Noel Dickover
@noeldickover.bsky.social
Project management @ GMU.edu. Master pumpkin carver: fantasypumpkins.com, reads UFO research, Wash Wizards, Mystics, Ravens fan. Former international devt, Human Rights (30 countries), Federal govt consultant (6 Depts/Agnc). #PaganFolkRock list on Spotify.
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Happy Halloween 2025 edition!
Here are my pumpkin carvings from this past Friday.
Do check out the rest of my family's carves as well at fantasypumpkins.com.
We had a great turnout with wonderful weather to match! 1/10
#PumpkinCarvingFriday #PumpkinCarving #Halloween #fantasyArt #scifiart
Enjoy!
Here are my pumpkin carvings from this past Friday.
Do check out the rest of my family's carves as well at fantasypumpkins.com.
We had a great turnout with wonderful weather to match! 1/10
#PumpkinCarvingFriday #PumpkinCarving #Halloween #fantasyArt #scifiart
Enjoy!
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Talk about knocking an aquascape out of the park!
Its not just the Black Ruby Barbs.
This is mating behavior by my baby little flag fish! They're not even half sized yet!
I saw the dominant of the 3 males pin one female to a tree by encircling her.
#fish #aquarium #fishkeeping ##aquascaping
Its not just the Black Ruby Barbs.
This is mating behavior by my baby little flag fish! They're not even half sized yet!
I saw the dominant of the 3 males pin one female to a tree by encircling her.
#fish #aquarium #fishkeeping ##aquascaping
November 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Talk about knocking an aquascape out of the park!
Its not just the Black Ruby Barbs.
This is mating behavior by my baby little flag fish! They're not even half sized yet!
I saw the dominant of the 3 males pin one female to a tree by encircling her.
#fish #aquarium #fishkeeping ##aquascaping
Its not just the Black Ruby Barbs.
This is mating behavior by my baby little flag fish! They're not even half sized yet!
I saw the dominant of the 3 males pin one female to a tree by encircling her.
#fish #aquarium #fishkeeping ##aquascaping
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Oh my. When you've lost the Babylon Bee …
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Oh my. When you've lost the Babylon Bee …
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Note that the BBC openly admits in an email to me that the removal of this claim about Trump's world-historical corruption was done "on legal advice."
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Note that the BBC openly admits in an email to me that the removal of this claim about Trump's world-historical corruption was done "on legal advice."
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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So, DOGE, What Would You Say You Did Here?
An exit interview
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
The ballroom MUST be demolished by the 1st person not from the GOP that occupies the White House after Trump, or what's left of the White House at that time.
Even the architect Trump hired to build his massive addition to the White House objects to the president's vision. The two have argued about the size of the 90,000-sq-foot project that would dwarf the mansion. @jonathanreports.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The ballroom MUST be demolished by the 1st person not from the GOP that occupies the White House after Trump, or what's left of the White House at that time.
Now imagine that same photo, but with THREE seats on each side, along with 3 inches less leg room!
Does a 3 piece suit still make sense in that context? Or pajamas and sweats?
Does a 3 piece suit still make sense in that context? Or pajamas and sweats?
Sorry, Sean Duffy, the age of suits was not the golden age of airplane civility. To restore order in the skies, we need to look even further back, @petridishes.bsky.social writes:
The Biggest Problem With Air Travel: Pajamas?
The transportation secretary seems to think fashion will solve flying’s problems.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Now imagine that same photo, but with THREE seats on each side, along with 3 inches less leg room!
Does a 3 piece suit still make sense in that context? Or pajamas and sweats?
Does a 3 piece suit still make sense in that context? Or pajamas and sweats?
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“The National Guard is stranded somewhere on this battlefield of partisan politics. They are not ready for this arena, and we should never have asked them to be. Politics is not a military mission.” @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“The National Guard is stranded somewhere on this battlefield of partisan politics. They are not ready for this arena, and we should never have asked them to be. Politics is not a military mission.” @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
White supremacist POTUS wants to get rid of non-Christians and brown people because racism.
Donald Trump announces huge ramp up in mass deportations - even targeting US citizens
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Trump announces huge ramp up in mass deportations - even targeting US citizens
"Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation," warning migrants - even those with green cards or US citizenship that they "won't be here for long!"
www.mirror.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
White supremacist POTUS wants to get rid of non-Christians and brown people because racism.
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@noeldickover.bsky.social 1/2 I know someone who was a state university prof near Texas caught in this “Koch Bro’s Catch 22” & fired after 37 & now has no emeritus status and no U library card, so they can’t easily operate as a scholar now. Can’t the ACLU take these cases in as a class action?
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
@noeldickover.bsky.social 1/2 I know someone who was a state university prof near Texas caught in this “Koch Bro’s Catch 22” & fired after 37 & now has no emeritus status and no U library card, so they can’t easily operate as a scholar now. Can’t the ACLU take these cases in as a class action?
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When America Has Your Back
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
When America Has Your Back
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
My friend Jake (that’s Dr. Beck to you!) on the crisis in Texas universities.
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
Professor: Texas used to have universities
Former Texas Tech professor takes issue with the actions of Texas universities to restrict what topics can be discussed. Doing so makes them something other...
www.dallasnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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The Hubble image shows UGC 12591, a rare isolated S0/Sa galaxy – a giant hybrid between a lenticular and an early-type spiral.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap17030...
Image by ESA/Hubble & NASA
🔭 🧪 #science #extragalactic #cosmology
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➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap17030...
Image by ESA/Hubble & NASA
🔭 🧪 #science #extragalactic #cosmology
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November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The Hubble image shows UGC 12591, a rare isolated S0/Sa galaxy – a giant hybrid between a lenticular and an early-type spiral.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap17030...
Image by ESA/Hubble & NASA
🔭 🧪 #science #extragalactic #cosmology
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➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap17030...
Image by ESA/Hubble & NASA
🔭 🧪 #science #extragalactic #cosmology
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
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Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan
Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Reporter Lynzy Billing’s investigation offers an unprecedented insight into the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s Zero Uni...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
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Straight-up sociopath.
Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.
Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Straight-up sociopath.
Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.
Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.
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“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”
I know a fish that likes his new home.
->Black Ruby Barb mating in 2 days!
#fish #aquarium #fishkeeping
->Black Ruby Barb mating in 2 days!
#fish #aquarium #fishkeeping
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I know a fish that likes his new home.
->Black Ruby Barb mating in 2 days!
#fish #aquarium #fishkeeping
->Black Ruby Barb mating in 2 days!
#fish #aquarium #fishkeeping
This is Bonkers!
ONLY 2 DAYS in their new tank and the Black Buby Barbs are ALREADY MATING!
This is literally the first thing they've done after swimming back and forth for two solid days.
They REALLY love the flow a hang on back w/12" tank width!
#aquascaping #fishkeeping #acquarium #fish
ONLY 2 DAYS in their new tank and the Black Buby Barbs are ALREADY MATING!
This is literally the first thing they've done after swimming back and forth for two solid days.
They REALLY love the flow a hang on back w/12" tank width!
#aquascaping #fishkeeping #acquarium #fish
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is Bonkers!
ONLY 2 DAYS in their new tank and the Black Buby Barbs are ALREADY MATING!
This is literally the first thing they've done after swimming back and forth for two solid days.
They REALLY love the flow a hang on back w/12" tank width!
#aquascaping #fishkeeping #acquarium #fish
ONLY 2 DAYS in their new tank and the Black Buby Barbs are ALREADY MATING!
This is literally the first thing they've done after swimming back and forth for two solid days.
They REALLY love the flow a hang on back w/12" tank width!
#aquascaping #fishkeeping #acquarium #fish
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Remind me which side is more violent?
Per The Atlantic, An Indiana Republican isn’t running for re-election because “I’d rather my house not get firebombed” - because Trump is mad he opposed his seat-stealing redistricting plan there. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Remind me which side is more violent?
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Needing ChatGPT to tell you make pasta for a first date as though dudes haven’t been doing that since the beginning of time
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Needing ChatGPT to tell you make pasta for a first date as though dudes haven’t been doing that since the beginning of time