I predict that the next definition of “woke” will be criticism of Trump or his ilk after this election cycle is all over.
Trump expands ‘woke’ criticism from Smithsonian to other museums
"The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of "WOKE," he wrote.
www.opb.org
August 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I predict that the next definition of “woke” will be criticism of Trump or his ilk after this election cycle is all over.
TIL about the “other scurvy”, ie a disease that was largely misunderstood until it was determined to be a simple nutritional deficiency. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/tens...
Tens of Thousands Were Treated for a Deadly Disease While Confined to Psychiatric Hospitals on These Two Venetian Islands
In the 19th and 20th centuries, San Servolo and San Clemente housed patients suffering from pellagrous insanity, a condition caused by a vitamin deficiency
www.smithsonianmag.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
TIL about the “other scurvy”, ie a disease that was largely misunderstood until it was determined to be a simple nutritional deficiency. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/tens...
2/2 - By agitating all walks of life at once, the risk of violence against the president or the government grows. And the moment any action is taken, the GOP/President will seize emergency powers and enact the remainder of their strategy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichst...
Reichstag fire - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
2/2 - By agitating all walks of life at once, the risk of violence against the president or the government grows. And the moment any action is taken, the GOP/President will seize emergency powers and enact the remainder of their strategy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichst...
Im going to call it here, maybe others have already seen it: the grand GOP plan so far is working to reshape American values in their image. But it will take emergency powers to get the real pieces into place, powers the presidency does not normally have. 1/2
February 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Im going to call it here, maybe others have already seen it: the grand GOP plan so far is working to reshape American values in their image. But it will take emergency powers to get the real pieces into place, powers the presidency does not normally have. 1/2
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Our United Airlines pilot made sure to emphasize *Mexico* when he said we'd be flying over the Gulf of *Mexico* today.
It's the little things. Microdose hope.
It's the little things. Microdose hope.
February 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Our United Airlines pilot made sure to emphasize *Mexico* when he said we'd be flying over the Gulf of *Mexico* today.
It's the little things. Microdose hope.
It's the little things. Microdose hope.
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I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
January 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
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Let’s play the Associative Property Game. If the Oath Keepers are a far-right extremist group, and their leader is now free again due to the actions of the GOPs leader, doesn’t that make the GOP a far-right extremist group?
January 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Let’s play the Associative Property Game. If the Oath Keepers are a far-right extremist group, and their leader is now free again due to the actions of the GOPs leader, doesn’t that make the GOP a far-right extremist group?
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Elon Musk is campaigning for the German neo Nazi party. Why? Because he’s a neo Nazi.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Musk tells Germans to get over 'past guilt' in speech to far-right AfD rally
The tech billionaire and Trump adviser has drawn rebukes for repeatedly endorsing the AfD in the leadup to Germany’s snap election next month.
www.politico.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Elon Musk is campaigning for the German neo Nazi party. Why? Because he’s a neo Nazi.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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The Hegseth confirmation shows that Republican lawmakers have put party over country. They should be ashamed, but I doubt if they are.
January 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Hegseth confirmation shows that Republican lawmakers have put party over country. They should be ashamed, but I doubt if they are.
His hair looks haggard. He looks tired. And bonus for Melania looking like the bored fashion model that she was. At least she's honest with why she is sticking around.
January 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
His hair looks haggard. He looks tired. And bonus for Melania looking like the bored fashion model that she was. At least she's honest with why she is sticking around.
We shall see if the checks and balances of the United States Government will withstand the party-line corruption of the system with the vote on Hegseth. If an obviously unqualified person can ascend to the leader of our defenses, then there is no hope that these checks are meaningful.
January 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We shall see if the checks and balances of the United States Government will withstand the party-line corruption of the system with the vote on Hegseth. If an obviously unqualified person can ascend to the leader of our defenses, then there is no hope that these checks are meaningful.
Looking at you, Trump.
January 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Looking at you, Trump.
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Social media owners should be held responsible for 'poisoning society' and eroding democracy with their algorithms, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told the World Economic Forum in Davos reut.rs/3C8jgY
January 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Social media owners should be held responsible for 'poisoning society' and eroding democracy with their algorithms, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told the World Economic Forum in Davos reut.rs/3C8jgY
Hey, Orange Menace: if you want to sign an order to rescind something unpopular, let us carry bottle water and pocket knives on planes again.
January 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hey, Orange Menace: if you want to sign an order to rescind something unpopular, let us carry bottle water and pocket knives on planes again.
Never looked more like an angry Oompa Loompa.
January 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Never looked more like an angry Oompa Loompa.
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I never again want to hear that Republicans are the "law and order" party.
The reality is that the GOP are now the party of criminals and criminal enablers.
The reality is that the GOP are now the party of criminals and criminal enablers.
January 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I never again want to hear that Republicans are the "law and order" party.
The reality is that the GOP are now the party of criminals and criminal enablers.
The reality is that the GOP are now the party of criminals and criminal enablers.
My weekly attempt at convincing ChatGPT to make me an accurate image of The Orange Menace with the words "The President is not a King." It's been a wonderful exercise in creative manipulation of prompts to achieve my goals. I feel it is helping me stay mentally fit.
January 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My weekly attempt at convincing ChatGPT to make me an accurate image of The Orange Menace with the words "The President is not a King." It's been a wonderful exercise in creative manipulation of prompts to achieve my goals. I feel it is helping me stay mentally fit.
"...Trump’s reckless venality is a reason for hope. Trump has the soul of a fascist but the mind of a disordered child. He will likely be surrounded by terrible but incompetent people. All of them can be beaten...," writes Tom Nichols for Atlantic. archive.ph/4TWNU (paywalled, free alternative)
archive.ph
January 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"...Trump’s reckless venality is a reason for hope. Trump has the soul of a fascist but the mind of a disordered child. He will likely be surrounded by terrible but incompetent people. All of them can be beaten...," writes Tom Nichols for Atlantic. archive.ph/4TWNU (paywalled, free alternative)
Wow, how did I not know about "MAGAt" as an increasingly accurate insult to The Orange Menace (TOM). I was raised to address the behavior and not the person, but I think we are past that point. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/MAGAt
MAGAt - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
en.wiktionary.org
January 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Wow, how did I not know about "MAGAt" as an increasingly accurate insult to The Orange Menace (TOM). I was raised to address the behavior and not the person, but I think we are past that point. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/MAGAt
What a lineup. Getting my popcorn now...
January 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
What a lineup. Getting my popcorn now...
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
November 29, 2024 at 3:57 PM
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
I'm on the fence on negotiate vs. retaliate to The Orange Menace's (TOM) "tariff wars". I have the privilege to outlast a price war with the rest of the world. While I prefer that the half of America that voted for TOM experience the economic consequences of their decision...what about my kids?
Buy American to avoid Trump trade war, says Christine Lagarde
ECB chief takes aim at claim that tariffs will ‘make America great again’ — but calls for negotiation, not retaliation
www.ft.com
November 28, 2024 at 6:44 PM
I'm on the fence on negotiate vs. retaliate to The Orange Menace's (TOM) "tariff wars". I have the privilege to outlast a price war with the rest of the world. While I prefer that the half of America that voted for TOM experience the economic consequences of their decision...what about my kids?