Jon Averill
@jonave.bsky.social
Former Spanish profe in H.S., occasional documentary filmmaker, Rural-Reimagined volunteer, Solar-electric homesteader.
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
Fedora & shades.
As a recovering catholic, I can say that this is easily the coolest fucking priest I’ve ever seen.
December 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Fedora & shades.
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The White House is now citing "national security" for everything it does. Seriously, check out these headlines. It's just the last few weeks.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The White House is now citing "national security" for everything it does. Seriously, check out these headlines. It's just the last few weeks.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
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Epstein really said ‘short route home’ like it was an Uber Pool.
December 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Epstein really said ‘short route home’ like it was an Uber Pool.
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And may every day be another wonderful secret.
December 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
And may every day be another wonderful secret.
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Solar is quite a solution for Australia!
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Solar is quite a solution for Australia!
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During WW2, Stephen Bone served as a civilian camouflage officer and later as an Official War Artist attached to the Royal Navy. This picture depicts Ardrossan, a town on the North Ayrshire coast in Scotland, which played a key effort in the war when it was used as a naval base.
December 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
During WW2, Stephen Bone served as a civilian camouflage officer and later as an Official War Artist attached to the Royal Navy. This picture depicts Ardrossan, a town on the North Ayrshire coast in Scotland, which played a key effort in the war when it was used as a naval base.
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Why Is It Called a 'Red Herring'? - Word Smarts wordsmarts.com/red-herring/...
Why Is It Called a 'Red Herring'?
A red herring is a smelly smoked fish so pungent it could trick hunting dogs off a trail. Today, it's also the perfect term for anything that leads us astray.
wordsmarts.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Why Is It Called a 'Red Herring'? - Word Smarts wordsmarts.com/red-herring/...
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Old here who remembers: I had to get my newspaper-publisher boss to sign for my first credit card in 1975.
If you don't believe this can happen, women didn't have the legal right to have their own credit cards without needing a male co-signer until 1974, when the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) was passed, a landmark law that made it illegal to discriminate in lending based on sex or marital status.
The regime is attempting to make it legal for banks and credit card companies to discriminate against women and minorities, making credit access harder. There's just 1 day left to comment. Reject this premise based on the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. Comment here: tr.ee/I9k7aFPzg3
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Old here who remembers: I had to get my newspaper-publisher boss to sign for my first credit card in 1975.
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Measles didn’t make a comeback on its own.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
December 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Measles didn’t make a comeback on its own.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
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One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
6°F outside & I’m feeding 100 of ‘em.
The ABA (Am. Birding Assoc.) podcast had an episode this fall about stressful the life of many birds actually is. @n8swick.bsky.social @aba.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
6°F outside & I’m feeding 100 of ‘em.
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If prayer could solve the uniquely American scourge of gun violence, it wouldn’t be the leading cause of death of
children in our country or kill over 10x the number of people who died on 9/11 every year. Instead, cowards like Donald Trump and his GOP enablers block any effort to end this madness.
children in our country or kill over 10x the number of people who died on 9/11 every year. Instead, cowards like Donald Trump and his GOP enablers block any effort to end this madness.
Trump: "I've been fully briefed on the Brown University situation. What a terrible thing it is. All we can do right now is pray for the victims." (Trump falsely posted that the shooter is in custody.)
December 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
If prayer could solve the uniquely American scourge of gun violence, it wouldn’t be the leading cause of death of
children in our country or kill over 10x the number of people who died on 9/11 every year. Instead, cowards like Donald Trump and his GOP enablers block any effort to end this madness.
children in our country or kill over 10x the number of people who died on 9/11 every year. Instead, cowards like Donald Trump and his GOP enablers block any effort to end this madness.
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We’ve given thoughts and prayers enough chances.Let’s give gun control a shot.
December 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
We’ve given thoughts and prayers enough chances.Let’s give gun control a shot.
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😳🇺🇸#MedicareForAllNOW
December 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
😳🇺🇸#MedicareForAllNOW
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I have good judgment. I just prefer not to use it all the time.
December 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I have good judgment. I just prefer not to use it all the time.
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
You’ve got to admit, this sure sounds a lot like what’s happening in this country.
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
December 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
You’ve got to admit, this sure sounds a lot like what’s happening in this country.
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I’m not anti-religious. I know everyone is afraid. Some people light candles, some people make jokes.
December 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I’m not anti-religious. I know everyone is afraid. Some people light candles, some people make jokes.
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Best Christmas ever was spent in Uruguay, where it’s two hours earlier, warm, and life runs on hora Latina, not panic.
December 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Best Christmas ever was spent in Uruguay, where it’s two hours earlier, warm, and life runs on hora Latina, not panic.
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“Historians sometimes say that when societies are descending into fascism, it can be hard for the people to notice it in real time. Well, historians of the future, I’m here to tell you: We are noticing. Millions of us are noticing. And we are horrified and enraged.”
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.
newrepublic.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“Historians sometimes say that when societies are descending into fascism, it can be hard for the people to notice it in real time. Well, historians of the future, I’m here to tell you: We are noticing. Millions of us are noticing. And we are horrified and enraged.”
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
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I don’t know about you, but I feel safer when Trump is asleep.
December 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I don’t know about you, but I feel safer when Trump is asleep.