Peter Steward Scholtes
@petescholtes.bsky.social
I’ve written and taught. Profile photos from Sapsucker Farms Yellow Belly Cidery, Mora, Minnesota, USA, 2022. He/him.
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Stepped into another world yesterday at Soulspace Sanctuary for farm animals in Wisconsin, where Mary Bue played to a crowd that included a nearby roaming donkey and honking peacock, and Stephanie Winter’s Mere Kats covered Kirsty MacColl’s “They Don’t Know” as chickens socialized across species!
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October 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Protest with Pride and sing along with joy, or songs to fight fascists and fatigue
Protest with Pride and sing along with joy, or songs to fight fascists and fatigue
Discover the impact of protest music in 2025. Songs that unite and inspire change, sung by diverse and LGBTQ artists.
outinjersey.net
November 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Protest with Pride and sing along with joy, or songs to fight fascists and fatigue
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Obscure YT of the day: A blind guy, a guy w/ no hands, & a guy in a wheelchair rob a museum in 1973's BEG, BORROW & STEAL! Mike Connors (Mannix), Michael Cole (Mod Squad), Kent McCord (Adam 12), Russell Johnson (Gilligan's Island). Directed by David Lowell Rich!
youtu.be/rSLpx5M2L_8?...
youtu.be/rSLpx5M2L_8?...
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Obscure YT of the day: A blind guy, a guy w/ no hands, & a guy in a wheelchair rob a museum in 1973's BEG, BORROW & STEAL! Mike Connors (Mannix), Michael Cole (Mod Squad), Kent McCord (Adam 12), Russell Johnson (Gilligan's Island). Directed by David Lowell Rich!
youtu.be/rSLpx5M2L_8?...
youtu.be/rSLpx5M2L_8?...
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An absolutely killer #HitParade from @cmolanphy.bsky.social here on the uber-producer Mutt Lange, give an ear when you can. I admittedly speak as a total _Hysteria_ obsessive, as my 2012 piece on the album for @thequietus.com makes clear. It’s just THAT good.
November 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
An absolutely killer #HitParade from @cmolanphy.bsky.social here on the uber-producer Mutt Lange, give an ear when you can. I admittedly speak as a total _Hysteria_ obsessive, as my 2012 piece on the album for @thequietus.com makes clear. It’s just THAT good.
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When I visited her in SF in 2022, I was prepared to be masked, but we were able to sit outside. She served me cookies. I was nervous & said “I don’t want to eat in front of you when you can’t eat, also I am trying to lose weight” & she typed into her speech machine “EAT THE FUCKING COOKIES!!!!” 😂
Alice could not eat food for years.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
When I visited her in SF in 2022, I was prepared to be masked, but we were able to sit outside. She served me cookies. I was nervous & said “I don’t want to eat in front of you when you can’t eat, also I am trying to lose weight” & she typed into her speech machine “EAT THE FUCKING COOKIES!!!!” 😂
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“Paulina's career has been characterized by a deep commitment to meaningful work, often at the expense of financial stability.”
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
November 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“Paulina's career has been characterized by a deep commitment to meaningful work, often at the expense of financial stability.”
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Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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I don't want to jump to any hasty conclusions here, but this email exchange from 2011 between Jeff Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell about Donald Trump having spent hours alone with an underage girl does seem like it might be bad for him.
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I don't want to jump to any hasty conclusions here, but this email exchange from 2011 between Jeff Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell about Donald Trump having spent hours alone with an underage girl does seem like it might be bad for him.
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This paper clearly exposes the hereditarian project for the pseudoscience it is 👇 Also highlights how overtly political are those who promote the claim there are evolved racial differences in cognitive and behavioural traits, despite strong protestations to the contrary
Today is the day! Our reply to the two concurrent critiques (from the same set of authors) is now published in the journal Intelligence 🧵 1/
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This paper clearly exposes the hereditarian project for the pseudoscience it is 👇 Also highlights how overtly political are those who promote the claim there are evolved racial differences in cognitive and behavioural traits, despite strong protestations to the contrary
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Baffling why no politician tried harder to stop Brexit after the referendum: “by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%”
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Baffling why no politician tried harder to stop Brexit after the referendum: “by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%”
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Opinion | I Am a Drug Historian. Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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This could not be more noxious--private restaurants and elevators to take cars to your penthouses as "the acquisitive power of the very rich is soaring."
A gift link to spark the revolution:
The Ultrarich Are Spending a Fortune to Live in Extreme Privacy
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
A gift link to spark the revolution:
The Ultrarich Are Spending a Fortune to Live in Extreme Privacy
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
The Ultrarich Are Spending a Fortune to Live in Extreme Privacy
In Miami and elsewhere, the wealthy are moving in increasingly private spheres, shelling out big money to bypass the indignities of public life.
www.wsj.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This could not be more noxious--private restaurants and elevators to take cars to your penthouses as "the acquisitive power of the very rich is soaring."
A gift link to spark the revolution:
The Ultrarich Are Spending a Fortune to Live in Extreme Privacy
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
A gift link to spark the revolution:
The Ultrarich Are Spending a Fortune to Live in Extreme Privacy
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
The Department of Deportation
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
Opinion | Pope Leo Doesn’t Want to Be the Anti-Trump. But He Is.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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“Bruce Springsteen, the poet of postwar industrial working class life, documented the crisis his family lived through, but he couldn’t solve it, and neither will clinging to a nostalgic fantasy about a bygone era.” Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | Bruce Springsteen’s Father Complicates a Powerful American Narrative
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“Bruce Springsteen, the poet of postwar industrial working class life, documented the crisis his family lived through, but he couldn’t solve it, and neither will clinging to a nostalgic fantasy about a bygone era.” Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
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Securing defections from the authoritarian regime is the centerpiece of any successful pro-democracy resistance.
Politics isn’t fandom—when someone leaves the authoritarian coalition, we should take it as a win.
Politics isn’t fandom—when someone leaves the authoritarian coalition, we should take it as a win.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Securing defections from the authoritarian regime is the centerpiece of any successful pro-democracy resistance.
Politics isn’t fandom—when someone leaves the authoritarian coalition, we should take it as a win.
Politics isn’t fandom—when someone leaves the authoritarian coalition, we should take it as a win.
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A fast machine, kept his motor clean: My new #HitParadePod on @slate.com is about superproducer “Mutt” Lange, mystery man of arena-rocking überpop. Mutt’s anthemic sound worked across genres—AC/DC to the Cars, Foreigner to Billy Ocean, Def Leppard to Shania. Let the magic man pour some sugar on you.
The Reclusive Producer Who Shook the Charts All Night Long
Mutt Lange avoided the spotlight while crafting some of the loudest, catchiest, and bestselling records of all time.
slate.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
A fast machine, kept his motor clean: My new #HitParadePod on @slate.com is about superproducer “Mutt” Lange, mystery man of arena-rocking überpop. Mutt’s anthemic sound worked across genres—AC/DC to the Cars, Foreigner to Billy Ocean, Def Leppard to Shania. Let the magic man pour some sugar on you.
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“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
People gather in uptown to protest Border Patrol arrests in Charlotte
Community leaders and immigrant families protested federal agents’ presence in Charlotte as agents drove around the city taking people.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
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A federal appeals court upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased Ahmaud Arbery with pickup trucks before one of them killed him with a shotgun
US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of white men in Ahmaud Arbery killing
A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago
abcnews.go.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A federal appeals court upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased Ahmaud Arbery with pickup trucks before one of them killed him with a shotgun
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November 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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NEW: Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on s...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
NEW: Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social