Matt Mitchell
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Embracing the Niagara Frontier one lake effect event at a time!
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I have a copy of one of these studies from the Helmand HTT, and it basically says exactly what @brasidas.bsky.social summarizes below and the portions of it about endemic child abuse are quite disturbing
(Also, funny that they didn’t learn the correct name of the Marine unit they were supporting)
(Also, funny that they didn’t learn the correct name of the Marine unit they were supporting)
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I have a copy of one of these studies from the Helmand HTT, and it basically says exactly what @brasidas.bsky.social summarizes below and the portions of it about endemic child abuse are quite disturbing
(Also, funny that they didn’t learn the correct name of the Marine unit they were supporting)
(Also, funny that they didn’t learn the correct name of the Marine unit they were supporting)
Ah, that explains MTG's odd resignation date; the Congressional pension vests after five years.
November 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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🚨 Are you or do you know a student interested in authoritarianism? I am recruiting an intern to work on authoritarian parties with me starting January '26!
The position is in-person in Gothenburg, Sweden & the deadline to apply is 28 November 2025. Email your application to fabio.angiolillo@gu.se
The position is in-person in Gothenburg, Sweden & the deadline to apply is 28 November 2025. Email your application to fabio.angiolillo@gu.se
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🚨 Are you or do you know a student interested in authoritarianism? I am recruiting an intern to work on authoritarian parties with me starting January '26!
The position is in-person in Gothenburg, Sweden & the deadline to apply is 28 November 2025. Email your application to fabio.angiolillo@gu.se
The position is in-person in Gothenburg, Sweden & the deadline to apply is 28 November 2025. Email your application to fabio.angiolillo@gu.se
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Actual causes of death in the USA compared to populist media coverage ...
November 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Actual causes of death in the USA compared to populist media coverage ...
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The generation that experienced WW2 knew how bad things could get. The horrors that they had directly experienced in Coventry, on Omaha, at Belsen, Bastogne, Dresden, Nanjing & Tokyo meant that they understood how dangerous THIS was. This is where all that started.
Dutch anti-Muslim populist Geert Wilders goes full Trump, claiming on X after he lost the election that there are reports of vote fraud. Also claimed the election authority was not neutral. Tearing down the pillars of Dutch democracy. nos.nl/l/2588722
Gemeenten wijzen aantijgingen Wilders over stemgesjoemel van de hand
Wilders stelt op sociale media dat het "berichten regent" van verdwenen of ongeldig verklaarde stemmen. Experts noemen het trumpiaans.
nos.nl
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The generation that experienced WW2 knew how bad things could get. The horrors that they had directly experienced in Coventry, on Omaha, at Belsen, Bastogne, Dresden, Nanjing & Tokyo meant that they understood how dangerous THIS was. This is where all that started.
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Republicans passing laws to weaken unions also weakens unions
Diversity doesn’t weaken unions. Racist bosses like Vance using racism to divide workers by race so they can exploit them weakens unions. All this stuff is arsonists complaining about the temperature in the building they set on fire. bsky.app/profile/diew...
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Republicans passing laws to weaken unions also weakens unions
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Don’t take my word for it www.haymarketbooks.org/books/991-or...
Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981
A classic, radical history of Black workers' contribution to the American labor movement.
www.haymarketbooks.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Don’t take my word for it www.haymarketbooks.org/books/991-or...
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How this has always worked:
Boss: you should exclude non white people from your unions
Union: ok. Now can we get better pay and benefits?
Boss: no i’m gonna hire the workers you excluded for have the price while you starve lol
Boss: you should exclude non white people from your unions
Union: ok. Now can we get better pay and benefits?
Boss: no i’m gonna hire the workers you excluded for have the price while you starve lol
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
How this has always worked:
Boss: you should exclude non white people from your unions
Union: ok. Now can we get better pay and benefits?
Boss: no i’m gonna hire the workers you excluded for have the price while you starve lol
Boss: you should exclude non white people from your unions
Union: ok. Now can we get better pay and benefits?
Boss: no i’m gonna hire the workers you excluded for have the price while you starve lol
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
A guy is wearing a red jacket with black shoulders. Definitely a STTNG look. I'm scared for him now.
October 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A guy is wearing a red jacket with black shoulders. Definitely a STTNG look. I'm scared for him now.
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Is the inaugural song for the #EpsteinBallroom gonna be "Thank heaven for little girls"? #askingforafriend
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October 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Is the inaugural song for the #EpsteinBallroom gonna be "Thank heaven for little girls"? #askingforafriend
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As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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HAHAHAHAHAHA
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October 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA
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There should be a Razzie Nobel award, especially for Trump.
October 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
There should be a Razzie Nobel award, especially for Trump.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Mind you, there's a fair number of times I've been told in this country that I'm not white. Even though I'm half English, half Lithuanian by descent. In my first job in the UK, they counted me as BAME because I wasn't "White British" but "White Other" on their forms.
October 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Mind you, there's a fair number of times I've been told in this country that I'm not white. Even though I'm half English, half Lithuanian by descent. In my first job in the UK, they counted me as BAME because I wasn't "White British" but "White Other" on their forms.
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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October 5th and I still have roses blooming. In #BuffaloNY. Yep, there's no #climatechange happening at all.
@pullingtretiak.bsky.social
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October 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
October 5th and I still have roses blooming. In #BuffaloNY. Yep, there's no #climatechange happening at all.
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A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.
ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.
A judge has ordered his immediate release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.
A judge has ordered his immediate release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.
ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.
A judge has ordered his immediate release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.
A judge has ordered his immediate release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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ALSO: In the Rhode Island-led case against the effort to shutter or dramatically downscale several agencies, Judge John McConnell similarly denied DOJ's shutdown stay request — noting DOJ's own contingency plan, which states the DOJ will keep litigating if a judge denies such a request.
![TEXT ORDER denying 83 Motion to Stay: The Court is required to continue its constitutional functions, and therefore
the Motion to Stay is DENIED. Department of Justice contingency plan states: "If a court denies such a request [to
stay or continue] and orders a case to continue, the Government will comply with the court's order, which would
constitute express legal authorization for the activity to continue." So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr.
on 10/2/2025. (Jackson, Ryan)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreicpsbigedvzmhjzmb52rxpqorb6cmwrcefzz3qaxhgvvuzqcmmx3i@jpeg)
October 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
ALSO: In the Rhode Island-led case against the effort to shutter or dramatically downscale several agencies, Judge John McConnell similarly denied DOJ's shutdown stay request — noting DOJ's own contingency plan, which states the DOJ will keep litigating if a judge denies such a request.
My office mates during the day.
An illicit love affair
@pullingtretiak.bsky.social
@pullingtretiak.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
My office mates during the day.
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Next time he shows up in Bastogne he can distribute ammo to the Germans as well.
October 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Next time he shows up in Bastogne he can distribute ammo to the Germans as well.