@lyvautier.bsky.social
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Bit of a wild story. Hearing this second hand, but buckle up.
ICE attempted to pull a Kavanaugh stop last night (Christmas Eve), pulling over my mom’s boss (an LPR). He proved his immigration status, but they decided to go after the coworker he was with instead. It gets wilder from here… 1/
ICE attempted to pull a Kavanaugh stop last night (Christmas Eve), pulling over my mom’s boss (an LPR). He proved his immigration status, but they decided to go after the coworker he was with instead. It gets wilder from here… 1/
December 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Bit of a wild story. Hearing this second hand, but buckle up.
ICE attempted to pull a Kavanaugh stop last night (Christmas Eve), pulling over my mom’s boss (an LPR). He proved his immigration status, but they decided to go after the coworker he was with instead. It gets wilder from here… 1/
ICE attempted to pull a Kavanaugh stop last night (Christmas Eve), pulling over my mom’s boss (an LPR). He proved his immigration status, but they decided to go after the coworker he was with instead. It gets wilder from here… 1/
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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
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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Great thread, of course, by @jessicavalenti.bsky.social on the malignancy of this frame..... "Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place."
Because it’s not just Bari Weiss’ CBS asking this question—in the last few months, I’ve been approached by half a dozen different shows looking to ‘debate’ the same topic.
I even got a request from NPR-distributed “Open to Debate” to see if I’d weigh in on “Has Feminism Hurt Women?”
NPR!
I even got a request from NPR-distributed “Open to Debate” to see if I’d weigh in on “Has Feminism Hurt Women?”
NPR!
December 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Great thread, of course, by @jessicavalenti.bsky.social on the malignancy of this frame..... "Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place."
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Welcome to THE BEST BOOKS OF 2025: REVIEWER'S CHOICE!! Reactor's book reviewers have come together to recommend their favorite 2025 reads. How many have you picked up?
Reviewers' Choice: The Best Books of 2025 - Reactor
Reactor’s regular book reviewers talk about notable titles they read in 2025
reactormag.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Welcome to THE BEST BOOKS OF 2025: REVIEWER'S CHOICE!! Reactor's book reviewers have come together to recommend their favorite 2025 reads. How many have you picked up?
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This ballroom not only marks the destruction of a historic landmark — it's also creating a monument to corruption in our country, as massive corporations & the ultra-wealthy have donated millions to build the ballroom & buy Trump's favor.
We need to put a stop to this entire corrupt enterprise.
We need to put a stop to this entire corrupt enterprise.
National Trust sues to stop Trump’s ballroom construction
The organization, which is charged by Congress with historic preservation, is seeking to halt construction on one of the president’s priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This ballroom not only marks the destruction of a historic landmark — it's also creating a monument to corruption in our country, as massive corporations & the ultra-wealthy have donated millions to build the ballroom & buy Trump's favor.
We need to put a stop to this entire corrupt enterprise.
We need to put a stop to this entire corrupt enterprise.
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This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.
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Plus ca change
December 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Plus ca change
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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Me, yesterday: "I'd really like to call it 'kleptocratic foreign policy', buy maybe that's too incendiary for pages of august magazine."
White House, today: 👇
White House, today: 👇
December 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Me, yesterday: "I'd really like to call it 'kleptocratic foreign policy', buy maybe that's too incendiary for pages of august magazine."
White House, today: 👇
White House, today: 👇
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A few weeks ago, my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I won’t lie—it's been incredibly challenging for me and my family.
Now, I’m embarking on a journey to answer the questions so many of us face when it comes to providing care for our loved ones.
I hope you’ll join me.
Now, I’m embarking on a journey to answer the questions so many of us face when it comes to providing care for our loved ones.
I hope you’ll join me.
My Dad’s Alzheimer’s Diagnosis and Becoming a Caregiver
YouTube video by Senator Andy Kim
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A few weeks ago, my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I won’t lie—it's been incredibly challenging for me and my family.
Now, I’m embarking on a journey to answer the questions so many of us face when it comes to providing care for our loved ones.
I hope you’ll join me.
Now, I’m embarking on a journey to answer the questions so many of us face when it comes to providing care for our loved ones.
I hope you’ll join me.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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8 December 1936 | A Czech Jewish boy, Petr Epstein, was born in Teplice.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Children at Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Children at Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
8 December 1936 | A Czech Jewish boy, Petr Epstein, was born in Teplice.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Children at Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Children at Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
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There has been no debate here among constitutional scholars, historians, political scientists, anyone with a pulse really.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Anyone who knows this history should know there’s no contested issue.
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
There has been no debate here among constitutional scholars, historians, political scientists, anyone with a pulse really.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
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Many, many of the programs targeted for cuts have no problem filling seats, producing credits, bringing in revenue. Their elimination is ideological, there's just no other reasonable explanation.
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Many, many of the programs targeted for cuts have no problem filling seats, producing credits, bringing in revenue. Their elimination is ideological, there's just no other reasonable explanation.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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6 December 1921 | A Pole, Marian Kołodziej, was born in Raszków.
Deported to #Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to the camp.
No. 432
He survived.
After the war, he was a painter & stage designer.
Author of monumental „Negatives of Memory”.
Deported to #Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to the camp.
No. 432
He survived.
After the war, he was a painter & stage designer.
Author of monumental „Negatives of Memory”.
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
6 December 1921 | A Pole, Marian Kołodziej, was born in Raszków.
Deported to #Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to the camp.
No. 432
He survived.
After the war, he was a painter & stage designer.
Author of monumental „Negatives of Memory”.
Deported to #Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to the camp.
No. 432
He survived.
After the war, he was a painter & stage designer.
Author of monumental „Negatives of Memory”.
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US national security strategy.
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
US national security strategy.
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) released a proposal this week that, if passed, would strip U.S. citizenship from Americans who hold a second passport.
Full statement from @demsabroad.bsky.social Chair, Martha McDevitt-Pugh: www.democratsabroad.org/da_statement...
Full statement from @demsabroad.bsky.social Chair, Martha McDevitt-Pugh: www.democratsabroad.org/da_statement...
December 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) released a proposal this week that, if passed, would strip U.S. citizenship from Americans who hold a second passport.
Full statement from @demsabroad.bsky.social Chair, Martha McDevitt-Pugh: www.democratsabroad.org/da_statement...
Full statement from @demsabroad.bsky.social Chair, Martha McDevitt-Pugh: www.democratsabroad.org/da_statement...
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Bookmark this for the investigations to come: the Trump team’s boat bombings trace back to at least 2018. That’s when White House officials asked me & others about whether they could do something like this.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Bookmark this for the investigations to come: the Trump team’s boat bombings trace back to at least 2018. That’s when White House officials asked me & others about whether they could do something like this.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
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A video captured of Maria a Street Vendor reunited with her
Autistic 15 yr old son after he was wrongfully detained for 50 days.
Autistic 15 yr old son after he was wrongfully detained for 50 days.
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A video captured of Maria a Street Vendor reunited with her
Autistic 15 yr old son after he was wrongfully detained for 50 days.
Autistic 15 yr old son after he was wrongfully detained for 50 days.
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Unprincipled and weak. The murder of journalists is perhaps the single most direct violation of the right to freedom of speech. (1/2)
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 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Unprincipled and weak. The murder of journalists is perhaps the single most direct violation of the right to freedom of speech. (1/2)