@richardnagel.bsky.social
Born in London, England. Now in London, Ontario, Canada.
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
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if microsoft just made outlook search not suck they'd see triple the productivity gains of any AI integration
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
if microsoft just made outlook search not suck they'd see triple the productivity gains of any AI integration
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These emails really do highlight why rich folk are so impressed by ChatGPT.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
These emails really do highlight why rich folk are so impressed by ChatGPT.
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Its actually worse, in the case of small airports its basically a subsidy to the private jet set
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Its actually worse, in the case of small airports its basically a subsidy to the private jet set
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Muslims are 1-2% of U.S. population. If that’s a “takeover” it’s the weakest one imaginable.
Off the charts projection from Christian nationalists who want prayer in schools, mix religion & state, & have Govt based on Christianity rather than the Constitution. Every MAGA accusation is a confession.
Off the charts projection from Christian nationalists who want prayer in schools, mix religion & state, & have Govt based on Christianity rather than the Constitution. Every MAGA accusation is a confession.
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Muslims are 1-2% of U.S. population. If that’s a “takeover” it’s the weakest one imaginable.
Off the charts projection from Christian nationalists who want prayer in schools, mix religion & state, & have Govt based on Christianity rather than the Constitution. Every MAGA accusation is a confession.
Off the charts projection from Christian nationalists who want prayer in schools, mix religion & state, & have Govt based on Christianity rather than the Constitution. Every MAGA accusation is a confession.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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May 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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I will mortgage my house to support the first politician who promised to rain hellfire on white collar crime the way we do on weed dealers and undocumented workers.
Elon Musk has been a walking SEC violation for a decade and no one cared. The entire Trump era could have been avoided if the US took white collar crime anywhere near as seriously as it does low level drug crime.
On a 2023 earnings call, Elon Musk boasted that Tesla had bagged “over 1 million” Cybertruck reservations and that “demand is off the charts.”
So why has the company still sold less than 50,000 trucks since customer deliveries began 14 months ago?
So why has the company still sold less than 50,000 trucks since customer deliveries began 14 months ago?
March 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I will mortgage my house to support the first politician who promised to rain hellfire on white collar crime the way we do on weed dealers and undocumented workers.
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Thanks to @escheinto.bsky.social for reminding Canadian archivists and librarians to boycott ULINE. This is an organization that supports Trump and is fuelled by hatred. There are many other alternatives.
#BoycottULINE
#BoycottULINE
March 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Thanks to @escheinto.bsky.social for reminding Canadian archivists and librarians to boycott ULINE. This is an organization that supports Trump and is fuelled by hatred. There are many other alternatives.
#BoycottULINE
#BoycottULINE
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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You know those Hallmark movies where a bookseller is trying to save their bookstore at Christmas Time? Yeah, that could be your local indie if you don't shop there! Indie bookshops RELY on the holiday season, and I'm hearing reports from a lot of shops that sales are down this year. Keep us here!
November 20, 2024 at 8:08 PM
You know those Hallmark movies where a bookseller is trying to save their bookstore at Christmas Time? Yeah, that could be your local indie if you don't shop there! Indie bookshops RELY on the holiday season, and I'm hearing reports from a lot of shops that sales are down this year. Keep us here!
And this led to non-union people getting the same benefits the union fought for
Did you know that the Canadian Union of Postal Workers faught for maternity leave and won?
November 17, 2024 at 8:34 PM
And this led to non-union people getting the same benefits the union fought for