Jacek Olender
@jacekolender.bsky.social
Heritage scientist, conservator, and philosopher. Local pub bore. European in the land of the free.
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Quite incredible that the US has half of the political spectrum composed entirely of people who spend their lives shoved in a locker.
One appeaser, Sen. Angus King, explained his decision with, “Standing up to Donald Trump didn’t work.”
Well sure, when you prematurely fold rather than see a fight through, you fail. And why should Trump opponents vote for anyone who thinks standing up to Trump isn’t worth doing?
Well sure, when you prematurely fold rather than see a fight through, you fail. And why should Trump opponents vote for anyone who thinks standing up to Trump isn’t worth doing?
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
www.arcdigital.media
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Quite incredible that the US has half of the political spectrum composed entirely of people who spend their lives shoved in a locker.
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They genuinely think everyone is so, so dumb.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
They genuinely think everyone is so, so dumb.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
Abolish the Home Office.
interview done. she was asked a lot of stupid questions, but the best part was where they kept going back and asking what miniboyd's school is and who the teachers are (3 times across half an hour), just in case she happened to accidentally reveal no such child exists or we just stole a random one
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Abolish the Home Office.
If the UK had a sentient being for a DCMS secretary (or for a PM at least), UKG would be suing/blocking twitter into oblivion at this point. But we are where we are.
mainly boggling at the idea that any British media organisation has $1billion to be sued for (did Elon not tell him that we are but a simple land of hobbits, going about our hobbit business in the shires?)
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Donald Trump threatens to sue the BBC for $1billion
President Trump has set a deadline of 5pm EST (10pm in the UK) this Friday to 'comply' with his demands.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If the UK had a sentient being for a DCMS secretary (or for a PM at least), UKG would be suing/blocking twitter into oblivion at this point. But we are where we are.
Yeah, Britain is totally cooked at this point.
Reading the supposedly devastating report into BBC bias
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Yeah, Britain is totally cooked at this point.
These are rookie numbers. I'll say 300 billion workers will be replaced.
GLOBALLY 18% OF WORKFORCE COULD BE AUTOMATED BY AI PER GOLDMAN SACHS — ANALYSTS ESTIMATE THAT GENERATIVE AI COULD REPLACE OR AUGMENT UP TO 300 MILLION FULL-TIME JOBS WORLDWIDE
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
These are rookie numbers. I'll say 300 billion workers will be replaced.
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"This weight presses on me every day. I am flooded with stories. There are so many I cannot remember them all; cannot keep straight who was gassed, beaten, abducted, or shot. I write to leave a record, to stare at the track of the tornado. I write to leave a warning. I write to call for help."
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"This weight presses on me every day. I am flooded with stories. There are so many I cannot remember them all; cannot keep straight who was gassed, beaten, abducted, or shot. I write to leave a record, to stare at the track of the tornado. I write to leave a warning. I write to call for help."
Yeah, Europe is properly screwed in the science race. Literally a ball on the Titanic.
I might expand this thread with a deep read on this, but honestly it's too depressing.
I might expand this thread with a deep read on this, but honestly it's too depressing.
Universities benefit from establishing and actively promoting opportunities for continuous professional development and recognising & rewarding staff achievements, so they need to provide a supportive and stimulating work environment for their staff.
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#AcademicSky
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#AcademicSky
Key principles for attractive and sustainable academic careers
EUA - European University Association
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November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yeah, Europe is properly screwed in the science race. Literally a ball on the Titanic.
I might expand this thread with a deep read on this, but honestly it's too depressing.
I might expand this thread with a deep read on this, but honestly it's too depressing.
Ken is trying to make you believe it wasn't Schumer's plan all along. Lol.
As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Ken is trying to make you believe it wasn't Schumer's plan all along. Lol.
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
Anyone thinking Gillibrand or Schumer are not on it might be interested in buying a bridge.
Notable Democratc NO votes on advancing this funding deal: Schumer, Peters, Slotkin, Warner, Ossoff, Warnock, Hickenlooper, Kelly, Gallego, Bennet, Gillibrand.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Anyone thinking Gillibrand or Schumer are not on it might be interested in buying a bridge.
Senator Kaine is a yes on repealing obamacare. Lol, what a farce.
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Senator Kaine is a yes on repealing obamacare. Lol, what a farce.
So basically Cassidy is still the same garbage human. More news at 11.
Does Sen. Cassidy, a strong proponent of #vaccines, regret voting to confirm RFK Jr. as health secretary? “I just have to quote Kierkegaard — You live life forward,” is his reply.
That's not a "No."
@kathmacphail.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/11/08/b...
That's not a "No."
@kathmacphail.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/11/08/b...
Cassidy drops into Liver Meeting to talk of shutdown, insurance overhaul and vaccines
Dropping in at the Liver Meeting, Senator Bill Cassidy argues for federally funded Flexible Spending Accounts over ACA subsidies and laments the state of vaccination.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
So basically Cassidy is still the same garbage human. More news at 11.
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All of republican governance in our lifetime has now devolved to angry white men incoherently screeching—in the halls of power and online alike—that nothing is working and they demand democrats put it back together in the exact way that republicans want or else they’ll start killing more people
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
All of republican governance in our lifetime has now devolved to angry white men incoherently screeching—in the halls of power and online alike—that nothing is working and they demand democrats put it back together in the exact way that republicans want or else they’ll start killing more people
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
@60minutes.bsky.social is basically The Free Press now.
Why is anyone using him as an authority on…anything related to science or health?
@60minutes.bsky.social so curious about your choices…
“Investigative reports” yet can’t actually vet publicly available credentials?
Does anyone do *any* due diligence about charlatans people platform anymore?
@60minutes.bsky.social so curious about your choices…
“Investigative reports” yet can’t actually vet publicly available credentials?
Does anyone do *any* due diligence about charlatans people platform anymore?
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
@60minutes.bsky.social is basically The Free Press now.
Christ. I'm a middle-aged white guy and I know what it means.
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Christ. I'm a middle-aged white guy and I know what it means.
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we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
What is the best solution for the miserable underfunding of R&D in Europe that leaves the EU woefully behind literally everyone else in the world, according to @ec.europa.eu and @erc.europa.eu?
An app. App that lets you find another 5%-success-rate opportunity. Great job all around.
An app. App that lets you find another 5%-success-rate opportunity. Great job all around.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
What is the best solution for the miserable underfunding of R&D in Europe that leaves the EU woefully behind literally everyone else in the world, according to @ec.europa.eu and @erc.europa.eu?
An app. App that lets you find another 5%-success-rate opportunity. Great job all around.
An app. App that lets you find another 5%-success-rate opportunity. Great job all around.
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Trump & Rubio's massive, rapid cuts to health aid earlier this year & its dismantling of USAID caused a truly catastrophic burden of illness, suffering, pain, and death, including child deaths
This was ENTIRELY preventable, and it was utterly sickening
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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/01/m...).
This was ENTIRELY preventable, and it was utterly sickening
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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/01/m...).
USAID cuts have caused more than 330,000 deaths worldwide, BU professor estimates - The Boston Globe
As USAID offices officially close on Tuesday, Brooke Nichols's research is not alone. An international, 15-member research team also shared its own staggering estimates.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Trump & Rubio's massive, rapid cuts to health aid earlier this year & its dismantling of USAID caused a truly catastrophic burden of illness, suffering, pain, and death, including child deaths
This was ENTIRELY preventable, and it was utterly sickening
END
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/01/m...).
This was ENTIRELY preventable, and it was utterly sickening
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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/01/m...).
Ohio not beating allegations of being Ohio.
BREAKING: The Sixth Circuit, in a 10-7 en banc decision, holds that an Ohio school district's anti-bullying policy that requires students to use children's preferred pronouns is likely unconstitutional on these facts.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Ohio not beating allegations of being Ohio.
I mean, yeah. In Monroe county like half of Republicans even run unopposed. WTF are we even doing here.
Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I mean, yeah. In Monroe county like half of Republicans even run unopposed. WTF are we even doing here.