Doug Wilcox
@legodoug.bsky.social
Do you accept the freedom and power God gives you to resist evil, injustice, and oppression in whatever forms they present themselves?
I do.
I do.
“Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness, and pride of power and with its defense of the weak. I feel that Christianity is rather doing too little in showing these points than too much. (continued)
December 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness, and pride of power and with its defense of the weak. I feel that Christianity is rather doing too little in showing these points than too much. (continued)
A wonderfully dark glimpse of our backyard.
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A wonderfully dark glimpse of our backyard.
Mientras tanto, en los Estados Estúpidos Americanos ...
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Mientras tanto, en los Estados Estúpidos Americanos ...
Reposted by Doug Wilcox
Global warming is like a human fever, @katharinehayhoe.com says www.axios.com/2025/11/19/g... via @axios.com
This influential climate scientist says global warming is like a human fever
Hayhoe has one of the world's largest social media followings of climate scientists.
www.axios.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Global warming is like a human fever, @katharinehayhoe.com says www.axios.com/2025/11/19/g... via @axios.com
1. I was always a dork and obsessed with R2-D2.
2. This is 5th grade. Probably 1978.
3. My father helped create the cardboard base. I did the decorating and added a 6v red light.
4. My best friend Chuck was C3P0.
5. I used this the next year, adding a data probe behind a cutout door on to the front.
2. This is 5th grade. Probably 1978.
3. My father helped create the cardboard base. I did the decorating and added a 6v red light.
4. My best friend Chuck was C3P0.
5. I used this the next year, adding a data probe behind a cutout door on to the front.
October 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
1. I was always a dork and obsessed with R2-D2.
2. This is 5th grade. Probably 1978.
3. My father helped create the cardboard base. I did the decorating and added a 6v red light.
4. My best friend Chuck was C3P0.
5. I used this the next year, adding a data probe behind a cutout door on to the front.
2. This is 5th grade. Probably 1978.
3. My father helped create the cardboard base. I did the decorating and added a 6v red light.
4. My best friend Chuck was C3P0.
5. I used this the next year, adding a data probe behind a cutout door on to the front.
A very handsome dinosaur on the subway, somewhere near 42nd Street! (Did he get a senior citizen fare reduction for being 66 to 69 million years old?)
#dinosfordemocracy
#dinosfordemocracy
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
A very handsome dinosaur on the subway, somewhere near 42nd Street! (Did he get a senior citizen fare reduction for being 66 to 69 million years old?)
#dinosfordemocracy
#dinosfordemocracy
Curious: Why are people's pets all adherents to Norse religions?
They all seem to cross the rainbow bridge.
They all seem to cross the rainbow bridge.
October 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Curious: Why are people's pets all adherents to Norse religions?
They all seem to cross the rainbow bridge.
They all seem to cross the rainbow bridge.
Reposted by Doug Wilcox
It's not a presidency – it's an organized crime takeover of your government.
President Donald Trump and his family have reaped more than $1 billion in crypto cash over the past year, thanks to an industry boom fueled by the administration’s own crypto-friendly policies.
Trump’s Empire Rakes in Over $1B in Colossal Crypto Cash Grab
The president’s son said the true total is “probably more.”
trib.al
October 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It's not a presidency – it's an organized crime takeover of your government.
CBS News has just covered Boston Dance Studios. I wrote about this a couple of weeks ago. Please contribute if you can.
Obviously, it wouldn't hurt to surpass their goal, which is getting closer to being met.
youtu.be/-g-NuZuOTWw
Obviously, it wouldn't hurt to surpass their goal, which is getting closer to being met.
youtu.be/-g-NuZuOTWw
Boston Dance Studios calling on community to help keep the lights on
YouTube video by CBS Boston
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
CBS News has just covered Boston Dance Studios. I wrote about this a couple of weeks ago. Please contribute if you can.
Obviously, it wouldn't hurt to surpass their goal, which is getting closer to being met.
youtu.be/-g-NuZuOTWw
Obviously, it wouldn't hurt to surpass their goal, which is getting closer to being met.
youtu.be/-g-NuZuOTWw
Well, look who “Keeps the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness.”
Maria Corina Machado
Nobel Peace Prize 2025
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
Maria Corina Machado
Nobel Peace Prize 2025
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
October 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Well, look who “Keeps the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness.”
Maria Corina Machado
Nobel Peace Prize 2025
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
Maria Corina Machado
Nobel Peace Prize 2025
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
Reposted by Doug Wilcox
here's today's post: "let’s laugh at the sad loser who didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize" — and let’s congratulate the woman who did.
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let’s laugh at the sad loser who didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize
and let’s congratulate the woman who did.
bit.ly
October 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
here's today's post: "let’s laugh at the sad loser who didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize" — and let’s congratulate the woman who did.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
Gift article:
‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency
Before the election, we surveyed the legal establishment about what a second Trump term could mean for the rule of law. A year later, they’re very, very worried.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...
‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency
Before the election, we surveyed the legal establishment about what a second Trump term could mean for the rule of law. A year later, they’re very, very worried.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...
October 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Gift article:
‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency
Before the election, we surveyed the legal establishment about what a second Trump term could mean for the rule of law. A year later, they’re very, very worried.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...
‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency
Before the election, we surveyed the legal establishment about what a second Trump term could mean for the rule of law. A year later, they’re very, very worried.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...
Fun fact: Real Presidents know how to take a joke.
September 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Fun fact: Real Presidents know how to take a joke.
I am prouder than ever for @slatimer.bsky.social Sarah Latimer's response when an indoor guide at @blenheimpalace.bsky.social Blenheim Palace bragged on a recent state visit and presented a photo of POTUS.
While everyone else fawned, Sarah exclaimed, in loud and genuine disgust, "Ewwwwwwwwwww!"
While everyone else fawned, Sarah exclaimed, in loud and genuine disgust, "Ewwwwwwwwwww!"
September 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I am prouder than ever for @slatimer.bsky.social Sarah Latimer's response when an indoor guide at @blenheimpalace.bsky.social Blenheim Palace bragged on a recent state visit and presented a photo of POTUS.
While everyone else fawned, Sarah exclaimed, in loud and genuine disgust, "Ewwwwwwwwwww!"
While everyone else fawned, Sarah exclaimed, in loud and genuine disgust, "Ewwwwwwwwwww!"
@disneyprimevideo.bsky.social , remember this?
September 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
@disneyprimevideo.bsky.social , remember this?
So, this is not my proudest photo, but this is a snapshot of fireworks, at night (duh), with a hand-held cell phone camera, at just over 28 km away. Dang.
July 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
So, this is not my proudest photo, but this is a snapshot of fireworks, at night (duh), with a hand-held cell phone camera, at just over 28 km away. Dang.
The 1% have taken at least $79 trillion from the rest of us since about 1975.*
If that were fairly redistributed back, it would be about $260,000 _per person_ alive today.
www.rand.org/pubs/working...
#LetThatSinkIn #TaxTheRich
If that were fairly redistributed back, it would be about $260,000 _per person_ alive today.
www.rand.org/pubs/working...
#LetThatSinkIn #TaxTheRich
July 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The 1% have taken at least $79 trillion from the rest of us since about 1975.*
If that were fairly redistributed back, it would be about $260,000 _per person_ alive today.
www.rand.org/pubs/working...
#LetThatSinkIn #TaxTheRich
If that were fairly redistributed back, it would be about $260,000 _per person_ alive today.
www.rand.org/pubs/working...
#LetThatSinkIn #TaxTheRich
In a world of sanewashing (The New York Times) and kowtowing (Washington Post), be The National.
July 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In a world of sanewashing (The New York Times) and kowtowing (Washington Post), be The National.
Dear Pope Leo XIV:
J. D. Vance has directly supported the sentencing to death (via removal of vital support) of over 50,000 Americans per year, and 103 people *per hour* worldwide (just from the destruction of USAID).
Perhaps he should be excommunicated.
J. D. Vance has directly supported the sentencing to death (via removal of vital support) of over 50,000 Americans per year, and 103 people *per hour* worldwide (just from the destruction of USAID).
Perhaps he should be excommunicated.
July 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Dear Pope Leo XIV:
J. D. Vance has directly supported the sentencing to death (via removal of vital support) of over 50,000 Americans per year, and 103 people *per hour* worldwide (just from the destruction of USAID).
Perhaps he should be excommunicated.
J. D. Vance has directly supported the sentencing to death (via removal of vital support) of over 50,000 Americans per year, and 103 people *per hour* worldwide (just from the destruction of USAID).
Perhaps he should be excommunicated.
“God damn you all to hell.” —George Taylor, Planet of the Apes
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Here's the crap that's just passed in this budget:
• Deep cuts to Medicaid, including harsh new work requirements
• New Medicare eligibility rules & increased costs for dual Medicaid-Medicare enrollees
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Here's the crap that's just passed in this budget:
• Deep cuts to Medicaid, including harsh new work requirements
• New Medicare eligibility rules & increased costs for dual Medicaid-Medicare enrollees
Trump Administration Live Updates: House Passes Sweeping Bill to Fulfill President’s Domestic Agenda
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“God damn you all to hell.” —George Taylor, Planet of the Apes
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Here's the crap that's just passed in this budget:
• Deep cuts to Medicaid, including harsh new work requirements
• New Medicare eligibility rules & increased costs for dual Medicaid-Medicare enrollees
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Here's the crap that's just passed in this budget:
• Deep cuts to Medicaid, including harsh new work requirements
• New Medicare eligibility rules & increased costs for dual Medicaid-Medicare enrollees
29 May 2025
The First GPS Observation of a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) Riding in a Long-Haul Garbage Transfer Truck
Megan A. Cimino, Heather Welch, Pete Warzybok, Scott A. Shaffer
bioone.org/journals/wat...
The First GPS Observation of a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) Riding in a Long-Haul Garbage Transfer Truck
Megan A. Cimino, Heather Welch, Pete Warzybok, Scott A. Shaffer
bioone.org/journals/wat...
bioone.org
July 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
29 May 2025
The First GPS Observation of a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) Riding in a Long-Haul Garbage Transfer Truck
Megan A. Cimino, Heather Welch, Pete Warzybok, Scott A. Shaffer
bioone.org/journals/wat...
The First GPS Observation of a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) Riding in a Long-Haul Garbage Transfer Truck
Megan A. Cimino, Heather Welch, Pete Warzybok, Scott A. Shaffer
bioone.org/journals/wat...
