Peyton Gresham
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"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." -- Thoreau, from Walden
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Peyton Gresham
@ownerofh.bsky.social
· Jul 22
Tardy #QOTD for May 27, 2023, is from #SummerMeditations by #VaclavHavel. The US needs a leader like Havel, a playwright and peaceful dissident during communism, then a reluctant first President of post communism Czechoslovakia. Not a complete turd like #Trump.
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I'm thinking of the National Guard shooting victims today, and hoping for the best for them. And I am also thinking about the craven politicians who decided to put them in harm's way because they choose to govern by menacing and by staging stunts. May the fates they deserve befall every one of them.
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I'm thinking of the National Guard shooting victims today, and hoping for the best for them. And I am also thinking about the craven politicians who decided to put them in harm's way because they choose to govern by menacing and by staging stunts. May the fates they deserve befall every one of them.
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"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
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#SundaySentence “I drank coffee and read old books and waited for the year to end.”
Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America
Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
#SundaySentence “I drank coffee and read old books and waited for the year to end.”
Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America
Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
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Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
I can't think of a worse way to teach people to read and understand language, its mechanisms, beauties, and subtleties.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I can't think of a worse way to teach people to read and understand language, its mechanisms, beauties, and subtleties.
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I maintain my position that white collar crime remains the most underprosecuted, and more vigilance on this would have saved us from at least two Trump presidencies before they happened. These guys are sloppy, they're just also stupidly intimidatingly rich. But not richer than the State.
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I maintain my position that white collar crime remains the most underprosecuted, and more vigilance on this would have saved us from at least two Trump presidencies before they happened. These guys are sloppy, they're just also stupidly intimidatingly rich. But not richer than the State.
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I will march into gunfire for the candidate that treats million dollar white collar finance criminals like ICE treats nannies.
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I will march into gunfire for the candidate that treats million dollar white collar finance criminals like ICE treats nannies.
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
The psychology of the Republican party in a single photo.
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The psychology of the Republican party in a single photo.
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Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...
The soullessness of the Republican party in a single photo.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The soullessness of the Republican party in a single photo.
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“70% of wage-earning adults who rely on government programs like SNAP and Medicaid work full-time, many at hugely profitable companies like Walmart and McDonald’s whose low wages are effectively subsidized by tax dollars without any of the blame or paternalistic lectures.”
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“70% of wage-earning adults who rely on government programs like SNAP and Medicaid work full-time, many at hugely profitable companies like Walmart and McDonald’s whose low wages are effectively subsidized by tax dollars without any of the blame or paternalistic lectures.”
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Use the power of state and local law to slow Trump's crime and abuse spree www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
October 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Use the power of state and local law to slow Trump's crime and abuse spree www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A great passage from a great novel.
The Oppermanns, 1933.
The Oppermanns, 1933.
October 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A great passage from a great novel.
The Oppermanns, 1933.
The Oppermanns, 1933.
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Toledo Blade: 'COVID-19 Brought About a Large Rise in POTS Cases'
"My waiting list is longer than it has ever been,” said Dr. Blair Grubb, UToledo Health
“We talk about long COVID...we can confidently say POTS is one part of long COVID"
www.toledoblade.com/b-partners/u...
"My waiting list is longer than it has ever been,” said Dr. Blair Grubb, UToledo Health
“We talk about long COVID...we can confidently say POTS is one part of long COVID"
www.toledoblade.com/b-partners/u...
COVID-19 Brought About a Large Rise in POTS Cases
The number of patients diagnosed with a chronic and oftentimes debilitating blood circulation disorder has risen sharply in the wake of COVID-19, according ...
www.toledoblade.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Toledo Blade: 'COVID-19 Brought About a Large Rise in POTS Cases'
"My waiting list is longer than it has ever been,” said Dr. Blair Grubb, UToledo Health
“We talk about long COVID...we can confidently say POTS is one part of long COVID"
www.toledoblade.com/b-partners/u...
"My waiting list is longer than it has ever been,” said Dr. Blair Grubb, UToledo Health
“We talk about long COVID...we can confidently say POTS is one part of long COVID"
www.toledoblade.com/b-partners/u...
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Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social.
October 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social.
If you were the current version of Daniel Ellsberg and you had today's equivalent of The Pentagon Papers (I think we can imagine what they might be) and wanted to release them, would you go to any of the remaining major American newspapers to do so? Sadly, the answer is definitely not.
Thanks. 100% agree about The Guardian and ProPublica. The problem with NYT, WaPo, WSJ (and LA Times) is how opinion bleeds into news analysis. The way news is framed, which stories are deemed worthy, and what is left out of coverage elide truth to the extent that we don’t even have a shared reality.
October 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If you were the current version of Daniel Ellsberg and you had today's equivalent of The Pentagon Papers (I think we can imagine what they might be) and wanted to release them, would you go to any of the remaining major American newspapers to do so? Sadly, the answer is definitely not.
Back in 2015-2016, I can remember supposedly good journalists, one of whom happened to go to my alma mater, saying stuff like "Well, the Trump people say that 2+2 = 5" and practically wanting to slit my wrists. Please, journalists, call terrible human beings what they are.
The conventions of political reporting today are not well equipped to handle this concerted use of pretexts for instrumental purposes and the bottomless bad faith they employ. Grasping the industrial-scale deception at the core of MAGA politics is essential. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
October 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Back in 2015-2016, I can remember supposedly good journalists, one of whom happened to go to my alma mater, saying stuff like "Well, the Trump people say that 2+2 = 5" and practically wanting to slit my wrists. Please, journalists, call terrible human beings what they are.
#SundaySentence #SmallCountry by #GaelFaye Translated by #SarahArdizzone "Thanks to my reading,I had broken free from the limits of our street and was able to breathe again;the world seemed bigger now,extending beyond the fences that encouraged us to turn in on ourselves, huddled up with our fears."
October 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
#SundaySentence #SmallCountry by #GaelFaye Translated by #SarahArdizzone "Thanks to my reading,I had broken free from the limits of our street and was able to breathe again;the world seemed bigger now,extending beyond the fences that encouraged us to turn in on ourselves, huddled up with our fears."
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#Readers, what's the best sentence you read this week? Share at #SundaySentence!
Mine was an easy pick--but also hard since there were so many to choose from in HOPE IN THE DARK by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social:
We write history with our feet and with our presence and our collective voice and vision.
Mine was an easy pick--but also hard since there were so many to choose from in HOPE IN THE DARK by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social:
We write history with our feet and with our presence and our collective voice and vision.
October 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
#Readers, what's the best sentence you read this week? Share at #SundaySentence!
Mine was an easy pick--but also hard since there were so many to choose from in HOPE IN THE DARK by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social:
We write history with our feet and with our presence and our collective voice and vision.
Mine was an easy pick--but also hard since there were so many to choose from in HOPE IN THE DARK by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social:
We write history with our feet and with our presence and our collective voice and vision.
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(For the record, I don't believe Biden was addled -- all the "autopen" stuff is RW paranoic nonsense -- but the point still stands: a Dem Party running on automatic will just keep helping people & boosting the economy. A GOP running on automatic devolves toward fascism.)
October 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
(For the record, I don't believe Biden was addled -- all the "autopen" stuff is RW paranoic nonsense -- but the point still stands: a Dem Party running on automatic will just keep helping people & boosting the economy. A GOP running on automatic devolves toward fascism.)