John W Buaas
@johnwbuaas.bsky.social
Retired Prof. of English, living in Wichita KS. PhD in 20c. Am. Lit. Proud husband, father. Inordinately fond of Mexico City. Surname rhymes w/ Louis.
Books read in 2025: https://bsky.app/profile/johnwbuaas.bsky.social/post/3lerufociu22y
Books read in 2025: https://bsky.app/profile/johnwbuaas.bsky.social/post/3lerufociu22y
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Don Jr. and Eric watching the presser between Zohran Mamdani and their dad:
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Don Jr. and Eric watching the presser between Zohran Mamdani and their dad:
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Reupping for no reason (and absent all hope).
Everyone posting clips from the book and new info about Nuzzi's past should consider that not everything needs to be shared with unsuspecting innocent bystanders just going about their everyday business. Please remember, some things just can't be unseen.
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Reupping for no reason (and absent all hope).
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President Zelensky: "We are facing one of the most dangerous periods in Ukrainian history, a choice between losing our dignity and freedom and losing US support. We choose dignity. My answer is my oath of office. I did not betray Ukraine in Feb 2022 and we won’t betray in now."
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
President Zelensky: "We are facing one of the most dangerous periods in Ukrainian history, a choice between losing our dignity and freedom and losing US support. We choose dignity. My answer is my oath of office. I did not betray Ukraine in Feb 2022 and we won’t betray in now."
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Hello Saturday.
🖼️Olivia Beaumont
🖼️Olivia Beaumont
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Hello Saturday.
🖼️Olivia Beaumont
🖼️Olivia Beaumont
FB reminded me of a dream I had: I was playing a board game called The Two Laredos. The board was a stylized map of Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, with the Rio Grande dividing the towns. All I remember about playing it was, there was a challenge to see how fast you could get your car through customs.
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
FB reminded me of a dream I had: I was playing a board game called The Two Laredos. The board was a stylized map of Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, with the Rio Grande dividing the towns. All I remember about playing it was, there was a challenge to see how fast you could get your car through customs.
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
Trump has finally found that toilet powerful enough to flush away bad news.
Trump has found a terrifyingly effective way to eliminate bad news: delete the data.
From hunger and poverty stats to foreign investment numbers, federal agencies are being gutted—making it harder to measure the impact of his policies.
@crampell.bsky.social reports:
From hunger and poverty stats to foreign investment numbers, federal agencies are being gutted—making it harder to measure the impact of his policies.
@crampell.bsky.social reports:
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Trump has finally found that toilet powerful enough to flush away bad news.
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I’m sorry that I don’t have anything intelligent to say right now because I am so fucking angry
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I’m sorry that I don’t have anything intelligent to say right now because I am so fucking angry
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
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"Why do you keep on fighting, Demetrio?"
Demetrio frowned deeply. Picking up a stone absentmindedly, he threw it to the bottom of the canyon. Then he stared pensively into the abyss, watching the arc of its flight.
"Look at that stone; how it keeps on going . . . "
--Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs
Demetrio frowned deeply. Picking up a stone absentmindedly, he threw it to the bottom of the canyon. Then he stared pensively into the abyss, watching the arc of its flight.
"Look at that stone; how it keeps on going . . . "
--Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Why do you keep on fighting, Demetrio?"
Demetrio frowned deeply. Picking up a stone absentmindedly, he threw it to the bottom of the canyon. Then he stared pensively into the abyss, watching the arc of its flight.
"Look at that stone; how it keeps on going . . . "
--Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs
Demetrio frowned deeply. Picking up a stone absentmindedly, he threw it to the bottom of the canyon. Then he stared pensively into the abyss, watching the arc of its flight.
"Look at that stone; how it keeps on going . . . "
--Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
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Thriving in independent media for 25 years, without a) getting hoovered into some larger media org & subsequently axed, b) getting ruined by some hedge fund guy, c) falling afoul of any short-lived "pivot to video" style trends, or d) going broke...
... is a genuinely remarkable achievement! Kudos.
... is a genuinely remarkable achievement! Kudos.
PHOTOS: TPM Celebrates Our 25-Year Anniversary in NYC talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/phot...
PHOTOS: TPM Celebrates Our 25-Year Anniversary in NYC
We rang in our 25th anniversary in style last week, hosting a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thriving in independent media for 25 years, without a) getting hoovered into some larger media org & subsequently axed, b) getting ruined by some hedge fund guy, c) falling afoul of any short-lived "pivot to video" style trends, or d) going broke...
... is a genuinely remarkable achievement! Kudos.
... is a genuinely remarkable achievement! Kudos.
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The first monarch butterfly equipped with GPS arrived home. It was released on September 27 in Kansas; it crossed Oklahoma, Texas, and entered the country through Tamaulipas; it passed through San Luis Potosí, the Sierra Gorda of Guanajuato, Querétaro, and the Edomex until reaching Michoacán.
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The first monarch butterfly equipped with GPS arrived home. It was released on September 27 in Kansas; it crossed Oklahoma, Texas, and entered the country through Tamaulipas; it passed through San Luis Potosí, the Sierra Gorda of Guanajuato, Querétaro, and the Edomex until reaching Michoacán.
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Some monarchs departed from the Rocky Mountains, while others left from the East Coast. Several have already been detected arriving at their overwintering grounds in Mexico since November 9th. Migration routes have been recorded to Florida, the Caribbean, and of course, Michoacán, their winter home.
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Some monarchs departed from the Rocky Mountains, while others left from the East Coast. Several have already been detected arriving at their overwintering grounds in Mexico since November 9th. Migration routes have been recorded to Florida, the Caribbean, and of course, Michoacán, their winter home.
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It has arrived!!! 🤓📖can't wait to start reading! Thx @johannawinant.bsky.social for writing it!!
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It has arrived!!! 🤓📖can't wait to start reading! Thx @johannawinant.bsky.social for writing it!!
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Gangnam Style 1493.
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Gangnam Style 1493.
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Beautiful map of Mexico in 1836, featuring the state of Coahuila and Texas.
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Beautiful map of Mexico in 1836, featuring the state of Coahuila and Texas.
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Man. Fuck these people.
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Man. Fuck these people.
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OU is searching for a new director of its Institute for the American Cultural Heritage! Folks who teach and write on American constitutional law and history should give the posting a look!
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November 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
OU is searching for a new director of its Institute for the American Cultural Heritage! Folks who teach and write on American constitutional law and history should give the posting a look!
apply.interfolio.com/177567
apply.interfolio.com/177567
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Revolting.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Revolting.
My son and me, 7 years ago today. We're reading La oruga muy hambrienta (The Very Hungry Caterpillar).
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
My son and me, 7 years ago today. We're reading La oruga muy hambrienta (The Very Hungry Caterpillar).
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welcome to the club, wolves
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
welcome to the club, wolves
“'If this had been a chimpanzee or other nonhuman primate, I’m sure no one would have blinked about whether this was tool use,' says Marc Bekoff, a biologist at the University of Colorado Boulder who also wasn’t involved with the new study."
Species-ism?
Species-ism?
A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
www.science.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“'If this had been a chimpanzee or other nonhuman primate, I’m sure no one would have blinked about whether this was tool use,' says Marc Bekoff, a biologist at the University of Colorado Boulder who also wasn’t involved with the new study."
Species-ism?
Species-ism?