedical researchers...
talkingpointsmemo.com
May 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-pat...
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If guilty people don't have Due Process rights, then innocent people don't have Due Process rights, because we don't know if they're innocent or guilty until we have a trial or hearing.
May 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If guilty people don't have Due Process rights, then innocent people don't have Due Process rights, because we don't know if they're innocent or guilty until we have a trial or hearing.
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Perfection.
In my day we just had a Dead Head sticker on a Cadillac, and we liked it.
husband texted me
April 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Perfection.
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April 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Excellent resource. We too often leave people in the weeds and then scoff when they don't understand. Tariff policy sounds like it is complicated but this boils it down nicely.
If you want to download this PDF to print a copy for your normie friend who needs a basic explainer, it's here:
trumpstariffsexplained.com/tariffsexpla...
trumpstariffsexplained.com/tariffsexpla...
trumpstariffsexplained.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Excellent resource. We too often leave people in the weeds and then scoff when they don't understand. Tariff policy sounds like it is complicated but this boils it down nicely.
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It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
April 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
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Painting over the black stripes on all the zebras
We gave the vice president the big job: make the zoo racist
It’s late and I’m both sick and tired so forgive me, but directing Vance to “remove improper ideology from the national zoo” is the funniest fucking thing I’ve ever read
March 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Painting over the black stripes on all the zebras
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This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
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“The 5 things Pete Hegseth did last week”
- Shared classified attack plans on an unsecured commercial chat application.
- Denied doing it.
- Denied the plans were classified.
- Denied the plans were plans.
- Attacked the journalist who proved he was lying.
- Shared classified attack plans on an unsecured commercial chat application.
- Denied doing it.
- Denied the plans were classified.
- Denied the plans were plans.
- Attacked the journalist who proved he was lying.
March 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“The 5 things Pete Hegseth did last week”
- Shared classified attack plans on an unsecured commercial chat application.
- Denied doing it.
- Denied the plans were classified.
- Denied the plans were plans.
- Attacked the journalist who proved he was lying.
- Shared classified attack plans on an unsecured commercial chat application.
- Denied doing it.
- Denied the plans were classified.
- Denied the plans were plans.
- Attacked the journalist who proved he was lying.