Roger
@roro42.bsky.social
Lots of interests - reading, categories, computer sci, math, people, politics, power, society
About health care :
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-republ...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-republ...
The Republican Brain Doesn’t Want To Understand Health Care
For 15 years we have heard the same lies and misrepresentations
paulkrugman.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
About health care :
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-republ...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-republ...
A new use for an old tool :
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Inside Paul Manafort’s Comeback
The pardoned political consultant is helping foreign clients — by giving them a MAGA makeover
www.politico.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A new use for an old tool :
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
A look at the life of Xi Jinping's dad :
www.hoover.org/events/party...
www.hoover.org/events/party...
The Party's Interests Come First: The Life Of Xi Zhongxun, Father Of Xi Jinping
www.hoover.org
October 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A look at the life of Xi Jinping's dad :
www.hoover.org/events/party...
www.hoover.org/events/party...
About healthcare - Trump and .....
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Opinion | These 6 Charts Explain Why the Government Shut Down
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
About healthcare - Trump and .....
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Two C. Kirk political evils --
bully/intimidator - Professor WatchList
loudly and often called for the use of state power to
suppress political opinion he disagreed with :
thefederalist.com/2023/08/15/h...
bully/intimidator - Professor WatchList
loudly and often called for the use of state power to
suppress political opinion he disagreed with :
thefederalist.com/2023/08/15/h...
How Should The GOP Respond To Fulton County? Indict The Left
When politicians are tempted to prosecute their enemies for political reasons, they must fear the same thing happening to them.
thefederalist.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Two C. Kirk political evils --
bully/intimidator - Professor WatchList
loudly and often called for the use of state power to
suppress political opinion he disagreed with :
thefederalist.com/2023/08/15/h...
bully/intimidator - Professor WatchList
loudly and often called for the use of state power to
suppress political opinion he disagreed with :
thefederalist.com/2023/08/15/h...
Trump on power and responsibility, after relabeling the Dept of
War -“This is not TRUMP’S WAR,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “It is Biden’s and Zelensky’s WAR.”
War -“This is not TRUMP’S WAR,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “It is Biden’s and Zelensky’s WAR.”
September 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Trump on power and responsibility, after relabeling the Dept of
War -“This is not TRUMP’S WAR,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “It is Biden’s and Zelensky’s WAR.”
War -“This is not TRUMP’S WAR,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “It is Biden’s and Zelensky’s WAR.”
C. Kirk a man who practiced ...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
C. Kirk a man who practiced ...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
A factory --
snyder.substack.com/p/fascists
snyder.substack.com/p/fascists
Fascists
Notes from a frontline factory in eastern Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A factory --
snyder.substack.com/p/fascists
snyder.substack.com/p/fascists
Trump's thinking what his country can do for him has been noticed -- and it isn't good for our country :
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously
At parades and in the halls of global power, America has been sidelined.
www.theatlantic.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Trump's thinking what his country can do for him has been noticed -- and it isn't good for our country :
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Capitalism, cronies, cousins and critics :
braddelong.substack.com/p/from-willi...
braddelong.substack.com/p/from-willi...
From William Bolts to Jeff Bezos: John Cassidy Writes the Story of Capitalism as Seen in the Mirror of Its Discontents & in the Imagination of Its Alternatives
I cannot claim that this is in any sense the Director’s Cut—the actual "Democracy Journal" review is a very different beast entirely. I was supposed to write a 2000-word review of John Cassidy's...
braddelong.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Capitalism, cronies, cousins and critics :
braddelong.substack.com/p/from-willi...
braddelong.substack.com/p/from-willi...
How really unAmerican or President is :
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
Opinion | Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
How really unAmerican or President is :
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
About Gaza -
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/o...
Opinion | Answering My Critics About the War in Gaza
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
About Gaza -
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/o...
Plants organize -
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Linalool-triggered plant-soil feedback drives defense adaptation in dense maize plantings
High planting density boosts crop yields but also heightens pest and pathogen risks. How plants adapt their defenses under these conditions remains unclear. In this study, we reveal that maize enhance...
www.science.org
August 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Plants organize -
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Opinion | A Warning From Across the Atlantic for Both Democrats and Republicans
www.nytimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
China is still interested in expansion :
www.rand.org/pubs/comment...
www.rand.org/pubs/comment...
China's Black Sea Play
China is building an influence ecosystem in the Black Sea region—often through ties with Russia—deepening leverage and shaping regional alignments using infrastructure, trade, and political ties.
www.rand.org
August 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
China is still interested in expansion :
www.rand.org/pubs/comment...
www.rand.org/pubs/comment...
Upcoming summit - can Trump come from behind and...
www.brookings.edu/articles/avo...
www.brookings.edu/articles/avo...
Avoiding Putin’s trap in Alaska | Brookings
In Alaska, Putin will seek to trap Trump into embracing Moscow’s key demands for ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
www.brookings.edu
August 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Upcoming summit - can Trump come from behind and...
www.brookings.edu/articles/avo...
www.brookings.edu/articles/avo...
Perhaps of interest - interesting times ahead....
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
AI scientist Ray Kurzweil: ‘We are going to expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045’
The Google futurist talks nanobots and avatars, deepfakes and elections – and why he is so optimistic about a future where we merge with computers
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Perhaps of interest - interesting times ahead....
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
Perhaps of interest.....
mailchi.mp/quantamagazi...
mailchi.mp/quantamagazi...
How the Body Measures Time
mailchi.mp
August 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Perhaps of interest.....
mailchi.mp/quantamagazi...
mailchi.mp/quantamagazi...
Grifting in ND
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
They Can’t Get Answers From the Oil Industry. North Dakota’s Oversight Program Hasn’t Helped.
Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change. Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fail...
www.propublica.org
August 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Grifting in ND
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
Our president is putting Russia first - again
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-8-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-8-2...
August 8, 2025 (Friday)
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed he could stop Russia’s war on Ukraine with a single phone call.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Our president is putting Russia first - again
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-8-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-8-2...
A public good municipalities can effectively support :
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/o...
Opinion | The Solution to $10 Eggs Lies Within New York City Limits
www.nytimes.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A public good municipalities can effectively support :
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/o...
About icing an injury -
www.nickgolinvauxmd.com/learn/ice-af...
www.nickgolinvauxmd.com/learn/ice-af...
Ice, Ice, Maybe? A Surgeon's Perspective on Icing Injuries — Dr. Nick Golinvaux
⌚️ read time: 4.8 minutes
www.nickgolinvauxmd.com
July 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
About icing an injury -
www.nickgolinvauxmd.com/learn/ice-af...
www.nickgolinvauxmd.com/learn/ice-af...
Pretty Self explanatory -->
x.com/TheStudyofWa...
x.com/TheStudyofWa...
Institute for the Study of War on X: "NEW: The Kremlin is recycling several longstanding informational narratives, including nuclear threats, in a renewed effort to break the United States away from Ukraine and the NATO alliance. Western officials provided additional details about the new US-led effort to arm https://t.co/s2lBXJ6P0q" / X
NEW: The Kremlin is recycling several longstanding informational narratives, including nuclear threats, in a renewed effort to break the United States away from Ukraine and the NATO alliance. Western officials provided additional details about the new US-led effort to arm https://t.co/s2lBXJ6P0q
x.com
July 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Pretty Self explanatory -->
x.com/TheStudyofWa...
x.com/TheStudyofWa...