Dum Spiro Spero
@sandlapper.bsky.social
“While I breathe, I hope” 3 time stroke survivor.
71 year old USAF veteran born and raised in SC. Married 51 years to the love of my life. “Obamabot.” Ultra Liberal. Papa. Engineer. Woodworker. I block assholes at the speed of light. He/Him
71 year old USAF veteran born and raised in SC. Married 51 years to the love of my life. “Obamabot.” Ultra Liberal. Papa. Engineer. Woodworker. I block assholes at the speed of light. He/Him
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If you want to know why Hegseth is panicking about reminders that there is accountably for giving or carrying out illegal orders, it’s likely because he knows he has given illegal orders to murder people.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you want to know why Hegseth is panicking about reminders that there is accountably for giving or carrying out illegal orders, it’s likely because he knows he has given illegal orders to murder people.
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If you have not read @vermontgmg.bsky.social 's book, The Only Plane In The Sky: An Oral History of 9/11, please consider it for a great non-fiction read. 📚
As you head out to your local favorite indie bookstore this weekend (because of course that’s what you’re doing, right?!), here is my list of my 25 favorite books of the year:
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/my-favorit...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/my-favorit...
My favorite books of 2025
25 books that changed the way I look at the world this year
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If you have not read @vermontgmg.bsky.social 's book, The Only Plane In The Sky: An Oral History of 9/11, please consider it for a great non-fiction read. 📚
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We created a military state capable of widespread murder and oppression. In the past, that cruelty enjoyed the veneer of respectability, but what’s being exposed now is what this has always been and what cannot be allowed to continue.
If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We created a military state capable of widespread murder and oppression. In the past, that cruelty enjoyed the veneer of respectability, but what’s being exposed now is what this has always been and what cannot be allowed to continue.
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The alcoholic white nationalist rapist in charge of the Pentagon ordered a blatantly illegal murder of foreign civilians.
That’s just a true statement about how America works under Trump.
That’s just a true statement about how America works under Trump.
Exclusive: Hegseth ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Ordering no quarter could legally perilous www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The alcoholic white nationalist rapist in charge of the Pentagon ordered a blatantly illegal murder of foreign civilians.
That’s just a true statement about how America works under Trump.
That’s just a true statement about how America works under Trump.
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As you head out to your local favorite indie bookstore this weekend (because of course that’s what you’re doing, right?!), here is my list of my 25 favorite books of the year:
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/my-favorit...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/my-favorit...
My favorite books of 2025
25 books that changed the way I look at the world this year
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
As you head out to your local favorite indie bookstore this weekend (because of course that’s what you’re doing, right?!), here is my list of my 25 favorite books of the year:
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/my-favorit...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/my-favorit...
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Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
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If it's true, if the US is willing to allow borders to be redrawn by force and let aggressors be rewarded, then the gates of hell are about to be opened.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If it's true, if the US is willing to allow borders to be redrawn by force and let aggressors be rewarded, then the gates of hell are about to be opened.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
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The United States is rewarding Russian aggression instead of backing Ukraine's victory. This guarantees fascist Russia's war against the West will escalate massively.
The few remaining democracies have to mobilize for war rapidly and form new alliances or they will be crushed.
The few remaining democracies have to mobilize for war rapidly and form new alliances or they will be crushed.
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The United States is rewarding Russian aggression instead of backing Ukraine's victory. This guarantees fascist Russia's war against the West will escalate massively.
The few remaining democracies have to mobilize for war rapidly and form new alliances or they will be crushed.
The few remaining democracies have to mobilize for war rapidly and form new alliances or they will be crushed.
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At the risk of violating Godwin's Law, he really does sound like Hitler here talking about Jews not being compatible with German society.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
At the risk of violating Godwin's Law, he really does sound like Hitler here talking about Jews not being compatible with German society.
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Elon Musk is using Twitter to call for the National Guard shooter to be “hanged without delay”.
He says where there’s premeditated murder, punishment must be swift.
He knew cutting USAID would kill people.
He did it anyways.
600,000 people have died.
What’s his punishment?
He says where there’s premeditated murder, punishment must be swift.
He knew cutting USAID would kill people.
He did it anyways.
600,000 people have died.
What’s his punishment?
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Elon Musk is using Twitter to call for the National Guard shooter to be “hanged without delay”.
He says where there’s premeditated murder, punishment must be swift.
He knew cutting USAID would kill people.
He did it anyways.
600,000 people have died.
What’s his punishment?
He says where there’s premeditated murder, punishment must be swift.
He knew cutting USAID would kill people.
He did it anyways.
600,000 people have died.
What’s his punishment?
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Who
Alice Cooper
Grand Funk Railroad
Stones
Black Sabbath
The Who
Alice Cooper
Grand Funk Railroad
Stones
Black Sabbath
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Rush
ZZ Top
The Donnas
Aerosmith
Billy Joel
Rush
ZZ Top
The Donnas
Aerosmith
Billy Joel
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Amon Amarth / Sabaton
David Bowie
Flaming Lips
Bauhaus
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Amon Amarth / Sabaton
David Bowie
Flaming Lips
Bauhaus
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Who
Alice Cooper
Grand Funk Railroad
Stones
Black Sabbath
The Who
Alice Cooper
Grand Funk Railroad
Stones
Black Sabbath
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This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
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The casual cruelty of the Trump regime is arguably the most damning and sickening element of its police state tactics. The shooting of 2 Nat’l Guardsmen will no doubt worsen matters as Trump calls immigration the nation’s worst nat’l security problem. Nope, he is. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ICE detains Texas father as son’s health declines: ‘Don’t forget about me’
Maher Tarabishi was arrested at a routine visit despite decades in the US, leaving his son with Pompe disease
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The casual cruelty of the Trump regime is arguably the most damning and sickening element of its police state tactics. The shooting of 2 Nat’l Guardsmen will no doubt worsen matters as Trump calls immigration the nation’s worst nat’l security problem. Nope, he is. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Just say fuck no
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Just say fuck no
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Per multiple sources:
Two hours after ruling that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed to her post as US Atty in Virginia, prosecutors in the office were notified to put name of an assistant U.S. Atty atop cases
At 430p, instruction was reversed. They were told to resume using Halligan’s name
Two hours after ruling that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed to her post as US Atty in Virginia, prosecutors in the office were notified to put name of an assistant U.S. Atty atop cases
At 430p, instruction was reversed. They were told to resume using Halligan’s name
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Per multiple sources:
Two hours after ruling that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed to her post as US Atty in Virginia, prosecutors in the office were notified to put name of an assistant U.S. Atty atop cases
At 430p, instruction was reversed. They were told to resume using Halligan’s name
Two hours after ruling that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed to her post as US Atty in Virginia, prosecutors in the office were notified to put name of an assistant U.S. Atty atop cases
At 430p, instruction was reversed. They were told to resume using Halligan’s name
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pinned post of someone who’s just been appointed to Mamdani’s Transition Committee on Technology 👍
🧵 The summer of 2025 has been AI's "cruel summer"—wrongful deaths, dangerous therapy chatbots, medical misinformation, facial recognition failures. These aren't isolated glitches but predictable harms from systems deployed without adequate oversight. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An ELSI for AI: Learning from genetics to govern algorithms
In the United States, the summer of 2025 will be remembered as artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) cruel summer—a season when the unheeded risks and dangers of AI became undeniably clear. Recent months h...
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
pinned post of someone who’s just been appointed to Mamdani’s Transition Committee on Technology 👍
@volts.wtf Again, it’s the oil…
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
@volts.wtf Again, it’s the oil…
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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
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He literally tweeted this out.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
He literally tweeted this out.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
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David Sacks is a lying sack of shit who will take any handout he can get, every single time, and every American should treat him as a conniving, extorting enemy at all times.
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
David Sacks is a lying sack of shit who will take any handout he can get, every single time, and every American should treat him as a conniving, extorting enemy at all times.
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More private jet freebies for jet-setters Noem and Patel.
The G in MAGA is Grift.
The G in MAGA is Grift.
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
More private jet freebies for jet-setters Noem and Patel.
The G in MAGA is Grift.
The G in MAGA is Grift.
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The Revolutionary War series is wonderful.
Ken Burns,genius.
Worth watching twice in entirety.
Not a spoiler alert but I noticed the maps used show "The Gulf of Mexico "
I am certain Trump will find out and sue Ken,PBS,George Washington... but not Benedict Arnold.
#RevolutionaryWar
#Gulfofmexico
Ken Burns,genius.
Worth watching twice in entirety.
Not a spoiler alert but I noticed the maps used show "The Gulf of Mexico "
I am certain Trump will find out and sue Ken,PBS,George Washington... but not Benedict Arnold.
#RevolutionaryWar
#Gulfofmexico
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The Revolutionary War series is wonderful.
Ken Burns,genius.
Worth watching twice in entirety.
Not a spoiler alert but I noticed the maps used show "The Gulf of Mexico "
I am certain Trump will find out and sue Ken,PBS,George Washington... but not Benedict Arnold.
#RevolutionaryWar
#Gulfofmexico
Ken Burns,genius.
Worth watching twice in entirety.
Not a spoiler alert but I noticed the maps used show "The Gulf of Mexico "
I am certain Trump will find out and sue Ken,PBS,George Washington... but not Benedict Arnold.
#RevolutionaryWar
#Gulfofmexico
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In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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The forced displacement of the 10 million residents of a major world capital due to climate change is... not even making the news here in our era of ascendant fascism and late capitalism.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The forced displacement of the 10 million residents of a major world capital due to climate change is... not even making the news here in our era of ascendant fascism and late capitalism.
Makes sense. She usually has plans on January 6th.
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM