Larry Wolfarth
@infoshaman.bsky.social
Retired sociologist of knowledge & space mission designer.
Former #postie.
One of the first 100,000 to abandon Twitter.
My cat appreciates that I don't yell at her when she brings copperheads into the cabin.
Former #postie.
One of the first 100,000 to abandon Twitter.
My cat appreciates that I don't yell at her when she brings copperheads into the cabin.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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“And if our long-standing allies are
pulling out of intelligence sharing with
us because they think Trump's orders on
these boat strikes are illegal…” […]
The 6 members of Congress who made the video likely saw evidence suggesting that Hegseth might be giving military orders that are illegal.
pulling out of intelligence sharing with
us because they think Trump's orders on
these boat strikes are illegal…” […]
The 6 members of Congress who made the video likely saw evidence suggesting that Hegseth might be giving military orders that are illegal.
'It's absurd': Sen. Kelly bites back at Trump, Hegseth threats over 'illegal orders' video
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“And if our long-standing allies are
pulling out of intelligence sharing with
us because they think Trump's orders on
these boat strikes are illegal…” […]
The 6 members of Congress who made the video likely saw evidence suggesting that Hegseth might be giving military orders that are illegal.
pulling out of intelligence sharing with
us because they think Trump's orders on
these boat strikes are illegal…” […]
The 6 members of Congress who made the video likely saw evidence suggesting that Hegseth might be giving military orders that are illegal.
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Make America healthy again amirite?
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Make America healthy again amirite?
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I think that in footnote 21 the judge said that the 6-month window does not apply because there was never a valid indictment. You can't extend the clock on the statute of limitations by filing invalid indictments.
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I think that in footnote 21 the judge said that the 6-month window does not apply because there was never a valid indictment. You can't extend the clock on the statute of limitations by filing invalid indictments.
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It is inexcusable for Republicans to resign instead of deciding to work with Democrats to save this country from tyranny. Nothing a Republican can do would be more destructive than simply walking away, ceding power to Trump instead of standing up and defending their oath.
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It is inexcusable for Republicans to resign instead of deciding to work with Democrats to save this country from tyranny. Nothing a Republican can do would be more destructive than simply walking away, ceding power to Trump instead of standing up and defending their oath.
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Maybe airlines should also be encouraged to not turn flights into cattle transport.
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Maybe airlines should also be encouraged to not turn flights into cattle transport.
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This is theater. Clothing isn’t the problem. Packing humans like sardines is.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is theater. Clothing isn’t the problem. Packing humans like sardines is.
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This would be a massive, historic crime even if no one died — a rich guy is not permitted to arbitrarily close a government agency in a law-based society — but the massive body count turns it into an atrocity, the kind of thing we put people on trial for at The Hague.
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This would be a massive, historic crime even if no one died — a rich guy is not permitted to arbitrarily close a government agency in a law-based society — but the massive body count turns it into an atrocity, the kind of thing we put people on trial for at The Hague.
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Does the BBC think it's improper for a speaker to state their opinion that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history?
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Does the BBC think it's improper for a speaker to state their opinion that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history?
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
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This is who we are now.
A nurse, who’s been in the US for 30 years with a legal work permit, with a citizen son & parents she takes care of, was detained at her routine ICE check in.
She couldn’t legally be sent back to Sierra Leone, so they sent her to Ghana who dragged her & then sent her to SL.
A nurse, who’s been in the US for 30 years with a legal work permit, with a citizen son & parents she takes care of, was detained at her routine ICE check in.
She couldn’t legally be sent back to Sierra Leone, so they sent her to Ghana who dragged her & then sent her to SL.
jfc. It was determined by a US judge that she could not be deported to Sierra Leone due to danger she would face in the country she fled. So they deported her to Ghana, a country she had never been to, and Ghana deported her to Sierra Leone.
This country is fucking sick. Deeply deeply fucking sick
This country is fucking sick. Deeply deeply fucking sick
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is who we are now.
A nurse, who’s been in the US for 30 years with a legal work permit, with a citizen son & parents she takes care of, was detained at her routine ICE check in.
She couldn’t legally be sent back to Sierra Leone, so they sent her to Ghana who dragged her & then sent her to SL.
A nurse, who’s been in the US for 30 years with a legal work permit, with a citizen son & parents she takes care of, was detained at her routine ICE check in.
She couldn’t legally be sent back to Sierra Leone, so they sent her to Ghana who dragged her & then sent her to SL.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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You misspelled illegal.
The Trump administration is trading billions of dollars of taxpayer money for ownership stakes in private companies it deems essential to national security. The unusual practice shows no sign of slowing.
Trump Administration Is Taking Billions in Stakes in Firms Like Intel
The Trump administration is trading billions of dollars of taxpayer money for ownership stakes in companies. The unusual practice shows no sign of slowing.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You misspelled illegal.
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At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Is anybody surprised??
tRUMP has never had a health care plan except a 2 week concept of a plan
tRUMP has never had a health care plan except a 2 week concept of a plan
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Is anybody surprised??
tRUMP has never had a health care plan except a 2 week concept of a plan
tRUMP has never had a health care plan except a 2 week concept of a plan
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LET'S GO AMERICA
WE AIN'T BUYIN`IT !!!
TAKE A MOMENT TO READ AND SHARE
(ty @nickknudsenus.bsky.social @demcast.com )
Over the next week
WE AIN'T BUYIN`IT !!!
TAKE A MOMENT TO READ AND SHARE
(ty @nickknudsenus.bsky.social @demcast.com )
Over the next week
Tell the billionaires: WE AIN’T BUYIN’ IT!!!
No buying from Target, Home Depot or Amazon over the next week!
Throw in union-busting Starbucks too!! 🙃
Pass it on!! 👇👇👇
No buying from Target, Home Depot or Amazon over the next week!
Throw in union-busting Starbucks too!! 🙃
Pass it on!! 👇👇👇
Tell the Billionaires We Ain’t Buying It
This week, we use our wallets like a weapon and remind every corporate giant that people—not profits—set the terms.
www.digitaldrumbeat.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
LET'S GO AMERICA
WE AIN'T BUYIN`IT !!!
TAKE A MOMENT TO READ AND SHARE
(ty @nickknudsenus.bsky.social @demcast.com )
Over the next week
WE AIN'T BUYIN`IT !!!
TAKE A MOMENT TO READ AND SHARE
(ty @nickknudsenus.bsky.social @demcast.com )
Over the next week
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Chotiner is definitely one of the great saints of secular humanism.
Look I just try to live my life so that if Isaac Chotiner ever interviews me I will have nothing to be worried about. As a heuristic, I think it’s pretty good
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Chotiner is definitely one of the great saints of secular humanism.
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UK farmers are sounding the alarm: extreme heat, drought, and volatile weather are driving some of the worst harvests on record. The ripple effects threaten food security and rural economies.
tinyurl.com/yvam5t3v #ClimateChange #FoodSecurity #Food #Agriculture #ExtremeHeat #Drought
tinyurl.com/yvam5t3v #ClimateChange #FoodSecurity #Food #Agriculture #ExtremeHeat #Drought
Farmers issue warning as troubling phenomenon threatens major crops: 'Even worse than was expected'
Farmers are dealing with the costly impacts of climate change, experiencing poor harvests and struggling with wildly shifting weather patterns.
tinyurl.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
UK farmers are sounding the alarm: extreme heat, drought, and volatile weather are driving some of the worst harvests on record. The ripple effects threaten food security and rural economies.
tinyurl.com/yvam5t3v #ClimateChange #FoodSecurity #Food #Agriculture #ExtremeHeat #Drought
tinyurl.com/yvam5t3v #ClimateChange #FoodSecurity #Food #Agriculture #ExtremeHeat #Drought
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Unsolicited artist advice of the day: if you're a freelancer with no back up devices or storage, remember to pick a few things up in the black Friday sales. Even a pen drive to back up your projects so if you have a catastrophic hard drive failure you wont lose everything..learn from my mistakes. 😅
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Unsolicited artist advice of the day: if you're a freelancer with no back up devices or storage, remember to pick a few things up in the black Friday sales. Even a pen drive to back up your projects so if you have a catastrophic hard drive failure you wont lose everything..learn from my mistakes. 😅
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@crow.house.gov says Trump is threatening him with arrest & even execution-for the "crime" of honoring his oath & standing with our troops. Crow warns that these threats expose exactly who this president is: a man who fears our democracy.
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
@crow.house.gov says Trump is threatening him with arrest & even execution-for the "crime" of honoring his oath & standing with our troops. Crow warns that these threats expose exactly who this president is: a man who fears our democracy.
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Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
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more and more countries are going to see that getting off foreign oil imports is a great reason to accelerate electrification and renewables buildout, regardless of what it means for the climate
The energy transition happens often in unlikely places at unprecedented rates.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
more and more countries are going to see that getting off foreign oil imports is a great reason to accelerate electrification and renewables buildout, regardless of what it means for the climate
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Rep. Don Bacon was so appalled by the Trump administration's proposed Russia-Ukraine peace plan that he considered resigning in protest, the Nebraska Republican told Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/d...
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/d...
Scoop: GOP Rep. Don Bacon weighed resignation over Trump's Russia-Ukraine peace plan
Rep. Don Bacon said he was "so angry" at Trump's proposed Ukraine plan that he "thought about" resigning in protest.
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Rep. Don Bacon was so appalled by the Trump administration's proposed Russia-Ukraine peace plan that he considered resigning in protest, the Nebraska Republican told Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/d...
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/d...
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Viola Fletcher, one of the last two known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and a plaintiff in a symbolic lawsuit seeking reparations for the attack — one of the worst episodes of racial violence in American history — has died. She was 111.
Viola Fletcher, oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 111
A century after a White mob destroyed her prosperous Black community in 1921, she became a plaintiff in a symbolic lawsuit seeking reparations.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Viola Fletcher, one of the last two known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and a plaintiff in a symbolic lawsuit seeking reparations for the attack — one of the worst episodes of racial violence in American history — has died. She was 111.
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My grandma "accidentally" set the oven to clean when my mom (her daughter) was making her "famous" meatloaf and we were forced to go out to eat instead.
Years later I asked her if she did it on purpose and she said "You've had your mother's cooking. What do you think"
Years later I asked her if she did it on purpose and she said "You've had your mother's cooking. What do you think"
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November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My grandma "accidentally" set the oven to clean when my mom (her daughter) was making her "famous" meatloaf and we were forced to go out to eat instead.
Years later I asked her if she did it on purpose and she said "You've had your mother's cooking. What do you think"
Years later I asked her if she did it on purpose and she said "You've had your mother's cooking. What do you think"