John Prowell
@jprowell.bsky.social
Data Analyst, chess player, family man 🇺🇸, Слава Україні! 🇺🇦
New to bsky, old to Twitter (Never X'er)
"Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light." - Dylan Thomas
New to bsky, old to Twitter (Never X'er)
"Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light." - Dylan Thomas
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John Prowell
@jprowell.bsky.social
· Mar 23
"Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back." - Carl Sagan
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Good luck with hurricane season, USA
Trump says his plan for FEMA is to give out less money and make the relief decisions himself
June 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Good luck with hurricane season, USA
Elon’s fight with Trump is bludgeoning Tesla stock. Does anyone feel bad for either one of them?
June 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Elon’s fight with Trump is bludgeoning Tesla stock. Does anyone feel bad for either one of them?
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Parades here, ethnic cleansing there — both headlines on the same day. Very on-brand.
@cnbc.com @nbcnews.com
@cnbc.com @nbcnews.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Parades here, ethnic cleansing there — both headlines on the same day. Very on-brand.
@cnbc.com @nbcnews.com
@cnbc.com @nbcnews.com
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Are we still pretending this is about free speech?
The Naval Academy cancelled a freakin' Ken Burns documentary showing, not because of the content, but because Burns had been critical of Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Are we still pretending this is about free speech?
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1/Just back from 2 weeks in Asia. US engaged in the most far reaching attempt to restructure the global economy in a century and we have hit the omnishambles portion of the program: undermining US economic security and weaken US credibility in the world.
fortune.com/article/trum...
fortune.com/article/trum...
Trump had a ‘test case’ for trade negotiations with Japan. The failure to reach a deal now has analysts wondering if any will be signed
Trump’s team had hoped for some quick wins when it came to tariff negotiations. That’s looking increasingly unlikely.
fortune.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
1/Just back from 2 weeks in Asia. US engaged in the most far reaching attempt to restructure the global economy in a century and we have hit the omnishambles portion of the program: undermining US economic security and weaken US credibility in the world.
fortune.com/article/trum...
fortune.com/article/trum...
X is performing as well as a Trump national security briefing:
March 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
X is performing as well as a Trump national security briefing:
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This signal thing just keeps getting darker, it’s probably not the end of it.
March 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This signal thing just keeps getting darker, it’s probably not the end of it.
Jo is a national treasure
The same MAGAidiots who will tell you Trump won in 2020 despite the fact that they can’t prove it, that Jan 6th was started by the Capitol police, despite the fact that they can’t prove it & that vaccines cause autism despite the fact that they can’t prove it…
March 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Jo is a national treasure
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Trump's cabinet is worth $60 Billion but doesn't have a lick of cents between them.
March 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Trump's cabinet is worth $60 Billion but doesn't have a lick of cents between them.
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100 books to help understand Ukraine, featuring Oleh Sentsov's Diary of a Hunger Striker, co-translated by Dmytro Kyyan and yours truly. Thanks for compiling, PEN Ukraine.
pen.org.ua/en/ukrayinsk...
pen.org.ua/en/ukrayinsk...
PEN Ukraine and Sensor Media compiled the list of 100 books to help understand Ukraine
The list emerges as a response to many requests from foreign libraries, publishing houses, embassies, and institutions that would like to share knowledge about Ukraine with their audiences 100 books f...
pen.org.ua
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
100 books to help understand Ukraine, featuring Oleh Sentsov's Diary of a Hunger Striker, co-translated by Dmytro Kyyan and yours truly. Thanks for compiling, PEN Ukraine.
pen.org.ua/en/ukrayinsk...
pen.org.ua/en/ukrayinsk...
Music has the power to persuade and the ability to change minds. Where are artists like Midnight Oil for modern times? www.theguardian.com/culture/arti...
The power and passion of Midnight Oil: the inside story of the band that changed Australia
A new documentary – more than five years in the making – follows the unforgettable trajectory of one of Australia’s greatest rock bands, who are still radical decades later
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Music has the power to persuade and the ability to change minds. Where are artists like Midnight Oil for modern times? www.theguardian.com/culture/arti...
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World historical grifting and corruption
March 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
World historical grifting and corruption
Imagine being sent to a prison in El Salvador because you're wrongly convicted of a crime and couldn't mount a decent legal defense. It's coming soon. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Rubio says El Salvador offers to accept U.S. deportees of any nationality, including violent American criminals
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says “there are obviously legalities involved” in Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s offer to accept and jail violent American criminals.
www.pbs.org
March 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Imagine being sent to a prison in El Salvador because you're wrongly convicted of a crime and couldn't mount a decent legal defense. It's coming soon. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
"Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back." - Carl Sagan
March 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back." - Carl Sagan
The people behind Trump are furiously taking notes while Erdogan corrupts Turkey's democracy. www.dw.com/en/turkey-la...
Turkey: Large crowds rally as Imamoglu appears in court – DW – 03/23/2025
After five hours of interrogation on corruption and terrorism charges, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was moved to a court in the city for further questioning. The 53-year-old's arrest has sparked days...
www.dw.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The people behind Trump are furiously taking notes while Erdogan corrupts Turkey's democracy. www.dw.com/en/turkey-la...
Despite some enormous effort to distract the American people that lede hasn't been buried.
March 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Despite some enormous effort to distract the American people that lede hasn't been buried.
Trump forgets the King's court doesn't exist in the US. But federal courts that block tyranny do.
Trump says he will withhold federal tax dollars to Maine colleges unless the Gov of Maine personally apologizes to him.
March 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Trump forgets the King's court doesn't exist in the US. But federal courts that block tyranny do.
Add to this the refusal to provide service for families of veterans who take their own lives. The Trump admin is a class in brutality.
That Trump and Musk should show such little regard for *mental-health* care is … at once ironic yet unsurprising.
Trump and DOGE Propel V.A. Mental Health System into Turmoil
A chaotic restructuring order threatens to degrade services for veterans of wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Add to this the refusal to provide service for families of veterans who take their own lives. The Trump admin is a class in brutality.
To the point, Lummis wants to buy $83B in BTC. 83 billion dollars on something that can lose massive amounts of value within an hour. I'm a fan of bitcoin - but there's no strategic reason for a reserve in tradeable, *hackable* currency.
Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis from Wyoming says the US government should sell its gold and buy Bitcoin.
Sure, let's sell something tangible that is increasing in value over the past month for something that isn't.
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Sure, let's sell something tangible that is increasing in value over the past month for something that isn't.
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March 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
To the point, Lummis wants to buy $83B in BTC. 83 billion dollars on something that can lose massive amounts of value within an hour. I'm a fan of bitcoin - but there's no strategic reason for a reserve in tradeable, *hackable* currency.
Another Trump sycophant telling lies. Ukraine's constitution is clear, Zelensky can't hold an election even if he wanted to. The war must end first: www.politico.eu/article/trum...
Trump envoy claims Ukraine ‘agreed’ to hold presidential elections
In interview with Tucker Carlson, Steve Witkoff also says it is “largely accepted” that NATO membership for Ukraine is not an option.
www.politico.eu
March 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Another Trump sycophant telling lies. Ukraine's constitution is clear, Zelensky can't hold an election even if he wanted to. The war must end first: www.politico.eu/article/trum...
When doing business with Musk, you're doing it with Trump. If opposed, one or the other will cut off your kneecaps (and shut off your equipment).
Discussions between Italy's far-right government and Elon Musk's Space X over a secure communications system for defense and diplomatic purposes have been suspended, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said.
Italy’s Starlink talks at ‘standstill’ amid Musk outrage, minister says
Italian opposition parties have fiercely criticized a potential secure communications deal between Strarlink and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right government.
www.politico.eu
March 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
When doing business with Musk, you're doing it with Trump. If opposed, one or the other will cut off your kneecaps (and shut off your equipment).