Neil Suits
@neilsuits.bsky.social
Biogeochemist, Climate modeler, History, Politics, Literature—Delenda Est Mar a Lago
As a Detroit Lions fan I can tell you that it is sweet, and it only took 60+ years to get back.
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
As a Detroit Lions fan I can tell you that it is sweet, and it only took 60+ years to get back.
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
“..in the modern age, and not before, men begin to doubt that poverty is inherent in the human condition,..
that life on earth might be blessed by abundance instead of being cursed by scarcity..it grew directly out of the American colonial experience.”
Hannah Arendt, On Revolution
that life on earth might be blessed by abundance instead of being cursed by scarcity..it grew directly out of the American colonial experience.”
Hannah Arendt, On Revolution
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
“..in the modern age, and not before, men begin to doubt that poverty is inherent in the human condition,..
that life on earth might be blessed by abundance instead of being cursed by scarcity..it grew directly out of the American colonial experience.”
Hannah Arendt, On Revolution
that life on earth might be blessed by abundance instead of being cursed by scarcity..it grew directly out of the American colonial experience.”
Hannah Arendt, On Revolution
USA: Shining War Profiteers on a Hill
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
USA: Shining War Profiteers on a Hill
Sounds like poor planning.
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Sounds like poor planning.
Popular hit when I was teaching at Arthur Murray’s.
Do the Hustle!
Do the Hustle!
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Popular hit when I was teaching at Arthur Murray’s.
Do the Hustle!
Do the Hustle!
It’s like that feeling you get when you wake up in the morning and realize you’ve changed into a large bug.
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It’s like that feeling you get when you wake up in the morning and realize you’ve changed into a large bug.
The last two years inflation has been near 3%.
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The last two years inflation has been near 3%.
In Montana travel distances for even regular games were absurd.
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
In Montana travel distances for even regular games were absurd.
“Our resolution, Athenians, is the same as it was at first. We will not in a moment deprive of freedom a city that has been inhabited these seven hundred years; but we put our trust in the fortune by which the gods have preserved it until now, ”
Melian Dialogue, Thucydides
Melian Dialogue, Thucydides
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
“Our resolution, Athenians, is the same as it was at first. We will not in a moment deprive of freedom a city that has been inhabited these seven hundred years; but we put our trust in the fortune by which the gods have preserved it until now, ”
Melian Dialogue, Thucydides
Melian Dialogue, Thucydides
No facts. No law.
Quick! Get me a table!
Quick! Get me a table!
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
No facts. No law.
Quick! Get me a table!
Quick! Get me a table!
I remember the moment I first read Calvin and Hobbes.
Sun shining. Sitting on the couch.
It was magic.
Thanks
Sun shining. Sitting on the couch.
It was magic.
Thanks
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I remember the moment I first read Calvin and Hobbes.
Sun shining. Sitting on the couch.
It was magic.
Thanks
Sun shining. Sitting on the couch.
It was magic.
Thanks
Like manna from heaven.
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Like manna from heaven.
In any other administration yada, yada…
But what’s interesting is that of all the grifts in the Trump administration, this is the closest to being legitimate.
But what’s interesting is that of all the grifts in the Trump administration, this is the closest to being legitimate.
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In any other administration yada, yada…
But what’s interesting is that of all the grifts in the Trump administration, this is the closest to being legitimate.
But what’s interesting is that of all the grifts in the Trump administration, this is the closest to being legitimate.
So just like Germany in the thirties: bolshevism or nazism.
If MAGA fractures we’ll be sent to gulags; if it doesn’t we’ll be sent to concentration camps.
If MAGA fractures we’ll be sent to gulags; if it doesn’t we’ll be sent to concentration camps.
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
So just like Germany in the thirties: bolshevism or nazism.
If MAGA fractures we’ll be sent to gulags; if it doesn’t we’ll be sent to concentration camps.
If MAGA fractures we’ll be sent to gulags; if it doesn’t we’ll be sent to concentration camps.
Like many, I read that list thinking “Wow! This person is really sticking it to Homeland Security’s absurd arguments”.
Then I realized it wasn’t satire.
Then I realized it wasn’t satire.
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Like many, I read that list thinking “Wow! This person is really sticking it to Homeland Security’s absurd arguments”.
Then I realized it wasn’t satire.
Then I realized it wasn’t satire.
She could have Halligan present the indictment.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
She could have Halligan present the indictment.
We speak of a K-economy. There is also a K-politics.
Trump’s argument is a string of emotionally charged lies and fantasies.
It’s answered with a well reasoned presentation of the facts.
A trained salesman can answer any objection except complete gibberish. How do you argue with the insane?
Trump’s argument is a string of emotionally charged lies and fantasies.
It’s answered with a well reasoned presentation of the facts.
A trained salesman can answer any objection except complete gibberish. How do you argue with the insane?
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We speak of a K-economy. There is also a K-politics.
Trump’s argument is a string of emotionally charged lies and fantasies.
It’s answered with a well reasoned presentation of the facts.
A trained salesman can answer any objection except complete gibberish. How do you argue with the insane?
Trump’s argument is a string of emotionally charged lies and fantasies.
It’s answered with a well reasoned presentation of the facts.
A trained salesman can answer any objection except complete gibberish. How do you argue with the insane?
She wants out of that dead end job.
This is her request for a promotion.
This is her request for a promotion.
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
She wants out of that dead end job.
This is her request for a promotion.
This is her request for a promotion.
If these Lawmakers are harmed, it’s not Trump’s fault.
It’s just that sometimes things happen.
It’s just that sometimes things happen.
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If these Lawmakers are harmed, it’s not Trump’s fault.
It’s just that sometimes things happen.
It’s just that sometimes things happen.
Lemon is relying on the Omertà clause of the constitution.
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Lemon is relying on the Omertà clause of the constitution.
Agree. Not worth the aggravation or effort.
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Agree. Not worth the aggravation or effort.
Most Americans know this.
That includes, in particular, all the participants in the dinner with MBS last night, who see this as a feature, not a bug.
That includes, in particular, all the participants in the dinner with MBS last night, who see this as a feature, not a bug.
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Most Americans know this.
That includes, in particular, all the participants in the dinner with MBS last night, who see this as a feature, not a bug.
That includes, in particular, all the participants in the dinner with MBS last night, who see this as a feature, not a bug.
Here in Michigan we’re also discussing thanksgiving dinner plans, but we’re leaning towards Turkey.
It’s hard to stuff a squirrel.
It’s hard to stuff a squirrel.
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Here in Michigan we’re also discussing thanksgiving dinner plans, but we’re leaning towards Turkey.
It’s hard to stuff a squirrel.
It’s hard to stuff a squirrel.