Jwhite518
@jwhite518.bsky.social
Guitars🎸Motorcycles🏍️Hillbilly Music🎵Springsteen🇺🇸Vote Blue💙Resist💙Never tRump 🤡Sarcasm😉Dogs and cats, mostly Golden Retrievers🦮Jewish Presbyterian but not really sure about the whole God thing✡️✝️☪️
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Jwhite518
@jwhite518.bsky.social
· Nov 20
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A year ago, I wrote a review of Erik Larson's "In the Garden of Beasts," an account of the US Ambassador to Germany's tenure there in the early-mid 30s.
I shared lessons from the account that feel more relevant now than ever.
Here is a snippet of them:
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A year ago, I wrote a review of Erik Larson's "In the Garden of Beasts," an account of the US Ambassador to Germany's tenure there in the early-mid 30s.
I shared lessons from the account that feel more relevant now than ever.
Here is a snippet of them:
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This will get me through the next four years. Maybe you too.
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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“They don’t need to have 250 pencils. They can have 5.”
May 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“They don’t need to have 250 pencils. They can have 5.”
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“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
April 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
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Did Costco discontinue their soy milk product? “Kirkland Signature Organic Soy Beverage” It’s a household staple and now unobtainable. They’ve forced us to find a new one. 😢
February 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Did Costco discontinue their soy milk product? “Kirkland Signature Organic Soy Beverage” It’s a household staple and now unobtainable. They’ve forced us to find a new one. 😢
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Jan 20, 1961. A blizzard the day before. Temperatures well below freezing. Without a coat or hat, JFK gave a speech we still quote today. Robert Frost, 86, recited a poem. Steinbeck and Hemingway and Rothko were among the VIPs. A million people gathered in the cold to hear it.
This is the precedent.
This is the precedent.
January 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Jan 20, 1961. A blizzard the day before. Temperatures well below freezing. Without a coat or hat, JFK gave a speech we still quote today. Robert Frost, 86, recited a poem. Steinbeck and Hemingway and Rothko were among the VIPs. A million people gathered in the cold to hear it.
This is the precedent.
This is the precedent.
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The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
January 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
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"Our libraries and bookstores are critical spaces for learning, exploration, and connection. By striking down these provisions, the court has safeguarded the right of every Arkansan to access ideas and information without fear of censorship or prosecution."
Arkansas can't jail librarians for giving kids 'harmful' books
Portions of an Arkansas law that would have subjected librarians to criminal charges for letting kids check out books deemed "harmful to minors" were
reason.com
January 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Our libraries and bookstores are critical spaces for learning, exploration, and connection. By striking down these provisions, the court has safeguarded the right of every Arkansan to access ideas and information without fear of censorship or prosecution."
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I hope they shrivel and die, the sooner the better.
"There are signs in the documents suggesting that the problem is only getting worse in 2024."
NRA bleeds $35 million as member dues dry up: watchdog report
The National Rifle Association is continuing to hemorrhage money, a watchdog group reported Tuesday, as the infamous gun rights organization sees an ongoing loss of membership dues.The NRA lost $35 million in revenue last year, according to the report from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in W...
www.rawstory.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:55 AM
I hope they shrivel and die, the sooner the better.
The real purpose of DOGE is, arguably, to give Elon Musk an opportunity to strut around, feeling important.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fraudu...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fraudu...
The Fraudulence of “Waste, Fraud and Abuse”
History repeats itself, the first time as farce, the second as clown show
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:10 PM
The real purpose of DOGE is, arguably, to give Elon Musk an opportunity to strut around, feeling important.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fraudu...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fraudu...
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Sorry but your thoughts and prayers are out of network
December 5, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Sorry but your thoughts and prayers are out of network
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I served as a US ambassador and know hundreds of others
Never met one before who hired a prostitute to seduce their brother-in-law or sent a videotape of the encounter to their sister
Or who committed 18 felonies & was pardoned by another in-law
I guess the job qualifications are changing…
Never met one before who hired a prostitute to seduce their brother-in-law or sent a videotape of the encounter to their sister
Or who committed 18 felonies & was pardoned by another in-law
I guess the job qualifications are changing…
November 30, 2024 at 11:49 PM
I served as a US ambassador and know hundreds of others
Never met one before who hired a prostitute to seduce their brother-in-law or sent a videotape of the encounter to their sister
Or who committed 18 felonies & was pardoned by another in-law
I guess the job qualifications are changing…
Never met one before who hired a prostitute to seduce their brother-in-law or sent a videotape of the encounter to their sister
Or who committed 18 felonies & was pardoned by another in-law
I guess the job qualifications are changing…
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Most of my feeds are broken.
November 26, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Most of my feeds are broken.
I want to read your mind to know just what I’ve got in this new thing I’ve found
Wondering how to use Bluesky feeds, blocklists, and filters? Are you worried that Bluesky will inevitably turn evil? Are you wondering what the Alf thing is about, but are too afraid to ask?
I try to answer your questions here:
little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-great-bl...
I try to answer your questions here:
little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-great-bl...
The Great Bluesky Migration: I Answer (Some) Of Your Questions
For the last year and a half, us Bluesky users have frequently reminded one another that we are merely posters on a niche microblogging website.
It's intended as a warning about hubris. A protective ...
little-flying-robots.ghost.io
November 24, 2024 at 6:42 AM
I want to read your mind to know just what I’ve got in this new thing I’ve found
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“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
-Plato
-Plato
November 21, 2024 at 9:04 PM
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
-Plato
-Plato
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EXACTLY THIS 📢
“How do democracies die? They die slowly because the masses aren’t paying attention… until, when they notice, it’s too late.”
“What is the first rule of not allowing authoritarianism? Do not obey in advance… do not acquiesce.” @tarasetmayer.bsky.social
“How do democracies die? They die slowly because the masses aren’t paying attention… until, when they notice, it’s too late.”
“What is the first rule of not allowing authoritarianism? Do not obey in advance… do not acquiesce.” @tarasetmayer.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 3:02 AM
EXACTLY THIS 📢
“How do democracies die? They die slowly because the masses aren’t paying attention… until, when they notice, it’s too late.”
“What is the first rule of not allowing authoritarianism? Do not obey in advance… do not acquiesce.” @tarasetmayer.bsky.social
“How do democracies die? They die slowly because the masses aren’t paying attention… until, when they notice, it’s too late.”
“What is the first rule of not allowing authoritarianism? Do not obey in advance… do not acquiesce.” @tarasetmayer.bsky.social