Red Ros
@red-ros.bsky.social
Newcastle lass now in a different Newcastle, showing a distinct lack of imagination. A proud, retired public servant, Union member and peacemaker. #darktimes
There is really no part of our lives and our country that Doge is not destroying on its ideological raid.
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DOGE Targets the Humanities
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April 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
There is really no part of our lives and our country that Doge is not destroying on its ideological raid.
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really recommend this piece, and @resnikoff.bsky.social’s substack generally. A succinct summation of why it is such a pathetic betrayal for big law, media, and academia to bend the knee to authoritarianism. Because it reveals the premise of these institutions to be flatly a lie.
New post for the newsletter about the capitulation of big law, big media, and big academia to Trump, and what Hannah Arendt would say about all this. resnikoff.beehiiv.com/p/living-wit...
Living With a Murderer
On personal responsibility under the second Trump administration
resnikoff.beehiiv.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
really recommend this piece, and @resnikoff.bsky.social’s substack generally. A succinct summation of why it is such a pathetic betrayal for big law, media, and academia to bend the knee to authoritarianism. Because it reveals the premise of these institutions to be flatly a lie.
Incoherent nonsense as usual from the “fertilization president” who wants us all back barefoot and in the kitchen. Something else that slipped under the radar.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The anti-women ‘fertilization president’ who wants to have it both ways
Trump’s executive order supposedly expanding IVF access offered nothing concrete beyond a weird nickname for himself
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Incoherent nonsense as usual from the “fertilization president” who wants us all back barefoot and in the kitchen. Something else that slipped under the radar.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Republicans in the Senate voted tonight while no one is watching to fatten Wall Street profits by jacking up overdraft fees on you.
So much for lowering costs.
So much for lowering costs.
March 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Republicans in the Senate voted tonight while no one is watching to fatten Wall Street profits by jacking up overdraft fees on you.
So much for lowering costs.
So much for lowering costs.
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While working as national security adviser, I set up a group chat on an open source app to coordinate a strike in Yemen, potentially violating the US Espionage Act. Even worse, I also inadvertently included the editor of a US news outlet, who reported detail of the conversations.
March 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
While working as national security adviser, I set up a group chat on an open source app to coordinate a strike in Yemen, potentially violating the US Espionage Act. Even worse, I also inadvertently included the editor of a US news outlet, who reported detail of the conversations.
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The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
My full interview here:
Pete Responds Live to Trump Admin’s Major Security Failure
YouTube video by Pete Buttigieg
www.youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
My full interview here:
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DO you want to know what to say to your MAGA uncle when he goes off on a rant?
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Republicans want to cut Social Security while Elon Musk gets $8 million every day from government contracts.
March 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
DO you want to know what to say to your MAGA uncle when he goes off on a rant?
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Billy Bragg - Between The Wars from TOTP with Steve Wright
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
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March 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Millionaires are officially done paying into Social Security for the rest of 2025 as of today.
If we want to ensure Social Security’s long term future, we must scrap the cap and make the wealthy pay their fair share.
If we want to ensure Social Security’s long term future, we must scrap the cap and make the wealthy pay their fair share.
How the Super Rich Are Killing Social Security | Robert Reich
Social Security taxes are rigged for the rich — and the program is in danger because of it. A CEO earning $20M/yr pays Social Security taxes on ~1% of their income. Meanwhile, a normal worker pays Social Security taxes on 100% of their income. How does that make any sense?
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March 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Millionaires are officially done paying into Social Security for the rest of 2025 as of today.
If we want to ensure Social Security’s long term future, we must scrap the cap and make the wealthy pay their fair share.
If we want to ensure Social Security’s long term future, we must scrap the cap and make the wealthy pay their fair share.
I wonder…?
“A study from Dublin City University’s anti-bullying centre last year found that social media platforms such as TikTok and YouTube Shorts fed and amplified anti-feminist and other extremist content to blank smartphones registered as 16- to 18-year-old boys within 23 minutes of use.”
“A study from Dublin City University’s anti-bullying centre last year found that social media platforms such as TikTok and YouTube Shorts fed and amplified anti-feminist and other extremist content to blank smartphones registered as 16- to 18-year-old boys within 23 minutes of use.”
March 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I wonder…?
“A study from Dublin City University’s anti-bullying centre last year found that social media platforms such as TikTok and YouTube Shorts fed and amplified anti-feminist and other extremist content to blank smartphones registered as 16- to 18-year-old boys within 23 minutes of use.”
“A study from Dublin City University’s anti-bullying centre last year found that social media platforms such as TikTok and YouTube Shorts fed and amplified anti-feminist and other extremist content to blank smartphones registered as 16- to 18-year-old boys within 23 minutes of use.”
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“We have seen an absolutely astonishing rise of solar installations in Britain and also globally. That’s because the cost of solar has plummeted. It has become so cheap that some solar panels are now cheaper than roof tiles or fence panels.”
Me in the ipaper inews.co.uk/news/environ...
Me in the ipaper inews.co.uk/news/environ...
The UK's solar revolution, mapped - as 3,500 projects in the pipeline
Up to 20 large-scale solar projects are planned to boost the UK's net-zero goals
inews.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“We have seen an absolutely astonishing rise of solar installations in Britain and also globally. That’s because the cost of solar has plummeted. It has become so cheap that some solar panels are now cheaper than roof tiles or fence panels.”
Me in the ipaper inews.co.uk/news/environ...
Me in the ipaper inews.co.uk/news/environ...
Cheers to Newcastle fans everywhere.
March 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Cheers to Newcastle fans everywhere.
Big Dan Burn and Isak. Tears in Newcastle, Maine
March 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Big Dan Burn and Isak. Tears in Newcastle, Maine
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🌅 Tell me ma, me ma
March 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🌅 Tell me ma, me ma
Interesting read. Maybe it’s time for a 3 or 4 party system? Right, center right, center left and left. Then people would have proper choice. And of course the end of the electoral college so the choice counted.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republican Russophilia: how Trump Putin-ised a party of cold war hawks
The idea of Moscow as a paragon of Christian nationalism has penetrated the party of Reagan – and the lurch in US policy has huge implications for the global order
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Interesting read. Maybe it’s time for a 3 or 4 party system? Right, center right, center left and left. Then people would have proper choice. And of course the end of the electoral college so the choice counted.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
If ever there was a more timely publication!
Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service, edited by Michael Lewis (March 18)
Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service, edited by Michael Lewis (March 18)
March 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If ever there was a more timely publication!
Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service, edited by Michael Lewis (March 18)
Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service, edited by Michael Lewis (March 18)
Grok!
"Since WWII, Democrats have outperformed Republicans on the economy. GDP growth averages 4.23% under Dems vs. 2.36% under GOP. Job creation? 1.7% yearly for Dems, 1.0% for Republicans. Also, 9 of the last 10 recessions started under Republican presidents. Data speaks louder than party lines."
"Since WWII, Democrats have outperformed Republicans on the economy. GDP growth averages 4.23% under Dems vs. 2.36% under GOP. Job creation? 1.7% yearly for Dems, 1.0% for Republicans. Also, 9 of the last 10 recessions started under Republican presidents. Data speaks louder than party lines."
March 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Grok!
"Since WWII, Democrats have outperformed Republicans on the economy. GDP growth averages 4.23% under Dems vs. 2.36% under GOP. Job creation? 1.7% yearly for Dems, 1.0% for Republicans. Also, 9 of the last 10 recessions started under Republican presidents. Data speaks louder than party lines."
"Since WWII, Democrats have outperformed Republicans on the economy. GDP growth averages 4.23% under Dems vs. 2.36% under GOP. Job creation? 1.7% yearly for Dems, 1.0% for Republicans. Also, 9 of the last 10 recessions started under Republican presidents. Data speaks louder than party lines."
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This week, we shared a post from friend of Team TBP, Amelia Mavis Christnot, on the very present danger of measles in an increasingly vaccine-skeptical U.S. under Trump. Don't miss this fascinating piece!
Measles Is One Of The Most Contagious Diseases On Earth
With the Trump administration suppressing public health information, here's what you need to know.
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March 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This week, we shared a post from friend of Team TBP, Amelia Mavis Christnot, on the very present danger of measles in an increasingly vaccine-skeptical U.S. under Trump. Don't miss this fascinating piece!
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If every Senate Democrat said, "we won't let Musk and Trump do what they're doing to famers, to social security, to cancer research and to every American's health without a hell of a fight" and just repeated that, they'd be shocked by how much of America would be on their side.
“.. We’re just in such a state of shock. We just don’t really even know how to respond,” Gilkerson said. “Everyone thinks all farmers voted for this, but we did not vote for this.”
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March 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
If every Senate Democrat said, "we won't let Musk and Trump do what they're doing to famers, to social security, to cancer research and to every American's health without a hell of a fight" and just repeated that, they'd be shocked by how much of America would be on their side.
And there are green shoots, even in the frozen north.
March 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
And there are green shoots, even in the frozen north.
And still the sun rises.
March 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
And still the sun rises.
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The cold never bothered us anyway! 420 strong today in Damariscotta! #InternationalWomen’sDay #MePolitics #Indivisible
March 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The cold never bothered us anyway! 420 strong today in Damariscotta! #InternationalWomen’sDay #MePolitics #Indivisible